by Juliet Batten | 1, Sep, 2022 | Seasons Newsletter, Uncategorized
Spring is here—Te Koanga—and with it, the chance to make a fresh start. Is there a fresh start calling you? Maybe you’d like to freshen up your home, or a special relationship. Maybe you need to revive your energy and enthusiasm for life, or take... 
by Juliet Batten | 22, Sep, 2021 | Seasons Newsletter, Uncategorized
Over the years that I’ve been writing these newsletters I’ve never had to think, ‘What shall I write?’ They always arrive easily. But this time I did find myself wondering, because my mind has been elsewhere during Auckland’s weeks of lockdown. I’ve... 
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 | 14, Nov, 2019 | Seasons Newsletter
Do you gnash your teeth and snarl at those windy days when gusts and gales whistle and howl around your house and down the chimney, when they blow so fiercely that if you venture outside, you are immediately thrown off balance? Do you find yourself... 
by Juliet Batten | 28, Nov, 2018 | Seasons Newsletter, Uncategorized
Erratic seasons, they can turn around and bite you just when you thought you could breathe a sigh of relief at the unfurling of leaves, buds, and your pain. A growth spurt is followed by a blasting storm and promise is killed on the twig, dashed from the...