Hosting with the elementals - The Art of Hosting2024-03-28T08:56:55Zhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/forum/topics/hosting-with-the-elementals?groupUrl=hostingwiththeelementals&commentId=4134568%3AComment%3A63882&groupId=4134568%3AGroup%3A11816&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI'm new to Nings but I'll get…tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2013-12-02:4134568:Comment:871522013-12-02T04:01:12.759ZJanet Blayonehttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/JanetBlayone
<p>I'm new to Nings but I'll get it figured out in time (just need to figure out how to put a link to this comment on the group wall). I think maybe pasting the URL for this conversation onto the group page using the "Link" icon. I'll give it a try. If that doesn't work, I'll try something.</p>
<p>The Powers of Place website called to me in a big way. Thank you for that connection and thanks for your suggestions. I'll be asking to join PoP when I get caught up on some other tasks. Otherwise, I…</p>
<p>I'm new to Nings but I'll get it figured out in time (just need to figure out how to put a link to this comment on the group wall). I think maybe pasting the URL for this conversation onto the group page using the "Link" icon. I'll give it a try. If that doesn't work, I'll try something.</p>
<p>The Powers of Place website called to me in a big way. Thank you for that connection and thanks for your suggestions. I'll be asking to join PoP when I get caught up on some other tasks. Otherwise, I get too scattered. LOL xox Janet</p>
<p><br/> <cite>Ria Baeck said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://artofhosting.ning.com/forum/topics/hosting-with-the-elementals?groupUrl=hostingwiththeelementals&commentId=4134568%3AComment%3A87104&groupId=4134568%3AGroup%3A11816#4134568Comment87025"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Hello Janet! You will never know who will see this message and respond to it! You might want to 'speak' to the whole group, which you could do by sending them all a 'private' message or put a link to this comment on the group wall - for both you need to go to the Group's page.</p>
<p>I hope this helps!</p>
<p>There is also a website called Powers of Place, which might be of interest to you!</p>
<p>With love,</p>
<p>Ria</p>
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</blockquote> Dear Janet,
yes, there are pe…tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2013-11-26:4134568:Comment:868862013-11-26T14:19:35.112ZUrsula Hillbrandhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/UrsulaHillbrand
<p><em>Dear Janet,</em></p>
<p><em>yes, there are people watching this space! What a great posting and topic. You seem to start at the very beginning, looking at the energies of the very land you purchased to host your future homestead community and activities!</em></p>
<p><em>My case was different, I inherited half, and bought the other half of a house that was already there, but as soon as I had the say over that place, started</em> working <em>with it. Looking at it, cleaning it (still with…</em></p>
<p><em>Dear Janet,</em></p>
<p><em>yes, there are people watching this space! What a great posting and topic. You seem to start at the very beginning, looking at the energies of the very land you purchased to host your future homestead community and activities!</em></p>
<p><em>My case was different, I inherited half, and bought the other half of a house that was already there, but as soon as I had the say over that place, started</em> working <em>with it. Looking at it, cleaning it (still with some help then) from things and energies that were not connected with us and my present family, and then went into intention of the place. There is a 500 year old history of a built up place, hosting people all the way down the timeline. And even before, in celtic times, it appears to have been a gathering space in nature. That helped a lot making it a hospital place where people can learn, transform and just BE.</em></p>
<p><em>In your case, I suspect that some sensing and a relationship between you and the land already happened, you must have been attracted by it in in some ways, no? What did it tell you, how were you attracted to it in the first place? These things things are often not logical, they are happening through sensing and intuition. </em></p>
<p><em>There are many different ways to work with a land and a space. You already mentioned some, to honor the land and treat with respect what it is, has been and may become. Some do that with more rituals (like the native Indians) some with less. I would suggest it is mainly attitude and sensing, and maybe you will go on a journey with your land, just as I did with my house. It can teach you a lot! Try to see why/if and how it's qualities fit with your purpose and intention. Try to voice them when you are there, invite your friends and mates on it, and speak about it there, start doing there what you are intending to do later already now, and invite whoever/whatever energies are around, into it. Then you might start notice things. You can write them down, and sense into it. Try to find out and research, what happened on this land before, who owned it before you. Were there settlements of indians? Have they used the place in the Summer or in the winter for something? How would that fit into what you want to do there? Maybe you will even get new ideas, you have not had before, they may come from the place. You can get into true collaboration and co-creation if you wish.</em></p>
<p><em>I think that's the best advice I can give you now. Things can be very complex, and they can be simple. </em></p>
<p><em>As Ria suggests, on the Powers of Place site you might need more specific and practical things from what others have tried. </em></p>
<p><em>I love your project and approach, and would love to watch you and maybe accompany you on your path!</em></p>
<p>Warm greetings,</p>
<p>Ursula</p> Hello Janet! You will never k…tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2013-11-26:4134568:Comment:870252013-11-26T10:23:12.010ZRia Baeckhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/RiaBaeck
<p>Hello Janet! You will never know who will see this message and respond to it! You might want to 'speak' to the whole group, which you could do by sending them all a 'private' message or put a link to this comment on the group wall - for both you need to go to the Group's page.</p>
<p>I hope this helps!</p>
<p>There is also a website called Powers of Place, which might be of interest to you!</p>
<p>With love,</p>
<p>Ria</p>
<p>Hello Janet! You will never know who will see this message and respond to it! You might want to 'speak' to the whole group, which you could do by sending them all a 'private' message or put a link to this comment on the group wall - for both you need to go to the Group's page.</p>
<p>I hope this helps!</p>
<p>There is also a website called Powers of Place, which might be of interest to you!</p>
<p>With love,</p>
<p>Ria</p> Not sure if anyone is still h…tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2013-11-26:4134568:Comment:871042013-11-26T07:55:14.688ZJanet Blayonehttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/JanetBlayone
<p>Not sure if anyone is still hanging around with this group and I'm new to AoH and this Ning but I'll post anyway and welcome what (if any) comes... I am in the very early stages of a deep call to purpose the land I originally purchased for my retirement home and garden/farm homestead to host a permanent Learning Village where people can connect. A place to find our edges and hone and hold our centers, while tending the homestead and gardens, using permaculture design and systems and Art of…</p>
<p>Not sure if anyone is still hanging around with this group and I'm new to AoH and this Ning but I'll post anyway and welcome what (if any) comes... I am in the very early stages of a deep call to purpose the land I originally purchased for my retirement home and garden/farm homestead to host a permanent Learning Village where people can connect. A place to find our edges and hone and hold our centers, while tending the homestead and gardens, using permaculture design and systems and Art of Hosting practices. Where we can learn heart-based living, organic food growing and prep and myriad other practical homestead skills needed to sustain people and planet in turbulent times ahead.<br/><br/>The land is 160 acres of virgin boreal forest (aspen, birch, balsam, alder, willow, spruce) with clean spring water and most amazing soil. I spent much time there since this spring and am very aware that this is a "Thin Place" of the world, alive with devas and spirits. One beautiful day walking about placing survey stakes in the area that will become the campsite area, I felt particularly welcomed and blessed by the place. I snapped a photo with my phone camera as I was preparing to leave. At first the photo appeared ordinary, a meadow in the fading light of late afternoon. When I downloaded it and looked at it in larger scale, I was astonished to find an image of a circle dance of rainbow spirits. (I'll try to upload the image here)</p>
<p>I'm asking for your wisdom, for any suggestions or advice you might have for practices to honour and respect the land and nature spirits as I bring human energy into the mix. Much of the land will remain wilderness accessible only by hiking paths.</p> Narjara, this is a beautiful…tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2012-10-13:4134568:Comment:638822012-10-13T19:38:13.929ZUrsula Hillbrandhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/UrsulaHillbrand
<p>Narjara, this is a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing. One way to look at it is like a manifestation of what can be evoked by clear intention. That would be my lesson in terms of what we can draw from it for AoH. Lovely. Warm greetings, Ursula</p>
<p>Narjara, this is a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing. One way to look at it is like a manifestation of what can be evoked by clear intention. That would be my lesson in terms of what we can draw from it for AoH. Lovely. Warm greetings, Ursula</p> Hey Ursula, I wanted to share…tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2012-10-13:4134568:Comment:641132012-10-13T18:34:25.492ZNarjara Thamiz Ribeirohttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/NarjaraThamizRibeiro
<p>Hey Ursula, I wanted to share an beautiful experience I had almost an year ago. I was getting married and my marriage was organized in an AoH way, in a beautiful place, close to the sea, with a circle of beloved people around us. We decided to make an spiritual ceremony between the both of us with the help of some friends. When we were exchanging our vows I evoked our spirits to be fully present, the angels and other beings of light to acknowledge and bless our relationship before God. And…</p>
<p>Hey Ursula, I wanted to share an beautiful experience I had almost an year ago. I was getting married and my marriage was organized in an AoH way, in a beautiful place, close to the sea, with a circle of beloved people around us. We decided to make an spiritual ceremony between the both of us with the help of some friends. When we were exchanging our vows I evoked our spirits to be fully present, the angels and other beings of light to acknowledge and bless our relationship before God. And suddenly, when I was speaking a group of sparrows (birds), came flying in circle above our heads, and then left. It wasn't their time to come, but they did come, showing me we were being blessed, and the amazing ways nature and the subtle world can communicate with us. Love, Narjara</p> How nice that two friends, ac…tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2011-04-05:4134568:Comment:149282011-04-05T21:06:41.850ZRia Baeckhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/RiaBaeck
How nice that two friends, across the ocean, connect in this way... I enjoy it!
How nice that two friends, across the ocean, connect in this way... I enjoy it! Ursula,
Ah... I wish I could…tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2011-04-04:4134568:Comment:151032011-04-04T23:57:26.984ZCarla Kimballhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/CarlaKimball
<p>Ursula,</p>
<p>Ah... I wish I could go this year. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>While you are there, do look for the birds, and also listen to the wind, notice the scat left on paths by animals who share the land, listen to the river below the river in the rema (the ravine). You might see a fox cross your path at just the right moment. Or a butterfly making its way up a cliff. There's so much there by simply paying attention, which is easier than usual because we're not distracted by all the human…</p>
<p>Ursula,</p>
<p>Ah... I wish I could go this year. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>While you are there, do look for the birds, and also listen to the wind, notice the scat left on paths by animals who share the land, listen to the river below the river in the rema (the ravine). You might see a fox cross your path at just the right moment. Or a butterfly making its way up a cliff. There's so much there by simply paying attention, which is easier than usual because we're not distracted by all the human noises that normally surround us. At least that was the case when I was there. And, I found that when I returned to my normal life my ability to listen at that level stayed with me for a long time. Now, alas, I'm fully distracted by life in general and often forget to tune in in this way.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Blessings,</p>
<p>Carla</p>
<p> </p> Dear Carla,
This is beautiful…tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2011-04-04:4134568:Comment:146542011-04-04T23:37:57.854ZUrsula Hillbrandhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/UrsulaHillbrand
<p>Dear Carla,</p>
<p><br></br>This is beautiful. Experiences like these I was actually looking for.</p>
<p>Thank you. It is all about heightening our awareness and broadening our sensing, including synchronicity of events.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>And again it is so very personal how we are growing in this.</p>
<p>I am planning a trip to Axladitsa late August, so I will look out for those birds.</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Ursula</p>
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<p><cite>Carla Kimball said:…</cite></p>
<p>Dear Carla,</p>
<p><br/>This is beautiful. Experiences like these I was actually looking for.</p>
<p>Thank you. It is all about heightening our awareness and broadening our sensing, including synchronicity of events.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>And again it is so very personal how we are growing in this.</p>
<p>I am planning a trip to Axladitsa late August, so I will look out for those birds.</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Ursula</p>
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<p><cite>Carla Kimball said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://artofhosting.ning.com/forum/topics/hosting-with-the-elementals?groupUrl=hostingwiththeelementals&commentId=4134568%3AComment%3A14916&xg_source=msg_com_gr_forum#4134568Comment14916"><div><p>I spent two months in a yurt at Axladitsa-Avatakia in Greece a couple of years ago. It was an opportunity for me to completely unplug from my normal life and "listen to the butterflies". Towards the end of my stay there I often found myself listening more to the natural world than to people. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>I can remember one incident during an Art of Protection gathering we were outdoors in the "sky space" and in deep conversation. As one person in particular was speaking, I became aware of a large flock of blackbirds (50 or more) flying around in a spiral. From my perspecitve,it looked a bit like a tornado of black birds flying over the speaker's head and caused me to really stop and pay attention, both to the birds and to what the speaker was saying. It wasn't until I noticed the birds that I recognized just how profound her words were. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>There were several other times when the natural world spoke and I realized that if only we could listen to that voice as well, we'd discover the deeper meaning residing within our human conversations. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Thanks for starting this conversation!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Not sure if this is what you mean by "elementals" but thought I'd share it.</p>
<p> </p>
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</blockquote> I spent two months in a yurt…tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2011-04-04:4134568:Comment:149162011-04-04T18:16:26.711ZCarla Kimballhttp://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/CarlaKimball
<p>I spent two months in a yurt at Axladitsa-Avatakia in Greece a couple of years ago. It was an opportunity for me to completely unplug from my normal life and "listen to the butterflies". Towards the end of my stay there I often found myself listening more to the natural world than to people. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>I can remember one incident during an Art of Protection gathering we were outdoors in the "sky space" and in deep conversation. As one person in particular was speaking, I became…</p>
<p>I spent two months in a yurt at Axladitsa-Avatakia in Greece a couple of years ago. It was an opportunity for me to completely unplug from my normal life and "listen to the butterflies". Towards the end of my stay there I often found myself listening more to the natural world than to people. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>I can remember one incident during an Art of Protection gathering we were outdoors in the "sky space" and in deep conversation. As one person in particular was speaking, I became aware of a large flock of blackbirds (50 or more) flying around in a spiral. From my perspecitve,it looked a bit like a tornado of black birds flying over the speaker's head and caused me to really stop and pay attention, both to the birds and to what the speaker was saying. It wasn't until I noticed the birds that I recognized just how profound her words were. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>There were several other times when the natural world spoke and I realized that if only we could listen to that voice as well, we'd discover the deeper meaning residing within our human conversations. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Thanks for starting this conversation!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Not sure if this is what you mean by "elementals" but thought I'd share it.</p>
<p> </p>