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Gaia's Weave
One aspect of what we do at Gaia’s Weave is to explore and work with The Wheel of the Year (drawing from the Pagan, Celtic and Druidic understandings of this profound vision of the cycle of the seasons). The Wheel offers a rich tapestry of opportunities to grow with and through the seasonal changes. Our workshops, use imaginative, poetic, embodied and experiential approaches. We focus on traditional festivals such as Imbolc, Beltane, the Summer Solstice, Samhain etc, and their related tree lore. See each festival and season for more details of the content of the workshops we offer. Dates for 2025:
Saturday 22nd March - Spring Equinox/Ostara - Balancing the Heart. / Saturday 3rd and 10th May - Beltaine/ Mayday - Embracing the Wild Heart of May.
Saturday 21st and 28th June - Summer solstice Embracing Abundance / Saturday 2nd August - Lughnasadh - Ripening the Solar Gifts.
Saturday 20th September - Mabon - The Hearts Harvest. / Saturday 1st and 8th November Samhain - Lighting the Winter Path & the deep wisdom of the Earth.
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Sunday 21st December- Winter Solstice - community celebration. Bring some food to share, drop in during the afternoon and join us to raise a glass to the returning of the light. (This is our chance to share our personal seasonal celebration so there is no charge for this event) - email for more details.
Imbolc: ‘Waking to Spring’s Gifts’
Following the winter solstice, light and the promise of warmth start to return, as the days start to lengthen and stir the earth towards awakening and the renewal of growth. The birch and rowan trees are traditionally connected with this time of year, along with the holly (the ‘holly king’ holds the solar energy through to the spring equinox). Exploring this part of the wheel of the year cycle invites us to look to new beginnings and growth for the year ahead.
Dates TBC - email for more details.
Spring Equinox / Ostara: ‘Balancing the Heart’
As the balance between day and night, light and dark become equal, the season invites us to consider how the forces of growth are in balance in our own lives. Rowan continues to carry the increasing intensity of fire from Imbolc. How do we want to harness its power in new ventures? Traditionally Ash is a tree of balanced forces, roots below and branches above, male and female, past and present; present and future. The Alder also appears as a significant tree at the equinox and demonstrates the balance between water and earth and invites us to look for courage, strength and discrimination as the growth of the year gathers pace.
Dates TBC - email for more details.
Beltane: ‘Embracing the Wild Heart of May’
Working with the creative potential offered by the fire festival of Beltane, the heart healing and celebrating energy of the Hawthorn invites us to engage openly with the potent creative energies of this time in the wheel of the year. Opening and balancing the feminine receptive and the masculine expressive elements brings the possibility of fertility and creativity into our lives during the solar half of the year. Alder and Willow lead us through April and early May towards the wild celebration of creativity at Beltane, and they remind us to work with the power of water, of emotions and our responses to deep currents and tides, as we head further into embracing the strengthening sun.
Dates TBC - email for more details.
Summer Solstice: Embracing Abundance – Oak, Beech and Wildflowers
These workshops will provide an opportunity to explore our relationship to abundance in all its forms, as the sun, the Oak King and Beech Queen are in their prime from late May, through the summer solstice and to the first harvest at Lughnasadh in August. Through a series of practices, and in-person meetings with oak, beech and wildflowers, we will seek a deeper connection with the generosity of the earth.
Dates TBC - email for more details.
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Lughnasadh: Ripening Solar Gifts
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The Earth and all living things continue to drink deep the golden nectar of the sun. The transition takes us from the abundance of flowering, to the abundance of fruiting, and the time of the first harvest, the harvest of grains. Echoing the kernels forming in acorns and beech nuts, we explore the distillation of the year’s experience, the maturing of our experiential ‘knowing’ from being active in the light half of the year. What ‘fruits, nuts, seeds and grains’ are forming that will sustain us through the winter and be the seeds for growth in the next year?
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Dates TBC - email for more details.
Mabon: The Heart’s Harvest
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Mabon is a time of celebration and gratitude for all that has grown and become fruit during the season of growing. Occurring at the autumn equinox this is a time of balance between light and dark, a moment to pause and receive the fruits of the year, as we look ahead to the winter months. What can we take from summer’s growth and autumn’s harvest to nourish us in the months to come? Apple, hazel and vines share their wisdom to help us explore these themes.
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Dates TBC - email for more details.
Samhain: Lighting the Winter Path / Returning to the Deep Wisdom of the Earth
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As with countless generations of ancestors, Samhain invites us to collect the learning of the year and add it to the store of deep wisdom to be held in the earth. As the days shorten and the nights lengthen we can welcome a time for more reflection. The energy of Yew, Mistletoe and Holly will help guide through this important time of year.
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Dates TBC - email for more details.
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