lammas

	*Lammas: The hush of summer*
	*Led by Robert & Marta & friends, with our musical guests, Lev Tahor*
	*Hazel Hill Wood, Salisbury, Friday eve 7:00 -Sunday afternoon 4:00*
	1 - 3 August 2008

The Celtic festival of Lammas stands at the midpoint between the summer Solstice and the Autumn Equinox, in what is sometimes called the "hush of summer" -- just on the edge of the beginning of the main harvest. Tantricly, it is about experiencing what is -- nothing less, nothing more. The invitation is to allow the boundaries between inner and outer and self and other to dissolve, to experience the now of summer. This is not so easy. The mind loves to "look before and after, and pine for what is not", especially at Lammas.

Our tools are a blend of meditation, breathing, voicework, bodywork, and the classic structures of western tantra, interwoven with some of the traditional Celtic rituals associated with Lammas. But in all our work we also connect with the wood, expanding our awareness to absorb its healing energy, listen to its wisdom, and learn to dance our human, sexual dance embraced by its otherness.

Cost (plus food to share): Fully waged £110 Concessions £95. Booking Deposit: £50

Facilities: Sleeping is heated sleeping lofts with mattresses, or you may bring a tent. There are also a limited number of individual sleeping spaces for couples. There are excellent hot showers, composting loos, and an indoor kitchen. There is an indoor heated group room		Food: We will provide t breakfasts, coffees, teas and herbal drinks. Please bring food to share for the other meals –2 lunches and 2 suppers. We will talk to you about what you might bring when you book! NB If you are on a special diet, you will need to supply any special foods.
Facilitators:
Robert & Marta Robert and Marta are both apprenticed to John Hawken of SkyDancing Tantra UK. Robert also has a background in bioenergetics and dramatherapy, Marta is also a professional playwright and teaches creative writing. They have been married for 28 years.
Agatha Manouche is an experienced shaman, and holds the women’s circle at Hazel Hill Wood.
Philip Milburn is a music therapist and teacher. He provides the live music that we use for meditation and dance on our Celtic workshops

Anu and Maureen of Lev Tehor are guest musicians joining us this year. Their meditational music thrilled us last summer at the International Tantra Festival in Spain, where we first met them.