Dear Souls,
Hi there, it’s been a while, I last wrote to you in August, basking in the sweetness of summer and preparing for the slowing of autumn, and what a sigh of relief it was, to let go and make space anew.
From this space much has been emerging in the way of insights, inspiration and dreams of what is to come.
I have now stepped all in to service to new earth and community; opening channels and freeing the flow to follow my heart-mind and soul into expanding and deepening into what arises. Currently, this is a mixture of Reiki, natural song, music, writing and creativity; with nature, always with nature.
I have been on some profound journeys of immersion into community song and sound, and it has been a joy to share the resulting learnings locally through Belper Earth Connection Group’s Earth Songs (every second Thursday of the month at Sage Yoga Studio, Belper) and the newly formed Earth Spirit Jam (every last Thursday of the month at Strutts Community Centre 6pm – 7.15pm).
It has also been wonderful to share devotional song at the Elephant Rooms open evening recently, I was grateful for the chance to sound out some of the many songs and words that are coming through with a distinct feeling that they are not from me alone; they come from nature – sometimes the river, sometimes the robin, sometimes a divine radiance which is apart and yet a part of all, for all.
I am the most grateful for a significant shift and opening which has occurred this season; suddenly I felt overwhelmingly assured that I have all that I need, in a song and a prayer. I feel a renewed embodiment of the enduring unity of all love and a remembrance of the potential in all that is, to become love, with peace, grace and truth.
In this energy I have been reflecting and communing deeply with nature, inspired particularly by the stones and the rivers, stillness and motion, spirals and currents. This led to a series of quietly, deeply fulfilling Nature Contemplation sessions at Sage Yoga Studio; we explored intuitive movement, stillness, journaling, spontaneous utterance and a solstice Reiki-Sound journey.
Welcome 2025! A 9 year (2+2+5) and whilst there is a theme of completion in the numerology of 9, the astrological alignments and significance of the coming seasons speak to me of showtime energy; there is a sense that the lessons have been learned, integrated, and now it’s time to act. Togetherness is another word coming through for me, being together, with nature, as nature.
I am delighted to announce a retreat day which I’ll be hosting alongside two other wonderfully and wildly creative women on Sunday 2nd March 11am – 4pm, in the magical and ancient Shining Cliff Woods. Check out Retreats for more details of ‘Weaving Our Wild Ways’; we are offering a pre-selected investment of £33-£66 for this day of natural co-creation. I’ll be sharing Heart to Hear circle singing with nature at this event.
I’m holding more Reiki courses this year: Reiki I (Sat 22nd March & Sun 29th June) & Reiki II (5th & 6th July) trainings at Elephant Rooms, and some upcoming dates in Belper for Reiki II in February-March, and by arrangement.
Reiki shares at Elephant Rooms continue every 4th Tuesday of the month from January; we welcome Reiki I+ practitioners to join our sharing community.
Joyfully, we had a full house to open the year at Elephant Rooms with the first meditation, mindfulness & more session. We went deep into midwinter dreams, gently awakening and emerging with the return of the light and the softly shifting season. These sessions run every first Friday of the month 7pm – 8.30pm by donation and are offered by members of the Elephant Rooms community of therapists and facilitators.
As we continue through the cold season, remember that rest is necessary, natural and deeply valuable. Rest re-assures results. Rest is a deepening and shift of focus; when the trees rest they focus within and below – they nurture and nourish the core, the roots, the networks which enable; they strengthen their foundations. And in rooted re-assurance they dream, they dream deeply in a way which draws the richest potential to rise into the current. This is how to rest productively, creatively, as nature does.
And so I’ll leave you with a Reiki affirmation which has formed part of my ever evolving practice and teachings recently…
‘I am as I am
That is all, that is all
In every breath
I am born
I am born
And I am thankful for all
For all becomes love, true and clear
For all is of now, and now is of here’
And, some song lyrics which arose during dreams, last night…
I Hear the Earth,
And She Heals my Soul,
I Hear the Earth,
And She Makes me Whole,
I Hear the Earth,
And She Reminds Me,
Of What is True.
All love,
Sami