gather

welcome to an evening of singing around the fire at beech hill, filled with simple, seasonal songs, connection and life.

we will teach (and lead you in) some simple songs and harmonies, that can be learned without previous singing experience. you are also always welcome to bring your own favourite songs to teach us.

whether you’re a confident singer or not, all voices welcome.

bring your friends and kids!

this is a place to connect, hear and be heard, experience community, and find belonging.

since the first ancestral campfire, humans have been sitting in circle. we all have stories from our own lived experience. this is not therapy, but to truly listen to some of those stories and to have ours heard in turn – without judging or trying to ‘fix’ anything – can be a profound and healing experience.

I offer both open councils, and men’s circles. no ‘fixing’, no judgments, simply listening and speaking from the heart.

we gather around a centre, often a candle, for 90-120 minutes. I will share the guidelines of the practice, and offer prompts for people to share from their lives.

come as you are – silence is also a form of participation, and all of you is welcome.

life is movement. every moment is improvised. we are continually moving in and out of different forms of contact. this is a movement/dance practice to explore and pay attention to what is emerging Now in This moment in relation to gravity and These other bodies.

we gather together in the space and the facilitator offers some simple exercises and movement/dance explorations. these will begin as solo improvised explorations, before making invitations into contact/touch. we finish by leading into a jam of co-created open space.

it is always possible to continue (or return to) solo movement/dance at any time, and the invitation will be to explore moving/dancing together in contact with one or more other bodies. there is no way to do it wrong. all bodies welcome.

in a world where so much of life is online, and loneliness feels like the norm, I’d like to offer something different: connection through circle, nature, fire, and song.

as the solar year turns, I invite you to gather together with others, to take time away from your usual hustle and bustle, and to reconnect with what really matters to you – to feel more of what it means to be human, as those who came before us have been doing for tens of thousands of years.

come as you are – no prior experience necessary

for thousands of years people have walked out into nature to spend time alone and without food or shelter, seeking a broader, deeper wisdom to face the challenges of their community and context.

it is my belief – and my experience – that many of our core human needs are met not by social media, talk therapy, or  the latest research articles and techniques, but by becoming more embodied, more connected with each other, and more intimately connected with the living world.

by truly coming home. from that place, everything looks and feels different, and different choices become possible.

to bring this work into western european cultures and communities, I co-founded the wild quest collective: more info here.