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Lammas Blessings and Reflection Prompts
Arriving at the peak of summer, Lammas translate to 'loaf mass', this festival marks the 'grain harvest', where we would gather the grain and celebrate with creating loaves.
While Lammas is a time for recognising growth, it is also recognised that there is an element of sacrifice to the process of harvesting. The removal of shelter for small animals in the wheat fields, the clearing of what has been growing... And this leading to opportunity and creation - baking our grain into a nourishing loaf, all of our own making.
I have found it so interesting to learn about the themes of sacrifice around Lammas, and around the idea of harvest (as well as the legend of John Barleycorn). And it has felt pertinent for me at a time of big personal shifts and change. I can see that I have grown (metaphorically and physically!) over the last seasons, and have huge gratitude for this growth, and also recognise that growth and harvests can bring sacrifice and change, which can also be scary, can cause grief too. This all part of the seasons of life.
More than one thing can be true, and I like to spend time reflecting on and making space for this sometimes. There can be an expectation that our perspective on life and its changes will fall into a binary of being either 'good' or 'bad'. But we are complex beings, with wonderful and multi-layered ways of experiencing the world. Allowing ourselves to be in the grey, to be complex and full beings can be quite liberating and nourishing in its own way - allowing all parts of our experience to be heard and held.
My invitation to you for this month...
Should you want to accept it... is to spend some time with these prompts - engaging with them in whatever way feels most supportive to you.
🌿 Spending time reflecting on the ways you have grown this season
🌿 Recognising the ways you may have already or may need to in the future make some form of sacrifice in order to harvest this growth.
🌿 Allowing yourself to bathe in the joy and pride of what you have been / are creating - whatever that may be, big or small
I would love to hear your experience of these invitations - please do feel free to share them with me directly or to come over to instagram and connect with the community (I'll be sharing a post around this soon).
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