Holistic Soul Space

18/02/2026

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🍀 Today, in our tradition, we celebrate the Lunar New Year—a sacred time of renewal, reflection, and new beginnings. As we welcome this new year, may this beautiful moment inspire all of us to begin again—to start fresh on the journey for peace, to return to what matters most, and to remind ourselves of the path we have chosen to walk together.

This new year is not just the turning of a calendar. It is an invitation—a gentle, loving invitation—to begin the most meaningful journey of all: the journey within. The journey of mindfulness. The journey of peace. The journey of loving-kindness, compassion, and unity.

🌸 May this be the beginning for all of us to walk together on this path—mindfully, peacefully, lovingly, always.

May we have time in each day to practice breathing with mindfulness, returning to the present moment.

May we choose peace in every breath and every action.

May we be gentle with ourselves and with each other.

May we offer loving-kindness to everyone we meet.

May we walk in compassion and harmony together.

May this new beginning bring renewal, healing, and peace to every heart, every home, and every corner of our world. This is our wish for everyone, for us, and for all beings everywhere, as we step into this beautiful new year together.

May you and all beings be well, happy and at peace. 🙏✨

17/02/2026

New Moon Crystal Grid for the Aquarius New Moon Solar Eclipse on February 17th at 12.02pm UST. This new moon is also the start of the lunar new year and the Chinese year of the Fire Horse. And comes just shortly after Saturn moved into the first degree of Aries, starting a new 30 year cycle where it meets Neptune on Friday (20th) for the first time in thousands of years.

Metaphorically, the butterfly is emerging from the cocoon. And things will happen quickly and with momentum..

The themes for this powerful new moon are quirky (thinking outside the box), destiny (future vision and innovation), love (contributing to something larger than yourself and the greatest good) and freedom (stepping into authentic leadership and community alignment).

The intention for this grid is to manifest a new reality by setting a radical goal towards your biggest and greatest dreams. By already releasing what doesn't help or serve, you have made space for what you wish to manifest in your life going forward. Use your best imagination!

To use the energy of this grid, focus meditatively on the intention and the crystals for several minutes, visualising your radical goal as already achieved and your dream happening. Sense how that feels in your body. It's important that you really feel the emotion attached to the experience so that you align vibrationally with what you want to manifest. Without the matching resonance, manifesting is very difficult, if not impossible. Then simply be open to allowing it all to unfold without trying to control how it happens. Trust and have faith that it will. ✨💫

Thank you crystals for supporting us to co-create the achievement of our most radical goals and the realisation of our wildest dreams. 🙏💎

The crystals used and their relevant properties are as follows (centre then clockwise from 12 o'clock as we're manifesting and bringing things into reality):

Activator

Amethyst - Promotes emotional healing and soothes overwhelm. Supports letting go of the past and negative thoughts, calms emotions and promotes clarity. Aids connection to your inner wisdom. A wonderful aid for receiving spiritual guidance and assisting you to identify changes you need to make. This purple stone grounds the whimsical energy of Aquarius, and amplifies the benefits of the Blue Apatite crystal when used together.

Red Jasper - Supports you to BE CHARITABLE. Jasper is known as the Nurturer. A warm, grounding stone, assisting you to become more nurturing towards yourself and others. Brings abundant joy, but also inspires more community mindedness and sharing. Supports the finding of our own inner sanctuary and helps us radiate a hospitable vibe that comforts other people.

Black Tourmaline - Perfect for New Moon manifesting. A cleansing stone that can purify feelings of unworthiness. Feeling unworthy is one of the biggest obstacles to manifesting. It aids the clearing away of any negative thoughts and anxieties that stand in the way of your conscious creation, and can also clear any anger and release any grudges you’re storing. This is crucial for successful manifestation.

Hematite - Supports you to DETACH. It is particularly approropriate for an Aquarius New Moon as a protective, grounding stone that clears mental stress, distractions and nervous energies surrounding your situation. It also encourages the airy Aquarius energy to be more grounded.

Orange Calcite - Supports you to BE INVENTIVE. One of the best crystals for creativity and inspiration. Acts as an amplifier, helps you reach your full potential, dissipates old patterns, stimulates motivation and allows fresh ideas to filter through.

Bloodstone - Supports you to BE TRUE. Raises awareness of when you need to be more flexible. Assists in knowing how to be true to yourself and your life path. Eases self-doubt, promoting feelings of self-worth and self-confidence. Grounds emotions, clears mind fog and enhances decision-making skills.

Hematite - A second stone to promote grounding and protection under this new moon. A perfect stone for any new moon as it's an excellent manifesting tool. Draws and transmutes negative energy, it centres and grounds, allowing you to return to your natural state of self-confidence, which is so crucial for New Moon manifesting.

Blue Apatite - Supports you to CONNECT. Helps manifest your humanitarian self, enhances self expression and allows you to open up and feel at ease socially. Dissipates feelings of alienation and inspires a more extroverted attitude. Similar to Blue Lace Agate, Blue Apatite heals the Throat Chakra.

Black Obsidian - An ideal new moon crystal, it's a powerful and protective talisman once used to make weapons, it protects against naysayers and doubters, as you cast your wishes out into the world. It also protects you from psychic attack by people who don’t wish you well and/or who don’t support your dreams, (consciously or unconsciously). It acts as a mirror so you can see yourself in your true magnificence, and as worthy of your goals. It also clears away fears, which would otherwise stand in your way. Very grounding. Supports change.

The 4 quartz points are placed in the cardinal directions (N,S,E,W) to help focus and radiate energy in all directions.

Happy New Moon Manifestations and wishing you a most magical year of the Fire Horse. 🔥🐎💜🤍



(Acknowledging Yasmin Boland's 'Moonology Crystals' that guided some of this information.)

16/02/2026

You are much more powerful than we have all been led to believe. When you remember this, and realise that you do not need any external ruling authority, you become sovereign. And unstoppable, especially when we stand together in unity. Everything you could ever need is within you. 💜🤍

14/02/2026

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8 years, 96 months, 416 weeks and way more days than I care to know. Number 8, the infinity symbol, which in many ways is very appropriate.

Whichever way I count, it still feels surreal. How can all that time have passed since Conor made his decision to transition back home to the spirit realms? When this cruel world just got too much for his sensitive nature to bear. Leaving us behind to ride the waves of devastation and heartache he left in his wake. I can't decide if that has gotten easier or I'm just better at surfing these days. I continue to miss his physical presence, and still the longer that is, the more he is missed. His wry sense of humour and wit, his kindness, warmth and compassion, his bear hugs, his quiet strength, his cheeky retorts, his funny foibles, his love of music, animals and walking in the woods, everything that made him Conor.

Life has changed a great deal for everyone in these past 8 years and I do still have my moments where I wonder what he would make of it all. I also wonder at everything that we have managed to fit into our lives, despite time seeming to disappear in front of my eyes. Particularly the last 2 or 3 years. And there's the wonder about what Conor would have been doing had he continued this life. I also wonder what he has actually been up to and where but know and accept that our human minds have great difficulty getting our heads around our multidimensionality and nonlinear time. Curiosity continues to be one of my major intrinsic motivators.

I also have changed over this time, connecting more with my spiritual path than ever before and becoming much more confident in showing up as my true, authentic self. I've done a lot of work on my shadow self, bringing everything into the light to be acknowledged, healed and released. I have found my inner peace that I was looking for my entire life. And I am finding more joy in the simple things.

Shadow work is often misunderstood as dealing with darkness when it's actually about uncovering the parts of ourselves that are hiding in the shadows for a variety of reasons, waiting to be seen. In doing so, I now have a better understanding of my gifts and abilities that I am honing through practice. Working with my higher self, energy and other light beings, including Conor, I have been guided to help others heal their minds and bodies.

I no longer grasp in the way that I used to, to the past, to outcomes, to perceived control. And when thoughts of Conor come into my head, as they often do, I allow them and the emotion involved, both positive and negative, to be in that moment. Allowing them to be heard and felt and pass through me, staying in my own flow, so that they no longer weigh me down. I am very grateful to have reached this state. As well as being so very appreciative of the time we got to spend with Conor, along with the lessons and wisdom I have gained on the way.

Seeing the wider perspective has been essential for me. I still grieve, but allow it to open my heart and make me softer and more compassionate. And in doing so have discovered that deep sadness and joy can be felt in the same moment. Joy is my word for the year so I am consciously choosing to embody that in as many ways as I can. With the increasing chaos that is going on in the wider world, I've found that sitting in my stillness has been fundamental to this.

I am also really grateful to and want to thank everyone who sees me, supports me and continues to talk about Conor without feeling awkward. There's no need to feel awkward. Both Conor and myself want him to be remembered for how he lived, not how he died. And as I keep repeating, you are not going to upset me by speaking about him, quite the opposite.

Writing still helps me process. Thank you for staying with me this far, my hope still is that you can take something useful from my words. If you'd like to share a memory of Conor, please do, I'd love to read them. That would bring me joy. Let your loved ones know how much they are loved and cherished, tomorrow is promised to no one. As always, I'm sending lots of love to everyone who needs it. And if you're really struggling, please reach out for help. Everything in this life is temporary, change is the only constant we have. 💜💞

12/02/2026

True story! 💜🤍