For those exploring a path of spirit, I’ll say a little of my own journey into healing, and how this expresses itself in the sessions I offer:

The question ‘why?’

Whilst studying for a degree in chemistry, I found the intricate detail that science has uncovered fascinating. In bio-molecular medicine, the step by step process of disease progression can often be mapped molecule by molecule. However, whatever the incredible degree of detail the scientific approach has given us, it rarely if ever asks or answers the question ‘why?’. It is one thing to undersand the biochemistry of asthma, and another to try to uncover the emotional and spiritual history that may lie behind it. This craving to go deeper led me to the study of naturopathic medicine, healing and the development of a personal meditation and mindfullness practice.

My spiritual teachers

My greatest teachers are Buddha consciousness and nature.
For me the main themes that emerge from Buddha consciousness is a sense of profound stillness, expansiveness and interconnectedness, and the ability to access the qualities of love, compassion and beauty more fully. I live as close to nature as possible, and continual learn from the cycles and incredible interconnectedness that she reveals. I have also received great teachings from Amma, Osho, Ram Dass and many other inspired and enlightened teachers. Committed relationship (to place and people) offers me perhaps the finest opportunity for the hidden parts of the ego to surface and be revealed.

My greatest challenge been to learn from the destructive power of depression and moderate a deep culturally trained reductionist rationalism (which would too soon draw straight lines without ever understanding the nature of the edges).

How this reflects in practice

Through the ‘jewel’ of the Buddha, I hold my consciousness steady to the qualities of love and compassion, and to the extent that I am able, acknowledge and welcome with gratitude the Buddha consciousness in the space.

Within this, the qualities of harmony and stillness become apparent, and that in you which is craving for greater harmony finds a safe structure in which to reflect itself. The space within the room allows those ‘issues’ or fears which are ripe to emerge a safe and supportive space to do so. (This is important, I don’t believe in going digging for history, I trust that what needs to emerge will. It is also worth saying that the ‘issue’ may simply be remembering what it is to be at peace)

Like a stagnant pool of water exposed to a fresh stream, the consciousness of the moment gently clears and restores the pool. That stagnant pool is simply the fear we have locked away within us, often in part of the body, which is why gentle bodywork, touch and physical support can really potentise this process.

It is not ‘me doing healing’. Rather, my ability to step out of the way, to compassionately witness what emerges, and to hold that which emerges with love does, in some gentle way, offer a hand for people to hold on the road of healing.

In charging for session, it is for my time and the infrastructure of the Apothecary that you contribute towards. The healing itself is free, and is available for you to open your heart to at any time should you wish to reconnect to it. (The consciousness that allows healing is always there, always nearby, and I sometimes think my role in this is simply to help remind people how to connect to it when they have forgotten)