The Zen Academy

01/07/2025

So where has the last 6 weeks gone……✨☀️🌼

For me it has been a time of physical healing, but I have definitely had to get a grip on my own boundaries, emotions and have a sense of patience, kindness and compassion towards myself that I never expected and I guess realised I didn’t have 🫣

Were there some dark times, yes there were, but as with all things in life the duality between light and dark showed itself and I was given the time to also make some lovely memories with my family and friends.

I may have the toolkit and my spiritual connection may be strong, but it doesn’t mean that this human existence hasn’t tested me 🙈 🤣

But as I turn the corner in my healing journey, I am feeling good and the connection to myself feels stronger. I feel lighter, lucky and grateful to have had the time for me. More importantly, that the bad things that were in my womb are now gone and caught early enough that no further action is needed, and to be honest the relief is immense.

I wanted to say a BIG thank you to everyone who sent me well wishes, chatted when I needed a friendly ear, as well as the gifts, distance healing and even the breath work meditation to keep me sane 😊

You all know who you are and from the bottom of my heart I am truly grateful and feel lucky to have the support of so many beautiful women in my life 💜

I am back at work from next week and the appointments are filling up and I have my beautiful retreat this weekend with an amazing group of ladies…a space remains if you feel called to join us…..I feel truly blessed to do this work 🌼

More will be loading over the coming weeks as I ease myself back in and thank you again and I hope to see you all very soon ♥️

30/06/2025

This morning I found a feather on the floor beside my desk.
No obvious reason for it to be there — just one of those small, unexpected moments that makes you pause.

It got me thinking about how we create meaning from the little things. Whether or not you believe in signs, sometimes a small detail can feel like reassurance. Like someone’s watching over you.

I do believe in signs. I think we receive them all the time — we just don’t always notice. Or we ask for a sign, but don’t recognise it because it didn’t arrive how we expected. Sometimes, we wait for a “signier” sign, dismissing the gentle ones that already came.

As I returned to work and continued planning this weekend’s retreat, this feather felt like a quiet, comforting reminder: I’m not alone in curating this space. It was a good way to start the day.

Have you ever had one of those moments — something small, but it felt like so much more?

29/06/2025

✨ “I didn’t realise how far I’d drifted from myself…until I came to Flourish.” ✨

That was the first thing she told me — a woman who arrived at my last retreat day carrying the weight of everyone else’s needs but her own.

She was burned out and anxious
Running on empty.
Smiling through it, but disconnected inside.

By the end of the day — she was grounded, connected, calm, peaceful and alive. 🌿

Flourish isn’t a luxury. It’s time for you.

This is the exhale you didn’t know you were craving.

A sacred space where the woman who “does it all” can finally let herself feel.
Be seen. Be held. Be empowered.

💫 What if Monday didn’t feel like another survival cycle…
…but like you actually connected back to yourself?

📍 Flourish is that place.
It’s the pause you keep putting off.
And it’s waiting for you.

⏳ There are just 2 spaces left.
This is your sign. Your nudge. Your sacred yes.

Booking 🔗 https://www.thezenacademy.co.uk/retreat/

🗓 Sunday 6th July | Berry Farm Cotswolds, Cirencester
✨A full-day summer immersion for healing, reconnection & remembering who you are.

19/06/2025

🌼 Two spaces have become available.…🌼

🌸 Are you ready to Flourish? 🌸

Have you ever felt like you're living life on autopilot, giving to everyone else... and quietly forgetting yourself?

Maybe you’ve been strong for too long.
Maybe you’ve been craving space to just be.
Maybe you’re ready to feel safe, whole, and you again.

🌼 Flourish is a full-day women's wellness retreat designed to awaken, heal, and reconnect you to yourself —
Body, mind, emotions, and soul. 🌿

✨ Empowerment Coaching
✨ Limiting Belief Healing
✨ Soul Essence Meditation
✨ Heart-Opening Yoga
✨ Reiki & Sound Bath Healing
✨ Cacao Ceremony under a summer sky

🩷 Flourish is not just a retreat. It’s transformational and a sacred return to yourself.

On Sunday 6th July, join us for a full day of healing, reconnection, and soul-nourishment at a beautiful wellness haven in the heart of the Cotswolds in South Cerney near Cirencester.

This is your invitation to pause.
To listen.
To bloom.

Only 2 spaces remain.

✨ Click here for more information & to book - https://www.thezenacademy.co.uk/retreat/

✨ Link in bio / DM for details

The woman you’re becoming is already within you.
It’s time to remember.

Join Flourish, a one-day healing and empowerment retreat for women in the Cotswolds. Experience a Cacao ceremony, empowerment coaching, yoga, reiki and sound healing at Berry Farm, South Cerney, Cirencester. Limited Spaces Available!

23/05/2025

My mind, body & energy have been having some alignment issues.
So today, I sat down, breathed deeply, & dropped into the quiet. Something unexpected happened.

I found myself reciting the 𝒇𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒊𝒌𝒊 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒔 🌀 Just for today… I am grateful for the breath that moves through me. For the lessons, the laughter & the love. For this sacred moment, here & now.

It struck me deeply. I’ve been a 𝑹𝒆𝒊𝒌𝒊 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 8 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔, & these words were some of the very first I learned in Reiki 1. I haven’t consciously spoken to them in a long while. Why now?

Because I’ve been racing ahead—living in the future, not the present. Reiki gently pulled me back. Reiki was my first step on my journey to 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒓. I am healing physically, so no surprise that’s exactly where I was taken back to.

“𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚” is not a dismissal of tomorrow. It's a powerful invitation to presence. In the quiet moments between breaths, there is a choice: to focus on what's missing, or to open our hearts to what is & gratitude.

Gratitude is more than a feeling—it's a practice, a vibration, a way of returning to presence. When we honour what we have, no matter how small, we invite peace, abundance, & healing into our lives.

𝐀𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫: you don’t need to have it all figured out. Just begin with gratitude.

🌸 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭? Share below your gratitude, it could be the spark that lifts someone else’s day. ✨👇

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📣 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐤𝐢 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝— 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 💫
I’m teaching:
🌀 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐤𝐢 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝟏 – 𝟐𝟕 & 𝟐𝟖 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 (𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 + 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬)
🌀 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐤𝐢 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝟐 – 𝟏𝟖 & 𝟏𝟗 𝐎𝐜𝐭 (𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐬 + 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 + 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬)
Full details coming soon.
✨ Small groups in Warwickshire. DM me for more info. 💌

Thank you Pat Ray for the beautiful flowers. I love you ♥️

22/05/2025

🌿 Why I Created Flourish (And Why It Might Be Exactly What You Need!) 💜

A few people have asked me this question lately...and my why is pretty simple!

There was a time in my life when I felt like a stranger to myself.
Pulled in all directions.
Overgiving.
Questioning who I was — beyond the roles, expectations, and old stories.

I know what it feels like to lose touch with your true essence...
and I also know the power of choosing to remember.

🌸 That's why I created Flourish & why I choose to move women through the stories we tell ourselves and the masks we wear.

Because healing isn’t about fixing yourself — it’s about reconnecting to the wholeness that was always there.

At Flourish, we create space to:

✨Rest your nervous system
✨Release emotional and energetic weight
✨Reignite your self-trust, clarity, and inner confidence
✨Return to a place of balance, love, and possibility

Surrounded by the Cotswolds countryside, the heart-opening cacao, the nurturing sisterhood, the deep sound healing —
you'll find yourself again.

This is more than a retreat.
It's a sacred remembering.

If your soul has been whispering for more… this is your invitation.

Date: 𝙎𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙮 6𝙩𝙝 𝙅𝙪𝙡𝙮 2025, 10𝙖𝙢-5.30𝙥𝙢
Location: 𝘽𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙁𝙖𝙧𝙢, 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝘾𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮, 𝘾𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝘾𝙤𝙩𝙨𝙬𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙨
👉 https://www.thezenacademy.co.uk/retreat/

🌸 Spaces are limited to honour the sacredness of our circle.

I would love to hold space for your next chapter 💜

The early bird spaces are already filled & we are now over half full!
Payment plans are available, please contact me for more information.

21/05/2025

My lovely girl hand made this get well card for me 🩷🩷🩷

I love her so much and I am so lucky to have a beautiful family around me to look after me.

The operation was a success and I am now home resting and healing 🌺

Thank you all for your good wishes and healing, I really appreciate it 🩷

19/05/2025

Today is a big day for me. It will be the start of my next phase of healing.

It's time to finally honour my body’s truth & I will be going in for a hysterectomy.

For a while I put pressure on myself to ‘heal naturally’ & that it was ‘normal’ for my body to do what it was doing - it’s just perimenopause I told myself. I even slipped into the old narrative of “just get on with it.”
But none of that felt true. I knew this was more than my natural cycle of being a woman, it felt heavier than that.

And the truth always rises — especially for those of us with Emotional Authority.

✨ I waited. I felt. I trusted.
And eventually… clarity came.

This part of me — this physical weight I’ve been carrying —
has become too heavy to hold.
It’s time to release it with love and reverence.

This is my healing.

Transformation often comes through accepting the limit.
Not pushing harder.
Not pretending I’m superhuman.
Just saying: this is my next sacred yes.

One of the values I choose to live by is —
My body is not my enemy.
She’s been a home, a battlefield, and a temple.
Now, she’s asking for a new beginning & to feel connected to the rest of me.

This is not the end of my feminine power.
My womb has held more than life — it has held wisdom, creation, pain, and possibility.
This is not a loss.
This is a reclamation.

For me this is my transformation a portal and initiation to connect back to myself.
A remembering of what it means to feel… me.
To return to my own divine rhythm.
To let softness be the doorway into strength.

I’ll be resting, healing and integrating the knowledge.

And when I return — I will be softer, stronger, and even deeper in my purpose and clearer about the kind of sovereignty and safety I’m here to help other women anchor into.

Because this —
This is healing, too. 🩷

💌 Feel free to DM me if you're on your own healing journey. You’re not alone — and your path doesn’t have to look like anyone else’s.

16/05/2025

I have a little jar on my desk… it says on the front:

"What I Love About You" 🫙💌

My daughter gave it to me for Mother’s Day a couple years ago — every part of it handmade with so much love:
the sign on the front, the tiny envelopes with hearts, the words inside — each one a little whisper of legacy 💗

Inside are notes she wrote… the things she sees in me, the values I’ve passed down as she’s grown up.
Today, I was feeling a lot — a wave moving through me 🌊
So I reached in and pulled out a note at random.

It read:
“You're the kindest person I know.” 🩷

What made it even more special?
On the school run this morning, I had just been told (again) that I’m “too soft” with Emily.
But softness is sacred.
Every morning, I wait in the car until her bus arrives — so she doesn’t have to stand outside in the cold, rain, or wind.
It’s one small act of kindness…
A sacral yes that feels right.
And today, as she stepped out of the car, she said:
“Thank you for being so kind.” 💫

That little jar? It reminds me — always — that love lives in the simple things.
Tiny pieces of paper that refill your soul when you forget who you are 💌
And here’s the truth:

✨ You don’t have to wait for someone else to give you a jar like this.
✨ You can write your own.
✨ You can love yourself for being soft, kind, wild, tired, tender… whatever truth is alive today.

And if you can’t write your own notes right now — that’s your invitation.
That’s the moment to begin the work of remembrance.

🪷 In my upcoming group programme later this year, we’re going to do exactly this:
Return to the truth of who we are.
Reclaim our kindness.
And every woman who joins will receive a jar from me to fill with her own self-love.

Because you are worth loving — by others, yes… but especially by you.
And love doesn’t have to cost the earth. It just has to come from the heart 🫶🏽

Today I’m feeling emotional and grateful, heart full 💗
I’m off for a weekend in London to celebrate Emily’s 15th birthday 🎉
and make beautiful new memories before a big week ahead for me next week. 🌙

Wishing you a peaceful, heart-filled weekend too xx

# #ʜᴇᴀʟɪɴɢᴊᴏᴜʀɴᴇʏ

14/05/2025

🩷Before You Heal, You Need to Feel Safe Again....🩷

There’s something I wish more coaches and healers would say out loud:
✨You can’t heal what you’re still afraid to feel.
✨You can’t transform in spaces where your nervous system is still bracing for impact.

Feeling safe isn’t a “nice to have.”
It’s the foundation of healing.

Here’s what that really means ⬇️

✨ Safety is your body finally exhaling after years of being on high alert.
✨ It’s not needing to perform or explain why you're not okay.
✨ It’s someone holding sacred space while your truth spills out — messy, holy, and unedited.
✨ It’s knowing you can break down without being broken.

I’ve lived the crash.
I’ve walked through burnout, emotional numbness, identity loss — and I came out the other side with one realization:

🧠 You can’t think your way into healing.
🌿 You need to feel your way there — and that only happens when your body feels safe enough to soften.

This is why I created the Flourish Retreat Day & my 1:1 Awakened Heart sessions — not as just another “wellness moment,” but as a return to safety, truth, and embodiment.

Both can be found here....https://www.thezenacademy.co.uk or DM me to discuss your journey.

So many women are still trying to fix their minds while ignoring what their nervous system is screaming.
But healing doesn’t happen through strategy.
It happens through safety, softness, and sacred slowness.

💌 If you’re ready to finally stop holding it all together…
If you’re ready to fall apart in a space that honors your wholeness…then take a look at my 1:1 sessions or retreat day....

You’re not too much.
You’re just not meant to do it alone 💜

09/05/2025

🌷 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙍𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙇𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙! 🌷

🌸 𝘼 𝙎𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 🌸

Dear Beautiful Soul,

If you’ve been feeling disconnected from yourself…
If you’ve been longing for a safe space to breathe, heal, and reconnect…
If your soul is whispering, "I need something more" —

✨ 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙝 is for you. ✨

I am so excited to officially open bookings for 𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒉: 𝑨 𝑺𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑫𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕— a full-day women's retreat set in the beautiful Cotswolds countryside at Berry Farm.

This isn’t just a retreat.
It’s a journey back to yourself. 🌿

𝑫𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆:

• A heart-opening cacao ceremony
• Empowerment coaching and belief re-coding
• Breath work and soul essence meditation
• Hypnosis for cutting energy chords
• Gentle, restorative yoga in our summer tipi
• Reiki energy healing and deep sound bath therapy
• Oracle card reflections and a nurturing closing circle
• The power of coming together as women to be heard, seen & held

Set in a stunning converted barn surrounded by nature, with time spent outside under the summer sky, this retreat has been lovingly created to support your full body, mind, emotional, and soul healing.

✨ 𝙀𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝘽𝙞𝙧𝙙 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩: £139 - (only 5 spaces available at this price)
✨ 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩: £169 (after 5 early bird spaces)

Date: 𝙎𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙮 6𝙩𝙝 𝙅𝙪𝙡𝙮 2025, 10𝙖𝙢-5.30𝙥𝙢
Location: 𝘽𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙁𝙖𝙧𝙢, 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝘾𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮, 𝘾𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝘾𝙤𝙩𝙨𝙬𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙨

🌸 Spaces are limited to honour the sacredness of our circle.
👉 https://www.thezenacademy.co.uk/retreat/

If you’ve been waiting for a sign…
This is it.
This is your time to Flourish. 🌿

I can’t wait to walk this beautiful journey with you 💜

A Time To Flourish –One-Day Empowerment & Healing RetreatFor Women A Deeply Healing Escape Awaits You. This is more than a retreat—it’s a journey back to yourself. Join us for a transformative day where you will rest, heal, and reconnect with your inner wisdom. SOLD OUT!!! – Sunday 16th Marc...

02/05/2025

✨ Only 2 Spaces Left – May Soul Sister Circle ✨
This Sunday | Rosebird Community Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon

Join us as we step into the vibrant energy of Beltane and the early summer season. This sacred circle is a space for women to reconnect with themselves and each other — heart-first and soul-deep.

We'll be working with the energy of the heart to gently release what no longer serves us and intentionally plant the seeds of what we wish to grow, nurture, and bring to life.

What to Expect:
🍫Cacao Ceremony – Heart-opening cacao, lovingly described as a “hug in a mug,” will guide us into a deeper state of connection and clarity.

🌼Beltane Meditation – A grounding and uplifting meditation to call in love, hope, and soulful connection.

💝Healing & Intention Setting – A chance to release emotional heaviness, soothe stress and anxiety, and align with your inner truth.

This circle is for you if you’re ready to:
✨ Let go of emotional tension and energetic weight
✨ Soothe anxiety, stress, or burnout from the inside out
✨ Reconnect with your emotional truth and intuition
✨ Set powerful intentions with heart and purpose

Details:

📍 Rosebird Community Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon
🗓 Sunday 4th May
⏰ 6:15pm – 7:45pm
🎟 Only 2 spaces left – book now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1313693214769?aff=oddtdtcreator

Come as you are. Leave feeling lighter, clearer, and more connected.
I can’t wait to hold this beautiful space with you 💜

An invitation to come on a journey of self-reflection & connection with yourself.