Dear hearts It is Samahin (sow en) eve…the final harvest festival when we gather in all that has fruited in our gardens and in our lives to nourish us through the coming winter… Autumn is traditionally a busy time in the garden preserving all that goodness…for me it has been Read more…
The Dance of Descent At our most recent gathering we danced in honour of the Autumn Equinox (or Mabon as our Celtic ancestors called it). This is a particular moment in time and space, when the earth is poised between light and dark. It is one of only two days Read more…
I am pondering the Autumn Equinox, this most beautiful season of balance, when we acknowledge both the abundance of the earth, and the nourishment of decay. While writing I remembered saving some of Rosie Garlands words, which i have copied below. Autumn leaves are such a powerful and potent image of Read more…
Going with the flow We all know that saying “going with the flow” but how do we do it, how do we make this a daily response to life? Personally I feel/think that we need to remember that we are all a part of the cosmos, of the continuous unfolding Read more…
The dark and new moons are nearly upon us, and this gives us time to reflect on the importance of these moon phases. The dark moon is a time of release, of letting go. It is a death of sorts, the kind of death that is necessary to make way Read more…
Making my medicine drum was a powerful initiation into my birth story. Through this process I saw how the threads of this story were woven through my life. In November 2012 I made a deer drum, a beautiful amazing drum that I deeply honour and connect to. The creator of Read more…
Deepest Gratitude to all of you- for being who you are , for offering yourself to this life, for living with courage in your heart, your mind, your body. For giving what you can. I am blessed- truly to do the work I do, to be in service to our Read more…
Dancing the Maiden Who is the Maiden in you? What does she like, how does she move, play, smile, feel? When we connect to Spring time we can connect to the maiden within. We can remember Her& re-embody Her… I think of this maiden as the innocent, and wild, as Read more…
How enlivening to dance again in a group. I love the field of energy created when we dance together, when we reconnect to the body, and the body of this earth. I recall lying on my belly with limbs uplifted, and feeling my tummy roll, and pulsate across the wooden Read more…
lately I feel like a vine with tendrils all entangled. I can’t quite express myself in words, and haven’t danced enough either! but I find that if I leave it to my limbs they will show my twisted, flickering movements and my irrepressible heart will continue to beat . I am Read more…