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We now run three cycle maintenance courses: a basic evening course, and two intensive day courses. These sessions will introduce you to bike mechanics in a relaxed and supportive environment. You don’t need previous experience, just the desire to get hands-on and skilled up. The aim is to save you money and demonstrate just how empowering and enjoyable cycle mechanics can be with a few tools and right knowledge. Spaces are limited to just four students per tutor. Once you’ve completed a day course, we’d love you to come back and use our facilities at either the Bike Kitchen or Women’s Night. www.thebristolbikeproject.org Hamilton House, Bristol
Want to learn a new skill? Develop your career? Or change direction? Join us at City of Bristol College! Our courses range from beginners to postgraduate levels. Come along on Thursday 15 March (4.30-7.30pm) to find out more about our courses in Health, Care and Therapy, including Foundation Degrees in: Counselling; Complementary Health and Creative Arts Therapy. Ashley Down Centre, City of Bristol College, BS7 9BU. Visit our website for full course listings: www.cityofbristol.ac.uk or call 0117 312 5000
Birth Trauma Resolution. Introductory Course. Causes, Consequences and Resolution of Birth Trauma. 27th -29th April 2012 in Bristol. With Kathryn Kier and Matthew Appleton. This three-day workshop is designed to provide an environment of safety, empathy and confidentiality in which to explore the impacts of prenatal and birth patterning. Time is devoted to discovering your own prenatal and perinatal history, and exploring how this history plays out in current life situations. You can then participate in exercises which repattern these early events and free you from being stuck in life situations that no longer serve you. For further details visit our website: www.conscious-embodiment.co.uk or call 0117 904 4356
Dramatherapy: an active form of therapy that emphasizes theatre techniques and embodiment through drama, to facilitate imagination, personal development, healing, change. • ‘Take One’ March 10th. Taster Day. Practical introduction. Bath. • ‘Our Time’ 13th-15th April. Drama as therapy to benefit wider society. Sociodrama and Forum Theatre applied to communities, groups, and cultures. Martin Gill & Rachel Perry, £320. Attend both for 10% discount. • ‘Acting 4 Real’ Weekly Group starts 13th March. Also available; Creative Supervision for Psychotherapists & Arts Therapists, 1-1 and group, Bath and Bristol. Scenario Arts in Personal Development 01225 427601 Rachel@scenario59.freeserve.co.uk www.dramatherapy.org.uk Member of the Health Professions Council
An eight-week evening and one-day course created originally by Jon Kabat Zinn using mindfulness meditation to help us be present in a consciously spacious and kindly way with all the things we find difficult in our lives. Mindfulness - the practice of being fully present with all of our experiences without fear. Not an easy fix but something real that can benefit our self and others. Ongoing programmes. Contact Philippa for Bath and Bristol and Laurence for Bristol. Full details: Philippa Vick 01225 445532 philippavick@tantraweb.co.uk www.bath-bristol-mindfulness-courses.co.uk or Laurence Milburn 0117 924 9455, laurence.milburn@homecall.co.uk
Embercombe exists to touch hearts, stimulate minds and inspire committed action for a truly sustainable world. We are a social enterprise in a beautiful wooded valley overlooking the tors of Dartmoor, with orchards, meadows and organic garden. For people seeking to take their next step into action, The Journey is our core programme, a powerful 5-day residential with highly skilled, experienced facilitators. Accommodation is in cosy yurts with acclaimed home-cooked food. Catalyst is our version of this for 18-25s. We also offer bespoke leadership and culture change training for businesses seeking to place sustainability at the heart of what they do; beautiful conference space for 100 with accommodation; WWOOF and other volunteering; Land Based Learning day visits and residentials for Schools and Teacher Training. 7 miles from Exeter. Tel: 01647 252983 www.embercombe.co.uk
Discover who you really are. An Enlightenment Intensive is a uniquely powerful group process. It provides a real opportunity to directly experience the answer to the ancient question “Who am I?“ There is no teaching - just a pure, intensive process of self-discovery over three and a half days. If you have a sincere desire to be more awake and more real, to experience a breakthrough in consciousness, or to find greater depth and meaning within yourself, an Enlightenment Intensive could change your life. Next date: Spring Bank Holiday: 31 May-4 June 2012. Barry and Emma McGuinness, www.enlightenment-intensives.info 01225 446972
6th-8th April, 2012, Bristol area. “The Shamanic Philosophy of the New Toltecs” talk by Joanna, Wed 4th April, 7pm (free entry). Joanna Crowson has spent over 15 years working in the Toltec tradition with respected teachers, including Mariv de Teresa, Agustn and Victor Snchez. Joanna is co-author of ‘The Key to the Universe’. Antoni Cantalejo is a therapist and martial arts trainer. After working closely with Agustn for over 5 years, he is one of the first instructors to be trained to teach Intensi. For more information about the talk, course or Intensi, contact Fran 07821 414004 / 01666 826976 fran@casagaia.co.uk www.casagaia.co.uk
Dynamic courses, tranquil surroundings, delicious food. Only 40 minutes from Bristol or Bath. Come and be looked after! March: Rosen Method • Joyful Loving • Cathar Spirituality • Equinox April: Navigating Mid-Life • EFT • Artist’s Way • Celtic Mandalas • Singing Bowls May: Open Day • True Colours • Kabbalah • Photography • Bees • Homeopathy • Poetry • Mindfulness & Breath • Storytelling June: Tolkein • Qi Gong • Landscape in Mixed Media Year-round courses • venue hire • sculpture studio For full programme and information, contact us now: Hawkwood College, Painswick Old Road, Stroud GL6 7QW. 01453 759034 info@hawkwoodcollege.co.uk www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk
• Magical Voice Techniques • Mongolian & Tibetan Overtone Chanting • Mantra & Vocal Meditations • Sonorous Mandala Ceremony. Healing Voice Week: April 27-May 4. May Day Celebration near Glastonbury. Overtone chanting, purification of chakras, Sound Healing, Breath Yogas, Healing Ancestral Lines. Extended sonorous Mandala Ceremony of White Tara. Ritual & Resonance - Healing Family & Ancestors: June 15-22. Solstice Celebration near Glastonbury. Ceremonial shamanic healing rites, using chant and family constellations, restore resonant family fields - magical and oracular. Families not necessarily living. Individuals / families welcome. Recognized internationally for 40 years, Jill pioneered both sound and ancestral healing movements. www.healingvoice.com • 0207 435 2467 • info@healingvoice.com
One day workshops held regularly in Bristol. Novice: For people who have never picked up a pair of needles. By the end of the day you ll have learned the six basic skills you need to start your own knitting adventure. Get creative! Throw away the patterns and find out ways to work with your own imagination and innate creativity. Gain the confidence you need to create your own personal and unique knitted works of art. Find out more: www.knit101.co.uk or email knit101bristol@gmail.com or call Charlotte Rooney on 07825 345109
Choose from: Iyengar Yoga and Massage, Jewellerymaking, Mosaics, Family Activity and Craft Breaks, Juggling and Circus Skills, Willow baskets, Music, Singing, Chicken-Keeping, Women’s Weekend Breaks, Healthy Cooking, Soap and Skin-care, Bread-baking and more. Delicious meals prepared with local and organic food. There’s a friendly welcome, relaxed atmosphere, lovely gardens and friendly sheep, pigs, chickens, and ducks! Prices from £126 for a weekend - all inclusive! Winner of 2009 Observer Ethical Garden Award! Ask for our Brochure! Lower Shaw Farm, Old Shaw Lane, Nr. Swindon, SN5 5PJ. 01793 771080. enquiries@lowershawfarm.co.uk www.lowershawfarm.co.uk
Reiki is one of the most gentle but powerful tools available to develop your potential in all areas of life. It is easy to learn and apply in just one weekend! Learn how to use Reiki for healing yourself and others and how Reiki can be used in many everyday situations to transform your life. Reiki is probably the most wonderful gift you could ever bestow on yourself! I aim to provide high quality training. My classes are informal, small and friendly so that all students are guaranteed personal attention and support. For more information tel: 0117 957 1845 e-mail: lvhubbard@aol.com Web: www.reikitraining.net
Mindfulness promotes a way of being that helps us to take better care of ourselves and lead healthier and more fulfilling lives. It enables us to access inner resources for coping effectively with stress, illness or any difficulties we encounter in our day-to-day experience. Next 8-week courses in Bristol start on 25 April and 21 May. We also offer Mindfulness Individual Sessions and Mindfulness in the Workplace Training. Space for courses is limited so booking is essential. www.mindfulness4all.co.uk Mobile: Miro on 07765 515 662 or Rachel on 07505 569 680 Telephone: Miro on 0117 376 3495 or Rachel on 01453 546 030 email: info@mindfulness4all.co.uk
Coaches, Mums & Leaders... Inspire your daily work, teamwork, lifework... Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers. In fact, the 40 Best Answers Man and Nature Ever Had, for Any Problem You’ll Ever Face. This is a Game proven to help Companies to 2800% ROI. Engage your People Deeply ! Fix Small Problems Quickly! Help Kickstart an Innovation Phenomenon in SW UK! Normally £150 for corporates, you can learn and take home 6 Impossible Ideas this March 23rd for only £72, if you don’t mind being filmed. Plus the first 35 readers to register get a bonus set of Inspiration Cards worth £39. Sounds unbelievable? It’s true! Don’t dilly dally. This high-energy session will sell out. http://6impossibleideas.eventbrite.com AB
Find your voice and enhance your communication and leadership skills! In these uncertain times, individuals and organisations are seeking new and creative techniques to enhance their communication skills. This pioneering weekend course provides the opportunity to explore ways that direct engagement with the human voice can introduce you to tools and skills for authentic expression and true sustainability. You will learn ways to express your authentic voice, build trust, explore your values and access your innate leadership skills within the context you work in - be it a small organisation, family or corporate setting. April 20-22 Course fees £400 - includes accommodation, food, field trips and all teaching sessions. www.schumachercollege.org.uk 01803 865 934 admin@schumachercollege.org.uk Finding our Collective Voice: www.schumachercollege. org.uk/courses/finding-our-collective-voiceconsciousness-and-sound-leadership T
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