by Juliet Batten | 12, Nov, 2021 | Seasons Newsletter
Their wings beat non-stop as they fly across the Pacific, leaving behind the cold of Alaska and landing in Aotearoa New Zealand. Spring is the season for the return of the kuaka (godwits). They may now be seen on sandbanks and estuaries along the coast... 
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 | 22, Jul, 2021 | Seasons Newsletter
What do trees and grizzly bears have in common? According to forester Peter Wohlleben, who wrote The Hidden Life of Trees, bears prepare for hibernation by eating and eating to grow fat and sustain themselves for months of sleep with no food. And would... 
by Juliet Batten | 23, Jul, 2020 | Seasons Newsletter, Uncategorized
You are walking along, head down, in that way of winter, trying to keep warm and dry as the rain falls. Your thoughts are dismal like the day. Then suddenly you spot a flash of colour on the path. You pick up two pink scooped petals. They look... 
by Juliet Batten | 14, Jun, 2018 | Seasons Newsletter
How do you maintain your inner fire at winter solstice, when thunderclouds rumble through the sky and cloudbursts drench the air, bringing plummeting temperatures that set you shivering? If you are in the northern hemisphere, you will soon be celebrating summer...