A Mycelium Metta Meditation - Inspired by the spring energy to connect outwards and send compassion.
brought to you by Tender Being with Harriet
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Dear ,
In this newsletter you'll find:
- Spring Equinox Metta Practice and Reflections
- Ways to work with me in the coming months
- Some recommendations from me of stuff I've been learning from, enjoying and some actions you can take
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Spring Equinox Reflections and Practice
I talked this month in our Community Membership post about the outward facing energy of spring. About how we can take the lighter days and the (sometimes) warmer weather as an invitation to reach out in whatever ways work for us.
You can read more about the Home Practice invitation I offered around this over on the free access part of the Community Membership post here. You can also join us in the community at whatever price is accessible to you (including free) to access the comment sections and live events.
As I came to plan our practice for this newsletter, I was struck by the feeling of collective grief, and hope and compassion that I know a lot of us are feeling right now. There is so much going on and so many places our hearts are breaking and beaming love to. I was reminded of the Buddhist practice of Metta, Loving Kindness Meditation. And I thought of a beautiful gift and letter I received from a dear member of this community (now a dear friend) that she sent for my birthday.
She created (from an egg carton!) three beautiful mushrooms, explaining that these represent the mycelium we have been growing in these spaces and the connections and care that are able to flow through this.
The Spring Equinox Practice invitation is to engage in the
Mycelium Metta Meditation
Inspired by this and the tradition of Metta, I have created for you all a Mycelium Metta Meditation - using our roots into the network to share and send a sense of kindness and compassion outwards into the world.
My hope is that this practice can offer you a way to connect out to communities and other tender beings close and far, in a way that may feel accessible and hopefully nourishing for you in these turbulent times.
I have created two versions - one with music and one without. You can access these via a google drive link, or insight timer (I am currently waiting for the track without music to be uploaded onto insight timer, but the version with music is live and linked below)
If you want to connect with a group of us to mark Spring Equinox, you can do so by joining the Community Membership in Substack. It's been lovely to have a base there for our Events and Practices and it's Pay what you can (including free spaces), so it is financially accessible to all.
I will be sharing Spring Equinox reflections and prompts on the podcast and I'd love to hear your responses to the prompts and/or to what I've shared in the comments - come on over to Substack.
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Here are the ways you can work with me now or in the coming months:
🌿 Covid Conscious Resilience Toolkit (Waitlist)
Having recently certified as a Facilitator of 'The Resilience Toolkit' (woop woop!) I am putting on some free programmes for small groups around different themes.
The first theme I've started with is for supporting the Covid Conscious community. This clearly resonated as the group filled up and there are a few people now on the waiting list for future prorammes. If you'd like to join the waiting list for this or any of the following groups that I am thinking of running a Toolkit programme for, then let me know:
Covid Conscious,
New parents / caregivers for babies and children
Those living with chronic illness and/or Disabled
If you have a request for a different focus for a programme then please do let me know.
🌿 Coaching
I have some very limited availability for 121 coaching, if you'd like to work together. You can find out more about my coaching approach and what this can look like here.
🌿 Family Sleep Support
This may seem a little left-field, but is a bit of a peak into some of the slightly different training I've been doing... I know this isn't of interest to everyone so please skip and know that I will be hosting this in a different space once I hopefully establish it more. Through having my little one I've become fascinated by baby/ infant / toddler sleep and have ended up undertaking several trainings in this! I am currently working towards certification in these and am looking for practice clients. If you, or someone you know, would like support with their little one's sleep then please do get in touch. You can learn a little more about the offering and my approach here.
🌿 Community Membership on Substack
The Membership is available on a 'pay what you can' basis, so whatever your budget you can join us!
Inside you'll find:
- The new home for all Celtic Wheel Events, we will be gathering for Spring Equinox on 22nd March - there's still time to sign up and join us.
- Monthly drop-in Mindfulness Sessions happening on the second Saturday of every month.
- An invitation to engage with a seasonal Home Practice every month, as well as the opportunity to connect and discuss with me and others about what you notice, any questions or insights.
If you'd like to join us, we'd love to welcome you into the community - any questions you can simply reply to this email and get in touch.
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Thank you so much for your support
🌱 It's an honour to journey together as we cross from season to season 🌱
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