Green Blessings to You! Enjoy a quick visual tour of Akasha here:
Janet Hollis, Akasha Mama
Welcome to our website! I hope this gives you a little peek into the magic that is AKASHA. We are conveniently located about 17 miles northwest of Charlottesville, Virginia. This is “a very special gathering place” for friends, families and other groups who want to enjoy an intimate and peaceful retreat with each other in a serenely beautiful location. AKASHA is designed for overnight groups of 10-14 or non-residential groups of up to 25.
We have welcomed in the season of lights. At an earlier stage of my life, the dark season sent me into sadness and depression. But as I have come to appreciate the beauty of the four seasons here in the Blue Ridge, I welcome this time of the year as a period of inward reflection, creativity and fire. Mr. Frazier has made his annual wood delivery and with our four woodstoves and two outdoor fire circles (including one in the tipi!), we are enjoying the warmth and light of roaring fires!
It was one of the most glorious Fall seasons here that I can remember. We had some wonderful healing periods of luscious rain, combined with many sunny and warm days. And now, all of the trees stand in their skeleton forms against a bright blue sky, letting in the maximum amount of light in the day and giving room to spectacular winter night skies.
Most of my clan will be here for the Christmas holiday so we are beginning to deck the many halls of AKASHA! The big pine next to the Emerson House has grown so much over the last four years that we will need to string it with new lights. I grew up with Christmas being a magical time and it will be a gift to bring that magic to the eyes of my two granddaughters and great niece and nephew.
Our other property news includes the recent addition of a state-of-the-art water filtration system. We are blessed with a very healthy water source from our well and large cistern, but we typically will have some very natural bacteria appearing in the water. So we had a great system installed where all of our water now passes through an ultraviolet light which kills any bacteria before it goes out to the buildings. So drink up and enjoy! How lucky are we to have a source of clean, clear, abundant water every day?
Sending love and light to all,
Janet