Why I Left My Priestess Training (Part 2)
First, be sure to read Part 1- Why I Left My Priestess Training Cultural Appropriation In seeking spiritual strength from my own Celtic roots, I sought teaching from a well known pagan temple in Glasotnbury, UK. Unfortunately, I spent far more time dealing with the...The Beat of Our Own Drum- Awakening our Inner Trailblazer
As we get ready to welcome the Spring Equinox this month as the sun enters the pioneering sign of Aries, we have the opportunity to promote growth and rebirth in our lives. In the Maiden-Mother-Enchantress-Crone goddess cycle, the Maiden corresponds to the season of...Coming Home to Ourselves: Embodying the Hearth
In my years of womb healing work, the womb space and sense of being at home with oneself have always been interconnected. The Womb Space is the centre of giving and receiving pleasure, as well as nurturing and creating life. Whether through birthing biological...The Space In-Between: Navigating the Fallow Period
This is the third post in the Dark Goddess series (See the first and second here), where we explore the different facets of the Dark Goddess and Her themes, such as pain, death, shadow work, aging, healing, transformation and rebirth. Today, we explore the energy of...Embracing the Dark Goddess
Crone Goddess by Wendy Andrew As we enter the deep fall, the realm of Samhain, we are stepping into the misty territory between the worlds. It is sometimes a place of uncertainty, a place of feeling those more difficult emotions like grief, sadness, anger, fear or...ABOUT ME
Hi, I’m Serena. I am founder of Willowroot Healing Arts, where I help people find relief from pelvic pain and womb trauma and help ease transitions through pregnancy, post-partum and menopause. I am the lucky mother of an amazing daughter and partner to a wonderful man. I have endometriosis and adenomyosis (endo’s lovely cousin). My purpose with this blog is to share my experiences about living with and learning from this disease and how it has awakened my fierce passion for reclaiming my body, my power and shedding light on the dark side of being a woman in a female body in a patriarchal world. It is also an ongoing log of my mind-body healing journey from a holistic perspective.