Give yourself a day away from everyday demands, surrounded by nature and the warmth of kindred souls.
Together, we slow down, breathe and make space for rest, creativity and meaningful connection. Gentle nature walks, quiet moments and creative activities like preparing plant based products to take home, invite you to awaken your senses and follow your curiosity.
Gather in a welcoming circle where you can come as you are, share from the heart or simply listen. There is room for laughter, stillness and the joy of creating alongside others.
A day to nourish yourself, feel connected and let a little wonder return.
From 10h-16h| Theme per season | Healthy lunch, snacks and herbal teas included | Wassenaar
Holidays are a time that challenge us to step outside our comfort zone.
Sometimes, we deeply look forward to exploring beyond the boundaries of our daily routines. At other times, we are so stressed that our minds remain in control mode. Questions begin to arise even before the holiday has started, creating barriers along a road that has not yet unfolded. Regrets, doubts, and the fear of making the wrong choice can quietly take over.
But then, somewhere along the way, we find our flow again. We reconnect with our passion, with our soul, and suddenly, the sky seems clearer. We rediscover the simple blessing of just being — of being fully ourselves.
And when we reach that place where we can remain grounded while opening ourselves to the unknown, something shifts.
We become ready to hit the road without a plan, to follow a big YES — a crazy YES, a YES that the mind may not fully understand yet.
Sometimes, that is exactly where the adventure begins.
So let’s make a break from our comfort zones. And enter the world of holiday healing stories!
Walking with a prayer
I surprised myself this summer by bringing the same magic I use in my healing walks into my mountain expeditions.
Medicine walks offer insights into a particular question or subject. I accompany my clients in finding a walking intention and in discovering the answers that already live within them.
Of course, I also practice medicine walks for myself. Through my own quests, I have healed some of my fears by coming to understand the deeper nature of life.
But walking with a prayer was something new.
The idea came to me when my friend Lorraine invited her community to pray for the fires in France to stop.
Walking with a prayer is an ancient spiritual practice found in many cultures: It is going on a walk or hike while holding a prayer, intention, or heartfelt wish in your mind and heart. The walking itself becomes part of the prayer — you are not simply praying while walking, but walking as a spiritual practice, carrying an intention and being open to what Nature reveals along the way, entering into relationship with place, ancestors, animals, plants, and the wider living world.
So I walked into the mountains carrying a prayer, with the intention of restoring harmony between people and Nature and to pray for the forest fires to stop. As I walked, I read the signs, listening for what Nature might be telling me about the fires and about restoring balance.
Guided by Spirit, I walked into the web of life. I came to understand that the fires were also burning away the old, making space for new growth. Healing is coming. The prayer was heard.
Now it is up to us to respect the cycle of the seasons and act with vigilance as guardians — helping people move through their weaknesses and nurturing their strengths.
I took the same approach to my own healing hike — a prayer to find my calling — and, in the process, I healed my vertigo.
Sitting on a mountain pass at 2,440 metres above sea level, with the wind blowing through my hair, I watched the people climbing the mountain below. From where I sat, they looked tiny.
Then I noticed the bees and butterflies buzzing around the mountain flowers. They have wings, yet they remain so deeply grounded, moving from flower to flower — flowers that know only the slopes, never imagining the horizontal world below.
And so did I. In this surreal landscape, I felt deeply grounded. I found my balance again.
Then I looked below at the eternal snow forming a heart shape on the mountain. I understood that my own heart needed to be as pure as this snow.
As this thought came to me, an eagle appeared, flying alone above me — awakening that familiar sense of vertigo.
But this time, I was not afraid. I felt ready to open my wings, carried by a profound sense of blessing.
I didn’t follow my partner all the way to the summit. But I understood something important:
We each find our healing where and when our soul is waiting to meet us.
Walking for change
In addition to forest bathing, I accompany people on medicine walks, guiding them into a deeper relationship with Nature and with the wisdom within themselves.
From observing a flower to embracing resistance in those changing times…
I have been feeling a lot of stagnation over the last few months. Time flies, giving an impression of not going forward. I sense a transition coming, but I’m not able to grasp it.
So, waking up this morning with a knot in my stomach and the urge to go into nature with my camera. This is an activity that makes me happy. I have noticed that each time I am in a transition phase, I pick up my camera again. Walking on the sand path, I think of a friend telling me that she never feels alone. It reminds me of the allegory of the man walking in the desert, seeing his own footprints and asking where God has been al the time. “There were no other footprints because God carried you”. How beautiful it is to feel supported by a higher power that shows you the way. I feel deeply supported by Nature, flowers, and trees.
On my way back home, I observed a little flower. One of those flowers that you don’t take time to observe because they look very common. Looking more closely, I had to think of my daughter for its pink color and heart-shaped petals. But observing it with a zoom lens, I could recognize patterns, sacred geometry, the golden ratio, chirality, the optical illusion of movement, connection with Spirit, and the TAO. So here is my fascinating story about encountering a paradox while meeting Silene dioica, also known as red campion and red catchfly.
From observing a flower to embracing resistance.
Silene dioica reading
From observing a flower to embracing resistance.
Reading Silene dioica from its signature, I see bold pink, heart-shaped petals symbolising harmony in the heart. But what triggers me the most is its center: a pentagon shape with side branches, and how the center line of the petal touches each pentagram point….
So I draw the flower center with lines to understand what it has to say. What I see is a regular pentagon, with side brackets all pointing in the same direction (right). It has repetitive patterns and is symmetric if you fold it into five from the center (fivefold symmetry).
In mathematics, the pentagon is linked to the golden ratio and its sense of harmony. Unlike minerals, living organisms favour five-fold geometry, the proportions of life and creation. Like the Vitruvian Man of Da Vinci, we are five-pointed stars when we open our arms, legs (and heart). In botany, five is linked to the rose family, the apple stands for renewal, and the rose for higher energy…. A pentagon in 3D becomes a Dodecahedron. In Plato’s philosophy, this symbolizes the cosmos or the universe as a whole. Spiritually, it represents the fifth dimension, ascension, and the highest consciousness.
I understand from Silene dioica’s pentagon message is about embracing life, life on earth, all forms of life, our own life force, despite our displeasures or maybe thanks to them, because they make us change and adjust for the best. Change involves perfect instability, which we shouldn’t be afraid of. Au contraire, change involves new possibilities, new ways of thinking, and dissolves old patterns to create what we really want.
Now my mind focuses on the mirror shape of this figure. The flower shares its geometry, but from the flower’s perspective—from within—the image is similar, except the external branches point in the other direction (left). This is called chirality. This shows us how perspectives (in and out), duality of life, coexist and can eventually harmonize. It’s like this inner feeling of change, but nothing is changing from the outside… yet.
From observing a flower to embracing resistance.
Now, about those black brackets, looking like little legs: they gave me an impression of movement. Things are moving! But on which side? Visually, I say right, but it’s moving left. When imagining a wind blowing, this little windmill turns left. Again, a lesson on illusion, an invitation to look beyond the first impression and dive into the deeper laws of the universe.
So Silene dioica shows a Counter-clockwise movement, which represents moving beyond linear time to an eternal present. I always feel a dissolution of time when I am in nature, in the presence of botanical beauty, or absorbed in writing or weaving. So the invitation is to do things that make you lose track of time.
And as I erase a paragraph written in linear time, I am coming back to this state of flow called intuitive writing. Defying AI and ChatGPT. Returning to the core of who I am, what I stand for, as a plant talk with a geeky edge, seeing patterns and always finding ways to connect with the divine. The divine feminine, the one we can see in plants and in life itself.
This is my way of working. Leaving my projects to start new ones, returning to an old project with more insights to complete it. And this is how I juggle different projects at the same time. It does not give immediate results; it “doesn’t look productive”, but it takes time to ripen, like a cuvée tardive, yielding the sweetest wine.
And here I draw the pink lines, radiating outward from the center, as if emitting energy. My time will come to shine my light in all five directions, regardless of whether the journey leads inward or outward.
And this is what observing a plant does to me. Imagine the world filled with those wonders, each one a living expression of the divine, each carrying its own wisdom and medicine to share with us if only we slow down, pay attention, and take our time.
Water is a vital component of all living cells and extracellular fluids. Water acts as a solvent, regulates body temperature, aids in food digestion and helps regulate the acid-base balance. The balance between water intake or loss and electrolytes is essential for a healthy adult . Water deprivation occurs when the balance between water intake and loss is disrupted and causes a state of dehydration.
Dehydration is caused by not drinking enough fluid or by losing more fluid than you take in. Fluid is lost through sweat, tears, vomiting, urine or diarrhoea. The severity of dehydration can depend on a number of factors, such as climate, level of physical activity and diet.
Common symptoms of dehydration are dry mouth/tongue, thirst, headache, and lethargy.
Rehydration blend recipe
Electrolytes are essential for the human body to function. These minerals regulate everything from blood pressure to pH levels to the fluid levels in your body. They also play a key role in contracting muscles, transmitting signals to nerves, building new tissue, and blood clotting.
When sweating (because of the heat) or when we have diarrhoea, we lose electrolytes and become dehydrated. Research shows electrolytes are useful when it comes to remedying the signs of dehydration. To prevent too much liquid being lost from the body, an effective oral rehydration solution can be made using ingredients found in almost every household.
About lemon essential oil : it can help purify the water in which you wash fruits and vegetables before peeling them. Lemon essential oil has stimulating, calming, astringent, detoxifying, antiseptic, disinfectant and anti-fungal properties. Ideal to treat your digestive system while hydrating.
Ingredients
6 tea spoon sugar
1/2 tea spoon salt
1 drop lemon Essential oil
Directions
Combine sugar and salt in a small jar
Add drop wise the lemon essential oil
Close the jar and shake the mixture.
Application
Add to this mixture a liter of water (a pint). Drink this home made electrolyte to rehydrate. It should be given to every time a watery stool is passed.
Fluid and electrolyte needs for training, competition, and recovery. J Sports Sci. 2011;29 Suppl 1:S39-46.
Rehydration project.com
Public knowledge of dehydration and fluid intake practices: variation by participants’ characteristics. BMC Public Health. 2018 Dec 5;18(1):1346
Welcome to the second Moonlight Mingle of the annual year 2020. In the celtic tradition , the Ash tree accompanied us from 18th Februari until 17th March. Today is the 27th Februari marks the Ash full Moon.
Mythology
The Ash is in the nordic mythology the evergreen sacred ” Tree of life, also called Yggdrasil around which nine world are existing.
The Ash supports the sky and lets light come through its spaced foliage and branches so that all forms of life can grow under his protection.
Yggdrasil roots are reaching three magical springs : a bubbling boiling spring whence all waters rise, a well of fate guarded by three immortal sisters (past, present, future) spinning the destiny of gods and men and a wisdom well for which Odin scarified an eye to drink from it.
Yggdrasil is constantly put in danger by the dragon gnawing his roots.
Symbolism
Ash symbolizes strength and rebirth, as it draws its life force from the water of three fountains: Love (the source of all) Strength (faith and goodwill of the divine intent ) Wisdom (that nourishes our mouth and actions) The Ash is an inspiring symbol in our life path. It is a tree whose qualities and energy invite us to connect to our center, to what connects us to both our inner and outer world. The Ash helps us to connect to universal knowledge and to understand our being, our thoughts and our actions. He invites us to follow our intuition and listen to the soft inner voice of our authentic self, to be open to signs and messages that life delivers to us. The inner changes will manifest in the outer world; and the outer changes will be reflected in the inner world. He shows us the way to take a right action, he shows us how to dare to step forward towards our inner call with confidence.
Moonwork
As the last month of the winter season starts , the crocus are sharing the woods with the snowdrops, and the first air of an early spring is to be felt, we feel our strength getting back and an energy drawn to the outer world. Keep looking inside for what you want this year. Ash helps us as a bridge to travel between inside and outside.
In this second lunar month, write the wishes that want to manifest in your life path in 2021 :
Where do you want to put your energy?
How do you want to feel?
With which values do you want to live?
On which subject are you making no compromise?
What are your needs?
What does your soul longs for?
How do you want to manifest your dreams?
It is the perfect time to a vision board.
Imagine all your wishes as little seeds that you put in one pot with the best soil.
Botanicals
Fraxinus Ornus is beautiful tree loving full sun and attracting birds. He can reach 30 m high and is flowering before the leaves are coming out from April until May. Its flowers are fragrant, white and fluffy.
In therapy is used the white, sugary extract from the sap of the plant, called 'Manna'. it crystallizes immediately after its harvesting. Manna' is also used in food industry as sweetener, because of its high sugar content.
Manna' has mild diuretic, laxative, astringent (causing the contraction of skin cells and other body tissues) and antipyretic (prevent or reduce fever) properties. The leaves of the plant are recommended for the treatment of arthritic and rheumatic pain, myalgia, and fever.
The plant is administered as laxative and astringent in the form of infusion (2 spoons of dried herb in a cup of boiling water, twice a day) and in the form of powder from the dried leaves as analgesic against rheumatism, arthritic and myalgia.
Focus on your seeds by giving them attention everyday: watering and feed the soil and see what's happening...
Until the next full moon, the Alder full moon... Aho
