One Midsummer Day, the feast of John the Baptist, at full Moon and in solstice week, Alison and Gary Fordham visit the sacred River Lea, and Waltham Abbey in Essex to reflect, sing songs and offer blessings. Waltham Abbey had been a place of pilgrimage for centuries and, said to belong to the Sun god Lugh, the River Lea flowing beside it has been celebrated for centuries more as “the shining one”. Gary Fordham is a tour guide and space holder for OneLight. Garyonlondon.com

Podcast 6 Abbey

Rev Alison joins singer-songwroter and Interfaith Minister, Rev Natacha Ledwidge, to acknowledge and give thanks to the angels, unseen helpers and ancestors who support us in daily life. We sing, pray and join in a visualisation to bathe in Their Light. We take this opportunity to connect in gratitude for the support we receive. The songs are simple and easy to sing along with.

Podcast 8 - thanking angels & unseen helpers with song

Breathing with the Ancestors - songs with Natacha Ledwidge and reflections to a backdrop of children playing beneath trees. In it Alison mentions the noble practice of considering that we affect others for what she meant to say seven 'generations' not seven 'years'!! It comes from Oren Lyons, Chief of the Onondaga Nation, who writes: "We are looking ahead, as is one of the first mandates given us as chiefs, to make sure and to make every decision that we make relate to the welfare and well-being of the seventh generation to come..." (Robert W. Venables "An Iroquois Perspective).

Pod 9, Breathing with the Ancestors

"Kindness from Kenwood," our 10th podcast, is recorded from the green slopes of Kenwood house with writing from author and OneLight angel, Anna West, songs with Rev Natacha Ledwidge and the raucous voices of the local birds! Join us for a meditation with Alison to send elastic kindness into our world as well as to ourselves.

POD 10, Kindness from Kenwood

Rev Alison & Gary Fordham celebrate nearing the Winter Solstice with a multitude of crows on Wimbledon Common! Our first chant, Sacred Flame is by Natacha, Sonya & Alison, we cannot find who is the author of the second chant, the third chant Altar Of Love is by Jaya Lakshmi & Ananda. Our readings are by Laurie Lee, and Sandra Mendleson, from We Walk Beside You. The Sun Blessing is by Alison. We wish you a Happy Solstice on December 21st!

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