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A LUGHNASADH CEREMONY
We record our A Year With the Wheel Lughnasadh ceremony... it's a time of holidays and so it ensures we can have a holiday and that our...
Aug 2, 20222 min read


RENEWING OUR WEDDING VOWS
In 2020, as part of my ministry training I wrote a vow renewal ceremony for my husband and I. I crafted it based on our reflections of...
Jul 23, 20221 min read


SENDING BLESSINGS
Today I send my blessings to all the One Spirit Ordinands who are taking their vows. Vows which state how they promise to show up in the world... how they'll serve... 2 years ago on this day I took my own vow. Spoke the unique words that felt Divined. The words that came to me at the end of my ministry training. A culmination of the journey I'd been on... Through ceremony & my own biography and healing... Through spiritual counselling & an exploration of different religions i
Jul 22, 20222 min read


CROWNING
Today I attended a Crowning... a Crone-ing... an Eldering... ceremony for a wonderful friend and teacher in Colorado. It was so beautiful...
Jul 14, 20221 min read


THE EMBRACING TREE
I woke up with an empty diary (other than volunteering at Youth Club tonight)... No zooms! Awesome! Of course I could've spent the day...
Jun 30, 20222 min read


RECIPROCAL BLESSINGS
Pausing to count my blessings... each stitch in the spiral another thing I'm grateful for in my life. Stitched in a Solstice ceremony and...
Jun 28, 20222 min read


20 REASONS FOR ACCOMPANIMENT
1. Because you're curious about what it might bring to your life
2. To work through childhood trauma
3. Because you've received bad news...
Jun 26, 20221 min read


LISTENING
Listening to trauma & sadness... fears & love stories... troubles & joys... hopes & dreams... Stories of life... of what it is to be human. This is one of the biggest honours of being a spiritual counselor & minister... of life! Being invited into someone's life for a few minutes... a few hours... to listen. Back in my corporate days, when I facilitated programmes in coaching, consulting & facilitation skills, I used to help people explore what it is to truly listen. How we
Jun 16, 20222 min read


TOO MUCH / NOT ENOUGH
I can't tell you how many scarves, shawls, wraps and dresses I have bought recently in an attempt to begin to feel I have something to wear for the weddings and other ceremonies I'm holding this year! Most of them have been returned 🤦♀️ I do love these two kimonos though... especially the green one for midsummer.. but wonder if they might feel too much... especially out on the hill blowing about! And to wear my stole or not? The stole I made for my ordination was ministry i
May 14, 20222 min read


DANGER OF NOT LIVING ENOUGH
Tea, scones and chat about death. What could be better? Today I hosted a Death Café with a friend here on the Isle of Skye. I love these...
May 11, 20221 min read


LAND BLESSING
Today I held a beautiful land naming and blessing ceremony which was co-created with the stewards of the land. It wove Malaysian and...
Apr 22, 20221 min read


A QUEST FOR EARTH DAY
Today I took myself out on a Nature Quest... a quest for Earth Day I wanted to converse with the Earth herself to know what we can do to...
Apr 21, 20222 min read


INTEGRATING THE FEMININE AND MASCULINE
I've been having some deeper awareness about integrating the inner masculine and feminine... work that's so needed on the planet right now... and perhaps work that's essential in me as I step into more Ceremonies of Union... I saw in meditation that the last two altars/mandalas I've created have had the same form... which I hadn't realised until now... the female form with womb containing egg, ovaries and birth canal. The second altar is only different in that there's an addi
Apr 3, 20222 min read


I LONG TO LEARN THEIR SONGS
Last Night I attended the first of four 'Plant Encounter' sessions with Jean Atherton-Dow www.jeandowherbalist.co.uk/ and a sister One...
Mar 11, 20221 min read


CIRCLES OF WOMEN
Yesterday was International Women's Day (IWD) and I know I'm supposed to be inspired by it, but it had the opposite effect on me....
Mar 9, 20222 min read


WALKING THROUGH TREACLE
Today's Ministry was definitely FOR me not BY me. This week has felt a bit like walking through treacle. Communications and conversations seem to have been challenging. What's going on with the planets? I know we're heading towards a full moon. And I wonder what Mercury, the planet that rules communication, is up to... where it is in my chart... As a coach, facilitator and spiritual counsellor I pride myself on communications, so it hits me hard when it feels so difficult.
Mar 6, 20222 min read


WANT TO PLAY OUT TOGETHER ON EARTH DAY?
I'm thinking of doing something for Earth Day... What I feel called to is to invite you on a nature quest with me. We would gather...
Mar 5, 20221 min read


HOW DO I EXPERIENCE SPIRIT?
I've been hosting a women's circle online since summer last year and on Sunday it drew to a close in its current format... although it will continue in a new form. The focus has been exploring spirituality and I've loved how it's emerged... the group choosing a different theme to explore in the gaps between the sessions. It's been beautiful to see the deepening of sharing... sharing of what is real and important and vulnerable as the trust in the group has grown. In our final
Mar 4, 20224 min read


RETURN TO YOUR HEART, DEAR ONE
Had a particularly low day last Thursday which carried on into Friday. I spent time resting, with myself, meditating and I wrote this poem which helped shift through it... A 'free' day. Of late, so rare Anticipated with longing And yet, now here, I find The ache of longing still present With time, I've fallen into a hole Missing, void, partial, unwhole Longing, alongside Sadness, grief and despair, hard to bear Stopping to re-collect my week's feelings I find connection, joy
Feb 14, 20222 min read


I HOLD YOU OPEN
As we head towards the full moon (Monday), as usual, I find my dreams are ramping up. Not sure if I have more dreams or just more vivid dreams I remember around now, but sometimes I can remember as many as 3 or 4 a night. A few years ago I noticed I only wanted to drink (alcohol!) around the moons and wondered if I was suppressing strong energies, so decided to stop drinking then. And now the dreams! So, last night I know there were 3 or so because I woke a few times remember
Jan 14, 20223 min read
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