Meditation with Demeter this Full moon
January 10th 2020. This full moon is in cancer, and has a partial eclipse at 19.10 visible from the uk, creating a dark shadow over the...
Goddess of Winter and Winter Solstice
As the solstice approaches and our sun prepares to return to the earth once more, my seasonal decorations have changed, and i think of...
World Aids Day 1st December! Educating yourself is the best thing you can do to help beat the stigma
It is World Aids Day this weekend. Every year it takes place on 1st December. Most people dont pay attention because it hasn't affected...
Why Our Babies Don't Like Being Put Down?
(My niece, husband and mum) I wondered this when my eldest daughter was a baby 22 years ago, and have pondered on this thought with every...
Create Your own Sigil to Empower Your Birth
Sigils are an incredibly powerful tool that can support us through many life situations, especially rites of passage. I never used them...
Trusting our Own Path
I often find myself wondering how on earth I got to where I am, a doula, shamanic practitioner in training, and ceremony facilitator... I...
A small glimpse of kaupapa Maori birth.
With an interest in spirituality and traditions around birth, which I believe is very much lacking, and is a missing piece in western...
My Relationship with 'The Gorsedd Prayer'
I have been spending my day writing a beautiful druid ceremony for a baby blessing, and finding myself pondering an interesting part of...
'Closing The Bones' - please step back for a few moments to think.
Most doulas, once we become birth workers, quickly learn of a postpartum healing ritual quickly named in the uk as 'Closing the Bones' or...
Honouring Our Land, Honouring Culture.
I have recently had experiences that left me feeling unsettled about spiritual cultural and intellectual appropriation and reflecting...
