There is a word in the Andean tradition that has no clean translation into English. Allyu. It means family, but it is bigger than blood. It means community, but it is bigger than proximity. An allyu is the living web of relationship that holds a person up, human and non human alike. The mountains are […]
One of my closest spiritual soul sisters finally came up to Yorkshire for a visit. I gathered my whole family around for dinner so everyone could meet each other properly, because they’ve all been hearing about one another for twenty years. Twenty years of stories, finally sitting at the same table. Santosh came up specifically […]
When I was a teenager, someone told me I had the form and the talent to go professional with horses. I had the blue ribbons to prove it. And I wanted a horse more than almost anything. But I also wanted ballet. And the theatre. And to travel the world. And I knew, even then, […]
There’s a particular kind of suffering that comes not from loss, or failure, but from not knowing where you are. You look around and the old version of your life doesn’t fit anymore. The old you, the one who knew what she wanted, who had a clear sense of direction, who could explain herself at […]
There’s a particular kind of flatness that hits when something big is changing in your life. Not depression exactly. Not laziness. Just a strange, heavy nothing where your get-up-and-go used to live. I’ve been there. More than once. The first time it scared me. I had things to do, a life to run, a version […]
I’m a shaman, a therapist, and a healer with 25 years of practice. I’ve seen a lot of “miracle” products come and go. So when a friend handed me two tiny patches and told me about light therapy and the body’s own intelligence, I was genuinely intrigued. That’s exactly the kind of medicine I understand. […]
After nearly two weeks of travelling, I’m on my way home. Restored in my soul, happy in my connections and full, in every sense of the word. I saw new cities, had spectacular cultural experiences, and unlike my usual healthy eating discipline, I fully committed to the gelato and pasta plan in Italy and the […]
Travelling is wonderful because it constantly brings home to me what is actually important. On the challenging side there is the hassle factor, the organisation, packing (ugh!) things not going to plan, delays, tech not working, traffic and confusion, and the moments when a foreign language feels like a wall rather than a door. On […]
It was a beautiful hot sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. Forrest and Bob were running a fell race and invited me along. In the car on the way I realised I’d forgotten my wallet. Bob had too. We got teased about that, responsible parents that we are. Neither of us could figure […]
You’ve done the work. Maybe years of it. The therapy, courses, healing sessions, and countless spiritual practices. And yet there’s still this feeling, a heaviness, a stuckness, a sense that something is running underneath everything that you just can’t quite reach. That’s not a sign that you’re broken. That’s a sign that what you’re carrying […]
