ancestral portals

Ancestral Portals is a process of path-finding. In Ancestral Portals One-to-One work I walk beside you as a companion, creative catalyst, and sometimes a kindly disruptor.

So what do I mean by Ancestral Portals?  I use this term to refer to the process of path-finding through a group of practices which help to align us with the land right where we are, and support belonging and healing in both familiar and new places. For me, these practices include walking and wandering, working with plants, the power of dreams, symbols, drumming, movement and dance, relational practices of care, ritual, silence, listening with land, more-than-human kin, and natural cycles.

Over the past four decades as I have walked and wandered both in the UK, and in Aotearoa (New Zealand) these practices have supported me to awaken my own indigeneity, collaborating with the multi-species beings with whom we share this earth to re-member roots and interconnections through embodied processes of living and creating - of 'worlding' the world. 

Drawing on my background in arts and creative health, environmental conservation, training and practice in counselling, multiple holistic and somatic modalities, and immersion in several earth-based spiritualities, I work with de-colonisation of the self and of spiritual and creative practice, and the centering of a grounded yet fluid connection with creativity, spirituality, and land.

It seems to me that we stand at a threshold, or perhaps a crossroads.  Many are experiencing a longing for connection with the sacred; with spirituality, creativity and healing that honours and collaborates with this land upon which we live, right here, right now.

Is this work for you?

If some or all of the following feel resonant, there is a special introductory offer for in-person sessions below.....

You may call yourself an artist, you may not.

You may have experience of spiritual practice, you may not.

You may feel a sense of peace and ‘rightness’ when you are outdoors and want to explore this further as a basis for spiritual and creative practice.

You may sense something ancient stirring in you in particular places and are curious about that.

You may want to develop confidence in creating your own sacred practices in collaboration with land right where you are.

You may be curious about British indigenous practices that shape-shifted or went underground and are now returning.

You may be curious about the story that we have lost our connection with land and nature here in Britain, and you may sense that this story only serves to keep us disempowered.  You may sense there is another truth: that knowledge is held not only by humans, but by the earth, rocks, trees, plants, birds, animals and “invisible” realms, and are curious about learning how to listen to this.

You may sense that something is a bit “off” about following spiritual practices from other cultures without exploring how they relate to this particular land and spiritual practices here.

You may want to develop your spiritual and creative practices and materials to be more ‘green’, ethical, and sensitive to the impact on all of life.

You may be looking for help in learning how to trust your own unique creative expression and expand your view on what creativity is and what it is for.

You may want to de-condition yourself from ways of living and being that do not serve you or the planet, and learn to listen to other ways of knowing.

You may have ongoing health challenges which do not respond to the usual treatment options.

You may want to develop your own unique path of the heart in collaboration with the place you live with.

I am currently offering a special introductory price of £30 per hour for in-person sessions near Bourne in Lincolnshire.

Further sessions are £45 per hour with discount available for blocks of 3 or more sessions.

To make a booking or an enquiry, please visit the Contact page