At The Lodge

31/10/2025

……..🎃ℍ𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕪 ℍ𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕟🎃……….
𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓒𝓮𝓵𝓽𝓲𝓬 𝓕𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓪𝓵 𝓞𝓯 𝓢𝓪𝓶𝓱𝓪𝓲𝓷……..

Samhain, pronounced “SOW-in”is an ancient Celtic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of Winter.It is celebrated from October 31st to November 1st each year.It is one of the four major Celtic seasonal festivals, along with Imbolc, Beltane, and Lughnasadh, and is sometimes referred to as the “Celtic New Year.”

Samhain holds deep spiritual and cultural significance, with themes of death, rebirth, and the connection between the living and the spirit world.

Samhain marked the close of the growing season and the onset of the colder, darker half of the year. It was a time to bring in livestock, prepare for winter, and harvest the last of the crops.

Samhain was believed to be a time when the “veil” between the living world and the spiritual world was thinnest. Spirits of the deceased, as well as other supernatural beings, were thought to cross over and roam among the living.

During this time families would honour their ancestors by setting places at the table for them, lighting candles to guide spirits, and telling stories of loved ones who had passed.

Lighting large bonfires was a central Samhain tradition. These fires represented the sun and were believed to have protective and cleansing powers. People would gather around them for warmth and community rituals.

It is believed during Samhain to ward off harmful spirits, people would wear masks or costumes, a practice that it seems has influenced the Halloween we celebrate with our children today.

In addition to honouring ancestors, offerings were often left for the Sidhe, or faeries, who were thought to be especially active and very mischievous during this time.

While Samhain has ancient pagan roots, it has evolved over time and influenced other traditions and many of us now see Samhain as a time to reflect on life and death a time for personal growth, and appreciating the natural cycles of nature.

Samhain has become a meaningful festival that resonates with many traditions and cultures and elements of it are celebrated by many people throughout the world.

However you chose to celebrate today we wish you “Beannachtaí na Samhna oraibh go leir!”
Many Samhain blessings to you all.

Have a great festival from At The Lodge 🎃

31/10/2025

This will be a good event 🌸

Delighted to announce the next SAI online event- Book your place today at www.saivision.ie via easypay.

28/10/2025

✨𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕜𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕡 𝕎𝕖𝕕𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕕𝕒𝕪✨
THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL
26th November
7:00pm – 9:30pm | €25 per person
All materials, tea & refreshments provided.

Join us At The Lodge for a gentle evening of soul care and creativity.

This contemplative workshop invites you to slow down, rest, and reconnect with your inner stillness through the simple, mindful process of creating.

We’ll create Oyster Shell Angels and Decoupaged Wooden Hanging Ornaments — each piece a reflection of your own quiet beauty and inner light.

No experience needed — just come as you are.
Leave with your handmade creations and a softened spirit.

✨ Spaces are limited and will fill up fast -To book your place, or for more information contact Jenny at 087 683 1136 or jennyeustace@gmail.com
📍 At The Lodge, W12W968
All proceeds go to Naas CBS Kenya trip fund.

07/10/2025

Beautiful 💜

🕯️𝔸 ℂ𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕝𝕖 𝕃𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕤 ℕ𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕪 𝕃𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔸𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣🕯️
“I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.” ~ Hafiz

There is so much truth in this saying because a light shared is never light diminished. In the spiritual life, our radiance is not meant to be hoarded but offered. When we share kindness, wisdom, or compassion, the flame within us grows steadier, not smaller.

When we light another’s candle we remind them of the divine glow already burning inside.

Each act of generosity, every word of encouragement, every gentle presence is another small flame added to the world’s warmth.

Together, we become a constellation of light one spark, many candles, endless illumination.

💜Have a beautiful & blessed day today 💜
🎨Pinterest

02/10/2025

Huge thanks to all the guys in Harrigan's Bar & Grill Newbridge…..

When they heard I was selling my oyster creations for charity they gladly washed and saved all their used shells for me -and will continue doing so for the next couple of months.

As the saying goes.
“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” ~Vincent Van Gogh

31/08/2025

We are currently taking bookings for supervision from early childhood providers.

Cross-professional supervision is a confidential, non-performance-based space where early years professionals can bring their challenges, ideas, and concerns to a trusted supervisor within a warm caring compassionate space

29/08/2025

🌸𝕊𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝔽𝕠𝕣 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔼𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕪 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕊𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕠𝕣🌸

To those of you working in the Early Childhood Profession, A big Welcome back this September.

I know first hand the love, the energy, and the commitment it takes to hold space for children and families every single day.

But I also know it can feel overwhelming at times and many of you feel burnt out with what seems like a never ending workload.

That’s why Cross-Professional Supervision is here for you.

A monthly supervision session offers you a confidential, compassionate, listening presence within a space where you can pause, be heard, and reflect on your practice.
A supportive space just for you.

This transformative support doesn’t just support you it has a ripple effect nurturing your wellbeing, your practice, and the environment you create for others.

✨ Available as:
• One-to-one confidential sessions (always external, never reported back to managers)
• Group sessions — in house here At The Lodge in Newbridge or online via Zoom/Teams

This is monthly support that holds you gently, strengthens you professionally, and helps you thrive in the work you love.

If this message speaks to you, reach out to me Jenny Eustace At The Lodge or through Canavan Byrne.

https://atthelodge.ie/contact/

reception@canavanbyrne.ie

29/08/2025

🌀𝔼𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕣𝕔𝕝𝕖𝕕: 𝔸 𝕄𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕝𝕒 𝔸𝕣𝕥 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕜𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕡🌀
The first in a new series of workshops begins 24th of September At The Lodge

Once you have the children settled back into school/college. Why not take time for yourself to reconnect with your centre through mindful creativity.

Join us at the lodge (W12W968) on Wednesday the 24th of September for this creative practice workshop Choose from 12.30–2.30pm or 7–9pm.

All lunch,refreshments ,tea coffee ,and materials provided.

This is a wonderful beginner workshop- No art experience needed—just bring your beautiful self.💜

✨ You’ll leave with a framed mandala and a nourished soul.

Suggested donation for this workshop is €20
To secure your place.
Contact Jenny 0876831136 or comment and I will be in touch.

27/08/2025

A beautiful read for parents whose children are moving to college this year 💜

🌿 🦋 ℝ𝕠𝕠𝕥𝕤 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕎𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 🦋🌿
“There are two gifts we should give our children: one is roots, and the other is wings”
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There comes a moment in every parent’s life that no amount of preparation can truly soften or make easier. That is the moment a child leaves the nest. You know it’s coming. You raise them with love, with hope, with every ounce of care you can give. You celebrate their milestones, their uniqueness, you witness their growth, and through all the years as they grow you carry the quiet awareness that one day, they will spread their wings and make their own way in the world but when that day arrives, the heart still trembles and breaks.

The house feels different without their presence. The hum of daily life changes.Their shoes no longer wait by the door, no towels or school bag flung on the bedroom floor, no coat hung on the banisters of the stairs and their laughter and singing doesn’t echo down the hall in quite the same way. It is a tender ache, a missing that no matter how hard you try cannot be filled.

And yet alongside this ache, there is immense pride, joy, and wonder in watching them step into their own becoming.

“The best thing you can give your children are roots and wings.” Roots so they will always know where home is, so they carry within them the grounding of love, values, and belonging. Wings so they may go and discover who they are, in their own right, in their own time, following their own call.

This season of letting go is both beautiful and bittersweet. Rumi reminds us to “Try to accept the changing seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the passing of seasons over your fields.”

As parents, we are asked to do just that to embrace this change, to trust what has been planted, and to honour the unfolding of a life we have loved and nurtured into being.

Love doesn’t lessen when our children step out into the world it stretches, it expands, it grows and it can become world wide if needs be. It moves into the silences between all the phone calls, and text messages it moves into the joy of visits, into the quiet prayers whispered for their safety each night.

Our role shifts, and changes but the bonds remain the same, unbreakable.

So, as your children are beginning their new journey into college life and as they take flight, may we hold close the roots that they have been given and trust the wings that carry them.
May we allow our own hearts to grow spacious enough to hold both the missing and the marvel. And may we remember that the nest may feel emptier, but it will never be empty for it will always be filled with unconditional love and that beautiful parent child unbreakable bond.

Written by a past pupil of An Croí for all parents whose children are moving to college this year.

19/08/2025

I will have some vacancies for some new client one to one session in September At The Lodge for both Spiritual Direction/Guidance and Cross Professional Supervision.

I am a fully qualified and experienced practitioner with full membership of both The Supervisors Association of Ireland and The All Ireland Spiritual Guidance Association
I am also fully insured.

Contact Jenny for more information.

https://atthelodge.ie/

17/08/2025

🌀𝔼𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕣𝕔𝕝𝕖𝕕: 𝔸 𝕄𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕝𝕒 𝔸𝕣𝕥 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕜𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕡🌀
The first in a new series of workshops begins 24th of September At The Lodge

Once you have the children settled back into school/college.Why not take time for yourself to reconnect with your centre through mindful creativity.

Join us at the lodge (W12W968) on Wednesday the 24th of September for this creative practice workshop Choose from 12.30–2.30pm or 7–9pm.
All lunch,refreshments ,tea coffee ,and materials provided.

No art experience needed—just bring your beautiful self.💜

✨ You’ll leave with a framed mandala and a nourished soul.

Suggested donation for this workshop is €20 to secure your place.
Contact Jenny 0876831136 for more information or comment and I will be in touch.

29/07/2025

✨ 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕜𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕡 𝕎𝕖𝕕𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝔸𝕥 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕃𝕠𝕕𝕘𝕖 ✨
Preparation is underway to facilitate tomorrow’s soul care workshop.
Looking forward to seeing you all At The Lodge.