Dreaming & making session Moving through life we fold and unfold. Some things we choose to close and wrap, other aspects of our inner lives keep opening and unfolding. …And then there are those things that are under wraps, that are painfully open. A creative and meditative arts workshop, we’ll explore these questions very gently,…
creative grief The festive season is especially hard when you are grieving. If you are feeling tender and sore, the Christmas/New Year period can open a deep well of emotion and leave no space to process it. We’re all supposed to be in party mode, relaxing and having fun. Here is a chance to express…
Do you avoid drawing hands and feet in your life drawings for fear of ‘spoiling’ the drawing? Our hands and feet each contain nearly 30 bones and over a hundred muscles, tendons and ligaments. What amazing structures they are! No wonder they are hard to draw. Would you like to learn an approach to drawing…
Dreaming & making session On the afternoon of Remembrance Day, this Language of the Soul workshop turns inward. It’s a chance to bring fragments of the self that have been neglected or wounded back into the present in a way that honours wholeness. It’s a creative workshop using a gentle Gestalt methodology, where you will…
Dreaming & making session Hansel and Gretel wandered into the heart of a forest where a wicked witch lived, leaving a fragile trail to find their way back again. What an amazing metaphor that story is! I’m going to borrow it, but reframe it as a positive encounter with inner wisdom and knowing. Instead of…
Dreaming & making session Hansel and Gretel wandered into the heart of a forest where a wicked witch lived, leaving a fragile trail to find their way back again. What an amazing metaphor that story is! I’m going to borrow it, but reframe it as a positive encounter with inner wisdom and knowing. Instead of…
Life Drawing is so good for the brain – working out the left-right hemisphere connections and activating new neural pathways. It has been proven by the Mayo Clinic to be one of the best ways to maintain cognitive health as we age. Let’s do it! Here’s the next session for those who would like to…
Life Drawing is so good for the brain – working out the left-right hemisphere connections and activating new neural pathways. It has been proven by the Mayo Clinic to be one of the best ways to maintain cognitive health as we age. Let’s do it! Here’s the next session for those who would like to…
Dreaming & making session What do roots mean to you? Have you uprooted and transplanted many times? Do you feel that the load you carry causes you to lean towards a tipping point? Most of us need to make time to come back to connect and ground ourselves. Here’s a chance to attend to your…
Life Drawing is so good for the brain – working out the left-right hemisphere connections and activating new neural pathways. It has been proven by the Mayo Clinic to be one of the best ways to maintain cognitive health as we age. Let’s do it! Here’s a session for those who would like to draw…But…!…
Dreaming & making session Behind the overgrown, busy days of scattered energy, there is trail home, an inward path to stillness and expanded time. Come with me on an adventure of gently pulling back the branches to walk into this enchanting space of dreaming and making. Each step you take is into re-connection with self,…
A creative workshop to gently raise wellbeing What would it feel like to relax into the flow of creativity and let it wash over you for an afternoon? Most of us are thirsty for that, to have a chance to tune in to the deep waters of our intuition and wisdom and to be gently…
Catching a fairy is hard work, but drawing one is another story… Fairies are vain and love to see themselves reflected in dew drops. On April fools’ day, let’s see if we can coax this fey little trickster into posing for us. This costumed life drawing session is from a series of Saturday classes for…
Edward from Assassin’s Creed takes no prisoners. This is a costumed life drawing session for young people aged 12 – 17, together with an adult…(gran, mum, dad, aunty, uncle, big sis, etc). The session is from a series of Saturday classes for young people and their favourite adults. It’s a chance to do something creative…
A sense trail home to the creative self Come and warm up your imagination and stoke the fires of your creative practice! This workshop is part of a series designed for people who want to get back into making and creating. There are many responsibilities that compete with creativity, and once you stop, it can…