With utter sheer childlike delight it is our greatest pleasure and privilege to introduce Spring Equinox celebration 2025 to honour our favourite childhood book of all time – THE FARAWAY TREE by Enid Blyton.
Upcoming Events:
THE GONG AND CREAM TEA
AMAZING HEALING GATHERING
THROUGH SOUND AND COMMUNITY
Sunday 29th March – St James Church Hall, Church Lane, Gawsworth
Healing Sound Circle 2pm – 3.30pm
Luxury Homemade Cream Tea 3.30pm-4.30pm
PLEASE NOTE THIS TICKET IS FOR THE GONG HEALING CIRCLE ONLY – THE PURCHASE OF CREAM TEA IS ON THE DAY PRIOR TO THE EVENT AS IS PART OF THIS EVENT – IT IS NOT AN OPTION .
Gather with us to form community with sound as the healer. This is a very special Gong and Cream Tea Healing Circle to reflect on our intentions, share, laugh, cry, embracing healing and connecting with Great Spirit. This is followed by a Luxury scrummy, homemade cream tea . This event is only available with the cream tea which is payble prior to the event, on the day and is £10. The program is 2-3.30pm Intention Setting Sound Healing Circle 3.30pm-4.30pm chill in community with Cream Tea from Liz at High Lane Farm, Gawsworth.
This is a space to get in touch with yourself, sound, Spring magic and new beginnings as we sit in circle.
Sharing in community and connection has been found to help break loneliness, addiction, fear, anxiety and many more things. No pressure in sharing.
Sound healing has been found to reduce pain and inflammation, help with sleep and also support the immune system – these are just a few of its benefits.
We dont give refunds as spaces are limited – but you can give your ticket to a friend.
Please bring a notepad and pen, mat and blanket and pillow.
GROUP GONG BATH INSTRUCTIONS
- For gong bath events you need to provide your own yoga mat (or comfortable mat of a similar size), pillow, soft, light blanket, eye mask (optional) and a bottle of water. It is advisable to bring a towel to roll up and place under your knees in order to support your back.
- You need to arrive 10 – 15 minutes before the specified start time. There will be no late entry once the session has started.
- Mobile phones and any other electronic devices must be switched off during the event.
- Bring only the minimum of personal items into the venue.
- If you find it difficult to lay on the floor a chair can be provided if you give advance notice.
- Avoid the use of strong perfume, deodorant or aftershave for the comfort of others.
- If you tend to fall asleep, use an extra pillow to raise your head or lay on your side to decrease the possibility of snoring and distracting others.
Gong Contraindications
Please let me know in advance if you
- are pregnant – please do not attend when you are in the first trimester and seek medical advice after this re attending
- have a metal implant (contraceptive coils are fine)
- have a pacemaker
- suffer from a sound sensitive condition/tinnitis
- have epilepsy
- If you have been diagnosed with a mental health condition
- have any query regarding the suitability of a gong bath for you
I ask all those with medical conditions to seek advice from their medical advisors on whether a gong bath is suitable for them and if you attend you do so at your own risk and we will not be held responsible or any adverse affects.
Liz at High Lane farm is running the cream tea side – any questions relating to this please call her on 07788700470. Food Allergy Notice = If you have a food allergy or a specific dietary requirement please inform Liz prior to the event and also before the cream tea. thank you.
To book please click the link below to purchase tickets
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THE FARAWAY TREE
SPRING EQUINOX
Sunday 23 March 2025
2pm- 4pm
High Lane Farm, Macclesfield
Oh my days what world we be at the top of of the tree and will Silky and Moonface slide down the slippery slip?
You can come in costume as your favourite character such as Angry Pixie or Dame Washalot or just your own fav costume.
Centred around the enchantment of this magical set of stories this Spring Equinox gathering will be held around a Faraway Tree at our favourite location in the universe – High Lane Farm, Gawsworth where every inch of this land oozes magic and peace.
I have formed partnership with the amazing Matt at Faraway Tarot, Stoke on Trent who also, as you can tell from the name of his Tarot Reading, is a major fan of The Faraway Tree. We come together with Grant from the Mischief Makers (Me and Grant) and he will be adding a touch of his usual hoccus poccus to the event.
We will hold Ceremony around our Faraway Tree, connect with the medicine of Mama Cacao, drum, meditate, set enchanted intentions, share about ourselves and the magic of the Faraway Tree, have readings from the Faraway Tree and tarot readings and crystal grid from Faraway Tarot and a spell.
Our Gatherings throughout the year are to help build community, provide a safe space to share, connect to nature and the elements and of course the energy of the moon and plant medicine Cacao.
Hope to see you there – cant wait.
Please note no refunds are given once booking.
TRIBAL RECOVERY CAMP
The Healing Tree, Cornwall
Set in 15 acres of woodland retreat space
1st – 4th May 2026
Come and explore a gathering of like-minded people in a supported recovery circle. Partly rooted in Native American First Nations sobriety circles from the 1750’s and the principles of being led by wounded healers, we’ll be bringing ancient wisdom in to our modern world, as well as our own experience. .
An opportunity for anyone struggling with addiction who wants to get well or for those who are already sober or in recovery. Also for those wishing to support others. You’ll be stepping back into the wilds of an 18 acre private woodland and healing retreat space
Discover communal “tribe”, community, recovery, losing habits that no longer serve us using ancient ways and sacred ceremony, incorporating ancient teachings from indigenous tribes who were holding recovery circles from the 1750’s way before psychologists and other movements took root. Drumming, trance dance, Gaia tree healing, coping strategies, sacred crafting, food around the fire, taking personal responsibility, recovery principles, sacred pipe ceremony, disconnect from technology and reconnect to the real world. Discussions, guest teachers, Be around the Fire. Time with self and others in your “tribe”
Led by Derek Gane and Antonia Sherratt
Antonia is a shamanic practitioner with lived experience of addiction and recovery – Her website can be found at www.elfmeditation.co.uk
Derek is a shaman and energy healer and runs the Healing Tree Centre in Cornwall – discover more at www.healingtree.org.uk
Investment Costs £325 for four days including camping. or limited accommodation @£22 night (subject to availability – booked separately)
Sliding scale unwaged option available (contact to discuss)
Evening meals and teas / coffee included.
Cater your own breakfast / lunch as required.
Things to bring with you:-
Refillable water bottle
Yoga Mat
Blanket
Cushion
Comfortable shoes and wellied
Eye covering
Clothes appropriate for weather
Rattle or drum (if you dont have one please message me)
Note pad and pen
Offerings for the fire
Passed Events:
NEW YEAR ADDICTION RECOVERY WEEKEND
PHOENIX RISING FROM THE ASHES
10th-11th January 2026
Sat 10 am – Sun 3pm
HIGH LANE FARM, CONGLETON RD, MACCLESFIELD
THERE ARE OPTIONS TO CAMP OR BRING A VAN OR HOTEL CLOSE BY.
Limited spaces – early booking recom
This weekend retreat has been set up for people with addiction.
Open to any type of addiction whether it be alcohol, substances, relationships, underearning, debt, substances, loneliness, isolation, codependency, work, porn, sex, Information Technology, exercise, eating disorders, negative thinking and any others you can think of.
The purpose of this retreat is to create a safe space for healing, sharing, connecting, understanding and to connect to nature and the elements, enhance creativity but most importantly to give you tools to help you on your recovery journey.
The January cold will bring us into a state of rawness and aliveness as we connect to the elements. Workshops will be in indoor spaces but also there will be time outside in nature. The cold brought us in contact with our whole being and touched our souls.
This is not a detox or addiction recovery program.
There is nothing quite like being sat around a fire in nature, in community sharing our truths with others who get us because they just get us.
Things to bring with you:-
Refillable water bottle
Yoga Mat
Blanket
Cushion
Comfortable shoes and wellied
Eye covering
Clothes appropriate for weather
Offering of lunch for both days as a gesture of giving.
Rattle or drum (if you dont have one please message me)
Note pad and pen
Offerings for the fire
NEW MOON CEREMONY AROUND THE FIRE WITH PLANT MEDICINE CACAO
Thursday 20 November 2025 6.30pm-8pm
High Lane Farm, Macclesfield
Shamanic New Moon Cacao ceremony to honour our ancestors in tribes gone by where they would sit in circle to seek guidance and receive healing around the warmth of the fire. We will have the privilege of Matt from Faraway Tarot doing a group reading for us and he will also be available after the ceremony and during supper to do private readings. Plus a guest visit from my reg partner in events Grant with some spell binding.
We want to invite you to journey with us to the natural world where we will be out in nature to connect with the elements around grandfather fire. Here we release what no longer serves us and invite in what we want to manifest in our lives. You will bring forth your intention where we ask to receive divine guidance and messages.
Plant medicine Cacao opens our heart chakra and help us understand ourselves. By connecting to the wonderful plant medicine we will go inwards and ask for guidance from the mama as we set intentions in relation to new beginnings, growth, and transformation.
We will be in sacred space where we can share what we wish and will be outside but there will also be an inside space we can use if the weather spirits wish it.
The emphasis on this event is CHILL – this is going to be a relaxed, chilled out event where you just turn up wearing what you want with cushions and blankets an all and let go.
High Lane Farm will also be offering a hearty supper of vegetable stew and crusty bread with a cup of tea and homemade flapjack for £10 payble to them after the ceremony so you can really make a night of it and plus it will warm us up The supper is not included in this ticket price.
The ceremony will include:-
Guided Meditation
Drum Circle
Sharing Circle
Collective Tarot Reading
Spell making for new beginnings
Please bring these things with you
Drum or rattle
Blanket and mat and camping chair if you wish
Journal & pen
Offerings for the fire ie Incense
Refillable water bottle
Hot water bottle (optional)
Those booking after 1pm on the day cannot be guaranteed cacao.
CEREMONIAL CACAO
Our cacao is made from oat milk and spices.
SAFETY AND CONTRAINDICATIONS ND MEDICATION USE
It is always best to consult with a health advisor about all drugs and supplements you are using or considering, prior to the consumption of cacao.
Cacao works with the heart & blood vessels.
If you have a serious heart condition it’s inadvisable to consume cacao. If you have a less serious heart condition, you may be able to take a small dose however, you do so at your own risk.
Please avoid consuming cacao if you are taking high doses of SSRIs. Cacao releases serotonin, so it works as a mild antidepressant. When taken with SSRIs that releaseerotonin chemically it can potentially lead to serotonin syndrome.
If in any doubt, please seek medical advice before taking Ceremonial Cacao and if you choose to have Cacao you do so at your own risk.
There is a no refund policy with this booking but you are however able to pass the ticket on to some one else.
Things to bring with you:-
Things to bring with you
Water
Rattle &, or Drum
Blanket and cushion
Journal & pen
Offerings for the fire ie Incense
HEALING & WELLBEING ONLINE COMMUNITY GATHERING (8 WEEKS)
Every Tues for 8 weeks starting
28th Oct 7-8.30pm
Please join me for this wonderful 8 week small online gathering where we will meditate, explore life and spirituality, share and contemplate and connect with ourselves and community. This has been created to help break isolation as we move towards longer nights and shorter days.
This will be a compassionate and non judgemental space where we will meet every week and embark on a healing journey together for 90 mins including time for snacks and ceremonial cacao or a tea of your choice (to be purchased and made by you).
Each week we will look at different areas of life and spirituality including talking about grief and loss, higher power, death and dying, deceit and forgiveness, friendships and relationships, present moment living, manifesting and visualisation and some creative offering.
The sessions will run for 90 mins and include:
- Drinking Ceremonial Grade Cacao to drop into our hearts
- Meditation to calm the mind and bring peace and connection to ourselves, each other and Mama Cacao and a reading of some kind and journaling.
- Sharing circle to hear others and to be heard
These sessions are being offered as an 8 week block to help build community and connection, help people know they are not alone and bring more love and peace into the world.
We dont give refunds but your welcome to give your space to someone else if you cannot attend.
Please book the
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SHAMANIC NEW MOON CEREMONY WITH CACAO OUT IN NATURE
Friday 22nd August 2025
THURSDAY 24 JULY 2025
7Pm – 8.30PM
High Lane Farm, Macclesfield
and being close to nature and the moon. Oh my xx
Please note no refunds are given once booking.
Where magic happens …..
WINTER SOLSTICE
FIRE & CACAO CEREMONY
7.30pm – 9.30pm
High Lane Farm, Macclesfield
DATE: Saturday 21st December 2024
LOCATION:
High Lane Farm, Gawsworth, Macclesfield SK11 9RR
19:30 – 21:30 GM
GRAB YA BROOMSTICK & JOIN US TO CELEBRATE SAMHAIN WITH FIRE & CACAO
DATE: Thursday 31st October 2024
7.30pm -9.15pm GMT
LOCATION: High LANE FARM, CONGLETON ROAD, MACCLESFIELD SK11 9RR
CAMPING CHAIR IF NEEDED
- Eyecovering ie scarf or eye mask
if you would like more information please email on info@elfmeditaion.co.uk or book today via the button above.
WhatsApp message Greta on 07379436082
SUPER MAGICAL SUMMER SOLSTICE
FIRE & SACRED PLANT MEDICINE CACAO GATHERING
SOLD OUT
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SUMMER FAYRE & SPELL MAKING 12-4PM (FREE ENTRY)
OPTION TO CAMP OR BRING A VAN
DATES: Sat 22nd June 2024
LOCATION: High Lane Farm, Congleton Rd, Macclesfield
Summer Fayre & Spell Making 12pm-4pm Free Entry
Ceremonial Event 4pm – 9.30pm
Things to bring with you:-
yoga mat, blanket and cushion
Drums or rattles if you have one
Camping chair if you wish
Eye covering for trance dance
Refillable water bottle
Offerings for the fire
Intention you would like to bring out into the light and release
TRANCE DANCE WITH CACAO CEREMONY– SOLD OUT
DATES: Friday 30th June 2023
LOCATION: St Clement’s Parish Church Edge Lane Chorlton-cum-Hardy MANCHESTER M21 9AE
19:30 – 22:30 GMT
if you would like more information please email on info@elfmeditaion.co.uk
Due to popular demand we bring you the wild, untamed and unfettered Trance of Dance led by the lady herself, Plant Medicine, Cacao.
Come join us for this *Cacao Intention Setting Ritual* and Trance Dance Gathering in this beautiful sacred space.
We will be honouring the spirit of plant medicine Cacao in ceremonial sacred space and will connect with her and ourselves through rhythm, meditation and drumming.
This will be a time of coming together in circle to set our intentions, to share what we feel and to connect with our inner self in a safe space with like minded people.
We will also do some journaling and ask for divine guidance from the Oracle Cards for the months ahead.
Shamanic Trance Dance is an ancient ritual practice usually done wearing an eye covering bringings our focus inwards to ourselves to stop us focusing on others or how we look. We leave the place of thinking and drop into the heart space and the body. It is in this space that we get in touch with our intuition, wisdom and stand in our power. Through the beats, the cacao and the dance we can touch our inner essence and spiritual connection which can move trapped energy, bring healing where is needed and allow us to move through emotional blocks and unresolved feelings
Greta will guiding the journey allowing a safe space to let go and be free to be you.
Hope to see you there – loads a love Greta
Please note no refunds are given once booking.
if you would like more information please email on info@elfmeditaion.co.uk or book today via the button above.
Things to bring with you:-
- Yoga mat, blanket and meditation cushion if you have one
- Reusuable bottle of water
- We can dance barefoot, in soft indoor shoes or grip socks
- Drum or Rattle if you have one – if not you can make a rattle by adding some unsoaked beans in a tin and adding your energy into as you do it.
- Journal and Pen
- Eyecovering ie scarf or eye mask
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Other Past events include Nature Walk and Meditation, Spring and Autumn Equinox, Samhain, Summer and Winter Solstice
Thank you to all the amazing clients I have worked with over the years and for giving me the opportunity to do what I do.
