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January: a gateway to magic
Happy new year! 1:1 – we are standing in the gateway. There is something about the first day of the year that feels momentous. I notice it every time, even though I remind myself that it is all a little bit arbitrary. Has anything really changed, since yesterday? Is the season different, is the collective?…
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Why is block removal important now?
How has your 2024 been? In my online shamanic circle I get to track – more carefully than I used to – the energies and trends that run through the year and how they impact those of us on the healing path. And I would say for sure that this year has, for many of…
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What do you want to know about Reiki?
This past weekend (3rd November) was the 20th anniversary of my Reiki 1 course. Happy birthday to me, I am 20! As it were 🙂 I wasn’t sure of the exact date, but as I was preparing for a private Reiki 1 course for Tuesday (for a couple who wanted to do their attunements together…
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Healing Song Circles
Laura Daligan and I are back doing the Healing Song Circles in Glastonbury – and this autumn/winter we are working through different stages of Sovereignty! Our events for the rest of this year are will be happening in three locations in Glastonbury. Our ceremonies will explore powerful aspects of pagan spirituality, while still retaining our…
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What’s the point of Reiki 2?
For people setting out on the Reiki journey, there are often questions about how far they will want to follow the path of training. Do you need to do Reiki 2? How long should you wait before doing it? And, if you decide to do the practitioner level, what do you really get out of…
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Ceremonies – for opening, for closing
Lammas (or Lughnasadh) – the grain harvest – is almost here, and I am opening up the Healing Through the Wheel of the Year three-day event again. This time, I am adding something extra – an opening and closing ceremony. I launched these season, three-day events at Lammas last year – so I’ve done a…
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Intuitive healing needs strong foundations
Healing is a creative art. I have always believed in our ability, as healers, to craft and create new ways of working that are effective and empowering, for us as practitioners and for our clients. In around 2007 or 2008 (I confess I cannot remember exact dates – somewhere back in the mists of time)…
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Energy blocks: negative energy?
I taught a Reiki 1 course the other day, and it always makes me think about the way I describe the energy body, and the sensations of perceiving it. I’m always stressing how important it is to notice the way our hands feel or what we see when we work on a client. And at…
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My thoughts on healing (an interview)
I know, I know, this whole blog is just my thoughts on healing 🙂 Recently I was interviewed by the lovely Ria Varma, as part of this year’s Goddess Conference. The theme this year is healing, which means I got to talk about my favourite things! You can see the interview below: If you are…
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Ingrid, the Rose and the Witness (or: how to recognise that the work is working)
When we come to a healing path – or any path of committed spiritual endeavour – we often do it to fix something in particular. For me, the healing path makes sense because of my magical background and heritage! But actually, I didn’t really come to it that way, or at least not so consciously.…
Kay Gillard 