Welcome
this being human
Okanagans teach that the body is Earth itself. Our flesh, blood, and bones are Earth-body; in all cycles in which Earth moves, so does our body. We are everything that surrounds us, including the vast forces we only glimpse’. Jeanette Armstrong.
We can see that we live in times of great change, challenge and opportunity. As human beings we are being called from every direction to wake up, appreciate the beauty of life and realise that our human lives and the healing we seek is completely interwoven with the lives and wellbeing of all other beings; trees, water, people, animals, plants, sky, soil, birds, mountains. The perplexity, sorrow, anxiety, uncertainty and grief we may feel isn't a mistake. When turned towards with kindness and curiosity this becomes a doorway to deeper intimacy with life and healing our sense of separation. Simply being alive brings us face to face with some gritty questions; What really matters to you, what bothers you deeply, what makes your heart sing, what gives and sustains life, and how are you going to live more in alignment with what really matters? Joanna Macy, environmental activist, author and deep ecologist calls these times The Great Turning.
The changes needed for a world, a life, in balance and wholeness starts with our own hearts and minds and awareness of what we are aligned with each moment. You are your own medicine, and many have forgotten this. My work is to remind you and accompany you as you explore the landscapes of your life, the great mystery, and come deeply home to your essential nature and the Original Mother we all share, Earth.
🌿 Woven - Reclaiming the Wise Woman a year-long course calling us home through Earth-based spiritualities and the wisdom of the Celtic Wheel of the Year.
🌿 Wholearth Psychotherapy calls us home through the web of life within which our human relationships are entwined.
🌿 Craniosacral Therapy is a healing, restorative practice grounded in deep listening that calls us home through the wisdom and stories of our body.
🌿 Spiritual Accompaniment an unfolding, ancient conversation between fellow travellers in kinship with all beings.
About
In my early 20s feeling utterly dislocated and deeply unhappy, suffering manifested as an eating disorder. On waking one morning in the depths of despair, I realised change was needed, even though I had no idea what to do next. Going to Art School, finding new ways of seeing and discovering that our lives are both mythic and ordinary was the threshold I walked through. I keep on walking. Life keeps on unfurling, teaching and guiding.
Over the years my deep love of Earth-based spiritualities took me into Shamanic study, training and Vision Quests. I have been a foster carer and for many years worked with people living with life-threatening illness and their families, including being part of the Maggie’s Cancer Care Centre team in Oxford. I have worked therapeutically within the NHS and the voluntary sector. In 1998 I became engaged in Buddhist meditation practice and spent extended time on silent retreats. The fruits of these practices are woven into all the work I offer.
Stepping into my 50s has been a rite of passage, something akin to becoming apprentice to the old woman in the woods and the soil growing the trees. I have a particular interest in accompanying women through a soulful, conscious menopause. Year-round wild swimming, walking, movement and writing practice, myth, creating ceremony and exploring ways of living in balance and wholeness with all my relations, keep calling me home and make my heart sing.
I am a UKCP registered Psychotherapist with Masters Degrees in Core Process Psychotherapy and Critical Theory (Arts), and a B. A. in Fine Art. I have a Diploma in Craniosacral Therapy.