Anam Cara

Historically, your anam cara is a person to whom you look as the person to share, confess and reveal the hidden intimacies in your life. With your anam cara you can express your mind, your heart, the very core of your innermost self. Your friendship with your anam cara is not just a friendship, but also an act of belonging, a place of recognition.

Therefore, the most powerful gift you can bring to your friendship with your anam cara is your attention and awareness. It is your responsibility to be completely present with your anam cara.

The Celts also believed that this unique and special fellowship, when you lovingly and willingly open your life to another, brings with it a new dawn. You have a sense of belonging you’ve never known before, a deep sense of special companionship and all your needs for barriers, walls and shields tumble and collapse. That person has permission to walk, with love and care, into the deepest places in your spirit, your quiet and special places within, and the sacred ground of you, which you choose to share with them.

This is the journey we choose to undertake with you.
This is how we bring ourselves to our practice of healing.
This is how we walk within our community.
This is what we offer.

Anam Cara is a centre for education as well as home to a diverse array of healing professionals. We offer one on one consultations with all of our therapists on a gift economy basis. We trust you will pay your chosen therapist in a way that is honest as well as empowering for both you & them. We provide a guideline for payment, and will accept whatever you can afford within this range.

We also provide multple opportunities for you to gift your time or own services to the collective if you feel moved to do so. We will publish a list of needs we have every month for you to choose from.

You may also choose to gift health to another member of our community by participating in our "pay-it-forward" project. We encourage you to contribute financially so that another person may be able to access services at the centre. You may never know who you helped, but you will know you have made a difference.

Evey week Anam Cara is home to an exciting array of workshops, classes & discussion groups. Please like our page to find out what is coming up soon.

Anam Cara also provides a community health library. Feel free to drop in during the Quiet Space times to access a huge number of healing texts, gathered from all our therapists. Pull up a cushion, enjoy a tea or broth and expand your own journey. 3 days a week we provide a nap space for our community. If you don't have enough time to enjoy Quiet Space, please feel free to bring a pillow & enjoy a 20 minute nap during your work day.

We look forward to walking with you, on your sacred journey.

In health, and growth,
The Anam Cara Team

Dr Gull Herzberg
Lily Isobella
Sarah Simpson Goff
Matt Sincock
Stephen Cooke
Rosa Manuvra