Autumn – The Season of Letting Go

Autumn; the start of the yin cycle. It coincides with the time of year my Reiki attunements happened to take place. My children were much smaller then. As the years have passed by since, I have mourned and then learned, in time, to let go of the loss of their smallness: memories of their squeakyContinue reading “Autumn – The Season of Letting Go”

At the height – and joyful heart – of Summer

21 June 2021 and the Summer Solstice, traditionally known as mid-summer, has landed! After a UK May of rain, hail, more rain, slugs and snails, and unseasonably cold temperatures, the first three weeks of June gave us a vintage heat that really did live up to the title of Sir Frederic Leighton’s painting. Summer seeminglyContinue reading “At the height – and joyful heart – of Summer”

Why we must not forget about the restorative power of human touch in the COVID Age

It came from the East… What a difference a year makes – and this one’s not done with us yet. When 2020 was barely underway, way back when we thought we knew about “Project Fear”, a tiny morsel of news caught my eye. Reported by Dennis Normile and published in Science Mag, the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it articleContinue reading “Why we must not forget about the restorative power of human touch in the COVID Age”