A Grounding Cord is your vital energetic connection with the Earth and this meditation helps you to reconnect to it.

Just like electrical devices need an Earth connection to order to function, the same is true for the human energy field. Often in modern life this essential pathway into the ground beneath our feet is weak, damaged or completely lost. When this happens we can feel disconnected from the world, lonely or isolated as emotional charge starts to build and has safely nowhere to go.

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

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

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

The first of five evergreens in the series, Holly embodies love and passion. Its mythological quality of connection to immortality also brings in the aspect of unconditional love.

Although strongly associated with winter, Holly arrives in the Ogham calendar in May reflecting its connection to the path of the sun through the wheel of the year.

Holly grows in a very protective way, both for itself with its prickly lower leaves and by entwining itself close to other trees. This characteristic led ancient people to consider Holly as a protective spirit, which is why it is used to decorate home and hearth in winter.

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

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

In the fifth episode in this Tree Meditation Series, Simon goes to Ladywell a sacred grove of trees beside an ancient well in West Oxfordshire.

He tells us about a personal journey he made with Oak in 2020 when the world was seemingly falling apart and explains how its symbolic qualities of strength and endurance helped him to change his life.

Meditation with Oak is recommended when you face a difficult decision or need support in making hard life choices.

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

Complementing the Tree Meditation Series is this 11 minute grounding meditation to help you send emotional charge into the Earth.

Recorded underneath a beautiful old Oak tree in an ancient woodland in the Chiltern Hills, England.

Welcome to number 4 in the Tree Meditation Series, a journey into the realm of the Fairy Queen and the magical Hawthorn tree.

Simon begins this episode by introducing the mythology of Hawthorn and its association with the May Queen and the pagan Beltain festival.

He then talks about what healing aspects Hawthorn brings us when we sit beneath its blossom laden branches.

A 10 --minute meditation space with beautiful sounds of nature follows.

This episode was recored live beside the River Evenlode in west Oxfordshire, England.

Number 3 in the Tree Meditation Series is different, as this time we are connecting to our hearts and sending out love and healing energy to the Ash trees.

Ash is under threat due to Ash Die-Back fungal disease and older trees are being culled leaving the orphan younger trees without their parents to feed vital nutrients through the wood wide web.

Together with a group of healers and compassionate people we have created a healing beacon in the forest specifically for healing the Ash trees.

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

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

The second episode in my Tree Meditation series is all about the essence of the Willow tree.

Aligned with both water and the Moon, Willow helps us to see things in a new light and restore our emotional balance. 

Recorded outside on the banks of the River Thames near Cookham, this journey with Willow features a brief synopsis of her qualities and how she helps us when we work with her Yin energy.

Following the description of Willow there is a meditation approximately 10 mins long for you follow. 

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

Here is the first in a new series of podcasts inviting you to deepen your connection with trees and their energy. 

We start with the Alder tree and journey into its magical qualities of protection, affinity with the element of water and gateway to the realm of the Fae.

The episode concludes with a 10-minute guided meditation recorded in the rain sitting under a mature Alder tree beside Hedsor Water on the River Thames near Cookham.

I am a VortexHealing practitioner and wanted to give people an insight into this powerful form of Devine energy healing, so rather than talking to myself I went to interview the person that inspired me, Simon Tandree of Embodied Stillness. 

What follows is an insightful and fascinating chat about what you can expect when you come for a treatment. We also look behind the curtain as Simon explains what it's like for him channeling VortexHealing. I am sure you can appreciate it is a rare thing for a practitioner to be open about their own experience.

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

Continuing the conversation with shamanic healer and practitioner Hayley Trezise, we talk about the core concept of The Circle of Reality and personal sovereignty. Hayley reveals more about the ongoing work she does on herself to enable her to be a practitioner. 

We finish off discussing group work, where you can learn shamanic journeying and deepen your connection with the spirit world, five day retreats and her sacred movement classes.

Latest information about her work is found on www.hayleytrezise.co.uk