hi all, yes its hot but more or less to be expected in June. The heat here is very dry so I am attending to some of the new plants and trees that we planted out this Spring to help them get passed there first couple years and get their roots down. The lavender fields are spectacular. Much of our lower terraces have been turned over to organic Lavender.
for the benefit of all beings!
for the benefit of all beings
its a bit early in the month but I want to write. We have just started an Ordination training retreat for Men with a wonderfully international mix of guys from England to Ireland to France to Venezuela to Mexico to Argentina to Catalonia to la Comunidad Valenciana, where we live locally! One of them soon to be Ordained. How exciting! These Spring retreats have been a feature of my life in Spain for many years, since I first moved down to Valencia nearly 20 years ago. Once held in Guhyaloka now we run them in Suryavana.
greetings,
Spring is arriving. The nights are still really cold, dropping to minus 2 the other day. There is that impulse to verdant green and lots and lots of little flowers everywhere. We have planted out a vegetable garden with potatoes, onions, leeks, some strawberries and sage and some more delicate Italian peppers. It will be the sixth growing season on this spot ! Fortunately the hard graft of digging the plot over was done by Angel and his tractor in about 20 minutes!
Gracias a las compañeras de este finde en Suryavana. Un retiro/formación explorando el maravilloso arte de Yin yoga. Un paso más a la Libertad para todas.
Hi all, a short message from me. I have had a couple weeks at the end of the year with a little more space, an opportunity to reflect back on the year and get into some report style writing! I have written three pieces, a shabda letter last month, a letter to the WIndhorse Trust and a Directors report. For anyone interested I do post most material up onto Suryavana website blog and to the Suryavana page on buddhist centre online. 2025 has been a good year on the whole. We can say that.
