Deep ecology – frond yoga with Rebecca May

Mother earth

I don’t have children. I was, briefly, a mother to an unborn child once, but that’s another story, a bedrock-shaking one which is woven into the fabric of my bones and which, on the other side of, I am an entirely different person. Since that pivotal time of my life I’ve been on a hugeContinueContinue reading “Mother earth”

Community Power

This post is a celebration of both the land that I live on and the amazing beings who I am blessed to live here amongst. I live in a beautiful, secluded shallow valley of woodland and pasture on top of a mountain plateau, with a clear, bubbling stream running along its length at the centre.ContinueContinue reading “Community Power”

Healing Waters

I recently attended the first embodiment training that I have done for a very long time indeed – ‘Living Body Enquiry’ with Carole Burstein. I used to be a training junkie, jumping from course to course, snatching the treasure I could from each one, before hopping to the next one. I spent all my moneyContinueContinue reading “Healing Waters”

We Are Not Forsaken

Great mother writhes and moans on her sickbed,Hoping her discomfiture will jog us awake.Wildlife waits in the wings,Wondering if we will answer the call.The wind gives the trees their voice,”Remember yourselves, remember yourselves…”The buzzard screeches down from above,”It’s not too late, humans!”The world holds its breath, watching our every move. Then… We lift our heads,ContinueContinue reading “We Are Not Forsaken”

Earth Medicine

To follow on from my last entry, which documents my recent experience of depression, I wanted to share my ongoing journey towards subsequent recovery. I must caveat this entry by saying I am no authority on how to recover from depression, I can only share my personal experience with heartfelt honesty. Every story is uniqueContinueContinue reading “Earth Medicine”

Converging worlds

I attended the summer conference of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) the other day, the topic of which was ‘Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace’. To be honest, I didn’t really pay much attention to the topic when I booked on, my main motive being accruing some much-needed CPD hours, toContinueContinue reading “Converging worlds”

A cosmic orgasm bursting out of my pen

Sometimes I connect with a higher part of myself and free write. Sometimes the results astound me. This was one of those times – the pen flew and joy and wonder bubbled up within me in an explosion of poetic prose; I was crying by the end of it. Despite it feeling quite vulnerable toContinueContinue reading “A cosmic orgasm bursting out of my pen”

Creature teachers

Today is International Day for Biological Diversity. As such, today I choose to write my own ode to our beautiful planet and the gloriously diverse life that she sustains. Without her we wouldn’t be here. She is our mother-ship! She is the mother that loves us unconditionally and keeps on giving to us, no matterContinueContinue reading “Creature teachers”