Be all that you are and all that you can be...

Becoming whole is a process - a process of letting go of what messes you up inside and of opening to and accepting what nourishes your soul. Gradually, you become more and more who you really are and who you always were.

I don't consider myself a shaman, but I find that the shamanic view of the world comes closest to the experience of subtle reality that I have found in my years as a healer, and so the way that I approach inner work has a lot in common with the shamanic view. I don’t use drums or do trance work, but I do work with the spiritual reality in which we all exist.

Once we get through the intellectual complexities, the actual process of healing and becoming whole is surprisingly simple: the complexity lies in the complexity of the mind - in thoughts and ideas and perceptions that are not based in experience.

Don’t let this put you off: all that is really required is a strong commitment to personal honesty and a powerful desire to know what is true. To be prepared to experience what is real without letting your mind get in the way.

I act as a facilitator, playing my part in a process in which you are the leading character.Healing and transformation are entirely possible.

These are the key elements of our healing quest, as I have come to understand them:

• Becoming whole is one of our primary tasks in life.
• We are normally aware of only a small part of the totality that we really are.
• This totally that we are, is always trying to help us towards wholeness.
• Our personal journey is unique to us.
• We are given, or guided to, everything that we require on this journey by the wider consciousness in which we are always immersed. (Including the appropriate therapist at the right time).
• We are loved and cared for by those who watch over us.
• Our healing journey may contain challenges as well as help and support.
• We need to trust and to let go of anything we no longer require.
• The Universe is filled with consciousness and awareness.
• Healing is one of the highest forms of consciousness - when invited, it can and will transform anything.
• It is our responsibility to be open to receive what is given for our benefit.

We usually begin a session by talking through and exploring the dynamics underlying the present situation before moving into healing, when you may be simply lying, relaxed, open and receptive, or we may be simultaneously exploring your inner world and giving healing to what arises. This kind of session lasts for 1 - 1¼ hrs and might take place weekly or fortnightly for a period of time. It invariably reveals new perspectives and an expanded sense of self.

If we decide that we need to work at a soul level, we will need more time to drop into and to explore this deeper place and so arrange a session of 2 - 2½ hrs. It is difficult to describe the content of such a session as it has the quality of a different - though familiar - reality. We are functioning at a profound level of you and engaging with the interior dynamics that power your life. Although we enter it with clear intent, the journey unfolds in its own way. We may be drawn to circumstances that are deeply important and through processes that are both personal and meaningful; there is guidance, wisdom and compassion. There may be elements of myth, we may engage with archetypal figures or with historical figures from your past. How the session evolves cannot be anticipated but it is entirely relevant to you and to your circumstances, and is eventually brought to its own natural conclusion. Understanding, deep healing and transformation are natural and inevitable.