March 2016:

A rainy shift into Autumn was joyously welcomed, as swirling wind gusts, driving rain and misty wet weather coated our final Weekly Nature Meditation session for Term 1. 

We created sacred space at a remote lakeside picnic shelter: our candles, incense and om's merging nicely with the wood gathering exploits of locals preparing for a upcoming work breakup. A few deep settling breaths focused us beyond the crashing of  firewood as it was unloaded and we dropped into a state of quiet - and at times distracted - seated meditation. 

Later, we wove the firewood stores into a gratitude mandala, celebrating that there is space for both chainsaw wielding safety-high-vis clad folk and Buddha-posture-like seated folk in our diverse world.