Hello again website reader.
June is when the roses bloom, so the June full moon is known as the ‘Rose Moon’.
I’m preparing for my first Rose Circle in Belfast ~ diving into the rose mysteries so I can create soft temple space at Body Conscious Studios on Saturday 25 June.
Welcome to the rose circle
Details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/719755805837587
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This week’s rose (super) moon brought me to the ocean yesterday ~ at Crawfordburn and Helen’s Bay
Wild roses are abundant here, moving with the sea breeze and humming with pollinators.
The sun increasing power as we approach solstice, and the moon brimming with super fullness pulled me straight into the water.
Rose petal in hand. Roses at the gate, and along the path
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Rose is a cooling herb, and the cold water immersion of my whole body in the sea, my head heated from walking in the hot sun, helped me remember that plant medicine is an embodied experience.
How do you feel when looking at these images of Rose?
What does she open up in your thoughts and feelings, memories and body sensations?
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For me and for many, the rose is profoundly mystical.
Her shape, colour, form and fragrance speak to something ancient within.
As my love affair with Rose grows I like to eat her in as many ways as possible
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yesterday’s Rose bowl breakfast, after a beautiful rosy full moon night
Rose petal honey, rosehip syrup and dried rose petals, on porridge with warm strawberries and cream.
Summer magic in a bowl ~ Rose is a delicious charm.
Plant dieting is a powerful way to become friends with a plant.
Yesterday I harvested some petals and leaves from the wild roses and made rose body oil, rose honey and rose tea for the bath
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I will share more about this in the rose circle, and other preparations you can make with roses.
I will also bring the ‘rose elixir’ I made this month to help connect with the spirit of Rose
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As I’m a writer/ songwriter, my rose pilgrimage brought me to my pen and paper yesterday
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She rose
Rose
Rustled the centre
Of everything.
In the midst
Of everyone
She bloomed,
Fell
At our feet
So gently
No-one
Saw a thing.
Her fruit shone
And withered.
All she had
Left were thorns,
Tearing the centre
Of everything
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The Rose circle will include rose spirituality, flower medicines, and soft guided journeys to meet the spirit of rose, in her wild and cultivated forms
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12 – 2.30 Saturday 25 June at Body Conscious Studios, Botanic Avenue, Belfast
FB event details: https://www.facebook.com/events/719755805837587
I hope to see you there x
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I make flower remedies and am a budding flower therapist. I have trained with various plant medicine teachers and studied shamanic practice with The Transpersonal Institute at Dunderry Park, Ireland.
Healing Well 