Sheila Ryan is a systems health practitioner. She was clinical principal at The School of Homeopathy, an international teacher and barefoot clinic volunteer for over thirty years . An essayist, Triachy published her last collection ‘Soul Moves’ in 2024. She recently moved to East Sussex from Dorset where she ran Sea Change recreative retreats. Sheila plays Irish traditional fiddle and sings with Hastings Kin choir and the town choir in Moratalla, Murcia, where she lives in Winter months. She is a member of the Hastings sangha for engaged Buddhism. An activist, experienced member of workers co-operatives and collectives, Sheila is especially interested in research and writing on the personal as political and the making of inclusive communities for change.