PAST WORKSHOPS, COURSES & RETREATS
SHAPESHIFTING
Sunday October 9th 2022. North Farm, Burgh-next-Aylsham, north Norfolk
An afternoon of somatic meditation and movement explorations into fur and hoof, fin, feather and flesh bodies, expanding and enlivening our capacities for new and multitudinous super sensing through these human forms.
CONJURING THE MYTHIC
with special guest teachers Hugh Lupton and Robert Anderson
Friday 18th - Sunday 20th MARCH 2022. Tofte Manor, Bedfordshire
A three day retreat exploring ways to open the body, connect with the land, spirits and Gods, step into the interstices between realms and feel the embodied flow of creative inspiration. Working with movement and bodywork meditations in and with the extraordinary and magical lands at Tofte Manor, including earth based ritual, storytelling, art, music, inspiring poetry - and all fed with fine food and gorgeous company.
SALT MARSH DREAMING:
MOVEMENT AND MEDITATION AT THE EDGE OF LAND AND SEA
(in association with Norfolk Wildlife Trust).
Sunday 17th May 2020. Cley salt marshes, north Norfolk.
Working both indoors and out on Cley salt marsh, opening senses to a richer and fuller immersion in the natural environment, deepening your relationship with the living world.
ENTER THE MYTHIC: FOX WOMAN
Sunday 5th January 2020. Swanton Novers, north Norfolk.
A nourishing day of ritually guided movement and meditation explorations, journeying with the old, old story of Fox Woman.
SALT MARSH DREAMING:
MOVEMENT AND MEDITATION WITH THE MARSH
(in association with Norfolk Wildlife Trust)
Sunday 3rd November 2019. Cley salt marshes, north Norfolk.
Working both indoors and out on Cley salt marsh, opening senses to a richer and fuller immersion in the natural environment, deepening your relationship with the living world.
LISTENING TO THE LAND:
MOVEMENT AND MEDITATION WITH THE MARSH
(in association with Norfolk Wildlife Trust)
Sunday 14th April 2019. Cley salt marshes, north Norfolk.
Working both indoors and out on Cley salt marsh, opening senses to a richer and fuller immersion in the natural environment, deepening your relationship with the living world.
ANCESTORIES
Sunday 31st March 2019. Swanton Novers, North Norfolk.
Feeling in and through the body, exploring the stories of our family roots and places in the earth we belong. Softening and opening in gifts of honouring to our healthy and vibrant ancestors. A safely held ritualised group space, with guided meditation, movement and sounding, for up to 12 participants.
COLLECTIVE RESILIENCE : LIQUID BODY
Saturday 2nd March 2019. Wiveton, North Norfolk.
A ritually guided group space to explore our embodied experience of being alive together right now and move into response-ability with the issues of our times through circles of listening and expression, guided movement and meditation exercises and simple potent ceremony.
EARTH HONOURING AND FEEDING OF TINY BEINGS
Saturday 26th January 2019. Wells-Next-The-Sea, north Norfolk.
Offerings of beauty to Earth through the creation of a gorgeous mandala, which also provide extra food for tiny creatures in the bare season of Winter in this beautiful afternoon of play and reverence for all the family.
SEED GATHERING
co-hosted with Jason Hine
Sunday 20th January 2019. Binham, north Norfolk.
A whole day of movement, meditation, stories, voice, poetry and guided journeying explorations to seed and inspire deepening connection, exploring how we show up more fully for and with each other to create real heart felt community.
ROOTING INTO EARTHBODY
Saturday 8th December 2018. Wiveton, north Norfolk.
A nourishing evening of tenderly guided meditations, rituals of soft release and loving movement explorations, slowing right down to your most subtle exquisite form and curling inwards to feel into what moves you most essentially at the core of your being. Rooting into EarthBody for deeply restorative hibernation.
EMBODIED ELEGANCE : MOVING WITH YOUR TRUE NATURE
Sunday 7th October 2018. Swanton Novers, north Norfolk.
A day of poetry in movement and somatic experiences, individually and also coalescing as a group. We'll feel into our own unique inner form and mythos, and also explore the exponential magic of moving together as a collective, finding the ways we can be helping, supporting and honouring each other in all our most beautiful and potent beingness.
FIRE IN THE WOODS : Re-WILDING THE BODY AND VOICE
co-hosted with Briony Greenhill
Friday 22rd - Sunday 24th June 2018. The Clearing, north Norfolk.
Midsummer Solstice camp-out in 800 acres of beautiful woodland in north Norfolk, with a full programme of vocal and bodywork, re-wilding us into our natural authentic deep-rooted earth soul. Fully catered with glorious vegan feasting throughout.
DANCING THE WOODLAND ANIMALBODY
co-hosted with Jason Hine
Sunday May 20th 2018
A beautiful day of moving outdoors and connecting with the wild animals of a glorious living woodland. Relaxing into opening the wholebody sensing of energies of place and the creatures that dwell there. For anyone interested in finding power and vitality, opening up new senses, discovering ways to overcome impossible problems or fears, embodying wild powers, connecting with community and the body wisdom intelligence of animals.
One day workshop, with fire, feasting, storytelling and song.
INNER ALLIES
Sunday April 22nd 2018. Swanton Novers, north Norfolk.
A whole day of ritually guided movement and meditation explorations to find and connect with our inner allies. Feeling into the full embodiment of their gifts and powers to support us in our everyday lives and the bringing of our gifts to the world.
A safely held ritualised group space, with guided meditation, movement and sounding, for up to 12 participants.
SING THE BODY ELECTRIC:
A POETIC MOVEMENT AND SOUNDING JOURNEY
Monday March 10th 2018. Swanton Novers, north Norfolk.
A group movement journey inwards feeling into full embodiment with Walt Whitman's sensually glorious poetry.
ANCESTORIES
Sunday November 20th 2017. Swanton Novers, North Norfolk.
Feeling in and through the body, exploring the stories of our family roots and places in the earth we belong. Softening and opening in gifts of honouring to our healthy and vibrant ancestors. A safely held ritualised group space, with guided meditation, movement and sounding, for up to 12 participants.
HONOURING THE ANCESTORS FIRE RITUAL
May 25th 2017. Swanton Novers, north Norfolk.
Gathering round a huge and beautiful fire under the gentle watchful presence of the tall pines in the woods, we'll remember and honour our ancestors together with stories and sharing and offerings to the dead, the fire and the night.
LISTENING THE LAND
Sunday March 12th 2017. Stiffkey salt Marshes, north Norfolk.
Opening to the song of the earth and elements on the magical salt marsh in north Norfolk.
With listening and sharing circles, drumming and song, somatic movement exercises and guided meditations for tuning in, connecting with, and opening to feeling and listening to the deep song of the land.
REGULAR MONTHLY/WEEKLY GROUPS:
MYTHBODY DREAMBODY - WITH FIRE RITUAL
2019-2021
A monthly group movement journey inwards to deep sensory-space... guided by my singing-song, drum, rattles, singing bowls and other instruments, providing a skeleton narrative to wrap with your own flesh. Your voice is also invited, if it wants to unfurl and weave expression from your own inner sounding-scapes too.
HEART SONG
Monthly, evening gathering, 2016-2018
Drumming, freeform dancing/movement, listening circle and voice/toning playful exploration space. A growing and deepening community of beautiful heart tribe. Sacred space to explore whatever is moving within us, together. A place for sadness, joy, grief, rage, playfulness, ridiculousness... whatever spontaneously arises that can be safely held by the group.
SINGING OVER THE BONES
Monthly, evening gathering, 2017-2018
Exploring the embodiment of folk and faery tales in a ritually held group of up to 12 movers. Allowing your own unique movement and voice to come forth in whatever way emerges and feels comfortable.
FAMILY HEART SONG AND COMMUNITY LUNCH FEAST
Monthly, morning gathering, 2017
Drumming, freeform dancing/movement, listening circle and voice/toning gathering for all the family, with shared lunch feasting together afterwards.
MIGHTY OAKS WOODLAND COMMUNITY GROUP
Three mornings per week, term times, 2009-2015
Serving over 100 families throughout Norfolk. I held a calm and grounded supportive space for groups of around 30 people three times per week, teaching about nature and traditional handcrafts whilst providing conversational counselling, and holding a circle in which I embodied story forms and song.
