Time & Space Integrative Counselling

I honor my humanity as part of the sacred, not something I’m meant to outgrow.
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You were never asked to become so spiritual that you stopped being human. The sacred has always known how to meet embodied life, welcoming your joy, uncertainty, tenderness, appetite, grief, mistakes, and laughter as part of the path. When you bring your full humanity with you, your spirituality becomes more honest, grounded, and alive.

🍃Shamanic Journey Invitation: Where am I being asked to let my humanity be part of my spiritual life rather than something I try to perfect? This journey invites recognition that embodied experience is not a distraction from the sacred but a doorway into it.

Text on Image: “You were never asked to become so spiritual that you ceased being human. Bring your joy, uncertainty, tenderness, mistakes, appetite, grief, and laughter with you; the sacred has always known how to meet embodied life.”

© DailyShaman 2026

“DailyShaman” reflects a way of living, not a title claimed; walking between worlds to offer an inclusive, modern spiritual experience.

*New Youtube Meditation*

Take just 3 minutes for yourself today to check in, reset, and recentre.

In this "micro-meditation", you'll be invited to notice the sounds around you - beginning with those furthest away, then gradually drawing your awareness closer, until you arrive at the rhythm of your own breath.

Whether you're between meetings, starting your day, or simply needing a moment to reset, this practice offers a quick and simple way to ground yourself and return to the present moment.

Here it is:
https://youtu.be/uf7AJVZQX-o

🌿 More reflections, guided practices, downloadable resources and information about me and my work here:
https://www.timeandspaceintegrativecounselling.com

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Check out this beautiful and free Vedic Blueprint calculator made by Mel Marie Yoga - it covers practice suggestions based on the season you're in, what planetary cycle you're in, some suggested yoga poses and journal prompts!

A tool that I am excited to incorporate into my Vedic Chart readings and into my personal practice

MelMarie Yoga — Discover the Practice That Meets You Where You Are Your Vedic birth chart and current Dasha, translated into personalized yoga, meditation and contemplative practice.

Why I love EMDR

EMDR is one of the approaches I use most often in my counselling practice, and for good reason.

What I appreciate about EMDR is that healing doesn’t always require repeatedly talking through every detail of a painful experience.
Instead, we can work with how those experiences are still being held — in memories, beliefs, emotional responses and triggers — and support the brain’s natural capacity to process them differently.

There is so much more I could say about EMDR, so consider this Part 1 ☺️

You do not return to where you began, you return carrying the wisdom that changed you. 🌀✨💕

The spiral never brings you back unchanged; it returns you to familiar ground with the insight earned from every turn you’ve traveled. What looks like repetition is often the soul arriving with new eyes, able to see what was once overlooked. In this way, the path deepens rather than circles, revealing how transformation quietly accumulates.

🍃Shamanic Journey Invitation:
Where am I being invited to meet an old place with the eyes of who I have become? This journey helps you recognize how growth reshapes your understanding of what once felt familiar.

Text on Image: “The spiral does not return you to the place where you began; it brings you back carrying the wisdom of everything you have traveled through. What looks like returning may actually be the soul meeting an old place with new eyes.”

© DailyShaman 2026

“DailyShaman” reflects a way of living, not a title claimed; walking between worlds to offer an inclusive, modern spiritual experience.

A Vedic Perspective on Today’s Eclipse

Eclipses hold a particularly fascinating place in Vedic astrology.

They occur around Rahu and Ketu — the lunar nodes, the points where the paths of the Sun and Moon intersect. In Jyotisha (Vedic Astrology), Rahu and Ketu are also connected to our greater karmic journey: patterns we are moving through, attachments we are learning from, and places where change and growth may be unfolding.

While we all experience the same eclipse in the sky, we don't necessarily experience it in the same way.

The zodiac sign and house activated within your individual birth chart can offer clues about the area of life being highlighted. Rather than expecting something dramatic to happen on the day itself, eclipse themes are often understood as unfolding over the weeks and months that follow.

Traditionally, eclipse periods are considered better suited to reflection, release and spiritual practice than to forcing new beginnings.

You might give yourself a little more space today: keep things simple, eat in a way that feels light and nourishing, spend some time in meditation or ritual, and be gentle with yourself mentally, emotionally and physically.

A question to sit with:

What am I ready to loosen my attachment to, even if I don't yet know what will take its place?

Sometimes the invitation isn't to figure everything out.

It's simply to notice what is shifting.

This morning’s tea wisdom from my Yogi bag ☕️

It had me thinking that so much of growth happens in the spaces where we don’t quite know what comes next.

I’ve been thinking about how often the most meaningful chapters of my own life have begun with the unknown — a direction I couldn’t fully see yet, but felt called to explore anyway - and admittedly, is totally terrifying - which is where courage comes in.

Realising that courage isn’t always knowing where we’re going but being willing to stay curious, take the next step, and allow this sacred journey to unfold without seeing the way ahead 🌿

What unknown are you being invited to explore?