Harmony In Nature

July 28 is Nature Conservation Day, when people around the world recognise nature conservation as a vehicle to care for, and protect, our planet. 🌍

This day is a crucial reminder of the necessity to conserve our planet’s natural resources, as well as to recognise those who are dedicated to preserving nature on a daily basis. 😇

Here in the UK, the adder is one of many endangered species. Whilst they are venomous and should ideally be avoided by humans (and their dogs when out walking), like all plants and animals they play a positive part in maintaining our delicate ecosystems. 🐍

Make sure you show your appreciation for nature today. 🥰

Sunday 21st July is Thunder Full Moon peaking @ 11:17. Jo's Full Moon Meditation this month is tonight, 21st July, 7.30-9.30pm UK time (GMT+1). This online guided meditation features personal & global healing and ends with an indigenous unity consciousness protocol. Cost to participate is £20, book at https://harmonyhealing.co.uk/shop/events-and-courses/monthly-full-moon-virtual-healing-unity-consciousness-guided-meditation-undated by 5pm please. 🔮

Between Full Moon and the next New Moon is considered as a good time energetically for detoxing the body. Jo has a one month Lunar Cycle Alignment Programme, 2nd October - 1st November, £188. 🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑

More about this Full Moon at Jo's Blog @ https://harmonyhealing.co.uk/blog - including a link to tonight's meditation booking page. Jo features significant cultural events and zodiac dates (e.g., moon phases, meteor showers) in her monthly Celestial Forecast and regular Blogs. Subscribe at https://harmonyhealing.co.uk/newsletter-sign-up/user ✨

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Saturday 20th July, 11am - 2pm, Forest Bathing in the grounds of Harry Edwards Foundation at a cost per person of £39.77, book at https://bit.ly/FBHEF 🌳

Immerse yourself in the healing elements of nature and connect deeply with all your senses. We will take you on a 2½ hour journey through the beautiful landscaped park, nestled in this little known oasis of calm within Greater London. Through a selection of simple sensory activities, you will learn how to enhance your perceptions and slow down to focus on what could easily be missed. We end with a treelaxation; a deeply relaxing and rejuvenating experience, and which, despite the title forest bathing, does not involve any swimming! 🍃

Some of the scientifically proven benefits of spending time in woodland include reduced stress levels, stronger immune system response, and a stabilised cortisol cycle. Join us for this wonderfully nurturing session on the final day of Mental Health Awareness Week. 🥰

Find out more and book at www.harmonyinnature.uk or cut and paste https://bit.ly/FBSessions 🍂​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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​​​​​​​​​​​Our Harmony in Nature woodland sessions deliver the restful, yet therapeutic, benefit of guided mindfulness sensory activities with fellow nature lovers. 🌲​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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See our July update at https://bit.ly/HiNJuly24 and to receive our monthly nature connection mailings, email [email protected] 💻​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

According to author Robert Graves and ‘neo pagans’, the eighth moon in the Celtic calendar is the Holly Moon from 8th July to 4th August.📅

The evergreen holly reminds us that nature is everlasting, and the Celts saw holly as symbolic of firmness and masculine energy. We note in the UK that the months of June, July and August are usually the hottest, and the strength and power of fire are typically linked with masculine energies, which we all have to different degrees (here we are not talking about ‘maleness’), such as being decisive, taking action and protecting. 🧿

Holly was used by our ancestors in protective rituals. We can wear a sprig on our clothing and hang some in our home for the family’s good luck and safety. We can make holly water by soaking holly leaves in spring water. 💦

Our next Forest Bathing session, in the grounds of Harry Edward's Foundation, Saturday 20th July, 11-2pm (£39.77). See https://bit.ly/FBHEF 🌳

Joanna’s Full Moon Meditation take place 7.30-9.30pm (UK) on Sunday 21st, see https://bit.ly/MediFullMoon to book. Aligning with the moon cycle is very therapeutic. 🌕

For details, see the Harmony In Nature Summer Update at https://bit.ly/HiNJuly24 🌸

Sunday 7th July, in 2024, is Thank You Day in the UK, see https://thankyouday.org.uk/ 🥳🎉

The past few years have been testing for all of us. Plan a party, host a street activity, have a local ceremony or cook up some tasty treats! It doesn’t matter what you arrange, just say thank you together. 👯‍♂️

On this day for showing gratitude and appreciation, a shout out to my friends and colleagues, specially Katie Robinson and the team at The Forest Bathing Institute 😍

Follow cultural events and zodiac dates (e.g., moon phases, meteor showers) in Jo's monthly Celestial Forecast and regular Blog, linked @ https://harmonyhealing.co.uk/blog - Jo's full Celestial Forecast for July is at https://bit.ly/JoHHCF 💻

Friday 5th July @ 23:57 UK time (late tonight) is the peak of the New Moon.🌑​​​​​​​​

​​​​​​​​Any New Moon is a fabulous day for creating a personal or corporate Vision Board and for starting new projects. What an interesting date for us to be starting a new era with a new government here in the UK. 🎇​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​

The New Moon Abundance Ritual should be carried out within 24 hours after the New Moon. 💷​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​

It needs to be after the New Moon because the moon should be waxing (getting bigger again) to carry the manifestation energy. 🌒​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​

More about this New Moon and the Abundance ritual at Jo's Blog, see https://bit.ly/HHBlog24 💻​​​​​​​​

Our July issue, linked at https://bit.ly/HiNJuly24 and the below QR code, features:
* Seasonal observations for July in UK
* How July got its name
* Moon Phases & Meteorites visible this month
* Wildlife Encounter: Bank Vole
* Our Live ITV 'This Morning' experience, 21st June
* Restore Nature Now London Rally report, 22nd June
* Surrey Hills Charities Event review, 26th June
* Our forthcoming events

Let us know what you think ...

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Our July issue, linked at https://bit.ly/HiNJuly24 and the below QR code, features:

* Seasonal observations for July in UK

* How July got it's name

* Moon Phases & Meteorites visible this month

* Wildlife Encounter: Bank Vole

* Our Live ITV 'This Morning' experience, 21st June

* Restore Nature Now London Rally, 22nd June

* Surrey Hills Charities Event, 26th June

* Our forthcoming events

Let us know what you think ...

Harmony in Nature July Summer Issue - Light & Warmth - Harmony Healing, Reyad Sekh Em, Egyptian Alchemy Healing Harmony in Nature - July Summer Issue - Light & Warmth. Email: [email protected]

Thursday 27th June is predicted as the peak of the Bootids Meteor Shower; if they are visible at all this year. Although they are not active every year, they can occur any time between 22nd June and 2nd July. 🌠

In 2024, the best displays might be after dusk on 27th June as the shower is expected to reach peak activity at around 22: 00 UK time on 27th. Full Moon 21st June, means there could be some light pollution but it could be a reasonable year for viewing, weather permitting. 🌠​​​​​​​​​

This is known for very slow meteors, and is an unpredictable source, the June Boötids produced an unexpected outburst in 1998.🐌

See Jo's Blog at https://bit.ly/HHBlog24 for more about the Boötids. 💻

Walking the labyrinth at the Harry Edwards Foundation near Shere Surrey with Katie Robinson & Gillie Scarrott-Jones on the day between the Summer Solstice and the Full Moon tonight

Tonight (Friday night/Saturday morning) peaking @ 02:07 UK time) it's the Solstice Strawberry Moon. 🍓

Other names are the Lotus Moon, Oak Moon, Cold Moon or Long Night’s Moon. 🌕

Our Full Moon Meditation is tonight (Friday) starting at 7.30pm, see https://bit.ly/MediFullMoon for more and to book. Book by 5pm please. 🧘‍♀️

Between Full Moon and the next New Moon is considered as a good time energetically for detoxing the body. For more about the Strawberry Moon and/or instructions on how to conduct an Angela McGerr's Full Moon Meditation with Gabriel, see Blog @ https://bit.ly/HHBlog24 also linked in bio 😇

Thursday 20th June at 21:50 UK is the Pagan Celebration of the Solstice, the moment when the sun enters Cancer. In the Northern Hemisphere, this is viewed as the triumph of light, the ecstatic culmination of the sun, yet the start of growing darkness.☀​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Old traditions included: Making a bonfire on a hilltop, sing, drink, laugh and time of merry-making. Processions with torches and lanterns, rolling a wheel down hill to mark the start of the sun’s descent, blessing cakes and wine, waiting for the dawn and greeting the sun when it rises, sleeping by a spring, rolling naked in the dew of the summer sunrise! 🌅​​​​​​​​

It's also the Khemitian (Ancient Egyptian) Festival of the Burning of the Lamps. It was by the power of light, symbolising the life-giving power of the Moon, that Aset rekindled life in her dead husband.⚰

The Khemitians celebrated a Festival to coincide with every festival on the Celtic Wheel - synchronicity? Personally, I think it demonstrates the ancient origin of these traditions. 🐪 ✨
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See Jo's Blog @ https://harmonyhealing.co.uk/blog for more. 💻⠀​​​​​​​​

According to author Robert Graves and ‘neo pagans’, the seventh moon in the Celtic calendar is the Oak Moon from 10th June to 7th July.📅

The Oak Moon takes place when the trees are approaching full bloom. The oak signifies strength and power, typically towering over its fellow trees, and was highly sacred to the mighty Druids. The oak is associated with invocations for fertility, strength, power, success and abundance. An acorn is meant to bring luck at interviews or business meetings, whereas catching a falling oak leaf is meant to bring health and wellbeing all year. 🌳

The Celts called this month Duir, sometimes believed to be the stem word for druid and meaning door. 🚪

This year, the Summer Solstice happens evening of Thursday 20th June & Full Oak Moon happens evening of Friday 21st June. Taking advantage of the surge of energies from these events, let us whisk you into your Higher Self, fully connecting with nature, local leylines and the Moon Cycle you will hone into and/or rediscover your latent ancient wisdom to blossom into your full potential.

There is a Solstice themed Forest Bathing session in the grounds of Harry Edward's Foundation, 11-2pm (£45) or an optional extended day (11-5pm) for £60 to include a guided labyrinth walk and outdoor woodland meditation. See harmonyhealing.uk under Harry Edwards Foundation (or https://bit.ly/HiNHarryEdwards ) for more details and to book. You can just join us for the labyrinth walk and outdoor woodland meditation for £20 (contact me if interested).

Joanna’s Full Moon Meditation take place 7.30-9.30pm (UK) on Thursday 23rd, see https://bit.ly/MediFullMoon to book. Aligning with the moon cycle is very therapeutic. 🌕

For details, see the Harmony In Nature Solstice Update via our website at https://bit.ly/HiNJune24 🌸

8th June is World Ocean Day, though some celebrations apparently happened this year on 7th June.🌊​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

This annual event, recognised since 2016, is designed to unite and rally the world to protect and restore our blue planet.🌍​​​​​​​​
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World Ocean Day, powered by World Ocean Day Youth Advisory Council, works with an international network of youth and organisational leaders, in more than 140 countries, to support collaborative conservation. 🐬​​​​​​​​
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The stated mission is:​​​​​​​​
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On World Ocean Day, people everywhere can celebrate and take action for our shared ocean, which connects us all. Get together with your family, community, and/or your company, and join with millions of others around our blue planet to start creating a better future.👨‍👨‍👧‍👧​​​​​​​​
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By working together, we can -- and will -- protect and restore our shared ocean. Join this growing global celebration in June and continue to grow the engagement year-round!⠀⠀​​​​​​​​
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More about international and traditional events at Jo's Blog, https://harmonyhealing.co.uk/blog 💻⠀​​​​​​​​

Thursday 6th June @ 13:37 is New Moon. 🌑

The energy of this time is great for new projects and manifestation! Follow the link in my bio for abundance rituals and more on my site. The New Moon Abundance Ritual should be carried out within 24 hours after the New Moon. It needs to be after the New Moon because the moon should be waxing (getting bigger again) to carry the manifestation energy. 🌒​​​​​​​​
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There are video instructions on Jo's page and/or You Tube Page. 🎦​​​​​​​​
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New Moon is a fabulous day for creating a personal or corporate Vision Board for 2024. Creating a Vision Board which illustrates pictorially how you envisage your goals taking shape, really helps to make the possibilities seem real and attainable and gives a source of reference later when you want to look back and compare what you set out to achieve to what has materialised in the interim. Focussing on what you want to manifest in your life is a really effective way of bringing harmony and balance into your life. 💰​​​​​​​​
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Aligning ourselves with the moon cycle is very therapeutic, hence being aware of the New moon (good for starting new projects) and Full Moon (a good time for bringing projects to a conclusion) is excellent for bringing harmony and wellbeing into our lives. ⚖​​​​​​​​
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More about New Moon Abundance ritual at Jo's Blog, linked in bio or at https://bit.ly/HHBlog24 💻​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

5th June is World Environment Day, which has been celebrated annually since 1974. Over the years, the day has focused on such issues as acid rain, oceans, water, and green cities. 🏙🌧​​​​​​​​​

World Environment Day is also encouraging individuals into doing something personally to take care of the Earth. It doesn’t matter whether the effort is on a local level or whether it is a group effort nationally or even globally; everyone is free to choose. 🧑

World Environment Day has a new theme annually which focuses attention on a pressing environmental concern. The theme for 2024 is “Our land. Our future. We are .” 🌍

More about this and World Environment Day at my Blog @ https://harmonyhealing.co.uk/blog

June is the start of British summertime. The roses bloom, imprinting their perfumed scent into the air of the extended evenings. 🌸

Fancy a wellbeing reset Forest Bathing session with your friends? 🌲

Read more of our Harmony in Nature news, seasonal observations and forthcoming offerings at https://bit.ly/HiNJune24 or via QR code below 😍

To receive our monthly emails, subscribe to forest bathing updates at https://bit.ly/JoSignUP 💻

Hello, lovely followers,

Katie is being interviewed this evening by Althea Finch - painfreedom.

Feel free to share this with anyone who may benefit from spending more mindful time in nature. You can join in live tonight at 7pm UK BST (or GMT +1)

The PainFree Method™ - painfreedom Free talk -Harmony In Nature with Katie RobinsonThursday, 30th May at 7pm GMT on zoom     Who is Katie Robinson?Katie is a Nature Connection Forest Bathing Guide, Natural Health Practitioner & MentorHer business is Harmony In Nature.Katie is a freelance forest bathing guide and natural health prac...

29th May is the English Folk Festival of Oak Apple Day; held in honour of oak trees after Charles II escaped from Cromwell’s army by hiding in an oak tree. Oak leaves are worn until midday.👑​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

In May 1660, Oak Apple Day or Royal Oak Day was a declared as a formal public holiday, to be celebrated in England on 29th May to commemorate the restoration of the English Monarchy.🌿​​​​​​​​
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Although it was formally abolished in 1869, until national lockdown, the day was still celebrated in some parts of the country and is alternatively known as Shick Shack Day. Oak and Nettle Day, Yak Bob Day or Arbour Tree Day. 🎇​​​​​​​​
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Jo features significant cultural events and zodiac dates (e.g., moon phases, meteor showers) in her monthly Celestial Forecast and regular Blogs @ https://harmonyhealing.co.uk/blog 💻

Subscribers receive notification emails as Blog updates go live. Subscribe at https://bit.ly/SignupHH 🎇⠀

Thursday 23rd May = Flower Moon @ 14:53 UK time. 🌕​​​​​​

Between Full Moon and the next New Moon is considered as a good time energetically for detoxing the body. 🧽​​​​​​​

Flower Moon Full Moon Unity Consciousness Meditation is tonight, Thursday 23rd May, 7.30-9.30pm UK Time (GMT+1 which is also UT+1). If you're new to my Full Moon meditations, bookings close at 5pm so I can send you some pre-instructions. 🧘‍♂️​​​​​​​

During this session, we connect with other like-minded people and together we work through a mindful chakra balancing process using colours and etheric crystals, with the aim that all participants will experience a degree of unity consciousness. Participants all receive a deeply healing experience. Cost to participate is £20 by online BACS payment, book at [https://bit.ly/MediFullMoon](https://bit.ly/MediFullMoon) 🛒​​​​​​​​

See Blog @ https://harmonyhealing.co.uk/blog for more about the Flower Moon,🥮

According to author Robert Graves and ‘neo pagans’, the sixth moon in the Celtic calendar is the Hawthorn Moon from 13th May to 9th June.📅

The Hawthorn Moon comes soon after Beltane. and was known as Huath (pronounced Hoh-uh). The plant is prickly with pretty blossoms and is associated with masculine energy, fire and fertility; tradition dictating that male potency is high at this time of year. 🔥

Hawthorn can be used for magic rituals involving masculine power (it has a raw ph***ic energy about it), making professional connections and business decisions. The faerie realm are said to like it, with the fae being particularly attracted when Hawthorns grow together with Ash and Oak. 🔮

This year, 13th May is also the first day of Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK. See my previous post. 🥺

Joanna’s Full Moon Meditation take place 7.30-9.30pm (UK) on Thursday 23rd, see https://bit.ly/MediFullMoon to book. Aligning with the moon cycle is very therapeutic. 🌕

For details, see the Harmony In Nature Beltane Update at https://bit.ly/HiNMay24 🌸

So beautifully phrased. This is a flavour of what we aim for in our nature connection sessions. If reading this description of nature making us stop in our tracks and marvel inspires you, join us on Sunday 19th May in the private woodland at Harry Edwards Foundation, Shere, Guildford.

Link to book: https://harmonyhealing.co.uk/shop/forest-bathing-sessions/harry-edwards-healing-sanctuary-shere-surrey

Sophia Magdalena Scholl (1921– 1943) was a German student and anti-N**i political activist, active within the White Rose non-violent resistance group in N**i Germany. She was convicted of high treason (and executed) for distributing anti-war leaflets at the University of Munich with her brother, Hans.

“Just as I can't see a clear brook without at least stopping to dangle my feet in it, I can't see a meadow in May and simply pass by. There is nothing more seductive then such fragrant earth, the blossoms of clover swaying above it like a light foam, and the petal-bedecked branches of the fruit trees reaching upward, as if they wanted to rescue themselves from this tranquil sea. No, I have to turn from my path and immerse myself in this richness..."

"When I turn my head, my cheek grazes the rough trunk of the tree next to me. How protectively it spreads its good branches over me. Without ceasing, the sap rises from its roots, nuturing even the smallest of leaves. Do I hear, perhaps, a secret heartbeat? I press my face against its dark, warm bark and think to myself: home; and am so indescribably happy in this instant.”

“I pity people who can't find laughter or at least some bit of amusement in the little doings of the day. I believe I could find something ridiculous even in the saddest moment, if necessary. It has nothing to do with being superficial. It's a matter of joy in life.”

“Isn't it a tremendous enigma, and awe-inspiring, that everything is so beautiful... In spite of all the terrible things that are going on? A great unknown has burst into my simple enjoyment of things beautiful... whom the innocent, created beings glorify with their beauty. Only man can be truly ugly, because he has the free will to estrange himself from this song of praise. These days it seems that he'll manage to drown out this hymn with his cannon thunder, curses and blasphemy.. And yet, this last spring it dawned on me — he cannot. And I will try to take the victors' side.”

“Just because so many things are in conflict does not mean that we ourselves should be divided.”

~Sophie Scholl

More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Scholl

Monday 13th - Sunday 19th May is Mental Health Awareness Week here in the UK, and this year's theme is “Movement: Moving more for our mental health”. 🏃‍♂️

According to the website: Movement is important for our mental health. But so many of us struggle to move enough. 🧍‍♀️

Most of us have a natural affinity with nature - in fact the word 'natural' itself implies that! A simple therapy for a headache or low mood can be to go for a walk (or even sit and read) in a local woods or other beauty spot or even your nearby park and get some fresh air .🌲​​​​​​​​
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Forest Bathing involves enjoying the ambience of woods, with like-minded others, through shared mindful sensory exercises. Join us this month on the 19th May, at the end of Mental Health Awareness week, see https://bit.ly/HiNHarryEdwards for details and to book 🌳​​​​​​​​
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The Forest Bathing Institute have been busy engaging in University studies to provide empirical evidence that this lowers blood pressure and blood sugars, reduces stress and lifts mood as well as other physical health benefits. The studies are really impressive with convincing results. It seems now the government are ready to listen and get involved. Hooray. 📣​​​​​​​​
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There are lots of tips on connecting with nature to improve your mental health on the Mental Health Foundation website, see http://bit.ly/MHAW-tips 🚤⠀⠀⠀⠀​​​​​​​​

Wednesday 8th May @ 04:51 UK time (early morning) is Beltane New Moon and also a Super New Moon. 🌑​​​​​​​​

​​​​​​​​Any New Moon is a fabulous day for creating a personal or corporate Vision Board. 🎇​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​

The New Moon Abundance Ritual should be carried out within 24 hours after the New Moon. 💷​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​

It needs to be after the New Moon because the moon should be waxing (getting bigger again) to carry the manifestation energy. 🌒​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​

More about this New Moon and the Abundance ritual at Jo's Blog, see https://bit.ly/HHBlog24 ✨

For Jo's full Celestial Forecast for May, see https://bit.ly/JoHHCF or to receive Blog updates by email, subscribe at www.harmonyhealing.co.uk 💻​​​​​​​​

Tonight is the Peak of the Aquariid Meteors, see my posting later tonight for details. Even if you can't see anything, there will be an impact energetically. 🌠​​​​​​​​
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You can invoke the Angel Zikiel (Angel Guardian of Meteors and Asteroids, see image) to help bring in new ideas.✳​​​​​​​​
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Zikiel guides the comets and meteorites in their eternal passage through space, tracking man's galactic origins; offering a visionary flash of inspiration from the Sky.🌤⠀​​​​​​​​
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More at Jo's Blog, linked ://harmonyhealing.co.uk/blog
Full Celestial Forecast for May: https://bit.ly/JoHHCF​​​​​​​​​​​​www.harmonyhealing.co.uk or to receive Blog updates by email, subscribe at www.harmonyhealing.co.uk 💻