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Reflections, articles, poetry, meditations and videos from our facilitators and community on the theme of the sacredness of nature. If you'd like to submit an article, poem or reflection do get in touch.
"The world is now dominated by an animal that doesn't think its an animal. And the future is being imagined by an animal that doesn't want to be an animal. This matters."
Melanie Challenger
Welcoming the Cailleach
Wednesday 4th November 2026
Mike Mullins
I sit on our steps wrapped in a warm dry robe. There's no golden summer beach, or sea now, just a cold northerly November wind and grey blue clouds scudding…
Finding our way out of the machine
Sunday 1st November 2026
Mike Mullins
Reading Paul Kingsnorth book “Against the Machine”, and his powerful idea of how the machine uproots us from what it means to be truly human, made me reflect if there…
Animals and the art of being present, uninhibited and free.
Saturday 31st October 2026
Karen Harman
Betty, my 18 month old cocker spaniel, her head on a cushion which is far too high for her neck to wrap around, sighs dramatically. She is side eyeing me, a…
To Autumn
Sunday 18th October 2026
John Keats
We read this beautiful poem by Keats at our recent October Soul Garden online gathering. I find the second paragraph especially moving where Keats personifies Autumn as a young girl…
Pausing for gratitude, remembrance and renewal
Wednesday 14th October 2026
Karen Durkin
After the languid heat and dry same-ness of the summer, Autumn is here in the South East of England, and every day is a journey through a changing climate. Misty,…
Exploring the Nature Crisis through Art
Sunday 6th September 2026
Cari Bridgen
Cari Bridgen, who some of you met on the Reconnection to Sacred Nature retreat, shares her experience of running a Contemplative Art Group exploring the nature crisis. Cari was an…
August ... something is deeply wrong in Eden.
Sunday 30th August 2026
Mike Mullins
A warm summer’s day but with a cool northerly breeze. I can feel the warmth of the sun on the tops of my bare feet and the cool stone patio…
The incredible swift
Thursday 13th August 2026
Anne Watson
My husband and I moved into our top floor central London flat about 20 years ago, not realising that we already had lodgers who came and went as they pleased!…
Rootlessness is the great disease A review of “Against the Machine” by Paul Kingsnorth Part Two
Thursday 13th August 2026
Mike Mullins
The Machine has created unprecedented mobility and connectivity. Yet many people feel uprooted, placeless and culturally homeless. We can travel everywhere but belong nowhere."We built the Machine. Now the Machine…
Rootlessness is the great disease A review of “Against the Machine” by Paul Kingsnorth Part One
Thursday 16th July 2026
Mike Mullins
Do you ever have moments when you see a film, read a book, or poem that captures your experience of life and it unlocks all it’s confused complexity and ambiguity?…
May there be a superabundance of life
Monday 6th July 2026
Mike Mullins
Its July the height of summer in its fullness and another heatwave is on its way. My face, hands, legs and feet are bronzed with the sun. I’m tired with…
June is the month of joy
Monday 8th June 2026
Mike Mullins
It's June and nature reaches an exuberant fullness. It's overflowing. Can we receive the gift rather than own it? Bumblebees dive head first into the purple bell heads of…