The Flame Centre

22/02/2026

Energy Psychotherapy
Practice Retreat - May 2026 - Norfolk

Hosted by: Ruthie Smith and Tessa Underwood
Date: Friday 22nd - Sunday 24th, 2026
Time: 4:00 PM Friday - 1:00 PM Sunday
Location: The Octagon, Rose Cottage, Norfolk
Fee: £295.00 (Full balance payable by 10th April 2026)

We warmly invite you to join us for this practice retreat in Norfolk in May — a wonderful opportunity for Energy Psychotherapy CPD in a beautiful, convivial setting.

This retreat is open to energy psychotherapists, whether qualified or currently in training, who would like the chance to meet, practise together, and explore energy testing in person. It offers a space to consolidate your learning in enjoyable ways, troubleshoot with peers, and connect with a community of like-minded souls.

We have kept the cost as low as possible to simply cover expenses, including our wonderful retreat cook.

RETREAT HIGHLIGHTS

•Sessions begin with meditation
•Energy Psychotherapy practice as both client and therapist
•Energy testing in person with others
•Qigong in the garden
•Delicious vegetarian/pescetarian meals and homemade cakes
•Walks to spectacular Norfolk beaches & a nature reserve, just 5 minutes away
•Reviews of various practices as requested
•Space to troubleshoot and share in a supportive group environment

Limited accommodation is available at Rose Cottage on a first-come, first-served basis. Camping at Rose Cottage is also an option. Nearby B&Bs, Airbnbs, and local cottages to share are also available.

For the full schedule of events, more information and to register: info@theflamecentre.co.uk cc ruthie@theflamecentre.co.uk

We look forward to a relaxing, rejuvenating and enriching time together. Namaste, Ruthie and Tessa

20/01/2026

Spring Equinox Meditation and Self-Care Retreat - Norfolk

Hosted by: Ruthie Smith and Suzie Wood
Date: Thursday 19th - Sunday 22nd March, 2026
Time: 4:00 PM Thursday - 1:00 PM Sunday
Location: The Octagon, Rose Cottage, Norfolk
Fee: £350.00

To welcome in the Spring Equinox, this gentle retreat is suitable for all, providing an opportunity to meditate and reflect on how we can best offer self-care and take space for ourselves. We aim to offer peace, calm and revitalise energy.

We will use audio and visual meditative guides to enter deeply into meditation, watch videos by William Linville, followed by discussion, and may chant mantras from time to time. Group retreats are powerful since the synergy of the group supports everyone. Beginners will experience the first steps of being able to sit with themselves, while experienced meditators can enjoy the space and peace for deep meditation.

The focus is on being rather than doing, accessing a spacious state of presence and awareness beyond the 'busy' thinking mind. Through meditation sessions, sitting and walking meditation, qigong, gentle stretching and walks, you'll keep energy flowing throughout the weekend. Emma, our retreat cook, will take care of all meals. The space created is 'sacred space' - we encourage this to be a distraction-free zone where you can leave the outer world behind.

Limited accommodation available at Rose Cottage on a first-come, first-served basis, or arrange your own nearby. Full balance of £350 required by February 5th, 2026.

For the full schedule of events, more information, and to register: info@theflamecentre.co.uk cc ruthie@theflamecentre.co.uk

We look forward to a relaxing and rejuvenating time together.
Namaste, Ruthie and Suzie

24/12/2025

Wishing all our therapists, clients, and friends of Flame joys of the season!

May 2026 bring peace, joy, good health and grace to all.

We look forward to welcoming you back in the New Year.

Love, The Flame Centre

#2026

22/10/2025

Repost from 🎵

To celebrate sixty years of the Thomas Tallis Society, please join us for an inspiring evening of choral music that spans the centuries from the 16th century to the current day.
Highlights include: Polychoral works by JL Bach and Gabrieli performed in the magnificence of St Alfege Church. Two modern day world premieres of pieces by Ahle and Knüpfer, both contemporaries of JS Bach.
First performances of two new TTS commissions by Anna Semple and Eoghan Desmond using texts taken from two of Thomas Tallis’ most popular motets
Alongside well-loved music by Mozart and Tallis including Ave Verum and Sancta Maria.
All accompanied by the English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble and followed by post-concert party!

https://www.thomas-tallis-society.org.uk/

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/tts

22/10/2025

What if therapy could feel lighter, calmer, and more grounded—without losing depth? We sit down with psychotherapist, trainer, and author Ruthie Smith to explore a practical way of working that brings the mind, body, and subtle energy into one coherent process. Ruthie shares how a formative career in psychoanalysis evolved after one client calmed within minutes using gentle energy techniques, and why today's trauma-informed care increasingly leans on somatic regulation, tapping, and heart-based presence.

Across our conversation, we unpack what energy psychotherapy looks like in real sessions: short balancing practices to regulate the nervous system, EFT-style tapping to resolve reversals like "it doesn't feel safe to heal," chakra clearing with simple imagery, and intention-based work that helps shift core beliefs from the body up. We also talk about evidence and adoption—how tapping and stress-relief protocols are used in GP surgeries, frontline services, and private clinics—and why framing matters when introducing new tools to sceptical colleagues or clients.

Ruthie opens her playbook on safety and scope: pacing trauma work, avoiding re-traumatisation, and using parts work to engage child states and shadow material with care. She offers a clear path for practitioners to get started—beginning with basic EFT training, practising methods on themselves, and only then layering techniques into existing modalities. We also tour her book, Energy, Soul Connecting and Awakening Consciousness: a two-part guide that blends a modern paradigm for psychotherapy with a hands-on toolkit for daily practice, including pre-verbal trauma, complex PTSD, and grounding after intense spiritual experiences.

If you're curious about integrating somatic calm, tapping, and presence into talk therapy—or you're seeking a safer, kinder way to clear the residue of trauma—this conversation is a grounded, hopeful place to start. Subscribe, share with a colleague who's trauma-informed, and leave a review to tell us which tool you'll try first.

🎧Listen now on all platforms: Voices in Health and Wellness — Reimagining Therapy: From Talk to Energy, Trauma to Transformation with Ruthie Smith. Link below -

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2489689/episodes/17987871?mc_cid=c9e577ad80&mc_eid=3c31da607b

11/10/2025

ACEP UK STUDY DAY 2025
November 1st, 2025. 10am - 4:30pm (Registration 9:30am) NCVO Building 8, All Saints Street, London N1 9RL

Programme
This year we are focusing on aspects of death and dying and how we may use energy psychology techniques to enable a 'good death' for ourselves and others.

Presenters
• Dr Phil Mollon: Rage vs Acceptance in the Dying of the Light Energy psychology in the search for truth and peace.
Psychoanalyst, clinical psychologist and energy psychotherapist. Well-known writer and speaker on shame, trauma and EMDR. Pioneer of Psychoanalytic Energy Psychotherapy and Blue Diamond Healing. Past-President of ACEP.

• Janice Scott: Clearing Blocks to a 'Good Death', Accessing the Higher Self for peaceful transitions.
Clinical nurse, lecturer, psychotherapist, EMDR therapist, and energy psychology practitioner. Trained in Biomagnetic pair therapy. ACEP International Representative (England).

• Ruthie Smith: Death as a Portal for Transformation - The Tibetan Buddhist perspective.
Attachment-based psychotherapist and energy psychotherapist. Founder of The Flame Centre in London, specialising in trauma work. Former trustee and chant leader of an international Buddhist organisation.

• Dr Ruth Meyers: Creating a Day of the Dead Altar Honouring the Mexican tradition of remembering loved ones.
Biomedical engineer, lecturer, and biomagnetic pair therapy practitioner. Born in Mexico with a lifelong tradition of honouring the Day of the Dead. Runs training sessions across the UK and Europe.

Course Fees
STANDARD RATE ACEP Members: £125 | Non-Members: £145
STUDENT/REDUCED RATE: £70. 2 places available for registered counsellors and psychotherapists undertaking energy psychology/psychotherapy training courses, and 2 places for practitioners who have limited means

BOOK YOUR PLACE ⚠️ Almost full - waiting list now available Contact: Janice Scott therapywest7@gmail.com

More Info: energypsychotherapynetwork.co.uk/events-training-cpd/

All presenters are volunteering their time. 100% of profits donated to ACEP

CPD certificates provided

27/05/2025

23/05/2025

Working Beyond Talk Therapy

Psychoanalytic Energy Psychotherapy reveals the unconscious complexities that sustain psychopathology, often beyond the reach of traditional talk therapy.

Join Ruthie Smith and Phil Mollon for a powerful online training that blends psychoanalytic insight with energy psychology techniques to help clients release trauma at its roots somatically, symbolically, and energetically.

Through experiential learning, you'll explore how this innovative, evidence-based approach restores coherence, emotional regulation, and integration in even the most fragmented states.

🗓️ Date: Friday, June 27th
🕑 Time: 14:00 – 17:30 (UK)
💻 Location: Zoom
💷 Fee: £80 (Discounts available)

🔗 Register now – transform your clinical practice
https://trtogether.com/events/pep

23/05/2025

ZOOM EVENT

Date: Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd June, 2025
With: Ruthie Smith, Susie Wood, Paul Croal
CPD Value: 12 hours
Level: Level 5
Fee: £250 + VAT = £300

This two-day introduction to energy psychotherapy offers a unique opportunity to explore an emerging therapeutic paradigm. Participants will learn how energy therapy addresses a wide range of issues by integrating subtle energy work with relational talking therapy. The course includes:

• An exploration of how energy psychotherapy heals trauma by clearing dense energy frequencies.
• A live demonstration and practice of energy psychotherapy techniques.
• Practical tools such as chakra clearing, tapping, and self-regulation methods.
• Experiential exercises to build confidence in applying these methods.
• A basic understanding of how shifting from cognitive 3D perspectives to heart-based 5D quantum consciousness can enhance therapeutic outcomes.

Participants will leave equipped with essential tools and a deeper understanding of how to bring lightness and healing into their own practice and lives.

The course will be facilitated by experienced tutors Ruthie Smith, Susie Wood, and Paul Croal, who bring a wealth of expertise in energy psychotherapy.

To view course details and apply:

https://www.thegrovepractice.com/training/energypsychotherapy/

15/05/2025

Following Ruthie Smith's Mastering Change Podcast
I thought I'd share this blog from earlier in the year. Titled: "The more we raise our frequency, the happier we are"

Excerpt from Ruthie's Blog | The Grove Practice

"Everything is energy. The often-quoted inventor Nikola Tesla once said: 'If you wish to understand the universe, think of energy, frequency and vibration'. In exploring the world of energy, our thoughts and emotions resonate at unique frequencies, with Dr Hawkins' vibrational scale measuring traumatic guilt and shame as very low – 20 and 30 Hz respectively – whereas the higher states of love, joy and peace resonate at 500 and above. I discovered that chanting the Heart Sutra and other mantras was deeply calming and brought me to peace. Simply put – the more we raise our frequency, the happier we are."

Search: https://www.thegrovepractice.com/blog/

You'll also find a free download attached to the blog…🌟

13/05/2025

Dear therapists and friends of Flame, please join Ruthie at her gig this Friday, 16th – hope to see you there!

Music to Lift the Soul
Blow the Fuse Music Presents Ruthie Smith & Friends

Date: 16th May 2025
Door Time: 7.30 PM
Start Time: 8.30 PM
Music: Jazz/Latin
Location: St Matthais Hall, Wordsworth Rd, London N16 8DD
Tickets: blowthefuse.com
https://wegottickets.com/event/650748
Ticket price: £17.60
£16.00, Booking fee: £1.60

Easy ground floor access and free street parking. There will be some tickets on the door.

Don't miss this special evening as the spirit and music of The Guest Stars and Toot Suite is celebrated by some special musical friends. Original material, mainstream and bebop, softer moods of cool jazz, blues, South African Township and joyful uplifting Latin-Jazz plus accapella and mantras.

Ruthie Smith, saxophonist and vocalist and founder member of the Guest Stars toured and recorded with various bands including The Stepney Sisters, The Guest Stars, Toot Sweet, District Six and various other ensembles. More recently she recorded an album of sacred mantras.
Ruthie Smith Sax & Vocals • Jim Dvorak Tpt/Vocals • Deirdre Cartwright Guitar • Alison Raynor Bass/Voc • Linda da Mango Congas, percussion/Voc Alastair Gavin Keyboards • Milo Fell Drums.

06/05/2025

Repost from: Masters Events Ltd
We are energetic beings. And if we want to heal, we must address both body and energy systems.

Ruthie Smith, an attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapist, approaches energy work from a scientific standpoint, challenging the misconception that working with vibrations and frequencies is 'out there'. In this week’s Mastering Change episode, she refers to research that shows how trauma is stored at a cellular level, how ill cells repeat, and that clearing trauma energetically stops the repetition. Ruthie draws from neuroscience, epigenetics, biology, quantum physics, and trauma theory and explains how clients can self-apply energy methods to clear trauma, shame, fear and guilt to create wellness within their body and psyche.

In this episode, we explore:
�🔹 How energy psychotherapy transforms emotional states & expands consciousness �🔹 How trauma storage at a cellular level and how to clear it �🔹 Ruthie’s personal journey from adversity to energy healing �🔹 Bridging modern science with ancient wisdom for pioneering therapeutic change
Tune in now and discover how energy-based techniques are reshaping psychotherapy.

🎧 Watch the full conversation: link in bio

🔔 New episodes released every Tuesday – available on all streaming platforms, subscribe now!

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