First Earth Constellation Workshop
The group was sitting around the fire, which warmed us on a bright winter’s day.
Sky stepped into the quarry and the male horses stayed by the gate and watched as she stood for a long time by the sculpture of Nerthus, the Norse goddess of peace and prosperity, created by my husband, Mark Lumley.
The creation of this sculpture is apt, with so much disharmony on our fragile beautiful planet.
The rooting of this piece in the quarry was also timely, coinciding with the burial of Schubi - the ‘zen master’ street cat, who died as he lived, in purring peace.
When I brought Schubi to his grave under Nerthus, the gentle peaceful warrior of the herd, Brodie, licked every part of his body, honouring and saying a final farewell to this magical, healing cat.
Sky's peaceful presence was the most apt beginning to a powerful, healing day for the stream and waters of LIwyna Farm.
“ ‘I felt a slow and all over bliss, as if all was well, and would continue to be, inside and out,’ said the person representing an oak tree.
Nature doesn’t analyse or judge, it knows how to be totally present and move and grow and adapt to the challenges of change and it holds ancient wisdom.
Observing Earth’s pains without judgement, I released my own.
Deep gratitude and love for Earth.”
Doing this work, not only heals us.
It heals the earth.
It teaches us how to listen to nature and what it has to teach us.
At the end of the earth constellation, we all stood under the oak tree in the setting sun and looked at the mares peacefully grazing in front of us.
In the distance, the horse, Wodka, and Bugsy the dog were in total stillness in the coral. They stood in the place where we had just completed the constellation in support of the life-giving stream on the farm, which had dried up because of human interference.
During the constellation, the oak trees, the water and its source, as well as a female ancestor of the land were all represented.
The woman, who had been used and abused, had lived at the farm, which dates back to the 16th century. She died alone, while in service to her family and the land.
Wodka chose to enter the coral at the point in the story when balance and flow had been restored to the farm’s ecosystem - the water, earth, trees, and the ancestors of the soil were once again in harmony.
Every vital part of our ecosystem was honoured and can now work together.
A month after the earth constellation, and appearing in a direct line to its location in the coral, springs began babbling through the earth.
This work not only supports our fragile, threatened ecosystem, but teaches humans how to listen and be present to the teachings of animals and all other life forces.
It wakes us up.
It gives hope and shows how we can be of service.
I received deeply moving feedback from members of the group who took part in this pioneering earth day.
“All was about life – and this feels so precious to have experienced. This sense of unquestionable movement is still alive in me and is teaching me every day about trusting in natural flow.”
Our next earth constellation at Llwyna Farm, on 22 June 2024, will focus on a beautiful wild place on the outskirts of Swansea, Wales, where wild ponies roam and where another precious ecosystem is under threat.