This retreat felt like a coming home and brought me a sense of wholeness through deep connection with my core being, oneness with nature & soulful encounters with inspiring people caring for Life in their own unique ways. A sense of an Earth care community that I was thirsty for was born through our time together, filling me with a huge sense of aliveness, hope and the courage to step up increasingly to act on behalf of Life.

This process made so much sense to me, more than anything I had come across. I felt a strong call to deepen and share this deep

ecology work.

In autumn 2021 I trained with Roseaux Dansants (the French arm of the Work that Reconnects) and @transalquimia (Spanish WTR) after experiencing a 5 day retreat with them (The Council of All Beings).

Last Spring I further trained to facilitate Active Hope Circles with Chris Johnstone and Madeleine Young.

Since then I’ve been sharing with passion the Work that Reconnects through retreats & workshops for open groups as well as organisations of change makers & activists: Cityplot, the Transition Network of SW France, Ecofeminist organisation Shelter FR, Extinction Rebellion, Reclaim the Seeds Amsterdam and Climate Action NL (in the making).

This Spring, I started the first Active Hope Circle in Amsterdam which is ongoing & to be continued.

I was intending to assist facilitation for the Beaumont Spiritual Ecology retreat but this weekend I stepped into an unexpected fuller co-facilitation role as dear friend and colleague Flo from @mindful.change has her hands full with the launch of the second edition of the @plumvillagefrance online course “Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet” sharing Thay’s teachings.

Will miss her presence and also honoured for this unexpected opportunity. It feels like a circle coming round.

Our retreat will be held in Beaumont again in Belgium from 28 June to 2 July 2023, join us here