Gift Of Womanhood

23/07/2021

Spark Of Inner JOY

Every family has its rituals, and if like me you grew up in an Indian household you most likely had rituals that were embedded into daily living.

Some which I took for granted, until I found myself experiencing a spiritual emergence, which back then I labelled as ‘loosing it’ whilst half way around the world.

Going on a journey to find myself, I had never felt more lost!

At a time before wifi and social media I was called to socialise, and being slightly socially awkward, it wasn’t always easy.

I had let go of my regular references, that kept me grounded. I’d left my job coordinating a young mothers outreach project (which I loved), put my belongings into storage, rented out my flat, said goodbye to family and friends, all to have my final year of misbehaving at age 29, before I became a ‘proper adult’ and serious about life.

Then in the middle of this personal crisis, I was met with the familiar scent of incense early in the morning, a yogini neighbour performing her morning ritual clearing the space before class. It was this same friend, who laughed at my ‘final year of misbehaving’ comment and with the cheekiest of expressions said “Thirty is just the beginning of misbehaving”. Little did I know that a decade later id still be on the road, and that she was right!

At that time the scent of incense woke me up, and took me back to my childhood home, where the waft of incense travelled up the stairs in the morning puja.

Witnessing my grandmother sitting silently, singing, chanting, cleansing, dressing and entertaining her deities, every single day, at her private alter in a house full of chaos offered a calming and grounded start to the day.

The concept to looking inward to gain stability, and allowing that to fuel the radiance of the spirit was her seva.

And the work I do today is exactly that - Supporting my clients to build stability within, which nurtures the inner radiance.

What sparks your inner joy? Do you know what brings you joy? How are you nurturing it?

23/07/2021

As an individual I am highly intuitive, like many I have a personal history of childhood trauma and bereavement, as well as experiences of difficult relationships. I spent my 20’s focusing on education, career, partying in the London club scene and struggling in a long term relationship. I then spent the next decade mostly in Asia or Brazil on a dedicated path of self enquiry, through the use of yoga, meditation, plant medicines, and then later working with the shadow, both in group and personal therapy.

I currently live in London and am a creative psychotherapist with a MA in Dramatherapy, I am Certified Spiritual Life Coach, Soul Transformation Therapist, and Soul Plan Practitioner.

I work in an integrated, psychodynamic way that responds and takes cues from body, mind and soul, in order to facilitate inner growth and healing.

I also lead the beautiful work of Guru Rattana’s Gift Of Womanhood which has been lovingly adapted to become a therapeutically healing workshop for women - Journeying the 5 stages of womanhood.

Sometimes bad things happen to good people, and sometimes good people do bad things. No where you are in that journey, I hold a non judgemental space to assist you to explore what is under the surface, to identify patterns of conditioning so that you can move towards healing and wellbeing.


​

17/06/2019

29/03/2019

Feeling like this little reminder should be a fridge magnet!
I know a lot of women but there are only a handful that inspire me to up my game! I turn to them when I’m in need and I refer other women to them too! We all need inspiration to know we can fully BE. Breathe in and BE.

26/03/2019

These days trusting ourselves and responding to the innate knowing of our intuitive wisdom is perceived as a act of suspicion or act of crazy! This conditioning runs so deep we even doubt ourselves!

When a antelope in the African desert senses danger it turns around and skips off in the opposite direction, it cant see the danger but it knows that’s its present because it trusts its instincts.

This mistrust of our intuitive knowing puts us in danger, okay most likely your not going to loose your life, but you are in danger of feeling low mood and disassociated, and that in turn has a impact on your overall wellbeing.

Trust your instincts! It’s free, it’s healthy and it’s step towards identifying the things that are off track in your life. It takes courage and compassion to get it right. Keep trying!

®

08/03/2019

Happy International Womens Day! Very excited to meet all the new women joining the New Inner Mastery Outer Mystery Womens Circle ⭕️ today - link in bio

01/03/2019

For so many years other people felt I was over sensitive! By doing the work to balance and ground my energy I now understand that I am a sensitive person, I am an empath. For me that means I can sense and feel things that may or may not be said or tangible to others. There are various types of empaths and the more I work with individuals in my therapy and counselling practice I see the benefits of learning how to recognise one’s gifts as an empath, as well as to ground and protect our energy. I’m very excited about this and hope to start sharing more about my journey as an empath!

27/02/2019

Today’s reminder to myself is to trust myself. How can you do that? Ask for support from your inner wisdom, your inner guide and inner shaman your inner wise woman, get quite and pray, meditate, create space for the wisdom to be heard. Watch out for the things that make you sparkle with life for that is a path to follow. Align to that which brings you joy and move forward from that place! Sometimes I waver and believe I need to choose security and stability to succeed in life and prepare for old age ~ but after years of yo yo-ing between following my joy my path then stepping back on to the well trodden path my soul knows that unless the form of the stability and structure also brings me joy I shan’t be happy. First and foremost follow your joy! We came alone we leave alone, we journey together, you find your tribe when you are in the flow of your own being. Your path is yours to uncover.

23/02/2019

Feeling unworthy and not good enough is something that has plagued each of my clients at some point in their journey. Sometimes it’s is a sudden temporary episode of feeling useless and worthless, other cases it’s more deeply entrenched in the psyche. Understanding why this happens can be useful as part of a longer term plan, and needs to done with a lot of love and tenderness. However having the tools to shift this mindset can be a godsend, and in particular there is a self love meditation that I like to share with my clients even those who don’t have a regular meditation practice seem to feel the benefits. If you are in London Uk you can join me for ⭕️International Women’s day Circle on 8th March. Link is my bio. If this calls you and you would like to know more about working with me DM me. I offer f2f in Forest Hill, London, and online by Skype and Zoom.

Artist: unknown

22/02/2019

Don’t allow yourself to play small in order to gain approval of those who do to wish to see you bloom. Shine your light, blossom likethe flower you are 🌺🌸🌼