Land as Medicine

In her wonderful book “Wild”, Jay Griffiths tells of how of all around the world, elders are seeing how that we have became dangerous to ourselves, young people are becoming violently out of control, living in a wasteland of the mind.    

 And all these wise elders pointed to one solution: The Land.    

Violence and depression come from being outside nature, not having the clarity of mind that the vastness of the sky provides, losing touch with the grounded quality of the earth, spending time with the wild emotions of the rivers and oceans. Nature is both wild and kind, it is the natural world that provides all our resources to survive, yet when we lose touch with that natural rhythm, we find ourselves in a crises, we lose touch with our source. Our current environmental crises is a perfect mirror, reflecting how we have often lost touch with our most primal resource. To spend time with our true home allows a deep healing to take place.   

 You go back to the land to be yourself, says one of the elders, all human mind is free and wild and we need wild land to remember who we are. To spend time sitting out by a fire under the summer stars, or to sit and see both the sunrise and sunset in one day, these are the most natural aspects of life, but rarely do we give ourselves time to listen, to really see, to remember who we truly are.The wild heart gathering allows us to reconnect with that wild soul that is in its essence free and vast. By spending time with the five elements, we slowly come back to ourselves and resource deeply recharging our lives with awareness and passionate action as we realise we are an intrinsic part of the whole and our life is a gift to share with others.

Vision for our future.

There comes a time when we can no longer hide away from the deep calling of our true nature. We live at the most critical time in our human history. We are looking at up to 50% of the earths wildlife becoming extinct in the next 30 years. Extinct means never to be seen again, its time to reconnect with the soul of the earth, and realise our own unique offering to all life. We will all leave a legacy, the question is, what will yours be?

Our challenge.

We live at a pivotal time in the history of the human race and all species on this planet. We are facing unprecedented challenges such as global warming, mass species extinction, fundamental terrorism, a huge inequality in wealth and poverty, to name just a few of the problems we collectively face. At the same time we have opportunities to make a radical difference through our vision for earth and our grandchildren.

Through communication, sharing wisdom and information as well as our collective desire for happiness and peace, together we can create a home for us all to live with awareness and compassion. have a part to play in this incredible journey of life, at this time of great opportunity.

We can all make a difference, if we envoke the deep dreaming, inspirational life loving part of our nature, we can remember our life is a wonderful gift that we can offer for the benefit of the whole, so that all life may jump up and live again!