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| Satish and Ignacio talk for the guests and the radio at the 3 Senses Gathering |
Last week we
celebrated a most amazing event at the hotel; the 3 Senses Gathering with
Satish Kumar. This multi-lingual and intercultural gathering was organized by
our son; Sebastian and his partner; Lidia and inspired by Satish Kumar’s life journey and his
grand new book; “Soil, Soul and Society.”
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| Relaxing and talking around the hotel |
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| Relaxing and talking around the hotel |
There were
various activities for the participants including walks through some of the
beautiful Asturian Landscape, creating art, helping with the cooking and in the
vegetable garden, as well as meditation and yoga and not to forget, enjoying lots of lovely food.
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| Eating and talking over the evening meal |
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| Open circle under an ancient yew tree a short walk from the hotel |
The major
message from Satish is that we are members of a one earth society and caring for the earth
and the soul is interrelated.
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| Ignacio Abella leading an inspiring walk in a beech forest |
Ignacio
Abella a local author whose works embrace many books on trees including “The
Magic Life of trees” accompanied us some of the time and also led an inspiring
walk in a local beech forest.
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Playing "games" in the forest
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| At the train station ready to start the pilgrimage to La Ventuca |
The
culmination of the gathering was on the Saturday with a full day event for all
the public at La Ventuca in Coya and included talks by Satish Kumar, Ignacio
Abella and Gustavo Duch a writer on food sovereignty. There was also an eco
espicha where everyone brought along some food and shared it at lunch time.
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Satish talking at the gathering at La Ventuca
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| Pouring cider at the eco espicha |
With over 170 people attending the event on Saturday it was a great success and everyone
appeared to enjoy the gathering.
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| Enjoying the eco espicha |
The National
radio programme El Bosque Habitado (The Inhabited Forest) was covering most of
the events with different bilingual interviews and talks.
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| Time to enjoy the coast |
We hope to
be able to repeat the event, may be next year and bring together again so many wonderful people to share their love and care for the earth.
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| The participants of the 3 Senses Gathering outside the hotel |
For more information on our son's company Gaia Y Sofia which specialises in non formal education
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