Yearly archives: 2015


Why ritual & ceremony plays an important & life enhancing role!

You may well ask, where does Ritual & Ceremony come into my life. Well, we are creatures of habit and most of us perform different kinds of Ritual & Ceremony throughout our lives and often on a daily basis. We perform many of these without even realising we’re doing it! […]


Beware the Shaman…! 6

…and use of the word Shamanic! The other day I was reading through The Oracle, a free Holistic Therapy articles and listings magazine in Glastonbury. In the December edition there is a listing for someone offering Shamanic Hairdressing.  Now, I asked myself, what is Shamanic Hairdressing? I was never taught […]


When you inherently know something – it just is! 2

As a teacher and practitioner, I feel it is important to show you where my interest lie and how they began. Through a conversation I was privy to, it guided me to a lifelong interest in mind, body and spiritual matters, which ultimately led me to set up Avena ‘Mind […]


A new home & direction for Avena ‘Mind & Body’ 2

I am so excited, as this is my first ever official Avena ‘Mind & Body’ Blog posting. Posted on my completely revamped and redesigned website! This summer, whilst receiving a fourth Shamanic Counselling treatment, I was guided, by my Shamanic Healing Teacher, to attend the annual Albion Faeries summer gathering, at Paddington Farm, […]


Hello world! The Avena ‘Mind & Body’ blog mission statement

It is my intent to produce regular, Blogs – distributed across several social media platforms – and an occasional e-mail news letter, which will include up to date information about Avena ‘Mind & Body’ courses, workshops and treatments.  It will also contain themed articles relating to mind, body, spirit matters. […]