by Juliet Batten | 23, Oct, 2024 | Seasons Newsletter
Here we are in the full leafiness of spring, the season that brings an infusion of new life, regeneration and joy. Can you feel it? Does it make you want to sing, dance, make love, run, walk, or laugh? Or do you feel tired, tossed around a little from... 
by Juliet Batten | 31, Jan, 2024 | Seasons Newsletter
As the season changes and shifts on February 2, how do you balance extreme realities — such as the inert face of the parched earth with the juiciness of ripe stone fruits and berries? If you are in the northern hemisphere, read on, because extremes can... 
by Juliet Batten | 15, Jan, 2024 | Seasons Newsletter
How do you lean into the gifts of summer when it is rainy or cloudy and not very summery? This is what a reader from Tauranga at the end of last summer. Sarah wrote to me, wondering, ‘Many of the summer blessings you describe in Dancing with... 
by Juliet Batten | 23, Nov, 2023 | Seasons Newsletter
Summer solstice, te maruaroa o Hine Raumati, is approaching. The longest day will be here on December 22nd. Is it on your calendar? Is it in your awareness? Why am I drawing your attention to summer solstice? This, the most glorious festival of... 
by Juliet Batten | 25, Oct, 2023 | Seasons Newsletter
I was surprised. She didn’t want to be Persephone in the school play. I thought all the girls would have lusted after the part of the maiden, dancing with her friends amidst the spring flowers, her head crowned with a ring of blossoms. But not...