Mandala Workshop: Oscailt Integrative Health Centre - Jan 28th 2012

This was the first workshop of 2012 and also my first collaborative workshop. Patricia Lohan was a special guest and she really contributed in the most wonderful way by enhancing the day with sound. That most sacred of sounds arising from her Tibetan singing bowls.

This felt like a really close knit and cosy workshop. With everybody really warming to each other from arrival. Pearl and Michael were particularly wonderful gifts to the group as they are a little more senior than the rest of us. We were bathed in the wisdom they shared...... and shared, and blessed for it.

I have mentioned before that I am noticing in these workshops a type of group mind that seems to emerge. This takes on the form of similar themes being shared by people. One of these themes that I personally found particularly dominant at this workshop was the importance of our body for spiritual practice. This was shared by a number of people and references to treating our body like a lush garden were used. To care for it to water it to nourish it. A lesson that I am really grateful for and have acted on since!

ALCARINE POWER

  JAN KEATING

ANTOINETTE CRONOGUE

 

MICHAEL GROGAN

 

GRAINNE O'KANE

PEARL CLARKE