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Sound Healing Practitioner | Reiki & Reiki Seichim Practitioner & Teacher | Andean Shamanic Practioner | Crystal Healing Practitioner | Kinesiologist - Carlow, Ireland .of.solace

29/10/2026

Samhain — The Sacred Celtic Festival of Mystery & Transformation.

Rooted in ancient Celtic Ireland, Samhain is celebrated at the heart of autumn, as the final harvest draws to a close, the leaves fall, and the natural world prepares for the stillness of winter. Marking the transition from the lighter half of the year into its darker half, Samhain holds a profound place in Celtic tradition and is one of the eight festivals celebrated on the modern pagan Wheel of the Year.

Steeped in ancient folklore and spiritual mystery, Samhain was believed to be a liminal time when the veil between the seen and unseen worlds grew thin, allowing a closer connection with our ancestors, the spirits and the Otherworld. It is a sacred moment to honour those who came before us, reflect on the cycles of life and death, release what no longer serves us, and embrace the wisdom that darkness can bring. As autumn gives way to winter and the Wheel turns towards Yule, when the returning light promises renewal, Samhain reminds us that every ending has its place in the greater cycle of existence. Within the falling leaves, the quiet earth and the gathering darkness lies an ancient truth: transformation often begins in stillness, and even in the deepest shadows, the seeds of new beginnings are waiting to awaken.

18/10/2026

Nature speaks to us in so many ways. As we approach the end of Autumn and the trees shed and release their leaves, they ask us, what are we willing to shed, release and let go?

Hurts, shame, guilt, fear, control.... What is holding us in our current state? Why are we holding on to it? Is it serving us a purpose? Does it attract the attention we seek, the sympathy etc., does it feed our ego and gives is what we perceive as a sence of purpose?

Just as these leaves fall and decay, which will in time, create nutrition for the seeds and new growth in the spring. We too are asked to release and let go, all that does not serve our higher purpose, our path to new growth.

On the approach of, and in the depths of winter, when it seems there is nothing but darkness and death, it is in this time that in the belly of the mother earth, powerful forces are creating new life, in silence, in darkness, inwards.

We too are asked, as we follow the cycle of life and the turning of the Celtic Wheel, no matter how difficult and uncomfortable it feels, to release, let go and trust, that in the deepest of darkness our internal knowing is creating space for the new, processing and transforming what is being released, decaying, into new life come the spring.

We are encouraged to trust and believe in ourselves, own inner beauty, and to believe we are all worthy of happiness, peace and love, and to live the life we desire.

15/10/2026

Medicine of the land

Our sacred land provides us with the natural medicine we need to carry us through the winter months until the northern hemisphere of the womb of our mother earth re-awakens.

Here, I capture the energy of Masculine and Feminine in balance, as the masculine Ash stands as the guardian and protector of the Feminine, wild native Rosehip, and the Sacred Hawthorn that provides medicine of the heart. These will be mixed with elder berries, medicine of the lungs and respiratory system as winter immune system boost.

At the base of these magical Native Irish Medicine plants, we find symbols of the Fae and Guardians of our land. A symbolic white feather of the Angelic realm is always a beautiful sign and acknowledgement of the path.

29/09/2026

In Sound Healing Therapy, I use specific and finely tuned therapy singing bowls which are placed on specific points of the clients body.

Sound Healing Therapy is a one to one therapy where vibration and sound can heal at a cellular and neurological level and should not be confused with Sound Bath/Meditation.

By holding space, using and directing intention, the client becomes aware of their sence of presence. Their inner world becomes completely silent. The internal constant chatter, dialogue and inner critic becomes still as the outer world and distractions drifts away. Their bodies become so relaxed at a micro, neurological and cellular level that the clients body, mental, emotional and energy fields can return to their natural state of homeostasis. It is within this space they can find clarity, peace and love of the self, feeling complete oneness with all that exists.

During this inward journey they can find their own pathway and gain confidence to live their truth, let their authentic self shine and transform their lives on a physical, mental and emotional level.

One to one, one hour Sound Healing Therapy appointments with an ITEC & FHT Accredited Qualified Practitioner available.

To book your appointment visit: www.sanctuaryofsolace.ie

20/09/2026

The Festival of Mabon & the Autumn Equinox with equal day and night reminds of the need for balance in our lives. The Sun in Libra strengthens this energy.

As the hedgerows bear their fruits to help boost our immune systems for the winter ahead, and the leaves begin to fall, we bring to our awareness what we need to release. We prepare to turn inwards with the approach of the darkness of winter, where the seeds of our desires will remain in darkness until the energy is right for these seeds to germinate and manifest at breaking of dawn on the Winter Solstice.

11/09/2026

Its not just sound, it's vibration,..... it's frequency.

Our entire body and everything in the universe vibrates at their own unique frequency, which, when they are all balanced, work in harmony, elevate our vibration, our physical, mental and emotional health, and our lives flow with ease.

Our Auric Fields are held together by our seven major Chakras and our auric chakras which contain numerous spin points and vents. When our Chakras contain heavy energy, their frequency is out of balance, resulting in our energy fields, and our entire frequency and vibration becoming affected. Our physical, mental and emotional energy fields can become unbalanced, and we can become ill, physically, mentally and emotionally.

Sound Healing Therapy brings our chakras, our auric fields, mind, body and spirit into a state of homeostasis, enabling us self heal, to live happy, healthy lives that flow with ease.

I provide FHT & ITEC Accredited Sound Healing Therapy. For more information, or to book your one-to-one personalised one hour session please visit www.sanctuaryofsolace.ie

Cost: €60.00 for one hour one-to-one treatment, including initial consultation.

01/08/2026

Today, the 1st August, is the ancient Gaelic harvest Festival of Lughnasagh. It is the beginning of Autumn and the anticipation of the harvesting of crops. Today, I welcome in the Celtic god Lughnasagh to open the direction of the west, the third quarter of my medicine wheel. We give thanks for the good summer and the fruitful harvest of crops and fruit it brings forth. This is the time of year when we celebrate this festival and all the farming shows and other events take place at this time.

This third quarter in the direction of the west connects with the moon and represents evening, and the adulthood stage of life. It represents the element of water and is linked to the planet Saturn. It is also connected to the aspect of the heart, our physical well-being, introspective and insight, a place where we hold the strongest energy. This direction is represented by the ceremonial plant of Sage and the herb Thyme.

This third quarter of the medicine wheel is planted with autumnal colour, imbued with cleansed, charged and concentrated crystals of red jasper, aquamarine, Carnelian, amber, peridot and clear quartz, significant to the season, element the Celtic Festival and god Lughnasadh. Placed into the earth of the third quarter of the west with the blessing of Lughnasagh and the Spirit animal of the west, Jaguar, who in Shamanic traditional healing and ceremony, eats all heavy energy in its path. She has no fear in this world or the next and protects our medicine space from unwanted energies and entities. She treads softly across the jungle floor, teaches us the way of peace and shows us the way beyond death itself.

As with the change of season and the energy, so too, does the internal energy change, represented by the change from summer colours to autumnal within the healing space. As within so without, as above so below.

This is a time of reflection on our own personal fruits we bring forth this year and give gratitude for our own personal harvest for this year.

17/07/2026

Sound and vibration healing has many benefits including re-balancing the physical, emotional and spiritual bodies, relief from stress and anxiety, regenerates the parasympathetic nervous system, awakens higher states of consciousness, stimulating the circulatory and glandular systems, improving sleep, increasing vital energy flow (Chi), improving creativity, intuition and motivation.

One-to-one personalised treatments, held in a sacred space where your body can heal, your heart open and your Spirit soar helping you return to a state of homeostasis and balance.

Appointments can be made on www.sanctuaryofsolace.ie

08/07/2026

Sound Healing Therapy works on an energic, emotional, mental systematic and cellular level. With the aid of therapy singing bowls placed directly on specify parts of the body, the specific frequencies and vibrations brings our bodies back to a state of homeostasis, allowing us self-heal and reconnect to who we really are at the core of our essence.

It helps us go inwards, to the depths of our soul, to our core and enables us to unlock and release hurt, physical pain and trauma to the point where we can feel peace within ourselves and the world around can start to mirror this peace.

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