With a pathway out of lockdown and isolation we can feel the promise of Spring but Winter still comes back to bite us. Lie or sit by an ash tree or imagine a huge straight ash above you. Close your eyes and take a deep breath…

Winter: As life retreats into the Earth, we too are drawn back into our bodies. Take some deep meditative breaths as Sharon talks you through ways of relaxing and letting go of stress. Rod Drew reads Hardy's poem The Darkling Thrush. Music: Bonnie Schwarz and Pete Shaw. Coming up: Spring: A new beginning

October. It is time to look inwards. The leaves are falling, days are darkening and the rain just will not stop raining. Perwina Whitmore reads the Farm Womans Winter by Thomas Hardy, and Ian Higginworth talks about the significance of the tree known by the Celts as the witches’ tree, the Elder. Original music by Bonnie Schwarz and Pete Shaw. Coming up: A Winter Meditation