An opportunity to deepen your embodied experience of yourself in relation to the turning of the seasons.

This series will be of particular interest but is not exclusively for those who work therapeutically with others and wish to explore how to incorporate movement based practices into what you offer. It will also be of value as a personal journey of enquiry and process of remembering what may have been forgotten in your relationship with your body and the land.

The ground of enquiry is to come home to the body by attuning to your own rhythm and timing through a combination of movement, meditation and creativity. In this way we support greater alignment both inner and outer.

Our own rhythms and tides are not separate from those of the rhythms of nature. From the ground of our body we open to each season through movement and embodied practices directly in relation to the elements.

From here we explore movement practices that support others to deepen into a compassionate, congruent, and embodied relationship with themselves, others and the planet.

Acknowledging the continuum of our connectedness with the natural world we will place a particular focus on how we relate to the ever changing climate and weather, the response of plants and trees and how this touches us in our personal process.

The main reference point is your experience, alongside this, I will draw upon the dynamic wisdom of Chinese Five Element understanding to inform and support us in this process.

Please note:

The course is particularly suitable for those who are both sensitive yet emotionally robust and may also support these qualities.

There will be some walking on rough ground so a basic level of physical fitness is necessary.

This is a trauma informed course but also requires you to have the capacity to hold yourself and make choices as to what you feel safe to bring.

Alongside the exploration of our embodiment, this course can be received as an introduction to working with others but not as a full training. It will, however, give you a broad view of healing through body awareness and an opportunity to explore this in relation to the natural world.

If you are interested in this course series but haven’t worked with me before then the Autumn or Winter retreat would be a good introduction.

You will receive a certificate of completion at the end for CPD,18 hours per weekend.

Further training in more depth may be available in the future.

Dates are as follows: – please let me know if you would like to know more or are interested to book a place.

Blossoming in Summer – July 11th – 14th 2025 – Fire Element
Receiving Nourishment – September 13/14th – ONLINE – Earth Element
Letting go into Autumn – October 24th – 27th 2025 – Metal Element
Rhythm of the Bones – February – 6th – 9th 2026 – Water Element
New Vision – April 24th – 27th 2026 – Wood Element

£425.00 per weekend, fully residential with mainly single ensuite bedrooms.
£85.00 for the September online retreat.
Early Bird discount 10% if booked before 24th Jan 2025.
10% discount for full payment of the year in advance.
(some bursary assisted places available)
Friday 6 pm to Monday 9.30 am in a beautiful Dartmoor environment.
Max 10 participants.

PLEASE CONTACT ANNA FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE CONTENT OF THE COURSE:
annamurraypreece@gmail.com
www.healingfromthesource.co.uk

Wind speaks in a voice beyond words, it opens our senses and wakes up our body.

In these uncertain times, the changing climate is one of our greatest challenges.
How can we meet those challenges with out them overwhelming us?

The Wind is a great teacher
October 11th – 14th 2024

Wind speaks in a voice beyond words, it opens our senses and wakes up our body

In these uncertain times, the changing climate is one of our greatest challenges.
How can we meet these changes without them overwhelming us?

The Wind is a great teacher

When we move with the Wind we meet different energies. A strong force requires us to find our ground, a gentle breeze can open us to our own soft heart. As a partner in movement Wind can show us how to stay steady, it can also give us practice in falling over and a chance to explore how to stand up. In the In Chinese Five Element understanding, Autumn is the time of the Metal Element which relates to our capacity both to value and also to let go of what has been.

In this time of change I find it helpful to meet the weather –
just as it is.
To listen, to receive and allow myself to move and be moved.
Through this honouring of the wind and weather,
I also allow myself to be changed.

During this weekend we will take time in a warm indoor space to deepen into our body and its rhythms, through movement, stillness, meditation and creativity – to find our ground and allow what nourishes and supports us. From this inner alignment we will spend time outside. By honouring our connection with the earth, the wind, the plants and the weather we learn from and align with the Autumn and the rhythm of this season.

We will gather around a Sacred Fire in a ceremony to support us to receive our heart’s inspiration.

Cost £395.00 fully residential with mainly single ensuite bedrooms.

Early Bird discount 10% if booked before 12th July.
(some bursary assisted places available)

Friday 6pm to Monday 9.30 am in a beautiful Dartmoor environment.
Max 10 participants. 18 hours CPD