Tag: seasons

Wintering with the Earth Element

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The winter months are intended as a pause, to follow nature’s lead to slow down and ‘winter’. The season naturally invites us to deepen our understanding and relationship to the Earth element and with our roots which we can think of as our needs and what helps us to feel nurtured and thrive. Winter can be considered a sacred pause that invites us into a deeper relationship with the Earth element and our roots/needs. It is a time that asks us to stop in our tracks and to notice the wisdom in our body and to stay present within this bardo, this in between period of pause that can be full uncertainty and not knowing, which can feel disconcerting and even ‘unsafe’… (Click the Image above to continue reading)

The Gift of Presence

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Yet one of the most meaningful gifts we can offer, to ourselves and to another, is the gift of presence. Not more physical presents and buying more stuff and clutter usually for the sake of it, but our mental, physical and spiritual presence; our company, our attention, fully and whole-heartedly.

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Samhain: Nature’s teaching on transformation and rebirth

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Because death is still very much a taboo in the western world, we can miss some of the significance of Samhain and therefore miss the opportunity to explore our own fears, feelings, emotions and concepts around death. When we talk of the ‘veil thinning’ and ancestral worship, we think of those who have gone before us, but we don’t tend to use it as an opportunity for contemplating our own mortality, the cycle of life or to learn the mysteries by examining natures displays.

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The Oak & Holly Queens: A Reimagining of a Summer Solstice Offering Ritual

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This is a reimagining of the traditional tale of the battle of the Oak and Holly Kings. In British folklore, particularly neo-pagan mythology, the Oak King and Holly King are symbolic figures who rule over the waxing and waning halves of the year. Even though the ‘battle’ between the kings is obviously symbolic and both are interconnected, I felt the symbolism of battling Kings, given the currently climate and world events, no longer resonated, so I decided to reimagine the tale as a meeting of two sister Queens.