Welcome!

My name is Martha,

I am a trauma-sensitive mindfulness and compassion teacher who specialises in providing grounding, stabilisation and integration work for people emerging from spiritual crisis or challenging transpersonal experiences.

I came to this work through my own experience of mystical psychosis and breakdown after taking the plant medicine ayahuasca. Insight into the inner workings of those difficult years continues year on year and I am grateful for this process of learning and deepening.

Looking back I wish there had been someone there to walk with me through the messy bit.. the bit where I felt i’d been torn into a thousand pieces and scattered across the floor. I wish there had been someone who believed there was a higher purpose to my breakdown, and could help me ground, stabilise and integrate the huge lessons that were offered to me.

This is what I hope to provide- spiritually aware and psychologically safe support that honours the transformative potential of challenging transpersonal experiences.

My aim is not to work with you forever, but to walk alongside you until you are steady on your feet again and ready for the next part of your journey.

My approach:

Listen. Ground. Empower.

I believe everyone’s journey looks different- our work will be tailored around the nature of your experiences as well as your preferences and needs.

LISTEN

I offer intuitive peer counselling where a sense of trust and authenticity is built as the foundation of our work. This is a space where you will be held in a safe, skilled and sensitive way, without labels or diagnoses.

I am open about my own experiences of spiritual crisis and breakdown and am happy to share these experiences with you if they are helpful. However, I will never assume that i know what you are going through- everyone’s journey is unique.

GROUND

Alongside a safely held space to talk about what’s going on, it is often a good idea to work with the body-mind more directly, by regulating, grounding and soothing the nervous system through evidence based mindfulnes and compassion practices. Our aim here is cultivate embodied awareness, inner stability and self kindness, so that you can begin to trust in your ability to navigate future challenges.

These tools will continue to serve the unfolding of your spiritual journey, beyond our work together.

EMPOWER

For those of you curious about the bigger cosmic picture and its influence over our earthly experience, I offer astrological consultations that can be done as a stand alone or as part of our on-going work together. Astrology reflects the shifting landscape of our inner and outer worlds; by interpreting the stars that received you at your birth, I offer empowering self-knowledge and practical guidance on understanding and aligning with your destiny.