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The creation of this platform was not planned. It just happened. These meditations were autobiographical seeds that I planted that caused it to come to be. I am sharing them with you so a similar transformation can unfold in your life.

Here are the five related guided visualisations that lead to the formation of New Reality Journeys

The creation of this platform was not on my plans for this year. If anything, I had envisaged slinking off into retirement and writing a series of three books to form my Magnum Opus. The first of which was published in June 2026 and is serialised as an audiobook exclusively on this platform.

So in January this year, I started writing, recording and publishing this interrelated series of musings that were somewhat autobiographical and I created them to get me out of a bit of a fug. I can tell from the feedback that they helped others similarly so I am sharing them for the first time here as one journey.

Two weeks after the publication of the last track, I got an email. Two months later, this platform came to be.

There are times in life when we sense something is yearning for expression, but we aren’t yet sure what that might be. We may find ourselves at a crossroads, searching for clarity while our minds are crowded with questions, possibilities, fears, and the desire to know exactly what comes next.

What if, instead of searching harder for the answer, we became quiet enough to allow it to emerge?

Be Still and Know is a three-part contemplative Journey designed to help quiet the noise and create the inner space from which clarity can arise.

The Journey begins by gently settling the body and mind, using breath, music, and focused awareness to release distraction and return to a more centered state. From that place of stillness, you are invited to turn your attention inward - away from external expectations and the mind’s need for certainty - to listen for the quieter voice within. Questions of identity, purpose, desire, and next steps become opportunities for discovery rather than problems that must be solved.

Finally, the Journey explores what it means to trust what you discover. Through a meditative teaching, you are reminded to trust what feels true and find the courage to take the next step, guided by your own inner knowing.

This is not meant to be a one-time Journey. Life continues to change, and questions will continue to arise. I invite you to return whenever you find yourself at a crossroads, to become still enough to hear, and respond to, that soft voice calling to you to be more.

The three tracks are especially powerful when experienced together, each one building upon and deepening the experience that came before. But each also stands beautifully on its own. I encourage you to return to an individual meditation whenever you wish to become more centered, seek greater clarity, or find encouragement to act on what you already know.

Be Still and Know offers more than a temporary experience of calm. It offers a repeatable practice for meeting uncertainty: becoming still, listening within, recognizing what you know, and learning to trust yourself enough to respond.

Clarity doesn’t always come from thinking harder. Sometimes we simply need to become still enough, long enough, to hear what we already know.

Welcome to the Journey.

Meditations that help us re-member our humanity in a time where everything is changing all the time, everywhere, all at once. A mix of words heard from beyond, blended with blushes of poetry and wisdom's whispers. Can we get still enough to hear them?

Burnout rarely happens overnight, and healing doesn't either.

Burnout is not a personal failure. It is often the understandable consequence of living too long in a world that asks us to live beyond our natural rhythms.

These three sessions come from a regular weekly session I deliver online. The intention of these talks is to provide a compassionate, science-informed exploration of burnout, helping you understand what chronic stress does to the brain, body, and nervous system, while gently guiding you towards restoration.

Drawing on neuroscience, mindfulness, self-compassion, and the wisdom of Celtic spirituality, each session combines practical teaching with guided meditation and simple everyday practices that support nervous system regulation and resilience.

Rather than asking you to push harder or become someone different, these sessions invite you to slow down, deepen awareness, and rediscover what truly nourishes you.

Whether you're already experiencing burnout, noticing the early signs, or simply longing for a more sustainable way of living, this series offers understanding, hope, and practical tools for the journey.

Together we explore how to:

• understand burnout without self-blame
• recognise the early signs of chronic stress
• calm and regulate the nervous system
• cultivate self-compassion and emotional resilience
• invite more moments of restoration and flow into everyday life
• reconnect with your own natural rhythm

Each session includes a guided meditation to help you move from survival mode towards greater calm, clarity, and wellbeing.

In our busy lives, even a single mindful minute can create space for calm, clarity, and connection.

1-Minute Magic is a collection of simple mindfulness practices designed to help you pause, breathe, and reconnect with the present moment. These short meditations invite you to step away from the noise of everyday life and notice the beauty, peace, and possibility that are already here.

This journey is for anyone who feels overwhelmed, distracted, stressed, or simply wants to bring more intention and awareness into their day. Whether you have a full meditation practice or are just beginning, these bite-sized moments offer an accessible way to cultivate mindfulness without needing extra time or a perfect environment.

Through these practices, you will learn how to create small moments of stillness, shift your attention toward what feels nourishing, and build a deeper relationship with the present moment. With each one-minute pause, you’ll discover that mindfulness isn’t something you have to find—it’s something you can return to, anytime, anywhere.

A minute may seem small, but small moments have the power to transform how we experience our days.

This is for you if calm always seems to be just out of reach, something you'll get to once the inbox is empty, the list is done, or everyone else starts behaving a bit better. It's for anyone who has tried meditation, gratitude journaling or other practices to feel calmer, and found it never quite sticks. And it's a gentle way in if you're curious about the Three Principles understanding but not sure yet what that even means.

Across three short lessons, we look at where calm really comes from, and why it isn't the world around us, or anyone in it, that takes it away. We look at a heated argument cut short by a visitor at the door, at what actually happens in the body when anger rises, and at how a day of overthinking and overwhelm can pass the same way clouds pass across an unchanging sky. There's nothing to practise here and nowhere you need to get to. Just a chance to notice something that was already true.

By the end, you'll have a simpler way of meeting your own overthinking and overwhelm, one that doesn't depend on anything outside you changing first. You'll understand why feelings come from thought rather than from whatever's happening around you, and why that means calm is never as far away as it can feel. Most of all, you'll come away not just with an idea, but a real sense that calm is here right now, underneath whatever noise today has brought.

Every nation has a creation story. Sri Lanka’s begins with a princess, a lion, and a ship full of exiles.

Legends of Lanka is a growing text journey through the tales of the island’s ancient kings, queens and heroes, told with an eye for the absurd, the dramatic and the downright scandalous. These are the stories recorded in the Mahavamsa, Sri Lanka’s great chronicle, and passed down for more than two thousand years, some of them history, some of them myth, and many somewhere in between. Each chapter is a short, self-contained read, so you can begin anywhere, or start at the beginning and follow the island’s story from its legendary origins onward.

New chapters will be added over time, with more kings, more battles and more legends from the island’s past.

Who is it for?

Travellers planning a trip to Sri Lanka who want to know the stories behind the ruins at Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Ritigala. History lovers who enjoy a good chronicle. Anyone curious about South Asia, and anyone who simply likes a great story told with a sense of humour.

No background knowledge needed. Just come curious, and prepare to meet the first of the island’s legends.

Need a good cry?

Sometimes a broken heart doesn't need fixing. It just needs to be felt.

Whether you're grieving a love that's gone, missing someone you once held close, or simply feeling the ache of loneliness, this journey is for you.

Through heartfelt poetry, melancholy piano music, and a gentle meditation, you're invited to let the tears fall, sit with your memories, and make room for whatever your heart is holding.

The intent here isn't to be strong or to move on. Just feel. ❤️

This journey—through a somewhat circuitous route—will take us into the depths of the Forest. Here we will find a Wisdom teaching for our time. More than the beauty and grace of individual trees, we will come to appreciate the interconnection of all the trees in the Forest. The paradigm shift that is in the process of taking hold in forest research in particular, and in biological understandings in general, relates to the truth that, rather than vying with each other and in constant competition, all of the various elements of nature make up a coherent whole whose work it is, beyond just individual survival, to sustain the health and wellbeing of the whole, of Gaia.

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Dear Friend,

This journey offers three longer yoga nidras (also called NSDR or non-sleep deep rest) to support you when your body needs extra care. If you're living with or recovering from illness or injury, or navigating pain, fatigue, or other difficult symptoms, this journey is for you. All of you is welcome here, just as you are, just as you’re feeling and just as your body is right now.

Yoga nidra has been so supportive of my own well-being while living with multiple complex conditions that I was inspired to train in offering it to others. These practices are especially near and dear to my heart, informed by my own experiences with chronic illness flare-ups, living with chronic fatigue and pain, and recovering from major medical procedures - and they’re designed to offer the unique support needed in each instance.

Each practice is voice-only (no background music or sounds), trauma-informed, and gentle, with plenty of options so you can meet yourself where you are. There is nothing to do, change, fix, or "get right." I invite you to simply rest back and receive the nourishment of yoga nidra. The practices differ in length and emphasis, so I encourage you to explore and notice which feels most supportive on a given day.

As always, please think of my guidance as suggestion, make any adaptations that serve you, and practice in whatever supported position feels best. If you drift off to sleep, that's likely exactly what you need. Know that you're receiving all of the benefits of the practice.

I’d love to hear about your experience with these yoga nidras and learn about how I can best support your needs. If a particular type of practice or an adjustment to what or how I offer these practices would be supportive for you, I would greatly appreciate hearing from you (either privately or in the comments below).

May this journey bring you comfort and support, and may you experience the alchemy of rest.

With Love & Care,

Kelsea

A collection of sleep meditations to guide you into peaceful, continuous sleep. Each track includes yoga nidra inspired relaxation techniques including body scans, counting and visualisations. You are encouraged to let go of any pressure you feel around sleeping or any tendencies to try and force sleep, and to simply enjoy the meditations and allow sleep to naturally happen as and when it comes.

You are standing at a crossroads. The worry will not quiet, the doubt keeps growing, and you cannot tell which way to go. Crow has been waiting for you. This is the Crow chapter of the Animal Spirit pathway, one guide and three ways in, so you can begin wherever you need.

Start with the talk to understand: what Crow's visit means, how her medicine steadies you through change, the folklore from Japan's sacred Yatagarasu to the Lenape story of Rainbow Crow, and two remarkable facts about crow intelligence.

Continue with the guided journey to experience a sacred circle of Eagle, Fox, Owl, and Wolf, and a quiet forest clearing where Crow offers perspective rather than pressure.

Close with the blessing to carry with you, a short spoken reminder to trust yourself a little more. Press play on one, or follow the pathway through all three.

This collection of gentle meditations originally created with children in mind, but can be enjoyed by absolutely everyone. Through soothing stories, imaginative journeys and moments of quiet, they offer a chance to slow down, relax and let the day gently drift away.

There is something wonderfully comforting about allowing ourselves to be guided by imagination — to wander into magical places, follow a story, and simply be carried along without needing to think or do.

Perhaps that is because there is a child who lives within each and every one of us. A part of us that still knows how to wonder, imagine, dream and find joy in the simplest things.

So whether you are a child, a grown-up, or simply someone who would like to reconnect with their inner child, these meditations invite you to get comfortable, close your eyes, take a gentle breath… and let yourself drift into a peaceful world of rest and dreams.

Poems from the Yoga Sūtras: Wisdom in Verse is a contemplative journey through the teachings of Patañjali, expressed not as explanation, but as poetry.

Each track takes the essence of a Yoga Sūtra and translates it into a reflective, lyrical experience. Rather than analysing the teaching intellectually, these poems invite you to feel it, sit with it, and allow its meaning to unfold inwardly.

The poems explore some of the central themes of the Yoga Sūtras, including awareness, stillness, practice, identity, attachment, resistance, clarity, discipline, inner freedom and the nature of the mind.

Each poem stands on its own, but together they form a gentle progression through the deeper wisdom of the text.

This Journey is for anyone who is drawn to contemplative poetry, yoga philosophy, meditation, self-inquiry or spiritual reflection.

You do not need any prior knowledge of the Yoga Sūtras. The poems are designed to be accessible even if you are encountering these teachings for the first time.

It is also ideal for those who already study yoga philosophy and want to experience the teachings in a more intuitive, emotional and reflective way.

Listen slowly and reflectively, you may begin to:

connect more deeply with the meaning of the Yoga Sūtras experience the teachings

October picks up exactly where September left off, in refinement, and carries you from the private work of alignment into the shared work of belonging. Along the way it asks you to meet some of the oldest, most instinctive fears the body carries: not being enough, what's coming, failing, carrying responsibility, dying without meaning, and being shaped by the past. Each one, met honestly, becomes a doorway.

It opens still inside Gene Key 18. September's correction continues, but now it has to turn inward and soften. The shadow of judgement doesn't only point outward. It's the inner critic that keeps finding what's wrong. The invitation is to let integrity become something you live rather than something you police. What remains is perfection: not a standard you keep failing to meet, but the quiet rightness of things when they're held with care.

Once the critic quiets, a deeper feeling rises. Gene Key 48 names inadequacy, the sense of a bottomless well inside, the fear that you don't know enough, have enough, or are enough. This isn't a void to fill. It's depth waiting to be trusted. The gift is resourcefulness: reaching into the not-knowing and finding that what you need arrives when you need it. The siddhi is wisdom, the understanding that the emptiness was never lack but spaciousness.

From that depth, your inner listening sharpens. Gene Key 57 brings unease, a low hum of anxiety about the future and a restless vigilance that never quite settles. The gift is intuition: the same sensitivity, no longer bracing against what might happen but tuned to what is happening now. As fear gives way to trust, it clarifies into clarity itself, a clean, quiet knowing that needs no proof.

With intuition as your guide, Gene Key 32 asks what's truly worth keeping. The shadow is failure, both the fear of it and the frantic grip that tries to prevent it. The gift is preservation: sensing what deserves continuity in your life, your lineage, and your work, and letting the rest go without shame. The siddhi is veneration, a deep honoring of everything that came before you and everything that will carry on after.

What you choose to preserve shapes the systems you're part of. Gene Key 50 names corruption: the subtle ways values erode, responsibilities get dropped, or care turns into control. The gift is equilibrium, taking up your rightful share of responsibility, no more and no less, so that families, communities, and relationships can hold their balance. The siddhi is harmony: your inner values and the outer order finally singing the same note.

Held in harmony, you're free to face the biggest question of all. Gene Key 28 brings purposelessness, the dark feeling that none of it matters, often laced with a quiet fear of death. The invitation is not to find the right purpose but to play the game of life with your whole heart. The gift is totality: full commitment, holding nothing back. The siddhi is immortality, the discovery that a life lived completely is never lost.

October closes with Gene Key 44, the archetype of alliance. Having refined, deepened, listened, honored, balanced, and committed, you're ready to join with others. The shadow is interference: old patterns from the past, and old wounds in relationships, that keep you from the right people. The gift is teamwork, the instinct for who you truly belong with and how your gifts complement theirs. The siddhi is synarchy, a living web where each of us governs ourselves and, in doing so, harmonizes with the whole.

Where September moved you from exhaustion into perfection, October moves you from inner judgement into outer belonging: resourceful, intuitive, honoring, balanced, wholehearted, and woven into the right community.

Kerri Hummingbird is a Guide of the Gene Keys, a system created by Richard Rudd. These contemplation audios are her contemplations and understandings of the Gene Keys. To access the original 64 Ways audio transmissions recorded by Richard Rudd as they are released each week, subscribe to the Pulse Newsletter at https://genekeys.com/pulse/

These prompts are inspired by New Moon and Full Moon cycles and the themes associated with each zodiac sign. However, journaling is not limited by the calendar. You are welcome to return to any of these sessions whenever the theme speaks to you, whether during the corresponding moon phase, months later, or even years from now. Each step explores universal human experiences—home, purpose, courage, relationships, healing, creativity, abundance, intuition, and transformation. The moon may have inspired these reflections, but your journey unfolds in its own perfect timing. 💜 Background music by fellow teacher and friend, Blossom Violet.

Start your morning with clarity. Not with notifications or noise, but with sound that slowly wakes your mind and gives your day a clear foundation.

What we do in the morning already decides how we will experience the day. So I invite you to not check your messages, and certainly not your social media. Just wake up and allow your nervous system to shift from sleep to wake in a slow and mindful way.

These morning sound baths are designed as a simple morning ritual: a few minutes of stillness before the world around you picks up pace. You can choose one of the sessions in this journey as a standalone practice or listen to the entire journey, one session each day.

You can repeat this as often as you like.

The bowls guide you into a state of calm, wakeful clarity, feeling present and grounded before the day begins.

For the full resonance of the bowls, listening with headphones gives you the best experience.

Have you ever noticed that sometimes the more creative you try to be, the more creatively uncreative you become?

This short journey is designed to get out of your own creatively uncreative fug.

Living Fearlessly removes underlying causes of procrastination

Escaping Mindfalls stops your mind going around in circles

The Mirror of Success takes you to a place of new found success

Answers in You Sleep shows you how to seed your dreams

A Snoozitation for a power nap reset and re-energiser

and Waking Up Inspired does what it says on the tin

You can listen to this complete journey free, just by creating a free NRJ account.

This journey will cover basic music principals as they relate to the tongue drum. We will be working with a C-Scale tongue drum** (most standard beginner tongue drums are C instruments, but you should make sure your instrument is compatible).

We will go over the "musical alphabet" and how it relates to your instrument. I will teach you to label your instrument, identify the tones on it, and then use those tones to improvise for meditation. In the last session of the journey, we will do a sound meditation together, using the tongue drum as our guide. This will be an opportunity for you to play along, implementing what you've learned, and vocalize along as the meditation progresses.

I can't wait to meet you and see you in class!

**You must have your own tongue drum to enjoy this course to its fullest, as we will be learning to play this instrument with the ultimate goal of using it in personal meditation.

Discovering the Strength of Connection, Belonging, and Shared Growth

A tree may appear to stand alone, but beneath the surface, its roots are connected to a living community that shares nourishment, strength, and support.

In Phase Four, Growing the Forest, the journey expands beyond personal transformation into connection with others. Having planted the seed, learned to walk the path, and begun embodying the strength and wisdom of the tree, you are now invited to discover what becomes possible when you no longer feel that you must grow or move beyond pain alone.

Through reflections on belonging, shared roots, compassionate presence, and collective wisdom, this phase will help you recognize both the support available to you and the quiet strength you offer others. You will explore how your experiences can create understanding, how your presence can become a place of safety, and how healing can deepen when it is held within connection.

Growing the Forest is a reminder that transformation does not end with the individual. As one woman grows stronger, she creates space for another to rise. Together, our roots deepen, our branches reach farther, and we become part of something greater than ourselves.

We grow stronger together.

Music by Tom Evans

Songs Finding Their Voices

Breathless & Becoming is a collection of original lyrics written by a man who sees the world through a songwriter's eyes. A poet is but songwriter in a different hat. Each song begins with words on a page, always handwritten, then crosses into unfamiliar territory as it is transcribed into a tool powered by Generative AI to explore melody, voice, rhythm, arrangement, and sound. The voices are synthetic, and the melodies always arrive through deep collaboration with machine learning. The stories, emotions, questions, and words originate from one man's lived human experience.

This is not a finished inspiration for an EP or record. It is more like a living songbook: to see what the words could become someday. Some artist will someday whisper these alive. Some hearts will ache when listened to someday.

Breathless & Becoming documents an apprenticeship in real time. It explores what emerges possible when someone who has spent years writing poetry and lyrics can suddenly trace the phantom echoes of imagined melody brought close enough to touch. Note: AI will never substitute the songwriter and instead sits as an instrument in the box of those at our feet. Perhaps for discovery or inspiration or a way of shortening the distance between imagination and audition. Always in hope that the lyric written in silence finds its way home to a harmony and eventually human worthy of singing it and adopting it.