I recently spent time at Grey Heron, the heritage home of my dear friend, Andrea Mathieson in Maple, Ontario. I have known Andrea for three years and have watched the slow and steady transformation of Grey Heron into a true temple space where Andrea hosts a number of events, and also offers incredible women's retreats. The home is set against a ravine and pond, and her garden is a glorious wink at Eden. Rather than feeling intimidating, however, Grey Heron is a gentle yet passionate invitation into life's creative mystery. I am always struck by how excited my body becomes whenever I visit - like a puppy ready for some unencumbered wild space to roam.
As we continue to encroach upon the natural world, spaces where our soul can roam free to play and connect with life's deeper pulsating energies can feel limited. It is ever more essential to consciously drink from the well of the feminine matrix encompassing an embrace of the body, creativity, spirituality, ritual, and time to simply be.
I am grateful for the places and spaces in my life that are my soul's playground. What are yours?
As we continue to encroach upon the natural world, spaces where our soul can roam free to play and connect with life's deeper pulsating energies can feel limited. It is ever more essential to consciously drink from the well of the feminine matrix encompassing an embrace of the body, creativity, spirituality, ritual, and time to simply be.
I am grateful for the places and spaces in my life that are my soul's playground. What are yours?
I share your love for Grey Heron as a soul playground, having visited last autumn. A glorious wink at Eden, indeed... And I've just returned from the southernmost tip of New Jersey (in the U.S.) where stretches of dune and beach and inland marsh are thriving, preserved both by design, and in some cases, by pure love. A new-found soul's playground...
ReplyDelete(Good to "meet" you here, Maria. I found you through Andrea's recent newsletter.)
Thanks for writing, Tracie. It is great to 'meet' you as well; it seems we share some similar passions! Perhaps we will actually meet if you come up to visit again.
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