Wren Meadow Reiki

11/25/2025

She carries mountains on her shoulders.

But one day, she will realise she can break the mountains into tiny rocks and crush them into sand.

And then she will hold out her hands and watch those mountains slip through her fingers.

And she will sigh.
She will be free of the weight;
but her shoulders will always ache.
They will always hurt a little.

And yet…

that ache will serve as a constant reminder
of the time she moved mountains.
And reduced them
to dust.

*****

Becky Hemsley 2024
Beautiful artwork Ed Perkins

'Dust' is from the book 'Words to Remember': https://a.co/d/2CE4fhD

11/25/2025

Yesterday was my birthday ♥️ here’s to looking ahead to a fresh new year of love, light, laughter and of course adventure 🌲🇮🇪🐎⛰️🍁🌻🌙✨

11/25/2025

11/23/2025

Let’s go!

As we close the Snake year and prepare to step into the Fire Horse, it is essential to understand the shift in energy we are walking through.

The Snake taught us to shed, soften, release, and see ourselves with new honesty.
The Horse asks us to rise, clarify, focus, and move with both freedom and direction.

These are not opposing forces. They complete one another.
The Snake clears the old skin.
The Horse carries the new version of you forward.

Use these energies intentionally.
Honour what you’ve learned.
Clarify where you’re going next.
And let this transition guide you into a more aligned, empowered, and heart-led 2026.

Save this post for when you need a reminder of who you’re becoming.

11/23/2025

At least one, I’ve found a few so far 💚

My Friday Thought. Soul Places

There are places that feel like they’ve known us forever, or we've known them forever.
Places where the air kind of hums, not a smell, but a feeling, full of what's been, open to what walks unseen.

Some call them soul places, where we belong without question, where the world quiets and something deep within us stirs.

For me, it’s out in the woods. Among the barrows, or sat beneath the big old trees where it just feels right.
Places where I stop and look out across rolling fields and hills to the horizon, places I feel I’ve always looked at, long before I was born.
The spots where I know I’ll see or hear the ravens, where the land opens up and the North Downs lift in the distance.

Those are the places that breathe life back into me.

And I think we all need that.
A place that steadies us. A place that sparks that small glimmer inside, the one we forget we still have.
Maybe it’s time to wander a bit, slow down, and let the land show you where your own soul place has been waiting.
-Woodlarking

11/22/2025

11/22/2025

After decades of being a horse trainer and riding instructor I have watched, thousands of times, the effect horses have on humans. It always amazes me how just by being near these incredible animals creates a deep shift in us. Children and adults would open up while grooming and just start talking about whatever it was that was on their mind, the day's stresses, what happened at home, work, school or even tragic events that were many years past. We used to joke at the barn that it's our therapy, well there's truth there.

It's been a long time goal of mine to develop a way to help others with the use of horses. A very dear friend of mine, and fellow horse woman was taken from us by domestic violence years ago. Since then I've felt drawn to help women in abusive situations and others who may benefit from some barn time have a bit of peace with the help of horses.

Watch this page for updates on upcoming programs featuring my horses, reiki and this shared energy.

1. People drawn to animals have brain patterns that combine high empathy with calmer stress responses. Their nervous system stops releasing excess cortisol faster, which means they recover from pressure differently from the average person.

2. When you touch an animal, the body immediately lowers cortisol. The mind reads it as a signal of safety, like being near someone who will not judge you. This is the only social space where masks fall off without effort.

3. Neurobiologists found their mirror neurons fire stronger. They pick up subtle cues, tone shifts, microgestures. That same sensitivity that helps them feel a cat’s unease also lets them sense hidden tension in a friend who says “I’m fine.”

4. This reaction is not sentimentality, it’s hardware. Cross-species empathy means their brain is coded for care, and it calms chaos around them. That’s why they restore harmony in stressful groups faster, often without saying a word.

5. Stroking a pet activates the same brain region as deep meditation. Breathing steadies, heart rhythm slows, attention sharpens. It’s real therapy in motion, using touch instead of tablets.

- Mitty B

📸 Max & Maxwell: Equestrian Photography

11/21/2025

Sounds like someone I would hang out with!

🦌 Who Was Flidais — Ireland’s Wild Goddess of the Forest and Cattle?

(Pronounced FLIH-dash or FLIH-dish)

Flidais is one of the most enchanting and mysterious goddesses in Irish mythology — a powerful protector of the wild, closely linked to deer, forests, cattle, and the untamed heart of nature.

She appears in the Táin Bó Flidais, where she owns a miraculous herd of cattle whose milk could feed entire armies. Her most famous creature is the magical white doe, sometimes said to be Flidais herself in shapeshifted form.

Flidais is often portrayed as a woods-woman goddess, living deep within the forest, connected to animals, healing plants, and the raw abundance of the land. Some traditions even call her the Irish Artemis, a huntress spirit who wanders with deer at her side.

She is freedom, fertility, wildness, and natural power — a reminder that Ireland’s deepest magic lives not only in kings and warriors, but in the stillness of the woods and the grace of wild creatures.

Flidais stands for the bond between humans and nature, the sacredness of animals, and the old ways that honoured the land.

💬 Do you see Flidais more as a forest goddess, a cattle goddess, or a shapeshifter?
Share your thoughts — and follow for more stories of Ireland’s gods and legends!

11/20/2025

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11/20/2025

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Spotted woodpecker feather that I found and snapped a pic of

11/19/2025

A frosty morning here in Massachusetts 🤍