Welcome to the Fireside Lodge

The Fireside Lodge is a place for people on their path
to healing, wisdom, transformation and joy.

I am the lodge keeper, Andrea Silver Bear.

I offer my skills and experiences
from my life as a shamanic practitioner, a leadership coach
a Reiki teacher, a soul midwife and a martial artist.
I am very glad that you are here.

The Fireside Lodge is located in  West London and offers courses,
development groups, ceremonies and one-on-one sessions.
​I also see clients online:  People from across the globe
​meet at the Fireside by Skype and Zoom.

A place for self-healing and positive transformation

Your life is yours.
Healing, strength and guidance come from within, from your essence.
They come from connection.
From your connection with your heart, mind and body.
From your connection with your deepest knowledge and with ancient wisdom.
They come from your relationship with other beings,
with nature and with the sacred source.

The Fireside Lodge opens pathways for you to make these connections stronger.

It is a place for self-healing, for awakening your inner power.
For being fully YOU.
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Let us walk together, the Lodge is right here.

Services

Shamanic Healing

House Clearing

Transform your Self

Reiki

Tai Chi

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Some Specials

Healing for Animals

New Leadership

Stress Release

Favorite Events

Reiki Share

Drum Journey Circle

Solstice & Equinox

Visualisations & Meditations

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And in these difficult times...

Healing after being on a Ventilator

One-on-One sessions

​One-on-one sessions at the Fireside Lodge are available
for Reiki, Healing Work, Journeying , Mentoring and Tai Chi.

​Your visit to the Fireside Lodge will be safe, relaxing and nurturing. ​
The new,  dedicated treatment room has its separate toilet area and wardrobe, and will be cleaned after each client. A safety concept is in place (available per request).
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Sessions are also available per Zoom or Skype.
If you would like to work in nature, we can arrange this for some of the sessions (see also: outdoor sessions). Tai Chi private lessons are usually outdoors, but can be taken inside if the weather is bad. 

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The Fireside Lodge is here for YOU!

You may ask yourself: Who am I?
Ask the river and it will praise your flow.
Ask the rocks and they will describe your strength.
Ask the fire and it will rave about your passion.
Ask the trees and they will whisper to your loving heart.
Ask the birds and they will sing about your joy.
Ask the earth and she will hold you in her womb.
Until you know again who you are.
Then you walk in beauty.
Gifted to the Lode by the Grandmothers on Summer Solstice 2018)

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Why you might come to the Fireside Lodge

Does any of the following statements sound familiar to you?

I feel flat and tired all the time.

I got promoted but do I really want this job? Just don't know where I want to go...

I am a palliative care nurse - I often feel frustrated that I can't help more. Nobody at work can support me with this.

I would like to meditate to release some stress. But I just cannot sit still.

Something is holding me back. 

I just can't get over the break-down of my marriage.

I must lose weight, but somehow I have given up on it.

There is a lot of conflict , anger and repression in my family. I do not want to hand this down to my children.

I feel ill, but there does not seem to be a medical reason for it. I have tried so many treatments, but nothing seems to work.

I do not feel at home in my house - something is just strange.

I am very challenged by Covid 19. I am just so scared and lonely.

I am getting married!
I would like to have something spiritual at my wedding, but no traditional religion.

I just turned 50 and I want a change. No idea where to go from here though.

Events and Groups

​Some details about our events

• Some of our events are on Zoom, some are at the Fireside Lodge, and some are a combination of both. This gives us the opportunity to keep working during the pandemic, and to stay connected with far-away friends.
• Indoor events are limited to five participants, so that everybody has enough space to work at a safe distance.
• ​Advanced sign-up is crucial to reserve your place. Once you signed up, please make sure that you can come or give at least 1 weeks notice. If not, you may take away somebody's place. 
• Cost: During the pandemic, the circles and groups are at a "pay-what-you-can" rate. The usual price is £15 (you may also make an extra donation to support others). The workshops have a different price structure, you can find it on the respective pages. 

Working on Zoom 
We love sitting in circle together - sometimes we can do it in person a the Fireside Lodge, sometimes on Zoom. 
Zoom meetings work very well; it may take a bit of getting used to it, but most people are amazed and pleased how well it works for them.  As most of our healing and meditation methods work 'outside' of our usual sense of time and space anyway, it is easy to create a shared energy circle remotely. Do not shy away if you are no technology savvy;  we can help you set up. Below is a participant's feedback:

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"The Autumn Equinox Ceremony was a rich and powerful celebration with others, made possible by Zoom. From the warmth and safety of my own home, I journeyed far, guided expertly by Andrea, in a beautifully constructed ceremony. We celebrated the autumn and prepared for the winter to come. I left feeling clear and calm, and continue to experience the sustaining energy that comes with this work at its best. Highly recommended." ​​Julie 27 Sept 2020

Events/groups - no experience required: 

• Equinox:  Sunday, 27 September, 4.00-6.30pm, (Held on Zoom). Winter Solstice, Sunday, 20 December, 4.00-6.30 (Outdoors/Garden), more info
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• Guided Meditations and Drum Journeys (on Zoom). Tuesday evenings (7.30-ca 9.00pm); 3 and 24 November, 15 December, more info
  
  

Events/groups - experience required:

• Reiki Shares (at the Fireside lodge and on Zoom). Sunday afternoon; 23 August, 18 October, 8 November, 6 December (3.30-6.00pm). Prerequisite: Reiki 1 degree or higher. Per Zoom or in Garden or indoors. If the November and December Shares are outdoors, we will start/finish earlier). more info
  
  
• Drum Journey Circle (at the Fireside lodge and on Zoom). Sunday afternoons, 3.30-ca. 6.00pm  (25th Oct, 15 Nov, 13 Dec). Ceremony, sharing round with talking stick and drum journeys, Prerequisite: you need drum journey skills.  more info
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• Drum Journey One-on-One Sessions. This is for people with journey skills who do not feel comfortable coming to the drum circle yet, but would like to journey to live drumming. I currently offer one-on-one sessions to a reduced price, either at the Fireside Lodge or in nature.  Please note; this is not a healing or mentoring session, but a 'two person drum circle'; We will follow the usual process of opening the ceremony, calling in the directions, sharing with the talking stick and exploring possible journey topics. I will drum for you and you will journey. We then debrief and close the ceremony.  more info 

Courses - no experience required:

• Drum Welcoming (Ceremony and workshop; indoors). If you recently made or bought a drum, or if you have lost touch with the spirit of your drum, this is for you.  Connecting with the essence of the drum, welcoming it to the three circles of self, human and ancestral community. Exploring some basic, drum-related healing techniques drum. Saturday, 7 November, 1.00-6.30pm, more info
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• The Magic of Midwinter and Christmas Plants: Learn basic methods of plant spirit work. Explore the teachings and healing power of Ivy, Fir, Holly, etc.  Experience the 'Twelve days of Christmas' in a new way - as a powerful time of transformation - and learn how to receive support from the plants. Saturday, 5 December, 1-6.30pm, more info 
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• Shamanic Skills for End-of-Life Practitioners  (Journey Skills; Working with spirit allies and ancestors for protection and guidance; Basic methods of psychopomp). Weekend of 21/22 November (fully booked, there is a waiting list) or Weekend of 28/29 November, 10-6pm (5pm on Sunday), more info

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