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A stormy day to enjoy and experience a light hearted sense of belonging to the sea, the seagulls and mother Earth

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Still dark whilst the night is gently moving across the threshold into a new dawn Let the feet walk you where you might not want to goLet your heart be open to the unknown the unfamiliar Let the morning light welcome you into a new day Let your soul guide your stride Let your fears be taken care by the wind and spread across the forest by the birds Running on the frozen grass like the child I’ve never been Lying down on the freezing cold  ground The lake sitting dormant in stillness half awake in the morning light Surrendering to the elements the cooling air, water flowing and quenching my thirst The soil holding me safe and the fire keeping me warm in my belly  My body is heavy so my soul Carrying the pain of many generations Distant echos of people and places never seen yet so present today My great grandmothers battle between life and death Giving birth to her 10th child and leave them all behind My grandmother Only 4 years old a lost soul without a loving motherTheir secret pain has no words Unworldly terrifying  sounds like a silent cry resonating in the night of blood shed Crying hauling voices of pain from the distant past meeting the frozen lake and rest my body shaken to its core Surrendering to Mother Earth Another wave of pain and unexplicable sorrow and grief for what it was and never will beSuddenly sunrise  is timidly appearing  a little Hope poking between the cloudsas they are gently greeting each other merging moving across in a beautiful dance between twilight and sunrise Celestial holes in the grey skyA great confort to my exhausted body and shaken soul being reborn in the intimacy and secrecy of Mother Nature Dancing between life and death Ancient oak trees lying on the ground spending their long life growing and dying for another tree hundred years giving food and shelter to others in the ongoing cycle of living and dying  Dancing between joy and sorrow  Running across the forest like a lost sheep and finding its fold to rest and belong Dancing between heavyness and lightness of heart In this life giving moment Moving through the threshold light hearted and blessed Dancing between movement and stillness There is movement in stillness and there is stillness in movement as I ride the waves of old shredded lives becoming a new bud uncurling through my fragile body mind and spirit Giving birth to my new soulMy soul name is sunlight Written by the geese Landing from From the sky as they return to the frozen lake breaking the ice with gentleness and courage Together not alone In the new sun light Of my reborn soulEverything feels different Everything looks differentI’m joining my souls dance My name written in the stars 🌟 in the moon in the sun in the water in the trees in the fire 

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I open myself to The abyss of my well where my soul lives and belongs

I trust the depth of my well which will nourish and guide me in this new day

Sunrise is here today as always even if

Sunlight might be invisible to the eyes obscured by the clouds

A sign of the invisible I trust to be there

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Clearing the space for autumn to be welcomed and embraced 

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A moment of rest in between tides Gentle waves caressing the big stones, one moment covered by the sea and one moment drying in the sunshine.

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Gently falling to the ground like a brown dry leaf Laying bare without fear Like Sweet chestnusts cracked open from their prickly shells No need for protection any longer Weaving Old and new Soft and hard twigs Surrendering to tall trees softly  hugging me Gently falling into mother hearth’s open nest 🪺 Laying safely with my ancestors like old wise pine corns and light feathers My great grandmother my grandmother my mother and my father Holding me in their emotional, intellectual and spiritual strength I am gently falling down to nurture Mother Earth To feed the world’s children To simply be me Embracing any weather each season every tomorrow I am deeply resting in the open nest full of gladness and joy For the life to come For the life of others to generate For the healing of our souls For the love of all things For the peace of all human beings 

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Up for an early morning walk

Light shining on the sea  like stars carried from the stillness of the night like pearls floating on the surface meeting the shore

Such a precious timeless immersion into the wild of this remote part of nature to welcome the day

As I’m  drawing a line in the sand with a pointy pebble the sea weeds are brought ashore and ready to be taken elsewhere

The line in the sand soon disappearing with the sea ebbing and flowing all day long til eternity

Perhaps a sign of the impermanence of our lives being constantly drawn and redrawn by the next waves

Eyes closed opening to deep listening to the sounds of the waves, the heavy engines of the first ferry of the day in the distance, the wild birds waking up to the new dawn

Again and again the sea  caressing the sand, the waves tirelessly chasing each other, joining and rejoining, swirling and curling,

reshaping and retrieving once again in their own perfect rhythm waiting for the next

Silver lacey lines are drawn into the wet sand by each wave until the tide will embrace this little sea den protected by the rocks where I nurtured my soul today

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Only the curiosity of a child can see the imperfect impermanent and footprints heart 

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Just waiting to be embraced by the tide rising fast

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On a cold sunny day on the beach I felt inspired to make a nest with seaweed brought to shore by the tide. I wanted to have all my ancestors and key people in my nest: my partner, my dad, my mum and nonna, my paternal Nan represented by different rocks. I also wanted to have on the wider circle all my special friends I met throughout my life just at the right time when I needed them. They were represented by some beautiful shells of different colour, shape and size, a ring of protection and love. Very grateful

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Its freezing cold outside but warm inside

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An exciting escape into solitude in nature My spiritual self is at peace as I dream of peace in the world

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Equinox mandala made by the ecotherapy group 

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Night and day light and darkness in perfect balance

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Stones from the past becoming leaves towards the future 

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Leaving behind layers of pain and shame to generate new life

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A changed landscape a striking reminder of climate change due to lack of snow and rain in the Italian Alps 

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There is no other place in nature that feels like home

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Chestnuts heart in my beloved alpine chestnuts woods in Italy 

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Prickly curls of chestnuts memories gathering in the woods to be handled with a light hearted touch

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Let it go with the flow of the rising tide 

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Celebrating the beauty of life so entangled with unwanted bits of rubbish

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Solstice is from Latin words Sol (Sun) and sistere (to stand still)

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Impermanence and imperfection
The natural frame it’s not perfect and wild flowers won’t last. I am happy with letting it go back to nature whilst savouring the process of making it

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Lost feathers but you can still fly

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Dancing with (my) special (?) tree

What's special about this tree?
Does it need to be special
or it's ok to be like any other tree?
Growing pushing life through its roots
Finding its place amongst other
brother and sister trees
Reaching out to new heights and lights
leaning as if jumping into the water
yet standing strong and tall to bear the weight
Near the water is its place
Reflecting in the water like magical mirrors
Calm waves meeting the liminal pebble shore
Dancing with the water with lightness and joy
Wild sounds and bird songs filling the air
Resting on the branches for a moment of reflection
Grounded and yet exposed to the elements
So entangled and yet elegant
and ordered with its wavy branches
The air touching the bark
So rough and yet smooth
Giving warmth and freshness
with its moss wrapped around
a beautiful protective coat for the worst storms
Will it survive?
Will it for ever belong to the forest and the water nearby?

A quiet inner dialogue
I am not alone
I need water to refresh myself
I need the earth to nurture myself
I need the roots to find myself
I need my bark to protect myself
I need my trunk to feel steady
I need my branches to reach out
I need the air to ignite my fire
I need other trees to know who I am

A whisper
Stand back and see what’s invisible
Move away to see the movement
Sit down to see the reflections
Be silent to hear many voices
The air the earth the fire
the water the trees and the forest
The bark and the birds songs
all the mosses and the old leaves.

Let’s start a new dance

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A moment of reflection on lights and shadows hope and hopelessness in our troubled world

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I had the privilege to run an EcoPlayShop in nature at Lenticular Futures Launch
“Story Weaving and weaving stories” about self, others the non-human world and nature Amazing!

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Lenticular Futures Launch an inspiring event to come together in depathologising decolonising and rewilding psychotherapy

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Family therapy in nature.