Category Archives: Nature

Woven back into Nature – leopard in the long grass

I remember the moment, at a Women Moving the Edge gathering in 2008, where the truth percolated through to me (for the first time in my adult life) that magic is real. It felt as if every cell in my … Continue reading

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Transition Open Space – patterns of the future, part 2

Here continue my musings on the Transition Open Space festival I attended in July… Alternative currency as a means to surface the shadow of money For four days we experimented with an alternative currency, named the ‘Trudo’ – after St … Continue reading

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Transition Open Space – the future will be together

At the beginning of July, I attended an eight-day Transition Open Space festival in Flanders. Here is an excerpt from the invitation that gives a flavour of what the gathering was about: “Many people find that we must do things … Continue reading

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Ode to an Eco-Loo

At Axladitsa-Avatakia this year, I am staying in the bridal suite. A veritable hobbit palace where, although you have to stoop to enter, once inside even Gandalf couldn’t bump his head. Variously dubbed the Barn, the Circus Tent and the … Continue reading

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Apprenticing to the Earth – Listening to the land

Wednesday 25 May – Today we started our programme. We don’t know what to call it. It’s not training, workshop, retreat or seminar. It’s that ineffable Aquarian affair, collective inquiry, co-creation, hosted by this beautiful, magical land and learning together … Continue reading

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Welcome to Apprenticing to the Earth

Here’s a thing – people gathering bringing together from thirteen cultures from three continents – people who have made a substantial investment to be here, coming to teach and to learn and to share. We don’t all know each other … Continue reading

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What I am learning about Radiance

Radiance is a collective phenomenon Radiance is a property of both the Many and the One. It is how we experience and reflect the life force. Being radiant is an act of love and creation. It is a collective phenomenon, … Continue reading

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Women Moving the Edge – invisible beings and other dimensions

This wasn’t the first time that the non-physical realms put in an appearance at our gatherings – they’ve been present in one form or another since the start. But this was the first time they were explicitly invoked and invited … Continue reading

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Women Moving the Edge 10 – Power of Place

Another novelty about this 10th iteration that makes it feel as if we have entered a new cycle and are riding a new wave, is the way the gathering was called to a place by the place itself. From the … Continue reading

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Women Moving the Edge 10 – exploring radiance

Almost a week has passed since the end of our most recent gathering of Women Moving the Edge. I always find it hard to articulate what happened, but each time seems more magical than the last – and this time … Continue reading

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