What we didn’t know

Many of us don’t even realise why we feel off-centre or missing something or that we are experiencing such grief, as the world we live in today is very different from our ancestral memory. Our ancestors lived in relation to the earth and the village.

We remember a day when we laughed, cried, and healed within a community. What we have lost underpins a heavy grief that runs in the background of our days. It seems our inheritance has been lost somewhere; we know something doesn’t feel right but can’t quite understand this vague sadness that permeates every corner of our lives.

So we wait for that village to come to us, to gather together in some way, so that our sadness can be witnessed and alleviated through this community.

I only know this because I have experienced a deep longing for genuine connections, once where I can be myself truly and utterly and not feel afraid to reveal my shadows, grief, and sadness. Through speaking my truth in the presence of others by the fireside, I witnessed and felt a lightening of the load in the eyes of others as our ancestor's stories were finally brought into the light by ritual and community support.

We aren’t carrying just our grief, but that of our communities, and we can only heal when we recognise deep within our bones that, as a village, we can hold each other and, in turn, extend this love and support back into the world once more.

A sense of belonging and personal healing are crucial for today's global issues. This feeling of lack has been gnawing at us for decades, gathering a life of its own. This darkness has separated us further from ourselves and the earth; coming home to ourselves and each other is how we, as a collective, can return home to ourselves and Mother Earth.

Ellasfield offers a space to gather, grieve, and heal together. Join our ‘Where Women Gather’ circles, attend one-on-one equine ‘Hearts and Horses’ Healing sessions with shamanic practices, or participate in cacao ceremonies or retreats to come home to yourself with love and kindness every day! Let’s do this together..

With love, Kim x