Happy New Year!

Another New Year is beginning, and as I look around the world and see things getting faster and faster, and more technology-driven, I often wonder what the coming decades have

January 5, 2025

The age of information

A few of us were chatting the other day at our forest retreat and got to reflecting whether it’s possible to have too much information in our lives. Of course, this information age offers us so

July 11, 2024

Spring awakening

The day before the equinox, we collected our first egg from our first hen, and as we drove into the forest, the fields were full of tiny lambs (to the

March 26, 2024

Living peace

Happy winter solstice! 2023 has been another beautiful season at Eco Retreats, connecting with guests old and new and spending lots of time in the forest, feeling her changing moods throughout

December 21, 2023

Opening our 6th season!

Dear friends – I spent last weekend looking out at the snow as I sorted bedding and counted pillows and boxes of teabags … It brought back memories of our

March 18, 2023

Celebrating nature’s abundance

Our culture and media teach us that we are living in scarcity. People are taught to feel lacking; and from this lacking originates a grasping for more to fill the

February 27, 2023

Happy New Year 2023!

On New Year’s Eve, we reflected as a family on 2022 and realised it was a year characterised by one challenge after another. I was surprised as we found ourselves listing out

January 6, 2023

Happy Winter Solstice!

As the year draws to a close, it’s a natural time for reflection and turning inward in the colder and darker days. It’s been another roller-coaster year for many of

December 21, 2022

Dancing in the rain

“Life is not about waiting for the storm to end; it’s about learning to dance in the rain” It’s been amazing seeing blue skies and sun again over the last

March 10, 2022

Happy new year 2021!

We have had a wonderful 2021. Despite ongoing challenges in the outside world, we have loved connecting with guests old and new at Eco Retreats in a full and busy season!

March 10, 2022