DATES on Thu: 11 May, 8 Jun, 27 Jul, 10 Aug, 07 Sep, 28 Sep, 12 Oct, 26 Oct.

Time: 11am to 3pm

Facilitator: Adele Clarke

This event is by DONATION OR FREE.

Booking here is essential as spaces are limited to 8. We highly encourage joining all dates to maximise the benefits. However, if attending all of them is not feasible for you, feel free to select the dates that suit your availability.

ABOUT THIS WORK

Join us on a journey, reorienting to the compass of nature and tuning into her guidance.

Throughout the sessions, we will explore the different aspects and archetypal energies of the sun's journey, from cycles of the day to seasonal festivals, from life cycle stages to the creatures we share this earth with. Along the way, we will meet allies and practices that can help us navigate life's twists and turns and bring more balance and coherence to our inner and outer landscapes. As Mary Oliver sums up in 'Instructions for Living' - "Pay attention, Be amazed and tell about it!" Through these practices, we reweave the connection between nature and culture and understand that the web of life truly is ready and willing to hold us.

Completing the whole cycle brings most benefit, but each session will also stand alone, so whether you're looking to begin your nature connection journey or top-up your practice and rekindle archetypal energies, you are welcome to join us.

We will also have time to share as a community in a safe space. Learning games, songs, and nature activities to share with our families, friends, and wider community. The work each one of us is called to do right now on Earth is work essential to empower the future generation and support our Planet. This is deep work, this is playful work and it is the work of falling in love with nature and life.

The Flow, Essence and some key elements of the Sessions:

1.  EAST: A time of Inspiration - where life comes into sight. Embodying the Spring equinox -  Hazards as gifts of Awareness.

2. SOUTHEAST: Embodying the playfulness of the child exploring the world around them. Beltane energy, motivating us to growth and expansion. 

3. SOUTH:  Perseverance, focusing and listening, tracking those harder-to-see things. Adolescence. Celebrating the Summer Solstice, the ability to stand in the 'heat of the day'. 

4. SOUTHWEST:  Learning what helps our relaxation and inner strengthening and some of the plants in nature's larder/medicine chest that can help us do this. Lammas time, first seeds. 

5. WEST: Understanding how our various ecologies support us and how we practice reciprocity by supporting them. Celebrating the gifts of the Harvest and the Autumn equinox. 

6. NORTHWEST: Feeling fully alive - appreciating the importance of reflection, letting go and the place of death in the cycle of life. Samhain. Honouring and calling on Ancestral wisdom, learning from ancestral species around us.

7. NORTH: Invoking the peace and stillness of the Winter Solstice, allowing integration, and developing compassion and love for all life, including our fellow humans. Understand what 'seeds and gifts' will serve the next cycle and future generations—learning from the Trees.

8. NORTHEAST: Exploring the magic and mystery of liminal spaces, those 'betwixt-and-between' times of Imbolc and predawn. Cultivating the quiet mind, gateway to our imagination and creativity, allowing us to experience and listen to our senses! We'll listen to the language of the birds, those 'messengers of the Gods' that help guide us beyond self-generated thought towards deeper intuition.

ABOUT ADELE CLARKE

Adele brings a deep well of knowledge to her always well-attended workshops delivering nature connection, deep nature connection and 8 shields activities and training in Scotland since 2010. Some of her experience includes: Scottish Sustainable Communities Initiative- delivering nature connection activities to school groups/ home education groups in Edinburgh and Fife. Studies of Indigenous People & Knowledge Systems- e.g. Q’ero and Quechuan peoples of Peru and Bolivia and the Misak of Colombia

WHERE

Meet at The Planetary Healing Community Woodland, Cockburnhill Road, Balerno, EH14 7JB. Bus 44 / 44A. Stop at the third bus stop after the roundabout. From there, enter Cockburnhill Road and walk for approximately 15 minutes and at the V junction turn right and walk for 2 minutes.

If you are driving, please ignore the SAT Nav at the very end as it takes you to the other farm, park at Cockburnhill Road near Pirnie Ha' house (which is the only house on the right). From there, go straight ahead until you reach the V junction, where you will need to turn right and walk for another 2 minutes. Upon arriving at the woodland gate, there are 7 small bridges to cross before reaching the Hut, which is situated at the end of the woodland. Along the way, you will pass by the Yurt and the composting toilet.

PARKING

PARKING: Parking is only at Cockburnhill Road just after Pirnie Ha’ house. The woodland is only 3 minutes walking as you turn right from there. 

IMPORTANT INFO

If you have any questions before or on the day regarding this event, please text: 07944 156882

If you need any other support or have any concerns please contact our office on email holistic@planetary-healing.

LIFTS: If you need a lift from the village to the woodland, please text us the day before your event: 075 0443 8763 and we can organise a volunteer. Otherwise it is a beautiful 15 minutes walk in the country side.

WEATHER: For rainy days we have the HUT where we have a wood burner stove. We hope to be outdoors too and we also have pop up gazebos when needed.

EMAIL REMINDER: You will get an email reminder of your event 3 days before it. Please make sure you add holistic@planetary-healing.org to your email address book or safe senders list. This way you won't miss out on any important updates we have for you.

NOTE: On your arrival, please feel free to let us know your preferred pronouns (e.g. he/him, she/her, they/them) and what name you would like us to refer to you by.

CANCELLATION POLICY: Space is limited, so if for any reason you need to cancel, please let us know asap, so we can free up the space for others on the waiting list. Due to the amount of work involved, tickets are non-refundable.

DONATIONS: When you make a donation, you are supporting the continuation of our charitable work in the future. If you cannot make a donation because of your financial circunstance, you can access this work for FREE. We aim for this work to be accessible for everyone and we thank our funders for their support. If you need support with transportation costs, please contact us.

WHAT TO BRING: Please come in warm clothes ready for all weather. Layers are recommended and outdoors footwear. We will provide tea and cups. If your group is 3 hours or longer, please bring a packed lunch

PHOTOS: Occasionally we take group pictures for promotions and funders, if you would prefer not to be in the picture, please communicate this to the facilitator on arrival.

CAR SHARE: We recommend car share and lifts between friends and participants as much as possible. Whenever you see a friend walking at Cockburnhill Road, check if they are coming for our programme and kindly offer a lift.

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