" One touch of nature
makes all the world kin "
When the ripe fruit falls
its sweetness distills and trickles away
into the veins of the earth.
When fulfilled people die
the essential oil of their experience enters
the veins of living space, and adds a glisten
to the atom, to the body of immortal chaos.
For space is alive
and it stirs like a swan
whose feathers glisten
silky with the oil of distilled experience.
D.H. Lawrence
Tonight we experiment with fields of consciousness with Dr Peter Merry from https://gowyrd.org/ In Tea with a Druid join a worldwide community of like-minded people interested in nature-based spirituality for a weekly exploration of a spiritual topic and a meditation. Live every Monday at 8pm UK time. Learn more about the Druid community and training at https://www.druidry.org To find all the Tea with a Druid meditations on the ‘Yewtube’ Outdoor Woodland Cinema, go to: https://zodogo.com/yewtube/ The music used in the opening title is ‘Druid Circle’ by Charlie Roscoe. #spiritual #druidry #druids#pagan
A wonderful guest post from Tony Samara…If you would like to join Tony on his online Meditation Retreat click here for more details: https://www.tonysamara.com/retreats
Within the depths of your being, there lies a sanctuary—not bound by walls or time, but woven from the essence of your soul. This is a sacred haven, a radiant space where the noise of the world falls away, and only the soft hum of truth remains.
The Soul Sanctuary is a place of stillness and movement, of light and shadow embraced as one. Here, the burdens you carry are gently set down, as if cradled by unseen hands. The air is thick with the warmth of belonging, a quiet reminder that this space has always been yours to return to.
Step into this sanctuary, and feel the beauty of its presence unfurl around you. It is a garden tended by love, where the blossoms of your spirit bloom freely. The ground beneath you hums with ancient wisdom, each step guiding you deeper into the heart of yourself.
This is where the soul whispers its secrets, not in words but in the language of feeling. Here, every breath becomes a hymn of gratitude, every heartbeat a drumbeat of connection. It is a space that holds you as you are, without judgment, without need, offering only the gentle truth of your being.
Within the sanctuary, you come to see the beauty of your own essence—the way your light dances even in the face of darkness, the way your presence touches the world in ways you may not yet see. This is the sacred refuge where the soul rests, renews, and remembers its boundless nature.
And as you linger here, the boundaries of the self begin to dissolve. The sanctuary within becomes the sanctuary around, an endless field of peace and possibility. You come to know that this sacred space is not separate—it flows through all things, connecting you to every breath, every being, every star.
The Soul Sanctuary is not a destination but a return to the infinite beauty that has always lived within you. It is the home of your truest self, the quiet flame that never dims, the essence of love that sustains and transforms.
Close your eyes. Take a deep, loving breath. And know that within this sanctuary, you are whole. You are safe. You are free.
Find out more about the Children’s Forest Ogham Cards: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/treec… In Tea with a Druid join a worldwide community of like-minded people interested in nature-based spirituality for a weekly exploration of a spiritual topic and a meditation. Live every Monday at 8pm UK time. Learn more about the Druid community and training at https://www.druidry.org To find all the Tea with a Druid meditations on the ‘Yewtube’ Outdoor Woodland Cinema, go to: https://zodogo.com/yewtube/ The music used in the opening title is ‘Druid Circle’ by Charlie Roscoe.
We are so grateful to be sharing with you our exciting new crowdfunding campaign which is launching today.
The Tree Ogham Card Game a collaborative project between Children’s Forest, Forestheart and OBOD is designed to spark curiosity and bring together head, heart and hands, inspiring deeper connection with the trees, and with one another, as we play and learn together.
We want to see more children deepen their relationship to the natural world, and we have created these cards as a new way to do that. It is perfect for families, children, teachers, forest school folk and nature lovers of all ages.
If you pledge on our Crowdfunder today, you can claim your Tree Ogham Card Game and have your donation doubled, thanks to our match funding from AVIVA Community Fund.
Pledge your support today to receive your Tree Ogham Card Game and support children to plant trees with The Children’s Forest.
With stunning artwork by OBOD member Yannick Dubois (Forestheart) and a booklet packed with wisdom from forest school educator Anna Richardson (Children’s Forest), it’s designed to bring the lore and magic of trees into an interactive experience.
Plus, every purchase directly supports tree-planting through the AVIVA match-funding program, meaning your contribution gets doubled and helps directly to grow forests for the future with Children’s Forest.
By choosing one of our limited early-bird rewards today, you’re not only helping us bring the Tree Ogham Card Game to life, but you are also supporting an amazing cause—funding tree-planting projects that empower children to reconnect with nature.
Today I’m talking with Stefan Batoris of natureandtherapy.co.uk He does 1:1 and group Ecotherapy, Professional Forest Bathing Leader training programmes. His book is highly recommended: Wild Life – Shinrin-yoku and the practice of healing through Nature published by Singing Dragon and available to order through any large book shop or Amazon. In Tea with a Druid join a worldwide community of like-minded people interested in nature-based spirituality for a weekly exploration of a spiritual topic and a meditation. Live every Monday at 8pm UK time. Learn more about the Druid community and training at https://www.druidry.org To find all the Tea with a Druid meditations on the ‘Yewtube’ Outdoor Woodland Cinema, go to: https://zodogo.com/yewtube/ The music used in the opening title is ‘Druid Circle’ by Charlie Roscoe
I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Matthew Shaw from Stone Club. I was interviewed on Matthew’s wonderful Podcast Stone Club Walks and Talks.
We talk about ancient sites, sacred spaces and nature; about initiation, OBOD, Alfred Watkins and Ley lines. It was a fun interview including a Stone Club meditation!
If you would like to listen you can find the interview here and here. Do please check out The Stone Club Website and the other fabulous talks on their Podcast. Enjoy!
You can find David’s podcast series ‘Adventures in Nutopia’ here. His book and music here.
In Tea with a Druid join a worldwide community of like-minded people interested in nature-based spirituality for a weekly exploration of a spiritual topic and a meditation. Live every Monday at 8pm UK time. Learn more about the Druid community and training at https://www.druidry.org To find all the Tea with a Druid meditations on the ‘Yewtube’ Outdoor Woodland Cinema, go to: https://zodogo.com/yewtube/ The music used in the opening title is ‘Druid Circle’ by Charlie Roscoe. #spiritual #druidry #druids#pagan
At the heart of the focus on death at Samhain is the fundamental process of shedding. Like snakes shedding skin, trees shedding leaves, we need to periodically shake ourselves free, to let go of everything from unhelpful habits or relationships to just the clutter that accumulates from living in this over-full and complicated world we have created.
Samhain is a time for choosing simplicity over the urge to constantly accumulate urged upon us by our consumerist world. It’s a time for liberation – for the freedom that comes to us when we let go of only taking and start to give of ourselves, when we let go of the delusion that the earth belongs to us and instead really take on board the magnificence of what it means to experience quite the reverse: that we belong to the earth, to nature, to life.
~ Philip Carr-Gomm, Time for Magic: A Shamanarchist’s Guide to the Wheel of the Year
…and for those in the Southern Hemisphere, have a joyful Beltane! /|\
I sit before flowers hoping they will train me in the art
of opening up.
~ Shane Koyczan
