So What Next

Well it been another strange week, but I have received some lovely goodies toward my Mexican Heart project from Gilliangladrag in Dorking. She certainly has some lovely things in her shop. Once lockdown is over abc it’s safe I think I will be making a trip there. In my next post I will be sharing some goodies I got from Unravel and Unwind in Rochester. 

This is not a 100%, but there is a possibility that we may be able to recommence our workshops at Epping in late September with a workshop with either Alan Albiston  or ourselves. We will have limited places and we may have to charge a wee big more to cover and extra cost. At the moment it looks as if we can’t use the kitchen, but we can either bring our own flask or go to Poppy’s. It would also mean social distancing and therefore numbers allowed would be around 10 or 12 which would mean it had to be booked and paid for. We are still hoping to go forward with Les and Jacky Fuller’s workshop on 3rd October depending on what transpires in the way of new guidelines. Our sound healing workshop sadly at the moment will need to be cancelled.  We will however have two developments workshops both totally different. If you would be interested please let me know as places will be limited. I am even considering running two workshops at the end of that month or one at the start of October if necessary (in other words it’s a moveable feast.  We need to see if this virus spikes again before making any decisions for as much as we would love to resume workshops the safety of all has to be our first consideration. I have also decided I will include a picture of what I bought at from Faye Luminesence Lamb from Unravel and Unwind. Lovely little needle cases.

Next Step Forward

Well who know when we will be able to have physical workshops again. At the moment the whole idea seems a long while ahead and in honesty I have not given up on the idea of an October workshop with Les and Jacky Fuller., but I am waiting to see if we can hire the space. Hopefully we will know by the end of this month.. We would have space here to do social distancing. Places would of course be given to those people who have supported at this venue in the past or are members of our Whats App Group which is growing not only in numbers but support for one another . In fact some seem to have made new friends, which is lovely.
We are busily still decluttering plus trying to get to grips wit what we should and shouldn’t keep. I am also trying to get to grips also with making Mexican Hearts as seen here and hope at some later stage to run a workshop on making them. I  also trying to research the history and origins of these hearts. Some of those I have seen are quite spectacular.
I  also doing an online course in art therapy as I do feel when this is all gone back to whatever normal has become it will be something which is needed. Some are suffering badly from what is being called “cabin fever” having not being able to move from their own homes.  In fact we went out for the first time last Tuesday., we will update this blog regularly giving you updates meanwhile keep safe.

Workshops and all that

 Well hopefully very soon we will be able to go back to holding workshops at Epping even if it means social distancing to do so. I won’t know until next month, but it will mean we can start to plan events although I am sure we will need to set out a few rules and regulations in regard to social distancing, the toilets and the kitchen use. Let’s wait and see. Yesterday we made our first trip out to do a wee bit of shopping plus a trip to my foot angel and I am happy to report my feet are now more comfortable and I can walk again. We next went to the post office to send some packages and post letters to Spain and Ireland amongst others. At least two packages had hearts in them and I have been busily knitting mire , but I have now discovered Mexican Hearts thanks to GIlliangladrags (find her on Instagram) and I will post the link to her video at the end of this post. I will be making some as soon as I have all the materials I need to compete the project they are so pretty and I will be doing some research on their origins as I had not encountered them before, but they are delightful.

Our What’s App group is going very well and I am convinced that members are benefitting not only in the spiritual sense, but during these weird unpredictable times it is also giving support to those who would have otherwise been cut off spiritually.

I would also ask all of you to send healing to our Carol Winmill wishing  her good luck with her trip to the hospital tomorrow and that she also gets some joy with finding out exactly what is wrong.

Here as promised is the link to the video (https://youtu.be/lz0N4o20aIo) and below is a picture purchase I made from a Mexican Shop. Isn’t it lovely. I am  going to be making some. 

Now what next

Things at least are getting settled if not somewhat not actually the way we would have chosen although we  know that in regard to Woodford Spiritualist Church the President Iris Klein and the committee have done the right thing. In fact we would like to congratulate Iris in having the foresight to close the church when she did. Sadly it will now not be be reopening until January 2021 so we will have no closed circle nor awareness group until then nor will there be services or workshops as it was not feasible to do all had to be done to insure the safety of everybody who attended the church whether for workshops, services or indeed healing. We look forward to it opening up again next year and I  sure it will be a big celebration plus a huge thanks to Iris.

We are now awaiting a decision from Epping and we might (not promising guys) that we will be able to run a few workshops there. We hade got Lez and Jack Fuller booked on the 3rd October. We sincerely hope this does not get cancelled meanwhile until we know what is possible We can only hold fire until then . When we know the situation we will of course be be updating everyone.

Our best news is our What’s App group which we are running three times a week had developed the most amazing pier and it is so rewarding to see the support members are showing each other and with that in mind can we all send healing to both Carol and Dandie at tnr moment with the pain I their lives both mentally had physically.

We have been busy knitting hearts to distribute when all this mayhem has cease. Juan Carlos and his fiancé Carmen will be distributing them as soon as they can. Although we haven’t yet posted them. 

They new cards below we will be using in our new workshop first opportunity we get and no doubt in our WhatsApp Group, which now number twenty.  

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Who knows when

Who knows when the churches can run workshops again who know, but we are still hoping it can be in September as we are missing the physical communication as are many people. We are still hoping that the workshop with Jacky and Les Fuller will stilll goes ahead. So at the moment we can’t really go ahead with planning anything. What I will say is that our What’s App group is growing and even without seeing anyone you an sense the support from everyone. They are a lovely group and they come from various parts of the United Kingdom mainly. We are hoping that once this lockdown nonsense is over we will be able to locate the right venue to hold a retreat. I guess I should make some inroads into Looking for somewhere now. 

Hearts and more hearts 

Once we know it is definitely ok to start we will be back in full swing doing workshops and I  indeed in full progress of planning a completely new workshop to be called “Intution through Art” as I know there are lots of people who like working creatively. 

I am also doing a course myself on Art Therapy,which is supposed to be useful for those suffering stress, mental  illness as well as recovering alcoholics. I f  we kit there would be a lot of people after lockdown who needed help to relieve their stress as the whole thing we know is having  a huge Impact on mental health. 

I have spent most of my time decluttering as well as knitting lots of hearts which eventually will be doing our on behalf of the Rainbow Healing Sanctuary. They will be travelling too as there are already some across the pond awaiting distribution as soon as it is feasible. We also have a promised of someone distributing them in Spain as well as further afield. We know from various previous emails received before  lockdown they serum to fall into the tight hands. We are sure these ones will too when we gets chance to actually put them anywhere. We hope by the next post we will have better news regarding workshops, but meanwhile keep safe everyone. 

We have been following Caroline Myss and this lady is amazing she always seem to hit the nail right on the head, but judge for yourselves  https://youtu.be/8CeoMTmPYmQ

Coming out of lockdown

Solstice Blessings everyone. Well this is certainly a strange time, but one very positive thing has emerged from it and that is  our What’s App. The whole group supports one another and we are hoping lots of spiritual friendships will have been formed and continue long after the pandemic has ceased even though many of the people  live in different parts of the country and indeed the world. We are hoping it will become even stronger. We are now 21 strong although not everyone attends each time. I think this is fine as 3 nights a week are a big commitment and we really appreciate those who manage to do this on a regular basis.

At the moment we are working on scrying and it love this method of divination. Love scrying clouds, water and sand. It is one of the oldest forms of divination and in the olden days during Winter fire scrying was a popular pass of passing time. Alan Albiston took a picture of the water feature in his garden and it brought forth some interesting results.It was done by way of an experiment and it certainly worked. Sadly it I could seem to get it up loaded to the blog as it doesn’t seem to like videos.
We are making plans for when we come out of lockdown and if this goes on much longer we will have to consider doing workshops on Team. Although I do feel our What’s App group has got its advantages as everyone can be comfortable. So we are considering what to do in whatever circumstances come about as I understand that some of the spiritualist churches will not be reopening until 2021 sadly, but it’s understandable as some are too small for social distancing and who do you turn away.
Now on another score I said I would review Blodwen E. Jones’s book “Moonstruck”.  What can I say I love it. It is down to earth with great humour and refreshing. I love poetry but even for those who forte it isn’t - I would say give this book a try. It shows too a lot of things which need to be brought to the fore. Thanks for sharing your insights Blod. One word of warning some of the language is a bit colourful.
I have also been following the recent videos of Caroline Myss a lady I hold a great respect for and she makes perfect sense of our strange times, but please don’t just take my word for it listen to what she has to say and make your own judgment, but I bet you will see exactly where she is coming from .(https://youtu.be/1EuV1lQqH

Normality what is that

Well still no nearer coming back to normality. What normality is to each person - it would just be nice if we could get back to even having small classes. Still our What’s App group is going great guns and everyone supports one another, which what makes it so special. Everyone really looks forward to the meetings online three times a week. Regularly on Tuesday evening, Thursday and Saturday from 8 pm till 9.30 pm. Although I admit it has been a challenge working out ways to teach without visual contact, but what I have noticed is how quickly those participating have improved in leaps and bounds 

I am spending my time decluttering and knitting hearts for distribution once this chaos has vanished and I can leave them to be found without the fear of the faint possibility of contracting the virus. Both Daniel and I were pretty grim over Christmas And poor Daniel has that wretched cough for over three week or more. I have also now extended that to knitting them for hospitals as well as a few people I know personally who have had problems. Some will be going out to Spain to Juan Carlos who is going to leave them in various localities for people to find. I am hoping to get some sent to Germany and France too as well as others crossing the pond (Patricia Sevret Tucker has said she will put some out in her locality in the United  States of America 

We are still hoping to go ahead with classes by September but this all depend on the decision of the committee of the Friends Meeting House to reopen and we still intend to have a sound healing workshop as a tribute to Julie Felix and then of course tree is the worshop with Les and Jacky Fuller. It also depends on travel age whetted it’s safe as my brother cones under the vulnerable as he has had ulcerated feet as well as being diabetic 

I had also intendedto review Blod Jones’s book of poetry “Moonstruck”, but it been a vey odd week with me spending lots of time on the telephone as it seems so many people have had mega problems. I am also looking forward to doing my Art Therapy course as I do feel it will help a lot of people after lockdown. I is geared to desk with stress and anxiety as well as mental illness and those recover from alcoholism, I woo be sharing dome of my work on here.