Retreat for
the Soul

The Spiritual Blacksmith brings together an unusual combination of professional experience, spiritual development, healing and intuitive practice.

Before following her spiritual path professionally, she spent several years working as a lawyer and trial litigator before moving into teaching as a law school professor.

Her spiritual journey later led her into extensive training and development. She is a certified ThetaHealer, Reiki Master, yoga instructor and trained Meditation & Mindfulness teacher, and has also travelled to England to study at the Arthur Findlay College for the Advancement of Spiritualism and Psychic Sciences.

In 2017 she founded Spiritual Blacksmith, bringing together psychic mediumship, energy work, intuitive development, healing and her professional experience to help others reconnect with themselves and create meaningful change in their lives.

Her work has since grown to include spiritual ceremonies, yoga, meditation, healing, readings, workshops and retreats, both at home and internationally.

At Retreat for the Soul, she brings her warmth, humour and grounded approach to spiritual development, creating space for people to explore, reflect, laugh, learn and reconnect.

Anne-Marie Bond is an experienced teacher, evidential medium and Spirit Artist with more than 28 years' experience in adult and professional education.

Long before teaching mediumship and Spirit Art, Anne-Marie built her professional career within learning and development. She holds a TAP.Dip in professional training, covering Facilitation, Design and Delivery, Effective Presentations and Coaching, together with DTLLS, a teaching qualification equivalent to the current Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training (DET).

She also works professionally as a Design and Delivery eLearning Instructional Specialist, combining learning design, technology and creativity to develop structured digital learning for adults. This professional background has strongly influenced the way she teaches today: breaking down unfamiliar subjects, building learning gradually and helping people understand not simply what they are doing, but why.

Alongside her professional teaching career, Anne-Marie has spent many years developing and teaching evidential mediumship, Spirit Art, spiritual awareness, inspired speaking and creative development.

In 2014, she was awarded the Gordon Higginson Memorial Scholarship, recognising her development within mediumship. Her journey later included becoming an appointed tutor at an internationally recognised College in Stansted, England, where she taught mediumship, spiritualist philosophy and Spirit Art.

Anne-Marie is also the founder of The Portrait of Spirit, her online school through which she has taught hundreds of students internationally since 2017. Her teaching now extends across Spirit Portraiture, evidential mediumship, intuitive and psychic art, public speaking, creative development and Watercolour Mastery.

More recently, Anne-Marie has brought another part of her professional and creative experience together through MyWebTone, designing and building websites for spiritual, creative and purpose-led businesses.

What connects these different areas is teaching.

Whether she is helping someone make their first mark on paper, understand their mediumship, find the confidence to speak in front of others, explore their creativity or learn something completely outside their comfort zone, Anne-Marie's approach remains practical, structured and encouraging.

She believes people learn best when they feel comfortable enough to ask questions, make mistakes, experiment and still have a laugh along the way.

At Retreat for the Soul, Anne-Marie brings together almost three decades of teaching experience with mediumship, Spirit Art, creativity and her understanding of how people learn and grow, creating space for guests to explore their spiritual and creative selves while also having permission to simply stop, breathe and enjoy being themselves.