Crystal Healing Therapy
My first exploration of mindfulness and meditation involved the use of crystals for healing therapy. Many years ago, I wandered into a beautiful angel themed holistic shop in Looe, Cornwall, and I bought the Crystal Bible by Judy Hall. I had previously bought a crystal healing starter set that included seven tumblestones to represent the…
A Container for Spirit
We stood around the fire under the full moon in a cleared out field of high grasses in New Hampshire. Denise, my Reiki healer and shamanic teacher, placed a stick into the fire and then cleansed the front and back of my hips with it, before blowing Peruvian Agua de Florida, a lavender, rose-water musk,…
What is the Belief Behind the Pain?
Sometime during the night and early in the morning I painted the pain. Here it is. Then, in the morning, I heard a program on the radio in which a social psychologist (Ellen Langer) talked about her finding that it is our beliefs that determine the outcome that we experience. For example, if I do…
Not Happy?
“Be Happy.” A phrase that we’ve been throwing around for decades. What does it really mean? Is anyone actually happy? First, realize that the phrase is “be happy,” not “do happy.” So happiness requires a certain state of being, not doing. Now, getting to the “being happy” may require some “doing,” as in reducing work…
What is the Pentagram?
When I first began to explore witchcraft and paganism, I came across a symbol that is widely used in jewellery, clothing and accessories. The pentagram is a five-pointed star that has come to represent the occult, or hidden world. Many people see the pentagram as something dark and dangerous, and they shy away from it,…
Beautiful…..
We went to see the musical ‘Beautiful…’ yesterday afternoon… Anadi’s name for me is ‘Beautiful’ and so it felt a fitting show to go to ? In essence it was the story of Carol King, her amazing gift for song writing and singing, her relationship with her first husband and her courage in finding her…
Shedding my Skin
A month of swimming, sharing dinners, of poetry, prose, and rich dreams, had passed at Jean’s New Hampshire farmhouse. During this time of healing, the rituals and practices remained the same. Every week, I visited Denise, my Reiki energy healer, and every morning, especially after sessions with her, I tracked my dreams in my journal….
You Figure It Out…
Night. I draw in the darkness with one lamp over the table. I Collect words from the drawing and scramble them. There is a person there, tense all over. There is rain and blood and dirty green. I make a poem out of these, trusting the funny and loving energy of this strange universe to…
Living with Tibial Hemimelia
A one in a million chance The story of a child born with a condition as rare as Tibial Hemimelia TH Demystified & Simplified Tibial Hemimelia (TH) is defined by the Pediatric Orthopedic Society Of North America (POSNA) as a congenital deficiency of the tibia. In some cases, only a mild shortening of the…
The Goddess Must Rest
I am tired. These past three months have been very challenging, and there is still more to come. Modern life is very stressful, and my family and I are currently preparing to move house, which is supposedly among one of the top most stressful activities that people do in the Western world. In fact, I…
Everything’s All Light…
I have just come in from stretching with Octavious; while I was there Nina our ‘dueña’, came to bring him his breakfast… He started to slowly make his way out; his day beginning. Nina and I had a chat which was a fun way to stretch, occasionally reaching for my toes when I remembered that…
The Beauty and Freedom of Ageing
Last month I went through a period of emotional stress because I wanted to give myself the gift of celebrating my 50th birthday in an appropriate way. What is appropriate? Well for me it means travelling to a new place where I can enjoy warm weather, swim in the sea, relax, see new things and…