Shamans Rest

24/12/2025

J oin the Shaman’s Rest Tribe

This is a calling — not just an invitation.

At Shaman’s Rest, we gather as a tribe of kindred spirits who feel the pull of nature, sound, and soul-led living.
A place to slow down.
To remember who you are.
To walk your path with others who see you.

✨ What the tribe offers:
• Sacred sound baths & drumming circles
• Woodland rituals & seasonal gatherings
• Crystal wisdom, healing & ceremony
• A supportive community rooted in earth, spirit, and truth

You don’t need to be fixed.
You don’t need to be anything other than you.

If you feel the call… you already belong.
Step into the circle. The fire is lit.

👉 Follow us on Facebook to stay connected, hear about upcoming gatherings, courses, woodland retreats, and tribe news.

🌲🌀🦋

24/12/2025

The Seeds We’ve Planted for Shaman’s Rest 2026

Not everything grows overnight.
Some visions need time, patience, and trust.

This year we’ve been quietly planting seeds for Shaman’s Rest 2026 —
in the land,
in the work,
and in the dreams we’re building step by step.

✨ Woodland retreats
✨ Deeper shamanic teachings
✨ Community gatherings rooted in nature
✨ Space to heal, remember, and reconnect

Right now, much of it is still beneath the surface — and that’s exactly how it should be.

2026 isn’t being rushed.
It’s being grown.

Thank you to everyone walking this path with us.
The roots are strong 🌿

— Andrew
Shaman’s Rest | Where Spirit & Nature Align

24/12/2025

🌲 The Shamanic View of Christmas 🌲

Christmas, shamanically, is not about rush or excess.
It is a pause — a sacred threshold.

This is the time of the Deepest Dark, when the Earth rests and the light begins its quiet return.
Not a darkness of fear, but of rest, dreaming, and renewal.

The candles we light remember ancient fire ceremonies.
The evergreen tree whispers that life continues beneath the surface.
The tenderness we feel is the voice of ancestors walking close.

You are not required to be joyful.
You are not meant to give beyond your reserves.
Stillness is enough.

Even now — especially now —
the light knows how to return.

🌿✨

21/12/2025

Tonight we stand at the Winter Solstice — the longest night and the quiet turning point of the year.
In the deep stillness of winter, the Earth asks us to pause, to rest, and to listen.

The ancients understood this moment well. When the light is at its weakest, hope is quietly reborn. From this night onward, the days begin to lengthen again. Light returns — gently, patiently, without force.

Winter Solstice is a sacred invitation to:
• Release what has weighed heavy this year
• Honour the darkness as a place of healing, not fear
• Plant intentions in the fertile unseen soil of the soul
• Remember that even in our darkest seasons, light is already on its way

You don’t need to rush. You don’t need to fix everything.
This is a time for candles, warmth, breath, gratitude, and truth.

Sit with the darkness.
Light a flame.
Trust the turning.

✨ From stillness, everything begins again. ✨

15/12/2025

Nellie’s Wood 🌳

Opening early Spring 2026, this beautiful Peak District woodland will become a place for:
✨ Sound baths beneath the trees
✨ Drumming circles & seasonal ceremonies
✨ Grounding, healing & reconnection with the land
✨ Small, intimate gatherings guided by nature

This land carries a gentle, ancient energy — a space to slow down, breathe deeply, and remember who you are when the world goes quiet.

More details will be shared as the seasons turn…
For now, we honour the land, listen to its wisdom, and prepare the path 🌙

Watch this space.

With love,
Andrew
🌿 Shaman’s Rest

14/12/2025

🌙 Whittington’s First Sound Bath 🌙

We’re delighted to invite you to Whittington Church Hall for a deeply relaxing Sound Bath experience — the first of its kind in the village.

🗓 Sunday 25th January
⏰ 7:00 PM
📍 Whittington Church Hall

Using gongs, drums, and gentle healing sounds, this session is designed to calm the nervous system, release stress, and bring the mind and body into deep rest.

✨ Introductory offer: £10 for this first session only
✨ Future monthly sessions: £15
✨ Then held every last Sunday of each month

No experience needed — just bring a mat, blanket, and pillow, or come as you are. Chairs available if needed.

📩 For bookings:
Andrew – 07592 146319

Spaces are limited.

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10/12/2025

SHAMANIC INSIGHT: WHY SOME RELATIONSHIPS DON’T WORK ✨

Not every soul who walks into your life is meant to stay.
Some arrive as teachers.
Some arrive as mirrors.
And some arrive simply to shift the energy of your path.

In shamanic wisdom, relationships are soul contracts — agreements made long before we are born. These contracts aren’t always about lifelong partnership… sometimes they’re about healing, awakening, or remembering who you truly are.

A relationship doesn’t “fail” because it ends.
It completes because the lesson is learned.

Sometimes two people travel together only for the part of the journey where their energies match. When one soul grows, or the path changes direction, Spirit gently separates them so they can continue evolving.

💚 If it feels heavy, stuck, or painful — the contract may be finished.
💛 If it feels expansive, safe, and aligned — the path continues.

Honour the connections that shaped you.
Release the ones that restricted you.
And trust that Spirit will always guide the right souls back into your life at the perfect moment.

Because in shamanic truth:
Nothing real is ever lost… it simply transforms.

— Andrew
Shaman’s Rest • Where Spirit and Nature Align

10/12/2025

🕊️ The Shamanic Meaning of the Heron 🕊️

When a Heron appears, it carries a powerful shamanic message.
This graceful bird teaches patience, precision, and complete trust in your own path.

Heron energy reminds you to:
✨ Stand tall in your truth
✨ Move at your own pace
✨ Step into calm self-reliance
✨ Hunt for opportunities with quiet confidence
✨ Rise above emotional fog and see life from a higher view

If the Heron has shown itself to you recently, it’s a sign that you are entering a phase of inner stability and spiritual clarity. Your intuition is sharpening, and the way forward is becoming clear.

Walk your path like the Heron — steady, wise, and utterly unshakable.

10/12/2025

Life is like a river.
Sometimes it flows calm and gentle… sometimes it winds around boulders that test our strength.
There are days of waterfalls where everything feels like it’s crashing at once,
and days of rapids where life moves faster than we can breathe.

But eventually, the waters always return to calm.
Every twist, every surge, every still pool is a lesson from Spirit — guiding us, shaping us, teaching us to trust the flow.

Keep going. The river knows the way.
🌊✨🪶

Andrew Elson 🧙