Do you envision a bright world with vision, hope and courage? Are you curious about the age old transmission of storytellers, musicians, singers and poets? Perhaps you are even one yourself, looking for your place to share?

Bringing your heartful, attentive listening will help the collective opening to the magic, wisdom, direction or transformational healing power within the storytelling space for everyone present.

We can hone the patience, emotional receptivity and empathy we need now, just as our ancestors once did, gathered round fires and stories. Through the miracle of Zoom we can enrich each other's cultures across the earth in an experience of global family.

Will you help join? Will you help by being present and expanding the moments in the stories with your heartful listening?We have the chance to host each other, by being magically in each other’s homes on screen. Let's allow our imagination of the brighter world we desire to be experienced. Will you help build this with us on June 19th?

Midsummer, is when we are closest to the sun (in the northern hemisphere). It's an appropriate time to celebrate, nourish ourselves in light and encourage each other for this time of great change.Join a global community from your home and soak in the light from within and without, in stories and song.

Let’s prepare the road ahead as we go out again into the world with a renewed sense of deep compassion and fuller awareness of the joy of uncertainty.Sessions feature professional storytellers and musicians Laura Simms, Angela Halvorsen Bogo, Gauri Raje, Radhieka Al Hakawati, Bekezela Siziba, Karen Berger, David Joseph and Wolfii. The event ends with a special Tibetan Buddhist blessing from Sherab Chödrön.

THE PROGRAM

1200 CEST Welcome 'Midsummer Storytelling' with a fireside storied conversation about this time of year introduced with Zimbabwean musician Bekezela Siziba and festival conjurer and storyteller Angela Halvorsen Bogo.

13:00 – 14:00 CEST The Dove’s Egg and The Magnificent Dog - stories about the relationship between human beings and animals. Laura Simms and Angela Halvorsen Bogo, with drummers Karen Berger and David Joseph. (Australia).

14:30 – 15:30 CEST Ears that Open Mouths - a contemplative workshop. What deepens our lives and enriches our performances is heart presence and sensitive listening that call forth the magic in our stories. Rouse the light from within your being and meet the beauty and intensity of the midsummer sun with Laura Simms.

1600 CEST Midsummer Ceilidh (from the Scottish, pronounced 'kaylee' - means 'meeting'.) Everyone listens, everyone has a chance to share. Participants are invited to tell a tale, or recite a poem or sing a song as we co-create a flow of extravagant inclusion - following an invocation to the day with North Indian Raga song with Gauri Raje (Scotland/India), Celtic song with Angela Halvorsen Bogo (England/Scotland/Norway), story songs from Wolfii (Denmark) and Arabic Poetry with Radhieka al Hakawati (Sri Lanka/Oman)

1730 CEST Closing Blessing with Sherab Chödrön, Spiritual Director of Tarastone Retreat Centre, Tibetan Buddhist Nyingma school. (England/Portugal)

Tickets - choose single sessions:

'The Dove’s Egg and The Magnificent Dog',  10 euros 

or

'Midsummer Ceilidh', 10 euros 

or 

'All Sessions', which the whole program. 25 euros.

We are also raising money for Railway Children, every tiny donation helps.

Zoom link will be to the email address you register with, shortly before the event.