The EarthHeart centre

This page is about the new EarthHeart centre and is where you can find out all about it, keep updated on the latest developments, how you can get involved if you want to and about help that is needed.

See more pictures here.

THE VISION

I have loved being in nature from as far back as I can remember, even as a very young child. It has always reminded me in such a simple yet powerful way of the Sacredness of all life and about my place in the universal web of life. I experience it as a profound teacher that connects me to Love, universal wisdom and the need for feminine and masculine balance in all things.

When I left home all I wanted was to live close to the land and in community. I have spent as much of my life as possible since then doing exactly this. I know how profound it has been for me and I believe this is an essential aspect needed for the collective transformation of humanity. This experience with nature opened my heart in such a way that it naturally made we want to live my life that was towards the protection and celebration of life rather than towards the destruction and disconnection from it.

About 15 years ago I had a vision and I was given guidance to create a place that as many people as possible can come to and have the opportunity to connect in this same way. A place to connect to our natural world through our willingness to slow down, commune in it's wildness, stillness, Sacredness, and awe inspiring relentless beauty. A place to bring consciousness to our hearts and to heal our relationships between the masculine and the feminine. To discover such connection in ourselves through this that the natural outcome is to want to honour all life as Sacred and live from a balanced place within so that our lives become in the service of Love for the collective evolution of all humanity.

THE EARTH HEART CENTRE

Finally after 15 years of working towards making it a reality it has come into manifestation. The land is bought and it's in the middle of the beautiful forest of Dean, next to the Wye Valley just over the Severn bridge into Wales (although it's not actually in Wales). It takes 45 minutes from Bristol and there are regular direct trains from London that take just 2 hours.
The place itself is really quite stunning. Off the main road and along a forestry commission track the house sits in 4 acres with a small spring fed lake at one end (see aerial view). It's surrounded by 200,000 acres of stunning wild forest. The house itself is in part an old mining cottage with a 1970's extension on the back so some of it will need some serious love (the 1970's bit)

I am in the process of getting planning permission to build a workshop space - a wooden Eco construction with turf roof, solar powered 12v lighting system, state of the art compost loos with floor to ceiling door-windows along the whole length of the West-facing wall that will open out onto a decking area looking out into the forest.

Eventually the plan is to have camping and Yurts and summer camps. Also to grow as much of the food as possible and get as much of the fuel needed from the surrounding woodlands (should keep us going for a little while with 200,000 acres !!) 

WANT TO GET INVOLVED ?

I have worked for the last 10 years towards being able to make the initial purchase, which has taken me pretty much back to zero point so I am now going to trust that if I am truly in service to the Divine then the rest will happen somehow with people bringing their arms and legs, skills, ideas, love, buckets of generosity and a desire to be part of this exciting experiment that as far as I know has never been tried before in this way.

If you do feel inspired to get involved do please get in touch. Below is a list of the kind of thelp needed and also dates for volunteers working weekends as well as dates that you can come and just be here over the summer to help. We have a camp kitchen set up so cooking is easy and there are plenty of hot showers and bathrooms available. Whatever amount of time you can offer is appreciated from a few hours, few days to a few weeks, just get in touch and we can get the ball rolling.

DATES:
Volunteers working weekends:
16-17 June 
21-22 July

Other times you are welcome to come and help
Anytime between 12-30 June
Anytime between  16-22 July

SKILLS NEEDED

Just happy to help - no particular skills needed
Carpenters/hippy chippies
General DIY odd jobs "I can do a bit of anything"
Plumbers/bathroom fitters/tilers
Electricians
Painting and decorating 
Cooks (to cook for the workers)
Gardeners/land clearing
Experience of pond management
Tree house builders
Fence building
Outdoor stone work (ie rendering)
Beautiful sign making
Artist and Sculptures for honouring the land
Just happy to help - no particular skills needed

DONATE

It might be that you really want to support the project but simply don't have the time to spare but do feel you could offer funding to the project. If you would like to make a donation we have a special bank account set up for this purpose. It can either be anonymous or you can be listed as a funder on the website. Do please get in touch either by email or by phone and I can give you details. 
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THANK YOU

Thank you to those of you who have already donated money so generously to this project. The money raised so far has gone towards installing a £10,000 4kw solar system on the roof.