by Juliet Batten | 31, Jul, 2023 | Seasons Newsletter
Are you noticing a shift? — subtle but unmistakeable? It happens every year around six weeks after winter solstice. Yes! The returning light (despite kickbacks of chill) begins to bring warmth with it. It can feel like a long wait for this relief.... 
by Juliet Batten | 12, Jan, 2023 | Seasons Newsletter
I returned to the city after ten days holiday to find my garden burgeoning with growth. Lettuces, beetroot, and beans were flourishing, new seedlings were doing well, and a poppy grown from seed gifted at Beltane in October was now as high as my arm. Its... 
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.... 
by Juliet Batten | 1, Oct, 2020 | Seasons Newsletter
Pregnant in Paris: that was me in 1970, with not a female relative in sight. How could I prepare myself to give birth to my baby? I took refuge in books on natural childbirth. And that’s when I discovered that ‘transition’ is a critical phase in the birthing...