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The Hermitage Cottage 14 Drumnaconnell Rd

Saintfield, County Down, BT24 7NB 44 2897 510232

Sally.taylor803@btopenworld.com www.thehermitagecottage.com

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And DON’T FORGET :: Hermitage Cottage YURT is available to rent …perfect for groups and individual use, the walking Labyrinth and a 2 acre Garden. Come spend some time in Scenic County Down! Contact Sally for information. 02897 510232

A Natural Health for You!


"Once you have adopted such an attitude of infinite interconnectedness, you naturally want to liberate not just yourself but all beings from suffering. The Buddha calls this 'the conception of the spirit of enlightenment.' It is the soul of the Bodhisattva, the person who dedicates him-or herself to helping all beings achieve total happiness. When you open to the inevitability of your infinite interconnectedness with other sensitive beings, you develop compassion. You learn to feel empathy for them, to love them, to want their happiness. You want to keep them from suffering, and you do so just as if they were a part of you. You don't think your behavior makes you special. You don't congratulate yourself for helping others, just as you won't congratulate yourself for healing your own leg when you hurt it. It is natural for you to love your leg because it is one with you, and so it is natural for you to love others. Robert Thurman, in Infinite Life


Regular Meditation

At The Hermitage Cottage, County Down

Meditation is a unique tool for self reflection and understanding, perhaps better stated as ‘training the heart & mind’.

It is also can lessen personal stress and better enable us to benefit others.

We begin simply, germinating a calm centre & greater clarity about reality.

Meditation suitable for Beginners and Experienced Meditators

Suitable for Everyone!

Meditation cultivates living with an open heart.

Meditation cultivates living with an open heart.

Monday Evenings 7~ 8:30pm

Tuesday Mornings! 11- 12:30

Private Direction also available upon request 02897 510232


Payment for the Meditation Course is a free will offering of generosity (giving) on your part, and in this case will be donated to ‘Jampa Ling Belfast’ Trust to assist Mongolians living in great need. Additional Charge specifically cover the costs of the facility: (£12 for 6 sessions)

Contact Sally at 02897 510232

The Mediations are held in the Hermitage Cottage Yurt.

 

Seasonal Fire Circles
At The Hermitage Cottage

 

Really, we are befriending the Universe we live within.

We're embracing the Story of the Universe as our own 'story'.
Certain moments annually mark significant shifts in the life of the planet. They provide the points of connection for our human lives.

At The Hermitage Cottage we mark these occasions with Ceremonial Fire Circles:
acknowledging the shifts in the year's cycle as they are reflected personally in our lives, honouring the earth and it's changes through the year in nature,
rediscovering our own 'home' in the universe.

Seasonal changes are acknowledged within most religious traditions. It is a universal impulse as human beings: from Islamic Ramadan ~ time of fasting & purification before entering the inner darkness of winter; Hanukkah (Judaism), Christmas(Christian), Divali (Hindu) ~Festivals of Light in the midst of that darkness;

re-emergence of life in spring festivals (Easter and ‘New Year’ celebrations in China, Tibet) through seasons of full expression into the world ~ Pentacost (Christian), Saga Dawa (Buddhism), Ridvan (Baha’i).

 

 

 

Dates Celebrated in the Cycles of the Year at The Hermitage Cottage:

31 October Samhain (All Hallow's Eve); The start of winter when traditionally the harvests were complete and preparations begun for the winter ahead. It is time to turn inward, kindle the home fires, and tell stories round the hearth as a way of remembering who we are in this universe.

21 December* Winter Solstice ~ the shortest day of the year asks us each year to live out from the womb of life in the fertile darkness of winter

1 February Imbolc, (St Brigid’s Day) ~ marks the beginning of spring in the ancient Celtic Earth Calendar; marks the return of the first spring bulbs – snowdrops and crocus; So too does the potential in all life lie begin emerging at this time. It’s time now to complete preparation for possibilities in our own lives.

21 March Spring Equinox * The Dynamic Equilibrum on its way into the lighter longer days of summer; Honour this moment in the seasonal cycles by pausing in your daily routines to consider right now this moment you are inhabiting.

1 May Beltane ~ May Day ~ marks the beginning of summer, and the season with most sunlight and plant life in its fullest expression

21 June* Summer Solstice Celebration ~ The summer solstice is the moment of longest daylight hours in the year. It honours the fullness of life, the apex of growth reached in nature ~ flowers abound! Life IS renewed! It is a time of honouring the light of the Sun which all life

1 August* Lammas Celebrating the fruits of the Earth, and beginning the Autumn season

21 September* Autumn Equinox ~ equal time, day and night, heading into the darkness; Pause to enjoy a moment of dynamic balance amidst the dance of change that is life on Earth.

31 October Samhain (All Hallow's Eve) ~ The start of winter when traditionally the harvests were complete and preparations begun for the winter ahead. It is time to turn inward, kindle the home fires, and tell stories round the hearth as a way of remembering who we are in this universe.

21 December Winter Solstice ~ the shortest day of the year asks us each year to live out from the womb of life in the fertile darkness of winter

*Date varies between 21st and 23rd of the month.

Mark this one on your calendar!!

Open to All, from the wealth of our differing Backgrounds & Traditions!)

Spring Equinox 2010 *** Saturday, 20th March

Equinox is a moment of equal time, half way between ‘here’ and ‘there’. In the Spring Season we are half way to the full growth of mid summer, life on the rise. It’s time now to notice the evidence all around us of renewed life:

germinating seeds, newborn babes, re-greening of trees.

Consider what it means for you to bring balance into this

new life of spring energy

within your own life. Assess where you are now. Pause for a moment. What might be your own next steps in this process?

:: Blessings Be ::

£10 charge for each Fire Circle Session :: Seasonal Treats included

RSVP to Sally Taylor at 02897 510232 or email sally.taylor803@btopenworld.com

 

 


Your hostess at the Hermitage Cottage, Sally Taylor, is a 15 year practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism. She hosts meditation practice regularly through the year. As a keen gardener, she tends 20 acres of landscape, opening her garden to the public seasonally.

She has taught adults and primary age children, using nature and gardening as an effective experiential learning tool.

The Hermitage Cottage, 14 Drumnaconnell Rd., Saintfield, Co. Down BT24 7NB

02897 510232 info@thehermitagecottage.com www.thehermitagecottage.com



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