Shamanic Healing with Rose

Was Beowulf driven by arrogance and pride, or by courage, loyalty, and a commitment to protecting others?

Inspired by Maria Dahvana Headley’s translation of Beowulf, I explore the ancient hero’s sense of duty, his willingness to confront danger, and the parallels between his actions and the contemporary Shamanic Practitioner as a Spiritual Warrior.

Drawing upon my experience of Traditional Shamanism, I reflect upon the courage, humility, and discernment required when undertaking protective spiritual work, including the extraction of negative entities and spiritual parasites.

Shamanic Healing with Rose

I offer Traditional Shamanic Healing in Petersfield, Hampshire, and Distance Healing for clients across Mother Earth.

Discover my Shamanic Healing services and teaching at www.roseautumn.com.

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☕ World Coffee Day: Is Your Daily Coffee Habit Harming Your Health?

Coffee has become an unquestioned part of everyday life, but what is that daily caffeine habit actually doing to the body?

In this episode, I explore research into coffee and its effects on cortisol and adrenal stimulation, sleep, anxiety, physical dependence, heart health, blood pressure, cholesterol, iron absorption, B-vitamin levels, homocysteine, digestion, acid reflux, and more.

I also look at the financial cost of the habit: one takeaway coffee a day can now add up to around £1,471 a year.

Rather than simply celebrating World Coffee Day, perhaps it is time to question the habit. Why do we drink coffee, what effect is it having upon our health and energy, and do we actually need it?

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The Autumn Equinox marks a turning point in the Wheel of the Year: a time of balance, harvest, gratitude, release, and preparation for the darker months ahead.

In this episode, I explore the Autumn Equinox through the Medicine Wheel and the shamanic understanding of the natural cycles of life.

In the tradition I was taught, the East represents spring, birth, new beginnings, and planting seeds. The South represents summer, growth, flourishing, and nurture. The West represents autumn, harvest, release, and preparation. The North represents winter, rest, healing, renewal, and going within.

These seasons do not only exist in nature. They can also help us understand what is happening within our relationships, careers, creative work, personal healing, and spiritual development. Different areas of our lives may be experiencing completely different seasons at the same time.

Autumn invites us to consider what we have grown, what we have learnt, and what we are ready to harvest. It also asks us to recognise what has completed its natural cycle and can now be released.

As the days shorten and we begin our journey towards winter, the Medicine Wheel reminds us that darkness and stillness have their own purpose. Seeds germinate beneath the soil, roots deepen underground, animals hibernate, and human beings dream. What appears still on the outside may contain profound movement within.

In this episode, I also guide you through a simple Medicine Wheel practice to help you explore:

• what is beginning in your life;• what is growing and needs nurturing;• what you are ready to harvest or release;• what needs rest, healing, or time.

Perhaps the question to take away is:

Where am I trying to force something into a season that it is no longer in?

Shamanic Healing can support periods of transition, release, healing, and personal change. You can find out more about my work and book a Shamanic Healing session here:

https://www.roseautumn.com/shamanic-healing/

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Synthetic fragrances have become so embedded in everyday life that we may barely notice how frequently we encounter them. They are found not only in perfume and aftershave, but also in toiletries, cosmetics, laundry products, household cleaners, candles, and air fresheners.

In this episode, I explore what synthetic fragrances contain, how we inhale and absorb fragrance chemicals, and concerns surrounding substances including toluene, phthalates, and parabens. I also consider the cumulative effect of our daily exposure to numerous fragranced products and the chemicals they introduce into our homes.

Avoiding synthetic fragrance does not mean giving up beautiful smells. I explore natural alternatives including essential oils, homemade body oils, natural-wax candles, traditional incense, flowers, and homemade potpourri.

Sometimes, clean air should simply smell of nothing.

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Shamanic Healing has ancient roots, but how did these traditions develop into the practices we recognise today?

In this episode, I explore the origins and history of Shamanic Healing, the traditional role of shamanic practitioners, and the development of contemporary Western practice. I look at the influence of Mircea Eliade and Michael Harner, the emergence of Core Shamanism, and how ancient principles of healing, spiritual connection, ceremony, and relationship with Mother Earth continue to inform my own practice today.

I also consider the importance of understanding the cultural origins of shamanic practices and how Shamanic Healing can continue to evolve while respecting the traditions from which much of our knowledge has emerged.

Rose Autumn is a Shamanic Practitioner offering in-person and distance Shamanic Healing Sessions and Shamanic Life Coaching.

Find out more at www.roseautumn.com/shamanic-healing/

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An accidental encounter with the enormous Alfred’s Tower on Kingsettle Hill in Somerset led me into a fascinating historical investigation. In this audio article, I explore King Alfred’s extraordinary recovery from Athelney in 878, the mystery of Egbert’s Stone, and the surviving correspondence revealing why Henry Hoare II decided to build this remarkable monument almost nine hundred years later.

Following the evidence from Voltaire, Hoare’s letters, contemporary accounts, and the tower’s inscription, I examine what Alfred represented to the eighteenth century, the tower’s supposed connections with the Seven Years’ War and George III, and some surprising discrepancies in the modern history of the monument.

This is the story of King Alfred’s Tower, but also of how history is remembered, interpreted, and sometimes changed over time.

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In this audio article, I explore gut healing from a holistic perspective, looking at the relationship between nutrition, digestion, the gut microbiome, and our wider physical and emotional wellbeing.

I consider the importance of healthy gut flora, the gut-brain connection, and some of the dietary and lifestyle factors that can influence our digestive environment. I also explore traditional nutrient-dense foods, probiotics and prebiotics, fermented foods, kefir, kombucha, and bone broth, together with practical recipes for incorporating some of these foods into everyday life.

The article also considers gut health from a shamanic perspective, including our traditional association between the gut and intuition, and the relationship of the abdominal region to the Sacral and Solar Plexus chakras.

This podcast is an audio version of my original Gut Healing article, which you can read in full here:

https://www.roseautumn.com/2023/11/gut-healing/

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Better Sleep: A Holistic Approach to Insomnia

This recording is the spoken version of my article, Better Sleep: A Holistic Approach to Insomnia. Read the article and the summary of detox protocols here: https://www.roseautumn.com/2026/08/better-sleep-a-holistic-approach-to-insomnia/

In this audio article, I explore sleep from a holistic perspective, looking beyond the conventional idea that insomnia is simply a problem of not being able to fall asleep.

Our ability to sleep can be influenced by many interconnected factors, including our natural circadian rhythm, exposure to artificial and blue light, our evening use of phones and other devices, the health of the gut, nutrition, stress, our sleeping environment and the rhythms we establish throughout the day.

I discuss practical ways of creating conditions that support more natural sleep, including reducing artificial light in the evening, using candlelight or red light, keeping electronic devices away from the bedroom, supporting the gut microbiome and paying greater attention to the body’s own signals and individual need for sleep.

The intention is not to prescribe a universal sleep routine, but to encourage a more holistic understanding of the body and the environmental influences that can interfere with its natural rhythms.

You can read more of my articles about natural health, wellbeing, spirituality and shamanism on my website:

https://www.roseautumn.com

Shamanic Healing with Rose

My shamanic healing work takes a holistic approach to wellbeing, recognising the relationship between our physical, emotional, energetic and spiritual lives. If you feel that stress, emotional experiences or deeper energetic patterns may be affecting your ability to rest and find balance, you can find out more about my shamanic healing work here:

https://www.roseautumn.com/shamanic-healing/

Please note: This recording is provided for educational and informational purposes and is not intended as medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

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