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Hawthorn Soul Hawthorn Soul: walking along the edges, helping people to repair their frays & dive deeper to heal. I look forward to meeting whoever comes to my door.

Reflective practitioner, trauma-informed yoga teacher, end-of-life therapist, doula, ordained interfaith minister, chaplain & celebrant. I completed the PG Cert in Chaplaincy Studies in June 2025 and am a Member of the UK Board of Healthcare Chaplains. I am also a member of the College of Health Care Chaplains and the Association of Hospice and Palliative Care Chaplains. I received my ordination as a OneSpirit Interfaith Minister in July 2021, and qualified as a trauma-informed yoga teacher in April 2022. I hold a MPhil in Psychology, a Graduate Diploma in Theology and Pastoral Care and am also trained to Master Level in Usui Reiki. I am the Honorary Spiritual Support at Teesside Hospice and am also an experienced exercise teacher (25 years), specialising in cancer care and a compassionate approach to exercise. I have been a Quaker since the 1990s and am a member of GreenSpirit. My spiritual journey has taken me to convents and monasteries, to the Taizé community in France, Samye Ling Buddhist Monastery in Dumfries & Galloway, and shamanism through the lenses of anthropology, theology & the work of Gabrielle Roth. I have a deep affinity with Gaia, particularly trees and rocks, with people and animals who are marginalised in any way, and with bringing peace and wholeness to all sentient beings. Prices:
ÂŁ30-ÂŁ50 for one-hour support
ÂŁ250-ÂŁ500 to create and lead a ceremony plus mileage and accommodation as and when appropriate
£300-£600 for one day’s work with a group or organisation plus mileage and accommodation as and when appropriate

Wild Geese by Mary OliverYou do not have to be good.You do not have to walk on your kneesFor a hundred miles through the...
12/10/2026

Wild Geese by Mary Oliver

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting --
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.

Thank you Mary Oliver

Aurora Borealis this evening đź’ś
10/10/2026

Aurora Borealis this evening đź’ś

Oh Autumn, there you are!One day we were spinning in an Indian summer,bees feasting on ivy flowers, rabbits hanging out ...
09/10/2026

Oh Autumn, there you are!

One day we were spinning
in an Indian summer,
bees feasting on ivy flowers,
rabbits hanging out in the fields
and suddenly you show up,
late but forgiven.

Shards of frost
on blades of grass

Torn dress fabric,
bright satin leaves

Semi-naked branches
rattle and shake

Sun still warm but fading now
as fungi spread in nooks and knolls
and the breathy mists
of this thin time
thicken.

©️Let Hawthorn, 9th October 2026

This week’s yoga circle focussed on Autumn from the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine which sees it as a time ...
09/10/2026

This week’s yoga circle focussed on Autumn from the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine which sees it as a time for release, slowing down, and finding balance. The meridians for the season are the lungs (Yang) and the large intestine (Yin). The approaching New Moon invites us into the heart. So we explored heart opening postures, used the Padma Mudra, and gently worked and released muscles and emotions before resting in a Nidra which invited us to become trees.

I love the concept of the lungs as the cushions of the heart, the trees as the lungs of the world, and our guardians.


My first Walking You Home community offeringđź’ś
08/10/2026

My first Walking You Home community offeringđź’ś





Learning to play classical guitar - between the confusion in my brain, the arthritis in my finger joints, and my lack of...
07/10/2026

Learning to play classical guitar - between the confusion in my brain, the arthritis in my finger joints, and my lack of confidence it’s remarkable that my teacher keeps letting me return! My grandfather’s Fender is waiting to be repaired (no I didn’t damage it in a rage of frustration! It’s just not been played since he died over 44 years ago…) so I’m using a borrowed one complete with bits of duct tape🫣.

Learning a new skill is completely absorbing, it gives my whole system a break, a reset, and takes my thoughts off on a little diversion🥰

A lovely sunny Autumn walk near Kilburn then a drive through Ampleforth, stopping to look round St Hilda’s Church and fi...
03/10/2026

A lovely sunny Autumn walk near Kilburn then a drive through Ampleforth, stopping to look round St Hilda’s Church and finishing with a lovely spot of late lunch at Oli Nicholls which was buzzing!

Mary Oliver’s poem “Such Silence” from her collection “Blue Horses” was read during SoulSpace at conference this week. T...
02/10/2026

Mary Oliver’s poem “Such Silence” from her collection “Blue Horses” was read during SoulSpace at conference this week. The theme of the healthcare chaplains’ conference was end-of-life care. It was intense, rich, astonishing, and powerful. The quiet landings that the three conference chaplains offered were essential for me. After I drove away on Wednesday I knew I needed green space, trees, stillness in nature, time to reflect, and luckily for me Evenley Wood Garden was there. Afterwards I wrote my own poem, drawing on Mary Oliver’s work.

One of the recurring themes that was arising for many of us at conference was the need for self-care, prioritising sanctuary time, good reflective practice. Without it we cannot serve anyone, we are kidding ourselves if we think that busy-ness is the goal, and that we are too needed to be able to pause. We are needed SO much that we MUST pause. It doesn’t take long, it simply requires setting the intention, being realistic, and perhaps making a commitment with a witness to help us carry it out. I highly recommend it!





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