About stella grace

Based in Torbay, Devon, I provide a range of holistic therapies and services including; Reiki treatments and training, Aromatherapy, Massage, Tarot readings, and Astrology readings - all services (other than Massage) are available both online and in-person. I am passionate about being of service and helping people reach their full potential through great holistic health and spiritual development. Connect with me to find out more or book a course or treatment at a time to suit you. 

To browse my online Holistic Courses and Workshops Library, head over to Stella Grace Holistics Online School at: https://stellagraceholistics.getlearnworlds.com

Who I Am

I am a busy Mumma of two beautiful children and I grow my business and my passions with, and around my family. They are my top priority. We have the usual melt-downs, connection, things that 'could have gone better', love, tears, joy, 'flaws', and a second chances policy of a loving family. We're not 'perfect' and I'm not pretending to be, despite some glossy pictures! I strongly believe there's a lot of external pressure in our society and also internal pressure that we put on ourselves of not feeling 'good enough'. Whether it's about being the 'perfect' Mum, partner, surfer, or business-woman, and the list could go on. I believe we are all already doing a perfect job at doing our very best, whatever that looks like. And whenever it's not been our best, we always have the opportunity to learn from it and navigate the next chapter differently.

Before I became self-employed seven years ago to work doing what I love around my children, I had established a 15-year career in drug and alcohol work with young people. I also adored this work and being of service to teenagers who were struggling in similar ways I had struggled with growing up with a loving but alcoholic parent. I soon noticed early in my career that it was the connection within the relationships that was often the most special and therapeutic component. My passion for this role remained intact throughout my career but I began to realise that supporting young people holistically and without the restrictions of government agenda was more in alignment with my soul.

I embarked on my own Reiki journey of self-discovery beginning in 2016, training as a Reiki Practitioner in 2017, then becoming a Reiki Master Teacher in 2018. I was introduced to high quality essential oils in 2017 for my then newborn daughter, and have implemented the life-changing power of the pure plant extracts ever since!

Growing up and during some of my adult like I experienced periods of ill emotional and mental health following severe traumas and have always been committed to a healing path. The journey and healing is always continuing as we grow and develop as people, and I have found that periods with the most wellness, success, achievements, thriving, and shining as an empowered individual, were because of deeper connections with myself. My committed journey to spiritual growth and the holistic tools I have found along the way and adopted have aided this process massively and are how I now manage my own holistic health on a daily basis. Tools such as Reiki and tested-grade essential oils are empowering choices in healthcare which are accessible to us all to help us heal ourselves, grow as individuals, and remind us that our greatest power ultimately lies within ourselves. When we take action and accountability for ourselves and our health in this way, we can empower ourselves and those around us and allow our innate gifts and strengths to shine. 

As our bodies hold all of the traumas we have ever experienced at a cellular level, we can still interact and function from an unconscious place of fear and hurt from our pasts. Reiki and the use of pure essential oils are two accessible resources that assist us with a healthy, healing process by embracing and releasing all blockages, traumas, unhelpful or limiting thought patterns, negative emotions and assist us with the physical symptoms. This is why I am now incredibly passionate about sharing these tools with others - as they have helped me first-hand phenomenally. I have also found tarot and astrology to be another source of useful and profound guidance along the way, offering profound ‘keys’ to unlocking deeper understanding of ourselves and our relationships.

In addition to my family, friends who are as close as family, and the resources I have incorporated along the way, my sports and love of the ocean also keep me recharged and healthy. No matter what, one thing remains constant through the great and the not so great rides - passion for family life and adventure. As my top hobby, surfing brings such joy and challenge but also is so special because of the reflection it has to life's learning curves and the feeling of sanctuary I experience being in the sea. Getting in the sea to me means connection - connection to nature, cleansing, restoring, and most importantly, having fun. Ultimately, it is a space for connection to myself, to recharge and pause from the quick pace of life. Skate-boarding helps me to stay fit and train for surfing, as well as being super fun! My holistic resources, essential oils and Reiki support me to energise, recover, heal, self-care, and continually develop myself, support my loved ones, support my clients, and to help me find space and ability for all of my passions, roles and tasks.

What Makes Me Tick?

Apart from spending time with my family and going surfing, there are many other passions that make me tick. I am a nurturing and adoring mother to my bubbas but also free-spirited and have been incredibly independent from a young age. Astrology has given me a great deal of understanding about myself - and about life’s rich tapestry! It’s definitely an interesting life. My deep resonance with the perspective that the life traumas I have experienced have given me many gifts and reasons to be grateful. The gift of trauma has proved a fascinating journey of self-discovery and of course is a journey that is ongoing and never ends. I believe whilst we are alive we are here to grow and have the opportunity to constantly express ourselves as our best ever version.

Essential oils have helped me profoundly with this, whether this has been by remembering to ground into my body rather than letting my mind run away, for combatting limiting beliefs and cycles that no longer serve me, for self-belief, self-worth, confidence, and ultimately; for allowing myself to shine. Reiki has helped me most with a significantly increased sense of calming. Like with anything, is a daily journey and practice that requires cultivation. This is why I feel so passionately about helping others to shine to their own highest potential too, through supporting people with connection to themselves and with simple, accessible tools that can be brought into daily life easily. Most importantly, I feel part of my role is to remind people, as I have needed regularly reminding, that the strongest power is already within us innately and these tools can help us to do that. Sometimes life circumstances or trauma comes up and we forget that we have already got this power. The tools I am sharing, are simply to assist us on our own journey's of self-development and for thriving in our own skin, as they help me to continue to thrive.

I am not religious or worshipping to anything external, yet I am deeply respectful of ancient wisdom and of natural laws such as the seasons, the astrological year, the planets, and the tides (of course!). Mother Nature and all her resources that sustain us so richly are often overlooked and so are another of my daily gratitudes. I have had to work hard during processes of forgetting all of this, making mistakes and remembering again to incorporate my learning and gratitudes. I understand the cyclical nature of life and evolution, and that part of our realisation of wholeness comes from the illusion of separation and feeling 'broken'. We are born to be our best, it’s only from life’s experiences that we allow to shape or misshape us, and the dance between these two states is how we grow into our best. For me, hitting rock bottom a few times at difficult periods in life have been magnificent teachers. But I am not fooled that rock bottom is the only profound teacher as I also believe we can choose to learn new ways at any time. The beauty of being alive at this time on earth is that we have more tools, choices, and opportunities to grow and shine than ever before. It doesn’t all need to come from a place of hardship, although many of us will understand each other deeply from that space. 

Wellness can be a conscious part of our daily routine, and this self-care and value (which I still work on everyday), is so crucial for our best functioning on all levels. Without feeling worthy and nurtured ourselves, we can’t be of service or truly nurturing to others, let alone keep up with the demand of the various roles that are expected of us in an often idealistic society, and the roles we expect to be for ourselves. A notion of strong community, or in centuries gone by; tribes, have been somewhat lost and with it a key part of our structural support. We are too often ‘too busy’, ‘burnt-out’ or trying to do it all. Pressures of modern life can seem mounting, which again I speak of experientially whilst on the journey of self-care too. This is why I feel it is part of my role to remind you (and myself) that we have got this with the right mental and emotional inner state, and the resources to achieve this and be our best - for ourselves and for our external world. I adore helping people find their own inner light and strength, through whatever means that have resonated with them as empowering to do so.