Deep Well-Being arose from Fires and Flowers of that Fierce Love that has no words

For a tree to rise and flower and bear fruit a seed needs to die in the dark soil and dare to break open, nourished by what nature created by death of old matter, good humus. Dare to reach up to the light, not knowing whether it will survive what is out there. But when wisely held and nourished by mothering nature and/or mothering hands, one day a delightfilled dance happens like in the above trunk-intertwining cherry tree blooming bright and free that weekend when we held retreat at the Barn.

Many people had been puzzled what 'Celtic Blood' meant. Well, we could feel the fire of the transforming presence of Phyllida which was the yield of decades of transforming her own and inherited shadows mercilessly and mercifully. The Celtic Soul is, she says and lives it (and thus does not 'teach' it), when we transform the shadows we carry into that free life force of unconditional fierce love. Love a word that needs to be heard spoken or sung when your ears are clear to hear and dare to let heart hear 'to be broken'.

Our old dross is but like firewood like the above. We burned so much of it this weekend. In the hearth of our heart and in the good hearth of the barn, and also outside in the fire pit. Clear were our eyes and cells of our body, and tall and free our standing.

Alhtough the weekend had only 2 men in the circle of otherwise 14 women participants. it seemed the core issues at hand was to create the space for our men to heal. It is a big longing in our lands esp, to enable men circles.

A Men Retreat has been organised by Andrew andrew@core-target.com for the weekend of the

2pm Friday 1st September – 2pm Sunday 3rd September; contact him for a full invitation.

Retreat limited to 10 spaces; £40 each plus food; Venue near, Crainlarich

Other follow ups are happening as we speak, here in Glasgow, in an online group, and later this year also with Phyllida for folks from Glasgow.

For up and coming public 'encounters' with Phyllida, you might want to check this out:

http://eicsp.org/events/event-details/491-4-day-retreat-invitation-to-the-chambers-of-the-heart-4-7-november-2017 http://eicsp.org/events/event-details/516-phyllida-anam-aire-and-sara-trevelyan-in-conversation-spiritual-journeys-27-june-2017

With Deep Gratitude and Joy for the fellowship on the journey home. In the safe witnessing lies the mystery of coming home to what we already are...

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