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Journaling prompts for the April New Moon

Each new moon begins a new cycle but the Aries New Moon that births on 1st April also heralds in the start of a new astrological year. When I was a garden designer I used to plant by the moon and as a health coach I’ve been working with the moon since I started working with Ceremonial Cacao in 2020, an amazing plant medicine that the ancients also worked with. They would also have worked with moon energy using it to express the seasons, time and planting their crops by it. I’m pretty new to astrology, other than knowing my own birth sign etc, but I think it’s a fascinating field and one I’m

Heart opening Full Moon release

Love is in the air as the Leo Full Moon lights the sky. This Leo full moon is asking you to open your heart and move towards your purpose and destiny and pulls together all the work you have been doing, or not doing, since the start of the year. When the moon appears as a full circle in the sky it I because the whole of the side of the moon facing the earth is lit by the sun’s rays. This is in effect fully illuminating you and your true purpose too. It is illuminating the path forward and showing you how you are being called to shine your own unique light into the world. This full moon in Leo

What can I do post the COP26 Summit?

From a commitment to fostering more forests and preserving peat lands, cleaning up pollution in our inner cities and lowering land use stress, the COP26 Summit hosted in Glasgow this month has created a masterplan that governments around the world are signing up to. Climate talks dominated the last day of the summit, as you might expect of a climate change conference, but with leaders struggling to agree the final outcomes it was a day fraught with challenges. While goverments fight about what they will commit to, what can we do, as individuals, on a daily basis. We can all take small steps to

How to create a Hunter Full Moon Ceremony this October 2021

This October I’m holding my Full Moon Cacao Ceremony and Meditation a day early, on Tuesday 19th , as I have managed to bag myself some long awaited tickets to see the west end show Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. I’ve literally been on the mailing list for tickets for years and post our last UK lockdown when the theatres announced they could open again, and tickets were available, I was right there It does mean I’ll be holding my cacao ceremony and meditation at the gorgeous Mill Birth and Wellbeing Centre in Duddington a day early, but that doesn’t mean it will be any less special. So

How to Create a Full Moon Ritual for Letting Go

The September Full Moon is a loving, healing and nurturing full moon. Each full moon is given a specific name and because this is generally seen as the month of harvest this September full moon is called a harvest moon. Here in the UK we’re experiencing the changes in the season with the leaves starting to colour and fall and the growing season beginning to shorten as the dark nights draw in. It’s a perfect time to hunker down, reflect on what has, and hasn’t, been serving you and to use this lunar energy of the full moon to guild and support you. At full moon, the moon is on the opposite side

Join one of my Cacao Ceremonies

Sitting in circle together, sharing a meditation practice, connecting with your inner voice, letting go of anything that doesn’t serve you and setting intentions for the month ahead. These are all elements of the cacao ceremonies that I am running each month. On the New Moon and Full Moon I will lead cacao ceremonies with guided meditations for new beginnings, setting intentions, release and new awakenings. These will all be online events for the remainder of 2021. Dates for forthcoming New Moon & Full Moon Meditation Ceremonies Forthcoming dates On line - Thursday 18 November 7.45 - 8.45pm

Using essential oils in the home

Aromatherapy can help create a calm and soothing home environment, so often essential to our fast paced lifestyles. But where do you start? I studied aromatherapy 20 years ago but like so much of my holistic practices and approaches to wellbeing that I kept up in my 20’s and early 30s I somehow let it go. Forgotten, my diffuser lay unused except for medical emergencies when one of us had a cold or breathing difficulties that I knew only steam and aromatherapy oils would calm. Now in my 50s I’ve returned to aromatherapy as an effective way of treating anything from a general uneasiness with the

How to make the most of green garden initiatives

Greening up the garden May and June are some of my favourite months in the garden. The garden is in full force with new plants emerging everyday. It’s also when gardeners make their annual pilgrimage to The Chelsea Flower Show in London. I missed going in person this year as it clashed with too many family commitments and the dreaded GCSE revision but I managed to catch most of it on the fabulous BBC reporting. It is such an inspiring event with some of the world’s top designers putting their hearts on the line and presenting some very personal work. This year saw a much reduced number of show

How I made my own hat

You know what they say … If you want to get ahead, get a hat.

What to do in the garden in April

Here’s what jobs you should be doing in the garden this April to help your green spaces to look amazing. Spring is one of my favourite times of the year. I love how new life is emerging all around us. The lambs are in the field behind our house and the bulbs are showing their delicate faces. In the garden there are lots of jobs to tackle this month. Here’s what I’ll be doing in the garden this April… Potatoes I should have done this last month but I’m only just getting around to chitting my potatoes! Put them into egg boxes in a cool bright place ready to plant as soon as the eyes have started

Journaling prompts for the April New Moon

Heart opening Full Moon release

What can I do post the COP26 Summit?

How to create a Hunter Full Moon Ceremony this October 2021

How to Create a Full Moon Ritual for Letting Go

Join one of my Cacao Ceremonies

Using essential oils in the home

How to make the most of green garden initiatives

How I made my own hat

What to do in the garden in April

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