About Earth Rites
Earth Rites comprises the work of Gareth Hughes and Stephen Monk (Face book Crystal Whisperer & Monk Therapies)
My Journey - Gareth
Where does it begin?
Does it start with the first time that I remember seeing snow?
Suddenly a magical sparkling blanket covering our garden!
I was amazed at individual snowflakes as they landed on the window, each one a unique design, a beautiful work of art.
Or when camping as a child, we sat up late into the night watching shooting stars wiz across the sky, each one carrying a wish or hope for the future.
Or even one night at home, after hearing at school you could read your future with playing cards, asking questions and being so surprised with the accuracy of the answers that I nearly panicked and ran out of the room!
Whenever it began, I realised from an early age that the world we see and touch and hear is not all that there is, that there is a hidden world, an unseen energy that connects us all and draws us together leading us onwards through life.
In my late teens I discovered paganism, I was naturally attracted to such a gentle and non judgmental form of worship, connecting with the sprits of the earth and sky, sun and moon and the natural elements.
It naturally resonated with my own feelings and I became eventually a follower of the path of Wicca, a beautiful goddess centred faith based on the natural wheel of the year.
It was also around this time that I first heard about spiritual healing. I started receiving healing sessions and was amazed at the feeling of energy that swept over my body, and the wellbeing it brought me.
Also each time I had a session I could feel heat and tingling in my hands, this grew and grew, until one day I asked the healer about this feeling and she explained it was healing energy building up in my hands and I was a natural healer!
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In 2002 I began leading small groups in meditation, bringing healing and relaxation. This grew and has now become “Crystal Meditation” which has grown now to several locations around Essex.
About this time I did a three year course in tarot reading, this gave me a totally new understanding of the cards and how to get the best out of a reading.
I also trained in Reiki healing at this time, an amazing experience that transformed my way of looking at the world.
I began my training in crystal therapy, September 2006 in the magical land of Glastonbury.
That was an amazing time; I learnt so much there and always will hold part of my heart in that wonderful place.
Emerging from this profound change in my energy, I began giving crystal therapy treatments, amazed at the power the crystals hold to bring about healing, truly wonderful.
I continued for several years and then in 2011 with my business partner Stephen Monk, a remarkable Hypnotherapist specialising in past life, interlife and spiritual regression, we set up New Lives Therapy Centre in Westcliff.
This became a permanent home for Crystal Meditations and our healing practice.
In March 2012 I began studying shamanism with Skie Hummingbird an amazing teacher, who brought about a massive shift in my consciousness and helped me prepare for the massive changes in my life that were to occur!
Working with the animal totems of the Peruvian rainforest, I established a deep connection to nature, the power of the elemental forces, and working with these energies has become a core part of my healing work.
My path was gaining momentum and it was at this time I was given the amazing opportunity to become attuned to Rahanni with the amazing Carol Stacey, this high vibration healing totally swept me up in a wave of compassion love and a burning desire to get out there and spread the word!
I then spent several months travelling in Peru and Brazil an amazing experience, it opened my eyes to the world in a beautiful way and gave me inspiration to return back to England and follow this path with all my heart.
Since 2015 I have stepped fully into the shamanic world, holding space for over 150+ others learning how to live, be and help others through the Journey of the Shamanic Medicine Wheel
I have been learning so much always from my students clients and many wonderful teachers.
Holding the Medicine wheel training in the rainbow tribe has been one of the most fulling occupations I could have ever asked for seeing people grow and flourish is amazing. Each journey takes us deeper to the spirits of the wheel each moment is a teaching and learning!
Since moving to Canewdon and all the changes since 2020 I have developed new ways of healing and teaching online so now I see people from all over the world its been a true revelation!
Gadebrook has become the home of the rainbow tribe a hub of the Medicine wheel and being welcomed here by the sprits of the land is another wonderful blessing the wheel presented to us!
Its gave Steve and myself a change to root and gain strength and connection form being in such a ancient land filled with history and myth.
We can feel it here and the space is something that turns retreats into sanctuary!
It always feels there so much more to get done and so many plans to make, this is only the beginning and I hope our paths can meet for learning and healing!
Many blessings
I am a being of light, as are we all; on the path of love, compassion, truth and understanding that leads all of us back to Great Source.
Come with me on this journey and together we can rediscover your own healing and empowerment. You are special and can find your own path again, with the guidance and protection of the celestial angels.
Steve