Communing with Nature Archives

15 Mar 2026

Did you know the Universe is relational?

What is relational intelligence and why is it inspiring? From the very first race – the race to be the first sperm to reach ‘that’ egg – we were taught that life is a competition. There are no rewards in … Continued

22 Feb 2017

We’re Off The Juice!!

by Francesca Cassini | posted in: Communing with Nature, Following Your Heart | 2

Have I just completed the 12 step Alcoholics Anonymous programme and given up my favourite tipple? No. But my cat and I have just been through an intense protocol called Tight Regulation to see if we could get him to … Continued

15 Aug 2016

Who Needs Ayahuasca or the Rainforest of Peru?

by Francesca Cassini | posted in: Communing with Nature, Following Your Heart, Nature, Sacred Plant Medicine | 2

Why would Nature give us naturally occurring DMT in our brains without the means to use it? Nature is no fool and she doesn’t do anything unnecessary. So why did the shamans of the Amazonian jungle have to discover two … Continued

20 Jun 2016

Summer Seduction – The Full Story

by Francesca Cassini | posted in: Communing with Nature, Nature | 0

Three years ago… ‘The sensation of stroking the landscape with the caress of a lover sent waves of delicious energy through my body. It was dusk. I was driving along undulating weaving roads over the curves and into the folds … Continued

Five Bridges, Three Frontiers and 150 Euros

‘Was the post-break-up adventure I’d embarked upon going to end in the loneliest of deaths in the middle of nowhere? Was my determination finally to live life on my own terms going to kill me as surely as Isadora Duncan’s scarf killed her?’ Sandy Locksmith

Five Bridges, Three Frontiers and 150 Euros Emerging from a fever-induced fantasy of the beginning of the world Sandy faces the shocking reality. She’s held captive by a psychopathic vagrant, imprisoned in a medieval citadel cradled deep within an empty valley in rural France, and being subjected to terrifying sexual assaults. It’s the middle of a freezing December. How did she end up in such a hopeless position and what can it take to transform it? Sandy is certain that somewhere among all the unusual experiences she’s had over the previous month lies the key to her freedom. We journey back with her to the middle of November. In her late forties, post menopausal and childless Sandy has been trying to ‘create her own reality’ for months… The first novel in the Waking The Lions trilogy.