A Warm Heartfelt Hello....
...my name is Bev Lewis, although many people know me by the name SolAna.
Whether you've arrived through a conversation, a book, a podcast, a social media post, or simply followed your curiosity,
I'm genuinely delighted you're here.
Please make yourself comfortable.
This little corner of the internet isn't really about being or doing anything.
It's simply a place for us to meet.
Bev's Story
I grew up in the beautiful Lincolnshire countryside, in a large family, where resources were scarce, but love was abundant.
Much of my childhood was spent outdoors. Fields. Woodland. A little Babbling Brook. Wide open skies. Mud on wellies. Long summer days that seemed to last forever. Life, Nature and my own experiences became important teachers.
My life unfolded much as it does for so many of us... Education, Career, Midwifery, Volunteering in my Community. Family, Love, Marriage. Motherhood. Child Rearing. Joy. Responsibility. Lack. Loss. Unexpected challenges and Glorious Surprises.
And a deep rooted, fundamental curiosity - a hunger for knowledge, an inquisitive mind and an open heart that had quests and missions seeking answers to questions that often arrived long before I had language to answer them.
As a mum, and later through my work supporting others, I became increasingly fascinated by the ways our earliest experiences continue to shape our adult lives. Not because any of us are broken, but because every human being adapts in order to belong, to feel safe, to be loved and to survive.
Over the years I explored countless approaches to healing and personal development. Each offered another piece of the puzzle. Eventually something beautiful began to happen. The separate pieces no longer felt separate. Psychology met spirituality. Science met symbolism. The inner child met the soul. Ancient wisdom met modern understanding.
Instead of collecting more answers, everything slowly began weaving itself into one beautifully coherent picture.
And that picture continues to grow and evolve every day.
Why SolAna?
People often ask where the name came from and in usual Bev stylie there is a huge, multi-level background story, but...
Ultimately, SolAna represents something beautifully simple.
It speaks of light.
Of warmth.
Of remembrance.
Of the quiet emergence of our truest nature.
It reminds me that beneath every role we play and every story we tell ourselves, there remains something timeless, compassionate and deeply whole.
This, I call the Solar Self.
What Guides My Work?
Everything I create is rooted in a few simple understandings.
I believe that every human being carries an Inner Child whose voice still deserves to be heard.
I believe awareness creates choice.
I believe healing is less about fixing ourselves and more about remembering who we were before fear, shame and adaptation asked us to become someone else.
I believe that consciousness naturally unfolds throughout our lives, gently inviting us into ever deeper expressions of compassion, wisdom and authenticity.
I believe our greatest gifts often grow from the places that once caused us pain.
And above all...
I believe every one of us carries an extraordinary light that is waiting patiently to be remembered.
What I Create
Today my work brings together everything I have learned, lived, questioned and remembered...
Through writing...
Teaching...
Speaking...
Visual storytelling...
Creative resources...
Reflective journals...
Healing conversations...
Workshops...
Retreats...
And spaces where people can gently rediscover the wisdom already living within them.
Everything I create has the same intention.
To offer gentle companionship as people find their own way home.
The School of SOL
Over many years, one idea gradually grew into something much larger than I ever imagined.
That idea became the School of SOL.
The School is home to the books, teachings, pathways, resources, creative projects and evolving body of work that have emerged
from this lifelong journey of exploration.
If anything you've read here resonates with you,
I'd love to invite you to continue the journey there.
Not because I have answers for your life.
But because I hope something within the School
may help you discover more of your own.
If you would like to receive information about my work and the School of SOL, please contact me...