What on Earth is going on?

However we are living our lives we cannot fail to notice that the environment around us is struggling as well as our political and social structures. Somehow or another over time we have come to believe that we are separate from nature: that we have, somehow, transcended our earthly biology and made ourselves an exception to ecological rules. This ‘separation myth’ has led us to live beyond our habitat’s ability to sustain us and we must deal with it urgently, if we are to survive its consequences.
‘Deep sustainability’ calls for a level of personal and cultural change that only emerges when we weave human Being directly back into the fabric of the Earth. It’s about a sense of personal identity that is seamlessly integrated into the biosphere. We respond to deep sustainability through our own deep-rooted sense of ourselves as nature, rather than through a sense of responsibility to nature as something separate.
The diverse web of life on whom we depend, of whom we are part, is in crisis. We need a sea-change in lifestyles, values, identity. This is about a change in relationship towards self, other and earth. (Mary Jane Rust)

We invite both men and women to reconnect to their innate wild human nature with outer nature. We believe that the root cause of the current environmental situation has come about due to a deep disconnection of the feminine. This has happened for men and for women over hundreds if not thousands of years. There is some tragic misunderstandings and ignorance in humans regarding the relationship between the masculine and feminine principlesthat has led to the curretn situation unfolding. This has resulted in the external imbalances we are seeing now see manifested on Earth. The deepest work every human is being called to do by existence right now is to re-connect with our own nature adn to reconnect to nature itself rather than view it as external or seperate to us. We need to find the courage to deeply feel again and from there connect with the love we are and make the changes from that place.

From Denial to Despair...

'When we stop the endless internal war waged daily on ourselves we will cease to engage in war with others'

When we hear information about the current state of the planet we often feel uncomfortable and painful emotions and for most of us we choose to swallow them down and hope they will go away or hope that what we are hearing isn't true as they would seem to threaten our very life, our safety, our livelihoods, our values and our children's lives. It can seem too difficult or overwhelming to take it in because we end up feeling very afraid, powerless, emotionally overwhelmed and ineffective to do anything about it.

However, our willingness to feel the emotions that arise in us are an important step along the path to transforming the situation as they connect us to life and to our love for what we care about and this brings immense strength to take action from a place love rather than fear. If we can find the courage to feel deeply and move from denial through our despair we will find our love and from this place we become 'Love in action' and there is nothing more powerful than this as a force fro change. This is the space that Living Love invites us to explore.

EarthHeart workshops

One day ecopsychology workshops based on

the work of Joanna Macy -

SUSTAINABLE LIVING FROM THE INSIDE OUT'
These workshops are suitable for anyone who is feeling concerned about what is happening on an environmental and humanity level at the moment. This workshop is NOT about being told to be more 'environmentally friendly' or being guilt tripped or fear mongered into seeing things in a particular way
(E.G. you do not have to eat loads of lentils and give up your car to attend!). It is designed to give you as an individual an opportunity, in a non-judgemental space, a place to explore your own personal feelings to what is happening in the world and find for yourself what is the best way for you to respond, from a place of love, with your personal values in tact.
It is based on the work of Joanna Macy and follows a four stage spiral guide map for transformation. It does not require you to have any particular beliefs or previous experience in environmental issues.
This is an experiential workshop that will be fun, moving, gentle and hopefully inspirational. Most importantly there will be no 'lectures'.

To find out dates and practical info go to the booking page.