Join us for a weekend of song, dance, harvesting, gardening, learning, visioning, prayer, thanksgiving and celebration as we ready ourselves to turn inwards to embrace the mysteries and hidden gifts of the darkness. Our focus will be on the garden, and giving thanks for the blessings of the harvest.

Once again, this will be a co-created space in nature …we eat, talk, dance, play, share, create, vision and workshop together, and all offer our unique skills and magic to the space. Performers, musicians, fire dancers, dreamers, gardeners, dancers,healers, teachers all welcome!

Friday night will be opening circle and a ritual of thanksgiving and fire ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Harvest festival.

Saturday night will be a Harvest Ball where we dress up in Autumn colours as nature spirits to play, feast, dance, play music and make merry around the bonfires. Please bring your instruments, voices and bare feet in the spirit of co-creation.

During the day there will be time for play and togetherness and workshops such as lantern-making, permaculture, dowsing, seedballs, visioning, dance, yoga, story-telling – and anything you feel inspired to offer into the Space that aligns with our theme of Harvest.

Please let us know what you would love to offer! – (email – ashleigh@spaceoflove.co.za)

Samhain (“summer’s end”/Harvest Festival)

Samhain, the Harvest Festival, represents a new cycle of turning inwards, when we move into the darkness of the winter months. We embrace the darkness of Winter, symbolic of the darkness within, with the knowledge that within the darkness is the whispering of new beginnings and the stirring of the seed beneath the ground.

This is a time for giving thanks for all the blessings of the harvest, for celebrating the earth, lighting bonfires to warm us through the Winter months, to revel in the mystery of life and to offer up our prayers of thanksgiving and healing.

Within the flame of the fire, feel the kindling of new dreams, hopes, projects, seeds and ideas. Nurture them through the winter months, as you enter into the space of your dreams. Spring time will see the seed of your dreams burst into vivid life, as the cycle of growth continues throughout Summer.

INTENTION

Our intention is to create more gatherings where we can all come together in the spirit and magic of co-creation and love to celebrate the seasons, work with ritual and thanksgiving to honour mother earth, and enter into more natural time. Together, we can support each other in our journey towards a way of living that is more fully in Love with everything around us.

The gathering will be drug and alcohol free and offer healthy and nourishing meals (with an emphaisis on raw food. Children are more than welcome.

Accommodation will be camping or in tipis.

Please feel free to contact us if you would like to offer any talk/events/workshops/performances that align with the vision of Space of Love Harvest festival.

We ask that all participants enter into the spirit of co-creation with an open heart to experience the true gifts and joy of service to the whole. If there is any job you see needing done during the time of the gathering, we ask that you run with it, encouraging others to assist if needed, taking responsibility for your co-creative role in the Space of Love community.

FOOD

To keep prices down we have decided on a “bring and share” – yummy healthy vegetarian/vegan food with a focus on raw food. Boxes of fruit and veg, nuts and seeds, tahini, superfoods, dates and any other super yummy treats feel inspired to contribute (the more yummyness you contribute the more superdelicious meals we can create). Be generous, this food will be feeding you and your family over the whole weekend.

Also any kitchen equipment you feel inspired to contribute would be appreciated: think champion blenders, big pots, knives, chopping boards, peelers, big serving bowls/tubs etc.

We ask that everyone volunteer to help prepare at least one meal, and we are also looking for kitchen angels to help focalise meals and volunteers in the kitchen. We need at least one person to play the role of co-ordinating kitchen angel for each meal. The universe will bless you with bliss and a year of a happy tummy for your blessed contribution.

TICKET CONTRIBUTIONS

Tickets will not be available at the door, so please book beforehand. Ticket numbers will be limited to create an intimate HeartSpace so book yours now. Tipi beds are also limited, book yours in advance.

Camping:

R200 for adults

R50 for kids age 5-12

R100 for kids 13-17

kids age 0-4yrs are free

It is an extra R100pp for a tipi bed for the weekend.

To book your tickets please deposit your contribution into this account and send your confirmation to ashleigh@spaceoflove.co.za

Bank details

Standard bank

Account Name: “Moon”

No: 074024701

Code: 020009

Branch: constantia

Please put “SoL” and your name as reference.

The first Space of Love gathering in South Africa took place early February this year. This was a wholly co-created event inspired by Anastasia and the Ringing Cedar series. The intentions were to create a safe, harmonious space in which people of all colours and creeds could come together in unity & celebration of life. An experiment in temporary community, in order to taste a way of life that is lived in close communion with nature and one another as true brothers and sisters.

The gathering spun over a weekend and was hosted by the Blue Hippo Tipi Village in Greyton. This is the home of many an ancient Oak, majestic horses, a beautiful lake, an array of magical plant- and wildlife, as well as a handfull of ancient souls…two of these being the lovely ladies who seeded the event.

The gathering formed a weekend long outdoor festival, that was filled with wholesome activities and workshops with a focus on reconnecting to our hearts and our mother earth. Over the course of the weekend, a number of workshops were offered, ranging from permaculture gardening, worm farming, astrology, raw food education, ecovillage living, massage, sound healing journeys, to various meditation techniques as well as endless dancing. One could find oneself in a workshop, enjoying the surrounding wildlife, sharing in various talking circles, helping out in the kitchen or just having random fun. Trampolines, swings and jungle gyms were enjoyed by children of all ages.

Being a drug-free, non-commercial, vegetarian event created a harmonious, clear atmosphere, one in which children and adults could freely mingle and play to their heart’s content. Getting in touch with the place of open minded fun and inspiration allowed joy & spontaneous bursts of kindness to spread throughout the gathering. The blue hippo turned into a place where long held barriers were dissolved, and friendships and heart connections were nurtured and blooming. Meals were communally prepared by volunteers who’s singing and laughter could be heard pouring out of the kitchen at regular intervals during the day, while blessings before the meals were sung holding hands in big circles under the open sky.

Sunset welcomed the coming of clear starlit nights, and the gathering of kindred souls around a sacred fire circle. Guitars, drums, tibetan singing bowls, chimes and jubilant voices came together, singing songs and sharing stories until only the whispers of the embers could be heard fading into the night.
Every sunrise was embraced with Agnihotra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnihotra), an ancient vedic fire ceremony that has the effect of purifying the atmosphere, and set the tone for the emergence of each coming day.

During the course of the weekend, healing took place on many levels. People coming together in a safe space, where judgments & unhealthy indulgences were put asside created doorways in which heart sharings and personal revelations became possible. Seeing each other through our ancient eyes, through being connected to nature & our true selves, cleared up blockages and allowed past issues to come to the surface to be dissolved by the power of love.

Below are some experiences from participants:
“The space of Love gathering was the first of its kind for me. I experienced the space as one where I could just Be.
Be crazy, be reserved, be overwhelmed, be blissed out, be at peace and just be enveloped by the Love we all brought together.
When I look back at those couple of days on the farm, it was a time for personal transformation.
I overcame fears and went back to nature to feel her Love like a balm for my weary soul.”

“One of my many magical moments was wandering around in the dark, feathers in my hair, under the moonshine while our brothers and sisters were gathered around the fire. I felt like I wandered back in time, when the land was safe and regarded sacred. The moonlight guiding my footsteps, nothing but the sounds of the night and singing by the fire.” – Antoinette

“A seed has been planted. And while i’ve been to gatherings before, come back with new inspiration, and then watched it slowly die down – this feels different. It feels as if my life no longer can move in a certain (city) way… a new Awareness is being processed, assimilated into my being. . And it leaves me feeling like there are doors wide open where there were once walls before.” ~ haylee

This was truly a gathering of note, one that bursts with the inspir(itness)ation that sets the tone for each individual participant to embrace a more authentic way of living. One in which each of our journeys can be honored as unique and essential notes in the symphony of life. As have been said by so many great ones, the world needs originals…inspired individuals who are creating change by living their truth every day.

Space of Love was a kind of haven, where one could come and experience the dissolution of all worries, doubts & fears, and live, even if temporarily in the gift of the present moment, embracing every opportunity for the full potential it holds. A unique opportunity to explore our true selves, immersed in nature and community.

Change starts with the individual, and healing can only be without if it has happened within.
One Love. One Community. One Earth.

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One week to go! : ) And the response has been simply amazing!

Please check out the “gathering details” page for all the details, and FAQ’s page to see what talks, workshops and events we have on offer.
Thank you to all who are bringing your love, skills, willingness, passion and energy into co-creating this space : )

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Blessings, and we look forward to you joining us : )
Love Ashleigh, Ahrian and Ian Light*
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