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Anam Cara Energy Healing

33 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago -

Covers everything connected to my energy healing work plus interviews with interesting people.

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Episode 29 Plant Consciousness with Sinead Duffy

June 28, 2023 11:41 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MB

Sinead Duffy is a non-prescriptive Consciousness Coach working with essential oils in an exciting and innovative way. Our interview covers many interesting areas connected to plant consciousness and how to access it for healing. She explains how and why plant essences work so well with humans through instant interaction with the limbic brain - the part which handles emotions. She explains how essential oils work both vibrationally and bio-chemically but also goes into the fascinating way p...

Episode 28 Spiritual Heart Meditation

May 14, 2023 16:47 - 20 minutes - 19 MB

A secular meditation sign posting listeners to a special place in the heart, where you can feel safe and secure. Simon introduces this episode with a personal story about overcoming his survival issues and explains why people often feel unsafe in the world today. From the moment of separation at birth, we are constantly looking for a safe place. When this is no longer provided for us by our parents or if there is a family trauma that interferes with the nurturing process we actively seek a...

Episode 27 Meditation using love to clear anxiety

April 15, 2023 15:34 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MB

Low mood, excessive worrying, anxiety and depression are the result of our Survival Issues getting the better of us. The majority of Survival Issues are stored in the Root Chakra and Second Chakra and this guided meditation shows you how to work on clearing them using the power of universal love. The meditation asks you to welcome feelings of low mood, worry, anxiety and depression as old friends, which is a healing technique designed to change the way your mind attaches itself to Survival ...

Episode 26: Meditation on Love

February 10, 2023 14:30 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MB

This episode is dedicated to giving you a new perspective of the meaning of love. It takes us away from seeing love as a personal possession and into an understanding of love as a universal form. Listening will move you into an intimate conversation with your heart where you will find the light of Divine energy residing within. Simon's blog explains more Understanding Love

Episode 25: Meditation with Dr Dawson Church

January 16, 2023 17:02 - 39 minutes - 36.8 MB

Author and researcher Dr Dawson Church recently published a ground-breaking book about meditation called 'Bliss Brain'  making him the ideal guest to talk about meditation. We launched in the big question from the start. Is meditation a spiritual practice or simply brain training? Dawson had much to say in answering this core question. We then talked about what happens to the brain during meditation and Dawson outlined his unique stack of seven mind and body techniques found in his popular...

Episode 24: Yew Tree and Winter Solstice

November 17, 2022 15:40 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MB

The magical and somewhat mysterious Yew tree is known to help support us through the grieving journey. Simon talks about this healing aspect of Yew and its ancient connection to the creation cycle.  Yew is also synonymous with Winter Solstice as it acts a a still-point in the forest, very much like the celestial pause the sun appears to make around the shortest day of the year. Recorded live in ancient woodland for authenticity, meaning it includes all the natural and unnatural sounds foun...

Episode 23: 'Your Body Will Show You the Way' interview with author Ellen Meredith

October 21, 2022 16:22 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MB

An in-depth exploration of energy medicine with author and practitioner Ellen Meredith as her new book 'Your Body Will Show You The Way: Energy Medicine for Personal and Global Change' is published. Having worked with over 10,000 clients, Ellen is vastly experienced and therefore well-placed to write a book on energy healing.  She takes the view all of us can have an impact on our own healing. Her book offers readers unique tools to activate your inner guidance system and use it to gain a ...

EPISODE 22: Ancestral Healing Meditation

October 13, 2022 17:30 - 23 minutes - 22 MB

Simon explains why Autumn is the traditional time of the year to connect to your ancestors and why this is a helpful practice. Created to coincide with outdoor ceremonies, this episode takes you on a journey to your internal ancestral land. It includes practical tools and a guided meditation explaining how to use your navel to make a profound ancestral connection. The intention is for listeners to build it into a practice of creating an altar space for ancestors and using it to ask for wi...

GAIA MEDITATION: A spiritual grounding and earthing practice

September 29, 2022 14:26 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MB

Gaia is the living consciousness of planet Earth and this meditation will help you develop a deep sense of your intrinsic Gaia-self. It will help you to create for yourself a heartfelt sense of Gaia and bring an honouring of the Earth's energy into your self-care practice. “Having a strong sense of Gaia as a part of your energy system is vital for both Grounding and Earthing your emotional charge. This special meditation will help you release anxiety and feeling depleted leaving you restor...

Elder Tree Meditation at Autumn Equinox

September 22, 2022 15:33 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MB

Elder is among the most ancient trees of the United Kingdom, having been traced back 1.5 million years. She brings unparalleled wisdom and aspects of transformation and protection to our consciousness. This recording in the forest was made a few days before Autumn Equinox so it can be used in conjunction with your ceremonies and rituals. Simon talks about the mythology of Elder and what the tree means to him personally. This is followed by a 10-minute period without narration for your own ...

Episode 19 Grounding Cord Meditation

May 29, 2022 16:01 - 15 minutes - 14 MB

A Grounding Cord is your vital energetic connection with the Earth and this meditation helps you to reconnect to it. Just like electrical devices need an Earth connection to order to function, the same is true for the human energy field. Often in modern life this essential pathway into the ground beneath our feet is weak, damaged or completely lost. When this happens we can feel disconnected from the world, lonely or isolated as emotional charge starts to build and has safely nowhere to go....

EPISODE 18 Holly Tree Meditation

May 24, 2022 12:13 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MB

The first of five evergreens in the series, Holly embodies love and passion. Its mythological quality of connection to immortality also brings in the aspect of unconditional love. Although strongly associated with winter, Holly arrives in the Ogham calendar in May reflecting its connection to the path of the sun through the wheel of the year. Holly grows in a very protective way, both for itself with its prickly lower leaves and by entwining itself close to other trees. This characteristic...

Episode 17 Oak Tree Meditation

May 13, 2022 13:21 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MB

In the fifth episode in this Tree Meditation Series, Simon goes to Ladywell a sacred grove of trees beside an ancient well in West Oxfordshire. He tells us about a personal journey he made with Oak in 2020 when the world was seemingly falling apart and explains how its symbolic qualities of strength and endurance helped him to change his life. Meditation with Oak is recommended when you face a difficult decision or need support in making hard life choices. This episode was recorded on a w...

Episode 16 Earth Breathing Meditation

April 14, 2022 11:23 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MB

Complementing the Tree Meditation Series is this 11 minute grounding meditation to help you send emotional charge into the Earth. Recorded underneath a beautiful old Oak tree in an ancient woodland in the Chiltern Hills, England.

Episode 15 Hawthorn Tree Meditation

April 11, 2022 16:24 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MB

Welcome to number 4 in the Tree Meditation Series, a journey into the realm of the Fairy Queen and the magical Hawthorn tree. Simon begins this episode by introducing the mythology of Hawthorn and its association with the May Queen and the pagan Beltain festival. He then talks about what healing aspects Hawthorn brings us when we sit beneath its blossom laden branches. A 10 --minute meditation space with beautiful sounds of nature follows. This episode was recored live beside the River E...

Episode 14 Ash Tree Healing Meditation

March 31, 2022 10:15 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MB

Number 3 in the Tree Meditation Series is different, as this time we are connecting to our hearts and sending out love and healing energy to the Ash trees. Ash is under threat due to Ash Die-Back fungal disease and older trees are being culled leaving the orphan younger trees without their parents to feed vital nutrients through the wood wide web. Together with a group of healers and compassionate people we have created a healing beacon in the forest specifically for healing the Ash trees....

Episode 13 Willow Tree Meditation

March 17, 2022 06:34 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MB

The second episode in my Tree Meditation series is all about the essence of the Willow tree. Aligned with both water and the Moon, Willow helps us to see things in a new light and restore our emotional balance.  Recorded outside on the banks of the River Thames near Cookham, this journey with Willow features a brief synopsis of her qualities and how she helps us when we work with her Yin energy. Following the description of Willow there is a meditation approximately 10 mins long for you f...

Episode 12: Alder Tree Journey and Meditation

February 18, 2022 15:06 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MB

Here is the first in a new series of podcasts inviting you to deepen your connection with trees and their energy.  We start with the Alder tree and journey into its magical qualities of protection, affinity with the element of water and gateway to the realm of the Fae. The episode concludes with a 10-minute guided meditation recorded in the rain sitting under a mature Alder tree beside Hedsor Water on the River Thames near Cookham.

Episode 11: VortexHealing

October 13, 2021 16:08 - 21 minutes - 20.3 MB

I am a VortexHealing practitioner and wanted to give people an insight into this powerful form of Devine energy healing, so rather than talking to myself I went to interview the person that inspired me, Simon Tandree of Embodied Stillness.  What follows is an insightful and fascinating chat about what you can expect when you come for a treatment. We also look behind the curtain as Simon explains what it's like for him channeling VortexHealing. I am sure you can appreciate it is a rare thing...

Episode 10 Shamanic Healing Part 2

August 10, 2021 14:42 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MB

Continuing the conversation with shamanic healer and practitioner Hayley Trezise, we talk about the core concept of The Circle of Reality and personal sovereignty. Hayley reveals more about the ongoing work she does on herself to enable her to be a practitioner.  We finish off discussing group work, where you can learn shamanic journeying and deepen your connection with the spirit world, five day retreats and her sacred movement classes. Latest information about her work is found on www.ha...

Episode 9 Shamanic Healing with Hayley Trezise

July 25, 2021 13:57 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MB

Shamanic practitioner Hayley Trezise talks about her work with the spirits and explains how it is used for healing. The conversation covers shamanic journeying and how she uses it to ask questions and get answers for healing work with her clients. She also talks about her path into spirit-led work. To find out more about her or to book a session or go on a shamanic retreat please go to her website. Here are some links to the things she referred to in the podcast: Duncan Wordley School of...

Earth Sun Holly Meditation

June 25, 2021 19:02 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MB

Recorded live during a Summer Solstice Tree Energy Session, this 11-minute guided meditation will take you on a journey to the centre of Mother Earth then across the solar system into the heart of the Sun, whilst sitting inside the protective branches of the sacred Holly tree.

Earth Breathing Meditation

June 03, 2021 14:47 - 10 minutes - 9.44 MB

A 10-minute guided meditation taking you into the forest to connect with trees and mother Earth. This meditation will help to ground and connect you using the technique of Earth breathing. It's very simple yet highly effective for working with your root chakra (located at the base of your spine). It literally brings you back down to Earth. Blessings

Episode 8 Pilgrimage finale

May 12, 2021 16:46 - 16 minutes - 15 MB

Here is the final instalment of Kurt's modern-day pilgrimage along the 140-mile Pilgrims Way, recorded when I caught up with him just five miles from his destination: Canterbury Cathedral. After two weeks of walking the route daily he shares his reflections of the good, bad and spiritual moments he experienced. If you want to go on your own pilgrimage, Kurt highly recommends this website as a starting place for research: https://britishpilgrimage.org/portfolio/pilgrims-way-to-canterbury/ T...

Episode 7 Pilgrimage and energetics: the strange tale of Robert Mason

May 04, 2021 13:07 - 17 minutes - 16.6 MB

This is part 4 of the series on pilgrimage, following the 140-mile journey taken by Kurt Rowe from Winchester to Canterbury on the ancient Pilgrims Way. In this episode we reveal a reality bending experience that happened to both Kurt and Simon on the section of the Pilgrims Way near Maidstone in Kent.  There's a reference to aboriginal song-lines which are best explained by reading Bruce Chatwyn's classic book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Songlines We also talk about Schumann Reson...

Episode 6 Pilgrimage part 3

April 29, 2021 13:04 - 10 minutes - 9.44 MB

Further impressions of going on a modern-day pilgrimage with Kurt Rowe. Recorded on the penultimate day of his two-week walk from Winchester to Canterbury along the ancient Pilgrims Way long-distance path. In our interview there's a reference to the non-dual Adviata Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. 

Episode 5 Pilgrimage Part 2

April 21, 2021 11:23 - 12 minutes - 12 MB

Here's the continuation interview with Kurt on day two of his modern day pilgrimage on the 140-mile Pilgrims Way.  He talks about meeting people along the way, the lambs dotted on the landscape and a visit to a fairy tree. There are a couple of continuity bumps along the way and please allow the small amount of wind noise on the recording. A concluding episode will be recorded when he reaches his final destination - Canterbury.

Episode 4 Pilgrimage with Kurt Rowe

April 18, 2021 19:59 - 20 minutes - 19.4 MB

Literally a rambling chat with Kurt as he walks 140 miles along the Pilgrims Way from Winchester to Canterbury. He was inspired to make this journey across Hampshire, Surrey and Kent by reading a chapter of Rupert Sheldrake's book Science and Spiritual Practices about Pilgrimage and Holy Places. Recorded on day one of the two-week journey, our conversation covers various aspects of going on a pilgrimage in the UK today including the health benefits of long-distance walking, the energetics o...

Full Moon Affirmations Workshop including meditation

March 01, 2021 10:23 - 18 minutes - 17.5 MB

Here's a bonus episode detailing how to create affirmations using the Full Moon and your crystals using the work-flow from my workshop. I talk through energetic 'cleaning' of crystals using intention to prepare them. I then take you on a beautiful guided 10-minute meditation journey to the Moon and back to harness its power. Next, I explain how to use this new insight to write key words and phrases to incorporate into writing your affirmations.  For a guide to how to write affirmations plea...

Earth Awakenings: Imbolc and the Silver Birch

February 05, 2021 16:58 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MB

Back with the trees for this episode, covering the first Celtic festival of the year and then a journey into the properties and significance of the Silver Birch. Simon takes a twilight walk into his local grove of Silver Birch trees and connects with the feminine energy of these beautiful, slender trees. If you'd like to read more about the Imbolc festival and the silver birch, here's a great piece by one of Anam Cara Energy Healing's favourite authors Glennie Kindred: http://www.glenniekin...

MEDITATION: Connecting to the Moon

January 29, 2021 08:19 - 10 minutes - 9.58 MB

A 10-minute meditation made to use on its own or as part of the Full Moon Affirmations Practice (see Episode 2 for guidance). You can also read this blog if you's like to follow my work flow for creating positive affirmations: https://www.anamcaraenergyhealing.com/post/making-powerful-affirmations-using-full-moon-energy

Episode 2 Full Moon Affirmations Workshop

January 16, 2021 13:45 - 18 minutes - 17.5 MB

To support the workshop on affirmations I'm running on Thursday, 28th January, here's a bonus podcast explaining why making positive affirmations is important. Please listen if you want to re-programme your sub-conscious mind and especially if you are working on improving things like self-love, confidence or want to change your diet. I talk through the thinking behind making affirmative true statements about yourself and some of the benefits. Explain my reasons for aligning your affirmation...

Episode 1 Winter Solstice

December 12, 2020 18:07 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MB

In this episode Simon goes on a ramble in Hodgemoor Woods near his home in south Buckinghamshire and explains what celebrating Winter Solstice means to him. He talks about finding some mature Pine trees and a circle of  Holly trees, then chats a bit about the significance of these trees and why they are connected to the Winter Solstice festival. Simon's work as a Tree Energy Walking guide is influenced by English artist, teacher and author Glennie Kindred (www.glenniekindred.co.uk) and he r...