So what is Spiritual Coaching? Spiritual Coaching is about change at a much deeper level so it tends to have a much greater impact on the quality of your life. We are all more familiar with the power of our mind/body connection and yet we still carry long held beliefs that can sabotage our efforts to lead the life we truly desire. These beliefs have their roots in our past and Spiritual Coaching enables you to understand what these beliefs are, the impact they have on your life and how to deal with them.
Spiritual Coaching is a journey with a destination and without a prescribed route, you just let it happen and you know when you have arrived.
As part of my Spiritual journey I am about to build my own Medicine Wheel in my garden. I have to say though Keith my husband has done all the hard work! So this weekend I will be starting to get it ready as my own magical space and somewhere to set my intention, journey to my destination and chill out as well. More to come.
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Thursday, 17 February 2011
Celtic Ash Month
Friday 18th February marks the start of Celtic Ash month and is also a 'Wishing Moon' and a full Moon so a wonderful magical time (see previous Blog).
Ash month is about rebirth, which ties in with the current season, and also symbolises our link with the cosmos - as above, so below.
Ash energy is positive mental energy, feeling good about yourself and using our personal power and confidence in our chosen community. We are challenged to see that our actions are ecological and for the greater good.
Druid wands are made of Ash as is the traditional Besom Broom, and Lintels over the doors of Romany Caravans are also made of Ash for protection.
Ash month is about rebirth, which ties in with the current season, and also symbolises our link with the cosmos - as above, so below.
Ash energy is positive mental energy, feeling good about yourself and using our personal power and confidence in our chosen community. We are challenged to see that our actions are ecological and for the greater good.
Druid wands are made of Ash as is the traditional Besom Broom, and Lintels over the doors of Romany Caravans are also made of Ash for protection.
Sunday, 30 January 2011
Celebrating Imbolc
On Tuesday 1st February we are celebrating the festival of Imbolc - one of the four fire festival and dedicated to the Celtic Goddess Brigid. She is a triple Goddess and patron of artists, craftspeople and healers. Famous for helping others and for transformation.
This is a time of purification, to wash away the winter leaves so that new green shoots can appear. In our garden the snowdrops are putting in an appearance and bulbs are beginning to break through. We welcome the return of spring. Personally it is time to commit or recommit to our spiritual growth, a time to show love as we do on Valentines Day, and to focus on peace and hope.
On the 1st you can light white or gold candles to signify the suns' power and place yellow flowers around the house for the return of spring.
Find time to meditate and send peace, love, hope and joy out into the world.
This is a time of purification, to wash away the winter leaves so that new green shoots can appear. In our garden the snowdrops are putting in an appearance and bulbs are beginning to break through. We welcome the return of spring. Personally it is time to commit or recommit to our spiritual growth, a time to show love as we do on Valentines Day, and to focus on peace and hope.
On the 1st you can light white or gold candles to signify the suns' power and place yellow flowers around the house for the return of spring.
Find time to meditate and send peace, love, hope and joy out into the world.
Thursday, 20 January 2011
Celtic Rowan Tree Month
On Friday 21st January we start the Celtic Rowan month. The Rowan tree symbolises action and energy and is a tree of powerful magic, with the berries called "food of the gods".
It is time to put your energy into your goals with a passion to succeed by manifesting your desires from thoughts to physical reality - drawing your power down.
Have faith in your ideas and trust your insight. This coming month sees much creative energy and also being able to overcome problems, you do though have to be aware of becoming too driven and aggressive!
Find a Rowan Tree (sometimes called the Mountain Ash) and sit with the tree and connect with its magic and energy.
Have a fantastic and magical month.
It is time to put your energy into your goals with a passion to succeed by manifesting your desires from thoughts to physical reality - drawing your power down.
Have faith in your ideas and trust your insight. This coming month sees much creative energy and also being able to overcome problems, you do though have to be aware of becoming too driven and aggressive!
Find a Rowan Tree (sometimes called the Mountain Ash) and sit with the tree and connect with its magic and energy.
Have a fantastic and magical month.
Monday, 17 January 2011
Wishing Moon
On Wednesday 19th January we have a Full Wolf Moon which is also a "Wishing Moon". During a Full Moon we are at the height of our power, fertility and creativity and things come within our reach. As this is also a Wishing Moon (there are 8 Wishing Moons in a calendar year) it is a good time to make a list of wishes, hopes and aspirations.
So you create your Wishing List, add a drop of Jasmine or Sandalwood oil to the list as this will help align your intentions with the right mental, emotional and spiritual state. Then create your own ritual by lighting white candles, wrap your list around a moonstone and bury this in the earth or put it in a secret place until the next full moon. Say what ever feels right for you in this ritual and feel the energy of the Wishing Moon.
Wishing you abundance, peace, joy and love in 2011.
So you create your Wishing List, add a drop of Jasmine or Sandalwood oil to the list as this will help align your intentions with the right mental, emotional and spiritual state. Then create your own ritual by lighting white candles, wrap your list around a moonstone and bury this in the earth or put it in a secret place until the next full moon. Say what ever feels right for you in this ritual and feel the energy of the Wishing Moon.
Wishing you abundance, peace, joy and love in 2011.
Thursday, 9 December 2010
The Magic of the Winter Solstice (Yule)
December has brought snow and freezing temperatures to the UK this year. Although we are experiencing the usual chaos, as I look in my garden I can see a wonderful robin sitting on the hat of my statue, Rosie Lee, who stands in the pond and the Oak tree looks lovely with the snow on its boughs. Other birds are coming and going feasting on the food we have put out for them.
My thoughts are turning to the Winter Solstice, a Pagan festival also known as Yule and one of the most sacred and magical of the festivals. The Winter Solstice falls on the 21st December, the shortest day of the year and the longest night, and was celebrated in Britain long before Christianity. It is the turning point of the year when the sun starts to grow stronger and traditionally in Celtic Shamanic practices the Druids would cut the Mistletoe from the Oak tree and give it as a blessing as it stands for fertility and birth. Pagans are known as “people of the land” or “country dwellers” and celebrating these Pagan Festivals is now more common with many of us turning to Shamanic practices as we become more aware of the effect we have on the earth and our environment.
Pagans celebrate the rebirth of the Sun at Yule and bring holly and ivy into their homes to symbolise the masculine and feminine elements and as they are evergreen this signifies that the earth never dies but just sleeps during the winter months. The Winter Solstice is a solar festival as the sun enters Capricorn and the Oak King challenges and triumphs over the Holly King and the Sun God is born.
This year the Yule festival is also a Full Moon so it is a time to make plans for the future and set goals as this is a time of hope, love and joy when creative energies are awakened. Holly, representing the Holly King, ivy, the Goddess, and mistletoe, fertility, should decorate your home and a piece of holly should be on the main entrance to your home to invite good fortune all year.
Many of these old traditional practices are still around; the holly wreath on our front doors; oranges used to be given in Christmas stockings symbolising the Sun; food is flavoured with cloves and spices which would have hidden the taste of stale and rancid food and of course the chocolate Yule log is still very much in evidence at this time of year.
Our Yule fire will have an oak log on it and a piece will be saved for next year representing the never ending cycle. Any candles burnt should be white with a main candle for the festival and smaller ones for all those present. This is time to spend with family and friends to celebrate this magical time of the Pagan Year and to look forward to 2011 using our creative energy for the year ahead.
My thoughts are turning to the Winter Solstice, a Pagan festival also known as Yule and one of the most sacred and magical of the festivals. The Winter Solstice falls on the 21st December, the shortest day of the year and the longest night, and was celebrated in Britain long before Christianity. It is the turning point of the year when the sun starts to grow stronger and traditionally in Celtic Shamanic practices the Druids would cut the Mistletoe from the Oak tree and give it as a blessing as it stands for fertility and birth. Pagans are known as “people of the land” or “country dwellers” and celebrating these Pagan Festivals is now more common with many of us turning to Shamanic practices as we become more aware of the effect we have on the earth and our environment.
Pagans celebrate the rebirth of the Sun at Yule and bring holly and ivy into their homes to symbolise the masculine and feminine elements and as they are evergreen this signifies that the earth never dies but just sleeps during the winter months. The Winter Solstice is a solar festival as the sun enters Capricorn and the Oak King challenges and triumphs over the Holly King and the Sun God is born.
This year the Yule festival is also a Full Moon so it is a time to make plans for the future and set goals as this is a time of hope, love and joy when creative energies are awakened. Holly, representing the Holly King, ivy, the Goddess, and mistletoe, fertility, should decorate your home and a piece of holly should be on the main entrance to your home to invite good fortune all year.
Many of these old traditional practices are still around; the holly wreath on our front doors; oranges used to be given in Christmas stockings symbolising the Sun; food is flavoured with cloves and spices which would have hidden the taste of stale and rancid food and of course the chocolate Yule log is still very much in evidence at this time of year.
Our Yule fire will have an oak log on it and a piece will be saved for next year representing the never ending cycle. Any candles burnt should be white with a main candle for the festival and smaller ones for all those present. This is time to spend with family and friends to celebrate this magical time of the Pagan Year and to look forward to 2011 using our creative energy for the year ahead.
Sunday, 21 November 2010
Full moon and the web of light
There was a lot in the press after the last Pagan festival, Samhain, with comments about the amount of time devoted to this Pagan festival. The word Pagan comes from the Latin paganus, country dweller and "people of the land". With more of us interested in the earth and connecting to nature it is no wonder we are participating in these festivals.
We used to recognise the cycles of the moon and how it affects our mood and the mood of those around us. Today, 21st November, we have a full moon, a time to get in touch with our true nature which is light. So with some relaxing music centre yourself and experience a state of peace, harmony and love. Hold your intention to experience the light that shines within you, allow your imagination to see this light and feel it emanating through you - the light is limitless and imagine it filling your body and then flowing from you to a web of light that spans the world and join the rest of us who will connect to tonight. Flow this light and experience inner harmony.
You can do this on a day to day basis as you move through your life.
We used to recognise the cycles of the moon and how it affects our mood and the mood of those around us. Today, 21st November, we have a full moon, a time to get in touch with our true nature which is light. So with some relaxing music centre yourself and experience a state of peace, harmony and love. Hold your intention to experience the light that shines within you, allow your imagination to see this light and feel it emanating through you - the light is limitless and imagine it filling your body and then flowing from you to a web of light that spans the world and join the rest of us who will connect to tonight. Flow this light and experience inner harmony.
You can do this on a day to day basis as you move through your life.
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