Jolies Choses...Handcrafted Treasures!

Creative events are always worth celebrating and the opening of Jolies Choses in St Aubin is one event worth shouting about! Hooray!!!

Those of you who came to the Spiral Tree Xmas Celebration will remember Natalie Moss and her magical stall, filled with handcrafted boats, chalk boards, doves, doorstops and more...


Inspired by nature and with a passion for the sea, Natalie's joy of creating led her to launch Jolies Choses in 2006 and the shop is a vibrant combination of her passion and style!




The opening of Jolies Choses (shop extraordinaire!), brings together months of hard work and fabulous new creations, showcasing some of the most unique and inspired gifts imaginable...from sailboats to beach huts, bags to bunting, fish to seagulls, chalk boards to mirrors, each item is hand crafted with love and care by Natalie, who simply LOVES her work!

Perfectly located on Le Mont Les Vaux, St Aubin, Jolies Choses is open from 10.30am to 5.00pm Wednesday to Saturday and is a great excuse for a day trip out to St Aubin...why not combine a spot of lunch overlooking the harbour, then a gentle stroll up the hill for a spot of shopping...the perfect afternoon!

"Creative souls inspire creative lives"



Jolies Choses,
Le Mont Les Vaux,
St Aubin
Tel: 490572

10.30am - 5.00pm
Wednesday - Sunday

Dawn Chorus...

There are certain magical moments that stir the soul forever and the Jersey Dawn Chorus is one such moment...

On Sunday, the alarm went off at 4.00am and after quickly dressing in the dark and making a flask of hot peppermint tea, I climbed into the car and made the magical journey down to St Catherine's breakwater...

As I grew closer to the bay, I came across other early morning souls heading in the same direction and as we parked and jumped out of our cars, there was an instant sense of magical camaraderie - a gathering of souls armed with blankets, flasks and rugs, all ready to walk the pier's length and witness the year's most inspiring sunrise!

By 4.30am over 400 souls had gathered at the end of the pier where a grand piano stood.
As the clouds began to break and the sun streaked across the sky, the 4 members of Diva Opera performed an hour long performance of such beauty and strength against the most dramatic backdrop.


With a standing ovation and over 400 hearts filled with dawn inspiration, we all headed up to the cafe and sat sipping mugs of hot tea whilst discussing just how wonderful it is to be alive!




It is in moments like these that you feel the immense power of nature and an overwhelming sense of gratitude for life and all its beauty...
My life is so blessed!

Tony Dickinson visits Jersey

Last month I had the wonderful pleasure of meeting Tony Dickinson - a wonderful soul and incredible trainer/facilitator with the most colourful background...

Our initial meeting led to a fascinating weekend of events, held in Jersey at the end of May - talk, workshop and a series of 1:1 appointments - and people have been lining up for appointments ever since!

International teacher Tony Dickinson was Principal Assistant Secretary for Health in Hong Kong and now runs a successful practice in London. A leading pioneer in the field of energy psychology, Tony studied with the founder of Guided Self Healing, clinical psychologist Andrew Hahn Psy.D, to become the first certified practitioner and trainer of GSH outside North America and is also certified in EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), TFT (Thought Field Therapy) and TAT (Tapas Acupressure Technique) having studied with the founders of all of the above.

Tony's unique combination of therapies creates a powerful healing experience and a fascinating journey.

Tony will be returning to Jersey on 26th - 27th June for a further series of 1:1 appointments and there are spaces available for those wishing to book. For further information or to book a unique Guided Self Healing experience, please do contact The Spiral Tree on 07797 796720 or e-mail sarah@thespiraltree.com

India...Journey to the Sacred Feminine

Certain journeys are impossible to express in words...and this is how I have felt about my trip to India, leaving most of my friends a little puzzled and bemused about the whole trip.
I had always felt that India would call to me when the time had come for me to visit and I can honestly say that I am glad I waited, for this was one of the most deeply transformational experiences of my life - a journey that led me to reconnect with all I consider sacred within me and the sacred feminine that dwells within all.

As my journey began to unfold, I found myself being led across southern India to meet with such divine female beings as Amma, Shiva Shakti, Mother Meera and also connect with the ashram and township created by 'The Mother' and with each new day I felt my heart and soul blossoming, opening, smiling, laughing, loving, living, rejoicing...I felt so awake, aware and alive as if every pore of my body had begun to sing!


Some journeys are outward journeys...ones that explore and admire historical and cultural sights, landscapes and views. Mine was an inward journey...one that awakened every cell within my being and sent a 'zing' of life throughout my entire body, mind and soul. I began to smile more and more each day until I found myself smiling constantly, beaming at everyone that passed me (I'm sure I was even smiling in my sleep!) and with each new day I felt the most powerful sense of joy and excitement at being alive.

I lost all track of time and had no idea what day of the week it was...each day was 'a new day', not a Monday or a Thursday; I met the children and women supported by the Rubybleu foundation; I hired a moped and felt the freedom of an early dawn mist flying through my hair; I blessed every meal and took time to honour the Earth for each morsel of food I ate; I received a Shambalah reiki initiation on a candlelit rooftop; I journalled and created collages in my travelling sketchbook; I watched life and absorbed India through every breath; I witnessed 1000s of people circumnavigating Arunchala mountain barefoot on full moon night; I saw shrines and temples ablaze with colour, oil lamps, flowers and incense; I walked the Holy Mountain of Shiva at sunrise; I admired the beauty and grace of the Indian women; I marvelled at the sacred and intricate 'kolam' drawings created each morning on the red earth; I felt the silence of prayer and the stillness of meditation; I felt the magic and sacredness of a 'puja' at sunrise; I watched wild elephants grazing at sunset; I ate off banana leaves and spooned food with my fingers; I felt the dance of life move through me and shake me; I laughed out loud and celebrated life; I sent prayers of gratitude for my life...all this and more...in India!

Every moment was a photo waiting to be taken, however I reached a point where I decided to watch, learn, observe and absorb and therefore took only a fraction of the photos I could have snapped...here are a few for all those wishing for further glimpses of this magical journey:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14644863@N07/sets/72157605423795350/

Enjoy...
Spiral x