Starshine Roots

Starshine Roots You may experience physical illness such as chronic pain, suffer with mental health issues, or have challenges relaxing and sleeping.

I work with sound and vibrations to support you on your own healing journeys.

There's something magical about Sunday mornings - that quiet space between the week that was and the week to come.Let th...
20/08/2025

There's something magical about Sunday mornings - that quiet space between the week that was and the week to come.

Let the healing vibrations guide you deeper into stillness, helping you release what no longer serves while opening your heart to fresh possibilities.

Setting yourself up for the week ahead. :-)

Another deeply relaxing and moving experience. It is my monthly gift to myself to take some time out, and I’m so grateful to Ruth & Brillo for providing such a welcoming and supportive space."
— Laura Milner

We’re so glad this space can offer moments like these.

On Sunday 31 August Ruth and Brillo of Starshine Roots return to the chapel with their celestial alchemy of bowls, gongs, drums, flutes, strings and voice.

It’s a chance to pause, breathe, and let the chapel’s acoustics carry you into deep stillness.

These sessions have become a quiet ritual for many - we’d love for you to experience it too.

🌙 Celtic Tree Moon Sound Bath

🕕 Sunday 31 August at 11am and 1pm

⛪️ The Anglican Chapel at Arnos Vale

Find out more: https://lght.ly/bclae3k

🌕🔥 Last night: women's voices and drums finding each other without words, building to crescendo, then descending into so...
11/08/2025

🌕🔥 Last night: women's voices and drums finding each other without words, building to crescendo, then descending into soft strength. When we let our bodies lead, when we trust our intuition... something sacred awakens. So grateful to all the women who came. ✨🥁

Next gathering is for the Autumn Equinox: https://starshineroots.org/events/womens-woodland-drumming-circle

🥁 Women's Woodland Drumming 🥁
🌲 5pm, Sunday 21 September
📍 Conham River Park

In my work with women, I keep witnessing the same patterns emerging.Women in their 40s, 50s, 60s, arriving at my door ca...
09/08/2025

In my work with women, I keep witnessing the same patterns emerging.

Women in their 40s, 50s, 60s, arriving at my door carrying decades of putting everyone else first.

Their bodies holding the weight of swallowed words, unexpressed creativity, and anger that's been pushed down so long it's manifested as chronic pain, anxiety, disconnection from their own hearts.

They describe decades of holding back their truth, of making their dreams smaller because someone once told them they were "impractical" or "too much."

Bodies that feel tight and constricted from years of swallowing what they really wanted to say.

They talk about being cut off from their creative fire, from the wild parts of themselves that once dreamed big before the world taught them to be reasonable, realistic, quiet.

They describe lives spent people-pleasing, fixing everyone else, being the reliable one who never shares her own struggles.

Decades of making themselves smaller to fit into spaces that were never meant for their full power.

Many talk about feeling like they're going through adolescence again - perimenopause bringing up all this raw emotion they've been holding back for years.

The masks finally falling away because their bodies literally can't hold the pretence anymore.

And here's what moves me most: they're not broken. They're awakening.

What they call their "shadow" - their anger, their intensity, their refusal to stay quiet anymore - these aren't flaws to fix.

This is their sovereign power returning. This is them remembering who they were before the world told them to be smaller.

The women finding their way to me aren't looking for gentle healing. They're ready to excavate what's been buried. To reclaim the parts of themselves they've been told are "too much."

Because midlife isn't about decline. It's about initiation. It's about finally feeling the anger we were told wasn't ladylike, the grief we were told to get over, the rage we were taught good girls don't have.

These emotions bring clarity, help us set boundaries that actually protect our energy, show us where we've been giving ourselves away.

The Morrighan circles are for women ready to discover that what they've been calling their "shadow" isn't their darkness - it's their fire, their truth, their medicine buried underground.

🌙 22 October Morrighan Circle (Six Wednesdays) - FULLY BOOKED

🔥 6 November Morrighan Circle (Six Thursdays) - 3 SPACES LEFT

Early bird until 11 August 🦅

More info and application to apply: https://fb.me/e/9HVrSTyId

🌙🌳 Sunday morning serenity - let yourself be held in healing sounds
08/08/2025

🌙🌳 Sunday morning serenity - let yourself be held in healing sounds

🌟 Experience the Magic of Sound at Arnos Vale | Sunday 31 August

“Beautifully immersive experience. Ruth & Brillo are wonderful hosts, the chapel has perfect acoustics for the cosmic sound journey, and there were so many layers of instruments to enjoy.” - Katie Lambert

Join for a sound bath as ancient instruments and sacred vibrations guide you to deep relaxation in our resonant chapel.

Choose your journey:
✨ 11:00 AM
✨ 1:00 PM

Whether you're seeking deep relaxation, stress relief, spiritual connection, or mind-body restoration, this sacred sound journey awaits.

Book your spaces here: https://lght.ly/3i44pnn

Missing that tribal feeling of belonging? 🔥
06/08/2025

Missing that tribal feeling of belonging? 🔥

On Sunday, 24 August, escape to our woodland sanctuary where Ruth and Brillo of create space for authentic connection.

Feel ancient rhythms slow your system down. Move your body freely. Find your people in the circle.

What's included:
🌀 Receiving healing vibrations from the 40" Foremother Drum
🌀 Ancient melodies with Middle Eastern cifteli & overtone singing
🌀 Two dynamic drum & dance jams
🌀 Taking turns on the Foremother Drum
🌀 Herbal tea break + snacks provided (bring your mug!)
🌀 Gong Bath to finish

No experience needed, just an open and curious heart.

🥁💃 Drum & Dance Gathering
📅 1pm on Sunday, 24 August
🌳 The Underwood Centre at Arnos Vale

Book your space today! https://lght.ly/l3b0mmk

Amy's words made my heart sing 💕"Truly a really special experience, and one that stays with me. I have rarely felt so at...
05/08/2025

Amy's words made my heart sing 💕

"Truly a really special experience, and one that stays with me. I have rarely felt so at ease in the company of others, would recommend 100%."

This is exactly why I hold these circles. There's something magical that happens when women gather around fire drumming, shaking a rattle, dancing, sounding or just letting the beats wash through you.

It's what women have been doing for millennia. It's in our DNA, this knowing of how to be together in sacred space.

I always have extra rattles, and honestly some of my favourite moments are watching women who came "just to listen" suddenly find themselves picking up a rattle and dancing along.

Every way of being in circle is perfect.

If you've been feeling the call to connect with other women in a sacred space, this might be for you 🔥🥁

More info and tickets: https://fb.me/e/jlO25H9fQ

When I announced the Bone Deep Women's Circle with the Morrighan just over a week ago, I honestly wasn't sure how it wou...
04/08/2025

When I announced the Bone Deep Women's Circle with the Morrighan just over a week ago, I honestly wasn't sure how it would land. This is deep, shadow work. It's not gentle or easy. It asks women to face what they've been avoiding, to reclaim the parts of themselves they've been told are "too much."

Within 6 days, every single space was booked.

The hunger for sovereignty, for authentic feminine power, for permission to be fierce and tender and whole - it's undeniable.

So I'm adding a second circle.

Thursday evenings, starting 6th November - 6 weeks of deep work with the Morrighan.

Because clearly, this medicine is needed. Women are done apologising for taking up space. Done shrinking to make others comfortable. Done waiting for permission to be fully themselves.

The Morrighan offers the fierce love that demands we become who we're meant to be. And women are saying YES.

5 spaces remaining for the Thursday circle.

Early bird pricing until 11 August. More info and application: https://fb.me/e/9HVrSTyId

Your hands know rhythm. Kneading bread. Stirring tea. Brushing hair.Your feet know rhythm. Walking. Dancing. Tapping you...
30/07/2025

Your hands know rhythm. Kneading bread. Stirring tea. Brushing hair.

Your feet know rhythm. Walking. Dancing. Tapping your feet under the desk.

Your heart knows rhythm. It's been drumming since before you were born.

The women who come to my circles tell me they feel like they've done this a thousand times before.

Because they have - in their cells, in their bones, in the deep knowing that lives in their bodies.

The drum is just waiting to meet what you already know.

Curious but never drummed before? You're so welcome. I have rattles available - or simply bring your body, your voice, your movement. All of you is instrument enough.

"A truly wonderful night with an amazing group of women. Ruth is an excellent facilitator and everyone felt safely held and nurtured. I can't wait until the next one!" - Kate Laine-Toner

🥁 Women's Woodland Drumming 🥁
🌲 7pm, Sunday 10 August
📍 Conham River Park

Includes:

🔥 Sacred fire ritual
🌙 Seasonal energy alignment
💃 Free-form movement & dance
🎵 Intuitive chanting & drumming
✨ Connection with sisterhood

More info and tickets: https://fb.me/e/jlO25H9fQ

I'll be honest - I've been working with the Morrighan for a long time now, but when I started planning this circle last ...
28/07/2025

I'll be honest - I've been working with the Morrighan for a long time now, but when I started planning this circle last year, she took me even deeper.

Growing up, I learned early to make myself small, to not take up too much space, to survive by being 'nice.' But continuing to heal my own trauma, as well as collective and ancestral wounds, has taught me something the Morrighan knows:

Our fierceness isn't something to apologise for. It's medicine.

🐦‍⬛The Morrighan - Celtic goddess of sovereignty, transformation, and fierce protection - doesn't ask us to be gentle. She asks us to be real. To reclaim the parts of ourselves we've been taught to hide.

This circle isn't just about Celtic wisdom (though she IS that). It's about the bone-deep knowing that we're allowed to be exactly as powerful as we are.

And this work amplifies when we do it together. Women witnessing women. Our courage becomes contagious.

I only went public with this last week and applications are flowing in.

*5 women have already said yes to this work. 3 spaces left for women ready to stop dimming their light.*

This journey starts on 22 October. 🍂

🌙 Early bird until 2 Aug. ✨

“Circle helped me realise how very disconnected I had been from my body for most of my adult life. It was like rediscovering an essential part of me, that had been sadly long forgotten. Thank you Ruth for a life enhancing experience.” - Libby, previous circle participant

Find out more and fill out a short application; then we'll have a chat to make sure it's the right fit for where you are in your journey. https://fb.me/e/3tWn8UfTP

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Troopers Hill Road
Bristol
BS58BP

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 8pm
Tuesday 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 9am - 8pm
Thursday 9am - 8pm
Friday 9am - 8pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm

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