The Centre for Soul Nourishment

11/03/2026

I'm very much looking forward to joining Sea Breeze Wellbeing, Northumberland Acupuncture, Wild and Present Wellbeing & Brighter Storey For All as well as others in Newbiggin on Sunday 19th April for a day of wellbeing and happiness! come and join us and see where the adventure might take you! ✨

10/03/2026

This was an offer that I put out last year but my body decided it needed it's own physical healing journey instead so for that and a multitude of other reasons life for both me and others decided it was not the time to do it!

Spring has definitely made an appearance and following the in-person Shamanic Monday visions it feels like now is a good time to revisit it!

For those who said they were interested last year I'll get back in touch and you'll be top of the offer list if you still feel it is something you want to do but there is still potential space for others if they are interested and want to reach out.

Before I get to that point though I wanted to begin with some gratitude's for this week....

🌟Thank you to all the beautiful, amazing and magical women who were able to come and share the space of the Shamanic Monday session with me last week. It was a joy.
🌟Thank you to those of you who couldn’t make it but still contribute to the energy and magic of the Shamanic Monday's group. I am learning so much and am deepening my connection to my own Spirits as a result of each of you.
🌟Thank you to the Spirit of the drums that held us as we journeyed and the Spirit of Fire for holding our circle.
🌟Thank you to anything or anyone I’ve forgotten to thank, all the helpers seen and unseen and the Spirit of Cresswell Village Hall that holds and loves us each time we are there.
🌟 Thank you to the NHS and all those who work hard helping others despite the challenging circumstances. The NHS is a piece of magic we should all fight hard to keep.

There’s a magic in bringing more gratitude into our hearts and our everyday lives. I invite you to lean into that magic this week and ponder perhaps...

Who do you need to thank?

What are you grateful for?

How can you share gratitude with others around you right now to bring more joy, nourishment and growth to both you and them?

Be you.

Be wonderful, magnificent you.

Always.

And for those who feel they are at a sticking point in being able to be themselves the offer below might be something you want to explore. If it is, reach out and I'll send you more info. 🦋✨

05/03/2026

I've been having lots of discussion recently about how much sadness is in the news and how overwhelming the chaos around the world seems to be and I've been feeling that a lot in my body lately.

The sun is shining today in Northumberland and as I was catching up with emails with the sun on my back a newsletter from the inspirational Catherine Wright touched my heart with this little offering that she shared.

I thought perhaps that others hearts might also need a similar reminder so I invite you to pause, read it, go and let the sun shine on your face and look for the wonder that's still around us everywhere as the wheel turns towards the Spring.

Today’s Headline

And then one day, while I read

aloud to my husband the news

and felt the widening hole in my heart,

he raised his hand to quiet me.

I followed his gaze out the window

to see in the yard a small fluffy thing

with black and white eyespots on its head.

A northern pygmy owl beside our door,

stout body slightly smaller than my fist.

It turned its neck a full half circle

to look at me with bright yellow eyes.

In an instant, I shifted from disgust

with the world to awe. Awe for this

fierce bespeckled miracle, this wonder

of feather and beak and claw, this

small being in the grass looking back

at me as if to say, Here is also the news.

How surprising the world can be.

How quickly, when I let it, amazement

overwrites my fear and makes

of the hole in my heart a home.

—Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

17/02/2026

In conjunction with Northumberland Recovery College I facilitate their Happiness & Meditation club on a Friday morning focusing on building our happiness 'tool kit' so that we can each move through the year in a more resilient, positive and happier way so that we can move towards our own goals and dreams.

In the last session we spent a little bit of time softening our hearts so that we could lean a little more into what it is they desire while considering things we'd like to let go of so we can move closer to where we want to be. We also spent a little bit of time coming up with our own mottos/mantras that we can use in the year ahead to support this.

Being mindful of our own self talk is an important step in moving towards happiness and the belief we hold in ourselves and the others we choose to have around us. We shared wisdom and a sense of connection with each other as we explored what our motto's for this year might be and we thought we might share some of our list in case it inspires you the reader to create your own!

✨Relax, let go, unwind.
✨Aspire not to have more, but to be more.
✨Think about it, don't guilt about it!
✨Notice what you notice!
✨Doing nothing is doing something!
✨Kindness is the key!
✨You can do anything but not everything!
✨In silence and stillness the truth can be heard.
✨No is a full sentence.
✨I matter and my choices will reflect this moving forward.
✨Plan & Book!
✨Start where you are. Keep going.
✨Caring for yourself does not mean caring less for others.
✨Be your own best friend.
✨Sometimes we have to remind ourselves to find something beautiful in the ordinary.

There was so much wisdom in the conversations we shared and so much power in spending some time focusing on the positive talk we can speak to ourselves instead of the whispers of negativity that often seem louder.

The invitation here is to be curious about your own self talk and the mottos you might use to bring a little bit of 'softness' into your heart this year to support moving this talk into a direction that nourishes and allows you to move closer to your own version of happiness.

We'd love to hear some of your favourite mottos/sayings that help inspire you so please do share them in the feed below! The more nourishment I read the less doom scrolling I do, so don't be shy and if you'd like more information about the Happiness & Meditation Club feel free to get in touch! 😍😁😍

28/12/2025

A follow up for all of you who sent me names for tonight's remembrance ceremony. Please see photos and message below from the ceremony this evening.

Feeling blessed at sharing space with the grief and remembrance of others. There was so many names in the bowl and so much heat and love in the room from the light they all gifted!
A little something for each of you. An invitation to take from the words what feels right for you and to leave whatever does not✨💛✨💛✨💛✨

To all those who offered names to the bowl of love, know that grief and love are two parts of the story shared by each of you.
There is space for grief but there is also space for life. It is important to remember this on your journey ahead.

I (we) started the ceremony today with a song (Imelda May – Home) and a question ‘What is Love?...’

What indeed is love?...it occurs to me that it is simply all that you each gifted today in the names of those you sent. It is the love you each still feel that allows your loved ones to live on through each of you.

Love is not only the question, it is also the answer.

Love. Dearly, fiercely, frankly, honestly, compassionately, courageously. It does not matter how it only matters that you do. This is how you honour the memory of those you miss dearly. You love with all that you are able to give.

It is always enough.

May you each feel the love of those no longer with you supporting you to move forward.

Moving forward does not mean forgetting, it means honouring and remembering that love is the key to all the doors ahead.

May you each remember how much you are loved and the difference you make just by being you.

Be you.

Be love.

The world needs more of that!

And when you feel lost, overwhelmed or as if it is all too much. Take a moment, a breath and reach into your heart and hold on to the love you are offered this night. Sit in community with others. Ask for help. There is healing to be found in those spaces. There is healing to be found in love!

Holding each of you in love and hoping that as you move forward, the journey gifts you all you need to help you heal and feel the love you so very much deserve.

Your light still shines! 💖✨🌝💖

Kind blessings,

Ashleigh

26/12/2025

The holiday season is often a time when grief and loss can hit the hardest or feel the heaviest. It’s also a time where many of us want to honour those we miss in a special way.

In partnership with Northumberland VCSE Mental Health Alliance we’re offering a simple, inclusive way to honour the memory of loved ones by holding their names in a sacred space of love and gratitude.

It's our way of helping create a space for grief for those who can’t join an in person event or who are just not ready to share their grief with others or who perhaps just want to mark a point in the year in a special way.

I'll be doing a special ceremony on Sunday 28th December offering people the opportunity to send the names of those they miss (or want included for any other reason) to be held in a sacred space of love.

A candle will be lit at 7pm to honour both them and you, along with the journey you shared with each other.

Making space for grief is also making space for love so if you’d like to be involved simply share the name of the person(s) you would like honoured in the feed below or message me or email the details to ashleigh@soulnourishment.co.uk and I'll add them to the bowl of love ❤✨💖

05/11/2025

It's wheel Wednesday in one of my groups today where we take a moment to honour the movement of the wheel of the year which today also happens to fall on the same day as the full moon!

Your simple short invitation today is to simply go and find the moon! Gaze upon its beauty, if it's hidden from your eye sing a song to it from your heart, send your wishes and dreams out for it to shine its light on them so the universe sees them more clearly and is more able to respond.

Howl at the moon, dance with the moon, create a playlist in honour of the moon it doesn't so much matter what you do to honour the moon it matters simply that you make the effort and acknowledge its magnificence, its beauty and the gifts it offers.

Go be and see the whole of the moon!

Enjoy this moment on the wheel as it continues to move...

https://open.spotify.com/track/6MYtWkoEiUNZmMe5CgCczM?si=b7c547fcda0b480c

The Waterboys · The Whole of the Moon: The Music of Mike Scott & The Waterboys · Song · 1998

30/10/2025

Just a little update regarding 'The Ancestors are Always With Me' Samhain celebration event on tomorrow (Friday)!

I'm very much looking forward to seeing those of you who are joining me tomorrow to create a little bit of magic with the Ancestors. Due to holidays and other such shenanigans our group is a little smaller than usual so there will be plenty of space, snacks and treasure for all! 😍💖😍

If you're now free and might want to come and join us, please let me know as I'm sorting the gifts in the morning! PDF guide filled with hints, tips and nourishing ways to help celebrate Samhain is now at 24 pages and should find it's way to those of you coming tomorrow tomorrow 🥳

It feels like it's going to be a lovely nurturing space which is good as I'm definitely ready for my cloak of courage and the warm embrace of the Ancestors at my back!

GIF is just a little bit of something to help the post be seen...although to be honest I'm pretty sure given the choice of colour any cloak I ever had would be red 😂😍

💖🍁🍂💖

24/10/2025

The next wheel of the year celebration is fast approaching!

This time round the celebration event for Samhain/Halloween will be at at Cresswell Village Hall on Friday 31st October where we will be going on a little adventure calling on the wisdom and love of the Ancestors to help us find the gifts and power we need to move through the season ahead.

You can then work with whatever appears and notice what you notice as your Soul opens to unlocking itself ready for the possibilities of the months ahead.

My use of the term ‘dance’ term does not necessarily have to mean ‘physical movement.’ Throughout the playlist section of the session, you can use your journal, stay still, move, write, draw, create, listen and everything in between so it should be accessible to all regardless of physical ability.

Normally our exchange is on a sliding scale of £20-25 but this time round as a special gift to each of you and the Ancestors i'm offering a special discount price of £15 for all of you! (If this is still a stretch for you in your current circumstances and you'd like to be involved please message me and we can discuss possibilities).

The cost will include your 2 1/2 hour workshop of music, meditation, motivation and mystery, all materials used as well as a free online version of the Samhain guidebook which will be filled with ideas, hint's, tips and activities that you can use to help celebrate and honour this point in the wheel.

You all know the drill now so if this sounds like something that would appeal either express an interest in this thread or private message me with your email address and let me know.

Once I receive your email address I'll forward you the booking form and payment details. Once booked you'll receive all instructions needed for the evening closer to the date.

So if you'd like an evening of connection while unlocking and crossing the threshold into whatever the coming season holds for you come and join me!!!

Any questions just ask!!

✨👩‍🦳🧑‍🦳🧓👨‍🦳👴👵✨

18/10/2025

If you're looking for a little something lovely to do tomorrow (Sunday) Sea Breeze Wellbeing are holding a health and wellbeing Fayre. I've got a table there with some of my 'treasures & blessings' so come and say hello and chat to me about sacred ceremonies and all things Shamanism!!!! 🧚‍♀️💖🥳💖

01/10/2025

In one of my groups we have a little activity called 'Wheel Wednesday' where an invitation is offered for each of us to ponder.

Today's invitation was inspired by some training as some of what we covered today reminded me of a poem by Rumi called 'The Guest House' and it made me curious about what would happen if we each stopped and paused for a little while to ponder Rumi's words while we considered where we each might be landing at this point in the wheel of the year.

What new arrivals have come into your life this month? Are you entertaining them or attempting to slam the door on them and hiding away?

Do you need a reminder that though they may be visiting you right now, they are indeed just guests and not permanent residents!?

Nothing lasts forever and perhaps when we realise this we can also recognise that it is through change that all things are possible.

I wonder perhaps what might be possible if we all took a moment to move into spaces of gratitude where we:
Stop.
Pause.
Listen.
Grow.

In the words of Dr Seuss...oh the places you'll go...

The Guest House- Rumi

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
As an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still treat each guest honourably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

04/08/2025

This was meant to be a Lammas day offering but due to circumstances and a little bit of NHS gratitude in-between it's a little later than intended but heartfelt all the same from me!

Perhaps Shamanic Monday was the next best day to put it out! 😍

Before I get to that point though I wanted to begin with some gratitude's for this week....
🌟Thank you to all the beautiful, amazing and magical women who were able to come and share the space of the Lammas Celebration with me last week at Pegswood. It was a joy.
🌟Thank you to those of you who couldn’t make it but still contribute to the energy and magic of the wheel of the year group. I am learning so much and am much more able to consciously move through the year as a result of the blessings I am gifted as a result.
🌟Thank you to the Spirits, to Wolf and Willow for joining us on our journey and for creating a holding for the magic that we created.
🌟Thank you to the musicians and their beautiful music that took us on our journey.
🌟Thank you for the spirit of fire that helped me release all that people didn’t want to take home with them as well as taking the requests of what they did want to the universe to hold and do what needs to be done.
🌟Thank you to anything or anyone I’ve forgotten to thank, all the helpers seen and unseen and the Spirit of Pegswood Welfare that holds and loves us each time we are there.
🌟 Thank you to the NHS and all those who work hard helping others despite the challenging circumstances. The NHS is a piece of magic we should all fight hard to keep.

There’s a magic in bringing more gratitude into our hearts and our everyday lives. I invite you to lean into that magic this week whilst we hold onto our Lammas themes of courage, resilience and gratitude.

Who do you need to thank?

What are you grateful for?

How can you share gratitude with others around you right now to bring more joy, nourishment and growth to both you and them?

Be you.

Be wonderful, magnificent you.

Always.

And for those who feel they are at a sticking point in being able to be themselves the offer below might be something you want to explore. If it is, reach out and I'll send you more info. 🦋✨