Let the Retreat Begin

EarthSpirit Centre couldn’t be more aptly named.

By the time I arrived there I’d already had a taste of the land in Glastonbury, from the nurturing energies of the White Spring to the powerful charge of the Tor.

Nevertheless, I didn’t realize that I’d be saying goodbye to a restful night’s sleep for the next week.

Here too, the ley lines/Michael & Mary lines criss cross along the rolling landscape. The land feels alive. Its spirit is tangible. You understand why they are also called dragon lines. 🐉

This retreat centre is booked solid years ahead because this aliveness is a catalyst for healing.

So here we are. 30 women. 22 pilgrims, six mentors and two leaders. We’re here to experience Avalon and Avebury through this lensing.

We share our first dinner. Then we sit in Temple. This is a potent form of circle with ceremony and dropping in (stillness). We place our intentions into the healing container that we’ve created.

We’re paired up in a witnessing exercise, and as I gaze across the room at my partner, her face changes. I see her younger, then older. Then more masculine. The most vivid image comes as a beautiful Indigenous American woman with a long black braid over her left shoulder.

It was a beautiful beginning.

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