About Mary
The fifth child of a local GP, I grew up with my four brothers in Gloucester, UK. Our parents were members of a secret religious sect:The Order of the Cross - the least strange tenet of which was vegetarianism.
My memoir Meatless Steak and Angels - Surviving Vegetarianism in 1950s Gloucester tells the story of my first 18 years through objects my granddaughter will find in my cottage when I pop my Birkenstocks. In a unique format each chapter ends with a letter to her. An adventurous child inspired by the Famous Five I was told (perhaps unwisely) I had a Guardian Angel on duty 24/7. I rebelled in my teens to be sent, by mistake, to a mixed, progressive boarding school to sort me out. It did, but not as my parents intended.
Qualifications and Studies
I qualified as a yoga teacher with the British Wheel of Yoga; as an acupuncturist with JR Worsley at the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Leamington Spa, and Guangzhou College of TCM in Guangdong, China and as an Enneagram teacher with David Daniels and Helen Palmer in Palo Alto California.
I studied photography at Stroud College of Art; astrology and website design with Graham Boston, Cheltenham; tarot with international psychic the late Pete MacDonald; calligraphy with Pam Harmer, Nailsworth; Freefall Writing with Barbara Turner Vesselago from Canada and Memoir writing with Alison Wearing, Canada.
I studied photography at Stroud College of Art; astrology and website design with Graham Boston, Cheltenham; tarot with international psychic the late Pete MacDonald; calligraphy with Pam Harmer, Nailsworth; Freefall Writing with Barbara Turner Vesselago from Canada and Memoir writing with Alison Wearing, Canada.
Workshops
Currently I am focussing on my writing and not running workshops.
In the past my books, The Enneagram for the Spirit (how to understand your personality and that of others) and The Chakra Workout (balancing the chakras through yoga and meditation) took me from Paris to Ireland and Iran. (photos below).
I also ran WriteSpace ('Creative Writing Weekends with Yoga and Gourmet Vegetarian Meals') in my former home in Gloucestershire.
In the past my books, The Enneagram for the Spirit (how to understand your personality and that of others) and The Chakra Workout (balancing the chakras through yoga and meditation) took me from Paris to Ireland and Iran. (photos below).
I also ran WriteSpace ('Creative Writing Weekends with Yoga and Gourmet Vegetarian Meals') in my former home in Gloucestershire.
pictishwoman.com
Pictish Woman
My illustrated blogs (www.pictishwoman.com) allow me to give free rein to my sense of humour, sharing insights and observations from my travels and from life.
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