Helena Willow

05/05/2025

Have you ever felt like you’re holding the world… but no one is holding you?

Like you’re the one people turn to for guidance, healing, wisdom—
…but inside, there’s an ache.
A quiet emptiness.
A deep, old wound.

For years, I was the woman who could hold everyone else—
but not herself.

In my latest blog post, I share the story I’ve never fully told:
✨ The night I sat on a beach in Broome, WA under the moon and let myself finally fall apart.
✨ The spiral of healing that began when I stopped performing—and started listening.
✨ What the path of the Wounded Healer really looks like, from the inside out.

If you’re a woman who holds space for others but quietly wonders, “Who holds me?”
This is for you.

🌿 Read the full story here: https://helenawillow.com/woundedhealer/
Let me know if it speaks to you.

The Wounded Healer: My Journey Back to WholenessHelena's Journey / May 1, 2025 / Leave a Comment The Wounded Healer: My Journey Back to Wholeness When the Land Healed Me I want to speak to the part of you that feels tired of carrying the world. What does it mean to be a Wounded Healer? Not just some...

29/04/2025

PART 2: I Was Helping Others—but Losing Myself

By 2007, I was seeing clients regularly.
I had completed Reiki Level 2, studied aromatherapy, and was doing bodywork.
On the outside, I looked grounded.
But I hadn’t yet learned the most important lesson:

✨ You can’t hold others if you can’t hold yourself.

I remember giving Reiki to a woman and walking away with her stomach pain.
It wasn’t mine.
I took it on unconsciously—so she wouldn’t have to carry it.

That moment changed everything.

I started to understand what it meant to be a container, not a sponge.
To set loving boundaries.
To cleanse and to ground myself.
To show up fully, without dissolving into someone else’s energy.

Later, when I found my shamanic teachers, this wisdom deepened.
They taught me that boundaries aren’t protection.
They are presence.

This is one of the core teachings I now live and guide from.

28/04/2025

PART 1: I Didn’t Know I Was a Healer Yet

I didn’t grow up thinking I would be a healer.
But the signs were always there.

I felt everything.
I sensed everyone’s moods, unspoken emotions, and the tension in the room.
And I didn’t know how to navigate the overwhelm.
In my twenties, I was trying to manage it the only way I knew how—
often numbing myself just to function.
I didn’t know I was highly sensitive.
I just knew I was wide open.

Then one day, during massage training it happened.
My hands lit up.
Not just warm—alive.

That was the moment that changed everything.
The word Reiki kept finding me.
And when I followed the call, I began to return to myself.

This was the beginning.
Not of becoming a healer—
but of realizing I already was one.

Photo by Natasha Hurley, Hampstead Heath 2007

23/04/2025

🔥🌸 Beltane - En tid för livskraft, eld och samhörighet

Fysisk ceremoni i Uppsala-området 27 april · Online 29 april

Det närmar sig Beltane – portalen mellan vår och sommar.
En tid då elden vaknar i oss igen.
Kraften. Skaparglädjen. Transformationen.
Vi går från dröm till manifestering - och låter vår intention börja blomma.

Beltane är ett av Årshjulets eldfestivaler.
Då livskraften flödar allt starkare och the Spiritual Warrior kan visa oss vägen.
Tiden då slöjan mellan världarna blir tunn – och kontakten med naturen blir starkare.

Det här är för dig som:
🔥 Har känt dig trött men längtar efter att lysa igen
🔥 Vill tända din inre eld – inte för att prestera, utan för att leva
🔥 Känner att helerskans väg också är din – på ditt sätt

Vi gör detta tillsammans, i cirkeln med andra kvinnor, i ceremoni, i kraft.
Du behöver inte vara "redo" – du behöver bara en längtan efter att ta nästa steg.

Till Beltane bjuder jag in dig till två ceremonier:
🌀 En fysisk ceremoni – 27 april - Vi möts på en uråldrig och magisk plats strax utanför Uppsala
🌀 En onlineceremoni i Willow Women communityt – 29 april - vi ses i vårt magiska Zoom-rum

För att delta i våra Beltane ceremonier, välkommen in i Willow Women Community.

Just nu får du även min kurs Create Your Own Energy Connection.

→ 💫 Välkommen in i cirkeln, Willow Woman:
https://helenawillow.com/home/se/create-your-own-energy-connection-with-helena-willow/

15/04/2025

We are standing at the threshold of a great shift.

Some paths are not walked just for ourselves.

They’re walked for those who came before us—and for those still to come.

When I began shaping The Willow Women Path, I knew it had to be more than a "business."

It had to be a living, ethical, and regenerative space—rooted in care for the Earth, for women’s leadership, and for the sacred web of life.

A return to a way of being that honors

the wisdom of the earth,
the sovereignty of women,

and the balance between seen and unseen forces that shape our world.

My work is not just about personal transformation—

it is about remembering how to lead,
how to govern,
and how to weave the future for the next seven generations.

I guide women—visionaries, leaders, and seekers—
who feel the pull to something greater.

Those who know they are meant to hold space for something beyond themselves.

Together, we are restoring the sacred balance of leadership.

We are shaping new systems, councils, and movements that protect, nurture, and guide the world forward.

This is not just personal work.
It is planetary work.

The women I work with are the architects of the future.

They are healers, strategists, warriors, and wise women, standing in their full presence to guide
humanity into the next era.

This is not a business.
It is not a cause or activism.
It is a legacy of responsibility.

It is our ancestral heritage to honour.
And it is time to build it together.

11/04/2025

The Sacred Shift

Another 50-year cycle began yesterday.
A new story has emerged preparing me for this great opening.

For more than two decades, I guided women through healing, circles, rituals, and one-on-one transformation.

But something inside me began to shift.

When I returned to Sweden in 2011, after 12 years in England, I started over.

No community.
No structure.

Just a silent whisper when I asked the unseen for guidance:

“Build a circle. Build community.”

I was confused, but I showed up — with what I had:
massage skills, Reiki hands, my drum, incense, and hope.

I lit candles in empty rooms.
And slowly, the women came.

Once, only my sister showed up.
But I stayed with it.

From my parents’ living room to my own sacred venue.
From no income or stability to building a six-figure business
(though that was never the point).

The real cost?

Ten to twelve 1:1 sessions a week.
Weekend trainings.
Evening drum circles.
Late-night bookkeeping.

And all the invisible work that comes when you follow the heart’s call.

__________________________

I received so much while growing tired.
And I burned out.
__________________________

Because, sometimes when you hold space for others,
it’s easy to forget how to hold space for yourself.

Instead, you keep filling your cup -

with more trainings, more certifications,
creating another year-long program,
more doing, fixing, pleasing.

Lucky me, the unseen intervened.

My guides.
The Spirit of the Land.

I was forced to leave my venue.
Then the world shut down.

And in the quiet, The Void arrived.

She whispered:
“Slow down. Listen to the land.”

That’s when something new began to rise.
Not in the rush — but in the ashes.

And that’s where this new story begins.
Stay tuned.

With love,
Helena

07/11/2024

We are still in harvest season, yes? 😉🍁

What are you harvesting from this year?
What are you putting on the "mush pile"?
And now is a good time for us all to remember what we are grateful for💚

Autumn hugs! /Helena Willow

25/06/2024

🌞 Happy Midsummer! 🌞
Me and my love Jacob gathered with an amazing group of people at Home Tree. 🌳
Dancing, singing, drumming, breathing. Laughter, tears, deep conversations. Dear friends and new friends. My heart is full ❤
Thank you to those who joined my workshop where we raised a HUGE amount of energy! I’m still buzzing. ⚡🔥🌞

Photo of me by Trollsländan

25/04/2024

Yes! Today I'm going to walk in the rain 💙🩵

Scientific studies have shown that walking barefoot in nature, known as grounding or earthing, has numerous benefits. It allows electrons from the Earth to flow into the body, reducing inflammation and improving sleep. Additionally, it stimulates nerve endings, enhancing balance and promoting relaxation. This simple practice fosters a deep connection with nature, offering both physical and emotional rejuvenation.

Discover the profound rejuvenation found in connecting with nature. There’s a unique magic in going barefoot, feeling the earth beneath your feet, whether it’s sinking into the softness of sand, immersing in the rhythmic embrace of ocean waves, or leaning into the sturdy presence of a tree’s trunk. Each step, each touch, serves as a gentle reminder of our inherent bond with the natural world, effortlessly clearing away the clutter of daily life and restoring our energy to its purest state.

Let’s cherish these moments of connection and allow nature to ground and guide us on our journey towards harmony and balance.

🌿🌊🌳