Joanna Bristow Watkins

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  • ✨ Monday 7th September – Labour Day (USA & Canada)

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    🗽🍁 Monday 7th September – Labor Day in USA & Labour Day in Canada.

    Honouring Workers & Community Spirit 🌍

    Monday 7th September is Labour Day in the USA and Canada this year, always observed on the first Monday of September. It forms part of the long weekend known as Labour Day Weekend (or Labor Day in the American spelling).

    A federal holiday in the United States, Labor Day honours and recognises the American labour movement and the immense contributions of workers to the achievements of the nation. Canada also observes the day as a national public holiday.


    A Brief History of Labour Day 📜

    The trade union and labour movements grew steadily from the early 19th Century, until activists proposed a day be set aside to celebrate workers.

    • Oregon (1887) became the first US state to make it an official holiday.

    • By 1894, thirty states were observing Labour Day when it became a federal holiday.

    • In Canada, Labour Day is celebrated on the same date.

    Interestingly, in over 80 countries worldwide, workers are honoured on International Workers’ Day (1st May) – a continuation of the ancient European May Day celebrations.


    Harmony, Traditions & Wellbeing 🌿

    By celebrating national and cultural festivals – whether ancient or modern – communities foster harmony, unity, and balance. Keeping traditions alive while embracing new ones nurtures a sense of belonging and wellbeing.

    At Harmony Healing, we embrace this same ethos through teachings rooted in Ancient Egyptian philosophy, offering modern ways to reconnect with ancient wisdom.


    Explore Reyad Sekh Em® Egyptian Alchemy Healing ✨

    If you are fascinated by Ancient Egypt, you may enjoy exploring Reyad Sekh Em® (RSE), a unique high-vibration healing system.

    Created by Joanna Bristow-Watkins (Harmony Healing), RSE combines:
    💎 Ancient Egyptian philosophies
    🔥 Alchemy & the Violet Flame of Amenti
    🌈 Angelic elemental rays & chakra balancing
    🎶 Sound vibration & sacred breathwork
    🔮 Etheric crystalline energies

    🌟 RSE Level 1 features four online modules:

    • Khemitology (Ancient Egyptology via indigenous oral traditions)

    • Violet Flame of Amenti

    • Mindful Chakra Balancing

    • Essene Angelology

    📅 Courses run around three times a year, with recordings available for late starters.
    💷 RSE 1 Package: £333 (saving compared with standalone modules at £111 or £88).

    👉 Learn more and register via the RSE 1 course page.


    🌕 Aligning with the Moon Cycle

    Harmony Healing also offers regular Full Moon Guided Healing Meditations, designed to support your wellbeing through lunar alignment.

    ✨ Next Full Moon Meditation:
    🌕 Vine Harvest Equinox Full Moon

    📅 Saturday 26th September
    🕢 7.30–9.30pm (UK time, GMT+1)
    💷 £20 per person (£10 for RSE graduates)

    Book via the Harmony Shop.

    These sessions feature mindful chakra balancing, etheric crystal connections, and group unity consciousness. They are a perfect taster of Joanna’s teachings and a way to connect with like-minded souls worldwide.

    My 2027 Lunar Cycle Alignment Course runs Thursday 7th January– Saturday 6th February.


    🌳 Forest Bathing & Nature Connection

    Through Harmony in Nature, we guide Forest Bathing sessions in Surrey and South London. These immersive experiences help adults reconnect with nature and enjoy its therapeutic benefits.

    Discover more and book at Harmony in Nature.


    🎧 Other Services at Harmony Healing

    🌟 MP3 Meditations – explore at your own pace
    🌟 Distant Readings & Healings
    🌟 Gift Vouchers – available for both Harmony Healing and Harmony in Nature experiences


    📩 Stay Connected

    Receive regular Harmony Healing Blog updates featuring:
    🌙 New & Full Moons
    ☀️ Ancient Festivals
    🌠 Meteor Showers & Eclipses
    🔢 Numerologically significant dates

    ➡️ Sign up for our Harmony Healing e-newsletters to stay aligned with cosmic and seasonal wisdom.

    Emails are sent from (Joanna Bristow-Watkins @ Harmony Healing). Please add to your safe list to ensure delivery.


    🌟 Closing Thought

    Whether it’s through celebrating Labour Day, embracing seasonal festivals, or aligning with the moon cycle, we weave a tapestry of connection that enhances harmony, balance, and wellbeing – for ourselves and the wider world. 🌍💫


     

  • 🌱 Thursday 1st October, World Vegetarian Day 🌍

    World vegetarian day 2019

     

    🌍 Food & Our Planet

    There is also increasing awareness of the relationship between our diets and the health of the planet.

    Plant-rich diets can generally require fewer natural resources and have a lower environmental impact than diets containing large quantities of meat, although the environmental footprint of individual foods varies considerably according to how and where they are produced.

    World Vegetarian Day therefore offers an opportunity not only to think about what we eat, but also where our food comes from, how it has been produced and whether we can make choices that feel more sustainable.


    🥕 Celebrating the Abundance of the Season

    Here in the Northern Hemisphere, World Vegetarian Day arrives at a particularly appropriate point in the seasonal cycle.

    We have just passed the Autumn Equinox, traditionally associated with harvest, gratitude and abundance. October brings an extraordinary variety of seasonal produce — including pumpkins and squashes, apples, pears, beetroot, carrots, mushrooms and many varieties of brassica.

    It is a wonderful time to celebrate the richness of the Earth and perhaps try something new.


    🌿 A Simple World Vegetarian Day Invitation

    Perhaps today you could:

    • 🥕 Prepare a favourite vegetarian meal

    • 🌱 Try a new plant-based ingredient or recipe

    • 🛒 Choose something locally grown or seasonal

    • 💚 Pause before eating to offer gratitude for your food

    • 🌍 Consider one small change that could make your diet more sustainable

    There is no need for perfection. Conscious living is often about the accumulation of small choices made with intention.


    ✨ Ancient Wisdom for Modern Living

    At Harmony Healing, we explore ways of bringing greater awareness, balance and connection into modern life through ancient wisdom, meditation, energy work and our relationship with the natural world.

    You can also explore our monthly Harmony Celestial Forecast, where we share upcoming lunar events, celestial highlights, ancient festivals and seasonal wisdom.


    ✨ However you choose to mark World Vegetarian Day, may your food nourish not only your body, but also your connection with the Earth and all the life that it sustains.

  • ☄️ Tuesday 30th June, Asteroid day

    Asteroid Day, 30th June☄️ Asteroid Day – 30th June

    Commemorating Cosmic Impacts & Expanding Celestial Awareness

    Every year on 30th June, Asteroid Day invites us to reflect on the dynamic nature of our solar system. The date marks the anniversary of the Tunguska impact of 1908—an enormous asteroid explosion that flattened more than 2,000 square kilometres of Siberian forest.

    This global awareness day was co-founded in 2014 by:
    🎸 Dr. Brian May, astrophysicist and Queen guitarist
    🚀 Rusty Schweickart, Apollo 9 astronaut
    🎬 Grig Richters, filmmaker
    🌍 Danica Remy, President of the B612 Foundation

    Their aim? To educate and inspire action towards planetary protection and the monitoring of near-Earth objects.


    🌌 Invoke the Angel Zikiel

    Angel Guardian of Asteroids & Meteors

    For those attuned to celestial energies, Zikiel is the Angelic Guardian of meteors and asteroids. Invoke Zikiel’s presence to stimulate:
    ✨ Creative breakthroughs
    ✨ Unseen insights
    ✨ Higher consciousness downloads

    📖 For rituals involving Zikiel during meteor showers, see our Annual Meteor Showers article


    🌕 Monthly Full Moon Meditations

    A Portal to Peace, Balance & Unity

    Harmony Healing offers Full Moon Guided Healing Meditations every month via Zoom. These powerful sessions include:
    💎 Chakra balancing with colour visualisation and etheric crystals
    🌈 Unity consciousness alignment
    🧘‍♀️ Group meditation with a spiritual community

    This is a perfect taster for those curious about our style of energy healing.
    🎟️ Book your place at the Harmony Shop.


    🐍 Deeper Immersions with Reyad Sekh Em®

    Ancient Egyptian Alchemy for Modern Souls

    Our flagship training programme, Reyad Sekh Em® (RSE) Level 1, incorporates teachings from:
    🌟 Khemitology (Egyptian wisdom from the oral traditions)
    🔥 Violet Flame of Amenti
    🌈 Chakra Alignment
    👼 Essene Angelology

    💻 Four modules delivered via Zoom (recordings available)
    💷 Full course: £333 (or individual modules from £88–£111)
    📅 Offered up to three times a year


    🌿 Reconnect Through Forest Bathing

    Surrey-based Nature Therapy Sessions

    Through Harmony in Nature, we offer Forest Bathing+ sessions in the Surrey Hills—therapeutic nature immersions inspired by Japanese Shinrin-Yoku. These gentle, sensory walks help soothe the nervous system, lower stress, and encourage deeper presence.


    🎁 Healing Wherever You Are

    Distant Services & Soulful Gifts

    Not based in Surrey? You can still benefit from our offerings:
    🎧 MP3 Meditations
    🔮 Distant Readings & Healings
    🎟️ Harmony Healing & Forest Bathing Vouchers – for yourself or as a meaningful gift


    📬 Stay Celestially Aligned

    Only the Celestial Forecast Available for Now

    While our full blog digest is currently paused, you can still receive our monthly Celestial Forecast—a summary of lunar phases, seasonal festivals, meteor showers and other cosmic highlights.

    🌙 Subscribe here or at the top of any page at harmonyhealing.co.uk
    📨 Add to your safe senders list

    🌀 The Blog Digest will be relaunched soon—watch this space!


    Let the cosmos be your compass 🌠

     

  • ✝️ Friday 3rd April, Good Friday in the Christian Calendar

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    ✝️ Good Friday – A Sacred Pause in the Cycle of Renewal

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    🌿 A Day of Stillness and Reflection

    Today we honour Good Friday — a deeply sacred point within the Christian calendar, marking the crucifixion of Jesus and the profound mystery of sacrifice, surrender, and transformation.

    Falling during the potent threshold of early spring, this day invites us not into outward celebration, but into quiet presence, inner reflection, and soulful witnessing.

    It is a moment suspended between worlds —
    between what has been… and what is yet to be reborn.


    ✨ The Deeper Spiritual Symbolism

    Beyond its historical and religious significance, Good Friday holds a universal energetic resonance.

    It speaks to the initiation of the soul —
    a passage through challenge, release, and ultimate transformation.

    🌑 Surrender
    Letting go of old identities, patterns, or burdens that no longer serve

    🌑 Trust
    Holding faith through uncertainty and the unknown

    🌑 Transformation
    Recognising that endings are often the sacred gateway to renewal

    In many ways, this mirrors the natural world around us — where the last remnants of winter dissolve, making space for new life to emerge.


    🌸 A Threshold Before Rebirth

    Good Friday sits within the wider arc leading toward Easter — a time traditionally associated with resurrection and renewal.

    Energetically, this day represents the void space —
    the still point before the blossoming.

    Just as seeds lie unseen beneath the soil, quietly transforming, so too are we invited to honour the unseen processes within ourselves.

    🌿 What is dissolving in your life?
    🌿 What are you being asked to release?
    🌿 Can you rest in the space before the answer arrives?


    🕊️ Ancient Echoes of Sacrifice & Renewal

    Across many traditions, this theme of sacred sacrifice is echoed:

    • In Egyptian mythology, the story of Osiris speaks of death and rebirth
    • In nature-based traditions, the descent into darkness precedes renewal
    • In alchemical teachings, transformation requires dissolution before refinement

    Good Friday aligns with these deeper cycles — reminding us that true renewal is born through conscious release.


    🌕 Aligning with Current Energies

    This year, the energies of Good Friday weave closely with the Alder Pink Moon and the wider Easter threshold.

    There is a gentle yet powerful invitation to:

    ✨ Soften into emotional flow
    ✨ Strengthen inner stability
    ✨ Release with grace rather than force

    This is not a day for striving —
    but for allowing.


    🌿 A Gentle Ritual for Good Friday

    You may wish to honour today in a simple, intuitive way:

    🕯️ Light a candle and sit in quiet reflection
    🌬️ Take a few slow, conscious breaths
    📝 Write down something you are ready to release
    🌍 Offer it symbolically to the Earth (burn safely, bury, or tear and let go)

    Allow the act to be soft, unforced, and deeply personal.


    💫 From Stillness to Renewal

    Good Friday reminds us that not all growth is visible.
    Not all transformation is immediate.

    Sometimes the most profound shifts occur in the quiet, unseen spaces.

    As we move gently toward Easter and the rising energies of spring,
    trust that what is falling away is making space for something new.


    🌿 Explore Further

    You may feel called to deepen into these energies through:

    ✨ Your own quiet reflection or meditation
    ✨ The Harmony Healing Blog (where we explore these seasonal thresholds more fully)
    ✨ Gentle connection with nature — even a simple mindful walk


    🌸 Closing Reflection

    In the stillness of this day,
    may you find peace in the pause,
    strength in surrender,
    and trust in the unfolding path ahead.


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  • ✡️ Passover: A Journey from Constraint to Soul Freedom

    PassoverA Harmony Guest Blog from Alyse Korn 🌿


    🌕 A Sacred Time of Liberation & Renewal

    This April, as the Sun moves through the dynamic fire of Aries, we are invited to reflect upon one of the most profound spiritual journeys in human history — Passover.

    Observed from the evening of Wednesday 1st April to Thursday 9th April this year, Passover is traditionally a commemoration of liberation — yet beyond history, it also offers a deeply symbolic and energetic pathway for personal transformation.

    Within a more esoteric lens, particularly through the teachings of Egyptian alchemy and spiritual healing traditions, this sacred time can be understood as a powerful inner passage from limitation into expanded awareness.

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    🏺 Egypt as the “Narrow Place”

    In Hebrew, Egypt is known as Mitzrayim — often translated as “The Narrow Place.”

    From a metaphysical perspective, this becomes a beautiful mirror for the human experience.

    ✨ The “Narrow Place” may represent:

    • Limiting beliefs
    • Emotional constriction
    • Fear-based patterns
    • Societal conditioning

    To “leave Egypt” is therefore not only a historical event, but an inner alchemical shift — a movement from density into expansion, from survival into sovereignty.

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    Passover Ram♈ The Ram, Aries & Spiritual Defiance

    Passover unfolds during the season of Aries — the first sign of the zodiac, symbolising initiation, courage, and new beginnings.

    In ancient Egyptian cosmology, the ram-headed creator deity Khnum was associated with creation and formation — shaping life upon the potter’s wheel.

    Within this symbolic framework, the Passover story takes on an even deeper resonance.

    At the time of the first Passover:

    • The Full Moon rose in Aries
    • The energy of the Ram was at its peak
    • A threshold moment between old and new cycles was present

    The ritual of marking thresholds with the essence of the lamb can be viewed as a declaration of spiritual autonomy.

    🌿 A quiet yet powerful statement:
    “I am no longer shaped solely by external forces — I choose alignment with Divine guidance.”

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    🌗 From Fate to Divine Alignment

    Seen through this lens, Passover becomes more than a remembrance — it is a frequency shift.

    It reflects the transition:

    • From external control → inner authority
    • From karmic patterning → conscious creation
    • From fear → trust

    Rather than being governed purely by circumstance or celestial influence, the journey invites alignment with a deeper, guiding intelligence.

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    🌿 Reflection for Your Practice

    As you move through this potent seasonal gateway, you may wish to explore your own inner “Exodus”:

    ✨ 1. Identify Your “Narrow Place”

    Where in your life do you feel restricted or confined?
    What patterns or narratives are ready to be released?


    ✨ 2. Honour Your Threshold

    Visualise your heart as a sacred doorway.
    Gently “mark” this threshold with light — allowing only supportive, aligned energies to enter.


    ✨ 3. Step into Sovereignty

    Just as spring awakens the Earth, allow yourself to step forward into new possibility.
    Trust in your capacity to move beyond limitation and into deeper alignment with your soul path.

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    🌸 A Living Tradition

    Passover continues to hold deep meaning across generations — not only as a sacred historical observance, but as a timeless reminder:

    🌿 That liberation is both collective and personal
    🌿 That transformation begins within
    🌿 That every soul has the capacity to move from constriction into freedom


    🤍 Guest Blog Acknowledgement

    This piece is lovingly inspired by the reflections of Alyse Korn, one of our Advanced Harmony Healing students, shared here as a Guest Blog, gently woven into the Harmony style to support a wider spiritual audience.


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  • 17th April @ 01:22 UK time is Super New Moon

    Square willow New Moon🌿 Sunday 27th April @ 01:22 (UK) – The Willow New Supermoon 🌿

    🌱 A Moment to Plant New Intentions & Harmonise with Nature 🌱
    The New Supermoon brings a powerful opportunity to align with the lunar cycle and embrace its energy. As the New Moon marks the start of the lunar cycle, it’s an ideal time to set your intentions and plant seeds for new beginnings. The moon’s pull influences the sap in plants, making this an excellent time to nurture your garden (but avoid planting root vegetables during a New Moon). The New Moon Abundance Ritual is best done within 24 hours of the New Moon, once the moon begins its waxing phase to channel the energy of manifestation.

    🌕 Manifest Your Vision with the New Moon 🌕
    This is an ideal time for personal growth and manifestation. Consider creating a New Moon Vision Board to help clarify your intentions and set a powerful course for the coming lunar cycle.

    🌿 Gardening with the Moon's Rhythm 🌿
    Ancient lunar gardening practices help us stay attuned to the natural rhythms of the Earth. Whether you’re sowing new seeds, harvesting, or simply connecting with nature, working with the moon’s cycles deepens your bond with the land.

    🌸 Join Our Lunar Cycle Alignment Programmes 🌸
    For a deeper connection, join our New Moon New Vision Programme or explore other Lunar Cycle Alignment activities designed to harmonise your energy with the moon’s phases for greater balance and well-being. 🌙

    🌿 Harmony Healing Services & Events 🌿
    Through Harmony Healing, I offer various services to support your spiritual journey. From Full Moon Guided Healing Meditations to Forest Bathing and Reiki, my offerings help you reconnect with nature’s energies and the cosmos.

    💫 Other Upcoming Events 💫

    • Monthly Full Moon Guided Healing Meditations (£20)

    • Reyad Sekh Em (RSE) Level 1 Egyptian Alchemy Healing

    • Forest Bathing sessions for deep nature connection

    • MP3 Meditations & Distant Readings

    🌙 Stay Connected with Nature and the Moon 🌙
    To receive updates on upcoming celestial events, Full and New Moon rituals, and other cosmic happenings, subscribe to our e-newsletter at Harmony Healing. These updates will keep you informed about significant dates, numerological insights, and ancient festivals.

    ✨ Tap into the Healing Power of the Moon & Nature ✨
    Embrace the transformative energy of the New Moon and Solar Eclipse, letting the wisdom of the lunar cycle guide you on your personal journey of healing and growth.

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  • 24th June, Midsummer's Day in British Tradition & Fors Fortuna in Roman Tradition

    🔥 Midsummer's Day & The Festival of Fors Fortuna

    Tuesday 24th June – A Magical Time of Light, Luck, and Legacy

    Tuesday 24th June marks Midsummer’s Day, a moment steeped in ancient mysticism, seasonal splendour, and folklore from many cultures across the ages. ✨

    🌿 Celtic Celebrations & The Fae Connection

    In Cornwall and Ireland, Midsummer was traditionally a time of bonfires on hilltops, lively feasting, songs, and dancing beneath the stars. It was believed to be a magical occasion when the veil between worlds was at its thinnest — an ethereal gateway between the realms of the living and the departed.

    This notion of otherworldly mischief and enchantment is echoed in A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare, which uses this enchanted night as its setting. 🌛🧚‍♀️

    🔥 St John’s Day & Eve

    Midsummer’s Day also coincides with St John’s Day in the Christian calendar, honouring St John the Baptist. Celebrations begin on the night before, known as St John’s Eve, which is also observed in Freemasonry. Despite the Christian overlay, the roots of Midsummer celebrations far predate Christianity, resonating through multiple traditions around the world.

    🎡 Roman Festival of Fors Fortuna

    24th June also honours the ancient Roman Goddess Fors Fortuna — a bringer of prosperity, good fortune, and divine blessings. Her name derives from fero, meaning “to bring” – often interpreted as She Who Brings.

    Eventually merged with Fortuna, she came to symbolise the Wheel of Fortune, embodying both fertility and the unpredictable nature of luck.

    🔹 Especially revered by slaves and commoners, she was seen as a deity of hope and transformation — a divine force capable of lifting individuals from hardship to abundance. At least two temples in Rome were founded by freed slaves in her honour.

    🤍 A Time to Honour the Light and Your Luck

    Whether you connect with the seasonal rhythms of ancient Britain, the light rituals of early Christianity, or the Roman path to prosperity, this date offers a moment to pause, connect with the Earth, and invite balance, wellbeing, and inner harmony.


    🧬 Explore Ancient Wisdom with Harmony Healing

    If you're drawn to the mysteries of Ancient Egypt, explore the teachings of Reyad Sekh Em® Egyptian Alchemy Healing, developed by Joanna Bristow-Watkins. 🐍🌟

    🧿 Reyad Sekh Em® Level 1: A Four-Part Online Course

    This transformative training includes:

    🔹 Khemitology (Ancient Egypt according to oral tradition)
    🔹 Violet Flame of Amenti
    🔹 Mindful Chakra Balancing
    🔹 Essene Angelology

    💻 All sessions are recorded for flexible learning. The full RSE 1 course is £333, or modules can be taken individually at £88–£111. Course runs three times a year – save when booking the full programme!

    Learn more or register at the Harmony Healing Shop.


    🌕 Monthly Full Moon Guided Healing Meditations

    Join our Zoom-based Full Moon events to experience colour healing, crystal energy, and unity consciousness in a group format. A gentle introduction to Joanna’s healing work. 🌝✨
    📅 Book via the Harmony Shop.


    🌳 Forest Bathing with Harmony In Nature

    Reconnect with the healing power of nature through our Forest Bathing sessions in Surrey, co-facilitated by Joanna & Katie. Shinrin-yoku inspired and ideal for stress relief and clarity. 🌲

    👉 Book via Harmony in Nature


    🎧 More Ways to Connect

    💿 Explore our growing library of MP3 meditations
    🔮 Book distant readings and healings with Joanna
    🎁 Give the gift of wellbeing with our Harmony Healing Vouchers


    ✉️ Stay Connected – Celestial Forecast & Blog Updates

    Subscribe to our e-newsletter to receive beautifully curated updates on:

    🌑 New & Full Moons
    🌠 Eclipses & Meteor Showers
    📜 Ancient Festivals & Sacred Dates
    🔢 Numerological Significance

    Your emails will come from – do add it to your safe list so you don’t miss out!


    🌞 Whether you celebrate Midsummer with firelight, intention-setting, or nature immersion — let 24th June remind you that magic, balance and transformation are never far away.

     

     
     
  • A round-up of December events in the Surrey/Hampshire area, accessible from London

    As Joanna has in-person workshop and book sale events happening in Surrey/Hampshire on 13th, 15th & 21st December, we've decided to do a round-up of activities on offer and include some offered by friends from the local spiritual fraternity; this month featuring Beata Dzwigol from ifeelgoodtherapy.com

    This may become a monthly regular summary; if so, please feel free to pass it onto your interested friends and subscribe at https://bit.ly/SignupHH if you're inspired by the idea. 

    We have a Forest Bathing event on Sunday 4th (11am-2pm at Harry Edwards, Shere) and various angel demos and a book sale on Tuesday 13th (7.30-9.30pm in Ash). Excitingly, we have a couple of in-person events at Harmony Healing in Walton-on-Thames (an easy walk from Hersham or Walton-on-Thames station), on Thursday 15th & Wednesday 21st (Solstice), see below for details. Our Full Moon Meditation takes place 7.30-9.30pm (UK time) on Wednesday 7th, with the Cold Full Moon peaking the following morning at 04:09. Aligning with the moon cycle is very therapeutic, and our next Lunar Alignment Programme commences with the New Moon on 21st January 2023.  We also have the Geminid Meteor Shower peaking 13th/14th.

    We have Forest Bathing and Harmony Healing vouchers available as Christmas gifts.

    In-Person Events (in date order)

    Su17 Oct 21 Harry Edwardsnday 4th December, 11.00am - 2pm, 3-hours Forest Therapy session with Joanna in the beautiful private grounds of the Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary (Shere, near Guildford, Surrey), £35 (+ £1.75 if paid by PayPal). This Winter therapy session will take place in all weathers except 30+mph winds. 

    A deeply relaxing and rejuvenating experience, and which, despite the title forest bathing, does not involve any swimming! Some of the scientifically proven benefits of spending time in woodland include reduced stress levels, stronger immune system response, and a stabilised cortisol cycle.

    Book via our Harmony Healing shop. Email , or amend your suscription via the link at the bottom, to go on our monthly forest therapy update email list. 

    10 Dec Beatas Goddess RetreatSaturday 10th December, 2-7 pm, is Beata's Open Inner Goddess Within & Live Your Magic, at The Bisley Yurt, GU24 9AR. Beata is a founder of the New Earth Goddess Heart Temple. This is a monthly activity, for women only, full of healing, cleansing, letting go, joy, love and liberating on Soul. 

    This New Earth Goddess Temple events feature sacred ceremonial cacao to connect to wisdom of your Soul, to your heart, re-claim your power, let go of the old, welcome the new. It's an interactive 5 hour mini-retreat offering deep powerful healing, full of joy. Each time will be unique, enhanced with a different invited guest (Empowered Women), but always the event will be tailored to the needs of the attending Goddesses. Very limited sacred spaces offered. More at Beata's website.  The next monthly event will be 2-7pm, 14th January.

    Contact Beata on 07731 673759 or via  using the code BEA12, to receive details on how to pay via bank transfer and save the Eventbrite fee.

    heart and soul angel cards angela mcgerr card spreadTuesday 13th December, 7.30-9.30 pm, is Adam Buttery's monthly EnergyWorks gathering at Ash Victoria Hall, 121 Ash Hill Road, Ash, GU12 5DN - parking across the road Joanna will be introducing the work of her sister, Angela McGerr, who has created 10 different Angel Card sets over the years, selling close to a million in total. At Energyworks, Joanna will demonstrate how to invoke Angels in the Essene Angelology system. The Essenes were a spiritual sect based by the Dead Sea around 2,000 years ago). As this event is on a Tuesday, we will invoke Camael (Angelic Guardian of Tuesdays and the planet Mars) and Joanna will demonstrate various ways to develop a closer connection with that Angel.

    There will be new and some pre-loved editions of Angela's angel cards and books for sale even though they have been out of print for years. See the book selection available at the Harmony Shop (costs will be lower on many items at the event). Email .uk in advance if you want a specific publication brought along.

    Other stalls will be available to browse after the presentation. Email Adam on  to find out more, book a stall or to receive regular notification of his events.

    15 Dec angel workshop book saleThursday 15th December,10-1pm, Angels are not just for Christmas mini-workshop; a brief introduction to the weekday angels (in the Essene Angelology System) from Joanna and how to work with them, £30 per person - see below for details.
    Thursday 15th December, 2-8pm, angel book sale drop-in at Harmony Healing, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 3BH.

    Starting at 10am there will be a 3-hour workshop introducing the seven weekday angels: Raphael, Gabriel, Camael, Michael, Zadkiel, Haniel, Cassiel plus the patriarchal angel Melchisadec and the Matriarchal angel Pistis Sophia. Each angel will be invoked in turn, introducing their key attributes and how to work with them more closely. A crib sheet for calling on them on a daily basis will be supplied as a handout. We will look at the angel cards and channellings in Angela McGerr's publications (Angela is Joanna's sister) which will also be available for sale (both new and pre-loved editions, making excellent and unusual Christmas gifts) during the course. This will be a deep and cathartic experience to prepare you for the festive season. Book via the Harmony Shop.

    Dec Book SaleIn the afternoon/evening, from 2pm, there will be a drop-in (no need to book but it would be helpful to let me know a rough time) for anyone wanting to purchase angel books and cards but who are not able to attend the morning workshop. An optional one card reading will be available for £5 and it will be possible to book an optional mini-reading (30 mins for £30).

    Only 3 x 30-minute readings will be available at 2pm, 5pm and 7pm - pre-booking essential to guarantee a slot.

    Harmony Healing is an easy walk from Hersham or Walton-on-Thames station, about 30 mins from London Waterloo.

    See Harmony Shop to book the workshop (link disabled after the event has taken place) and/or a personal reading or email 

    Beatas All Night Puja 17 DecSaturday 17th/Sunday 18th December is Beata and Jarek's all night Puja. The Gong Puja lasts about seven and a half hours, which is the equivalent of very gentle 10 x 45-minute Gong Baths. This is a deep anxiety and karma cleansing process.

    You will be immersed in the gentle sound of the gongs, giving your body the opportunity to enter a deep state of relaxation. The vibrations will wash over you, unblocking, cleansing and freeing you from the stresses and strains of everyday life.

    More at Eventbrite. Contact Beata on  or 07731 673759using the code BEA12, to receive details on how to pay via bank transfer and save the Eventbrite fee.

    21 Dec Solstice Chakra eventWednesday 21st December, 10-8 pm, is Joanna's drop-in Solstice event, at Walton-on-Thames, no need to book if arriving after 1pm. 
    Wednesday 21st December,10-1pm, chakra balancing solstice meditation, followed by buffet salad lunch (vegetarian/vegan) with £30 per person [£20 to my students or without lunch (you can bring your own)]
    Wednesday 21st December, 2-8pm, angel book sale drop-in at Harmony Healing, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 3BH.

    Starting at 10am there will be a 3-hour workshop featuring a chakra balancing with colours, crystal energy, angels and planets (similar to my monthly Full Moon meditation). We will look at the angel cards and channellings in Angela McGerr's publications (Angela is Joanna's sister) which will also be available for sale (both new and pre-loved editions, making excellent and unusual Christmas gifts) during the course. This will be a very balancing experience to prepare you for the festive season. Book via the Harmony Shop*.

    Dec Book Book Card SaleIn the afternoon/evening (from 2pm) there will be a drop-in (no need to book but it would be helpful to let me know a rough time) for anyone wanting to purchase angel books and cards but who are not able to attend the morning workshop.

    Harmony Healing is an easy walk from Hersham or Walton-on-Thames station, about 30 mins from London Waterloo.

    An optional one card reading will be available for £5 and it will be possible to book an in-person Equilibrium Attunement for £22 at 6pm. Pre-booking essential to guarantee your attunement.

    See Harmony Shop* to book your attunement or email  

    * link disabled after the event has taken place.

    Virtual Events

    All you need to take part via Zoom is a computer with a webcam and microphone. It's very easy to download and use. Visit https://zoom.us/ and sign up (Zoom do not charge for this).

    19 Dec Full Moon in DecWednesday 7th December is our Full Moon Unity Consciousness Meditation, 7.30-9.30pm UK time. This is the night before Full Moon peaks at 04:09 on the 8th.

    During this session, we connect with other like-minded people and together we work through a mindful chakra balancing process using colours and etheric crystals, with the aim that all participants will experience a degree of unity consciousness. Participants all receive a deeply healing experience. Cost to participate is £20 by online BACS payment (small admin fee added for PayPal). This activity serves as a good taster of Joanna's work in general. For more details and to book, see Harmony Shop.

    If you can't join our virtual healing share, but want to have distant healing sent to you (and/or someone you know would appreciate healing), email  with your name and you will be added to the 'absentee guest list'. 

    Reyad Sekh Em Egyptian Alchemy Healing online Training Series

    If you'd like to learn about ancient Egyptian philosophies, our next interactive training module of Reyad Sekh Em (RSE) Level 1 continues 11th January for three consecutive Wednesdays with Mindful Chakra Balancing & Unity Consciousness, 7.15-9.30pm UK time (GMT).

    Monthly Virtual Full Moon & Unity Consciousness Meditations
    I'll be running my next Full Moon Guided Healing & Unity Consciousness Meditation via Zoom on Wednesday 7th December at 7.30-9.30pm (UK time = GMT). Participants all receive a deeply healing experience. Cost to participate is £20 by online BACS payment (small admin fee added for PayPal) or half price to RSE or Moon Course graduates. See Harmony Shop to book. 

    To fully connect with the moon cycle, our annual New Year New Moon New Vision Lunar  Cycle Alignment Programme (LCAP) will run 21st January - 20th February. It will cost £177, although early bird bookings, made in 2022, will be at the current cost of £155. 

    Other Harmony Healing Services
    Harmony Healing activities are aimed at bringing harmony and wellbeing into your life. Currently, events are virtual, except for Forest Bathing+, hence distant readings and healings are proving popular and we have low cost meditations available as well as distant 1-2-1 readings & healings. Remember that Harmony Healing gift vouchers are available for use against any of our services.

    To receive regular Blog updates (headed with a title detailing the occasion or event so that you can choose whether to open it or not), featuring New and Full Moon, meteor showers, eclipses and other meteorological events, interesting anniversaries, ancient festival dates plus notification of dates of numerological significance, sign up for the Harmony Healing e-newsletters above or at the top of any page of this Harmony Healing website. The nature of the Blog means that whenever there are several key dates in close succession, there will be frequent mailings. The sender e-mail address is  (and the sender will show as Joanna Bristow-Watkins @ Harmony Healing). You may need to add this email to your safe list and check your junk filter initially. 

  • Bank Holiday Monday 26th May 🌟 Connect with Your Celestial Support Team 🌟

    🌟 Connect with Your Celestial Support Team 🌟

    Essene Healing Angels Workshop – Walton-on-Thames
    📅 Date: Monday 26th May (Bank Holiday)
    🕚 Time: 11:00am–7:00pm
    💷 Cost: £88 per person (includes personalised angelic reference chart)
    🔁 Repeat RSE 1 Students: 75% discount available
    📍 Location: Walton-on-Thames (details provided on booking)


    👼 Step into Sacred Connection with the Angelic Realms

    Join us for a full-day immersion into the angelic frequencies with this transformative Essene Healing Angels Workshop. Rooted in the ancient wisdom of the Essenes, this course introduces you to the celestial guardians aligned with your zodiac sign, elemental archetype, and weekday energies.

    Whether you're a spiritual seeker, an energy healer, or simply curious about angelic guidance, this deeply enriching day offers practical tools for everyday divine connection.


    🌈 What You’ll Explore 🌈

    💫 The Wisdom of the Essenes

    Meet the Essenes – a mystical community from over 2,000 years ago – and discover their sacred practices that remain powerfully relevant today.

    👼 Introduction to Essene Angelology

    Learn about this unique and structured angelic system where each day, element, and zodiac sign is governed by a celestial guardian.

    ✨ The Law of Three & How to Invite Angelic Presence

    Understand the Law of Three – a fundamental Essene principle – and how to apply it in your angelic invocation practice for guidance, protection, and healing.

    🌟 Working with Angels Beyond Vision

    Even if you don’t see angels, you can still feel their presence. Learn how to attune your other senses to recognise angelic support in your life.


    🌍 Connect with Your Planetary & Elemental Angelic Guardians 🌍

    Through guided explorations and spiritual exercises, you’ll discover how to:

    🌿 Recognise your daily planetary angel
    🔥 Work with the elemental forces of Earth, Air, Fire & Water
    💫 Align with your zodiac angel for insight and support
    🧘‍♀️ Integrate angelic wisdom into your own healing practice


    🧘‍♂️ Meditate with Angels Throughout the Day 🧘‍♀️

    Enjoy a sequence of guided meditations throughout the day to raise your vibration and deepen your celestial connections. These peaceful moments offer clarity, inner calm, and divine insight.


    📊 Receive Your Personalised Angel Reference Chart

    Included in your workshop is a beautiful bespoke chart outlining your unique weekday, zodiac, and elemental angelic guardians – a practical tool for daily connection and spiritual growth.


    ✨ Optional Angelic Attunement ✨

    For those who wish to go even deeper, a personal attunement into your angelic triad is available for an extra £23.  this will be a distant attunement given at a mutually convenient time.
    🔔 This attunement is included free if you are enrolled in the full Reyad Sekh Em Level 1 course.


    🌿 About Your Facilitator – Joanna Bristow-Watkins 🌿

    With decades of spiritual teaching, healing, and international sacred travel experience, Joanna blends ancient teachings with modern practices to help you connect deeply with both Earth and Sky.

    As the founder of Reyad Sekh Em® Egyptian Alchemy Healing and sister to renowned angel author Angela McGerr, Joanna weaves angelic and elemental wisdom into everything she offers. She is also a certified Forest Bathing Guide, adding nature-based connection to her rich tapestry of spiritual tools.


    🔗 Book Your Place & Begin Your Angelic Journey

    Spaces are limited for this intimate and powerful experience.
    👉 Book now via the Harmony Healing Shop or get in touch to reserve your place.


    💖 Feel Spiritually Supported, Every Day 💖

    Let the Essene Angels inspire your days, guide your path, and elevate your energy.

    🕊️ A day of connection, discovery, and divine insight awaits you.

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  • Forest Bathing Update 2022, Issue 1 - The Awakening Forest

    Shaft of Light in the Winter Woodland

    What an incredible week, with storm after storm, leaving a trail of disaster in roads and woodlands all over the UK. As I type this, we still have heavy gusts from Storm Franklyn and it's become a common site to see fallen trees, sadly cut and piled up by the side of the road.

    As March approaches, we can look forward to extended daylight and the awakening of the forest with new growth at ground level as well as on the trees. And even where trees have fallen this last week, it will be amazing to observe the speed with which new saplings wll appear to fill the spaces.

    Our friend and fellow Forest Bathing Guide, Lisa Duncan, has written an excellent guest journal entry on Forest Bathing for a wonderful UK based organisation called the Naked Pharmacy who offer amazing natural remedies made to pharmaceutical specifications. To read it, head over to the Naked Pharmacy Blog.

    Surrey/London Forest Bathing Events

    ? ☕When we have the right clothing and footwear, usually plenty of layers, and a spare, we can happily stay outdoors for hours. Even longer if we take a hot drink and a snack!

    ?More dates & venues coming soon. Join us for Forest Bathing in Shere (near Guildford), London SW20 or Woking, Surrey as follows: -
    February
    Sunday 27th February, 11am - 1pm
    We will take you on a 2-hour journey through the private semi-ancient woodland of the lovely Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary.
    Our final 2-hour event of the year, £25
    Book at the Harmony Shop
    March
    Wednesday 16th March, 11am-1.30pm
    We will take you on a 2½-hour journey through this charming site situated between Wimbledon Chase, Raynes Park & Morden. £35
    Book at the Harmony Shop
    Monday 21st March, International Day of Forests
    We are planning an all day event to celebrate this date, more details to follow.
    Sunday 20th March, 11am - 2pm
    We will take you on a 3-hour journey through the private semi-ancient woodland of the lovely Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary. £35
    Book at the Harmony Shop
    Thursday 31st March, 10.30-1pm
    We will take you on a 2½ hour journey over this historic common land, featured in HG Wells' best selling novel. £35
    The area is easily accessible by public transport (Woking station)
    Book at the Harmony Shop
    April 
    Sunday 24th Aprily, 11am - 2pm
    We will take you on a 3-hour journey through the private semi-ancient woodland of the lovely Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary.
    Our last event of the year, £35
    Book at the Harmony Shop
    ?  Our Harmony in Nature woodland sessions deliver the restful yet therapeutic benefit of guided mindfulness sensory activities with fellow nature lovers. 
    ? To book our 'harmony in nature' therapeutic sessions see  www.harmonyinnature.uk  (currently hosted on harmonyhealing.co.uk) or, to receive our nature connection mailings, email  ?
    ?  Forest Bathing (no swimming involved!) is an evidence based wellbeing activity. As well as boosting the immune system for 2-4 weeks, balancing blood pressure and reducing blood sugars, typically participants feel a reduction in anxiety (and rumination) and a sharp improvement in concentration afterwards. 
    ?  To find out how it differs from a dog walk or stroll in the woods, see our recent Blog https://bit.ly/WhyForestBathe
    Within Surrey, via Harmony In Nature, we facilitate Forest Bathing+ Sessions to help adults reconnect with nature and reap the therapeutic benefits.

    Through Harmony Healing, Joanna also runs a monthly Full Moon monthly Unity Consciousness Meditation [next one is Friday 18th March 7.30-9.30pm (UK time), £20], a Lunar Cycle Alignment Programme [next one running 1st-30th April, £155] and other online esoteric/energy healing practitioner and self-empowerment courses.

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  • Forest Bathing Update 2022, Issue 10 - November & Slowing Down

    Autumn view square

    November in Britain, with the clocks having gone back, features darker, colder nights, but is peppered with the explosive lights, sounds and smells of bonfires and fireworks, as Guy Fawkes Night (following Diwali, usually in October) is celebrated. Many animals, such as the hedgehog, start to hibernate for the winter.  Sometimes we humans feel like hibernating too, and in times past we would naturally have made changes to our daily lives. The magic touch of frost on the winter landscape can be utterly charming and provide a different kind of light.

    This year in the UK, autumn has felt mild, and there’s still plenty of greenery about, along with the traditional colours of purple, brown, red and golden yellow, which will mostly be shed this month. Seed heads from 'old man's beard' in the hedgerows look magical as they catch the low sunlight and the morning dew. Seasonal in the kitchen this month we have Jerusalem artichokes, leeks, carrots, beetroots, parsnips, Brussels sprouts, kale, potatoes and winter squash  It remains good for harvesting chestnuts, hazelnuts and walnuts (particularly prolific this year) plus late-fruiting apples and pears, with a plethora of fungi, for those who know the edible from the ones best avoided.

    The month of November was named after 'novem' meaning 9th in Latin, as November was the 9th month when the year started in March. To the Anglo-Saxons, November was called Blotmoneth, meaning “blood month” as this was traditionally the month of slaughtering and preserving meat to last through the winter.  It was also a month of feasting, as all the meat cuts which couldn’t be preserved were cooked up, making it a bountiful month, and helping folks keep warm.

    During November, as well as Guy Fawkes Night, we can also look forward to the British Celtic Festival (specifically Irish, apparently) of Samhain (Celtic New Year = 1st November), which was a feast spread across three days, including bonfires representing the sun, and marking the start of the dark or winter period of the year, or Samonios. While Samhain marks the end of harvest and nature dying back, nature needs rest and renewal time, ready to burst out again in spring. For us, it is about nurturing ourselves, completing projects, and thinking about which aspects we want to bring forth in spring. 

    Joanna's Full Moon Meditation takes place 7.30-9.30pm (UK time) on Tuesday 8th, with the Beaver Moon peaking at 11:02. We also have the Leonid Meteor Shower peaking 17th/18th. We have Forest Bathing vouchers available as Christmas gifts.

    Harmony in Nature Forest Bathing Events in Surrey/London

    Despite the title, forest ‘bathing’ only involves water if it rains. We will be immersing ourselves in the woodland atmosphere, taking our senses for a meander among trees. You will learn how to enhance your perceptions and slow down, through the therapeutic benefits of guided mindful sensory activities with fellow nature lovers, becoming aware of what could easily be missed. We end with a ‘treelaxation’, and aim to leave you feeling deeply relaxed and rejuvenated.

    Forest Bathing is an evidence-based wellbeing activity. Spending time in woodland has been shown to potentially boost our immune system for 2-4 weeks, balance blood pressure, reduce blood sugars, stress and cortisol levels, amongst other benefits. Participants may feel a reduction in anxiety, depression or rumination, and an improvement in concentration, memory and creativity afterwards, as well as improved sleep.

    We tend to offer fewer public sessions in the winter, although all our venues are available for private bookings, themed events and/or corporate sessions, so do enquire for details. 

    We have nature connection forest bathing events on Sunday 13th November (Shere), and Thursday 29th November (London SW20). See below for details.

    🍏🥕☕ When we have the right clothing and footwear, usually plenty of layers, and a spare, we can happily stay outdoors for hours. Even longer if we take a hot drink and a snack!

     
    Our Forest Bathing for the rest of 2022 (listed separately by venue below):
     
    Forest Bathing at Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary, SurreyHarry Edwards Healing Sanctuary, Burrows Lea (near Shere) 

    We will take you on a 3-hour journey through the private semi-ancient woodland of the lovely Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary. 
    Immerse yourself in the healing elements of nature and connect deeply with all your senses.

    Sunday 13th November, 1am - 2pm, £35.
    Book at the Harmony Shop 

    Sunday 4th December, 1am - 2pm, £35.
    Book at the Harmony Shop 

    This venue is also available for private bookings, themed events and/or corporate sessions, enquire for details.

     
    Cannon Hill Common undatedCannon Hill Common (SW20)

    We will take you on a 2½-hour journey through this little known London conservation park area. Cannon Hill is located between the town centres Raynes Park and Morden, in the south western corner of Merton. 
     
    Tuesday 29th November, 12-2.30pm, £35
    Book at the Harmony Shop
     
    Our next public session will likely be spring 2023, but this venue is also available for private bookings, themed events and/or corporate sessions, enquire for details. 
     
     
    Kosmon Sanctuary, Walton-on-the-HiIl, Tadworth (nr Epsom/Dorking)
    Kosmon light and shade
    We will take you on a 2½-hour journey through the private ancient woodland of the charming Kosmon Sanctuary. Featuring 22 acres of private woodland, the undulating ground and rich variety of trees in the beautiful ancient woodland offers ever changing vistas and surprises. 
    This is a new venue for us.
     
    Immerse yourself in the healing elements of nature and connect deeply with all your senses.
     
    Our next public session will likely be spring 2023, but this venue is also available for private bookings, themed events and/or corporate sessions, enquire for details. More details at the Harmony Shop.
     
     
     
    Horsell Common, Horsell, Woking
    forest bathing horsell common woking
    Horsell Common has a mixed woodland of silver birch, pine and some oak, adjoining heathland, which is one of the most endangered habits in our country. Spanning 152 hectares this is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area.
     
    Whilst we don't hold regular public sessions at Horsell Common, the venue is available for private bookings, themed events and/or corporate sessions, enquire for details. More details at the Harmony Shop.
      
    ***** 
     
    ⚖ To book our 'harmony in nature' therapeutic sessions see www.harmonyinnature.uk  (currently hosted on harmonyhealing.co.uk).
     
     
    🐕    To find out how it differs from a dog walk or stroll in the woods, see our recent Blog https://bit.ly/WhyForestBathe 
     

    Other Offerings from Jo and Katie

    Through Harmony Healing, Joanna runs other online esoteric/energy healing practitioner and self-empowerment courses.  Joanna's November Full Moon Meditation takes place 7.30-9.30pm (UK time) on Tuesday 8th, with the Beaver Moon peaking at 11:02. Also, for those who feel an affinity with the moon, following the moon cycle is very therapeutic, and Joanna's New Year, New Moon, New Vision: Moon Alignment Course runs for a full lunar cycle from New Moon on 21st January to New Moon on 20th February 2023. Cost is £177.

    Katie has five 1:1 places left this year for Nurtured by Nature, One-day Reset Retreats (Facebook link).Individually tailored, depending on what is most helpful for you, they may include a selection from nutrition, breathing, mindful movement, sounding or chanting, essential oils, ‘de-chemicalising’ your lifestyle, natural first aid, as well as reconnecting to ourselves and nature through sensory nature connection practices outdoors, ending, naturally, with a forest bathing session. Whole day for £488. Message Katie on 07596 830910 to discuss your ideal day retreat and possible dates.

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  • Forest Bathing Update 2022, Issue 3 - Easter & Bluebells

    Shaft of Light in the Winter Woodland

    As we progress into April, a theme emerges which venerates spring, renewal and fertility as well as nourishment. Known for April Fool’s Day and April Showers, the month often hosts Easter, as it does this year. In the forest, we start to see (and smell) the beautiful bluebells, a marker of ancient woodland, which reach their full splendour in May. 

    The month of April was supposedly named after the Roman Goddess Venus (leading to Her Veneralia festival on 1st April), originally named Aphrilis after her equivalent Greek Goddess Aphrodite (Aphros) or the Etruscan version Apru. To the Anglo-Saxons, April was called Easter-mōnaþ "Easter Month", "Month of the Goddess Ēostre".  No prizes for guessing which Christian Festival took its name from this annual festival.

    We're taking a break for Easter, so this month we only have one public forest bathing session, £35, 11-2, on the 24th April (Harry Edwards, Shere, Surrey), where we may be lucky to encounter some early bluebells of which there are thousands here; this lovely venue becomes stunning when they are in bloom.

    I am delighted to announce that the talented Vanessa Potter has completed Series 3 of her Finding Your Right Mind Podcasts all about ParkBathe: Nature's de-stress revolution. The series highlights the benefits of immersing ourselves in woodland and features interviews with many experts on Forest Bathing, including Joanna.

    Next month, we have Mental Health Awarenesss week 9th-15th May, when we will offer two public sessions on Monday 9th, 11-1.30, £35, at Cannon Hill Common (London SW20) and on Sunday 15th we are offering our first full-day themed on nature angels at Harry Edwards, Shere.  The morning is an indoor nature angel workshop (£50) and the afternoon is a nature angel themed bluebell forest bathing session in the private grounds (£40), or special all-day price of £77.

    For those wanting a mainstream Bluebell Forest Bathing Session (without the Nature Angel theme) at Harry Edwards, we have one, 11-2 on Sunday 22nd May, £35.

    Also during Mental Health Awareness Week, we are launching a 6-week Forest Bathing series for the local branch of the mental health charity Mind, with Katie and myself as the guides. This has been co-ordinated by The Forest Bathing Institute (TFBI) who have worked tirelessly to introduce Forest bathing as an acceptable evidence-based therapy to the NHS and the charity sector. A similar 6-week series has already started for another charity, guided my one of our colleagues. The launch of these charity programmes is a momentous development.

    We can hire our venues at Cannon Hill Common (SW20), Horsell Common (Woking GU21) and Harry Edwards (Surrey Hills near Shere) for forest bathing use for private groups, enquire for details. See below for more about our public events

    Surrey/London Forest Bathing Events

    Through a selection of simple sensory activities, you will learn how to enhance your perceptions and slow down to focus on what could easily be missed. We end with a treelaxtion;  a deeply relaxing and rejuvenating experience, and which, despite the title forest bathing, does not involve any swimming!

    Some of the scientifically proven benefits of spending time in woodland include reduced stress levels, stronger immune system response, and a stabilised cortisol cycle.

    Our  sessions take place in all weathers except 25+mph winds or electrical storms. 

    ? ☕When we have the right clothing and footwear, usually plenty of layers, and a spare, we can happily stay outdoors for hours. Even longer if we take a hot drink and a snack!

    🌳 More dates & venues coming soon. Join us for Forest Bathing in Shere (near Guildford), London SW20 or Woking, Surrey as follows: -
     
    April 
     
    Sunday 24th April, 11am - 2pm
    We will take you on a 3-hour journey through the private semi-ancient woodland of the lovely Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary, where we may well encounter some early bluebells.

    Immerse yourself in the healing elements of nature and connect deeply with all your senses. Spend 3 hours in this charming private woods mindfully connecting to your surroundings and living fully in the present moment.

    £35, book at the Harmony Shop. 
     
    May
     
    Monday 9th May, 11am-1.30pm (Mental Health Awareness Week)
    We will take you on a 2½-hour journey through this charming site situated between Wimbledon Chase, Raynes Park & Morden. £35

    Immerse yourself in the healing elements of nature and connect deeply with all your senses. We will take you on a 2½ hour journey through the beautiful landscaped park, nestled in this little known oasis of calm within Greater London.

    £35, book at the Harmony Shop.
     
    Join us for the day in the Bluebell Room and outdoors to learn how to connect and work with a selection of Nature Angels (09.30am-1pm). Spend 3-hours Forest Bathing with us (1.15-4.15pm)  in the lovely private grounds, connecting with nature and the nature angels using mindful sensory activities, where we will also enjoy a plethora of bluebells as this is the peak of their brief season.

    ​Discover about nature's WoodWideWeb and learn how to connect with it via Zuphlas (the Angel of Trees) on a daily basis. 

    An educational, esoteric, interactive and fun workshop for angel and nature lovers.

    £77, book at harmonyinnature.co.uk 
    Morning only, £50; afternoon only, £40

     
    Saturday 22nd May, 11am - 2pm, Bluebell Session
    We will take you on a 3-hour journey through the private semi-ancient woodland of the lovely Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary, where we will encounter thousands of bluebells.

    Immerse yourself in the healing elements of nature and connect deeply with all your senses. Spend 3 hours in this charming private woods mindfully connecting to your surroundings and living fully in the present moment.

    £35, book at the Harmony Shop
     
     
    ?  Our Harmony in Nature woodland sessions deliver the restful yet therapeutic benefit of guided mindfulness sensory activities with fellow nature lovers. 
     
    ? To book our 'harmony in nature' therapeutic sessions see  www.harmonyinnature.uk  (currently hosted on harmonyhealing.co.uk).
     
    ?  Forest Bathing (no swimming involved!) is an evidence based wellbeing activity. As well as boosting the immune system for 2-4 weeks, balancing blood pressure and reducing blood sugars, typically participants feel a reduction in anxiety (and rumination) and a sharp improvement in concentration afterwards. 
     
    ?  To find out how it differs from a dog walk or stroll in the woods, see our recent Blog https://bit.ly/WhyForestBathe 
     
    Within Surrey, via Harmony In Nature, we facilitate Forest Bathing+ Sessions to help adults reconnect with nature and reap the therapeutic benefits.

    Through Harmony Healing, Joanna also runs a monthly Full Moon monthly Unity Consciousness Meditation [next one is Easter Saturday 16th April, 7.30-9.30pm (UK time), £20], and other online esoteric/energy healing practitioner and self-empowerment courses

    Sign up to Regular Update Mailings
    To receive our Forest Bathing Updates, sign up at https://harmonyhealing.co.uk/newsletter-sign-up  or email  

    To receive regular Blog updates as each event unfurls (headed with a title detailing the occasion or event so that you can choose whether to open it or not), featuring New and Full Moon, meteor showers, eclipses and other meteorological events, interesting anniversaries, ancient festival dates plus notification of dates of numerological significance, you can sign up at https://harmonyhealing.co.uk/newsletter-sign-up or at any page of the Harmony Healing website. The nature of the Blog means that whenever there are several key dates in close succession, there will be frequent mailings. The sender e-mail address is  (and the sender will show as Joanna Bristow-Watkins @ Harmony Healing). You may need to add this email to your safe list and check your junk filter initially.

  • Forest Bathing Update 2022, Issue 5 - June & Summer Solstice

    square insta bluebell at HE 22May

    June is British summertime. The roses bloom, imprinting their perfumed scent into the extended evenings leading to the Solstice on the 21st. Garden flowers and hedgerows are splendidly colourful and summer berries are abundant. Seasons are topsy turvey with the elderflower, usually a May blossom, in full bloom as June begins. After two crazy years, we will relish the picnic season with strawberries & ice-cream plus elderflower cordial; despite optimism versus realism whilst planning for both rain and/or sunburn risk.

    The month could be named after Juno, the Roman Goddess linked with marriage. To the Anglo-Saxons, it was called sera monath (dry month), which is not necessarily our modern-day experience.

    In UK, on 21st June, we have the Summer Solstice marking the turning point of the year, after which days start to get shorter again. We have just completed Week 5 of a 6-week course for the charity'Mind' (in Woking) and we are delighted with the results which are also being studied by Derby University. We have a Surrey Forest Bathing event on Saturday 25th at the private woodlands in the grounds of the Harry Edward's Healing Sanctuary (Burrows Lea, near Shere, Surrey). 

    We can hire our venues at Cannon Hill Common (SW20), Horsell Common (Woking GU21) and Harry Edwards (Surrey Hills near Shere) for forest bathing use for private groups, enquire for details. Next month, we hope to start offering monthly sessions at the Kosmon sanctuary in Tadworth. See below for more about our forthcoming public events.

    Surrey/London Forest Bathing Events

    Through a selection of simple sensory activities, you will learn how to enhance your perceptions and slow down to focus on what could easily be missed. We end with a treelaxtion;  a deeply relaxing and rejuvenating experience, and which, despite the title forest bathing, does not involve any swimming!

    Some of the scientifically proven benefits of spending time in woodland include reduced stress levels, stronger immune system response, and a stabilised cortisol cycle.

    Our sessions take place in all weathers except 25+mph winds or electrical storms. 

    ? ☕When we have the right clothing and footwear, usually plenty of layers, and a spare, we can happily stay outdoors for hours. Even longer if we take a hot drink and a snack!
     
    HE August 2020June & July Forest Bathing at Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary, Shere
     
    We will take you on a 3-hour journey through the private semi-ancient woodland of the lovely Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary.

    Immerse yourself in the healing elements of nature and connect deeply with all your senses.

    Spend 3 hours in this charming private woods mindfully connecting to your surroundings and living fully in the present moment.

    June
    Saturday 25th June, 11am - 2pm, £35
     
    Book at the Harmony Shop
     
    July
     
    Sunday 10th July, 1-4pm, £35
     
    Book at the Harmony Shop
     
    Thursday 7th July, 11-1.30 we also have a session at Cannon Hill, SW20, £35
    Book at the Harmony Shop
     
    Advance Notice on our subsequent events for your diary:
     
    Sun Moon Festival logoWe will be attending the Sun & Moon Festival, 26th July - 2nd August at Merrist Wood, Guildford.During the Festival, Katie will be offering three 90-minute Forest Bathing+ taster sessions and Joanna will be offering three separate 90-minute workshops on connecting with the nature angels; harnessing the power of the moonand a New Moon chakra balancing meditation. More at the Sun & Moon Festival Website.
     
    Connecting with the Moon Cycle & Full Moon Forest Bathing
    Sunday 9th October, Full Moon, 09.30am - 4.15pm
    Connect with the Lunar Cycle Morning Workshop (£50), afternoon Full Moon Forest Bathing (£40), All Day Price = £77
    Morning Workshop: Harness the Power of the Moon for Health, Wealth & Wellbeing
    Human beings have always been fascinated by the moon and its power to influence so much of what happens on our planet.
    Afternoon: Forest Bathing Session (1.15- 4.15pm) on this day of the Ivy Hunter Full Moon which peaks at @ 21:54, but we will already be in the energy of it.
    Hold your place with a £25 deposit, or pay in full now at harmonyinnature.co.uk 
     
    ***** 
     
    ?  Our Harmony in Nature woodland sessions deliver the restful yet therapeutic benefit of guided mindfulness sensory activities with fellow nature lovers. 
     
    ? To book our 'harmony in nature' therapeutic sessions see  www.harmonyinnature.uk  (currently hosted on harmonyhealing.co.uk).
     
    ?  Forest Bathing (no swimming involved!) is an evidence based wellbeing activity. As well as boosting the immune system for 2-4 weeks, balancing blood pressure and reducing blood sugars, typically participants feel a reduction in anxiety (and rumination) and a sharp improvement in concentration afterwards. 
     
    ?  To find out how it differs from a dog walk or stroll in the woods, see our recent Blog https://bit.ly/WhyForestBathe 
     
    Within Surrey, via Harmony In Nature, we facilitate Forest Bathing+ Sessions to help adults reconnect with nature and reap the therapeutic benefits.

    Through Harmony Healing, Joanna also runs a monthly Full Moon monthly Unity Consciousness Meditation [next one is Wednesday 13th July, 7.30-9.30pm (UK time), £20], and other online esoteric/energy healing practitioner and self-empowerment courses

    Sign up to Regular Update Mailings
    To receive our Forest Bathing Updates, sign up at https://harmonyhealing.co.uk/newsletter-sign-up  or email  

    To receive regular Blog updates as each event unfurls (headed with a title detailing the occasion or event so that you can choose whether to open it or not), featuring New and Full Moon, meteor showers, eclipses and other meteorological events, interesting anniversaries, ancient festival dates plus notification of dates of numerological significance, you can sign up at https://harmonyhealing.co.uk/newsletter-sign-up or at any page of the Harmony Healing website. The nature of the Blog means that whenever there are several key dates in close succession, there will be frequent mailings. The sender e-mail address is  (and the sender will show as Joanna Bristow-Watkins @ Harmony Healing). You may need to add this email to your safe list and check your junk filter initially.

  • Forest Bathing Update 2022, Issue 6 - July & Lavender

    square insta lavender

    July is the height of British summertime. Time for the orchids, delphiniums, dahlias, hydrangeas, irises and sunflowers to bloom, and the lingering perfumed scent of lavender, roses, honeysuckle, gardenias and jasmine on the night air. Traditionally, here in the UK, July features the Wimbledon Championship tennis finals and Henley Regatta.  

    The month of July was renamed to honour Julius Caesar, who was born in this month. Under Roman rule it was previous called Quintilis, meaning the 5th month in Latin. This was before January became the opening month of the calendar year, when the Gregorian calendar was established by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. To the Anglo-Saxons, it was called Æftera Līþa (after midsummer).

    Katie and I will be at the Sun & Moon Festival (Merrist Wood, Guildford), where we will be offering a selection of workshops and three Forest Bathing Taster Sessions. 

    We have Surrey Forest Bathing events on Thursday 7th July at Cannon Hill (London SW20), Sunday 10th at Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary(near Shere, Surrey) and the Kosmon Sanctuary (Tadworth, near Epsom, Surrey) on Tuesday 12th July. See below for details and booking links. The Full Moon Guided Healing Meditation is taking place on Wednesday 13th, the night of the Thunder Moon (reaches its peak at 19:38). 

    We have just completed our 6-week course for the charity'Mind' (in Woking) and we are delighted with the results which are also being studied by Derby University. We can hire our venues at Cannon Hill Common (SW20), Horsell Common (Woking GU21), The Kosmon Sanctuary (Tadworth) and Harry Edwards (Surrey Hills near Shere) for forest bathing use for private groups, enquire for details. See below for more about our forthcoming public events.

    Surrey/London Forest Bathing Events

    Through a selection of simple sensory activities, you will learn how to enhance your perceptions and slow down to focus on what could easily be missed. We end with a treelaxtion;  a deeply relaxing and rejuvenating experience, and which, despite the title forest bathing, does not involve any swimming!

    Some of the scientifically proven benefits of spending time in woodland include reduced stress levels, stronger immune system response, and a stabilised cortisol cycle.

    Our sessions take place in all weathers except 25+mph winds or electrical storms. 

    ? ☕When we have the right clothing and footwear, usually plenty of layers, and a spare, we can happily stay outdoors for hours. Even longer if we take a hot drink and a snack!
     
    Forest Bathing this Summer at Cannon Hill, Harry Edwards or the Kosmon Sanctuary (listed separately below)
     
    Cannon Hill Common undatedCannon Hill (SW20)
     
    We will take you on a 2½-hour journey through this little known London conservation park area. Cannon Hill is located between the town centres Raynes Park and Morden in the ward of Cannon Hill in the south western corner of Merton. 
     
    Cannon Hill Common has several lovely ancient trees (likely over 200-300 years old) and some charming walkways under the canopy of woodland. We are confident that participants will experience therapeutic benefits from connecting mindfully in nature.

    Immerse yourself in the healing elements of nature and connect deeply with all your senses.

    Thursday 7th July, 11-1.30, £35
    Book at the Harmony Shop
     
     
    HE August 2020Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary, Burrows Lea (near Shere) 
    We will take you on a 3-hour journey through the private semi-ancient woodland of the lovely Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary. Immerse yourself in the healing elements of nature and connect deeply with all your senses.

    July 
    Sunday 10th July, 1-4pm, £35 
    Book at the Harmony Shop

     
    August
    Wednesday 17th August, 11am-2pm, £35 
    Book at the Harmony Shop
     
     
    Kosmon light and shadeKosmon Healing Sanctuary, Tadworth 
    We will take you on a 3-hour journey through the private ancient woodland of the charming Kosmon Sanctuary. Immerse yourself in the healing elements of nature and connect deeply with all your senses.
     
    July 
    Tuesday 12th July,  11am-2pm, £35 
    Book at the Harmony Shop
     
    August 
    Thursday 18th August,  11am-2pm, £35 
    Book at the Harmony Shop
     
     
     
     
    Advance Notice on our subsequent events for your diary:
     
    Sun Moon Festival logoWe will be attending the Sun & Moon Festival, Tuesday 26th July - Tuesday 2nd August at Merrist Wood, Guildford.During the Festival, Katie will be offering three 90-minute Forest Bathing+ taster sessions and Joanna will be offering three separate 90-minute workshops on connecting with the nature angels; harnessing the power of the moonand a New Moon chakra balancing meditation. More at the Sun & Moon Festival Website.
     
    Connecting with the Moon Cycle & Full Moon Forest Bathing
    Sunday 9th October, Full Moon, 09.30am - 4.15pm
    Connect with the Lunar Cycle Morning Workshop (£50), afternoon Full Moon Forest Bathing (£40), All Day Price = £77
    Morning Workshop: Harness the Power of the Moon for Health, Wealth & Wellbeing
    Human beings have always been fascinated by the moon and its power to influence so much of what happens on our planet.
    Afternoon: Forest Bathing Session (1.15- 4.15pm) on this day of the Ivy Hunter Full Moon which peaks at @ 21:54, but we will already be in the energy of it.
    Hold your place with a £25 deposit, or pay in full now at harmonyinnature.co.uk 
     
    ***** 
     
    ?  Our Harmony in Nature woodland sessions deliver the restful yet therapeutic benefit of guided mindfulness sensory activities with fellow nature lovers. 
     
    ? To book our 'harmony in nature' therapeutic sessions see  www.harmonyinnature.uk  (currently hosted on harmonyhealing.co.uk).
     
    ?  Forest Bathing (no swimming involved!) is an evidence based wellbeing activity. As well as boosting the immune system for 2-4 weeks, balancing blood pressure and reducing blood sugars, typically participants feel a reduction in anxiety (and rumination) and a sharp improvement in concentration afterwards. 
     
    ?  To find out how it differs from a dog walk or stroll in the woods, see our recent Blog https://bit.ly/WhyForestBathe 
     
    Within Surrey, via Harmony In Nature, we facilitate Forest Bathing+ Sessions to help adults reconnect with nature and reap the therapeutic benefits.

    Through Harmony Healing, Joanna also runs a monthly Full Moon monthly Unity Consciousness Meditation [next one is Wednesday 13th July, 7.30-9.30pm (UK time), £20], and other online esoteric/energy healing practitioner and self-empowerment courses

    Sign up to Regular Update Mailings
    To receive our Forest Bathing Updates, sign up at https://harmonyhealing.co.uk/newsletter-sign-up  or email  

    To receive regular Blog updates as each event unfurls (headed with a title detailing the occasion or event so that you can choose whether to open it or not), featuring New and Full Moon, meteor showers, eclipses and other meteorological events, interesting anniversaries, ancient festival dates plus notification of dates of numerological significance, you can sign up at https://harmonyhealing.co.uk/newsletter-sign-up or at any page of the Harmony Healing website. The nature of the Blog means that whenever there are several key dates in close succession, there will be frequent mailings. The sender e-mail address is  (and the sender will show as Joanna Bristow-Watkins @ Harmony Healing). You may need to add this email to your safe list and check your junk filter initially.

  • Forest Bathing Update 2022, Issue 7 - August & Summer Outdoor Festivals

    August in Britain is school summer holidays. Time for summer camping, sunshine and outdoor festivals and, our Summer Bank Holiday, this year on Monday 29th August, with typically lots of rain.  As someone with a late August birthday I can testify to rain being very common indeed.

    The month of August was renamed by Augustus Caesar, after himself. Under Roman rule it was previous called Sextilllia, meaning the 6th month in Latin. When the Gregorian calendar was established by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582, January became the opening month of the calendar year. To the Anglo-Saxons, August was called Ƿēodmōnaþ meaning ‘weed (or grass) month’.

    WhatsApp Image 2022 08 08 at 8.25.35 PM 1Katie and I started the month at the Sun & Moon Festival (Merrist Wood, Guildford), where we offered a selection of workshops and three Forest Bathing Taster Sessions. We had 39 at one of the Taster sessions!

    The Sun & Moon festival itself was absolutely amazing and we'll definitely be back next year; 1st - 8th August, put the dates in your 2023 diary now. 

    We have full Surrey Forest Bathing events on Wednesday 17th August at Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary(near Shere, Surrey) and the Kosmon Sanctuary (Tadworth, near Epsom, Surrey) on Thursday 18th August The Full Moon Guided Healing Meditation is taking place on Thursday 11th, the night before the Sturgeon Supermoon which reaches its peak @ 02:36 (Thursday night/Friday morning).

    Last month, Joanna visited the Hampton Court Flower Show Forest Bathing Show Garden, see Katie's article below, and under that, our forthcoming Forest Bathing events.

    Recreating a sense of the forest in a small garden – RHS Forest Bathing Garden, Hampton Court Flower Show, Designed by Dave Green, who kindly supplied the graphics.

    When the Duchess of Cambridge was involved in creating a forest bathing-inspired garden for the 2019 Chelsea Flower Show, there was a sigh of relief within The Forest Bathing Institute where we trained, and the hard work of previous years, trying to interest the NHS, Universities and the media in forest bathing and get some coverage of its many benefits to human health and wellbeing, started to pay off.

    HamptonCourt1 Forest BathingThree years on, and garden designer Dave Green created the ‘RHS forest bathing garden’ for the Hampton Court Flower Show last month. He first experienced forest bathing during studies in Japan in 2016, and clearly understands the concept, describing it in the July 2022 edition of ‘Pro Landscaper’ magazine:

    Most of the time, forest bathing is a guided practice, with a practitioner getting you to undertake activities to engage with where you are. A forest is really good with that, because it has different sights, sounds, textures and smells – all of which can help your senses to focus on where you are at the present time.’

    HamptonCourt2 Forest BathingTo recreate the protective sense of forest immersion in a small patch of busy showground, he used mounds on either side of the path to shield wanderers from the busy world beyond, planting a mix of ferns, native UK woodland plants and some Japanese ones, as well as some large trees and shrubs to provide a sense of tree canopy. The different textures of landscaping, including plants, wood and stone are all part of the sensory experience.

    During a conversation with Joanna, he described creating the winding path to slow down the pace of those walking the route, and seems to have covered many aspects of the woodland experience, although to supply ambient sounds and smells required modern technology! In the light of the fact that his forest bathing garden was minus a practitioner, we have offered our services for the future, so watch this space.

    Surrey/London Forest Bathing Events

    Through a selection of simple sensory activities, you will learn how to enhance your perceptions and slow down to focus on what could easily be missed. We end with a treelaxtion;  a deeply relaxing and rejuvenating experience, and which, despite the title forest bathing, does not involve any swimming!

    Some of the scientifically proven benefits of spending time in woodland include reduced stress levels, stronger immune system response, and a stabilised cortisol cycle.

    Our sessions take place in all weathers except 25+mph winds or electrical storms. 

    ? ☕When we have the right clothing and footwear, usually plenty of layers, and a spare, we can happily stay outdoors for hours. Even longer if we take a hot drink and a snack!
     
    Forest Bathing this Summer at Cannon Hill, Harry Edwards or the Kosmon Sanctuary (listed separately below)
     
    Cannon Hill Common undatedCannon Hill (SW20)
     
    We will take you on a 2½-hour journey through this little known London conservation park area. Cannon Hill is located between the town centres Raynes Park and Morden in the ward of Cannon Hill in the south western corner of Merton. 
     
    Thursday 15th September, 11-1.30, £35
    Book at the Harmony Shop
     
     
    Forest Bathing at Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary, SurreyHarry Edwards Healing Sanctuary, Burrows Lea (near Shere) 
    We will take you on a 3-hour journey through the private semi-ancient woodland of the lovely Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary. Immerse yourself in the healing elements of nature and connect deeply with all your senses.

    Wednesday 17th August, 11am-2pm, £35
    Saturday 17th September, 10-1pm, £35
    Book at the Harmony Shop

     
    Kosmon Sanctuary, Tadworth 
    Kosmon light and shadeWe will take you on a 3-hour journey through the private ancient woodland of the charming Kosmon Sanctuary. 
     
    This is a new venue for us.
     
    Immerse yourself in the healing elements of nature and connect deeply with all your senses.
     
    Thursday 18th August,  11am-2pm, £35 
    Tuesday 13th September,  5-7.30pm, £30
    Book at the Harmony Shop
     
    Advance Notice on our subsequent events for your diary:
     
    Connecting with the Moon Cycle & Full Moon Forest Bathing
    Sunday 9th October, Full Moon, 09.30am - 4.15pm
    Connect with the Lunar Cycle Morning Workshop (£50), afternoon Full Moon Forest Bathing (£40), All Day Price = £77
    Morning Workshop: Harness the Power of the Moon for Health, Wealth & Wellbeing
    Human beings have always been fascinated by the moon and its power to influence so much of what happens on our planet.
    Afternoon: Forest Bathing Session (1.15- 4.15pm) on this day of the Ivy Hunter Full Moon which peaks at @ 21:54, but we will already be in the energy of it.
    Hold your place with a £25 deposit, or pay in full now at harmonyinnature.uk 
      
    ***** 
    ?     Our Harmony in Nature woodland sessions deliver the restful yet therapeutic benefit of guided mindfulness sensory activities with fellow nature lovers. 
     
    ? To book our 'harmony in nature' therapeutic sessions see www.harmonyinnature.uk(currently hosted on harmonyhealing.co.uk).
     
    ?     Forest Bathing (no swimming involved!) is an evidence based wellbeing activity. As well as boosting the immune system for 2-4 weeks, balancing blood pressure and reducing blood sugars, typically participants feel a reduction in anxiety (and rumination) and a sharp improvement in concentration afterwards. 
     
    ?    To find out how it differs from a dog walk or stroll in the woods, see our recent Blog https://bit.ly/WhyForestBathe 
     
    Within Surrey, via Harmony In Nature, we facilitate Forest Bathing+ Sessions to help adults reconnect with nature and reap the therapeutic benefits.

    Through Harmony Healing, Joanna runs a monthly Full Moon monthly Unity Consciousness Meditation [next one is Thursday 11th August, 7.30-9.30pm (UK time), £20], a Lunar Cycle Alignment Programme [next one running 25th October - 23rd November £155] and other online esoteric/energy healing practitioner and self-empowerment courses

    Sign up to Regular Update Mailings
    To receive our Forest Bathing Updates, sign up at https://harmonyhealing.co.uk/newsletter-sign-up  or email  

    To receive regular Blog updates as each event unfurls (headed with a title detailing the occasion or event so that you can choose whether to open it or not), featuring New and Full Moon, meteor showers, eclipses and other meteorological events, interesting anniversaries, ancient festival dates plus notification of dates of numerological significance, you can sign up at https://harmonyhealing.co.uk/newsletter-sign-up or at any page of the Harmony Healing website. The nature of the Blog means that whenever there are several key dates in close succession, there will be frequent mailings. The sender e-mail address is  (and the sender will show as Joanna Bristow-Watkins @ Harmony Healing). You may need to add this email to your safe list and check your junk filter initially.

  • Forest Bathing Update 2022, Issue 8 - September & Harvest

    September FB newsletter Issue 8September in Britain is back to school after the summer holidays. It's the month of harvest, blackberries abound on the bramble bushes and apples are plentiful on the trees, conkers and chestnuts are starting to ripen.

    The month of September was named after 'septimus' meaning the 7th month in Latin. September was the 7th month when the year started in March. To the Anglo-Saxons, September was called Hālig-mōnaþmeaning‘Holy Month.

    During September, we have the Equinox on 23rd, when night and day are equal length across the globe. It's a good day to focus on harmony and balance.

    This year we will be running one-hour taster Forest Bathing sessions at the Surrey Hills Wood Fair in Cranleigh on the 10th/11th September weekend (see below for full details). We have full Forest Bathing events on the 13th (Tadworth/Epsom), 17th (Shere), 29th (London SW20). Our Full Moon Meditation takes place 7.30-9.30pm (UK time) on the night of Saturday 10th, with the Harvest Moon peaking at 10:58.

    Surrey/London Forest Bathing Events

    Through a selection of simple sensory activities, you will learn how to enhance your perceptions and slow down to focus on what could easily be missed. We end with a treelaxtion;  a deeply relaxing and rejuvenating experience, and which, despite the title forest bathing, does not involve any swimming!

    Some of the scientifically proven benefits of spending time in woodland include reduced stress levels, stronger immune system response, and a stabilised cortisol cycle.

    Our sessions take place in all weathers except 25+mph winds or electrical storms. 

    ? ☕When we have the right clothing and footwear, usually plenty of layers, and a spare, we can happily stay outdoors for hours. Even longer if we take a hot drink and a snack!
     
    Forest Bathing this Autumn at Kosmon Sanctuary, Harry Edwards or Cannon Hill Common (listed separately below)
     
    Surrey Hills Wood fair, Cranleigh

    Surrey Hills Wood Fair imageThe Surrey Hills Wood Fair is brimming with traditional rural charm celebrating our woodland heritage, wildlife and of course the beauty and versatility of wood. A celebration of the Surrey Hills within the beautiful setting of woodlands and surrounding countryside with easy access from Cranleigh. 

    The Surrey Hills Wood Fair is a fantastic day out for all ages. To help you plan your day, there is a list of all the fun, crazy, innovative and traditional activities that you can take part in. In order to take part in these activities (including our 1-hour taster sessions), you must also have tickets for the Surrey Hills Wood Fair.  We will have a stand in the Space for Nature marquee and also near the entrance.

    We will be offering 1-hour £10 taster sessions for adults at 11.30 & 2.30 on each day. We believe one hour is the minimum requirement to get tangible benefits from a nature connection session. Attendees will be entitled to book a 2for1 offer on one of our full sessions. All forest bathing sessions which will take place in all weathers except 25+mph winds or electrical storms. Book your taster session via our the Harmony Healing shop. Katie is away, so I will be working with Lisa Duncan from Hinoki Forest Bathing, who is one of our fellow member of Surrey Hills Enterprises. 

    Kosmon Sanctuary, Tadworth 
    Kosmon light and shadeWe will take you on a 3-hour journey through the private ancient woodland of the charming Kosmon Sanctuary. Featuring 22 acres of private woodland, the undulating ground and rich variety of trees in the beautiful ancient woodland offers ever changing vistas and surprises.  Some of the trees are very old, whilst the circles of yew trees, planted several years ago, invites the visitor to enter and experience a deep stillness. Immerse yourself in the healing elements of nature and connect deeply with all your senses. This is a new venue for us.  
    Tuesday 13th September,  5-7.30pm, £30
    Book at the Harmony Shop 
    Forest Bathing at Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary, Surrey
      
    Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary, Burrows Lea (near Shere) 
    We will take you on a 3-hour journey through the private semi-ancient woodland of the lovely Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary, nestled deep in the Surrey Hills. Immerse yourself in the healing elements of nature and connect deeply with all your senses.

    Saturday 17th September, 10-1pm, £35
    Sunday 9th October,
     1.15-4.15pm Full Moon Session, £40

    Book at the Harmony Shop  

    Cannon Hill Common undatedCannon Hill Common (SW20)
     
    We will take you on a 2½-hour journey through this little known London conservation park area. Cannon Hill is located between the town centres Raynes Park and Morden in the ward of Cannon Hill in the south western corner of Merton. 
     
    Thursday 29th September, 11-1.30, £35
    Thursday 27th October, 11-1.30, £35 (£77 with optional morning Moon workshop, see below for more details) 
    Book at the Harmony Shop
     
      
      
    Advance Notice on our subsequent events for your diary:
     
    Connecting with the Moon Cycle & Full Moon Forest Bathing
    Sunday 9th October, Full Moon, 09.30am - 4.15pm
    Connect with the Lunar Cycle Morning Workshop (£50), afternoon Full Moon Forest Bathing (£40), All Day Price = £77
    Morning Workshop: Harness the Power of the Moon for Health, Wealth & Wellbeing
    Human beings have always been fascinated by the moon and its power to influence so much of what happens on our planet.
    Afternoon: Forest Bathing Session (1.15- 4.15pm) on this day of the Ivy Hunter Full Moon which peaks at @ 21:54, but we will already be in the energy of it.
    Hold your place with a £25 deposit, or pay in full now at harmonyinnature.uk 
      
    ***** 
    ?     Our Harmony in Nature woodland sessions deliver the restful yet therapeutic benefit of guided mindfulness sensory activities with fellow nature lovers. 
     
    ? To book our 'harmony in nature' therapeutic sessions see www.harmonyinnature.uk(currently hosted on harmonyhealing.co.uk).
     
    ?     Forest Bathing (no swimming involved!) is an evidence based wellbeing activity. As well as boosting the immune system for 2-4 weeks, balancing blood pressure and reducing blood sugars, typically participants feel a reduction in anxiety (and rumination) and a sharp improvement in concentration afterwards. 
     
    ?    To find out how it differs from a dog walk or stroll in the woods, see our recent Blog https://bit.ly/WhyForestBathe 
     
    Within Surrey, via Harmony In Nature, we facilitate Forest Bathing+ Sessions to help adults reconnect with nature and reap the therapeutic benefits.

    Through Harmony Healing, Joanna runs a monthly Full Moon monthly Unity Consciousness Meditation [next one is Saturday 10th September, 7.30-9.30pm (UK time), £20], a Lunar Cycle Alignment Programme [next one running Tuesday 25th October - Wednesday 23rd November £155] and other online esoteric/energy healing practitioner and self-empowerment courses

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  • Forest Bathing Update 2022, Issue 9 - October & Halloween

    Autumn view squareOctober in Britain features the full splendour of autumn colours with an array of brown, red and golden yellow mixed with the remaining green as trees shed their leaves. Nature is truly remarkable; this process eliminates environmental toxins which have collected, and trees do it to protect themselves. In winter sunshine, water would continue to evaporate from the leaves, and should the ground water freeze, the tree's water supply would no longer be guaranteed. Hence the plant produces phytohormones and directs them to its leaf stalks. These hormones cause a corky layer to form, then the leaves fall off. This cork prevents pathogens such as fungi or bacteria from penetrating. Furthermore, without leaves,should it snow, the tree will not have to bear the additional weight of snow on the leaf surfaces, and wind will pass through with less likelihood of damage.

    This month is the ideal time to harvest chestnuts, conkers and apples and on the allotments we have many seasonal vegetables including broccoli, leeks, turnips, potatoes, kale, plus of course squashessuch aspumpkin.The month provides plentiful supplies forapple bobbing and pumpkin carving, which became associated with Halloween, celebrated on the 31st. We also have two separate sets of Meteor Showers, the Draconids (peaks 8th/9th) and the Orionids (peaks 20th/21st).

    The month of October was named after 'octo' meaning 8th in Latin, as October was the 8th month when the year started in March.To the Anglo-Saxons, October was called Winterfylleth, or the “winter full moon,” because winter was said to begin on the first full moon in October.

    Harmony in Nature Forest Bathing Events in Surrey/London

    Despite the title, forest ‘bathing’ only involves water if it rains! We will be immersing ourselves in the woodland atmosphere, taking our senses for a meander among trees, and you will learn how to enhance your perceptions and slow down to focus on what could easily be missed. We end with a ‘treelaxation’, and aim to leave you feeling deeply relaxed and rejuvenated.

    Forest Bathing is an evidence-based wellbeing activity. Spending time in woodland has been shown to boost our immune system for 2-4 weeks, balance blood pressure, reduce stress and cortisol levels, blood sugars, anxiety and rumination, as well as improve sleep, memory, concentration and creativity. 

    Our first October event is Jo’s talk on Wednesday 5th at the Guildford Institute, where you can join in person or online for £5. Forest Bathing: Finding Harmony In Nature. Bookings via Guildford Institute Website.

    We have nature connection forest bathing events on Sunday 9th (Shere), which can be extended to whole day, below, Thursday 20th (London SW20) and Wednesday 26th (Tadworth).

    Special All-day Event, Sunday 9th October
    Connecting with the Moon Cycle & Full Moon Forest Bathing, 9.30-4.15
    Our new two-part event in Shere involves a morning indoor workshop looking at how aligning our lifestyles with the moon cycle can benefit us, followed by a break for lunch, then a three-hour forest bathing nature connection session. Each part can be booked separately, for £50 and £40 respectively, or both for £77.
    Find out more and book at the Harmony Shop 

    🍏🥕🍵 When we have the right clothing and footwear, usually plenty of layers, and a spare, we can happily stay outdoors for hours. Even longer if we take a hot drink and a snack!
     
    Our Forest Bathing this Autumn (listed separately by venue below):
     
    Surrey Hills Wood Fair, Cranleigh, 10th & 11th September

    We have to mention this event, as over 7,000 wood enthusiasts came through the gates, and it was a pleasure to meet so many new people attracted to the event through woodlands, activities in woods, or the beauty of wood as a material.  Joining up with Lisa of Hinoki Forest Bathing, the two-day event kept us busy, and we ran some sessions for adults and one family session, which went down well. We’ll definitely be returning next year.

    Great Big Green Week, 24th Sept - 2nd Oct

    Last year 5,000 sessions took place during the week, making it the UK’s biggest ever nature and climate event.  Events take place outside around the country and online, so you’ll find a wide variety of events to join in with. A flavour of events near us:

    • a recycling clothing event, to avoid the obscene amount of clothing which finds its way to landfill each year
    • an eco-fayre, with ways to rethink, re-use, re-purpose, repair, refill…
    • an introduction to mindfulness
    • a quiet track bike ride
    • a community feast with leftovers from food businesses to avoid waste
    • a bat walk

    …you get the picture.

    Let us know what you found and enjoyed. 

    Kosmon Sanctuary, Walton-on-the-HiIll, Tadworth (nr Epsom/Dorking)
    Kosmon light and shade
    We will take you on a 2½-hour journey through the private ancient woodland of the charming Kosmon Sanctuary. Featuring 22 acres of private woodland, the undulating ground and rich variety of trees in the beautiful ancient woodland offers ever changing vistas and surprises. 
    This is a new venue for us.
     
    Immerse yourself in the healing elements of nature and connect deeply with all your senses.
     
    Wednesday 26th October,  11.00-14.00, £35
    Book at the Harmony Shop
     
    Forest Bathing at Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary, SurreyHarry Edwards Healing Sanctuary, Burrows Lea (near Shere) 

    We will take you on a 3-hour journey through the private semi-ancient woodland of the lovely Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary. 
    Immerse yourself in the healing elements of nature and connect deeply with all your senses.

    Sunday 9th October, 13.15-16.15, Full Moon Session, £40 (£77 with optional morning Moon Workshop, see Special All Day Event headed section above for more details) 
    Book at the Harmony Shop 

     
    Cannon Hill Common undatedCannon Hill Common (SW20)

    We will take you on a 2½-hour journey through this little known London conservation park area. Cannon Hill is located between the town centres Raynes Park and Morden, in the south western corner of Merton. 
     
    Thursday 20th October, 11-1.30, £35
    Book at the Harmony Shop
     

      
    ***** 
    🌳  Our Harmony in Nature woodland sessions deliver the restful, therapeutic benefit of guided mindfulness sensory activities with fellow nature lovers. 
     
    ⚖ To book our 'harmony in nature' therapeutic sessions see www.harmonyinnature.uk  (currently hosted on harmonyhealing.co.uk).
     
    🍁   Forest Bathing is an evidence-based wellbeing activity. As well as boosting the immune system for 2-4 weeks, balancing blood pressure and reducing blood sugars, typically participants feel a reduction in anxiety (and rumination) and a sharp improvement in concentration afterwards. 
     
    🐕    To find out how it differs from a dog walk or stroll in the woods, see our recent Blog https://bit.ly/WhyForestBathe 
     

    Other Offerings from Jo and Katie

    Through Harmony Healing, Joanna runs other online esoteric/energy healing practitioner and self-empowerment courses. Also, for those who feel an affinity with the moon, following the moon cycle is very therapeutic, and Joanna's New Moon, New Vision: Moon Alignment Course runs for a full lunar cycle from New Moon on 25th October to New Moon on 23rd November. Our October Full Moon Meditation takes place 7.30-9.30pm (UK time) on Sunday 9th, with the Hunter Moon peaking at 21:54

    Katie has five 1:1 places left this year for Nurtured by Nature, One-day Reset Retreats.Individually tailored, depending on what is most helpful for you, they may include a selection from nutrition, breathing, mindful movement, sounding or chanting, essential oils, ‘de-chemicalising’ your lifestyle, natural first aid, as well as reconnecting to ourselves and nature through sensory nature connection practices outdoors, ending, naturally, with a forest bathing session. Whole day for £488. Message Katie on 07596 830910 to discuss your ideal day retreat and possible dates.

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  • Friday 14th May, Panegyric of Isis (Aset) Egyptian Celebration & Secondary 555 numerology

    Panegyric of IsisFriday 14th May is the Panegyric of Isis (Aset) Egyptian Celebration, when Asar (Osiris) was found and Aset (Isis) duly celebrated. Offerings of bread, wine and milk are made and Auset is traditionally praised for her gifts. 

    It is a time for celebrating successful quests in life. From Isadorus, Hymn III:

    O Isis, the Great, God's mother, Lady of Philae,
    God's Wife, God's Adorer, and God's Hand,
    God's mother and Great Royal Spouse,
    Adornment and Lady of the Ornaments of the Palace.

    Lady and desire of the Green Fields,
    Nursling who fills the palace with her beauty,
    Fragrance of the palace, mistress of joy,
    Who completes her course in the Divine Place.

    Rain-cloud that makes green the fields when it descends,
    Maiden, sweet of love, Lady of Upper and Lower Egypt,
    Who issues orders among the divine Ennead,
    According to whose command one rules.

    Princess, great of praise, lady of charm,
    Whose face enjoys the trickling of fresh myrrh.

    Source: attalus.org/poerty/isis_hymns.html (not linked as it's an 'unsecure' website.

    Informative laminated posters of Isis, by Jacqui Taliesin El Masry from Alkhemi, are available to purchase from the Harmony Shop.

    Tonight, to celebrate this Egyptian Festival, I am starting a virtual Violet Flame of Amenti evening course, 7.15 - 9.30pm (UK time = GMT =+1) on three consecutive Fridays, 14th, 21st & 28th May. Cost is £88. The Violet Flame is an ancient tool of alchemy and this course features 6 hours of tuition, a manual and an attunement into the Violet Flame.

    Go to shop to book Violet Flame Course

    By keeping traditions, communities in Ancient Egypt retained a sense of harmony and connection, thereby bringing balance and wellbeing into their lives.

    555 14 MayFriday 14th May is also a secondary 555 in numerology.  2021 is a '5' year in numerology (2+0+2+1 = 5), May is the 5th month and with the 5th May being the 5th day of the month, it was a primary 555 as digits for all aspects of the month each add up to 5.

    Friday 14th (today) and Sunday 23rd May, carry secondary 555 energy as the digits of those dates also add up to 5. Subscribers to the Harmony Healing e-Newsletters will receive reminders on the day. See above entry for 5th May for more on the numerology of 5 and the full Harmony Healing Blog entry for 5th May for further details on the meaning of triple numbers in numerology and the interpretation of 555 specifically.  Special 555 meditation available from Harmony Shop.  

    Harmony Healing activities are aimed at bringing harmony and wellbeing into your life. The next RSE 1 module series starts 14th May with Violet Flame of Amenti and 17th May with Chakra Balancing, Axiatonal Alignment and Unity Consciousness.

    If you are looking for spiritually enlightening activities following lockdown, which help to connect you with the lunar cycle, we have the next virtual healing circle later this month on Wednesday 26th May at 7.30-9.30pm (UK time = GMT+1), and costs £20 (+ £2 Paypal fee). During this session, we connect with other like-minded people and together we work through a mindful chakra balancing process using colours and etheric crystals, with the aim that all participants will experience a degree of unity consciousness. This activity serves as a good taster of my work in general and the virtual format of our Zoom based programme.

    Other services

    If you would like to experience one of our spiritual offerings (meditation, reading, 1:1 healing, a Forest Bathing+ session or a full mentoring course), why not ask for a Harmony Healing gift voucherfor a birthday or other celebratory occasion? 

    A number of virtual courses are now ready, details on Harmony Healing Virtual Events. Currently, due to Coronavirus, most events will be virtual hence distant readings and healings are proving popular. It's best to first check whether it would be welcomed, before gifting a healing or reading to other individual.

    Joanna offers distant intuitive readings (past life and/or aura readings) and distant 1-2-1 healings and virtual healing circles. We also have meditations available.

    To receive regular Blog updates (headed with a title detailing the occasion or event so that you can choose whether to open it or not), featuring New and Full Moon, meteor showers, eclipses and other meteorological events, interesting anniversaries, ancient festival dates plus notification of dates of numerological significance, sign up for the Harmony Healing e-newsletters above or at the top of any page of this Harmony Healing website. The nature of the Blog means that whenever there are several key dates in close succession, there will be frequent mailings. The sender e-mail address is (and the sender will show as Joanna Bristow-Watkins @ Harmony Healing). You may need to add this email to your safe list and check your junk filter initially.

  • Friday 19th March, Roman Festival of Quinquatrus & Women's Moon Lodge

    Quinquatrus 19th MarchFriday 19th March is the Roman Festival of Quinquatrus (also known as Quinquatria), the name being derived from it happening the 5th day after the Ides of March. 

    This was a Festival dedicated to Minerva when women were accustomed to consult fortune-tellers and diviners.

    Both Festus and Varro indicate that the Quinquatrus was only celebrated for one day and hence ancient Roman religious calendars assign only one day to the festival.

    Ovid, however, states that it was a five day celebration, hence the name. Apparently, on the first day no blood was shed, but on the last four there were gladiator contests.

    At one time, celebrations took place 19th - 23rd of March, orginally an Etruscan festival to celebrate spring, rites of women, rebirthing and the Spring Equinox.

    I can't help wondering if it was a development from the Egyptian Pelusia Festival, see 20th March entry.

    By keeping traditions, communities retained a sense of harmony and connection, thereby bringing balance and wellbeing into their lives. Harmony Healing activities are aimed at bringing harmony and wellbeing into your life. 

    Moon Lodge eventFriday 19th March,as well as being Quinquatrus, is also is the Moon Lodge Healing Women's Circle, 7-8.30pm GMT, £11 + Eventbrite fee = £11.27. This is a virtual event on Zoom.

    Run by Harmony Healing collaborator Sarah Jane Dennis, this is a sacred circle for women in the community to come together as we once did, to connect in a safe and loving space to the energies of the moon and our own cycles.

    Talk, support, heal, celebrate, and hold each other. Book at Eventbrite. Contact Sarah-Jane via her website at crystalhealingbysarahjane.co.uk or email .

    Aligning ourselves with other members of the community through mutual celebration and support is very therapeutic and is excellent for bringing harmony and wellbeing into our lives.

    Harmony Healing activities are aimed at bringing harmony and wellbeing into your life. We have had two new interactive mentoring courses series start this month with Mindful Chakra Balancing & Unity Consciousness on Tuesday evenings starting 11th March and Essene Angelology on Thursday evenings from 16th March. Late starts can be accommodated. These modules are £66 each.

    If you are looking for spiritually enlightening activities during lockdown, which help to connect you with the lunar cycle, we have the nextvirtual healing circle later this month  on  Sunday 28th March, at 7.30-9.30pm (UK time = GMT), and costs £20 (+ £2 Paypal fee). During this session, we connect with other like-minded people and together we work through a mindful chakra balancing process using colours and etheric crystals, with the aim that all participants will experience a degree of unity consciousness. This activity serves as a good taster of my work in general and the virtual format of our Zoom based programme.

    If you would like to experience one of our spiritual offerings (meditation, reading, 1:1 healing, a Forest Bathing+ session or a full mentoring course), why not ask for a Harmony Healing gift voucherfor a birthday or other celebratory occasion? 

    A number of virtual courses are now ready, details on Harmony Healing Virtual Events. Currently, due to Coronavirus, most events will be virtual hence distant readings and healings are proving popular. We don't recommend giving a reading or healing to another person, without first checking whether it would be welcomed.

    Joanna offers distant intuitive readings (past life and/or aura readings) and distant 1-2-1 healings and virtual healing circles. We also have meditations available.

    To receive regular Blog updates (headed with a title detailing the occasion or event so that you can choose whether to open it or not), featuring New and Full Moon, meteor showers, eclipses and other meteorological events, interesting anniversaries, ancient festival dates plus notification of dates of numerological significance, sign up for the Harmony Healing e-newsletters above or at the top of any page of this Harmony Healing website. The nature of the Blog means that whenever there are several key dates in close succession, there will be frequent mailings. The sender e-mail address is (and the sender will show as Joanna Bristow-Watkins @ Harmony Healing). You may need to add this email to your safe list and check your junk filter initially.

  • Friday 19th May @ 16:35 UK time is New Moon & Black Moon by old definition

    .Pagan Dark Moon 13th 2Friday 19th May @ 16:53 is a Black Moon = third New Moon in a season with four New Moons.

    Several definitions exist for a Black Moon;it's not an astronomicalterm but has been popularised by astrologers and Wiccan proponents via social media. It can be the third New Moon in an astronomical season with four New Moons or the second New Moon in the same calendar month. The former definition applies in this case.  More at timeanddate.com

    Traditionally a Blue Moon was when a 4th New Moon or Full Moon appeared in a season where there would normally be three, now it is taken to mean when there are two New Moons or Full Moons in the same calendar month. Because this doesn't happen very often (only if a moon phase happens very near the beginning or end of the month), the expression 'once in a Blue Moon' in the UK refers to something seldom happening.

    The New Moon Abundance Ritual should be carried out within 24 hours after the New Moon. 

    It needs to be after the New Moon because the moon should be waxing (getting bigger again) to carry the manifestation energy. 

    There are video instructions on my Facebook Page or You Tube Page.

    Any New Moon is a fabulous day for creating a personal or corporate Vision Board. 

    Gardening by the moon has been practised for eons. It's not about planting at night, it's about being in harmony with the natural growth patterns of plants.
     
    The moon progresses through four ‘phases’ or ‘quarters’ , each of which lasts about 7 days. Starting with the New Moon (today), the moon waxes (grows larger) and more visible.
     
    There is a daily increase in light until the Full Moon is visible. After Full Moon, the light wanes (reduces) gradually back until New Moon, completing the lunar cycle. In the same way that the moon influences the rise and fall of the tides, it has gravitational impact on the moisture in plants (sap), the soil and water table. These effects are aligned with the lunar cycle. 
     
    For sowing and harvesting, we need to be in harmony with the flow of moisture as it is drawn up the plant into the stem and leaves, fruit and seeds. Or down into the root zone with the gravitational pull of the moon for root vegetables. New Moon is not a good time to plant in your garden.

    Aligning ourselves with the moon cycle is very therapeutic, hence being aware of the Full Moon (a good time for bringing projects to a conclusion) and the New moon (good for starting new projects) is excellent for bringing balance and wellbeing into our lives.

    By keeping traditions, Pagan communities retained a sense of harmony and connection, thereby bringing balance and wellbeing into their lives.

    Through Harmony Healing, Joanna offers a wide spectrum of events designed to nurture your welbeing and to connect with nature and the moon cycle. We hold monthly Full Moon Guided Healing Meditations, £20. Book at the Harmony Shop.

    Harmony Healing utilises the philosophies of the Ancient Egyptians, in the form of Reyad Sekh Em (RSE) Level 1 Egyptian Alchemy Healing. Featuring four online modules of Khemitology (Ancient Egyptology according to the indigenous oral traditions), Violet Flame of Amenti (started 16th May, it is still possible to catch up by video), Mindful Chakra Balancing & Essene Angelology.Missed sessions are fully recorded so that late registrations or are possible. Reyad Sekh Em (RSE) Level 1 costs £266 and run about three times a year. the individual modules are stand-alone and cost either £88 or £66, hence the RSE 1 Package offers a cost saving.

    Other services
    Within Surrey, via Harmony In Nature, we facilitate Forest Bathing+ Sessions to help adults reconnect with nature and reap the therapeutic benefits. 

    MP3 meditations and distant readings and healings are proving popular and we offer Harmony Healing Vouchers for any value for use on Harmony Healing services andHarmony in Nature vouchers for Forest Bathing vouchers (£35).

    To receive regular Blog updates (headed with a title detailing the occasion or event so that you can choose whether to open it or not), featuring New and Full Moon, meteor showers, eclipses and other meteorological events, interesting anniversaries, ancient festival dates plus notification of dates of numerological significance, sign up for the Harmony Healing e-newsletters above or at the top of any page of this Harmony Healing website. The nature of the Blog means that whenever there are several key dates in close succession, there will be frequent mailings. The sender e-mail address is  (and the sender will show as Joanna Bristow-Watkins @ Harmony Healing).