Take time to focus on your life purpose – join us online or in Scotland

Dear Friends,

We have been having a lovely Summer here in Scotland and enjoying the sunshine and the influx of visitors and retreat, course and workshop participants. It is wonderful to hear how our programmes are positively and profoundly affecting participants’ lives, bringing their life purpose into focus. We have also been involved with the community to co-create and attune with Nature to prepare the site of the Main Park Sanctuary for the new sanctuary here in the Findhorn Ecovillage. We have already raised just over 70% of the funds and are hoping to reach the 100% needed to break ground and start building in 2022.

If you are an experienced chef who would love to work in the beautiful north east of Scotland at a spiritual education charity, now is your chance to work for us! We have a very exciting opportunity for a Head Chef who is passionate about cooking from scratch and local food production, who perhaps wants to step out of restaurants or contract catering to nourish our guests with vibrant, delicious meals cooked with love.

We are very excited about welcoming our new Director of Education, Daniel Greenberg, who will join us in September. Daniel has been a leading advocate for sustainability within international education and the ecovillage movement, serving as co-founder and past Board Member of Gaia Education, and as President of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) from 2015-2019.

After visiting us for a week in July, Daniel is currently in his home country of the United States, awaiting visa approval. Daniel says: “It feels like I am completing a 30-year spiral, which started when I first arrived at Findhorn. While there I was inspired to create Living Routes and connect college students to more than 100 ecovillages around the world. I can’t imagine a more exciting privilege (and challenge!) than to become Director of Education at such a pivotal moment, not only for the Foundation, but for humanity.”

During his recent visit Daniel shared initial thoughts about his appointment with Dell Horler from our Communications team. Below are some highlights, or you can watch the full interview.

AT THE PARK Day workshop on Hinterland plants – 6 August
Join botanist Jennie Martin and the Findhorn Hinterland Trust on a day workshop on the plants and trees of the Hinterland. (You can also camp for the weekend!)

AT CLUNY Cluny Gentle Retreat Weeks – 15-20 August (and multiple dates)
Spend a relaxing, contemplative week in the embrace of community at Cluny, letting the gracious Victorian house and beautiful gardens bring healing and deep peace. Join in the activities on offer (such as meditations, Taize singing or helping in the garden or kitchen), or simply enjoy days at your own pace – there are no time constraints.

AT THE PARK Market at The Park – 27 August, 10.30am-3.30pm

Come and enjoy incredible locally produced food and beautiful crafts on the Village Green at The Park. Go local and enjoy good food, good crafts and good times!

There’ll be two more markets this summer, on 24 September and 22 October.

ON ISLE OF ERRAID Erraid Retreat Weeks – 27 August - 30 September (and multiple dates)
Rest and reconnect to the land, the sea and the fresh air on this beautiful island on Scotland’s West Coast. Stay as a get-away retreat guest or help out through Love in Action in the garden and with meals.

AT THE PARK Deepening into the garden: Park Garden Retreat – 29 August - 2 September
Join our team in the magical Findhorn Park Gardens to deepen your connection with the land and the plant kingdoms, during a week of inner and outer gardening.

ON IONA Iona Retreat Week – 3-10 September
Press pause on your life for a week on the sacred Isle of Iona, reconnecting with what really brings you joy. Spaces are very limited! If you would like to be informed of future dates, please email iona@findhorn.org. (Image above by Mark Richards)

AT THE PARK Wild Camping Retreat Week – 3-10 September & Wild Camping Weekend – 30 September - 2 October
Immerse yourself in nature and listen to the healing wisdom of the land, choosing between a seven-night or a weekend wild camping retreat in the woodlands, with the Findhorn Hinterland Trust.

ONLINE Secrets of Spiritual Health & Happiness – Wednesdays and Sundays throughout September, 7:30-9pm UK time, starting 7 September
Britain’s leading mind-body-spirit teacher, William Bloom, invites you to experience the strength, optimism and peace that comes from feeling happy and confident in your spiritual practice. Over six live sessions, this uplifting three-week intensive runs from 7-25 September, William will share wisdom, gained over four decades, and practical exercises, guiding you towards a more mindful, grounded, centred, compassionate life. Dorothy Maclean, one of our co-founders, said he was “joyfully easy to follow”, and that “William’s work filled in gaps in my own understanding”. Author Tim Freke described this course as "a user-friendly road map to a life of greater health and wellbeing, love, service, meaning, joy and all the good things in life.”

AT THE PARK & ONLINE Book launch: Pilgrim, by Geoff Dalglish – 16 September, 7pm
Join long-time community member Geoff Dalglish in the Universal Hall as he shares his inspirational true story of transformation, while walking the equivalent of the circumference of the planet.

ONLINE Spirit of Iona: Equinox – 18 September, 4-6.30pm UK time
Explore the wisdom of the Celtic world at this Equinox time, with Findhorn Fellow Katherine Collis and guests. Enjoy this stand-alone event, or join the full Spirit of Iona series, celebrating the Celtic and solar festivals.

AT CLUNY Game of Transformation – 26 September - 1 October
Shortcut straight to the essence of your life, by playing this original version of the Game of Transformation. You’ll play with two guides and just five players, to understand and transform key life issues. There’ll be another Game from 31 October to 5 November.

Will you support the new Park Main Sanctuary?

As you settle into a sacred space, feeling the energy of Spirit embracing you, filling you, it feels that anything and everything is possible. The beloved Park Main Sanctuary was a sacred space that provided outer silence for cultivating inner stillness and made it easier to connect with Spirit.

Now after the devastating fires, our love is needed to recreate the sacred space that has supported countless people to connect more deeply to Spirit.
With your generosity and commitment it will happen!