A Free Community Gathering
July 25 · 9:30am to 9:30pm · Hosted by Sabine & Juna · Synergy In Motion
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What is the Day Out of Time?
July 25 is one day the 13 Moon Dreamspell Calendar, as conceived by Dr. José Arguelles in 1992, leaves beautifully unclaimed to celebrate a global day of Planetary Peace Through Culture. All over the world people mark it the same way: by showing up for each other and celebrating culture, art and community.
Synergy In Motion has been bringing conscious community together in London, Ontario for 20+ years and this is one of our favourite days of the year.
We’d love for you to come and celebrate!
A whole day of stepping outside of time as we know it, into a sacred portal of in-betwixt and between.
We hold a space where we can all dream, play, allow, create and connect to the earth and all her beings without judgment, comparing, striving or proving.
We will do this by making art, dancing, yoga, singing, sitting on the earth and talking with friends and people you haven’t met yet. Additionally there will be a guided walking meditation to start the day, Taoist yoga, qi gong, card readings, shared meals, an evening fire and at the centre of it all, a community sculpture we’ll build together…. and whatever else we dream up in the moment.
Building the Hedge Witch – Creating a Community Sculpture
Do you have some natural treasures at home…
sticks, grasses, feathers, shells, stones, cloths, leather, shiny things… earthy treasures that have caught your eye and that have never quite made it into a creation?
Natural objects that feel like they’re waiting to be part of something MORE?
Bring them!
Because together we’re going to build something none of us could have made alone.
Throughout the day, all of us will have the opportunity to build a communal 3-D Hedge Witch sculpture… built entirely from natural objects that everyone brings.
She’ll grow throughout the day, hand by hand, treasure by treasure and by evening she’ll stand as a guardian of everything we made together. We think she’s going to be extraordinary.
What is a Hedge Witch?
In medieval Europe, every village had a hedge, a wild tangle of growth marking the boundary between the tamed village and the untamed forest beyond. Living near that hedge was usually a woman who knew plants, remedies and things that couldn’t quite be explained.
Feared a little, yet deeply respected. They called her the Hedge Witch, from the Old English haegtessa, meaning hedge rider. Someone who straddles the boundary between what is known and what is wild.
Exactly what the Day Out of Time is all about, a portal between one year and the next, where old patterns are left behind and something fresh is dreamed into being.
Our Hedge Witch is an homage to her and to the part of each of us that lives at that edge. The part that gathers treasures from the earth and knows that the wild has something to say.
Next Event 25 July 2027
We’d love to know you’re coming.
Drop your name and email below and we’ll send you the address and all the details as the day takes shape.
No plan. No agenda. And yet… funny how these things go… here’s what will likely unfold.
9:30am
Back Gate Opens
Sabine will guide us into a Nature exploration where we connect with the land and the world beyond the visible. Settle in, relax, and simply BE.
Meet your tribe, inhale gently into the glory of the new day’s gifts.
The day begins with mindful movement steeped in nature’s hug.
Late morning
Yoga & Qi Gong
Then settle in deeper with some Taoist Yoga with Joan Mortimer and heal your body with Qi Gong guided by Kim Morrison.
All levels, all bodies welcome. Ease into your body and the flow of the day.
All day
Be & Create
Explore various designated areas throughout the garden where you can paint, write, hang out, make music, nap, dance, draw cards and so much more. Bring your own art supplies, flow toys, scarves for dancing, musical instruments and whatever else you’d love to play with and share in this communal space. We’ll also provide some supplies for those spontaneous outbursts of creativity and play!
Noon-ish
First shared meal
Potluck-style.
Please bring a dish from your cultural background or a food tradition that inspires you.
Something with a story, something you’d love others to taste.
The more diverse and colourful our table, the yummier.
Afternoon
Open & unfolding
More creating, more connecting with yourself and others through following your creative impulses.
Primal Dance
Build the Hedge witch together
Snooze under the shady spots
Circle dance
Make art
Share a poem
Play with Poi
Meet somebody new
Drop in, drift out, come back again.
5:30 to 6:30pm-ish
Second shared meal
Another round of potluck magic as the day shifts into evening.
Bring a dish from your culture to share.
Linger at the table. Share a story. Try something new.
Evening 7:00pm
Traditional Guatemalan Cacao Ceremony, bonfire, music & stories
Around 7pm we begin the cacao ceremony.
And we’ll gather around the fire (if the fire bans are lifted).
Bring your instruments, your voice, a song or a story. There might be more dancing too!
Whatever wants to be shared, this is the place for it!
9:30pm
The day closes
Closing circle, thank you’s
