Silence and Stillness

Silence and Stillness

As we find ourselves in a very different world we are coming across stillness and silence.  For some this may be a totally new experience as previously it would have been rushing around, noise and non-stop on the go.  Maybe the only time to be still was in front of...
Keeping Well

Keeping Well

I remember being told by one of my holistic teachers that receive healing when you are well. You don’t have to wait until you become unwell or distressed in order to seek a treatment. Having a healing treatment in whatever form when you are well continues to...
How does Shamanic Healing and Reiki differ?

How does Shamanic Healing and Reiki differ?

Healing both from Reiki and Shamanism uses energy to assist the body and mind to find balance and restore harmony from distress, illness and ill health.  Neither are cures, and should always be used in conjunction with any prescribed conventional treatment and advice....
Celebrating Filters!

Celebrating Filters!

A new month, a new year and a new decade it sounds exciting but we seem to be surrounded by distressing and worrying news.  Society seems designed to make us worry and be anxious – adverts get us to worry about how we look so we buy their products, newspaper headlines...
Time to Reflect

Time to Reflect

Last month of the year! Do you give yourself time to reflect on what has been?  Reflection is a key aspect of learning and personal development.  It’s so easy to forget or ignore what we have done, or just take things for granted but we miss out on giving...
The Essence of Travel

The Essence of Travel

As we near the end of the year, have you been anywhere new over the past few months?  Maybe you have revisited familiar haunts or have sought out new places.  Travelling and exploring places that are different from your normal environs brings curiosity, expansion of...
Are we being true to our Values?

Are we being true to our Values?

Values and beliefs are two very different aspects of ourselves which warrant being defined in order to understand the role that values play in our lives. Beliefs are often thoughts that we have said or heard so many times in our heads that we turn them into believing...
Assertive Communication

Assertive Communication

Assertive communication can be confusing.  Does it mean being selfish?  Can you be over assertive? At times people can avoid learning how to be assertive because they fear the consequences. The definition of assertive communication is valuing your own needs and...
Change – getting on track

Change – getting on track

Change – the important bits to succeed! In the last blog we talked about some of the major blocks that can easily get in the way of making the changes we want. When we want to add or take away something in our lives it requires persistence, determination, consistency...
Barriers to Change

Barriers to Change

We all change throughout our lives either by design or fault.  We develop and grow as we go through our ages and during our lives experiences bring events that can have significant impacts. This kind of change will happen subconsciously and without any planning or...