Welcome to Shaktiweaver

Please enjoy exploring the threads that are running through my life.

I am passionate about nature particularly for its nurturing gifts, beauty and healing powers. I have been making, sharing and taking flower essences for over 15 years and have been meaning to write about them for way too long. The ones for procrastination must have stayed on the shelf!

I love getting up close to flowers, focussing on their form and colour with my camera. It allows a complete immersion in their world for a while. If I can commnicate some of the magic I feel when im in this space in the photographs then im pleased, be it in print on cards or canvasses or just online.

This last year I have been rather taken with branch weaving. It is so relaxing, it eases me out of thinking and brings me such joy as the new  “growth” appears. My partner says I go a certain kind of quiet when im doing it. The branch  leads me to what colours and textures to use and how to work with its shape.  I like to add crystals and stones, feathers and dried flowers and they seem to have a talisman dream catcher feel to them when they are finished. I am delighted when someone asks me to make one for them with a particular place or purpose in mind.

I have had ME and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for a long time and whilst pursuing answers and remedies for this have experienced recovered body trauma memories and a spontaneous kundalini awakening. This has led to exploring many spiritual and alternative modalities. I hope by sharing about this it may bring some comfort to anyone going through something similar.

  • Washing up

    A wink of pink from the sink, Felt as a kiss, A peek-a-boo smackeroo! Cyclamen, not men but misses Message merriment. Thro’ grey mizzle mist and Polka dot panes, Ecover bubbles meet mine.

  • Snowdrops

    Snowdrops Cheery crowds Modelling silken skirt crinolines, Grace verge, banks, meadows and more. Definitive vogue, Winter white treats Emerge catwalk ready Heads bowing. High fashion Galanthus plicatus Gracilus, platyphyllus, Cultivars galore. They herald humility, My couture choice for sure.How blessed are we, With such statement-piece gurus Hymn-singing us, Through January

  • Rose Petal Water

    Rose Water Infusion for drinking This week  has been all about the roses.  They were looking so beautiful with the different varieties in my garden coming into peak bloom together.  Seemingly they are more abundant than last year. Previously, I have picked them  for fresh hot tea and to float in my bath. Never before … Continue reading “Rose Petal Water”

  • Nourishing Nettles

    Stinging nettles had such a strong childhood memory of being the ghastlies who interrupted the enjoyment of blackberry picking with their ouchy hot hitting sting its a very pleasant surprise to now see them as joyful, delicious, nutritious precious gifts! I was lucky enough to spend the day with Fred the Forager a few year … Continue reading “Nourishing Nettles”

  • Sage – the Saviour

    I was so glad I bumped into an old friend of mine who shared what success she had had taking Sage for her hot flushes which had been keeping her awake at night and that she told me to persist taking it for 6 weeks before making a judgemnet as to whether it was helping. … Continue reading “Sage – the Saviour”