Newsletter Spring 2025
Keri’s story
This part of my journey began last Autumn, the annual time to assess the closing year and prepare for the darker days of winter.
I realised that getting older means the rhythm of the seasons, which is visible on the landscape and felt on the inside, is a relief as winter approaches and we come to the time to stop.
As the Earth holds her breath between exhale and inhale, just as our inner season is doing the same, everything pauses and becomes still, giving time to be, to listen to the soul.
As the year turned and 2025 was viewed from the inside looking out, I realised it was my time. I could smell it in the air. Now I needed to trust the process.
So, one Sunday morning in mid-January, I woke up and knew with certainty what the year was to be for myself, what I should be doing.
The question was, where do I start? The answer was simple, one gentle step at a time.
The first step, it was a big task, was to get back into my little sanctuary.
This was an outer expression of getting back in touch with my own inner sanctuary. Each day spent doing that was an achievement. At each step I took the two sanctuaries grew closer, I needed this for myself. I needed the peace, the kindness, the wisdom.
Finding sanctuary in a troubled world can be tough. The last few years have been hard for us all. The heartbreak every day of seeing global suffering. Doing the best each day to heal the wounds.
The importance of sanctuary and knowing where it is found, is truly a gift and attainable for everyone who chooses to find it. The secret, you may well know, is that it isn't found outside of ourselves. It is safely held within, the most sacred of places.
Mark’s story
Once I had helped Keri complete the workspace, we started to build a gentle website, with a lot of help from our daughter Willow:
It has come from a place of compassion and kindness.
I would never have guessed that I would become a website builder at my stage in life! I suppose 30 years in IT probably helped a bit, but I gave all that up in 2000, when the world wide web was in its infancy.
They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks! Don’t believe it, just allow yourself to rise to new challenges ooops! that should say opportunities!
Within the site you will see ways to find your own sanctuary within, alongside information about courses and workshops. We have added the beginnings of a small shop offering things we believe can support you on your path inwards. We will continue to add products in the coming weeks and months.
We will also be adding:
· Short meditations for you to access, these will be gifts
· Absent healing time, for those who wish to join in, and
· Pages to support your journey to your personal sanctuary within, to sit in peace, love and wisdom.
We invite you to join us on this journey through the year.
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Please share the website details with those you feel would enjoy the sanctuary we are creating.
Beautiful Spring Blessings
Keri and Mark