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1:1 or group?

This month I began to offer 1:1 work again. For the last few years I have worked mainly with groups, as I was guided to bring through work that put the earth at the centre in community. Within this I would offer 1:1 as a part of a course curriculum and so I have continued to work with many sessions a week within course contexts. And now, suddenly, the nudge to work with people individually on a wider scale has come through. Why is this? The reason has been a calling to suppo

2 days ago3 min read

It is Written in the Stones

Stones. When did you begin and when did I end? My memories of standing stones and leylines go back to my dad and my mum. We have got some...

7 days ago4 min read

Are you an Earth Listener too?

I came across the word 'Duine' the other week. I was looking for a word that described what I do a bit better. Duine is a Gaelic word that means something like Earth Dweller. It also felt like being close to the earth is a way of listening to the earth more truly too. It fits like a glove! This is the practice I follow, closely following and coming closer to the conversations in the earth, and I help gather others who are developing practices of listening with the earth too.

7 days ago2 min read

The Mountains, the Giants and the Restoration of Earth Communication Pathways

You probably know that Schiehallion comes from the Scottish Gaelic Sìdh Chailleann and means the Fairy Hill of the Caledonians. The Caledonians were a Brittonic-speaking (Celtic) tribe in what is now Scotland during the Iron Age and Roman eras. I think the mountains belong to themselves and to the people who feel themselves rooted in this land. But I love that the Caledonians respected the fairy and made a connection with them just as the earlier people of the land and Neolit

Aug 248 min read

Ancestor in the Corner

There's an ancestor in the corner. I think they have been there for a long time but it is only today that I can see them. Their eyes are dark I think they have been in hiding for a long time. I shuffle a bit and notice that my movements mirror theirs. The first thing I ask is 'Are you okay?' They nod and I see a flicker of a smile. I feel the relief. Finally someone can see them. The second thing I ask is 'Why can I suddenly see you?' They tilt their head sideways.

Aug 162 min read

Guided by Fire

Here is a blog post I wrote today! I hope you enjoy it. It's about following the path of guidance and keeping the connection open with the planes behind this one. I think it is the way of the artist, writer, child at play. It is also the way and the responsibility of the shamanic souls and way showers for the times. If you would like to sign up for this new Fire of the Earth Soul course or the Theatre of the Sun course get in touch today! Remember the half price offers for th

Jul 314 min read

Constellations for the Earth

All that matters really is the earth. If we can't care for the earth and come into tune with it and try and listen then is life on earth truly worth living? And will humans and the earth carry on living together? I think not. Constellations for the earth are systemic creative projects that weave with the stories of humans, nature and the many realms. Constellations for the earth are the meeting with communities through planes in time. This last couple of weeks I have been wor

Jun 103 min read

Learning to Listen like the Earth

Sitting in the car wash and tyre place getting two new left side tyres. Mohammed ordered them in for me when I came in earlier today. Two flat tyres, but a heart full of trust and belief in the new trails these wheels will take. Tomorrow I am going to drive over to Falkland to hold the meeting for Wheel 2 and pick up the lovely Francesca and Maureen on the way. The recurrence of the word Wheel has not escaped me. I have been thinking a lot about the Wheel of life today and wh

Feb 174 min read

To Retreat

Dec 25, 20252 min read

Shamanic Dreaming

Here I am on a train again. Saturday morning, pink skies and a day in Edinburgh catching up on the Gobhar colour grade and sound edit with Ryan and Gaby and editing the film for PAMIS. The week has been full. A filming day with my shoulder rig, a day with PhD meetings, new courses launching, the first of the Shamanic Power Retrieval modules completing and many individual sessions and supervisions with people I work with. I am seeing such a colourful and deeply centred and car

Dec 13, 20253 min read

A Letter to the ones I work with

Gosh, it's only the beginning of December and my heart is already full of festive joy. Festive as in that sense of wonder that we know well as being the spirit of Yule. I am talking here also though about the sense of wonder that comes with the magic of holding spaces for deep connective work with people and the planet that I find in my daily work. The people I work with bring a depth, vision and reality to my life that is hard to find in many places. I have been holding cou

Dec 5, 20252 min read

HOLY WATER

It's November, the celebrated Day of the Dead in parts of the world and the veils certainly feel open today. I always wonder at the piercing quality of the elements when November arrives. It is like the stone is really stone and the water is so water, the air so apparent and the heat of fire so inviting. Life and death, well they are such an elemental process. I think it is the elements that birth the soul into living form and the elements are exit openers as the soul moves b

Nov 1, 20254 min read

Listening to What Is

I have been thinking a lot recently about the opening opportunities within life. I mean those portals to great peace and connection; those moments of knowing without any doubt that we are a part of a much bigger continuum. Listening to what is has become my mantra for pausing in the moment and gathering myself together to be in a place of trust. Whenever I do this, whether it be on a busy train, in a filming moment when I am juggling mics and cameras, in a workshop holding

Oct 30, 20254 min read