2016: a basis for a new network

The Pilgrims' Nest is a place open to all pilgrims on their individual path of evolution, inviting them to rest their weary feet and to absorb the transforming energy of the place, to connect with nature and with a simple life style and consequently to (re)connect with their own unique authenticity...

Seasons develop and dissolve into one another, winter into spring, spring into summer, summer into autumn and again in winter... a never ending cycle, steadily spiralling up towards some unknown destination... 

Graciously bobbing on this gentle flow of Life the Nest has kept on flourishing happily throughout 2016, welcoming all sorts of visitors, travellers and soul seekers, and offering all kinds of uplifting events, workshops, concerts, full moon gatherings and camp fire parties... mainly during the summer months when most people have their holidays. But basically the fun at the Nest never really stops. Every day here feels like a holy-day...

whether it be by sharing work...

by sharing food...

by sharing music and dance...

Dances of Universal Peace weekend of October

or by sharing the joy and pure fun of children's play...

Leeuwke, our newest resident

 
Where beauty, creativity and sacredness go hand in hand...

visitors' contributions to "expressions of love"

decorated drum

flower bath

the sweat lodge

the ankh

A great big THANK YOU I owe to Wouter and Anke, a young and dedicated Dutch couple who have been staying here at the Nest during the past summer months, and who have been an incredible help with all the work that needed to be done.

Anke and Wouter in the new outdoor bathtub, constructed by Wouter, the water is heated by a wood fire underneath

Wouter and Anke

Apparently their stay here at the Nest has inspired them to also create a place of love, healing and creativity back in their own country. It's called "Kloppend Hart"  No doubt it will become a great success. You just can't stop this kind of heartbeat... ♥
http://kloppendhartdrenthe.eu (in Dutch)







It's sure that the world is in great need of this kind of places now during the current times of uncertainties and new developments that have never been seen before. So many people are ejected from systems that no longer work for them. So many people feel the need to shed false identities, tight schedules and old imposed belief systems and are desperately craving for guidance in order to reconnect with their own pure authenticity. So it's with great joy that I see this kind of places springing up, and it fills me with humble satisfaction that the Nest is playing an inspiring role in this process...

A particularly fortunate evolution during the second half of 2016 has been the creation of a new circle of friends, some of which have recently come to live in the surrounding villages, and others with whom earlier friendship ties have been strengthened. Very likely this is heralding the birth of a new network of people, strongly connected, and committed to happily create all sorts of joined activities, of which a few brainstorming sessions and the latest full moon gatherings here at the Nest have been a prelude. Is it coincidence that in a region with such a strong Magdalene energy most of these friends are powerful women...? 😊

walking Pilgrim, the donkey, to the next village

The road in 2017 surely looks promising...!!

So as 2016 is drawing to its end I'm once again all excited by the prospect of new developments, the excitement that comes with the awareness of the never ending flow of Life and Creativity...
 
May your path be filled with Light and Love.
And see you sometime in the new year...

Eddy  
the Pilgrims' Nest
Labit
11580 Villardebelle, France 

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photos by Eddy Voorspoels and Wouter Buijs.