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The Wisdom of Willow

Dec 29, 2024

The willow tree is for me such a delight to know and more so each time as her energies shift and change. She teaches us elegant transformation and change with ease and grace. I love all the names: weeping willow, pussy willow and yet words are so helpful sometimes I find language structures can s...

Can we make ourselves more adaptable to change?

Oct 09, 2024

Leaning into and navigating change This is something I come to embrace as part of my path But there is something always that keeps us from making a change from what feels comfortable What if I lose what I have? It isn’t possible to know what the future brings but just like in the body, the soul ...

Healing is About Really Being Who You Are

Aug 17, 2024

One of the things that really excites me about my work is the way it unlocks people’s real dreams. It’s like they can suddenly access the part of them that really wants to connect more with who they really are. Whether that is connecting more with animals, making that trip to the ancient site of ...

The Invisibility of Motherhood

May 25, 2024

If we can’t see it, can it be true? The work of the mother is unseen, often invisible As mothers, the world we inhabit can be intangible and this disconnect between the inner and outer worlds presents such a vulnerability for our emotional health. Yet, seeing this in a bigger sense, taught me th...

Why do we Make Ceremony and Celebrate Rites of Passage in Shamanic Healing?

May 16, 2024

Do you find it easy to celebrate yourself when you do something you are proud of? Or really witness and acknowledge how hard something was? If you do, do you feel the reaction from your body and your heart when they are truly seen? There is a jingle of happiness in the cells that they are being s...

What is the purpose of healing

May 06, 2024

The purpose of healing Ripples far beyond the room And the final beat of my drum Beyond the nervous system seeking regulation Every canal, path, road and track built and pulled by force Is feeling the beat of the heart now Feeling in the wind being brushed with the strokes of love Healing sti...

Ancestral Dreams

Jan 21, 2024

I have been having some very vivid dreams lately as my ancestors and guides often contact me in my dreams Two of them are to be shared. One, a story from my Grandmothers to rebuild the relationship between masculine and feminine lines the healing of the heart or water element I share it here: Anc...

Releasing Shame from my Story

Jan 02, 2024

I have held so much shame around my story until recently. This is so much so that I stopped telling it. My nervous system was still holding something protective around it that has now loosened and I can’t feel it now. I realised that it was not my shame but that I had carried it. When my son told...

Why Am I Hearing So Much About Ancestral Healing Right Now?

Dec 30, 2023

Ancestral Healing Story It isn’t your imagination,Deeper roots are calling youAncestral healing is so much deeperthan I could have imagined when my ancestorsfirst told me this was my workAround the time my daughter was bornBringing wisdom back from the heartSacredness back to mother’s bodiesa...

Aromatherapy Practices for Autumn

Nov 08, 2023

Slowing into the autumn months is all about listening to your body and the seasons. The colder air can make your chest feel tight as you transition outside from inside, this time of the year may have an emotional connection for you, it is good to be aware of this and know what it means to you. I ...

Healing the Ancestral Lines and Honouring Death

Oct 05, 2023

With the end of my marriage came a death. The physical death of a family member and the death of a karmic thread I had been carrying. Suddenly it became really potent and painful, I reached out to new teachers, new guides to unravel and repair the threads and weave new ones. As mothers we carry s...

Why Not Use Water Instead of Hydrosol?

Sep 03, 2023

One of the things I see a lot online and on my travels is people adding water to essential oils to make blends and preparations. The trouble with this is that essential oils are hydrophobic. That means that they do not disperse in water and just glob together so the risk is that stronger oils wil...

What does it mean to be an Earth Keeper?

Aug 25, 2023

The Earth Keeper is a role which is ancient, beyond timescales and geographical location. Here I share some initial practices for our wheel of the year beginning.

Welcome Back Mother

Aug 23, 2023

Mothers now, at this time are parenting between worlds and it can be a lonely space yet also the most nourishing and wholesome there has ever been. An opportunity to bring back what has been lost to witch hunts, silencing of emotions and intuitive wisdom. When we make a nest in uncertain times an...

Being Held in Sacred Cycles

Aug 23, 2023

Being held by the Earth barefoot is such a safe space for me, underneath all the noise and deep in the roots. I learnt that I had lost soul parts along my journey and that they had been held in the Earth, ancient trees had held them safe in their roots until it was safe to bring them back. This ...

Copaiba Balsam: How do you use it?

Mar 10, 2023

Copaiba can be used for pain relief, calming the nervous system or supporting restful sleep. It also reduces mind chatter, helps to rebalance the body's cycles and bring confidence. I have created a video here:

Nettle Hydrosol: The Unlikely Cinderella of Aromatherapy

Feb 26, 2023

When we think about aromatherapy, nettle is probably the furthest plant from our minds. The prickly weed that is pulled out to protect our lawns and flowers. Added to this, the combination of nettle as a hydrosol symbolises the outcast. The hydrosol is generally thought of as a waste product of d...

A Message from the Plants and Trees

Nov 16, 2022

You may have noticed, those of you who have worked with me for some time that my offerings have included a very shamanic way of working with aromatherapy. This is not something new but very ancient. In 2020, I embarked on my shamanic training to find out more about how to journey and incorpora...

Who is the Good Girl?

Sep 12, 2022

The Good Girl Archetype was a survival mechanism that we created in childhood to keep us safe. It stopped us getting told of, receiving criticism and it always looks to authority to find out what it needs to do next It firmly wires our inner authority, our intuition, our feelings and our sense of...

What is Womb Healing?

Sep 01, 2022

What is Womb Healing? Womb healing is responding to the ways that the womb has lost her intuition, health, power and joy, bringing her back to life to be the centre of our wisdom, pleasure, creativity, power and therefore our lives. The womb is a magical space of creativity and creation. The re...

Welcoming Our New Life

Aug 21, 2022

We have recently moved as a family to Backsbottom Farm and I feel at home. Last year, I answered a post from the permaculture farmer, Rod, who is seeking a new lease of life on the farm as he nears his retirement. Personally, I can’t see this ever being a full retirement or imminent as he is wel...

Dens and Sacred Boundaries

Apr 03, 2022

Why do children love creating dens? I’d never considered it before but I have often been fascinated by how my children love to make nests and dens to put either themselves or their teddies in I always thought it was about having a secret space And then it came to me about structure and boundarie...

How did I come to be an aromatherapist and a shaman?

Mar 09, 2022

It started with an instinct, a definite sense of companionship with plant and animal species from a young age. I had a deep feeling about energy and was able to sense where energy was stuck in a person or where something wasn’t theirs and had been somehow inherited or adopted. I knew when somethi...

Ethical Aromatherapy

Mar 09, 2022

At the centre of my work are two key ideas, the healing of people and the planet. I truly see humans as being part of the ecosystem and know that our healing is intrinsically linked with our habitat. Ideas of progress and our modern way of being has brought both us and our environment out of sync...

How Are Essential Oils Made?

Mar 09, 2022

Essential oils are found naturally in the leaves, roots, petals of plants and the bark of trees. Each essential oil serves a natural function for the plant. Gardeners who use companion planting have known this for centuries and place aromatic plants near their vegetables to protect them from pred...

What is Aromatherapy?

Mar 09, 2022

Aromatherapy is so much more than smell, it is the interaction between the limbic system and the emotional memories of the soul, it is the healing of the body through the gentle application of oils through massage. It is changing the frequency of the aura with chakra sprays. The power of aromathe...

Ivy Plant Spirit Journey

Feb 28, 2022

Journeying to meet the plants spirit is a sacred journey into the plant realm. Each plant has a spirit which can be met to seek guidance, wisdom as to its role in the healing of the Earth and humankind. It is our role as shaman to bridge that space between worlds and communicate with our plant al...

How does shamanic aromatherapy work

Feb 11, 2022

One of the things that initially attracted me to aromatherapy and plant spirit shamanism was that it was not human. Plants are not humans yet their wisdom weaves with our own like ivy we are bound together. I try to make this my guiding principal when I am working with the energy of plants throug...

Frankincense: Why is it a sacred oil?

Feb 04, 2022

Frankincense is an oil steeped in history. It embodies the Divine Masculine and the ancient tree energy. Here I explain the role it has today in activating intuition and our connection with the divine.

Why is Shamanic Healing So Profound?

Dec 28, 2021

Why is shamanic healing so powerful? Why is aromatherapy so much more than just a smell? It has much to do with the nature of truth. Not as in “How many fingers am I holding up?” But the kind that is in our memories. Two people can live in the same experiences, same family, same home and remember...

What does an aromatherapist and shamanic healer think about Western Medicine?

Dec 19, 2021

One of the things people often ask me is about how aromatherapy, shamanic healing or energy work fits in with the NHS and medicine in its Western sense. Isn’t it a bit woo woo? For me, they are very different fields but the more we can entwine them and see the commonality and the benefits of usin...

Bullying and Abuse

Nov 22, 2021

When I was teaching at school, I remember Articulating to children what it was. It wasn’t one event, it was successive, targeted. What I feel about my own experiences of bullying is that it is PAINFULLY NORMAL I recently had a very physiological and emotional reaction to a past event. First my bo...

What is the essence of Black Spruce?

Nov 15, 2021

Black Spruce is energetically a very grounding blend which brings a deep sense of reassurance. It's essence is that of ancient woodland connecting you with a deep wisdom from the Earth.

What is the essence of Geranium?

Nov 02, 2021

Geranium is a beautiful middle note, associated with the heart chakra and balance. It is anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral and mood balancing. Geranium is very well-balanced oil in its chemistry. It is a compound of esters and alcohols which gives it mild pain relieving properties as ...

Orange Sweet: What is its essence?

Nov 02, 2021

Orange Sweet is uplifting, calmative, digestive and has a gentle anti-microbial action. I love it because of its 'sunshine feel'! Watch the video for more tips about how to use it.

Do you have to feel connected with your ancestors to do ancestral healing?

Oct 24, 2021

Do you have to feel connected with your ancestors to do ancestral healing? It really isn’t important We are living in disconnected and unusual times Unusual for the ecosystem, common for us humans So most of us don’t know their names Or feel the pull, but it pulls us anyhow Like the tide, the m...

What do I need to know about Lemongrass

Oct 18, 2021

Energetically, Lemongrass is very powerful and such an important oil to have in your toolkit. It is a blast of energy for your soul, creative, energetic and bringing movement and flow Use it for: lifting the spirits, cleansing the air, balancing emotions, feeling more energised and less lethar...

Folding Back: Channelling the Goddess

Oct 18, 2021

We thought we were waiting But we were dying Embers burning Then dampening to cold echoes Flaking away in shards The path that led us here Has worn away untraceable dissolved into the tears Even with grief cycling back The Earth has taken it home The roots, the bark, the soil, the mud The tre...

What does it mean to rewire your emotional circuit board?

Oct 14, 2021

In my healing work, I talk a lot about rewiring your emotional circuit board. Electricity is the perfect metaphor for the transfer of energy. We take it from a source and use it to ignite something. It is important that the source we take it from is being replenished and that we are also igniti...

Hypnobirthing Blend and Pregnancy Guide

Sep 29, 2021

This is a guide to the hypnobirthing blend which was specially formulated to support women during their pregnancy. It is not intended specifically for birth but as an emotional anchor for confidence and calm during pregnancy.

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Is the Future of Aromatherapy Local?

Sep 17, 2021

I have watched the aromatherapy market grow for more than twenty years and as a clinical aromatherapist and shaman, I am always struck by two things. The market-led exotic value placed on oils such as Frankincense and Myrrh and more recently CBD, as though no other oil will do the same job. Some ...