Talitha • LIGHT WAY BEING

11/08/2021

We are ✨

We do not become healers.
We came as healers. We are.
Some of us are still catching up to what we are.

We do not become storytellers.
We came as carriers of the stories
we and our ancestors actually lived. We are.
Some of us are still catching up to what we are.

We do not become artists. We came as artists. We are.
Some of us are still catching up to what we are.

We do not become writers.. dancers.. musicians.. helpers.. peacemakers. We came as such. We are.
Some of us are still catching up to what we are.

We do not learn to love in this sense.
We came as Love. We are Love.
Some of us are still catching up to who we truly are.

~ Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes

[Art: Secret Art / Lobsang Melendez Ahuanari: lobsangsecretart.com ]

10/05/2021

Keeping myself entertained while waiting for baby girl
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I love picking up little earth offerings when I visit places, the playful things that she lays out for us to marvel at and amuse ourselves. Just like a mother does...
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And how perfect for a lovingly made birth shrine, with offerings from my women-clan and sisterhood combined with small treasures. Precious stones, my mamma's earrings, some wood to burn and all manner of shells, rocks, seeds and even a wooden twig mamma holding her moss baby
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Just a small reminder what abundance we are surrounded by without the need to buy, new, consume. There is already enough, too much even. I loved making time to relish our natural, playful and abundant mother 🌿❄⚡🌤

20/01/2021

○ I've learnt a lot about leaning into experience, getting out of the way and letting life - in whatever form it comes in - flow through me. Sometimes that comes in the form of joy and lightness, but often it comes in gnarly, despairing or frustrated forms, with resistance and futile control. Oh how this baby girl is teaching me ⚡

The times we are in is a huge and challenging lesson in this. Why? Why would we want to lean into anything difficult? Why would we want to release the reigns that keep us 'safe'?

Our experience takes a life of its own, and wants to move through our bodies, mind and emotions in different ways. We can let go of control and allow the experience - through mindful allowing and sensing, guided or intuitive movement, in creative expression and sometimes even righteous rage. And if it's peacefulness or joy, that needs to be celebrated! Not hidden. A thread of compassion can run through it all.

In Feb I will be running a weekly mindfulness session and my last women's circle until this little sprite is born, look out for details coming soon x 🌿○

27/10/2020

These two magic beings and and team happened to pull together a safe and beautiful Portugal retreat amongst all the worldly chaos 🌟 gratitude and respect!

Feeling very blessed to have spent this time to feel into and heal our bodies, lift our voices and open our hearts. This to me is what retreats are all about, a brief hiatus in normal time to remind ourselves that we are in fact a real and alive community, able to raise our vibrations if we choose to step into our higher selves 🌟

So many thanks flowing from me to you all, and for these beautiful moments captured by the amazing group. I hope to bring some of these sweet vibes into my work in the coming weeks. The embodiment journey is here waiting for you with all these amazing guides and practitioners and I welcoming you, get in touch 💛

08/10/2020

○ I'm going to be offering a special session on Sat 10th at 9:30am BST in honour of World Mental Health Day 🌍🌿

You are warmly invited to spend an hour with me to experience yoga as a movement medicine, as a mindfulness practice, as a tender exploration of our compassionate nature, a space to re-ground and nourish.

Everyone is welcome whether you ever explored yoga and movement in this holistic way or not. Why not try it, it's sure to bring a little light into your day and on onwards ⭐

I am deeply invested in mental health with much faith in our own inner resources of curiosity and openness to bring awareness and balance. I am a trained Mental Health First Aider, and incorporate my training in Mindfulness & Compassion and Psychology into this session.

Payment by donation, www.lightwaybeing.one/yoga for registration ○

29/09/2020

Hi sweet souls. Now that autumn is here and stronger lock-down measures look imminent, I decided to start my week in the best way for physical and mental health through movement and mindfulness. I'd love you to join me! Yes waking up early on Mondays to take care of yourself is 🦋🧡🌿🌠⭐🤗

MONDAY MORNING MOVEMENT
Explore strength and balance through yoga movement and breath-work
Intentionally restore through presence and compassion

All welcome

ONLINE WEEKLY MON 08:15 - 09:15 BST • £5 per household
www.lightwaybeing.one/yoga

15/09/2020

This year I'm adding to my bow a teaching qualification for Mindfulness and Compassion. Of all the transformational work I've done for my own life and in helping others in ways that is immediately felt, Mindfulness practice has been the strongest. Jamie and Rosie are brilliant and knowledgable people so I highly recommend this for today!

We () are hosting a talk about how mindfulness can power you to change the world, with & from the Mindfulness Institute, Sept 15th, 5pm, Zoom. Free, sign-up below! “Inner transformation & social change need each other”

After the summer break, our Zoom series  The Elephant Meets… - featuring those who are building the next system we need - recommences. At Tuesday 5.00 - 6.30pm, September 15th, we invite you to hear and talk with Rosie Bell and Jamie Bristow from the Mindfulness Initiative (fr

04/09/2020

Today I'm delivering a workshop on how to approach curating a workshop or retreat to a group of yoga teacher trainees. I was taken back to our beautiful New Year retreat at the start of this year in South Africa 🦋

Little did we know what was to happen when we all got home. It makes that time of connection, playfulness and exploration even more special. Such a warm feeling to remember all the sweet participants and beautiful Bodhi Khaya.

Ole from Norway read us this poem around the fire,

It Is That Dream
It is the dream we carry
that something wonderful will happen,
that it must happen –
that time will open,
that our hearts may open,
that doors shall open,
and the mountain shall open
that springs will gush forth –
that our dream will open,
and that one morning we’ll glide
into a cove we didn’t know.

Olav H. Hauge

03/09/2020

Beautiful art by 🖌 New blog SOUL WORDS is live • see www.lightwaybeing.one/soul-words for fullness ✒ I hope you enjoy

In honour of the full moon and the start of a new season I wanted to share with you here some of the books and teachers that have had a profound impact on me in the ways described below 🌕

Like all of us, I have been through periods of loving, losing and learning that have seen me alternatively soaring, to on my knees and everything in between.

Though you may have found, like I have, that once any pain has subsided the learning can be a seismic shift of perception, a bold awakening, a rebirth into new understanding of the self and our part and path in the whole. I have found a deeper connection with the divine, a revealing of the people in my life that form my utmost supportive community, and a new paths of inspiration, creation and work. Sometimes what is found is a quieter inner stillness, a contentedness to be in the present, in tune with my body and what it is showing me, a release of the perceived judgements of others on my life.

For the past four years I have been deep diving into my living experience in mind, body and soul, soaking in the wisdom of others so that I may find comfort, heal and grow. And this path brought me to study a psychology degree, and here I am about to enter my second year. My hope is that I can eventually help others find comfort, healing and growth through their own unique path, their own inner guidance and a trusting of their own essence and value.

24/08/2020

This weekend I had the honour of bringing to life my dear friend's vision for her Mother Blessing, as she is soon mamma to be. Beautiful practices that would help her move from maiden to mother, a deep transition that is rightly honoured 🦋

We brought together women of the family and friends, shared stories and poetry, blessings and advice. We shared homemade treats, threaded beads so that Hayley could have a talisman of love near her while giving birth. We gently danced and moved to honour our bodies, giving her space to appreciate the strong, capable feminine form, and applied oils to make our bodies and the space feel sacred and yummy 🌺

I'm honoured that she asked me to facilitate, truly one of the most special and joyful days I can remember. I can't wait for my fairy godchild to arrive now!

If you would like a ceremony or ritual for a special transition or occasion, get in touch.

In these strange times, we managed the space so that it could also be virtually streamed to those afar. The new normal! How are you finding managing this new online world?

19/08/2020

Taking every opportunity to be outside while the summer lasts. There is much about now that's really difficult ○ but with a lens of gratitude I'm really happy that we have all been forced to be outside more. There's more breathing space, room to move and more exploring areas nearby with trees to gaze at lovingly and water to play in.

I 💚'ed sleeping beside the fire last night with this fun, creative, barefoot river crew (even being woken up with gentle rain tapping my face, in my dream it was a kitty licking me, haha!)

Have you found any beautiful places near you?