Sunday 11th March 2 – 5pm An experiential workshop as part of Oxford International Womens Festival. How differently might we feel as women (or about women) if we had a model of ultimate authority and goodness in female form? If we trusted that we could be both powerful and feminine? In this workshop we will take a guided journey with … Read More
Embodying the Goddess
This transformational course starts April 2018. Just 12 places available, so do get in touch if you’d like to book! The post Embodying the Goddess appeared first on The Hummingbird Lodge. Source: Hummingbird Lodge
The Day of the Dead Ceilidh
The Day of the Dead Ceilidh The music is driving, the people young and old, with painted faces swirling, laughing. The lights are low, and candles in front of an altar flickering. On the altar are photographs of departed loved ones, flowers, fruit, bottles of beer. This could be Mexico. But it’s Oxford: Wolvercote Village Hall, to be precise. It’s … Read More
Birthrites Course – early bird discounts!
Early Bird Discounts available until 19th August! £140 whole weekend (deposit £50 payable by 19th August) £76 one day (deposit £30 payable by 19th August)
Birthrites – a weekend course
I’ve just finalised the details of a new weekend course to share my work on how to create unique rituals and ceremonies for the child-bearing years. It will be 22nd to 23rd October 2016, at Shamanka School of Traditional Women’s Shamanism, near Sherborne in Dorset. Poster coming soon!
On Yurts, Grandmothers and the Net of Light
I have been sharing a little more widely my work with the Great Council of Grandmothers. Sometimes people ask me how I came to work with them. So, if you’re sitting comfortably, here is a story. Once upon a time, I fell in love with a yurt. It was an orange-painted, felt-lined Mongolian yurt . . . on Ebay. When … Read More
Picking up our own Sh*t
I walked back from the school run today with a friend who is a dog-owner. As we reached a slightly squashed dog poo, she paused and mused, “Ah. I’m not sure, but I think I’ll take responsibility for that one.” And she duly did the deed with the plastic bag. What I want to share today is a practice that … Read More
Half Term Storytelling at The Story Museum
I will be telling stories about animals from all around the world every day in half term, Sat 13th Feb – Friday 19th Feb, from 11am – 1pm at The Story Museum, Oxford. This is part of their new ANIMAL exhibition, which will be wonderful! As part of this exhibition, my novelist sister, Nicky Singer, is also going to be … Read More
Yin and the Art of Not Doing
I spent a lot of this early Autumn doing nothing. Lying down in bed, asleep or awake. Sitting very still in a chair in the sun. I had a disturbance of the inner ears, which made movement or concentration of any kind difficult. My doctor helpfully offered the word ‘disequilibrium’ to describe the brain confusion that resulted from any exertion. … Read More
Yin and the Art of Not Doing
I spent a lot of this early Autumn doing nothing. Lying down in bed, asleep or awake. Sitting very still in a chair in the sun. I had a disturbance of the inner ears, which made movement or concentration of any kind difficult. My doctor helpfully offered the word ‘disequilibrium’ to describe the brain confusion that resulted from any exertion. … Read More