Nature Folklore

On the 'menu' are ...

The Student, poem by Chandler Nichols

Wolf Moon, poem by Fergus Hogan

Nature Revisited, poem by Fergus Hogan

'Enchanted by Sunset', painting by Val Robus, poem by Woodland Bard

Sharing our heart voice ...

Anyone can create and perform wonderful inspired poetry, despite many fears about not being able to.

Part of this session includes random thoughts about what we are feeling and sensing, and putting these together as amazing poetry.

On the 'menu' are ...

St. John & water blessings

Herbs for this time

Bonfire traditions

Feasting at Midsummer

and some Bardic banter before and after

Sound baths are usually full of beautiful gongs and gigantic crystal singing bowls, tuning forks, and various instruments collected from world music shops.

In this sessions we cover ancient origins, myths, and lore of sound enchantment and therapy. An introduction to use of enchanting healing instruments,

We complete this with the bathing in the embrace of natural sounds.

Discussing our garden sanctuaries that are very much in Bloom now. Or where to go if you do not have a flower garden. Ireland's Bloom Festival was cancelled this year, but we can still enjoy a bloom feast in various ways to serve us with sanctuary, smiles and happy inspirations.

A close alternative to a 'hero's journey' mindfulness session, as this is not really about heroes but breaking free and trusting life.

I introduce some of the goddess, sidhe. and fairy folklore of sacred wells, loughs, rivers, sea, and clouds, and a little introduction to the Water Divination, Also Trees In Water Folklore, and Dowsing sessions

During Biodiversity week I am inviting ideas for exploring and improving biodiversity in the landscapes we are keeper and stewards of. Suggestions of what to look for and what we may manage to attract more life.

Included is .how we may be tuned into our local biodiversity through more tolerance, perhaps less order, and additional joy from small things we may not have noticed before. Small things that warm us into a big heart.

This session features the origins of fairy stories, a couple of fairy stories connected to traditions of May focused within and around the Hawthorn Tree

Bealtaine folklore, including the story of Yellow Flowers, Posies and Knots, and a couple of stories behind the May Bush tradition.

Food Sovereignty, is a movement of believing that people who produce, distribute, and consume food should control the mechanisms and policies of food production and distribution. It is promoting the rights of people to define their own local food and agriculture systems that are "culturally appropriate" to where they live.

Will this replace our dependence on the current Food Security systems that have passed our food responsibility over to corporations and governments?