Dragonfly Healing

01/04/2026

The Full Pink Moon rises tonight in Libra. 🌕
She has one question for all of us:
Where are you overgiving — and where have you forgotten how to receive?
For those of us who learned early that love had to be earned, receiving can feel unsafe. This moon is here to gently, lovingly challenge that.
Here in the southern hemisphere, autumn is already doing her quiet work — the leaves are letting go, the light is softening, and something in us knows it is time to turn inward. This full moon is asking us to do the same.
Release what has been heavy.
Release what has not been reciprocal.
Release the version of yourself that kept shrinking to keep the peace.
You are allowed to be held.
You are allowed to rest.
You are allowed to receive. 🌿
Let the full moon do what full moons do — illuminate what you have been carrying in the dark, so you can finally set it down.

25/03/2026

REIKI + AROMATHERAPY — HEALING FOR BODY, MIND & SOUL

With our hectic modern lifestyles, our bodies easily fall out of balance. A mindful self-care routine can change everything — and that's exactly why I created the Dragonfly range of hand-blended, Reiki energy infused aromatherapy massage oils.

🧘 NERVOUS SYSTEM SUPPORT:
Look for Lavender, Frankincense, Vetivert, Bergamot & Chamomile — all found across our blends — when you need to calm, ground and restore.

🌈 OUR CHAKRA OIL BLENDS:
🔴 Root – Cedarwood, Patchouli, Frankincense, Vetivert & Black Pepper
🟠 Sacral – Bergamot, Ylang-Ylang, Clary Sage, Cardamom & Sandalwood
🟡 Solar Plexus – Chamomile, Rosemary, Juniper, Lemon & Lavender
💚 Heart – Rose, Pine, Ylang-Ylang & Lavender
💙 Throat – Chamomile, Frankincense, Rosemary, Eucalyptus & Peppermint
💜 Third Eye – Jasmine, Sandalwood, Neroli, Vanilla, Myrrh & Grapefruit
🤍 Crown – Frankincense, Vetivert, Rose, Neroli & Sandalwood
💛 Love Blend – Ylang-Ylang, Cardamom, Clary Sage, Rose & Mandarin

Use during a Reiki session, as a massage oil, or as part of your daily ritual.

🌟 Ready to align your chakras?
👉 www.dragonflyconnection.com/aromatherapyandmassageoils

Your healing journey starts here.

20/03/2026

Last week I shared something I had been sitting with for a long time.

And honestly? I wasn't sure what was going to happen when I hit post.

What did happen — most of it — was extraordinary. So many of you reached out, privately and publicly, with such love and such kindness. Messages from people I know well, and from complete strangers, telling me that something in what I wrote gave them permission to feel their own feelings. That they had finally been able to name something they had been carrying for years. That they felt less alone.

That is exactly why I wrote it. And I am so grateful.

— ✦ —

I also want to be honest about what else happened — because this is a space for honesty.

There were a few private messages that were unkind. And there have been some difficult conversations with people in my own life who read the piece as an attack on my past rather than as an act of healing for my future.

I have sat with that. I have felt it. And I have come back to this:

Brené Brown has a quote she borrows from Theodore Roosevelt that goes something like this — "if you are not in the arena getting your ass kicked, your feedback is not something I need to consider."

The people in my life who are doing the work — who are willing to look honestly at themselves, to sit with discomfort, to choose growth over comfort — those people understood what I wrote. Because they know what it costs.

Sharing your healing story is not a performance. It is not a takedown. It is not a weapon. It is an act of courage — one that asks a great deal and offers everything.

The people who are not in the arena — who are watching from the cheap seats, sending private messages they would never say out loud, or deciding that my healing is somehow an accusation — I say this with love: that is about you, not about me.

— ✦ —

I am not going to stop telling my truth. Not because I am brave, but because the silence cost me too much for too long.

And if my truth helps even one person feel less alone in theirs — then every difficult conversation, every unkind message, every friendship that requires renegotiation, is worth it.

— ✦ —

If something in last week's post landed for you — if you recognised yourself in the exhaustion, the hypervigilance, the not-quite-feeling-safe-in-your-own-body — I want you to know that there is a path through it.

Not a perfect one. Not a fast one. But a real one.

Reiki, therapeutic aromatherapy, and honest, compassionate conversation are what I offer at Dragonfly Healing. A space where you do not have to perform wellness or pretend to be further along than you are. A space where your nervous system can finally begin to understand that it is safe to rest.

You don't have to keep surviving alone. 💛

📩 DM me, or visit www.dragonflyconnection.com
📍 In person in White River, Mpumalanga | Distance Reiki available worldwide

14/03/2026

11/03/2026

This is the most personal thing I have ever shared publicly — and I think it might be exactly what someone needs to read today. I don't have it all together, and that is okay. When you commit to healing work, it asks you to stop performing wellness and to start living it. To look honestly at yourself. At your patterns. At the stories you have been telling yourself for years just to survive. And part of that, for me, meant finding the courage to name what had happened to me. To stop pretending everything was fine when it wasn't. This is me showing up in my power. Not because I have it all figured out. But because I refuse to keep shrinking to make others comfortable.
This is not a polished healing story. It is a real one. Still unfolding.

If any part of your story sounds like mine — I wrote this for you. 💛

👇 Read the full blog post here:
https://www.dragonflyconnection.com/post/showing-up-in-my-power-my-healing-journey

26/02/2026

Your body already knows how to heal. Sometimes it just needs a little help remembering. ✨
Reiki is a gentle, non-invasive energy therapy that works with your body's natural healing intelligence — releasing tension, restoring flow, and bringing you back to a place of calm and balance.
Whether you're carrying stress, emotional weight, or physical discomfort, Reiki meets you exactly where you are.
💫 Book your session and let the healing begin.
📩 DM me or drop a comment below.

04/02/2026

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03/02/2026

11/12/2025

What an incredible journey this has been. Since I started with Reiki training in 2020 my life has changed dramatically for the better! Thank you so much Di Atherton for your guidance throughout the years and in all the ups and downs. My dream of helping others in their own healing journeys came alive and will continue to evolve as I do. Now the work continues!

20/08/2025

When you reach back into your lineage, do not touch only the fractures. Touch the songs that were sung under breath, the hands that planted seeds in barren soil, the prayers whispered into the night so that you might see morning.

Your ancestors gave you more than grief.
They gave you endurance, memory, medicine.
Claim them all— the wound and the gift, the scar and the song.

Because you are not just the breaking of the line.
You are the becoming.
꩜♥︎ Ella

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21/05/2025

Embracing the Waves of Grief

When life delivers difficult news, our instinct might be to run, numb, or push away the pain. But what if we allowed ourselves to feel it all? What if we honored our grief as a testament to our capacity for love?

As Brené Brown wisely reminds us: "We cannot selectively numb emotions. When we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions."

Grief comes in waves—sometimes gentle, sometimes overwhelming. The healing isn't linear. Some days will feel lighter, and then suddenly, the weight returns. This is normal. This is human.

Your grief deserves expression, whether through tears, art, conversation, or simply sitting quietly with your feelings.

And when the pain feels too much to bear, Pema Chödrön's words offer comfort: "To stay with that shakiness—to stay with a broken heart, with a rumbling stomach, with the feeling of hopelessness—that is the path of true awakening."

Whatever you're facing today, remember that feeling your feelings isn't weakness—it's courage in its purest form. Be gentle with yourself. Honor your journey. And know that even in grief, you're never truly alone.