21. “Finding Courage In Challenging Times” with Anaiya Sophia – Les Contes
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Welcome to episode 21 of the Nurtured by Nature podcast. Today I’m delighted to be joined in conversation by the amazing Anaiya from Les Contes in the French Pyrenees.
During our beautiful heartfelt conversation we discuss the courage we are all being called to bring forth to navigate the challenges of our times & how the wisdom held in the land & handed down through myth, fairytale & the archetype of the shepherdess can offer comfort by reminding us of the cyclic nature of the natural world.
We meander through the landscapes that have inspired Anaiya’s life & explore ways to navigate our fears, whilst quietly honouring those who have suffered for speaking out against the status quo & held the responsibility for lightening a path for others to follow. We give thanks to the trees, including the 300 year old Sycamore at Sycamore Gap on Hadrian’s Wall for their sacrifice & remember how little Percy & our animal companions can bring immense joy to our journey in this life.
Learn more about Anaiya Sophia and Les Contes:
Anaiya Sophia is a Writer, Mythologist, Somatic Movement Minister and Whisperer of Sacred Wisdom. Her highly acclaimed books, courses, transmissions and workshops focus on the development of the mythic imagination and on the relevance of myths, fairy tales and folk traditions to the personal, cultural and environmental problems we face today.
All her work, springs from an irresistible intimacy with the land, which is rooted in as much as the myths and stories of place as it is in a detailed knowledge of the physical and historical environment. She is currently working on Mary Magdalene’s Audio Guide to the South of France, an evocative and expressive partnering with the mythic imagination and the land itself.
Anaiya leads workshops and trainings in Sacred Body Awakening throughout Europe and North America. Now she is mostly at home with her husband and mother in the mountains of the Cathar region in Southern France, where they have taken on an almighty project – the restoration of an old Catholic summer house for children.
Together they run Les Contes, a B & B at the base of Montsegur where individuals, families and large groups can come and stay. Les Contes is a truly extraordinary place with an astonishing healing presence and is often said to be a catalyst for making important decisions.
Here you will find the Notre Dame de Sophia, a chapel consecrated to the Holy Spirit and the good works of Mary Magdalene, La Source de Belisama (enormous underground spring that fills a limestone basin), Le Jardin d’Eden (Permaculture Project & Food Forest), The Mary Path (a mystical trail through the land), The Red Rose Cafe, the Apothecary of Body Ritual’s (Sacred Spa) and Animal Sanctuary. Anaiya is an ordained minister and can conduct Baptism, Marriage, Ordination, End of Life and other Rites of Passage Ceremonies.
Anaiya has also designed her clothing range, which she calls Anaiya’s Wardrobe and a range of anointing oils called SOPHIA Temple Oils.
She is currently alchemizing the waters of La Source de Belisama into “Sacred Source” medicinal holy water for drinking and healing.
Website: www.lescontes.eu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lescontesBandB
Website: www.aletheiapistissophia.com
Don’t Forget to Tune into Season Two of “Help! We Bought A Village” to watch more tales of Anaiya and her family’s journey creating a home and sanctuary at Les Contes.
https://www.facebook.com/helpweboughtavillage
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