Blog Posts

My blog is a space to explore my musings on healing, spirituality and soul-led living. I share reflections on energy work, shamamic practice, and tools for personal transformation. May these posts inspire and support you on your path.

Shamanic journeying isn’t so much about leaving this world behind. It begins here - in the body, in this moment, in the place where we are right now. It is embodied, grounded and deeply relational. Preparation is an essential part of shamanic practice. It supports journeying in a way that feels safe, steady and contained.

In shamanic practice, the drum may be beautiful to look at, whether made from animal hide or synthetic materials, but its role goes far beyond appearance. It is used as a tool of consciousness, one that has been relied upon across cultures and continents for millennia.

Shamanic journeying is one of the oldest forms of spiritual practice known to humankind. Across continents and cultures, our ancestors used rhythmic sound to enter an expanded state of consciousness and connect with the unseen world. They journeyed to seek guidance, to heal, and to restore balance between the physical and spiritual realms.

A reflection for this season of deepening darkness — a time for intuition, inner work and remembering the old ways. Shamanism isn’t a belief but a lived relationship with the animate world. Through rhythm, ceremony and guidance from compassionate allies, it helps us restore balance, heal, and remember our place within nature’s web — returning us to what is real, sacred and alive within and around us.

While planning this month's Full Moon Women's Circle, my thoughts have been on Samhain and ancestral healing (Samhain being the old Celtic festival celebrated between 31 October and 1 November that marks the end of harvest and the start of winter; when the veil between the living and the dead is said to be thin). It was timely then that last night I went with two trusted friends to hear two inspiring women talk about Scotland’s witch trials, and it left me wondering ... What