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Lauren D'Silva: Posted on Monday, October 18, 2010 5:07 AM
I've just returned from a writing retreat in a secluded cottage in the Preseli Hills. It was a lovely week & the sun shone so warmly for the first three days that I sat outside in the garden to write- quite idyllic. I took a couple of photos there and when I uploaded them I noticed they have strange rainbow light anomalies- which I suppose could be a quirk of the sun hitting the camera lens- but I suspect they are something a bit more interesting!
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Light anomalies in the garden while on retreat.
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Going away from everything (including mobile phone reception & the internet) is a chance to sink into a more peaceful and contemplative frame of mind, something we tend to get too little of in this day and age. Coming back to a busy household on Friday evening was a bit of a culture shock though! On my way home I avoided looking at the map and asked Spirit to Guide me to somewhere interesting & found myself at Pentre Ifan, the remains of an ancient burial mound situated on a hilltop with views extending to the sea (or to a field of cows in the direction I managed to photograph!)
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Lauren D'Silva: Posted on Sunday, October 03, 2010 8:11 PM
I thoroughly enjoyed teaching the first of my Crystal Masterclasses. Our focus was on crystal mandalas and medicine wheels. This course is for those who have already completed their two year crystal healing diploma and want to explore more ideas for using their crystals for their own self development and for healing others. We made a very satifying group mandala and a medicine wheel out in the hills. Here is a mandala I made for myself last week to help me adjust to my daughter leaving home for university. It was therapeutic to create and when we each analysed our mandalas in the group it got some very positive feedback: peace, serenity, balance, intuition like a flower or eye opening love, compassion, growth, grounding, Mother Earth energy, brightness, shining light coming from within, nurturing unlimited boundaries, expansion, grounding, solid foundation on which to build, core of light growth, clarity, stability, enlightenment and richness in life What was interesting is that we didn't compare feedback comments until the end of the exercise, writing our comments and moving on to the next mandala and yet the themes were quite clearly emerging for each one. My daughter is having a fab time away, much better than she expected!
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