17/06/2026
~ our quiet power ~
“Kindness moves through us like sap, like blood, until our limbs rub up against each other, and we remember: We are not one, but part of a sacred grove.” James Crews
I am still soaking up the inner warmth and the feel of sunshine in my heart that has been with me since Saturday.
Every time we run Ground & Gather, it feels like a momentum of growing wisdom, fronds of kindness rippling out from our circle, an absolute sense of quiet power and infinite grace.
Part of our ritual this time was to connect with a big, open ended question inside us. To write it down on a leaf, a bark, a stick. And then to place it somewhere in the woods a amongst an ancient root, in the crook of a branch, in a nest of leaves. Entrusting the question of our lives to the great wisdom of nature, of the endless cycles of life, of everything in its time.
The woods are taking great and nourishing care of those questions now, holding them in ancient wisdom and trust, waiting patiently to see what emerges as we open into the path ahead.
And of course, also, this summer edition we created a woodland feast - 20 women, gathered around a long table amongst the trees, eating home-cooked food, sharing their stories and lives with each other, in the most simple and sacred of ways.
Our next retreat is in September - and is already half sold out. If you'd like to be there, to welcome the new season and quiet power of being together in the woods, then head to the link in our bio.
