by Juliet Batten | 25, Nov, 2024 | Seasons Newsletter
Have you ever sat in silence in a forest? If so, you may have noticed how full of change it is. The moment to come is different from the moment just passed. Wind stirs the air and shakes the leaves, creating sounds that shift and change. Light comes and goes,... by Juliet Batten | 4, Apr, 2024 | Seasons Newsletter
We stood at the end of the broken bridge. One step more and we would tumble into the sandy stream below. Twelve air steps across the gap, and we would step onto the outstretched bridge section on the other side. Before the cyclone, the bridge... 
by Juliet Batten | 29, Jul, 2022 | Seasons Newsletter
A winter vision In the sheltered quiet of winter, a woman is knitting She dreams a future into the stitches She makes sure the colours are bright. She will plant a river bank when the earth warms She is planning a food garden She is planning acts of... 
by Juliet Batten | 19, Aug, 2021 | Seasons Newsletter
How do you awaken after a long slumber, or emerge from deep meditation? How do you emerge from winter slowness, from the season of hibernation? Slowly Meditation traditions teach that slow, conscious emergence from the depths allows time to... 
by Juliet Batten | 21, Jan, 2021 | Seasons Newsletter
The land was on a grazed hillside, that was struggling to regenerate. When we first saw the bach, a coarse bramble arched across the doorway, and the interior smelt of dead ants. From the deck we saw tall bracken that had sprouted from the bare earth....