Self-Care & Wellbeing

Myross Woods medicine song

Myross Woods medicine song

A few weeks ago I visited Myross Woods to book a room for a sound bath. It was years since I’d been there and I’d forgotten how lovely it is. There is a nature walk that brings you down through a woodland past a grotto by a waterfall and on down to the shore. It was...

Half a century young tomorrow!

Half a century young tomorrow!

Dear friend, I hope you have been keeping well.  We are living in difficult changing times.  Covid has taken a back seat and the war on Ukraine has taken it’s place.   It’s easy to become disheartened about the sad state of affairs on our beautiful planet, but what...

Danced by Rhythm

Danced by Rhythm

Dear friend, A couple of weeks ago I attended a womens retreat day in west Cork called ‘Sile Rising’ organised by members of the Irish College of Sound Healing.  It was a beautiful day of connection and exploring feminine wisdom through the legends of Sile na Gig and...

Cards for April

Cards for April

?She Wolf + Oracle?  Hi there!This month I chose Kyle Gray’s ‘Angels and Ancestors Oracle Cards’ and 2 cards came forward. The first one is the She-Wolf and then the second one is the Oracle. You can listen the reading on the audio:Thank you for listening and if...

Sun Loving

Sun Loving

Sun Loving Poem This is a found poem from an article in an old gardening magazine (c.1993) I had at home. When we are present and observe nature all around us, we can find everyday magic #everydaymagic #natureheals Sweet-smelling swathesof bronze to the eastDelicious...

When There is War

When There is War

When there is war... This poem was inspired by Ukranian Jewellery Maker Tanya Kolyada.  May While we were looking forward to restrictions relaxing and life becoming more normal again, now we have the horror of war in Ukraine.  It’s hard to know what to do think and...

Five Tips to Beat the Pandemic Blues

Five Tips to Beat the Pandemic Blues

The media is full of Covid and with the numbers to back it, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and fearful.  Being in this state over a period of time can erode your sense of well-being and affect your mental health.  But what can we do when everything seems to be out of...

It’s Time to Get Started!

It’s Time to Get Started!

It’s blackberry time again, autumn is here, but I still have a foot in summer.  On Saturday night, I slept out in the garden, snug in my sleeping bag covered with a tarp to keep dry.  It was almost full moon and I walked outside to my bed in the silvery light. For the...

Stories from the Womb ~ Loss

Stories from the Womb ~ Loss

  After midnight, my lovely designated night midwife would bring Alan up from the morgue.  I could hold him and study his little face so I could learn it and imprint it in my memory. I accepted that it had to be like this, seeing my baby in the dead of night. ...