Cherished Souls

03/11/2024

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This week the Cherished branches expanded a little more as my journey with Methilhill Primary School began 💜🦋💙

I feel the images capture the essence of the sessions and the children I have had the privilege of spending time with … we focused on the ebb and flow of life and the struggles we face as we brought ourselves into the present moment to feel heard , understood, calm and safe.

Even in the midst of really challenging behaviour underneath it all there’s a part of us searching to belong 💜🦋💙

25/10/2024

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Some of you have been excitedly waiting for this...

So here it is... It's the Talk Programme for the Holistic Fayres at The Kings

Talk Schedule

17:30 Lynsey - The legacy of Cherished Souls , my journey with grief through su***de.

17:55 Amby - The Story of Seichim, The history and uses of Seichim.

18:20 Natalie - Dowsing, How you can integrate dowsing into your life.

18:45 Wendy - Breathwork, a journey to inner peace using your breath

19:10 David - Auramists, His journey from creating them to how you can integrate them into your life.

19:35 Craig - Mindfulness, Learning to live in the present moment.

20:00 Imran - Sound Healing, Letting the vibrations do the healing.

20:25 Amby Chakra Dance, A movement and Meditation experience

Hope to see you all soon.

23/10/2024

This Sunday at 5.30pm ( 27th October ) I will hosting a short introductory talk at Holistic Fayres at The Kings on the legacy of Cherished Souls , my journey with grief and the story of my book - which reached No 2 on amazon in the top selling books.

“ I don’t belong here “ is a resource book for children and adults based on our journey as a family with grief and the impact of losing a parent to su***de.

Although our story is the essence of the book it has different layers of loss which many of us will relate to, I believe there’s a little bit of us all in Willow the bear 🤍

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25/09/2024

During our outdoor school sessions we are always “ training our brains “ and looking for love hearts in our surroundings 💜🦋💜

One of our exercises is to find the love hearts and use the affirmation “ Love is stronger than anger “ … symbolising the subconscious mind will seek out what we train it look for and what we tell it to believe 💜🦋💜

Just like going to the gym we need to strengthen our minds to seek and believe positive thoughts …the negative ones tend to be our loud and dominant thoughts so those whispering positive thoughts need encouragement to be heard and to become stronger 💜🦋💜

17/06/2024

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Transition and change can be so difficult ( even when those new beginnings are really positive) 💜🦋💙

Trauma can impact us on a subconscious level that the emotional body dysregulates with the trigger of change and this can feel really unsettling and often frightening for our children ( and adults ) 💜🦋💙

Helping children to understand and process these feelings of change is a fundamental part of our healing within … holding space for the transition stage is crucial in helping our children flourish and grow through life … the natural cycle of endings and new beginnings 💜🦋💙

Connection and trust , anchored in with the love and memories in our heart means no amount of time or distant will ever truly disconnect us from the invisible threads that hold us as one throughout life 💜🦋💜

09/06/2024

Ending my weekend full of gratitude and a peaceful state of mind 🙏

17/05/2024

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“ The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams … “

12/05/2024

I have been wild swimming lots of times but not often on my own or when it’s been late in the evening.

As I pushed through the waves that were coming towards me ( as it was really choppy at times ) … I began to feel really vulnerable and as I looked out to the water with no end in sight fear began to rise up in my body.

I felt determined to keep going … surrendering to the bigger waves and the feeling of uncertainty….I continued to swim out further.

Inviting the waves in and beginning to trust … and just as the feelings engulfed me in my body I felt very emotional and it felt quite uncontrollable.

I embraced the feelings and swam further …then all of a sudden a calmness washed over my body …I allowed my breathe to go to the rhythm that was calling within and I reminded myself how safe I was .

Fear washed away … and just as I felt this wave of trust and the silence within my soul ( my stillpoint ) ….a little seal popped it’s head up…. It wasn’t far from me .

Time stopped and I could feel the reassurance and love from the water and the seal … it was truly magical 💜

“ life is like the ocean and the waves can be overwhelming but unless we swim and face those waves we will never know what beautiful destinations await us “ 💜

21/04/2024

During one of our hygge nature sessions this week we reflected on times when our thoughts take us back over the past and when we jump into worry of the future , or when our trauma has pushed us to escape it all and we feel completely numb 💜💜

Stepping into “ the now “ love heart is when our minds are clear and focused - we are fully present and engaging … no longer controlled by the thoughts in our head . We could hear the sounds of the birds and the ebb and flow of the waves as our internal rhythm synchronised with the ocean and naturally regulated our nervous system 💜💜💜

From here we don’t need to chase our hopes and dreams , if we stay present here we attract them and as our future evolves we step into our next love heart with ease … one step at a time 💜💜💜

“ The point of power is always in the present
moment “- Louise hay 💜🦋

09/04/2024

Using the school holidays and my break from work to focus on my own self care ( aswell as spreading my social wings with my family and friends 💜🦋) .

Integrating my late gran’s tea cup into my spiritual practice as I rest and replenish out in my wee cabin today - manifesting with the powerful energies that are happening just now 💜🦋

As Cherished continues to evolve and grow ( lots of exciting plans in the coming months thanks to my amazing business guru and the support of the school ) I have made some changes and I will be opening up a small window of availability for 1-1 sessions aswell as training in the coming months 💜🦋

The school programme , Aberlour , and Scottish families are still a huge part of our collaborations and what’s developing but for now I just wanted to let those who are on my waiting list know that space will be opening up 💜🦋

27/03/2024

Such a a thoughtful gesture today from one of my wee students 💜💜

As we are working on training our minds and strengthening our ‘ wise owls ‘ I was given this…

“ A wise owl drawing for our wise owl teacher “

My heart just fills with warmth and gratitude for the empowering minds we are developing 💜🦋💙

25/03/2024

“ I am …. ME “ 💜🦋💙

We worked on ‘ our identity ‘ in our outdoor session today … self acceptance , and reflecting on the the ‘ old parts ‘ of ourselves as we recognised how much we have changed and grown … and accepting all the parts that make us who we are 💜🦋💙

As we stood at the edge of sea absorbing the ebb and flow of the waves I thought of the quote Jay Shetty uses from Charles Cooley -

“ I am not what I think I am , and I am not what you think I am . I am what I think you think I am “ …. Our identity is wrapped up in what others think of us - or more accurately, what we think others think of us - Jay Shetty .

Moments like today completely warm my heart … it’s such an honour to be a part of such powerful self discovery ….seeing and accepting ourselves for who we really are 💜🦋💙