Anam Cara Energy Healing

Ram Dass is among the world’s most influential spiritual teachers and kicking off season two is an interview from India recorded with someone who had an amazing awakening experience meeting Ram Dass. 

Whilst staying at Amritapuri Ashram in Kerala, the home of spiritual leader and humanitarian Amma, I met a devotee named Madhava. In 1973 he met Ram Dass and experienced a one to one awakening process and he recounts what happened in this interview.

Ram Dass, who died in 2019, famously experimented with psychedelics in the 1960s whilst being a psychologist at Harvard and later Stanford universities. He wrote many best-selling spiritual books based upon his experiences travelling India and meeting his guru Neem Karoli Baba.

In his book about living the Bhagavad Gita titled ‘Paths To God’, Ram Dass wrote about the ‘process’ which Madova experienced for himself.

How do you really feel about your mother? Was she a loving role model? Is she emotionally present? Did she guide and support you emotionally as you grew up in the family home?

Like it or not, our parents wound us and give us conditioning and issues to work through. For most people, their mother is the strongest influence during the early years of life and likely to have been the source of the most conditioning. Often it is the mother’s presence that sets the tone of the household.

To bring awareness into this difficult subject I invited my life partner Christine Robinson to have a conversation about recognising our mother wounds. She is a Heart-Centred Life Coach working mainly with women which allows her to have a deep understanding of this area of life.

She also experienced a difficult childhood and relationship with her own mother which she is able to reference during this frank and open conversation.

During the podcast Christine recommended a helpful book on this subject: 

The Emotionally Absent Mother: How to recognise and heal the invisible effects of childhood emotional neglect. It’s author is Jasmin Lee Cori

You can connect with Christine on Instagram @christinerobinsoncoaching

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 safe haven.

Often we look for someone else to provide this safe place for us, usually in our relationships, but this can put a huge strain on us and the other person.

Ultimately, we have to find our own secure place and no longer rely on others.

Meditating in the spiritual heart is a helpful support for this journey of self enquiry and particularly useful during times of anxiety, low mood, constant worry and depression.

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 Issues.

By finding love in your heart and sending it to heal Survival Issues in either the Root or second chakras, you can start moving them away from being centre stage in your energy system.

Any movement of Survival Issues in your energy body allows you to physically relax and gain a renewed sense of freedom.

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 found in the landscape.

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 restored and rejuvenated”, Simon commented.

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 meditation with Elder. There is a call back chime at the end.

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.

Without a strong grounding cord our emotional charge becomes stored in the body, sometimes this manifests as pain or an intense feeling of stress. It can also lead to problems falling asleep or staying asleep throughout the night.

Simon talks through the aspects of your grounding cord and guides you to find it in the body then connect to the Earth. 

It is recommended a grounding or earthing meditation becomes a regular part of your self-care practice.

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 led ancient people to consider Holly as a protective spirit, which is why it is used to decorate home and hearth in winter.

The five evergreens in the Ogham is symbolised by the pentagram magical protection symbol.

This meditation was recorded inside a huge grove of Holly in Bradenham Woods, near West Wycombe in Buckinghamshire and includes the sounds of nature.

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 windy day in mid May and the sound of the wind rushing through the ancient Oak tree is all part of the natural atmosphere Simon loves to create making this podcast.

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.

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 Evenlode in west Oxfordshire, England.

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.

This meditation is an important part of this healing work as it widens out the scope to the group to other like-minded tree lovers who want to help the ancient Ash tree.

Every time to play this meditation and send out your innate healing power you are preserving the lineage of Ash trees. Please share with your friends.

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 follow. 

There is ambient sound from the river water, birdlife and distant background noise.

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.

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 for a practitioner to be open about their own experience.

Once you have listened the chances are you'll want to book a VortexHealing session for yourself. Treatments with me cost £55 for around two hours. Please email me at simon@anamcaraenergyhealing.com

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. 

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.

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.glenniekindred.co.uk/articles/wheeloftheyear.html#8

And here's a nice simple explanation of the Ogham Calendar: https://www.paganpens.co.uk/the-oghma-calendar

Email Simon to book a tree energy walk: simon@anamcaraenergyhealing.com

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

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 affirmations to the energy and cycle of the Moon and using crystals to amplify their power.

Here's a link to the wonderful book 'Heal Your Body' by Louise Hay I referred to: https://www.hayhouse.co.uk/heal-your-body

To book a place on the Full Moon Affirmations Workshop please click here: https://www.anamcaraenergyhealing.com/bookings-checkout/full-moon-affirmations-workshop/book

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 recommends her books including Sacred Earth Celebrations and Walking With Trees.

You can read his own blog about Winter Solstice here: https://www.anamcaraenergyhealing.com/post/celebrate-winter-solstice-with-pine-and-holly-tree-energy