Hi Everyone,

Thanks for the rich sharing again on Wednesday night. I personally have felt this story moving me a bit more deeply into the process this week.

The link to the video if you'd like to watch it is here:

https://youtu.be/QQIuqt1JPTE

And the weekly invitations:

The Feast

-Go foraging for wild food. Research edible plants, discover a new wild recipe.

-Host a 'Potlatch' gathering. Invite people to share food sometime in the coming weeks.

The Grief

(Journalling exercises)

-Consider grief that you carry. Is any of it ready to move? Speak that grief to the river (or journal). How can we anchor/support ourselves when engaging with our grief?

How can we express it in a useful way and create lightness?

Maybe check out Malidoma Some, Francis Weller etc

Malidoma Some audio: (there are a few slightly strange ideas in this)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7I97ebNn0I

Grief quotes:

https://focusing.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/Navigating-grief-and-the-sorrows-of-our-time.pdf

The Bears

Bear Medicine

-Consider the power and poetry of the bear.

-Practice Bear Qi Gong

Bear Qi Gong:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoQ5zoOB-fg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0OHooCqDpQ

Bears traditions:

Romanian

https://alluringcreations.co.za/wp/the-old-bear-in-romanian-mythology-and-folklore/

North east asian

https://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/publictn/acta/20/asi20-001-janhunen.pdf

Tlingit

Find out more about the Tlingit people if curious:

https://thetlingitpeople.weebly.com

Tlingit Raven tale

https://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/nw/tmt/tmt005.htm

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Ok, that's loads!

I'm off to do some growling in the garden.

See you next Wednesday.

....Oh, and happy Easter!

Dougie