Finding Your Spiritual Truth
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During this podcast episode, we speak to Katy Henry, a self-proclaimed ever-evolving human, who is trained in 5 Element acupuncture and is the creator of the Embody Your Essence and Vital Woman programmes.
Katy co-owns The Bridge Centre for Natural Health in Derby and is the founder of the Gathering on the Hill – a spiritual gathering of women and those who identify as female. She has a passion for supporting women to heal from the emotional pain of ‘humaning’ and expand into more of who they are here to be.
Katy believes that true fulfilment comes from understanding ourselves as a beautiful and whole body-mind-spirit energetic being and creating a deep connection within, to self and source. She helps women experiencing outward success but inner struggle to find new levels of freedom and self-expression, using her unique Activate and Advance energy methods.
finding your spiritual truth
Katy shares her personal journey from support worker to acupuncturist having benefited greatly herself from acupuncture treatments, which helped her to turn her own life around. She was inspired to train as a 5 Element acupuncturist in 2000 and began her career. Her intention was to help couples conceive, which she did for nearly 18 years.
We discuss 5 Element acupuncture, which is based on the philosophy that we have five elements within us that work in a beautiful dance with one another. This discipline aims to promote harmony so that our bodies are in flow. We need to respect our own natural cycles so that our bodies don’t have to work so hard to keep us in balance.
We talk about our bodies as an eco-system, inclusive of all our bodies (energetic, emotional, physical) and how human beings are a part of nature. We are body-mind-spirit, and Katy believes our spirits are aching for connection and reconnection to source. Nature is also inviting us into that space of connection, but we are pressured by society to work particular hours and meet certain societal obligations.
In 2010, Katy began to have visions about the rise of the feminine and she eventually felt a soul calling to move away from helping couples to conceive. Some years later Katy stepped away from her business for a sabbatical to feed her soul. She began to receive an intuitive message to ‘gather the women’, which eventually led her to create The Gathering on the Hill at Upper Hurst Farm in the Peak District after her fortuitous meeting with Sue, guardian of the land there. When she first stepped onto the land, Katy tells us she actually saw the souls of the women who would come - before it had even been created.
We hear about Katy’s collaborative journey to bring women together at the Gathering, creating a space where women can engage in conscious conversations, listen to the whispers of their souls and hold space for each other, as well as connect with the energy of the land itself. We acknowledge that more and more safe spaces for women to gather are being created, when once it would have been dangerous to do so.
We all agree that women have been traditionally set against one another in competition, and Katy also mentions the impact of teenage bullying on self-esteem. However, we all see how much has changed with young women these days, and Katy is in awe of the self-awareness and wisdom they show at a young age. As older women, we are breaking down the pain we felt as young girls to really shine for each other and with each other – and having fun in the process!
Katy discusses her Embody Your Essence, which she created with the help of an amazing channel. Embody Your Essence is a twelve-step programme with a morning practice to help you stay on track with your own body. The emphasis is on doing our own work in order to become whole. She also offers Vital Woman, a retreat offering a beautiful space for connection and healing.
We talk about ourselves as mini universes within a larger universal space, and how if we look inwards we can find a way of connecting that works for us. Working from the soul allows us to do this, so that you’re coming into your own energy, and the power of self-healing rather than looking to others to ‘cure’ you. Katy believes the connection between the heart and womb space is also key to healing ourselves as women and finding our truth.
You can find out more about Katy on Instagram: @katyhenryactivate, on TikTok, or by visiting her website: www.activateandadvance.co.uk.