My experience with Grandmother's Council in Spain last month

During my second experience with members of the Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers I was shown how when one trusts the flow of events, everything falls into place. So much of the weekend flowed like magic. For example, I didn't know until 4 days before that I would be able to attend the event. When I got on the train in Barcelona I didn't know how I was going to get from Madrid to the event outside of El Escorial. I'd written Rashmika, the woman organizing the retreat, the time I was arriving, but she was busy attending the grandmothers and didn't have time to respond. Even so, there was a lovely woman waiting for me with a "Welcome Ellen" sign in the station. 
After arriving at the event a volunteer, heard I didn't have a place to sleep and invited me to her country home in Las Navas del Marques in the province of Avila. I awoke both Saturday and Sunday morning to the sound of the wind through the pine trees before riding with Carmen and her husband to the Grandmother's retreat. The amazing tale of how the  the Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers came to be is a story Jyoti shared with us, it's all about trusting and being ok with not knowing the next step until it presents itself
Another big lesson I got from Grandmothers Rita and Julieta is that age is really a state of mind. They both are so full of energy, wisdom and love. Being in their 80's and 70's respectively, they affirm the notion that when we are truly on our path, we are given the energy and resources to do what we need to do.
I met many women doing super-interesting work in many fields, such as the arts, healing, yoga... I'm sure some wonderful friendships have begun.
I will be sharing more of the experience and showing the documentary film about the Grandmother's Council at women's circle in Sitges this month on Saturday the 27th and also in Clot, in Barcelona on the 31st. Both events are fundraisers to help support the Council of Grandmother's work.