When Mikao Usui, the founder of the practice we call Reiki, put together a curriculum for students, it included meditation as a core necessity, but why? Usui knew from his years studying different spiritual practices and his own enlightenment process that things like having a clear mind, being an empty vessel, being able to maintain focus on the present moment and having a strong and stable base were essential to being effective at Reiki treatments. A calm body and mind is mo

The most powerful gift you can give yourself and others is to be centred and grounded. As a healer, 98% of my healing practice is about...

My local GPs surgery this week - not somewhere I frequent often - maybe once a year for proactive health checks, possibly even less. It's...

"Things" don't bring you happiness! Fast cars, fancy clothes, big houses/apartments are not the source of anyone's joy - they are merely...

When teaching my current 6-week online Mind Calm meditation course for WayfinderWoman Trust, I asked the group to visualise a big, open,...

Did you know that every single illness we have can be improved by getting to know ourselves better? More than just a physical body, our...

When I first taught Reiki I taught very minimal meditation practices to students and only at level 2 (Okuden) and above. This is because...

At a Mindfulness workshop recently I gave the group a perfect, unintended example of being caught up in thinking and not being mindfully...

Coaching is a personal development approach used to help individuals and groups access their innate intelligence to solve issues and...

This week in the Meditation For Modern Living course we explored common reasons people struggle to meditate, they were: Lack of...

Feeling a bit low? Meditation is my go to "charging device" when my battery needs a top up. Along with good food, a clean environment to...

I had the joy and benefit of teaching Reiki last week, and one of the metaphors I share is how doing Reiki (which is actually being...

In the Monday Night Meditation Group we've been exploring how we might be living in the past or future. What do I mean by that? Living in...

Meditation has been banded around now for a while as a cure-all for a lot of conditions, but does it really hold up to the hype? Whilst a...

When questioned, 100% of people the people I meet say they want to be calm, peaceful and experience love more than anything else on this...

Ever find yourself getting up in the morning and launching head-first into the day? After all, you've had between 6-8 hours downtime...

Are you in need of some rest, relaxation and rejuvenation? This Saturday I have an 'open to anyone' day of Reiki booked at the gorgeous...

Thoughts, feelings, emotions - we all have them - it's how we relate to them that counts. If you criticise, analyse, try and fix,...

To honour Mental Health Awareness Week's theme of anxiety*, each day this week I've been exploring different facets of anxiety and...

For some, the benefits of a self-care tool, new healing powers and a community to practice with after is sufficient to sign up for a...