 So, that was May : 8 nights in Glastonbury Living with purpose : Educational Priestessing Being accepted & featured in & Goddess Temple Teachings (pic 2) plus co-facilitating training (with Dr Lynne Sedgmore & my husband Dan ... more pics to come) for the Glastonbury local community & beyond, including to some of the Avalon Priestesses, permaculture/farm initiative & home school teachers, felt like a completion, a homecoming & a deeper anchoring of humanity into the heart chakra of the world. May the profoundly spiritual act of being fully human ripple out into all spheres of society & support the creation of a humane & humanitarian humanity. Deeply grateful & humbled by the welcome, willingness & acceptance we received. * * * The future = #embodiededucation #embodimentspirituality * * * #educateevolveembody #fleshyknowing #inandthrough #tangibledivinity * * * #glastonbury #thankyou #gratitude #community #avalon #heartchakra #heartcentred #purpose #educationalpriestessing #teacherpriestess  I was super happy to be in the Avalon room @glastonburygoddesstemple room facilitating for 3 days during my time in #glastonbury last month "Avalon, island to which Britain’s legendary king Arthur was conveyed for the healing of his wounds after his final battle. It is first mentioned in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia regum Britanniae (c. 1136), while the same author’s Vita Merlini (c. 1150) described it as “the island of apples [‘Insula pomorum’], called fortunate.” It was ruled by the enchantress Morgan le Fay and her eight sisters, all of them skilled in the healing arts. Geoffrey may have been attempting to connect his “island of apples” with Celtic mythology’s traditions of an elysium; and the name Avalon is certainly close to the Welsh word for apple, afal. Sir John Rhys, however (Studies in the Arthurian Legend, 1891), preferred to link the name Avalon with that of Aballach, a (hypothetical) dark Celtic divinity. Avalon has been identified with Glastonbury in Somerset, and this may be connected with Celtic legends about an “isle of glass” inhabited by deceased heroes. It is equally likely to have been an attempt by the monks of Glastonbury to exploit the Arthurian legend for the benefit of their own community." https://www.britannica.com/topic/Arthurian-legend "The Isle of Avalon : Glastonbury has a long tradition of being ‘The Isle of Avalon’ where King Arthur went after his last battle. The monks of Glastonbury Abbey claimed to have found his grave in 1191. Jesus is said to have come to Glastonbury as a boy, travelling here with Joseph of Arimathea. Joseph was a tin merchant and had travelled to England's south west for this valuable metal. Legends of the Tor : It's said that beneath the hill there's a hidden cave through which you can pass into the fairy realm of Annwn. There dwells Gwyn ab Nudd, the lord of the Celtic underworld, with the Cauldron of Rebirth. Later tradition has it that the Holy Grail lies here, brought by Jesus’ uncle, Joseph of Arimathea. The Cauldron and the Grail were both the object of quests for King Arthur and his knights." https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/somerset/glastonbury-tor/history-of-glastonbury-tor  Co-facilitating the two-day weekend workshop Radically Embodying Goddess in the World with my mentor & friend Dr Lynne Sedgmore, in Glastonbury, as part of Goddess Temple Teachings was a real honour. I learned so much more about POWER & ACTIVISM from her afternoon sessions. Lynne has a CBE, ProfDoc, MSc, BA, PGCE is founder of the radical Goddess Luminary Wheel, a leading-edge leadership development programme steeped in Goddess spirituality. Lynne works as a coach, leadership developer, healer, non-executive director & Priestess. She is an ordained Interfaith Minister & a Priestess of Avalon. She is also Chair of Glastonbury Town Deal, Trustee to Chalice Well Gardens & Advisor at the Glaston Centre. Previously she taught and led in the Further Education sector for 36 years & was a successful Chief Executive for 17 years, in three different organisations. She advised the Further Education Skills Minister on Extremisms & sat on the Prime Minsters National Review of public sector leadership. She was awarded the CBE in 2004, was named one of the Debrett's 500 most influential people in the UK in 2015 & one of the UK "100 women of Spirit" in 2016. Her organisations have won numerous national & international awards including the “International Spirit at Work Award” & the British Diversity Award. Lynne is author of The Goddess Luminary Leadership Wheel, Presence Activism, Crone Times, Healing through the Goddess & Enlightenment. Inspirational!  Radical Embodiment Just realised I'm talking a lot about this & have never really fully defined it. Radical = going to the root of something, revolutionary & progressive Embodiment = situated in the world in the body, fully incarnate soul (#tangibledivinity), in the present, connected to the wisdom of the flesh (#fleshyknowing), processing in and through the body (#inandthrough) Honouring the sacredness of ALL bodies : advocating for the safety of ALL bodies (#bodyfirst #bottomup) I study, write, teach & live this - advocating for radical embodiment in education & academia, spirituality & religion, mental health & community settings. Most recently facilitating in the heart of the heart chakra of the world - Glastonbury.  Embodied Education Creating Safe Space for Learning Facilitating and Sharing We did it here we are in the Avalon room of Goddess Temple co-facilitating a day workshop on our book, to the Glastonbury community, together In case you don't know my husband Dan ... Dan Aldred is a teacher and leader, with over 20 years in education including internationally. He is a freelance resource writer and hacker. He has championed the use of the Raspberry Pi as a tool for learning and creativity and is a Raspberry Pi Certified educator. Dan led the winning team of students for the first Astro Pi competition, whose code is now orbiting Earth aboard the ISS. He has written several coding books for beginners and teenagers. www.tecoed.co.uk @dan_aldred on X #educateevolveembody The future = #embodiededucation #embodimentspirituality Its frenzied growth from now until the end of June ... watch your back garden or local park bloom!  Looking ahead to June : What's growing and waxing to fullness for me?I'm facilitating three events in June.
 Girl God Giveaway : New Moon GiftFree on Kindle New Moon Giveaway "Once again, Girl God books - and the courageous women who share what has been banished to the shadows, silenced, disparaged, and demonized - is a profoundly valuable gift to everyone who is being called to reintegrate our feminine receptive nature. Pain Perspectives is a beautiful sharing of how the pain of existing in a heart-and-soul deprived patriarchal paradigm has been endured - and has contributed to women’s wisdom, gifts, and soul’s evolution. A must read for anyone who has lived with pain, whether physical, emotional, or spiritual. Pretty much everyone. The women who traveled to the depths, transmuted their pain, garnered the wisdom, and rose to inspire others is an authentic depiction of the energy of the Goddess returning through each and every one of us. I recommend taking your time to receive each story in this book, as deeply as it was shared." -Mary Lane, author of Divine Nourishment & Meena “When first approached to write an endorsement for this book I felt quietly confident. I have been a practitioner of Classical Chinese medicine and somatic therapies for forty years, and pain is my compassion language. I know pain in all its forms both professionally and personally. So, all good, right? But the collection of essays, poems and art in this anthology is so visceral and on point that there was nothing easy about the read or the analysis. Chronic pain, institutionalized pain, cultural pain, all washing over us mentally, physically, and spiritually. All is beautifully explored and poignantly written here. And while we are neurologically wired to retract from pain, I do believe we need to feel it, name it, and stare it down in order to move past it. This important anthology will help us all to do that. Read it and cherish the awakened sensations as you would with your tongue playing with a loose tooth. And then we get up tomorrow and do what needs to be done.” -Gina Martin, author of the When She Wakes series A powerful collection of women speaking their truths, sharing openly, honestly and with raw vulnerability on the pain of the world manifesting in their own bodies. Women’s pain is not an isolated problem or issue. It is a reflection of the world we live in - a world built on a foundation of fear, greed and hierarchical power where every major institution miserably fails both women and children. The authors’ personal stories shed new and necessary perspectives on women’s pain that I’m sure any reader will find both inspiring and empowering." -Trista Haggerty, Author of When the Dark Mother Calls. Download by clicking here #educateevolveembody #freebie #newmoon #giveaway #kindle #painperspectives #findmeaning #chronicpain #pain #embodimentspirituality   And finally, Neurodiverse Connection news!
This week I joined the NdC team as Development Lead for two days a week, in addition to my Associate role. Click here to join the NdC mailing list to find out more our work. Hope you have enjoyed this newsletter. Best wishes, Kay
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