Author: Coran

Message for February 2025 The first few weeks of a new year often feel heavy, particularly in the darkness of the northern hemisphere. It’s only really when we reach Imbolc, when we can begin to sense the light returning again as the days grow slightly longer and the first snowdrops appear. There is often great momentum in January to start new projects and to create new resolutions, but intuitively January feels more like a month for retreat than for charging ahead. This is perhaps the first year that I’ve chosen to go with the retreat of the darkness, to sink

Message for January 2025 As the wheel of the year turns once again, we inevitably contemplate the year now behind us, as well as looking forward to the year ahead of us. Many of us make resolutions that this year will be ‘the year’ that we achieve those goals or make those long-desired changes in life. Many of us begin this process in earnest, but for many it fizzles out within a few weeks. It seems important to explore the reasons for this, presumably most of us make resolutions because we are keen to make changes, so it’s clear the

Message for December 2024 As we begin the process of reflecting upon the year that’s nearly over and contemplating the year ahead, it would be easy to see all of the trials, tribulations and challenges we’ve experienced, both individually and collectively. Most of us have had more than our fair share of hurdles and obstacles this year, and there have been times when the relentlessness of it all has felt overwhelming on every level. Perhaps it’s human nature to notice the struggles more easily than the positives, but when the struggles feel so heavy, it’s easy to stop noticing the

Message for November 2024 As the year continues to march on, it seems important to pause for a short while in order to contemplate the path ahead of us and the path behind us. It’s also wise to acknowledge the path we’re standing on in the here and now, as we can so easily forget the present moment; we get lost in things to do, places to go and people to see, losing sight of where we are in the here and now. We often go through life with our heads down, pushing against the storms as we handle the