March has been a busy month! We had our first outdoor Meditation Group and had our incredible Detox Day with the lovely Hannah Howard. This has got me right back into juicing and wishing yet again she was my personal chef.

Hannah spoke about her choice of foods for the day, including a yummy green juice and how we must support our key detox organs to allow the body to do its thing. I walked the group through the workings of the mind and we looked at a key theme of "being enough". In the afternoon everyone chilled out with a Mindful Woodland Walk taking in nature with all of our senses and reconnecting ourselves back to our essence. Combining both a physical and mental detox at the same time is simply one of the best ways to shift an issue, so it was an absolute delight to be able to provide both at the same time.

Feedback from the day was excellent, and as a result our 12-14th June Mark Cross Weekend Retreat is half full - so if you wish to attend you may wish to get your booking in quick! If you would like to see a copy of the recipes from the day then they can be found on Hannah's website here:

Ren has barely been able to eat any of the kind of food you and I would enjoy for about three years. He endures crippling exhaustion, brain fog, muscle aches, confusion, debilitating mood swings and anxiety. On top of that he has had to give up his career in music whilst he watches all his band mates go on to major success. The worst part of it is, he's genuinely one of the nicest, kindest and most caring people I have ever met.

In the time I've been working with him, he's worked hard to turn around his situation (as he has been for many years prior), but none of us can do this kind of work on our own. Which is where you come in.

There is something that could help Ren, and that's Fecal Microbial Transplant. If you don't know anything about it, Google it - because its been hitting the news for all the right reasons. (I'm not going to explain it here - you'll see why!!). This procedure isn't currently available on the NHS, so it has to be paid for privately. The projected medical costs for 20 days of treatment - which is potentially what a gut as unbalanced as Ren's needs, is £8,500. I don't normally support radical physical interventions, but because of my ecology background - and because I know what he has been through and what he wants to achieve in life, this one I do.

He's managed to raise 1/8th of that already, by people like you and I digging into their pockets and giving what they can. If everyone on this list gave just £5 it would raise £300 towards Ren's treatment and even more importantly - it would give him the faith to know he can get his life back.

There is no them and us

I know that human beings are kind, caring and helpful people - and for that I am very grateful. I also know that there is no them and us, we are all one - so if one person is suffering, we all do. If one person turns their life around, they turn it around for all of us, and trust me when I say that a happy and healthy Ren has a lot to give.

You can read about Ren's story and make a donation here (which is of definite interest to those of you that has or knows anyone that has M.E. or food intolerances). If you want to listen to some of the music he created before he got too ill to record, you can do so here and if you want to follow or share the blog on M.E. he has created - you can here. I trust you will take the time to learn more about his experience and reach out a helping hand.