Shamanic PermaCulture

Today started with yoga, breakfast, and a meditation.

The morning session was on Conflict Management and Resolution, something that I have no real skills at doing. So, for me the exercises were very helpful, even if they only scratched the surface of how adverse situations can be handled with respectfulness and with an goal of closure of the issue(s).

The afternoon was back up at Craig & Beatrice's Barrel where, Beatrice lead us thru another session of looking at permaculture thru the gardening lens. These exercises continue to reinforce the themes of mindful designs, energy & efficiency, and resource usage, not only in gardening but in our daily life and activities as well.

This Saturday Craig has invited any one whom wants to attend a sweat lodge to do so; thus we sat in the lodge as Craig discussed with the group the history of sweat lodges and the healing they can provide. I will be joining in the lodge and I hope that can assist my Holding the Fire and possibly leading a round within the lodge.

Tomorrow is Thursday, this means we pack it up and head up to the Highlands west of Loch Ness to Glen Affric. This is part of the Trees for Life program that a man, Allan, from the Findhorn community started about 25 years ago, because of his passion desiring to help reforest Scotland. His vision is a 250 year vision, so the work is just beginning, but Allan is very passionate about this goal.

We will be in the Highlands overnight and will be helping plant trees in an area where trees are required to be reintroduced. It will be cold out there, it snowed last night down here in Findhorn and snow is expected in the Highlands tomorrow.