The Soft Animal of Your Body “You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.” This is a line from Mary Oliver’s poem, Wild Geese. I’ve been savouring it because it reminds me of embodied presence. It’s easy for us humans to get so caught up in...
Climate, Consciousness and Coronavirus Dolphins swimming in harbours, skies clear of vapour trails and sales of bicycles soaring: these are signs of lockdown and of big shifts in behaviour in the face of the environmental crisis. I include covid 19 as a symptom of the...
Sacred Masculine The Lightning Bolt of Evolution Storm clouds are gathering and it’s nearly dark. It’s been raining off-and-on all evening, but we’re happy. I’m with a band of brothers out on the river, paddling together in a large canoe. Each fortnight we meet as a...
The Power of Dreaming I’ve always been fascinated by that faculty of consciousness we call dreaming: not only dreaming while asleep but our ability to shape the future with thought. This is such a common activity that we take it for granted: we imagine what we want...
Learning To Walk Straight Published in Sacred Hoop Magazine Issue 78 Manifesting A Dream – bringing Earth Wisdom Teachings into schools, through the ‘Children’s Fire Project’ A paddling pool is not a standard piece of shamanic kit, but I’m holding a ceremony in front...
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