Retreat Toolbox
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Below are Brief descriptions of what I currently offer. Click on the link for more information.
I am available for private sessions, organised group activities or to collaborate on your retreat.
Once you have had a look through, do get in touch to discuss your needs Further.
Retreats
I love working with groups of people on retreats, especially in collaboration with others. There is something so magical about the sharing of experiences and learning together.
I am passionate about creating experiences and holding spaces that allow us to connect on deeper levels with the earth, each other and ourselves. Seeding communities in respectful relationship, forging pathways deep within to allow for our highest expression to come forth.
My work is intentionally experiential instead of cerebral, as this is a form of learning I have always been called to myself. Western cultures are very cerebral in how we shape our experience but I feel there is a real longing growing amongst people to deeply feel into reality and experience for themselves what previously they may have just read, thought or talked about.
Click below to find out more about what I can bring to your retreat. Or click on the 'connect' button at the bottom of the page if you would like to discuss a collaboration.
Meditation & Drum Journeying
This course is a series of breathing and visualisation exercises, often, but not always, in partnership with the vibration of the drum that enables you to explore the different layers of your being. It helps create pathways through your physical mind to make a bridge with your spiritual one, connecting you to the intelligence that moves through all things.
A sedentary meditative state is not the end goal, rather it is a tool for a deeper understanding of
who you are, in all your dimensions. These exercises, therefore, are dynamic and applicable to every moment. The more you practice, the easier you can access your spiritual mind at any time, until you walk as one.
Saying that, we will begin in a passive manner progressing into more dynamic exercises as we gain experience.
Ceremony Weaving
Ceremonies and rituals are beautiful ways to mark significant moments in your life, they are also powerful tools for healing and guidance.
With a large toolbox full of different tools, techniques and medicines, I weave together ceremonies to suit your intention. Whether that is to welcome a baby, celebrate a rite of passage or work with an element or plant medicine to deepen your healing and growth.
I understand that this can be a new experience for many, especially in the UK and Europe and so I take my time to gently explain as I go along and guide people deeper into the experience.
I also recognise that many are wanting to know more and, as a largely cerebral culture, would like instruction. I am open to crafting workshops on how to be in ceremony, plus why and how to use certain elements and techniques. Learning sacred songs is an important part of this instruction and I occasionally offer sacred songs workshops.
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Somatic body work
These classes are practical exercises in body awareness through movement. With a focus on alignment, we will work through the tensions we hold in the body to allow greater flexibility, improve mobility, strength and well-being.
When the body is in alignment our energy flows better within the body and mind, boosting creativity and vitality.
Integral in all our exercises is the movement of energy as well as the physical movement.
These exercises allow us the opportunity to explore energy through the feelings and sensations that emerge as we work with the body. It is a form of meditation through movement, a holistic approach to movement and the body.
Wild Walks: foraging, wild cooking & bush skills
The woods and hedgerows are nature's pantry. We live in an abundant land, despite the rapidly shrinking area of wild spaces left to us. Food grows everywhere if you know where to look and how to prepare it.
Join us for one of our foraging walks as we learn about the plants and trees, what is edible, what to avoid and what nutritional and medicinal benefits we can glean from the land. When possible we will practice 'wild' cooking together, share in the bounty of our harvest as well as ways to prepare certain plants for medicines or cosmetics.
Our Wild Walks can also incorporate bush skills such as fire making, tracking, natural cordage making and shelter building. Rewild yourself on an off-track adventure with us!
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Medicine Walks
Join us on a medicine walk or pilgrimage where we learn to look at the landscape through new eyes, through our spirit eyes.
Our walks not only take us on a journey across the land but through the stories that make up the very fabric of the landscape and our selves, revealing our deeper connections to all life.
During our walk we will explore our relationship with the natural world as we approach tree, hill, valley and stream as sentient beings rather than unconscious 'things', all of whom are actively communicating with us.
Not sure what that all means? Don't worry, we'll show you and guide you through the experience.
Water dancing
Connecting with bodies of water is hugely beneficial to our physical and mental well being, through bringing our emotional and spiritual sides in balance. When approached with intention, water can bring deep healing.
Cold water in particular is very therapeutic, drawing blocked energy out from all the layers of our being, reducing anxiety and inflammation from the body and mind. It can be challenging though, which can be overcome through focused breathwork, allowing you to move past the resistance you encounter, sinking deeper into connection.
Water calls us to surrender and to dance with her. Movement and dance are part of the language of water and a beautiful and powerful way we can connect with her spirit.
I will guide you to deepen your relationship with water not only when approaching it in the 'wild' but also the water in your homes and bodies.
Supporting your inner journey
Using all the tools I have and following my intuition, I offer my attention, wisdom and presence to serve others as a support as they journey through a retreat.
Often the deep work done on retreats can be profoundly emotional and confusing. So much that was hidden is brought to the surface, that many find it overwhelming and struggle with how to integrate the lessons and high energy experienced during retreat into their daily lives.
This is where I can assist, not only during the retreat itself but with follow-up support after the retreat is over. After decades of experience on the spiritual path, including a long, focused period of deep shadow-work and having supported many people on their journeys, I have a clear calling for this work.
Sacred Storytelling
Stories are part of who we are. They are embedded in our bodies and also into the earth body, the landscape. We are all literally shaped by stories, those that we experience in our lifetime but also those stories that have come before.
Our explorations of storytelling vary from an interactive sharing of our personal stories in safe, intimate spaces, to performances and storytelling walks where we present the folkloric, mythical and historic stories of our past, in different and dynamic ways.
Understanding the power of the stories that shape us leads to a better understanding of yourself and your place in the world. This can be a thought-provoking and deeply healing experience - as well as an entertaining one.
