Thank you Aisha! This month has flown by so fast! I’m looking forward to the feeling of connection, community and peace tomorrow more than ever. I’m not the best at disconnecting from the “created chaos” in the world as I know I should be, so these gatherings are such a wonderful renewal and reminder of the inner connected space we all share-and ate collectively becoming more and more aware of these days.

Dear family of light!
July has been a transformational month for so many of us, but now we have entered August, and with it comes a new opportunity to connect even deeper. For tomorrow, at 21:00 Oslo time, it gives me much joy to once again invite you all to another Gathering around the Pond, our monthly group meditation. This is what the CCs have to say about it:

“By now, the traces of energetic renewal has become apparent to so many of you, and even if this season has already brought you many a fruitful moment it is by no means over. And now, we will once again take this opportunity to remind you that you have another one of those intensely beneficial get-togethers scheduled, and this time, we venture to guess it will be one that will make its mark in so many ways. You see, as…

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