Taking Time

Walking the Geopark Mindfully 2024
Some dates to put in the diary - Saturday mornings 10 to 12 noon -
9th March
27th April
4th May
8th June.
Lough Navar Forest Park Derrygonnelly will be our venue.

More info posted closer the date.

Our next Walking the Geopark Mindfully will be on Saturday 9th Dec from 10 to 12. Meeting at Florencecourt Carpark close to the walled garden.

See you then

Mary

Autumn sun graced us on Saturday morning in Florencecourt. Here are a few pics. Rose Cottage looked particularly beautiful. The roses even in their letting go smelled divine.
Our next Walking the Geopark Mindfully will be on Saturday 29th November from 10 to 12.

Walking the Geopark Mindfully on Saturday 14th October 10 - 12 at Florencecourt. We will meet at the carpark close to the walled garden. The estate is particularly beautiful at present in this “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” (Keats).
Bring along a snack for the chat at the end of time.

Images from our September walk in the Claddagh Glen.
Wanderer, there is no way, the road is made by walking”. A Machada

All trees grow towards the sun ….

Dear Friends of Mindful Walking
I have just realised that the Aisling Centre Dawn Trek is scheduled for tomorrow morning and I know many of you, like myself, wish to participate and support the Centre. So I am rearranging tomorrow morning’s Mindful Walk at Claddagh Glen to Saturday 30th September at 10 am as usual.

See you on the board walk!
Mary

Some pics from the Claddagh Glen last Saturday morning, on our monthly Walking The Geopark Mindfully. We were nourished by nature and a few lines from Mary Oliver’s poem Wild Geese -
We do not have to be good …
You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves…
… the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting over and over announcing your place in the family of things.

Our next walk is on Saturday 9th September 10 to 12 noon at the Claddagh Glen. We will have a chat at the end about how we integrate Mindfulness into our lives. Bring a hot drink and snack.

This is a no charge event, let me know you are coming.

The Claddagh River last Saturday morning! Mindfulness invites us into the senses so that we are really present and so we experience life more deeply. So we see, hear, feel, taste and smell more on a simple walk in the Claddagh Glen. Join us on our next Walking the Geopark Mindfully on Saturday 12th August from 10 to 12 at the Claddagh Glen. Bring a hot drink and snack - we’ll have a chat also.
Let me know you are coming.

This is a no charge event.

I offer these walks because I love Mindfulness and I love Nature, the more we experience the connection between Nature and ourselves, we begin to understand that there is no separation - we are ONE.

Saturday July 29th from 10am until 12 noon is the date and time for the next Walking The Geopark Mindfully. We’ll meet at the Cladagh Glen. Connecting with nature is one of the most nourishing things we can do for ourselves, Mindfulness offers us practical help to connection. We’ll have a chat towards the end of the walk so bring a hot drink and snack.

This is a no charge event. Let me know you are coming.

Mary

We had another wonderful time in Florencecourt Estate last Saturday morning. When was the last time you sat in a meadow, listening, looking, smelling, touching and even tasting nature close up - that is just what we did! Have a look at the pics.

Our next Walking the Geopark Mindfully event will be on Saturday 29th July from 10 am to noon. If the Claddagh Glen is open we will go there but I’ll let you know closer to the time.
We always take some time at the end for a chat so bring along a little flask and a snack.

And don’t forget to let me know you are coming.
This is a no charge event.

Dear Friends

We had a wonderful quiet time on the morning of the 27th May in the walled garden at Florencecourt. This poem
nourished our minds
To Be Great, Be Whole …by F Pessoa
To be great, be whole: don’t exaggerate
Or leave out any part of you.
Be complete in each thing.
Put all you are
Into the least of your acts.
So too in each lake, with its lofty life,
The whole moon shines.

Our next Walking the Geopark MINDFULLY takes place on Saturday 24th June at 10 am to 12 noon at Florencecourt National Trust. We will meet in the carpark close to the walled garden.
Walking Mindfully invites us to slow down, to experience the beauty of the ‘now’ and be open to the wisdom of nature.
We’ll finish with a chat about our experiences and you might like to bring a hot drink and snack.

This is a no charge event but please note there is a fee into National Trust properties.
Let me know you are coming!

All the best
Mary

Dear Friends

Our next Walking the Geopark MINDFULLY takes place on Saturday 27th May at 10 am to 12 noon at Florencecourt National Trust. We will meet in the carpark close to the walled garden.
Walking Mindfully invites us to slow down, to experience the beauty of this beautiful garden and be open to the wisdom of nature.
We’ll finish with a chat about our experiences and you might like to bring a hot drink and snack.

This is a no charge event but please note there is a fee into National Trust properties.
Let me know you are coming!

All the best
Mary

Dear Friends
Walking the Geopark Mindfully.
Even though Cladagh Glen was closed Saturday morning we relocated to Florencecourt walled garden and had a beautiful morning there. You might like to read Leaf Time a poem by Hugh O’Donnell, a fitting companion to the beauty of trees at present.
Our next Mindful Walk will be on Saturday 27th May 10 to 12, meeting in Florencecourt National Trust carpark close to the walled garden.
Bring a hot drink and snack to conclude.
This is a no fee event.
Please note entrance fee to the park applies.
Let me know you are coming.
Mary Conway
07515535558

Dear Friends

Our next Walking the Geopark MINDFULLY takes place on Saturday 15th April at 10 am to 12 noon at the Cladagh Glen, Florencecourt.
Walking Mindfully invites us to slow down, to experience the beauty of this unique Glen and be open to the wisdom of nature.
We’ll finish with a chat about our experiences and you might like to bring a hot drink and snack.

This is a no charge event.
Let me know you are coming!

All the best
Mary

Dear Friends

I need to cancel our Saturday morning event at Cladagh Glen, Walking the Geopark Mindfully. I went a little footless on ice this morning and have a fracture of the wrist. However I’d like to propose that each of us takes time on Saturday morning in our own place - walking mindfully, pausing often, being attentive to what arises within and allowing nature to share her wisdom.

I share below the poem ‘It Is Enough’, which I have prepared for us. After your home based walk you might consider sharing with a friend ”what I noticed was …….”

I’ll be in touch re a February date. Many thanks for your understanding. Mary

It Is Enough. Danna Faulds
It is enough right now
to taste one moment of
peace. Of course I want
more, but at least the
door is open.

It is enough to draw a
conscious breath and
let my hands relax,
fingers releasing their
tight grasp on things
outside my control.

It is enough to shed a
layer of stress as if
taking off a jacket or a
pair of too tight shoes.

Ease of being has to
start somewhere.
This breath is my
first step.

Walking the Geopark Mindfully

Our next Mindful Walk will be on Saturday 21st January from 10 am to 12 noon at Cladagh Glen, Florencecourt.
We will close our time together with a cuppa and a chat so bring along a flask and something to sit on!

Text me on 07515535558 to let me know you are coming.
(No charge event).

Our next Mindful Walking Event will be on Saturday 21st January 2023 at 10 to 12.30 at the Cladagh Glen. Bring a flask and snack for end of morning chat. This will be a no charge event.
Please drop me text and let me know you are coming.
Mary

A Mindful Day for Yourself
10 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. on
Saturday 3 December
Taking Time out of your busy life
- to have space for yourself
- to be quiet
- to experience simple mindful practices that calm mind and body
- to prepare the heart for Christmas.

We will spend the morning outdoors in the Claddagh Glen, followed by light lunch and come indoors, venue to be confirmed.
Cost £15