A Threshold into the Dark
This new workshop grows directly from listening with the land. In a ceremony in late summer I felt the beech and oak around me open my mind to a wider consciousness that I had not felt before, somewhere high up in the tops of the trees. At the same time, below me I heard of decay. It felt so overlooked, not noticed or loved in the same way as growth and bud.
The autumn is fully present here, and the dark times are just ahead. Samhain marks this threshold into a new period. This is a time to gather in the bounty and gifts of what the year had brought. Count blessings of the warmth in our bones, collect the ripe berries in both literal and figurative sense, where we can, and be grateful. Being able to be fully in the dark times of the year and of our lives, to thrive there, is a sign of a healthy being. How do we cross that threshold, notice what shift is needed and find our own place with it?
In this half-day workshop we will...
Location : Young Wood
Date: Saturday November 2nd 2024
Times: Arrive for 2.30pm finish by 6pm
Fee: £30 - £45
The session will be lead by Jenny Archard, who assisted Betsy Perluss from the School of Lost Borders, and Israh Goodall, on UK based Mirroring Training in 2024.
The autumn is fully present here, and the dark times are just ahead. Samhain marks this threshold into a new period. This is a time to gather in the bounty and gifts of what the year had brought. Count blessings of the warmth in our bones, collect the ripe berries in both literal and figurative sense, where we can, and be grateful. Being able to be fully in the dark times of the year and of our lives, to thrive there, is a sign of a healthy being. How do we cross that threshold, notice what shift is needed and find our own place with it?
In this half-day workshop we will...
- Come together in a circle, either under the trees, in the roundhouse or in the woodland cabin.
- Learn about the West Shield of human nature, from the School of Lost Borders teachings, and other patterns that can help us.
- Share our stories, what is alive in us at this time, in relation to decay, decomposition and death.
- Cross a threshold and take time alone in the forest, to listen, see, hear, smell, feel what is offered from the non-human world.
- Learn from direct experience with the land, sky and other beings.
- Build the 'muscle' that helps us break free from a feeling of separation from nature.
- Be facilitated with kindness and honesty.
- Be with the dark.
Location : Young Wood
Date: Saturday November 2nd 2024
Times: Arrive for 2.30pm finish by 6pm
Fee: £30 - £45
The session will be lead by Jenny Archard, who assisted Betsy Perluss from the School of Lost Borders, and Israh Goodall, on UK based Mirroring Training in 2024.
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