Of course! That would be beautiful! If poetry is how you express your love for one another, please include your favourite poems. I've had couples read poems, adapt poems, write their own poems and prayers, read song lyrics to one another and listen or dance to meaningful music or music with heartfelt lyrics...

I've been reflecting on the ceremonies I've created over the years, thinking about what inspires me to create ceremony, to hold ceremony...

A sacred two day winter retreat of slow ritual, embodied movement and creative rest. As the days grow short and the land draws inward. Root & Receive is an invitation to...

Today I was announced as Womancraft Publishing's newest author!!! Can you hear my happy squeals? Being a writer has been a long-held dream, probably the longest held, if I'm honest. I've been writing several books for years. This particular book came to me at the time of ordination; literally landed with me half-formed in meditation one day. I knew the sections, some of the chapter titles and I knew I would approach Womancraft to publish. Like many things in my life, it

Litha, or the Summer Solstice is such an abundant time. Take a short walk and you'll find yourself immersed in the sounds of birdsong and the buzzing of bees and if beneath trees, with a vibrant green canopy above... Read my guest blog for The Selkie Collective...

(if you've not already read it, see HEALING THE WITCH WOUND - PART 1) As I stepped forward another woman also stepped forward and I offered her the space. I stepped back, thinking maybe I could slink back into the crowd, but as she finished all eyes turned to me... or at least it felt that way… as they knew I’d wanted to speak. I stepped into the space. My whole body was shaking, not with fear, with energy. What was I being called to? What would I say? I shared some of wh

Judge: I call forward Alice Nutter… Please state your name for the court Alice: Alice Nutter Judge: Alice Nutter, under the Witchcraft Act of 1542, you are accused of attending a witchcraft meeting on Good Friday in 1612, later causing Henry Milton’s death, how do you plead?” Alice: Not Guilty Judge: And how do you, the jury, find the defendant? Jury: Not guilty The ceremony had begun. We were one hundred and fifty (mainly women) gathered in the walls of Lancaster Castle, whe

It might seem strange… but at this time of year I always start to imagine the 'coorie in' that comes with winter!

At this turning of the wheel... May we pause to notice the sweetness of life in this moment. May we have the patience to wait for all else to ripen. May the way in which we use the harvest contribute to our communities and our planet. May we show up fully and with courage, honouring who we are now, at this time in our lives and trusting the gifts we bring to the world. May we travel the spiral with grace knowing that each turn brings us deeper into ourselves. A wee Lughnasa

And so in this week of anniversaries, Monday my wedding anniversary, yesterday was my ordination anniversary. Three years since I ordained an Interfaith Minister. The ceremony wasn't as we expected because of covid. Instead of gathering with each other, our tutors, friends and family in a hall together, our ceremony was online. Although we must have been free enough between lockdowns to travel and to gather to some extent. And so, my study group and I came together in th

I received an enquiry for a very short notice elopement in April this year. A couple travelling to Scotland from America for their friends’ marriage. They were planning to come to the Isle of Skye to climb the Inaccessible Pinnacle in the Cuillin (being avid climbers) and were wondering if I could hold a ceremony for them whilst they were here. My first step is always to meet with a couple (even before I take a booking) for us to confirm we’re all happy to work together, so

Inviting in the light to support the co-creation of a new home blessing ceremony. The first couple I married last summer, loved the Isle...

When I hold ceremony I feel like I'm always either laughing or crying! The tears often come from being connected... to Spirit... to those for whom the ceremony is for... from hearing a couple I'm marrying speak their heartfelt truths... And the laughter comes from everywhere... the wind blowing everything and everyone around... the giggly energy of opening to Spirit... the fairies... This photo was from a wedding ceremony with two gorgeous women last summer... although the p

In tonight's Yule Ceremony... our final ceremony of 2022's A Year With The Wheel... I invited our Women of the Wheel into the darkness, to imagine themselves as a seed deep in the belly of the earth. A seed... not needing to do anything, not needing to take action... just resting... just being... no need to stir until Imbolc. I dropped into the meditation with them and got a deep awareness of how we, as humanity, are the babies of the earth... having hardly been around any t

...to the well... in memory of a wonderful woman. Sonja Eckl, known to many as Ganga. She inspired me to do Ministry Training. She connected me with lots of amazing people, bringing together therapists and others in the Health Oasis. She trusted me with her weddings and other ceremonies when she wasn't well enough to do them... She was so loved by so many and blessed so many couples with ceremonies over the years. She's left a deep hole in the community. As there won't be a

I've started a writing 'group' with a friend. It's just the two of us! We meet on zoom... we light candles... we call in all the love and support... we sit in silence for a while... we check-in with one another... listening, witnessing... and then we write... My writing is on ceremony. Its something that came to me to do towards the end of my ministry training, my journey with ceremony being a bit of a roller coaster, and although I've had a few goes at writing something, I'v

A gorgeous Samhain ceremony with @space_for_grace_scotland and our women of the wheel (part of A Year With the Wheel). We journeyed back through our female lineage to find the gifts the grandmothers passed to us. And explored the wise, knowing, intuitive, nature connected, earth loving, healer and holder in us... the 'witch' within. We wove all the gifts of all the generations back into ourselves. So much insight... wisdom... connection and synchronicity as always. My gift fr

Yesterday I had the honour of collaborating on an incredibly special Healing Ceremony for an amazing woman ♡ My heart is overflowing with love today and I'm so full of the energy from it I woke at 5am. When I was ordained in 2020 I knew that Healing Ceremony would be a big part of my ministry but I didn't know what that meant or how it would come to be. Until yesterday... when it well and truly manifested! I don't want to share about the ceremony as it feels too sacred to p

I'm marrying a couple next month who are bringing a horn to use in their ceremony... in a ritual. They had someone making mead for it, but the seal broke and they found themselves meadless! I wondered if I could source them some Scottish mead. I found a producer, but then I wondered if I could source some here on the Isle of Skye. I put a message out on Instagram... no luck. And then I had an idea... mead is made from honey right? I put a post out on a local bee keepers grou

We record our Year With the Wheel Lughnasadh ceremony. Lughnasadh falls at the traditional time for holiday, so it ensures we can have a holiday and that our Women of the Wheel don't miss it. One of the unexpected benefits of recording was that I could experience it myself this morning! With my crazy, spun-out summer diary, I woke early to spend an hour listening back. It was so gorgeous! Even the parts that made me laugh at myself (is 1000 000 000 a billion? Surely its not