Celebrating ten years of Magic Carpet Rides
Reflections: SynchronicitySummer Programme: Coming Home to Yourself
Celebrating ten years of Magic Carpet Rides
Recently, during my pause, I have been reviewing the ten year ‘chapters’ of my life and celebrating all that has emerged in the last of those, since 2015. (I wrote about this in detail over on my Substack here)
Before offering a new programme, I have decided that more celebration is required - so often I race ahead and forget how much has gone into the offerings I have created. All I have shared from my heart. All the stumbles, mis-steps and out-right mistakes that it has taken to move forward.
And, move forward I have, even while often feeling as if I was slipping backwards. And yet, in one of those paradoxes that I notice more and more in my life - the apparent ‘slipping backwards’ is often taking me to exactly where I need to be. Taking me home to myself. Allowing me to see a little more clearly each time I emerge from one of those experiences, that there never were any stumbles, mis-steps or mistakes. And that I have never left the home within myself, there is nowhere I need to be, no moving forward actually necessary after all. Yet, the world we live in sometimes needs that illusion of linear time for human brains to function in daily life. When I can hold both sides of this paradox at once - linear time, and the eternal truth of already being here, at home - life flows more easily. (Yes, I know - easily said yet much more of a challenge to achieve in real life,,,,)
My thoughts just now are that I will offer a ‘Coming Home to Yourself’ Compass Rose Programme in July/August. (See more below) As well as offering you a chance to experience that, I know it will help the True Essence offering come into bright focus for me to share in September, a time of fresh starts and renewed energy for me..
And before then, time for some celebrations of ten years of Magic Carpet Ride guided visualisations. I have planned six one hour Zoom calls, at different times and days.
Here are the dates planned - times are for the UK, please check if you are in a different time zone:
Mondays 2nd and 30th June* at 7.30 pm
Saturday 7th June* at 11.00 am
Tuesdays 10th and 24th June at 2.30 pm
Wednesday 18th June at 11.00 am.
(*Saturday 7th and Monday 30th are also the regular monthly gatherings)
I will set these up as events on Facebook, if we are not connected there, simply message me if you would like the Zoom link to attend.
There will be no set fee to join any or all of these gatherings, simply the invitation to make a donation to support my work if your circumstances allow. For guidance, in the past the amounts range from zero to £60. Your presence and participation is a priceless joy for me regardless of any financial contribution.
Each Zoom circle begins and closes with the Compass Rose short meditation poem, (click here to read the words or listen now) then I will share a little of the story of the last ten years, and draw Dare to Blossom cards for each of us before leading us on the visualisation. Each circle is a safe sacred place to be witnessed without judgement and to share as little or as much as you wish.
Much of my 'pause' time has been spent walking on the cliffs and beaches near my home here in Cornwall. Here is a photo from my last walk, before the weather changed. Just after 8.00 am on the beach at Porthcothan at low tide.
Reflections: Synchronicity
For me, today, my first response is to the colour, and the pattern of colours around the wheel of the year. Soft purples and blues, and the warm pink shade of Authenticity and now Synchronicity.
If you would like to join me in reflection, ask yourself the questions here, and write in your journal. Or, if you prefer, read on and come back later.
- What is your first response?
- To the word? To the colour?
- What else is there?
- And, what else?
- What is your response to the words together? How do all the colours connect?
What else is there?
Synchronicity makes me smile. those apparent 'coincidences' that pop up in daily life that bring perhaps unexpected gifts and insights. When I draw this card for myself during the Zoom gatherings my first thought there is often that this, Synchronicity, is what has led to us being together - in that particular group, at that precise time - and also how we met to begin with. Often it is hard to recall how those meetings came about, whether in the virtual community or the physical world.
And, what else?
The 'what else?' for me today is a reminder 'not to take myself so seriously' - and that Synchronicity can only work its magic if I step away from my worry mind and notice what is happening around me without expectations, and without judgement.
What is your response to all the words together? How do the colours connect?
I mentioned the impact of the colours for me earlier. We are now entering the sixth month of 2025, approaching the half-way point of the year, and coming soon to the summer (or winter in the southern hemisphere) solstice. All these words feel harmonious and connected. I am notice that I still feel a little irritated with myself that Harmony could be seen as facing the 'wrong' way - yet having made the decision way back in January not to change that, I know that I can let that slip away and simply enjoy the flow.
As always, these are simply my first responses, today. another time they would be different and so will yours be. There are no 'rights' or 'wrongs' to this process with the cards, simply what is present here today for me, and for you.
Summer Programme: Coming Home to Yourself
What does ‘Coming home to yourself’ mean for you?
When I first heard those words, many years ago now, I felt tearful. I realised I had no idea where ‘myself’ might be let alone how to find my way home there. Over the years I have connected with many people who have helped me along the way, some of whom would have had no idea what that help meant for me.
This is really the essence of all of the processes I offer to you if you purchase the Dare to Blossom Rediscovery cards or my books, especially the most recent Your Compass Rose Speaks: Rediscover Your Inner Wisdom. We are simply walking home together.
The programme will run from the week beginning Monday 14th July through to Friday 22nd August, with the live Zoom gatherings on Wednesdays at 11.00 am UK time. If you miss any, or would like to listen again, you will have private access to the recording.
There will be taster circles on Wednesdays 2nd and 9th July at 11.00 am.
Full details will be on the website very soon, and if you have any questions please simply contact me here
Thank you for joining me here this month, any thoughts, feedback, or questions are always welcome.
