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You didn’t arrive here by chance. You were guided. When your soul is ready to remember its purpose, it knows exactly where to go.

What I’m creating here didn’t come from theory or tidy spiritual slogans.

It’s born from life — real life — with all its collisions, heartbreaks, awakenings, miracles, mistakes, and moments that change you forever.

I’ve lived through loss that nearly broke me, beauty that rebuilt me, and truths I kept hidden in the dark for decades.

Now, at this stage of my life, I’m ready to gather every chapter, every teacher, every shadow and stitch them into something honest, useful, and beautiful.

A place where you don’t have to perform or perfect anything. A place to remember yourself.

I’m not here to fix you or myself . I’m here honour us both and to walk beside you.

I am a woman who has lived deeply, felt fiercely, and is stepping finally in her own power. And if you’re here too, maybe you’re ready to step into yours.


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Surrender

This isn’t a space for perfection or pretending; it’s a place for truth, tenderness, courage, and leaning into what your heart has known all along that you belong to yourself.

Hi, I’m Janie x

Janie

When the truth arrives, the path appears

When life cracks you open, this is where you land

You’re not lost — you’re remembering

Here we honour every part of a life: the grief that bruised you, the beauty that lifted you, the secrets that shaped you, and the fierce, fragile, miraculous spirit that kept going, even when you couldn’t see the way forward, and now longs to live fully awake

You are already enough, exactly as you are

Feeling stuck, uncertain, overwhelmed
or simply ready for something more real?

When my husband Larry died, my world shattered and sharpened in the same breath.

Everything became impossibly vivid colours brighter, emotions louder, and the truth of life, with all its beauty and brutality, suddenly unfiltered.

Grief cracked me wide open and woke me up. This space is born from that rebirth shaped by all I’ve learned from love, loss, shame, resilience, curiosity, and the quiet courage it takes to begin again at 70.

I’m not here as a guru, and I’m certainly not a polished version of anything. I’m simply a woman who believes being human is a noble, messy, miraculous gift.

I am a woman who knows stillness heals, and that happiness is choice.

This is my gift to you, my story, my next chapter. And because you’re here, it becomes part of your life too.

“My young family stayed in The Garden Flat for a number of weeks, as we were between properties. Since we arrived we were treated with the utmost care and attention, with freshly baked bread and biscuits. Janie let us go about our business but would swiftly reply to any queries by text.”

– Janet

“I came to Janie’s retreat with very little knowledge of meditation and the benefits of the practice, but with an open mind and a desire to reflect on the impact the last year has had on me. Janie delicately led me through both guided meditation and Reiki.

“Just had the most amazing time on a retreat. An overnight stay in The Garden Flat which was so comfortable and I had the best night’s sleep I have had in ages- just what I needed to recharge reboot and re-energise! I can’t thank Janie enough for her warmth, hospitality and insightfulness and, of course, her wonderful cooking. I would definitely recommend!”

– Jackie