Sacred & Compassionate Ceremonies

01/05/2026

01/05/2026

May
Blessings
Day
spirit

27/04/2026

When all in this world feels so crazy, the magic of mermaids 🧜‍♀️ is so welcome ✨💖✨

The much awaited arrival of these beautiful mermaids drew huge crowds, delighted all and stilled our nervous system.

Such fun ✨🧜✨

24/04/2026

Beautiful Dryham Park in the most divine light ✨🙏✨

Tulips galore 🌷
Laurel hedgerows in bloom 🩵
Sunshine ☀️

23/04/2026

Beautiful evening reflections reflecting on a tender day spent yesterday sharing lovely memories of my dear brother Chris with a colleague.

Sometimes I skip over the pain of my grief as I go about my every day-ness of life.

My colleague reminded me that 7 years is still very early days for me to navigating these emotions.

So much has changed since he died.

I reflected upon how quiet my life is now as for so long our home was a hub of activity with Chris’ and his support workers energy filling the air, so much coming and going, so much change, so much laughter and chaos which was often hilarious beyond the extreme situations we found ourselves in especially around his end of life care.

There’s definitely time for the stillness as I was exhausted.

It’s the humanness I miss, the love, the affection and the care.

So much to be grateful for, we had 56 wonderful years of Chris or Buddy and he is everywhere and in everything now.

21/04/2026

OneSpirit recently shared this post on its socials and I am sharing their words as “interfaith ministry” is often misunderstood.

It is not about blending religions together.
It is not about saying all paths are the same.
It is not about having the perfect words.

It is about presence.

It is the ability to stand beside someone in the depth of their own beliefs, whether religious, spiritual, humanist or unsure, without needing to change them.

It asks for humility.
It asks for listening.
It asks for steadiness when the difference is real.

At OneSpirit, interfaith ministry is less about abstract theology and more about how we show up for people in life’s most meaningful moments.

✨☪️✨☸️✨🕎✨✝️✨🔯✨☯️✨🕉️✨

18/04/2026

I have been busy preparing for the mini retreat that Molly & I are planning on Saturday 20th June at Westbury Wildlife Project.

Molly and I spent time there basking in its energy, emerging blooms of spring and the gentleness it offers your soul.

Our mini retreat is focused on self care into summer, an intimate space to honour all that’s gone before and allow time for all that’s to come.

With meditation, movement, storytelling, reflection and journaling prompts this promises to be the first of a series of sessions offered in collaboration with celebrancy & creative arts therapy.

Exciting? Yes 🩷
Nerve racking ! Yes 🤣

All will be as it’s meant to be ✨🩵✨

Please note attendance is by pre-booking only.

Please be sure to contact Molly and book in: molly@creative-therapy.co.uk

Please see my pinned posts for further information.

Have a beautiful day ✨💖✨

17/04/2026

Southwest Big Get Together
Saturday 2nd May
11am-12.30pm
Westonbirt Arboretum

*** Westonbirt has a changing place ***

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Are you based in the Southwest, looking for something music or nature based (or both!) to do over the May bank holiday weekend? 🎵🌳

Why not join us for our Southwest Big Get Together - an inclusive music session where you can join in with singing, sounds, moving, instruments, and signing - taking place at Westonbirt Arboretum! 🪇🦋

Bringing together members of our Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Choirs, this is the first time we have brought one of our popular Big Get Togethers to the Southwest! 💚

But you don’t need to be a choir member to come along and enjoy some music-making. 🌟

AND you’ll get a free day ticket to Westonbirt Arboretum as part of your booking, so you can enjoy the stunning botanical gardens too! 🙌

📅 Saturday 2 May.

🕖 11am - 12.00pm Music Session.

🕖 12pm - 12.30pm Refreshments and Social.

📍Westonbirt Arboretum, GL8 8QS

🎫 Free to attend.

🔗 Please book in advance here: https://register.enthuse.com/ps/event/SoundaboutChoirBigGetTogetherSouthWest

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Suitable for Learning Disabled people of all ages with complex support needs, and their parents, families, and carers.

🤝 Non-choir members warmly welcomed and encouraged to come along.

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15/04/2026

A friend shared this with me today … how gorgeous is the sentiment?

Garden Wisdom 🪴

Take thyme to yourself
Sow seeds of kindness
Listen to sage advice
Cultivate relationships
Find your inner peas
Keep growing strong
Lettuce be grateful
Harvest compassion
Remember your roots

Beautiful ✨🪴✨

12/04/2026

I spent time observing this beautiful swan 🦢 nesting yesterday and how gently she tendered the nest 🪹

She was adept at eating the odd fly 🪰 that landed upon her, after a considerable time of eyeing them up!

It moved me deeply how content she was sat upon her eggs 🥚 in the nest she had created for their arrival, exposed to the elements and predators such as the local rats 🐀

I chatted to a gentleman called Dave, who told me that last year they had to nest further down the river due to the all the rain as this area in town the swan had chosen to nest in was inaccessible.

We spoke of our love of “bridges”, “viaducts”, “Aquaducts”, nature, sentient beings and the beauty of spring ✨🌼✨

Dave was lovely and said “I could chat to you all day” ✨🙏✨ Dave was equally lovely to chat too and had the firmest hand shake ever!

12/04/2026

This looks really resourceful, a new podcast from British Red Cross - Bridging Divides to return to compassion and humanity…

The role of the British Red Cross in Bridging Divides

As part of the world’s largest humanitarian movement, we’re guided by a set of principles that shape how we act. These principles enable us to reach across divides, to support everyone who needs us, whenever they need us. At their core is our commitment to not take sides – instead we stand for humanity.

Like many people across the UK, we’re worried about the growing feeling of division in our society. So together, let’s learn how to stand for humanity and what we can do to show up with compassion in divided times.







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