upcoming workshops & retreats with kubi may...
Glastonbury
I grew up in a little market town in the East Midlands, happily in awe of the
magic buzzing beneath the tapestry of existence in the countryside surrounding
me, making childhood potions from crushed herbs and flowers and sneaking home
Esoteric books to read from the library. At 18, I grew restless with a curiosity
about the world and quit college to save up, travel, and spend time learning
from the hidden tribes and global communities I had read so much about. My
travels expanded my understanding around magic and how ritual had manifested in
different indigenous cultures beyond our Celtic origins. Here, I began my
journey training to become a Reiki healer (and eventually teacher), with a
personal earth mission to also contribute as much healing, light and joy to our
planet as possible. By my twenties I had returned home, moved to the city and
anchored myself back into a decade of education. I gained a PGCE qualification
as a secondary school art teacher and finished a University Degree; a BA Honours
in Creative Therapies where I focused my dissertation on the healing power of
Creative Ritual and Art in Psychotherapy. Following this, I worked for 5 years
as a Creative Therapist as part of an Intensive intervention Team for Children
in Social Care, whilst also founding and managing London's Activist Art group
'The People's Tribe' to try and promote positive change in society with
creativity (and of course, rebellion!) As I approached my thirties, I began to
delve deep into my own shadow work and healing, which lead me to explore the
healing potential of plant medicines, shamanic rituals and tincture making. One
summer, I softened, decided it was time to return back to the countryside and
challenged myself to set off at sunset for an overnight pilgrimage. I mapped out
the leylines and followed them on foot, walking 12 hours by myself through the
night, singing songs to the stars and arrived at sunrise on the mystical lands
of Glastonbury for the first time, where I began my training in Celtic
Shamanism.... and never left! I'm humbled to live a harmonious and gentle life
here upon the mystical lands of Avalon. From this sacred motherland, I forage
and make flower tincture medicines from the earth and sculpt personalised wands
from the fallen branches of the ancient orchards. More than anything, I love to
compassionately hold space for others walking the sacred path of initiation or
undertaking healing/ shadow work. (We're at a very interesting moment in history
where nothing is more important than this!) I do this using therapy, ritual,
ceremony, playfulness and creativity to help alchemise and empower individuals
to step into the highest version of themselves and it brings me so much joy to
see the light returning, one by one, to the beautiful tribe we know as the human
race. Let's rise together and remember who we really are as we make the journey
back home to ourselves!
