Awaken Nature Healing

18/11/2025

In between all the rain, a Dandelion flower opens it’s petals to greet the Sun 🌞

16/11/2025

Enjoying seeing bumblebees still out and about visiting flowers and gathering nectar ✨

16/11/2025

An Oak, a Beech and a Yew. Three trees full of gentle grace and strength who’ve stood here much longer than I, and who will likely stand for many years beyond.
Each one holds it’s own mysteries. The Oak, whose branches twist and curl towards the sky, the Beech whose colours catch the eye, the Yew who stands between this world and the next. Each one has drawn me in again and again, uplifting, warming, teaching and calming. It is likely I will never tire of their company. 

13/11/2025

Autumn shifts, and the energy once more begins to change. The leaves now almost fully off the trees, lay deep upon the earth. Today I saw this Oak leaf caught upon low brambles. Dots of red berries hung brightly in the spaces behind.
The Sun is now low in the sky, and the light begins to fade early. We are now almost a month away from the Solstice, the shortest day, and most of us I imagine will welcome this time. For although nature shows so much beauty through every season, we need the light. We need the sunshine, and we need the energy that the sun brings.
Nature goes into retreat for a reason, one would say to hunker down in the colder wetter months. To reserve energy until the Spring arrives, and the new buds can open once again.
We do best to do the same, to keep warm, to keep uplifted, to keep going out into nature and synchronising our energies with her. For even when all we can see seems barren and cold, there is much life within. The water still flows in the rivers and the streams, and in underground pathways beneath our feet. Trees seemingly quiet, are still breathing, and deeply resting. They remind us to do the same, and trust in the cycle of life and the constantness of the force that lies behind it. All will change, and all will lead us to where we need to be.

11/11/2025

A young Holly tree makes its way up into the world, standing strong through the autumn winds, feet firmly in the earth now covered with fallen leaves from the Oak who stands sheltering him. Mushrooms accompany him for now, and I wonder how long the Holly tree will be here, and how tall he will grow. 

11/11/2025

Definitely one to sign

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09/11/2025

A magical new woodland found ✨

09/11/2025

Coming September 2026…I’m so looking forward to running this Autumn Healing retreat with Hazel, my yoga teacher friend.

We’ll be at Maitreya House in Herefordshire from Friday the 25th of September to Sunday 27th, teaching a variety of life enhancing and soul nurturing practices to uplift, relax, balance and improve energy flow within.

As someone who’s worked with energy healing, meditation, mindfulness, herbal wisdom, ancient Daoist practice, chakra healing, and the spiritual wisdom of the plant kingdom, all in varying levels, since I was a child, I know full well how much even just one of these practices can bring such positive benefits to how we live life, our mental and physical health, and how we interact with others and the world around us.

Having the space to engage in peaceful practice is not always easy, because life gives us so many other commitments, and sometimes all we really want to do is switch off in other ways. So going away to a retreat helps in that we actually give ourselves the time and space to fully nurture ourselves, and really become present with where we are in our lives. For how much do we really put aside time to make sure that we are okay?

It’s lovely up at the house where we’ll be teaching, and there are 4 acres of grounds, with lots of lovely trees, and an apple orchard, which at that time of the year will be yielding tons of apples, some which I imagine we’ll be gathering and making stuff with. Maybe apple, cinnamon, and ginger tea, one of my favourites.

All the food throughout the weekend is provided, it’ll be home-cooked and vegan, and there’ll be tasty refreshments throughout. There’ll be time for making outdoor fires, stargazing, reading a book under a tree, sitting around chatting and making new friends, or just sitting by yourself.

Hazel will be teaching authentic Hatha yoga and Pranayama Breathwork. She’s been specialising in these teachings for many years now, and understands fully how these practices can benefit well-being.

Some of the practices will take place indoors, in a cosy meditation room in the house, or across the way in a beautiful Buddhist Zendo. Hopefully the weather will allow, and we will also be working outdoors, connecting with the beautiful trees and plants, and the amazing landscape, with views that encompass the Golden Valley.

If you’re interested in joining us, or even finding out more, you can click into the link below, or feel free to message me if you’ve got any questions.

https://hazellilyyoga.weebly.com/yoga-retreats.html

Special Offer✨We’re offering an early bird discount until the 30th of November. Full price would normally be £370, but the early bird cost makes it £333. One of my favourite numbers😊.

You can pay in instalments as well, because as we know, this can make things easier.

Wishing you love for now

Maxine 💛xx

08/11/2025

One advantage of leaving many of the dead stems in my garden, is getting to see flawlessly beautiful spiderwebs like this✨

08/11/2025

Rooks calling across the countryside, as a low mist lies over the fields, and the Ash trees stand stoically against the morning sky

07/11/2025

Nighttime gothic beauty…momentary light of the moon, as the clouds briefly clear beyond the trees, and a light rain begins to fall.