REIKI MASTER TEACHER / PRACTITIONER

I’ve found Reiki to be a journey of self-discovery with the potential to transform lives.

For me, it’s been a way to self-healing and has opened my heart, mind and soul to a fuller, happier, healthier life. I am so grateful for my Reiki journey, which is never-ending.

Read more about my Reiki experience here.

Liz Thomas Reiki practitioner The Honeybee Sanctuary

HOME HERBALIST

I think preparing herbal remedies, growing healing plants, and creating my medicinal garden is a love language - for myself and in service to others.

I had been looking for a more hands-on, purposeful outlet for my work. For 20 years I was a Landscape Architect - I’ve always had an interest in ‘plants with purpose’, and I realised I wanted a deeper way of working with plants:

In 2019 I undertook a ‘Herbs for Healing’ course at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, and in 2023 I expanded this with the Scottish School of Herbal Medicine’s correspondence course in Herbal Medicine.

Herbalists are students for life: I enjoy online courses, have come to know some precious mentors, and I am guided by my relationships with plants as teachers too.

I’m not a medical herbalist: I am a home / folk herbalist, and I love sharing experiences and practices with others - to make people see that this is theirs - the plants and natural ingredients we can turn to to keep us healthy and whole. My work is about empowering and encouraging you to make your own, not diagnosing or using herbs ‘this for that’.

BEEKEEPER

We’ve had 2-3 colonies of honeybees in our garden for the last 6 years. We love having them close; to really see and feel them. In the summer months there’s a thrum of activity and buzz in the air, it’s mesmerising, inspiring, and therapeutic.

I don’t keep bees primarily for their honey or wax - although I do take a small harvest of their surplus. My passion is for connection with nature and the cycle of the seasons.