A step on the Pathway of Transformation. I love the New Year. It feels like an opportunity to begin anew. Dreams and intentions feel fresh once more, and old routines can be dusted off and revived, transformed for a new purpose. This New Year is extra special, as there will also be a New Moon on 1st [...]

Steps on the Pathway of Service Today, I realised something. The way to make community is to join one. Or several. For months now, I have been working on this series of posts, collecting and creating resources that keep our souls resilient in challenging times. When I started, I was hoping that people would really take to the [...]

Steps on the Pathway of Sorrow. When we started thinking about our Westacre renovation project, I saw it as an opportunity to educate and inspire people. I assumed that we would have plenty of time to get our story out there and motivate people to adopt some of our solutions. Then, last week, I read an article [...]

Steps on the Pathway of Service. ‘All our relations’ is a famous phrase. It comes from the Lakota tribe of North America and invokes a profound truth our own culture has forgotten. We are one big family. All of us who live on this Earth are brothers and sisters, whether we are human, animal, plant or mineral. All [...]

Steps on the Pathway of Transformation Over the last couple of weeks, something has subtly changed. I have come to trust Life and accept all aspects of myself to a greater degree than I ever have. I stand in the world with more confidence than ever before. I have learned that I need this trust and acceptance [...]

Steps on the Pathway of Transformation Why did I ever think that it would make sense to write the steps on the Four Pathways in order, one by one? Life isn’t that well ordered. And the flow of inspiration takes twists and turns like a river through a landscape. Over the last couple of months, I have been [...]

The Pathway of Sorrow, part 1 Last week, I wrote about the challenges that face us in today’s world (climate change, impending war, social injustice, …) and how all of us feel those things in our bodies. It is important to feel these emotions, as they are signals from the greater Body of Earth, the living ecosystem [...]

Step onto the Pathway of Sorrow, an introduction. The Pathway of Sorrow I resisted putting my feet on this Pathway. It felt too overwhelming. The path of Sorrow is about recognising the pain of our world and allowing ourselves to truly feel it. I didn’t particularly relish the prospect. Over the last few of months, though, the world [...]

Chaos. It’s a strong word to use. But these days it really feels like our world is descending into chaos and there is little hope of changing it for the better. Start with the threat of climate change, which is already unavoidable and does and will continue to affect every living thing. Much of it is [...]

Step onto the Pathway of Love, part 4 I am on good speaking terms with quite a few of the trees and plants in this garden by now. But dearest to my heart is the apple tree behind the house. She is a grandmother guardian of this place, a beautiful old tree who still produces masses [...]