Date: 26 – 27 May 2012

Rainbow Homestead
Zuvuya, KwaZulu Natal

Activities start at 9am on Saturday with a tour of homestead.
Sunday un-programmed for synergistic and spontaneous activity.

Family-friendly: There will be kiddie & adult activities
Throughout both days we’ll play cooperative games (yay, play!)

~ Join us for a co-created weekend Gathering at the Rainbow Homestead! ~

Eco-activities for learning by doing:

• Building a compost heap
• Building with cob (bath area?)
• Kiddie eco-activities

Workshops & Discussions include:

• Natural healing with herbs
• The Ecovillage movement
• Environmental Education resources for parents and kids
• Open slots for people to offer to share skills & knowledge
• Seed swap—bring your favourite seeds to share
• Clothes swap—bring a few bits of clothing to give and receive new ones

• Bring and share lunch both days
• Stone soup dinner (bring a veg to put in poijtie)
• Bonfire and music from sunset (bring fire toys and instruments)
• Bring a tent for camping—there are hot showers and a camp kitchen
• The terrain is great for mountain biking and hiking

Rainbow values are:

everyone is a participant, take out the rubbish you create, give generously, leave a light eco-footprint, cooperation, no drugs or alcohol, speak kindly, listen with your heart, no electronics

Directions:

From the N3 south take the Howick exit #107 Howick/Tweedie. Go left (away from Howick). At the T, go right onto the R103. Go 5km and turn left onto the Dargle/Impendle Rd. Go 28km. Turn right onto the D710. Continue 4km to the last gate.

Contact:

Sam ~ sam@zuvuya.co.za
More details on Facebook :-)

We look forward to seeing you there!

• bowl and spoon!!
• water – the water on the farm is unpallatable this time of year
• food- Bring generously. Enough food to feed you and your family for the whole weekend. The food is going to be prepared communally, so bring boxes of fruit/veg/ and big packets of nuts, seeds, lentils, pulses, rice, dates, superfoods etc. Please bring your own tea/coffee items.
  • Fruit: pineapple, watermelon, bananas, peaches, mangoes, apples, nectarines, grapes
  • Vegetables: Carrots, potatoes, sweet potatoes, butternut, onions, garlic, ginger, broccoli, sweetcorn, green pepper, red pepper, cabbage, cucumber, tomato, lettuce, celery, avocado, baby marrow
  • Nut and Seeds: all nuts, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, almonds
  • Pulses and grains: Oats, rice, lentils, chickpeas, mungbeans
  • Oils: Olive oil, coconut oil
  • Superfoods: Raw cacao, coconut oil
  • Misc: honey, dates, tahini, tamari, himalayan salt, spices, jaggery
  • Sprouts: Feel free to bring lots of yummy already sprouted sprouts : )
• Oils: Olive oil, coconut oil
• Superfoods: Raw cacao, coconut oil
• Misc: honey, dates, tahini, tamari, himalayan salt, spices, jaggery
• instruments – for our communal sound journey
• performance – prepare something if you would like to perform at our open mike
• trading hour – if you would like to sell your home-made goods – planting calenders, jewelry, organic seeds, etc
• plant swop - bring your extra plants to share with others
• clothes swop – bring your old clothes to swop / share / giveaway
• decor – bring cloths and decor to help us brighten the space :-)
• lifts - if you’re able to offer a lift, or need a lift, please write something up on this page
• and last but not least… all of your heart!

• no alcohol / drugs!
• no dogs !

We look forward to seeing you there!!

Calling all Muso’s, Poets, Performers, Consciousness workshop facilitators, Yoga instructors, Doulas, Midwives, Dance facilitators, Permaculturists, Story Tellers, etc., etc….. Come play with us in greyton from the 9th to the 11th of March. This is a non- profit participation based gathering with the intention of supporting our community in learning wholistic ways to live in harmony with each other and our planet – and to have fun and celebrate our journeys on this earth plane.

Interested? Check out the event details on our facebook group or website and contact Annwen if you’d like to offer something: offerings@spaceoflove.co.za

Date – 11-12 February

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So it is official Space of Love , Garden Route will be happening on the 11thand 12th of February 2012. On a majestic piece of land where we can see both sea and mountain. Please start spreading the news and we will keep u posted as per the rest

Space of Love, is a Drug free, Alcohol free and meat free Space where we can meet to play, learn and remember that its so much easier when we together.

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Contact Garth for more details – 0849909999
email – mastersedge@gmail.com

10 to 12:
we set up and decorate the space- if anyone wants to bring things like cusions, throws, carpets, blankets, things to hang up (remember the spring theme) please join us.

12 – 1:
we have a welcoming circle. *PLEASE* come in time for this otherwise you miss out on this valuable introduction and setting the context for our day together and we miss out on hearing about you (even if you want to be silent and just watch things and are unsure of the idea of sharing circles- you’re welcome to just observe, but please be there).

1 – 2ish:
Bring and Share Lunch. Remember if you plan to eat, please be sure to contribute food to the feast- and enough for supper.
Raw/ vegetarian/ vegan please :-)

2 – 5:30
children’s face painting and magic
Talks, discussions and more… offerings still welcome here. Derek Gripper? Simric Yarrow? Ian Light? Lisa Martin? Marianne Littlejohn?
What we’re likely to do in this space, because of the spring theme of birth and fertility, is to have an open discussion about CHILDBIRTH and RAISING CHILDREN. Many of those coming have much practical knowledge to share on this valuable topic.
MUSIC and POETRY- please bring stuff to share that inspires, specially on the spring theme ( think birth, new beginnings- make it as abstract as you like) and instruments to make some noise together.

5:30 – 6:30:
♪♫¸.•*¨) ღ ☼ ♥ Spring Dance ♪♫¸.•*¨) ღ ☼ ♥ !

6:30 – 7:30:
Supper (lunch leftovers)

After supper:
Closing circle and clearing up. ***Another really important practical element of the day is that we leave no trace for anyone to have to clean up behind us. Please take responsibility for your own clearing up and then some. particularly if you leave early.***

CAn’t WAit To be with Y’ All!!

Love annwen and samantha

A quick update…
DATE: I’m changing the date to Sunday as there is a big festival in muizenberg that the whole muizenberg community is involved in.. The Muizenberg community is so lovely- i would like to make is easy for them to attend. Also our host would very much like to be there. I apologise if this messes with anyone’s arrangements! And this way the earth dance people may be more inclined to join us if they’ve had their fill of earth dancing by Sunday.

OFFERINGS: One or two have offered to do some activities (children’s activities,  a talk, some music and a dance) but i don’t have more than that confirmed… so if you would like to help us co-create this, please let me know.. it can be very informal and playful too if you have a fun idea up your sleeve. Will send out a proper activities list on Wednesday.

MEALS: Bring and share enough for Lunch and left overs for Supper if you are staying. If you plan to eat please be sure to contribute food to the feast!!
Raw/ vegan/ vegetarian please :-)

Love Annwen

It has been so delightful to be sharing the turning of the seasons with you. Winter solstice was magical at the blue hippo in Greyton. There is something so fine, so tender and precious and at the same time, deeply nourishing and grounding that comes about when we have the courage to drop our armouring and connect with one another from a space of authenticity, vulnerability- a space of love.

This month we do so within the greater context of Spring and all the subtle energy of New-ness that it brings.

SET-UP: Beloved Dale is letting us use his home. Thank you dear friend! Hopefully, depending on the response to this and if enough people want to get involved, it’ll be more like the full gathering in that we’ll have a day schedule with events taking place all day. Beginning with yoga or meditation and opening circle in the morning and ending with a dance and a closing circle in the evening.

CO-CREATION: Space of Love is a Co-Created event. This means we need your particular brand of being to make it all happen! 
here are the roles that need filling:
~Setting up on Friday
~Décor: SPRING theme (daisy chains, lots of flowers everywhere, etc.) carpets, cushions, prayer flags, whatever you can bring…
~ Signage to direct people in (arrows and welcome vibes)
~ Kitchen and food awareness people
~ Clean-up people -everyone is a clean-up person, of course- but i mean taking down all the décor and any M.O.O.P [matter out of place] and so on.

MEALS:This means you will need to bring lunch and supper food to share- please ensure that it is enough for you and your family- no exceptions- if there is any difficulty with this, please speak to me. Please bring your own eating tools and receptacles. Please prepare before hand – just makes things a lot simpler as you can imagine. If someone has a nice big pot like a potjie pot to lend us we can make our evening meal a big pot of soup. I’ll wait for feedback on that and send another mail out to confirm supper plans and the schedule.

THEME: Spring! think eggs, seeds, flowers, fertility, rabbits, new beginings, seeds, new shoots. Please involve your inner and outer children and dress the part. There is a part in all of us which yearns to surrender to innocence and delight. (Rikus and Geoffrey- we’ll make black outfit exceptions for you if need be… you may have to put up with me plaiting a flower or two into your hair, however)

OFFERINGS: Let us thread the spring theme in to everything we offer.Here are the slots that need filling (might shift around a little)… please contact me with your ideas if you’d like to participate in this way.

9am: Yoga/ meditation- who can do this?
10am: opening circle
11am- 1pm: activities… offerings??
1pm: lunch
2pm -5pm: activities… offerings?
5pm – 6pm: supper prep
6pm – 6:30: vedic fire ceremony?
6:30pm – 7: 30pm: supper and music… music people??
7: 30pm – 9pm: Dance with Samantha Slewinski(!) and closing.

NB: Children’s activities will be very welcomed!

SO much love to old, new and yet to meet friends,

Annwen.
0845887741
annwenmazetti@gmail.com

Schedule - Winter Gathering ~June 2011

Click here to download!

Here are some of the highlights from our Line up for the weekend:

Friday Morning:
Decorations and Art with Kids and Adults
Saterday Morning:
Agnihotra Fire Ceremony
Tishlaki Movement Meditation
Kid’s Animal Wokshop
Children’s Story Telling
Soap Making Demo
Conscious Dreaming Workshop
Natural Birthing Talk
Saterday Afternoon and Evening
Trading Hour
Men and Women’s Circles
Dance
Angel walk and Co-Created Live music- Bring your instruments!!!
Sunday
Handball
Raw Food Talk
Contact Improv Dance
Sound Journey

Space of Love gatherings are a co-creative experience in community making
A Winter Gathering gives us a chance to co-create with all our seasons wishes

Date: 17-19 June 2011
Time: Opening Fire- 5:30pm on Friday
Place: Blue Hippo Tipi Village, Greyton

TICKETS:
Basic: R210 (includes camping for adults)
Tipi*: R315 (includes a single or double bed in a tipi for adults)
Children: R70 (5-18yr olds includes camping OR sharing a tipi with an adult)
One Nighters: R150 for adults; R50 for children (includes camping)

Day Visitors**: R100 for adults; R30 for children

Newly earthed to 5 year-olds: Free♥
Join us in good time before Opening Fire – Tipi Village is open from Wednesday 15th.
To book a tipi please contact daniel@spaceoflove.co.za
The latest this can be done is Wednesday 15th June

Bank details:
Standard bank
Account Name: “Moon”
No: 074024701
Code: 02530917 or 00051001
Branch: constantia
Please put “SOL” and your name as reference, and send your proof of payment

http://wildwomendo.blogspot.com/2011/04/love-freedom.html

I recently found myself sitting right in a valley of love, surrounded by nature in its peaceful and tranquil splendor. Started reflecting on how incredible it felt to survive on basics. Reflected on how abundance flows from the deep crevices of river beds, the roots of plants – watered by generous rain waters and the intoxicatingly sweet-scented aroma of lantana flowers. That kind of love and abundance is limitless…

The simplicity in the ways of life here, the depth of breathe, the instinctual sharpness and the relevance if all the rest of it. The spirit of love, the feeling of unity, trust and security; the ability to truly be yourself without fear and inhibition. The determination of existence through love and oneness with nature. A space where money doesn’t determine how and what we do, but breathing does.

Stars laid out in milky splendor; darkness is a comfortable blanket and not a cause for panic. Silence is a teleconference with the gods, not an awkward pause.

Love times love…. When souls find each other at the most appropriate setting. It’s the most natural thing.

The love shaped leaves that sprouted freely all around the Peace and Comm-Unity huts. It was quite surreal how many of them there were. Or maybe it just reflected where my headspace was.

True love knows nothing better than blossom.

The love that radiated from the youth of Steynsdorp 2 was humbling. *I asked the two boys what they were listening to on their cellphone radio and the one on the right responded and said ‘Bricks, the jahman!’ (Bricks is a dreadlocked kwaito / hip hop artist from South Africa. Natives sometimes call all dreadlocked people Jahman or Rasta) – thought that was funny!

The godfather*said in a deep bellowing voice* Haroun Kola (an incredibly warm spirit with a beeeeeeg heart and a happy, bouncy child inside of him. He’s a joy to watch around children…) He’s also a geek (we love geeks!) and a great Kahuna massage therapist. Oh and he’s a feminist….we LOVE feminists. The angel next to him is Fleur… she epitomises LIGHT! What a happy, loving child.

Love in a time of Lantana! These aromatic flowers were all around us. At some point, we went through a 20meter long dense bush of Lantana. It was a bitter-sweet experience. An incredible one nonetheless.

The labour of love…. At the eco-village working on building on the space is truly rewarding and of course, great for the land.

This is the lady at the heART of it all. Sarah Motha makes me so proud! About 5 years ago, we sat at the same spot she was sitting on, where she was telling me her vision for this village she was at the preliminary stage of building. Today, her energy and compassion can be felt all around the village. Her deep humility and compassion is incredibly inspiring. Love her to bits.

These lovely bags, made with love by Sarah Motha; worn by another lovely, lively soul Carolyn Howell – she took us through a few spiritual chants, storytelling and Tai Chi. She radiateslove! She reminded me of what it means to be free — completely free within your spirit and to transfer that energy to people around her.

Umphakatsi Peace Ecovillage is in Steynsdorp, Mpumalanga), 10km from the Oshoek, Swaziland border and a mere 1hr from Mozambique.