Welcome to Rosehip26

When I bought my Amherst, MA fixer-upper and moved in 2015 – I was ending a chapter of my life and starting anew – turning a page.  I set out to create my notion of a healing home.  The gray house with the yellow door is small, simple, and calming with quiet spaces for relaxation, creativity and peace --  with my water-photographs, artifacts, reading nooks and natural light.  With porches, flowers and butterflies in the summer.   Up until January 7, 2022, I worked out of a home-office on health care environmental stewardship, and started renting rooms through Airbnb.  In 2017, I kicked off a side offering of Reiki and Integrative Body Work.  It took a few comments from Airbnb visitors to realize that my idea of a healing space felt calm and peaceful for them, as well and that visitors were curious about Reiki.  I like that idea.  A space for rest.  

I decided that all of these things combined wanted a name - a name that could hold what is now and what could be -- Rosehip26.   I've always liked the word Rosehip.  I love the smell of Rosehip flowers, the colors, the bees buzzing, the sound of the word, the shape and 26 is my address - a number that represents abundance.  Rosehip26.

In 2012, I started practicing Reiki as a hospice volunteer at the Fisher Home and in 2014 became a Reiki master under Haleya Priest from Sanctuary Healing Arts.  Reiki supports relaxation, pain reduction, a sense of calm and can benefit anyone – regardless of age - including children and teens with sensitive spirits.   I continue to take other classes from Sanctuary Healing Arts, always wanting to learn more.   I' became certified as a Kundalini Yoga Teacher in 2018 at an Ashram in Massachusetts.  I'm studying, writing, reading and practicing every day. 

I was making pies from a dessert cookbook I made a few years ago – and I read the introduction that I wrote back in 2011. 

Pie is a simple offering in a complex world.

I’m a messy, imprecise cook and I like it that way.

The cake may be lopsided or the pie patched,

But its imperfection makes it real – not manufactured – hand made.

I was writing about pie – but upon reflection, I now realize I was also writing about myself and of people I admire and people I want to know.   I used to feel burdened by my imperfections – my mistakes -- my pain -- my shoulders sore, my brow worried.  I was weighted by stones in my pockets.  But over time, I’ve dropped those stones one by one.   They sit by streams, under a fern and on a window sill.   I still have one or two in my pocket and in my palm - for comfort.  To hold onto.

For anyone turning a page, consider a Kundalini yoga or a Reiki/Healing visit  to feel its benefits -- to complement your health routine. Follow us (my cats, stones, artifacts and me) on Instagram at Rosehip26.