SacreD fifth
Animism
Walking with people between worlds
Ben Still — Threshold Guide & Insight Herbalist
I support people moving through threshold moments:
vocational calling and soul work, spiritual crisis, illness, initiatory life transitions, or existential questioning — who feel called toward finding meaning, deep nature connection, and embodied healing.
My primary framework is Insight Herbalism: a relational, trauma-aware, and ritualistic way of working with plants as living allies during times of change, transformation, or enquiry.
I walk with people when they are between worlds.
When You’re Standing at a Threshold
Threshold moments often arrive quietly — or all at once.
You may feel disoriented, tender, uncertain, or newly aware that something fundamental is shifting. What once guided you may no longer fit, and familiar systems may struggle to meet what’s happening.
Rather than seeing these times as problems to be solved, the work of Sacred Fifth approaches them as initiatory passages: meaningful periods that ask for care, listening, and relationship.
A Grounded, Relational Approach
This work is not about fixing or pushing toward outcomes.
Instead, it centres:
Embodied presence and nervous-system awareness
Listening to body, psyche, and imagination
Relationship with plants and the living world
Meaning-making
Integration that honours your pace
Insight Herbalism
Plants are central in the work I offer.
Through Insight Herbalism, plants are approached not as remedies to apply, but as living intelligences to be in relationship with. Supporting grounding, insight, and subtle transformation during times of transition and growth.
This work is a gentle, trauma‑aware, experiential approach to herbalism rooted in relationship.
helping you stay connected to your body and the wider web of life as change unfolds.
Insight Herbalism invites you into direct, embodied connection with plants, as we learn to listen, respond, and collaborate with the more-than-human.
In sessions you may:
Deepen bodily awareness and somatic sensitivity
Explore how plants communicate through sensation, image, and feeling
Develop trust in your own perceptual and intuitive capacities
Ways We Might Work Together
One-to-One Threshold Support
Personal sessions offering grounded, compassionate accompaniment during times of transition - with Insight Herbalism being the central framework.
This work may support you if you are:
Navigating spiritual crisis or awakening
Living with illness and seeking support alongside medical care
exploring vocation, identity, or direction
Moving through grief, parenthood, separation, or major life change
Plant Connection & Ritual Healing
Plant connection and simple ritual can offer ways of listening, marking change, and restoring relationship — with body, psyche, and the living world.
This work may include:
Guided practices into relationship with specific plant allies
Insight Herbalism practices that support grounding and inner listening
Simple, non-performative ritual to mark transition or change
Nature-based practices that support meaning and integration
All plant and ritual work is invitational, and responsive to where you are. Nothing is imposed, and everything is shaped collaboratively.
Upcoming event…
Plant Pilgrim Server
A Journey Through the Celtic Wheel of the Year
A series of men’s circles exploring deep plant connection through the practice of Insight Herbalism.
at 42 Acres, Frome, Somerset
Feb 1 from 7pm to 9:30pm GMT
with practitioner Ben Still
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Since 2019, my healing journey has been shaped by personal initiation, in-depth studies, hands-on experience, and stepping into fatherhood.
I’ve trained in Shamanic Healing, Intuitive Herbalism, energy work, and permaculture, and I co-founded a local sustainability initiative while also serving as an Independent Town Councillor. My work is rooted in a holistic approach to health, community, and systemic change.
As I continue to deepen my practice, I am currently seeking individuals for donation-based healing sessions, as part of my ongoing learning and growth. I offer a heart-centered, compassionate space where you can feel seen and supported.
Whether you're navigating a specific challenge or simply exploring healing, I’d be honoured to work with you
