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Peacock Reiki, Main Street, West Wemyss (2026)

08/04/2026

Transformation can happen overnight 😁💕 Not just for shaggy dogs but for us too…
Change doesn’t always need to take time. One shift in mindset or attitude or energy can create instant and long lasting change in our lives.
And in the lives of others.
I remember when I stopped drinking many years ago - it happened overnight. And it was one of the best things I ever did.
Transformation is always possible. Be it fast or slow.
All we need is to stay open to the possibility in ourselves and to allow it in others.
Sending love
Ali x

“I’ve learned not to hold people hostage to who they used to be. We all carry versions of ourselves that no longer fit—the mistakes we made, the things we didn’t know, the pain we caused when we didn’t yet understand our own.

I’ve seen how easily someone can be reduced to their worst moment, how quickly a past version becomes the only version others choose to remember. But the truth is, people outgrow their old skin. They stumble, they learn, and if life allows, they try to do better. We all have chapters we wish we could rewrite. That doesn’t mean we haven’t earned the right to start a new one.

I’ve watched friends become softer, more patient. I’ve seen people who once lived in chaos become anchors for others. Growth isn’t always loud or dramatic—it’s often quiet, steady, unglamorous. But it’s real. And when we dismiss someone for who they were, we miss out on who they’ve worked so hard to become.

No one should be permanently defined by a version of themselves they’ve already outgrown. We’re all in motion, figuring things out, trying again. And if we can give that grace to ourselves, we should be willing to offer it to others too.”

📝 Michael Naylor

07/04/2026

Words can harm… and words can heal.

I was personally reminded a few days ago just how powerful they are. A single sentence, spoken or written in a moment, can pierce and wound deeply. It might even feel physical - like a kick in the stomach.

The phrase can then linger, rattle about in our minds, and take root in places we didn’t even realise were all that tender.

And the sad truth is… once something is said, it cannot be unsaid.

No matter what the intention behind it was.

I’m sure I’ve been as guilty as the next person at times. I know I’ve said things I wish I hadn’t. But I was raised in a family where my grandmother and mother had loose and careless tongues and so I’ve tried very hard in my relationships to control mine.

Because the thing is, we can all apologise. We can try to explain. We can wish we had chosen our words differently. But the words themselves are now out there. They’ve already been felt and often lasting damage has already been done.

And over time within a relationship, those words, perhaps common name calling in the heat of an argument, will erode and chip away at love. Until it is lost. Or until one final phrase does it. And puts the final nail in the coffin of that relationship.

Thankfully - there is obviously another side to this.

Words can also be medicine.

They can soothe, soften, and mend. They can reach into those same tender spots within us and offer comfort, validation, and love. Though arguably not nearly as long as a harsh one, a kind word, spoken with intention and love, can stay with someone for a lifetime.

And that’s something I know I could improve on. The way I was brought up we didn’t praise or compliment or encourage each other. And for me it’s an area I’m trying to get better at - particularly with my young niece and nephew.

So, for me, it is about awareness.

About learning to pause before I speak or fire off a text. It’s about being accountable.

It’s about remembering that every word carries energy. It’s about remembering that other people are fallible humans who say things they don’t mean without realising the impact. We’ve all done it. Though some of us more than others.

And also… it’s about offering healing where harm may have been done. Not just through apology, but through accountability and consistent kindness & honesty. And certainly not through humour…which makes the other person feel that their wounding isn’t important and is being treated flippantly.

Because while words cannot be unsaid…if real responsibility is taken they can be balanced, softened, and, hopefully over time, healed.

Might we all choose our words wisely and might we all let go of our hurt easily.

Sending love
Ali x

06/04/2026

I ended the night last night sobbing. And I mean a proper big ‘ugly cry’…

You see I had had a run of not getting enough sleep over a few nights - & 2 dogs waking me to take them ‘up the garden’ 4 or 5 times at night that weekend. So I was really tired. I’d had a sociable and beautiful Easter weekend staying with family but I often find that sort of thing, no matter how lovely, a wee bit draining. Plus I’d had a busy week on the run up to Easter and had probably over stretched myself a wee bit. Between reiki clients, hosting 4 circles and platform work and a big garden transformation. It would be true to say I was running on a low energetic tank.

And on top of all that I felt a dear friend had crossed a line & spoken to me out of turn, and had treated me without absolutely any care or consideration for my feelings and I was feeling very upset and angry and let down about that.

In short, I was feeling tired and upset and emotionally raw when I went to bed…and then I got a message from my first husband.

Now Vladick, my husband, was called home to glory in 2007 and has been in touch in some really profound and uncanny ways which are too elaborate to go into here. And perhaps it was no coincidence that he sent a message last night - because we’d only just been watching home videos of him (and my parents and old family friends all in spirit) just that afternoon. Back when he was young and handsome and very much alive.

And ‘his’ song was Snow Patrol’s Chasing Cars….which might seem like a romantic song between husband and wife. But it was actually a song he shared with our wee white Jack Russell dog. And he and she used to go for afternoon naps together. And he’d play that album as they lay in bed and slept.

“If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?”

That specific song has even been sung to me by mediums and last night, as I got into bed, a revised live version was sent to me by a medium.

Coincidence? Not a chance.

And I had an ugly cry, with big fat tears of raw thanks that he had made his ongoing love and support for me so very clear. Just at a moment when I was really needing it. And that’s the beautiful, and hard thing, about love.

Bodies might come to an end. But Love doesn’t die. It just changes form.

And if you knew, as I knew last night, that those who have loved you are still around you, supporting and caring and wrapping their arms around you, then you, like me, would be thankful beyond measure.

Because it’s not just in the big, unmistakable moments like a message from a medium or personal signs, like songs being sent, that feel just too well timed to ignore. It’s there all the time… in ways we don’t always notice because we are too caught up in the messiness of our minds and in the business of life.

There is something - call it spirit, love, God, the unseen, whatever feels true to you - that holds us, even when we feel like we’re falling apart. In fact, especially then.

When we are tired, overwhelmed, raw… when we feel hurt or alone or misunderstood… we are not left to carry it all by ourselves. There is a support that doesn’t disappear, even when we can’t feel it. There’s a Love that is always there.

And, in the moments when we invariably fall apart, we can remember:

That we are held.

That we are guided.

That we are loved far more deeply than we can ever fully understand.

Not just by those who once walked beside us in love…but by a Love and by a mystery very much bigger than we will ever fully comprehend.

And that each of us will end our journey where we began - in the heart’s deep mystery.

Reunited with that Love.

Sending love
Ali x

P.S I’ve had a great sleep now

05/04/2026

Of course, I’ve given out quite a few of them this week but Easter isn’t about chocolate eggs or bunnies - it represents so very much more…

At its core is the promise of eternal and ever lasting life.

A subject, I’ll admit, I’ve spent a lot of time considering this past year as I go deeper into mediumship.

So for me, perhaps more than ever, the purpose of Easter is to remind each of us of our own divinity and our own eternal existence.

One man - and that’s not to say there have not been others like him - fully actualised God’s power here on earth. The middle man on the cross came to help each of us see our own divinity.

He turned water into wine. He walked on water. He healed the sick and raised the dead. But most importantly, he said there was nothing he did that we cannot do.

He showed us what is possible when we align ourselves with a higher consciousness & surrender ourselves. When we discover the eternal divine living within us.

As Emerson said, “What lies before us and what lies behind us are nothing compared to what lies within us.”

And what lies within you is the potential to merge with the divine, to create miracles of love here on earth, to cast out your own darkness and rise like the dawn on Easter morning.

May your own personal stone be rolled away. May light and hope and love fill your heart. May you today, remember the miracle which lies within you.

And the promise of ever lasting life given to you. And to all who you love.

Sending love and Easter blessings

Ali x

04/04/2026

It’s been a special week here in No55…

Four circles over four evenings and each of them were very different but special in their own way. A huge thank you to everyone who came here with open hearts and who shared their energy and presence. It’s been a privilege holding space for you 🙏💕.

In each circle we explored the topic of fear. And make no mistake, we all have fears.

Though interestingly we are born with only two of them: the fear of falling & the fear of loud noises. All our other fears are learned.

And as humans we have developed an endless list of fears - the fear of being rejected, of not being enough, the fear of not being liked, of being laughed at, of being rejected, the fear of being alone, the fear of sexual violence, the fear of failure, the fear of success, the fear of illness, and ultimately the fear of death. And those are just mine!

My belief about fear is that it is an entirely normal human feeling. But that we often let our fears take up too big a space. We let them take the driving seat. And we don’t even realise that they are driving!

Because fear often shows itself in our day-to- day life as overthinking, trying to control everything, self-doubt, or holding ourselves back and keeping ourselves smaller.

Pushing our fears down or pretending they don’t exist is of no help. We can’t (and shouldn’t) ignore our fears but what we can do is hold them in balance. So that our courage, our trust, our love and our faith are all greater than our fears. They can then outweigh fear. And fear can take its rightful and healthy place.

And we can do that by remembering something key - we are not just humans.

We are a mix of both spirit and human. And the spirit part of us has no need for fear.

And it is who you truly are. A divine and eternal being. An energy, a being, which existed long before your physical body did and which will continue long after it no longer does.

This part of you is connected to all things, through all time and space. This part of you is limitless. Powerful. All knowing. This part of you is pure love. Your higher self, your spirit, is who you truly are. And this part of you has no need of fear.

So next time you are feeling fearful take a moment to connect to your spirit. Through your breath and through your presence. As we did in circle. And remember that you are here as a spirit having a human experience - you are NOT just a human.

The next circles are at the end of May and if you’d like to join one and experience meditation, group reiki, supportive practices and herbal tea & biscuits all in the safety and warmth of circle - and for just £15 - then do please get in touch.

May Thurs 28th 7pm - full
May Fri 29th 7:15pm - full
May Sun 31st 7pm - full
May Sat 30th 7pm - register your interest

And if there’s enough interest (I imagine there will be) I’ll open a 4th circle on the Saturday. You can also go on a cancellation list for other circles as people do (often) drop out last minute!

Sending love
Ali x

03/04/2026

What is love? For me it’s a question I often find myself asking.

After all, we can be loved by others but never really feel it - because their love might well be ‘all in their head’.

We might cross someone’s mind 100 times or more a day but never feel we are being thought of at all.

One of my lovely clients often says ‘we judge others by their actions, and ourselves by our intentions’. And that’s certainly true of love.

Like our intentions, love has very little impact on someone else until it is translated into action. Either into words or deeds.

For me, love is always a ‘doing’ word. It’s a verb as well as a noun.

It’s asking about your day and really listening.

It’s being wrapped in a meaningful hug.

It’s sending a text just to say ‘I was just thinking of you’.

It’s meeting you from an airport at an inconvenient time.

It’s sitting with you in A&E in the small hours.

It’s picking you up a packet of your your favourite sweets - just because.

Love is this huge, unquantifiable feeling.

But I think it’s something we show and are shown through the smallest things.

Actions really can speak louder than words. Well, for me anyway…

Love is noticing, sensing, moving and making and giving and taking.

It is putting ourselves out sometimes so that we can count them in.

It’s bringing warmth to someone when they are cold.

It’s bearing a load for a while to lighten theirs.

But as that brilliant phrase goes…we judge others by their actions and ourselves by our intentions.

And so instead of judging others and finding them falling short, as all of us do, perhaps we should instead be judging our own ability to love - not just by the feelings or intentions we have. But by the actions we ourselves take.

And I often fall short. My intentions are definitely more loving than my actions.

And let’s face it, ‘to love and to be loved’ is the one thing which we all want to get right.

Because love shows someone that they are not navigating life alone. That we see them. That they matter. That we’ll be there with them. No matter what.

If we love right, we will show them that they are seen. That their life has been witnessed in love.

That they are not alone.

And that they and their existence, not only matters. But is indispensable.

To at least one person.

Sending love,
Ali x

02/04/2026

As I set off to visit my partner in prison last night I was thinking about how almost none of us end up with the life we imagined we’d have. There is next to nothing about my life that followed the naive ‘white picket fence’ dreams of my girlhood…

I remember, about 17 years ago, one of my dearest childhood friends bouncing her baby on her hip, standing in her country cottage vegetable garden, her dog lying lazily in the sun, exclaiming ‘How did I end up with your life instead of mine?!’

You see her life hadn’t worked out the way she’d planned (a word to the wise, the withdrawal method is highly ineffective!) and, for different reasons, neither had mine.

Still, it’s easy to mourn the lives we never had. The happy marriage we didn’t have, the friends we didn’t make, the house we didn’t buy, the career path we didn’t take, the language we didn’t learn…

But life rarely follows the script we once wrote in our minds.

And maybe that’s the point.

Macmillan famously said when asked the greatest challenge to statesmanship ‘events, dear boy, events’.

Perhaps that might also be true of life - an affair, a divorce, an unexpected illness, a death, infertility, a bankruptcy, a heart attack, a mental breakdown, the betrayal of a friend…just one of those can lead us into living the sort of life we never ever imagined for ourselves.

Certainly not one we would have chosen for ourselves. I know I would absolutely never have chosen my life of my own free will!

But I’ve come to the conclusion that the life I thought I wanted wouldn’t have been big enough to hold who I was meant to become.

If I’d had the life I wanted I would have been fairly shallow & selfish, I’d have developed very little empathy or compassion, and no resilience or strength. I’m sure it would have been a wonderful life - but perhaps not one of much worth.

So, instead of mourning the life that never was, let’s celebrate the one that actually IS.

It might well be radically different from the life we pictured, but it holds its own kind of magic.

Precisely because it’s the life we have.

And the life we have is exactly the one that can grow us into who we’re placed here to be.

Life is a gift. Even if it wasn’t the one you’d have picked out..

And, in remembering that, we can also be a gift to life.

Sending love
Ali x

27/03/2026

Time on the reiki table - just for you. To spend time with the deeply healing energy of reiki and to relax, restore and reconnect. Here are my next available appointments.

Do book in fairly quickly as they generally tend to fill up fast 🥴. You can also drop me a note if you’d like to be on a waiting list for cancellations in March/April.

A £20 deposit is payable to secure your appointment and £25 is payable on the day - either in cash or by bank transfer. Sessions last around 1.5hrs, often longer. Especially if it’s your first time with me 💕

APRIL
15th 10:30am

MAY
Sat 2nd 10:30am TAKEN
Sat 2nd 1pm TAKEN
Sat 2nd 3:15pm TAKEN
Tue 5th 10:30am TAKEN
Tue 5th 1pm TAKEN
Tue 5th 3:15pm TAKEN
Thur 7th 10:30am
Thur 7th 1pm TAKEN
Thur 7th 3:15pm TAKEN
Sat 9th 10:30am TAKEN
Sat 9th 1pm
Sat 9th 3:15pm TAKEN
Mon 11th 10:30am TAKEN
Mon 11th 1pm TAKEN
Mon 11th 3:15pm TAKEN
Fri 15th 10:30am TAKEN
Fri 15th 1pm TAKEN
Fri 15th 3:15pm TAKEN
Mon 18th 10:30am TAKEN
Mon 18th 1pm TAKEN
Mon 18th 3:15pm TAKEN
Wed 20th 10:30am TAKEN
Wed 20th 1pm TAKEN
Wed 20th 3:15pm TAKEN
Sun 24th 10:30am TAKEN
Sun 24th 1pm TAKEN
Sun 24th 3:15pm TAKEN
Wed 27th 10:30am TAKEN
Wed 27th 1pm TAKEN
Wed 27th 3:15pm TAKEN

Drop me a note to book in 💕
Sending love 💫✨
Ali x

26/03/2026

It’s easy to be grateful when things are going well. And make absolutely no mistake gratitude is one of the key components to a happier life.

But there’s a ‘next level’ to gratitude.

And for me, one of my most significant spiritual ‘downloads’ happened because of gratitude.

It was over 4 years ago in the highly emotionally charged days following my partner being convicted and sent to prison. I was walking on the beach in West Wemyss.

I was distraught. Broken. Completely shell shocked. I hadn’t slept or eaten. I was beyond myself with worry and heartache. I looked an absolute wreck and I felt about 100 years old. And I took myself off for a walk along the beach, fat hot tears rolling down my face. And I was praying.

Now you might imagine I’d have been praying for the situation to change. Or praying for strength. But I didn’t. I surrendered. And in the midst of my complete despair I said thank you to the divine.

‘I don’t know why this is happening, but I know this will be for my highest good. And I thank you for what you’re doing in my life’

Words to that affect.

And immediately something phenomenal happened.

I can only describe it as lights going off within my body. Similar to a computer game, like Super Mario, where he catches all the rings and then POW, POW, POW! The lights all flash and there’s a big sign saying ‘you have reached the next level’ 💥💥💥

I knew I had been ‘upgraded’. That I had reached a new level of consciousness in one fell swoop.

Because I had thanked the divine for my pain and heartache - I had shown trust in a higher path. And I had been lifted up onto it.

Most of us can look back at an extremely difficult time or event in our lives and with hindsight we can see how it grew us. We can see that we wouldn’t be where we are today without it. The lessons the event taught us couldn’t have been learned any other way.

I have a number of clients who have spoken about being grateful for their cancer journeys - because they would never have changed their lives for the better without it.

What if we didn’t wait until we had the gift of hindsight to be grateful. What if we trusted that everything was being done for us and not to us.

Wouldn’t that make us grateful in the moment. Not just for the ‘good’ things but for the heartache and the challenges, even for the distress, too?

I realise it’s a far leap. But perhaps you might start small.

When you are next sitting in a traffic jam say thank you…and see how it feels 😊

Sending love always,
Ali x

25/03/2026

When you were a child you did it naturally….

Indeed, we were all born naturally and happily expressing ourselves through dancing & singing. Have you ever met a toddler that didn’t happily bounce up and down to music?

Then, as we grew up our egos took over… we started to worry about what we looked like, if we were ‘doing it right’ or if we looked silly…we started to need a few drinks before we hit the dance floor. At a certain stage, most of us stopped dancing regularly. Some people haven’t danced for years and years. And I don’t just mean the sort of dancing where you shuffle around your handbag. I mean really going for it…just like a young child does.

And dancing is a great way to shift your mood back to a freer state. It releases serotonin and endorphins, reduces cortisol and because you’re focusing on the moment it helps you get out of your head & into your body. It’s a great way to help you feel better…and it works straight away. Maybe you sometimes have a wee dance in the kitchen when a good tune comes on the radio. Well, why not make it more of a habit?

A few years ago I used to go to NIA dance classes, which I loved, especially in summer - when we would dance barefoot in the park wearing ‘silent disco’ headsets. I absolutely loved it and the freedom and fun of it. I remember twirling and twirling and realising I hadn’t twirled - for the sake of it - since I was a child.

Why not return to the freedom and fun of being a child again. Why be so serious all the time? Life is more than serious enough….

So why not make yourself a play list of tunes that uplift you, that get the energy up, that make you want to move your body….and have a dance, first thing in the morning, still in your jammies if you like.

And see how much better you feel 😁

I have a friend who dances to Bananarama every morning. Honesty!

Dance like nobody is watching - because nobody is watching! And if it’s Bananarama hopefully nobody is listening either!

Sending love
Ali x

24/03/2026

This made me laugh & think…Have you ever looked back at photos of a younger you & realised that you were, in fact, far more beautiful than you had ever imagined or felt back then?

It’s useful to think about that right now…what are you uncomfortable with today, in your present body?

The greys coming in, the frizzy hair, the tummy roll, the extra stone or two, the cellulite, the wrinkles, the slack jaw line, the hoods over your eyes, the age spots on your hands….we’ve all got a wee list of things we don’t like about ourselves. Just like we did twenty years ago.

My guess is, in twenty years time. You’ll also be looking back at photos and realising how beautiful & special you were today, right now, just as you are.

And yes, you might want to get fitter & be healthier (great!) but what can you do to love & accept yourself that little bit more today in your present body?

What can you do to see yourself through the eyes of love and appreciation right now (without waiting for another 20 years to pass)?

Sending love
Ali x

23/03/2026

We’ve all been there. It’s late at night. You’ve seen the film at least once before. You really should go to bed but you get sucked into staying up to the wee small hours just to watch it to the end…

Last night I ended up re-watching a beautiful Judi Dench film about Queen Victoria and her Indian servant/teacher/friend.

There’s a very touching moment where, as Victoria is dying, her friend Abdul leans in and whispers the words of the immortal poet Rumi to her:

”Listen, O drop, give yourself up without regret,
and in exchange gain the Ocean.

Listen, O drop, bestow upon yourself this honour,
and in the arms of the Sea be secure.”

The poem goes on to say…

“Who indeed should be so fortunate?

An ocean wooing a drop!

In God's name, in God's name, sell and buy at once!

Give a drop, and take this Sea full of pearls!”

And it’s a touching and very beautiful way to think of death and dying. Indeed, I very much believe that metaphor of the drop returning to the ocean is the best way of describing what happens to our energies.

That we come home to the place where we began.

But I don’t believe that we need to wait until we are dying to understand that we are all drops in that vast ocean. I think Rumi’s Sufi wisdom also applies to how we live while we are spirit here on earth.

He’s talking about letting go of the small self and recognising that we are each part of something vast and divine.

In the poem obviously the ‘drop’ represents you - your ego, identity, fears, and sense of separateness.

The ‘Ocean’ or ‘Sea’ represents God, the universe, or ultimate truth.

Interestingly, in this poem he describes how it’s not you chasing God or meaning - instead it’s the vastness calling you. It’s the ocean wooing you. And you are always being invited or even seduced by the great mystery. And I know I am!!

The letting go of the illusion of self, the illusion of this body and this physical matter is the hardest part. For all of us. Because it seems so real. Whether that’s on a death bed or in day-to-day life.

But to me death itself can lose its sting when we understand that we, living here on earth right now, are each drops of water which have leapt up, out of the ocean, for a very short time, only to fall back down and return into it.

And each drop can never disappear.

But instead returns to and becomes the ocean.

Sending love
Ali x

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