bird magic

this beautiful offering by sam lee and the nest collective is a magical collaboration between nightingales, musicians and wordsmiths. 

there will be more of these live concerts over the next two weeks.
they are deeply nourishing to the soul.

find more details here:  https://thenestcollective.co.uk/events/singing-with-nightingales-live-at-home/

octopus dreaming

moon song

ceremony charles eisenstein

Since my time at the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland in 2015, I have been walking deeper in to the spirit of things.

This essay by Charles Eisenstein is a beautiful call to cultivating ceremony.

blessing

I heard the lost words spell songs in a live performance in Birmingham in February.

It was magic.

Below is a video of the blessing song:

carrie tree water song

power full

francis weller, the hands of grief and gratitude

I have been reading a beautiful book called, 'The Wild Edge of Sorrow, Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief'.
Below is a lovely clip of the author talking about the five gates of grief:

To speak of sorrow

works upon it

moves it from its

crouched place barring

the way to and from the soul's hall.

Denise Leverton poem as quoted in "The Wild Edge of Sorrow"

for the dreaming

remembering sun

midsummer fire

compassion and wisdom

Powerful words for navigating challenging times from Joanna Macy:

Joanna Macy on the Shambhala Warrior from Chris Landry on Vimeo.

the craft of kindness

"Being kind and not mean would change the world a lot!"   Campbell (12 yrs) 

soft