This session is for anyone who wants to know more about Contemplative Fire, and/or to explore becoming a “Companion on the Way” with us. It will be facilitated by existing Companions, and will include a tiny taste of our practices: stillness, body prayer, chant, and some explanation about the different ways we connect, and an […]

‘For a spiritual life is simply a life in which all that we do comes from the centre, where we are anchored in God’ Reflecting on the writings of Evelyn Underhill  

The next Time of Togetherness on the 15th June will be hosted by Hilary and Led by Tessa and Mark. We are looking forward to facilitating our next Time of Togetherness from our hermitage home in rural mid-Wales; a quiet place of prayer, creativity and welcome, affiliated to the Quiet Garden movement. Amidst the global […]

Life is a balance of holding on and letting go - Rumi Our day together will be on the Summer Solstice, when the hours of daylight balance the hours of night. On a silent pilgrimage walk we will pause at various points along the way to breathe deeply, take in the glories of the world […]

‘Go into the calm and luminous silence to renew, but stay in the soil of your life.’ - From Letters of the Scattered Brotherhood.  Anonymous written during WWII Our in-person summer retreat facilitated by Tess Ward, author of Celtic Wheel of the Year at Foxhill House in Cheshire. Places for Companions are prioritised but then we open it […]

We will have a story followed by time to respond and time to reflect in threes.  Please have with you writing, drawing or other materials to help you in the creative process.