These Workshops are aimed at professionals, or others who
engage with people on a regular basis.
The aim of each Workshop is to create thinking space and allow you the
opportunity for time away from your daily routine. Working in and with the natural environment, away
from your normal role will enable your connection with nature to revitalise
yourself and to identify and take forward new ideas and insights into your
life.
Each Workshop has a seasonal theme and we will examine
ourselves and our world through exploration of a core sense during our time
together as follows:
· Winter Space on 23 January
2019 – we explore the shape and structure of the landscape and that of ourselves. The sense of Sight will be our lens,
sharpening our awareness of ourselves and others.
· Spring Echoes on 10 April 2019 – new
possibilities become abundantly clear in Spring and this is where we place our
attention. What new changes or ideas do
you wish to nurture? It is our auditory sense
– that of Hearing - that we tune into.
What is our own inner voice saying to us? When we are in nature, what do we hear?
· Summer Scent on 31 July 2019 – this can be a
time of abundance in nature or also one of stress. What is our ‘internal summer’ like? Do we enjoy who we are, and the gifts we
possess? We take the sense of Smell and
explore what this evokes in us. What do
we notice when we are curious?
·
Autumn Touch on 9 October 2019 – the time of
harvest and of mists, as well as golden light. It is a time when the changes in
our natural world are most visible and where nature discards what no longer
serves it. Whilst, hidden beneath the
ground, resources are stored for later replenishment. We explore our feelings about ourselves in
this Workshop. What are we touched by? What is restorative and nourishing for us?
As well as linking to nature through our environment, we
also seek to activate the senses (and access our natural world) through
carefully chosen pieces from literature, poetry and through music. We will work with you to facilitate an
awareness of your ‘hidden nature’ by being more consciously aware of how you
think and feel.
These Workshops will be facilitated by Margaret Walsh and
Katharine Peel. Margaret is a qualified
psychotherapist, coach and supervisor who integrates nature into enhancing
understanding of ourselves and how we can learn from nature to cope with change
and become more resilient. Katharine is
a qualified Mindfulness Coach and mental health first aid instructor, committed
to supporting people to become more embodied (finding and trusting what lies
within us) in a world where we are increasingly lost in thought.
Tofte Manor, Bedfordshire, is the beautiful location of
these Workshops. The house is set within
50 acres of gardens containing a labyrinth and mature woodland and we have
exclusive use of these grounds. (See Tofte
Manor link https://www.toftemanor.co.uk/retreats)
The cost for each Workshop, which will be limited to 15
participants, is £195 with an early-bird discount of £165, if booked at least
two months in advance. Further discounts
are available when all four Workshops are booked as a package. Food and refreshments are included in the fee.
To book or for
further information: please contact Margaret on 07799 661995 or by email on margaretswalsh@gmail.com
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