Events
The Sinfield Nature Conservation Trust
White House Farm
WALKS, TALKS & WORKSHOPS AT WHITE HOUSE FARM
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For Nature Retreat Day information and to read about other past events please click here
If you would like to reserve a place on one of our workshops please contact Charlotte Daniel at 01394 382992 or please e-mail via the Contact Us page.
Concessionary rates (low income or retired) for workshops may be available, please ask when you contact us.
Members of The Sinfield Trust receive a 15% discount on most workshops.
2008
Walden, Essex
Labyrinths: Gateway to Your Intuition & Labyrinths Around the World
With Sig Lonegren
Evening Talk: Friday 9th May 2008, 7.30 pm THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO FRIDAY 3 OCTOBER 2008, 7.30 pm
£8/£6 conc. including refreshments
This talk will include information about how to draw a classical seven-circuit labyrinth and a digital slide presentation of labyrinths around the world.
Sig Lonegren, M.A. received his Masters’ Degree in the study of Sacred Space. He is an internationally known teacher, and is the author of a number of books about tools that can help you to connect with your intuition on demand including Spiritual Dowsing and Labyrinths: Ancient Myths & Modern Uses. He is a founding member of The Labyrinth Society, an Honorary Vice President of the British Society of Dowsers, and presently lives in Glastonbury, England with his wife Karin.
Sig’s website is at www.geomancy.org
labyrinth
Building and Walking Labyrinths as a Problem Solving Device and as a Tool for Spiritual Growth
Tutor: Sig Lonegren
Workshop: Saturday 10th May 2008, 10 am - 5 pm THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO SATURDAY 4 OCTOBER 2008, 10am-5pm
£55/£45 conc. including light lunch and refreshments
In this workshop you will learn ways of using a labyrinth at a conscious level. The labyrinth can be a very powerful tool for meditation and self-exploration and during this workshop you will be able to walk a classical seven-circuit labyrinth. The day will close with the Appleton Dance which is a lovely way for a group to dance a labyrinth together.
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Dawn Chorus Walk
With Carl Chapman
Saturday 17th May 2008, 6.30 am
£18 including light buffet breakfast
On this walk, we will enjoy a mixture of woodland and farmland birdsong. There are over 50 bird species at the farm and we should be able to hear a magnificent chorus at this time of year.
The walk will be followed by a light buffet breakfast in the arts and crafts summerhouse.
Herb Walks
With Dan Wheals MNIMH
Sunday 1st June, Sunday 6th July, Sunday 27th July, 2 pm - 4 pm
Herb walks include: plant identification; how to harvest and use local plants. We finish by making herb teas from freshly gathered seasonal plants.
To book a place please contact Dan at 07717 793347 or dano@herbaculture.co.uk
Ishaya Introductory Talk
Friday 13th June 2008, 7pm - 10pm
FREE
A simple, gentle and very powerful form of meditation that allows anyone who learns it to experience more peace and joy in their lives. The Ishaya meditation is referred to as Ascension and involves rising beyond limiting beliefs and behaviour patterns that are preventing us from realising our higher potential. For anyone interested in practicing the meditation after the introductory talk, there will be a 1st Sphere weekend on Friday 15th August to Sunday 17th August.
Please contact Charlotte at 01394 382992 to reserve a place.
Refreshments will be provided.
Open Day, Saturday 21st June, 10am – 5pm
Tickets: adults £6, concessions £4.50, children £3 (must be accompanied by an adult)
SNCT members free including members joining when booking.
Magnificent displays of orchids in wildflower meadows, woodland walks, ponds.
Wild herb walks (11.15 am & 2.45 pm). Nature trails. Art exhibition. Craft stalls.
Wood sculptures. Turf labyrinth. Free natural healing. Children’s activities.
Picnic areas. Cream teas & refreshments.
The small art exhibition will include feltwork by local artist Sarah Butters. There will be an impressive display of wood sculptures for sale made by East Anglian craftsmen. Natural healing will include reflexology, Reiki and White Eagle Lodge healing and will be offered without charge. The 14 feet wide turf labyrinth will be open. Wild herb walks will be led by medical herbalist Emma Eastham. There will be a barn owl talk and walk late morning. Cream teas and refreshments will be for sale in the summerhouse.
White House Farm
Perceiving Plants 2-Day Workshop, Saturday 28th June & Sunday 29th June
With Emma Eastham
£145/£120 conc. including light lunch and refreshments
A weekend workshop to guide you on a heartfelt journey into the living reality of plants. Through spiritual science and shamanic process discover how our hearts are attuned to the hidden rhythms of Nature. Learn to experience direct, personal communication with the plants.
The weekend includes:
· Understanding of sacred alchemy and the formative forces in Nature
· Learning to use the heart as an organ of perception
· Develop communion with the plants using conscious process participation
· Energising and grounding exercises
· Making a flower essence or medicine to take home
Emma Eastham has 10 years experience as a Western Medical Herbalist. She has worked at festivals herbal first aid, held workshops and led Wild Food, Wild Medicine walks around East Anglia. In addition she designs and co-creates sustainable and sacred gardens utilising beneficial earth energies and biodynamic principles.
Accommodation: Basic accommodation will be available at White House Farm (please contact Charlotte for B&B rates at 01394 382992) or there are local bed and breakfasts (details available upon request).
Flower-gathering
basket
Flower-Gathering Basket Workshop, Sunday 6th July, 10 am - 4 pm
With Jo Hammond
£55/£50 conc. including light lunch and refreshments
Weave a gently-curved willow basket, useful for gathering flowers and herbs. This is a project ideal for beginners or those with some experience.
Jo Hammond has many years experience teaching basketry and related crafts. Having always loved nature, she was inspired to take up basketry whilst living in a cottage in the middle of a wood - surrounded by bendy twigs and twining climbers. Although the first basket was 'awful', it was the beginning of a journey of fun and discovery....
Dowsing and Earth Energies Evening Talk, Friday 11th July, 7.30 pm
With Hamish Miller
£8/£6 conc. including refreshments
Dowsing Workshop, Saturday 12th July, 10 am - 5 pm
With Hamish Miller
£55/£45 conc. including light lunch and refreshments
Further details to be added shortly.
Hamish Miller is a dowser, metal sculptor and author. He read engineering at Edinburgh and through his books, talks and workshops his work on earth energies has earned him an international reputation. Book titles include The Sun and the Serpent, It's Not Too Late, The Dance of the Dragon, The Definitive Wee Book on Dowsing, and In Search of the Southern Serpent. www.hamishmiller.co.uk
Gypsy-Style Basket
Gyspy Style Oval Basket Workshop, Sunday 5th October, 10 am - 4 pm
With Jo Hammond
£55/£50 conc. including light lunch and refreshments
Make this rustic-looking basket for picking fruit, vegetables and wild foods. A lovely selection of different coloured willows are woven into this traditional design.
3 Rivers Shamanic Group Nature Ceremony, Saturday 18th October, 12pm - 5.30pm
With Julia Elliott and Justine de Mierre
Contact Julia@3riversshamanicgroup.co.uk for more details.
These ceremonies are born of a shamanic understanding of ritual – that ritual provides a sacred space we can enter where the material world and spirit interact. The work of ritual honours the co-existence of the spirit and material worlds, and their need for each other. As such, ritual is both healing and balancing.
Justine and Julia will create the sacred space, and within this space they will guide participants through the structure of the ceremony to bring their attention into a spiritual focus, and lead them through activities, blessings, shrine building and ritual attendance at the main shrine of the day – which will be built by participants.
Participants from all cultures and all faith backgrounds are welcome - these ceremonies are multi-cultural, multi-faith and multi-dimensional.
Traditional
Shopping Basket
Traditional Shopping Basket 2-Day Workshop, Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September, 10am-4pm
With Jo Hammond
£110/£100 conc. including light lunch and refreshments
We spend a leisurely weekend learning the range of techniques that feture in this basket - a roomy shopper with a handle. No need for plastic bags when you have made one of these.
Accommodation: Basic accommodation will be available at White House Farm (please contact Charlotte for B&B rates at 01394 382992) or there are local bed and breakfasts (details available upon request).
Natural Christmas Decorations
Natural Christmas Decorations Workshop, Sunday 7th December, 10am-4pm
With Jo Hammond
£55/£50 conc. including light lunch and refreshments
Twigs and berries, climbers and cones together can create the loveliest and most welcoming seasonal decorations. Spend the day surrounded by the scents and colours of nature as you fashion hearts, stars, trees, garlands and wreaths. No experience needed.
Dates to be announced for the following talks/walks/workshops in 2008:
Butterfly walk and picnic
Bat walk
Fungus Walk
Earth-oven building
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2007
Natural Christmas Decorations Saturday 1st December 2007, 10 am – 4 pm
£65 including vegetarian lunch and refreshments
Twigs and berries, climbers and cones together can create the loveliest and most welcoming seasonal decorations. Spend the day surrounded by the scents and colours of nature as you fashion hearts, stars, trees, garlands and wreaths. No experience needed.
Workshop Tutor: Jo Hammond
Jo Hammond has many years experience teaching basketry and related crafts. Having always loved nature, she was inspired to take up basketry whilst living in a cottage in the middle of a wood - surrounded by bendy twigs and twining climbers. Although the first basket was 'awful', it was the beginning of a journey of fun and discovery....
Basketry Taster Day Sunday 21st October 2007, 10 am – 4 pm
£65 including vegetarian lunch and refreshments
Get a feel for basket making in all its variety, from rush and willow to hedgerow twigs and recycling cardboard and plastic. See some of the new ways that artists are using English willow, and then learn some simple skills to create a natural willow platter for yourself.Be inspired to take up this sustainable, traditional craft! No experience needed.
Workshop Tutor: Jo Hammond