EARTH PATHWAYS

Happy New Year to our dear Earth Pathways community! Thank you so much for your love, support and loyalty throughout 2024 - you make all the difference.💚🙏 We wish you good health and good times in the coming year...

I hope you've had chance to enjoy the time around the solstice to find your own stillness for a while. As Tess Howell says in this week's #diary page: "Sometimes when we really sink (synch?) into our own stillness it is almost like we are conjuring up a spell. We make space for some future self to call us forth; for some good instruction to be given, for some clear knowing to happen..." #Words: 'Change is Coming' - Tess Howell. You can find more words by Tess on our Showcase website https://lnkd.in/eimpBrb8 #Art: 'The Wild Swans' - Kate Bedell. You can find more of Kate's art work on our Showcase website https://lnkd.in/edcPuB_r

#Solstice Blessings from Earth Pathways > https://lnkd.in/ekMmP6FZ It's #WinterSolstice. Put aside a few minutes to read our Solstice Newsletter, it's full of beautiful festive photos and artwork to cheer you. Snuggle down and gift yourself the time to reflect on the year that is behind us and the one yet to come...

'The Sun seems to hover, hung low in the sky as though it might never push back the darkness... Trust your night eyes, and walk through the land of night knowing yourself, and knowing that the light is coming back.' We're counting down to the #WinterSolstice... TELL US us how you're celebrating this magical transition. #Words: 'Yule - Winter Solstice' - George Parker. You can find more of George's work on our Showcase website https://lnkd.in/eWKHXkXB #Photography: ''Overnight Transformation' - Brian Boothby. Find more of Brian's photography on our Showcase website https://lnkd.in/e9KGQDEY

Here in the darkest part of the year, it sometimes feels like the Wheel turns its slowest as we negotiate the shortness of the days and all that winter presents us with. Yet inside me I sense the Winter Solstice (Dec 21st) moving a little closer and feel the anticipation ripple in the days leading up to this pivotal point. Are the sunsets always a deeper amber? Are the tree silhouettes more stark? Is the air more charged with a mix of melancholy, tinged with heart-bursting hope for the light returning? Or is it just me? Tell us how this time of year feels to YOU! Whenever possible, gathering with others at the Winter Solstice can be the most profound and magical of times. Take inspiration from Lea Kendall's heart-warming words in this week's #diary page and let Lynne Sawyer's artwork remind you of the rapture of colours to be found at this time of year. #Words: 'A Connection to Midwinter's Past' by Lea Kendall. For more of Lea's work please visit her page on our Showcase website: https://lnkd.in/eHgi72a9 #Art: 'Autumn Gold' by Lynne Sawyer. For more of Lynne's artwork please also visit her page on our Showcase website: https://lnkd.in/eyZx8emh

This week's beautiful #diary page: I am the dancing wagtail, the soaring crow, the wild rose blooming beneath the Elder’s shadow. I’m the untamed moors and the hidden gorge, the thunderous falls that winding rivers forge. I’m Earth’s rich, dark soil, the Moon’s silver light, the liminal spaces you might enter at night. I am standing stones and womb-like cave, the raging storm and the gentle wave. I am all these things and more, and they are me, for All is One, and blessed are we. #Words: 'All Is One' by Becky Mackeonis (Earth Dreaming Arts). For more of Becky's words please visit her page on our Showcase website https://lnkd.in/dt87Qvgh #Art: 'Fan-y-Big' by Emma Cox (Instagram:@emmacoxcreates). For more of Emma's art please visit her page on our Showcase website https://lnkd.in/dVcJ8qst

WELCOME DECEMBER! Let's move into Winter with kindness in our thoughts and deeds, and strong hope in our hearts. This month's Earth Pathways #calendar page: Hope presents herself Through winter’s depths. Ice underfoot, Mist overhead. Yet with a lowered gaze, An open heart, Behold, budding hope. Bare winding stems, Elegantly topped With potent life. #Words: 'Hope' - Leora Leboff (Instagram: @leoraleboff). For more of Leora's writing please visit her page on our Showcase website: https://lnkd.in/eUsFxjrB #Art: 'Bringer of Light' - Rebecca Lehmann (Instagram: @beathag_ecobard). For more of Rebecca's writing and art please visit her page on our Showcase https://lnkd.in/e4PVe8ea

Go... quick, run... go buy yourself one now > https://lnkd.in/eev3KC5b Art and words by independent artists inspiring our connection to the land and dedicating it to all those who care for our beautiful earth and choose to be open to positive change and the path of the heart. #MoonPhases #Diary #WheelOfTheYear #Christmas #Nature #NatureArt #NaturePhotography #NaturePoems #NatureWriting #ConnectionToTheLand #Astrology #OurBeautifulPlanet #LoveForTheLand #SunAndMoonSigns #EarthFestivals #Ceremony #MadeInDerbyshire

This wondrous Earth is always there for us. Even in our most solitary of times the land on which we walk welcomes us in, says stay awhile with me and be nourished. Coming home to ourselves, to that still and loving place within, we are again reminded that there is no separation, only the illusion of separateness. Such a beautiful #diary page this week... #Words: 'The Hermit's Hut' - Nicola Smalley from The Way of the Buzzard. For more of Nicola's writings please visit her page on our Showcase website https://lnkd.in/eypq8YHC #Art: 'Thorn, Stone and Time. Bodmin Moor, Cornwall' - Sarah Vivian. For more of Sarah's magical art work please visit her page on our Showcase website https://lnkd.in/eXuYrs6m

The Tree Ogham Card Game is a beautiful project that aligns with Earth Pathways’ values, blending nature connection with a meaningful purpose. Created in collaboration between frequent Earth Pathways contributor Yannick Dubois (visit our Showcase), Children's Forest and the Order of Bards Ovates & Druids (OBOD), this deck not only teaches about the 20 sacred Ogham trees but also directly supports reforestation efforts. With each pledge, Aviva’s match funding doubles the impact, making it an incredible way to support tree planting and inspire a love for nature in children and adults alike. The Ogham trees are sacred. They each represent a letter in Ogham; an ancient druidic Irish alphabet. Each Ogham tree carries deep wisdom and healing for those who care to connect to them... Explore the campaign and choose a reward to join this inspiring initiative: https://lnkd.in/eK7mubcr #Support #TreePlanting #Inspiration #Nature #Children #Family #Ogham #Trees #Reforestation #NatureConnection #CardGames