Supporting your journey
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In one-to-one sessions, I can offer you focused time to look into what is happening in your life, in your relationships with the other-than-human and with the Earth. Not really coaching or mentoring; more like guiding in the sense that I am alongside you.
What are needing to look into? Where are you going? What transitions and change are you making or needing to make? We can talk about your life direction, love of nature, anxieties about the planetary crisis, spirituality or rituals you wish to make. About seasonal connections, moon and sun cycles, about the human body being in nature and about your life at this time. Together we will use the skills of intention, deep listening and mirroring to build rapport and relationship. How much? How often? Online or in person? These can be online for an hour or more; or face to face in woods on the Blackdown Hills (near Taunton) or some other location we agree. Costs are £50 for an hour online, and up to £300 for a whole day in the woods. (Cost need not be a barrier; please ask about sliding scales). What do sessions involve? A Nature Walk can help with decisions, working through things, or just re-finding your way. This is made as a ritual, with the crossing of a threshold into liminal space, attending to what the land, or nature, or spirit has to say. After the walk you come back to my presence as your mirror, to help you hear or see or feel what your experience is bringing to you. We all need guides as we go along our life paths. I've been very lucky to have many opportunities to be guided by others, through formal and informal work. I find the most help comes when I listen deeply to the wider web of life, and often need reminding or help to do that. My own practices are long and varied, and make up part of each day. Sitting with an altar to listen, greeting the beings of the day, moving my body and meditation all play a part. My own practices have shifted and deepened as I've learned to understand what my autism and ADHD diagnoses are showing me about being human. Now officially neurospicy, I'm keen to learn and share what that means in every aspect of our beings - from physiology, neuropsychology and the souls that we are. Not broken and ever-changing, in a modern culture that often does not feel like a good fit. These sessions are great for you if you... - want a held space to uncover explore, uncover and find your own way in the world - are about to prepare for a Vision Fast or solo time in nature - to craft intent or have a sounding board about where you are - want to learn more about your approach to eco-spirituality - want to spend some held time in nature, learning and being NB I am NOT a certified counsellor or psychotherapist. I have trained in mirroring, deep listening techniques, trained and worked as breath-work therapist, practice as an eco-therapeutic practitioner, have a Level 3 counselling skills award and the CMI level 3 certificate in Coaching and Mentoring. I have completed the month-long training as a Wilderness Guide with the School of Lost Borders. I have What people say"So much of the good things that are happening at the moment are a result of our work together - thank you so much! The winter of deep work has given me so much strength, direction and energy for this summer...and my life!"
"Thank you for guiding me through these last 6 months, our sessions are still holding me and weaving into my thoughts and actions. I miss you and look forward to seeing you again." |
A Parting Blessing
May you be blessed with vision in these shadow times. May the soft light invade the darkness. May it be a soft brilliance, as bare as candlelight, guiding you thrugh twilight 'til dawn. And when the dawn breaks, may you find yourself upon a threshold. May you enter and go through, and may you emerge into the dance - a whole and holy new dance of grace. Maureen J Hillard 
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