Noticing the seasons changing is one way to acknowledge the next cycle is upon us but to gather as a community to celebrate this and invite in the harvesting energies together is also powerful. Looking back to April this year i was in Malaysia planting seeds for the coming 6 months which i have just witness blossom in the form of a Elemental Vinyasa workshop at the beautiful Yoga Garden (www.theyogagarden.co.uk) in West Sussex, UK. Including me there were 14 women all gathered together in a circle inside the Mongolian style yurt with the wood burning stove providing the gentle heat to help us relax and arrive. We began with a guided meditation where we were in a special place in nature standing in the centre of 4 stone gateways we began with facing North seeing our earthly qualities in our life, the sustaining and nourishment of our physical existence. We invite in gratefulness for our material existence at our Muladhara / root level. Turning to face the West as we connect with our friends, family, teachers and our beloved we extend our gratitude for the fluid / water power of change and love which we  have shared. Gazing now through the East gate we give thanks to the igniting energy of inspiration / air and your own power to co create and live your dreams. We turn now towards the South to honor that which has fired up our passion and awaken your desires / transformation and change. Completing this cycle with writing and giving thanks to what has manifested up until now and what we are working towards as we move into the next phase of darkness and preparing ourselves to rise up again when the light returns 6 months from now. The energy in the Yurt was so nurturing and womb like, after the meditation we began the physical practice of Yoga beginning with Bhumi / Earth then Apas / Water before having a break. Nina offered healthy snacks, fruit and tea during this time and some people chose to stay inside while others ventured out into the surroundings. The second half of our flow covered playful Vayu / Air, empowered up with Agni / Fire and ending with Akasha / Eather, melting into the Ananda Maya kosha - body of bliss. I ended the workshop with a poem from Hafez - The Hemispheres: Leave the familiar for a while. Let your senses and body stretch out. Like a welcomed season. Into the meadows and shores and hills. Open up to the roof. Make a new water mark on your excitement and love. Like a blooming night flower, bestow your vital fragrance of happiness and giving, upon your intimate assembly. Change rooms in your mind for a day. All hemispheres in existence lie besides an equator in your heart. Greet yourself, in your thousand other forms, as you mount the hidden tide and travel back home. All hemispheres in heaven, are sitting around a fire, chatting. While stitching themselves together, into the great circle inside of you. With so many special moments shared and experienced i am hoping to create another day at the Yoga Garden some time in the Spring. I wish you a juicy harvest and see you in the flow...