Weekly Thoughts & Guidance: 14th February, 2022

by Dianna Hardy

Shamanic Healer & Herbalist

Happy rainy Sunday! My daughter loves the rain, so she's happy today, lol. My thoughts on the coming Full Moon are below, but first I'm going to be talking through the changes on this website and in my practice, the first being that I'm going to open up the Kia Ora Lounge News & Weekly Guidance page (this page you're looking at) to other contributors as and when. That's why you see my author name above. Hopefully, it won't always be me you hear from, and many other healers and therapists can be here to offer you their thoughts and guidance, too. If this is you and you'd like to write an article, do drop me a line and let me know.

Secondly, I am closing the online shop on this website. However all crystals and incense and other bits and pieces are available to purchase for all who come over, and we do have an in-house price list we can give you which covers most things (not everything).

There will be another post and email going out in a few days explaining further changes (which is better than trying to fit it all into this post).

From Winter Solstice to Imbolc has been quite a ride for me. This Full moon in Leo coming up on the 16th February is very fitting, and since the New Moon in Aquarius on the 1st of February, I have been riding high on the energy of new beginnings and paving a deeply grooved path forwards for myself and my practice.

In our garden:
Baby Fennel growing from the base
of Mother Fennel.

On Imbolc, I received my certification and insurance for practicing as a herbalist, something I have thought about doing quite a few times in the past 20 years, but have never found the right time, or the right training I really resonated with. A lot of the training I found was too "medical" and I really wanted teachers that encouraged my intuition and shamanic principles, and how I intuitively wanted to work with herbs.

Well, this all really shifted around Winter Solstice 2021, and it wasn't really consciously intentional that I "become a herbalist". (Actually, I do not fully like that label, and am more a western shaman who work with herbal medicine.) It was more that I took one step and then the next, and then the next, and somehow found myself on a path - very strongly so - I was always supposed to walk. The training that didn't exist so readily 20 years ago, exists now, and thank goodness I am not the only person in the western world perceiving the healing of herbs in the more energetic and esoteric way. Herbalism is a biodynamic treasure. It is a biodynamic practice to work with plant spirits (which is very much how I work with herbs - I don't see them as chemical at all, although am fully aware of that aspect of prescribing and use it, obviously). They are a living, breathing extension of ourselves that can offer us the medicine we need to heal if we are open to their energies, and to change. Change is important. Lifestyle and perspective change is crucial to in-depth, permanent healing.

From tomorrow, pop over to heartwarriorherbs.co.uk which is my new therapy website to see what I offer, and how I offer it; how I combine it with my shamanic practice and the flower & vibrational essences I also offer. All sessions will, of course, be held here at Kia Ora Lounge, our sacred space and our home - our heart to yours.

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The Week Ahead

This Full Moon on the 16th brings a fiery, motivational, and dynamic energy to the fore. It is the "peak" of a phase you might have have recently started and will see some kind of clear "marker" enabling you to move forward in a permanent manner concerning an area of your life. Take care not to get too caught up in passions and excitement. While these feelings are essential to tap into and use properly, their essence is so strong at the moment, it could burn you out if you have not mastered the sheer speed and intensity of this Leo dynamism. It is Leo in its youthful stage. Picture a young male warrior in his early 20s - the prime of his physical and energetic performance - with no boundaries to stop him, determined and enthusiastic, willful and daring, and you have the energy of the week ahead. It is one beautiful doorway to stride through, but do it with no doubt and no fear, because that Leo fire needs your direction to mould it or it will go anywhere it wants to. Discipline is important! (And Leos don't much like discipline, lol.) But it really is a stunning and powerful Full Moon, so make the most of it. Pave that path of yours and do it with certainty and pride (the good kind of pride that is about surety rather than ego).

I have turned a card over for the Full Moon below. Personal Guidance Members on my Ko-fi page can tune into a video Expansion of this later tonight.

Energy Oracle Cards | Sandra Anne Taylor

Well, of course it's Archangel Michael! (Certainly a good card for me with regards to everything I am starting as he is one of my guardian angels.) Michael so perfectly encompasses both the Leo fire and the discipline needed to see it through - that base chakra energy, which of course resonates with your crown chakra, too (willpower and mental strength), as two polar opposites (crown and base) always need to remain in balance. So ... ask him for guidance. He is present and available to you, and will offer strength and clarity on your path forwards next week.

​The Chariot Tarot card (number 7 Major Arcana) also comes to mind for me.

In terms of crystals, consider using any red ones - garnet, haematite, red jasper - and any clear quartz crystal with very good clarity (Herkimer diamond, too).

Have a wonderful week ahead, and I shall be back in a few days with more updates :)

Bright blessings, 

Dianna xxx