I was looking for a teacher, I found a lineage. I was looking for a practice, I found a path. And somewhere along the way, without quite knowing when it happened, I found my people. And they are all my Teacher. They all point me back to Source. Lib Hello love, I struggle with the guru-student relationship but finding a teacher was a necessary step for me and perhaps it is for you. In the past, when people have asked me about a 200hr training I have always advised to find a teacher, not a...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Morning love 🙏🏻 It feels like Autumn outside. A whisper of cool wind and the foreshadowing freshness of everything falling away. A year to the day, I journeyed to Greece for what would be a life changing pilgrimage. Today I find myself, once again, packing headscarves and floaty dresses but this time to follow the call of the Magdalene 🌹 She is the rose, the Divine Mother, the first Apostle, the Sacred Whore. A leader, healer, teacher and, for me, a bridge into wholeness. Both thorn and...
4 months ago • 1 min read
“She is good”, they say And sometimes I am sure And sometimes I am not so sure Gwendolyn Ren Good morning love 🌸 For many years I have found solace in non-duality. The ache for union and wholeness persists beneath my skin and I can see the places where the incisions were made. Where parts of me were cut away to sculpt something more pleasing. What does it mean to be good? In the non-dual view it all belongs and this is also a daily practice of remembering. “She is good”, they say. There is so...
4 months ago • 2 min read
Morning love, I've been establishing a new daily writing practice and, in and amongst the fragments of poetry and prose, I've written this piece for dear Simone's print publication that I wanted to share. It speaks to the non-dual view of reality and everyday devotion, which is at the heart of everything we offer at the school ♥️ What if the holy grail is right here. What if all that seeking and all that searching and all that swooping higher to map the territory and get the lay of the land -...
4 months ago • 2 min read
Good morning dear friend, Today I want to honour the edge walkers who sit on the boundary wall, at the cooling of the forest, stretching possibilities and opening doors to more honest ways of being. Threshold guardians who can take us by the hand and extend a rare kindness that gives us the permission to go beyond the known and, especially as women, the acceptable. If you are here, it is likely you are one of these forest dwellers. Perhaps we all are, beneath the surface. We all have parts...
4 months ago • 3 min read
Śrii Durga Mā. A vintage print from Jain publishers sourced from Etsy Hey love 🖤 If call and response is the nature of reality then what is the call right now and how do we respond? I am often faced with an inner conflict about how to speak out when I hear of teachers who are causing harm. I know I’m not perfect and I’m careful not to throw stones when I have my own doorstep to sweep. I’m also afraid to speak out against people who have more power than I do but someone I hold in high regard...
8 months ago • 2 min read
Good morning love! And happy equinox to you 💚 Firstly, welcome to all the new friends who have landed here. I'm so happy we get to meet and I know many of you are planning on joining the call on Monday so I'll see you then - there will be a recording sent out on the Tuesday if you can't make it. It’s been two years since I had my big awakening out of the humble healer identity and I am astounded by how much has happened since I stepped into the school full time in January 2024. For 10 years,...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
Hey love! I don't tend to 'get started' till late on a Monday. I spent this morning listening to mantras and copying poems into my new poetry journal (thank you, Gwen). The thread I have been weaving with today is 'meeting places', or 'skin and other thresholds'. I wait at the doorway of my breath sacred wind, loyal friend, walking me towards the moment. I remember reading that your skin never closes. She is a Mother, always open and ready to receive. She holds you, contains you, wraps...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
Hey love ❤️ To pause. It seems so simple doesn't it. But responding instead of reacting is a practice, and an advanced one. To compassionately hold the tension, the discomfort, the reactivity. It's a practice we have to keep coming back to so we become more adept at responding from our presence, rather than our wounds or our conditioning. To see it, notice it and then slip beneath it so there is more space and tenderness. Because we cannot feel and see each other when we are in our stories...
about 2 years ago • 2 min read