Journey to the Amazon- By Susannah Darling Khan January 2014. Episode I: It was ‘business as usual’ as Maria and her mother, Mukasawa, the laughing, loving, enchanting grandmother of this Sapara Amazonian tribal community showed us women how they make their clay pots. A few moments before,...
Read MoreBy Susannah DK and Dick S. Darlington Some time again my father gave me this piece of writing from my grandfather, his father: Dick Samuel Darlington, who died before I was born. Meeting him in this piece of writing about an experience he had in the...
Read MoreMusic Medicine has a new woman at its centre, as Emily Pearce, who has been tenderly and beautifully tending the shop for the last year, is passing the baton to Claire Taylor, whose beautiful upcycled clothes, cherish everything, will be familiar to those of you...
Read MoreOne of the incredible assistants in the recent Apprenticeship ‘Immersion’ module wore a striking tee-shirt with these words on the back: “Est-ce le petit garçon que tu étais, fier de l'homme que tu es devenu?”: “Would the boy that you were be proud of the...
Read MoreHere is Ivor – one of my two new teachers of love, patience and leadership from the heart. He is one of those flighty, extremely sensitive and easily defensive type of Exmoor ponies. Today I realised something that I wanted to share that has really...
Read MoreHaving just returned from our Amazon-Journey, we are starting our new year with many exciting dances and co-creations awaiting. Here is a short article from both of us, to share with you about our work, including some information and inspiration of how to stay in...
Read MoreFor me, being in the Amazon is a sweet and searing privilege: a privilege, a responsibility and a profound gift. Sweet… in the sounds of life… 360 degrees of a symphony of diversity at all times of day and night, the vast spectrum of green,...
Read MoreWhat a year! As we approach the turning time of the solstice, and what has become an annual “rite of passage” in our lives between one year and the next at our “Returning Home” workshop, I’m reflecting on what feels like a year of agony...
Read More1) Darling Khan Online We have launched a new website to represent a new part of our work: Home study courses in Engaged Shamanism. These home study online courses are designed to carry the spirit of our work and of the land where we live to...
Read MoreDear all, I’m going to try and share something about our relationship as we are evolving in it. Enough of you have asked me searching questions in a particular vein to make me feel that it’s time to speak. As you may have seen on FB,...
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