About Me
Before you sign up to work with me, you might want to know a little more about my qualifications and experience.
I have a background in Health Education and Promotion (MA, University of Brighton 1996) and worked for seventeen years at Penny Brohn UK coordinating a holistic health care programme for people with cancer, and designing and leading retreats and workshops to support spiritual, mental and physical health for people living with life threatening illness and at the end of life.
I started practising Tai Chi with Master Alan Peck in 1983 and have studied Tai Chi and Qigong ever since with teachers including Master Shen Hongxun, Zhixing Wang, Dominic Hill and Nicola Ley. I have been teaching Qigong for more than twenty years in many different contexts.
I am Interfaith Minister, ordained in 2014. Ministry for me is about being in right relationship – with ourselves, with each other across all the lines that divide us, with the Earth and Her creatures, and with Life. I was part of the OneSpirit Interfaith Foundation Faculty from 2019 – 2026, accompanying students through their journey towards Ordination, offering pastoral support, group facilitation and teaching all aspects of ministry. I trained as a Supervisor with CSTD in 2021 and am a member of the Interdependent Supervisors Network.
The spiritual imperative of our time is for us to wake up to our unity with the sacred Earth and take the urgent steps needed to bring us back into harmony. I am committed to Sacred Activism and to community building, offering training in non violence, resilience, and nature connection through courses, retreats and workshops; dedicating myself to decolonisation and anti-racism praxis, and taking part in climate pilgrimage and direct action for climate justice, democracy, peace and freedom.
Sarah MacDonald has been praised for her exceptional, personable guidance and meditative approach. Her refreshing balance of gravitas and light-heartedness garnered praises – as Mel exclaimed, “I loved it, loved her! She has such a gentle manner, with a wonderful twinkle in her eye, so you know she’s serious, but also doesn’t take herself too seriously!“
