FRIDAY’S
LINE UP
An illuminating programme of wellbeing workshops, classes, talks and healing experiences await you
Create your itinerary - by selecting from a range of ‘drop in’ and bookable experiences.
Friday at a glance
Join us for the day or get the full experience! Every day is different and designed to energise and inspire.
THE
RIVERSIDE STAGE
Talks + interviews with storytellers + experts by the river
Free talks everyday from 10.30am - 5pm. Beginning with a magical 30min meditation to awaken and align for the day ahead. Grab a chair or bring a picnic blanket and get inspired!
10.30 - 11.00 Friday Riverside Stage
OPENING THE FESTIVAL
ZEN INSIGHT MEDITATION WITH FRANCES TRUSSELL, AUTHOR & MINDFULNESS EXPERT
Start your morning by the river with an introduction to Satori Zen, working with a Koan. We use the ancient Zen practice of working with a spiritual question to open up the doors of self realisation & discover who we truly are.
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Hi! I'm Frances, I'm passionate about human thriving. Mindfulness transformed my experience of life and I've devoted the last decade to making it accessible to all. I've taught mindfulness meditation to thousands of people in most settings imaginable. I am an expert in helping people swiftly overcome anxiety and depression. My focus in recent years has been working with individuals (mainly Men but not exclusively) to elevate levels of happiness and maximise potential.
I regularly contribute commentary and advice on mental health throughout the media.
I appeared on ITV1's Sugar Free Farm as Mindfulness Coach. I'm a regular speaker at events you may have seen me recently on the Main Stages of the 'Mindful Living Show' or 'Wellbeing on The Lakes'.
I love to help people and have been fortunate to work with a diverse client base, from high profile stars, Olympic athletes and CEO's to the homeless, school children, retirees in their 90's and everything in-between. Whatever stage we are in life we all face the same human challenges and can all have a richer experience with the right tools and guidance.
11.15-12.00 Friday Riverside Stage
THE JOURNEY WITHIN: THE PATHS OF MEDITATION
WITH FRANCES TRUSSELL + MICHAEL MILLER Vedic Meditation teacher, podcaster and co-founder of London Meditation Centre
Meditation has increased in popularity over the last decades, as the science and availability of various techniques have become more accessible. This talk will build your understanding of how different styles vary and where the similarities lie.
Drawing from very different traditions, Frances and Michael will explore how Buddhist and Vedic techniques work, the benefits that come from regular practice and why this knowledge is invaluable in our busy, modern age.
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Michael Miller co-founded London Meditation Centre and New York Meditation Center. He teaches Vedic Meditation full-time and is recognised as one of the leading experts in his field.
Michael has taught thousands of people to meditate—in group settings, within organisations including Wall Street firms and NGO’s, as well as private clients around the world. He also leads meditation retreats in India, Europe and the States. Michael is a sought-after speaker about stress, creativity and meditation for tech companies, wellness conferences, business organisations and finance and legal firms.
Prior to becoming a teacher, Michael’s personal practice of meditation supported him in a demanding and varied business career. He worked in the entertainment industry as a theatre producer and music promoter for top touring acts. He also ran large conferences in the finance and education fields, and was an executive for a premiere entertainment business publication. Michael’s previous marketing and business experience means that he understands the challenges his clients face in fast-paced environments, and how to balance this with staying well, creative and motivated.
12.15-13.15 Friday Riverside Stage
THE LOST ART OF GATHERING AND THE POWER OF STORY
WITH GEMMA BRADY OF SISTER STORIES
In this conversation we explore "The Lost Art of Gathering and the Power of Story," delving into the healing possibilities of storytelling and the significance of women coming together. Throughout history, sharing stories has fostered empathy and understanding, but this tradition has diminished in the modern world, leading to a longing for meaningful connections. Gemma Brady Founder and CEO of Sister Stories will share how we lost this tradition, its impact on personal wellbeing and society, and the urgent need to reclaim it. By embracing storytelling and gathering, especially among women, she believes we can nurture healing, empowerment, and communal strength, shaping a more compassionate world.
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I’m Gemma Brady, a Documentary Maker, Coach and founder of Sister Stories, one of the leading networks of women’s circles in the UK.
I'm on a mission to help support as many women as possible to increase their confidence, capacity and practical skills in leading Women's Circles.
What started in my living room as an experiment in holding a circle I tentatively named “Sister Stories” has grown to something beyond my wildest dreams. It’s led me to hold hundreds of circles across the world and to train over 50 women as Sister Stories facilitators from the UK to the Phillipines.
I’ve made award winning documentaries for 12 years for major UK broadcasters from the BBC to Channel 4 and am a trained Narrative Therapist and Coach.
Weaving together my professional experience from a variety of disciplines, my women’s circle training offers a soulful, pragmatic and deeply considered approach to how to hold space with integrity, safety and profundity.
14:45-15:45 Friday Riverside Stage
A SENSUAL RENAISSANCE: EXPLORING DESIRE, PLEASURE AND PASSION
WITH ANNA SCHEER + NICOLA FOSTER
Discover the importance of desire, pleasure, and intimacy in women's lives at our talk "Sensual Renaissance.” Join a panel of two experts—Anna Scheer a body sex practitioner who helps her clients to explore self-pleasure and anatomy and Nicola Foster a sex & intimacy therapist who who will reveal the secrets of keeping passion alive and deepening intimacy.
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Anna, a visual artist, art & design teacher, and sex educator, believes in the power of arts and sexuality as outlets for personal expression. Her coaching focuses on empowering women, exploring their bodies, pleasure and sensuality.
Nicola Foster (she/her) is an advocate for the power of intimacy - both in and out of the bedroom! As a professional sex and relationship therapist her mission is to empower women and men to tune into and say YES to their desires whilst staying in a regulated nervous system.
She helps new and long-term couples to discover how they can overcome relationship and intimacy issues and go on to deepen intimacy and trust with each other.
Nicola lives near Glastonbury, Somerset with her partner and workshop co-facilitator Jason. She loves cooking, dancing, meditation, breathwork and is usually reading 3 books at once.
Instagram: @realrelatingwithnicola
13:30-14:30 Friday Riverside Stage
BEYOND PILLS + FAD DIETS: EMBRACING WHOLENESS WITH FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE AND NUTRITION
WITH JEANNE PRIEBE + GEMMA MCGUIGAN
In this illuminating talk with not one but two functional medicine experts, we delve into the realm of naturopathy, nutrition, and holistic healing, uncovering the transformative potential of embracing a whole-person approach to well-being, including its relevance in cancer treatment (oncology), autoimmune conditions and detoxification. Shifting the focus from symptom management to addressing root causes, functional medicine empowers individuals, including those on their cancer journey, to actively participate in their healing process.
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Jeanne Priebe
Born and raised in Berlin, she made her way to the UK in 2004, embarking on a journey that would shape her career as a professional nutritionist. With a passion for helping others achieve optimal health, she earned her qualifications in Nutrition in 2007 and immediately set out to make a difference.Driven by a vision of holistic healing, she further established herself as a trailblazer in the field by founding Cancerclinic.UK, the UK's first holistic cancer clinic. Her expertise in nutrition combined with her understanding of different healing approaches has allowed her to impact lives profoundly.
As a woman and mother, she has witnessed the profound influence of varied healing approaches on personal well-being. Whether crafting tailored weight loss programs, guiding parents on nutrition for their children from birth, or developing individual plans to manage medical conditions like cancer, diabetes, overweight, skin conditions, microbiome, and hormones, she is passionately committed to empowering others on their journey to better health and vitality.
About Gemma
Gemma is one of 90 fully IFM certified practitioners in UK (Nutrition & Functional Medicine.She holds a BSc in environmental science, a diploma in Nutrition and os an IFMCP - functional medicine clinical practitioner.
16:00-17:00 Friday Riverside Stage
EMBODY YOUR AUTHENTIC SELF EXPRESSION
WITH THE SOUL STYLIST, KERRY WILDE + ELLIE LOVES
Ellie Loves talks to creative visionary Kerry Wilde who awakens confidence and self-love in her clients. With a passion for empowering people to embrace their true selves, she combines her expertise in fashion and personal development to curate a unique and authentic sense of style. Through her embodied approach, Kerry delves deep into the core of her clients, uncovering their inner essence and helping them express it through clothing and appearance. Kerry shares how ‘soul style’ goes beyond aesthetics and with a little guide we can radiate our inner light outwardly.
17:00-17:30 Friday Riverside Stage
FINALE: PERMISSION OFFICIALLY GRANTED WITH LOU FEATHERSTONE aka LUINLULAND
Join vibrant Luinluland for today’s final session that promises to leave you feeling energised, excited & empowered. Come & learn some tools & tricks to Stop Getting in Your Own Way, Give Less Fucks & write your own permission slip for LIVING!
THE VIBE: Empowering, uplifting and bonding
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Lou Featherstone aka @Luinluland is a 52 year old Accidental Influencer, mostly found on Instagram & is dedicated to empowering women to step outside their comfort zone, feel the fear & do it anyway, encouraging them to stop getting in their own way, yell “Fuck It” to menopause & helping women switch their mindset to positive!
Lockdown marked the end of her 20 year marriage, so she crowd funded a vintage RV & took off around America on The Self Love Revolution Tour to inspire women to radically fall in love with themselves.
She’s now back in the UK & has brought her bus Susie with her to continue the Self Love Revolution mission here.
Instagram: @luinluland
MOVE AND FLOW
Find your flow Classes designed for EVERY body.
Let our experienced teachers guide you through a movement practices, familiar and yet discovered.
10:30-11:15 Friday | Move + Flow tent £10
SENSATION + BEYOND, THE ULTIMATE TRANSFORMATION WITH JOHN STIRK
As we enter physical sensation, as it opens and fades out, we dissolve the margin between our bounded and unbounded reality. We arrive at an energy rich emptiness unblemished by conditioning, and realise the transcendent awareness that gently touches pure consciousness. This session invites participants into and beyond a sensory experience that highlights the boundless aspect of our nature.
THE VIBE: Lucid, boundless, and blissful
SUITABLE FOR ALL LEVELS
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John has been teaching yoga for 45 years, is an author and has a background in Osteopathy. His work acknowledges a quality of consciousness realized through direct engagement with the sensory intelligence of the body, and accessed through the subtle doorway provided by its soft tissue articular space, and fluid rhythms. John draws attention to the power of group work and the potential insight that arises spontaneously within the group field.
He Is the author of The Original Body, Primal Movement for Yoga Teachers (2015) and Deeper Still, Authentic Embodiment for Yoga Teachers (2021)
www.johnstirk.com
11:30-12:15 Friday | Move + Flow tent £10
CHI FLOW MOVEMENTS + MEDITATION WITH INCHEOL HA
A deep reaching energy workout for mind and body in this clearing and constantly moving Chi Flow session. Focus on moving Chi within and without. Open up your energy channels and release negative energies. Gather strength through Chi for greater clarity and stamina. Finish with a calming meditation.Smile, feel the peace! Leave feeling:Clearer, calmer and recharged
SUITABLE FOR ALL LEVELS Standing, gentle yet strengthening slow movements in multiple directions. Please bring water and be ready for a far-reaching mind and body energy workout!
THE VIBE: Clearing, calming and recharging
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Incheol Ha is a second generation Chi Master. Over 25 years ago he trained as a Chi Master,
Therapist and Chi Teacher in the mountains of South Korea to work in harmony and unity with the natural elements of this world. He works with his wife Françoise Ha who also trained as a Chi Master in South Korea over 15 years ago. They are the founders of the Shinsundochi ® methodology. A practical approach to help you overcome the mental, emotional and physical challenges of daily life.
To restore your inner self so you feel brighter, stronger and happier.
Instagram: @thechizone
12:30-13:15 Friday | Move + Flow ten £10
LAUGHTER YOGA WITH CAT GOOGE
Join Empowerment Coach & Joy Queen, Cat for a delicious dive into the delights of laughter yoga! The positive effects of deep belly laughing on your physical, emotional and mental health are numerous; learning to use laughter yoga to improve your overall health and wellbeing is a game changer. In this session expect to experience deep self celebration!
THE VIBE: Activated, Energised & Joyful
SUITABLE FOR MOST: Consult a doctor before taking part if any of the following apply: major surgery within the last 3 months, heart disease, uncontrolled high blood pressure, epilepsy, hernia or pregnancy.
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Cat is an Empowerment Coach & Joy Queen. She helps heart-led coaches, creatives and healers release the fear of getting wrong so they can show up in their business with confidence, JOY and ease. Cat supports you with your mindset, energy and momentum so you get to lead your business and yourself with unshakeable self belief. Cat believes it’s time for you to activate your pure potential and embody who you really are.
Instagram : @catgoogeofficial
13:30-14:15 Friday | Move + Flow tent £10
EXPANSIVE HEART SESSION WITH ALTERED STATES THROUGH BREATH AND STRETCH WITH HAYLEY GUMMERY
A unique, passionate & heartfelt yoga flow. Connecting to the vastness and beauty, deep within you. Set to gorgeous tunes, topped and tailed with roof lifting chanting, to transport you to bliss & love.Blending Hatha and Kundalini, with creative breath patterns, to alter your state to one of pure joy!
THE VIBE: Bountiful, beautiful and blissful
SUITABLE FOR ALL
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I went to my first yoga class in 1991, and from the very first moment it became my passion and a beautiful sanctuary.
After a few years of dedicated practice, my teacher encouraged me to embark on a foundation of yoga training with the British Wheel of Yoga. This was followed by a three year teaching diploma with the BWY, and then an intensive Yoga Siromani teaching qualification with the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre.
My practice and training, along with many sojourns to India, have given me a very broad and varied experience of yoga. Having immersed myself in many styles and teachings of this ancient science,I have learned that they all have so much to give, and we all have so much to benefit from them.
I have been teaching yoga for almost 30 years I hold a BWY Diploma in Teaching Yoga. I am the BWY Diploma Teacher Trainer for the South West, with courses run from Dorset. I have trained 100 yoga teachers across the South West.
Social Links:
www.facebook.com/yogahayley
Instagram: @embrace___yoga
14:30-15:15 Friday | Move + Flow tent £10
KUNDALINI YOGA: KRIYA FOR ELAVATION WITH GEORGINA LOGAN
Using dynamic movements and powerful breathwork we will increase flexibility in the spine and help open our energetic body ready to leave us feeling elevated and elated. Designed to align the body and mind, balance the chakras and help connect us to source, our highest selves and Kundalini Shakti.
THE VIBE: Balancing, connecting and elavating
SUITABLE FOR ALL. let’s rise together!
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After 15 years of self practice Georgie discovered the transformative power of Kundalini Yoga in 2016 and was hooked after the very first class. 3 years later Georgie began her journey to becoming a qualified Kundalini Yoga teacher. After completing her training Georgie wanted to share what she had learnt, that we already have the powerful tools available within us to awaken our inner wisdom and connect with our truest selves. Georgie has a passion for conscious movement through powerful kriyas (yoga sets) as well as incorporating pranayama (breathing techniques), and meditation into classes in order to strengthen our nervous system, align our bodies and raise our subtle energy.
Instagram: @georgie_mae_
15:30-16:30 Friday | Move + Flow tent £10
YIN YANG VINYASA FLOW WITH RACHEL HUGGINS
Connecting to both the sun and the earth element, join me for a vibrant Vinyasa which will flow into a cool and calm Yin practice. Shake off any negative energy as you awaken your nervous system and raise your vibration. To find balance, transition into softness, slow down and connect to your consciousness. Gift yourself the chance to daydream and open your heart. Just remember - you deserve this!
THE VIBE: Detoxifying and heart opening
SUITABLE FOR ALL. Lots of hip openers and lengthening.
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As a qualified Yoga and Pilates instructor, Rachel’s journey began whilst living
in Vancouver, Canada where she taught at a number of studios across the city. Rachel is extremely passionate about creating strong, exciting and challenging classes to help you see your unlimited potential. Through the power of Pilates, we can create stronger, more mobile and flexible bodies. Through stimulation of the body and of the mind, I believe we are able to gain both physical and mental strength leading us to feelings of gratitude, compassion and self love.
16:30-17:30 Friday | Move + Flow tent £10
INTRODUCTION TO EMOTIONAL RELEASE BREATHWORK WITH SUSIE SMITH
Come and join this beginners workshop-suitable for those completely new to the practise and regular breathers alike. Experience just how powerful your breath can be and how it taps into the emotional body at a deeply unconscious level. In this class you'll discover just how powerful Breathwork is in relation to our emotional health. Full explanations and a demonstration of a Breath Analysis, where Susie will read someone's emotional personality by the way they breathe. Taking a quick dive into the Neuroscience behind the Breath, followed by a full 45minute, facilitated & guided group Breathwork Session. Opening up the respiratory system, calming the nervous system and clearing energy pockets within the body carrying old and stagnant emotional build up.
THE VIBE: Energetic, stress busting …and emotional.
SUITABLE FOR ALL LEVELS: *Scroll down for contra- indications
Please bring a yoga mat, a blanket, water, a pillow or cushion and an open mind.
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Contraindications (strictly not allowed) - intoxication, epilepsy, Untreated PTSD, Cardiovascular disease including angina, previous heart attack, any major surgery in the last 6 months, pregnancy - 16 weeks or less.
Contraindications (to be made known in confidence to Susie) - Asthma, High Blood Pressure, Medicated Depression.
About Susie
Founder of Intuitive Breathwork Susie Smith - Breathwork Therapist | Embodiment Mentor | Emotional Trauma Resolution
Susie is a fully qualified Breathwork Therapist and Trauma Informed Facilitator. Working deeply with Conscious Connected Breathwork and the history within the Nervous System, creating a deeply somatic and profound experience for everyone attending her sessions. Being highly intuitive by nature enables Susie to work with the frequency of your own body intelligence, dropping you into higher states of consciousness through the body and the breath. Susie works with all her clients to bring them back to a place of radical wholeness, redirecting you back to your authentic soul path and true self.
Instagram: @intuitivebreathworkuk
THE RETREAT
Transcendent Sound Healing experiences + high vibrations
Join us at THE RETREAT. We’ve gathered the very best sound healers to take you into deep relaxation, transcending the business of the everyday and bathing you in blissful vibrations. Sound healing experiences £25. Booking essential.
10:30-11:30 Friday | The Retreat £25
SACRED SECRETS OF SOUND WITH ALI PALMER
Deeply-immersive, full-body listening experience using melodic sound from thirty Tibetan singing bowls. Gentle yet powerful therapeutic, vibrational processes, nurture, heal and soothe mind and body.
THE VIBE: Relaxing, calm and a total reset
SUITABLE FOR MOST - Scroll down for contra-indications
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Contraindications (strictly not allowed) intoxication, epilepsy. Not recommended for first Trimester pregnancy
Captivated by the beauty and sacred secrets of the Tibetan singing bowls
Ali is deeply involved in the use of sound energy for wellbeing and healing. Ali offer ‘Sound Energy Practitioner’ training to fellow holistic specialists , as well as vibroacoustic massage therapy and healing sound bath to individuals and groups.
Ali’s main mentor/trainer is renowned spiritual sound healer, Lola Lhamo (Bali) and she has also trained at Sound Healing Academy (International) and with Altaf Javeed (India). Ali is a Yin Yoga specialist teacher and she often combinesthe two with amazing results - the combination of sound vibration and long held, static poses of Yin , works even more deeply into the connective tissues of the body.
Instagram: @blissfulbowllady
12-13:00 & 13.30-14.30 Friday | The Retreat £25
SOUND HEALING GONG BATH WITH PREET KAUR.
Heal your body, calm your mind and deeply relax. A sonic massage from head to toe, from inside to outside. Deep nourishment for your body, mind and soul.
THE VIBE: Deeply relaxing, transcendent and peaceful
SUITABLE FOR MOST - Scroll down for contra-indications
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Contraindications for Sound Healing Gong Immersions:
Women who are pregnant.
Children under 14 years of age.
People who have moderate to severe mental distress/illness.
For anyone with epilepsy.
If you have a pacemaker fitted.
If you have metal implants in the body.
If you are wearing a hearing aid, to turn it off during the sound bath.
15:00-16:00 Friday | The Retreat £25
CHAKRA BALANCING SOUND BATH WITH EMMA SEYMOUR
A chakra balancing sound healing session using crystal bowls, chimes, and shamanic drum, combined with yoga nidra for the ultimate relaxation and restorative reset. The crystal bowls create powerful healing vibrations and they work safely on all chakras. Expect deep relaxation, radiant wellbeing, and the potential for profound energetic shifts.
THE VIBE: Healing, restorative, relaxing
SUITABLE FOR MOST: Scroll down for contra-indications
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Emma is a transformational coach, hypnotherapist, sound healer, yoga and Qoya teacher who helps women heal, reclaim their power and feel amazing. She has a practice based in Bournemouth and online, in which she works 1-to-1 with clients to navigate change and create positive transformation for body, mind and spirit. Her classes and workshops include tantric yoga (for all bodies), Qoya, crystal bowl sound baths, and yoga nidra (‘yogic sleep’).
All her offerings include music, which she loves and uses therapeutically. Having experienced a lot of trauma, Emma’s been on her own healing journey for over 15 years. She’s sober from alcohol and a certified recovery coach, and the founder of Radiant+ AF, a revolutionary online programme for women who want a 30-day break from booze, with ease and joy. With a clinical and academic background plus intuitive wisdom, Emma works with both science and energetics to create uniquely healing and transformational spaces and experiences.
Everything she does is about healing our relationship to our bodies and ourselves, and her work is always based in regulating the nervous system in order to create true safety, confidence and wellbeing.
Emma is qualified in Qoya, Rasa Yoga, Reiki, chakra balancing and massage, as well as various approaches to hypnotherapy and coaching. She’s also a retreat leader, writer and podcaster. Emma believes that to be a well-rested woman is (much-needed) radical rebellion, that our bodies hold great wisdom, that we all contain magic, and that joy is powerful and transformational.
Contraindications for Sound Healing:
Unfortunately, sound healing is NOT advised for the following groups: - Pregnant women: not advised for the first trimester; caution advised for the third. - People with a history or presentation of severe mental illness, including but not limited to schizophrenia and psychosis. - People with epilepsy. - People with pacemakers. - Anyone under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol (strictly not allowed)
Instagram: @emmaseymourwellness
16:30-17:30 Friday | The Retreat £25
YOGA NIDRA WITH SOULFUL MUSIC, WITH MAGDALENA ATKINSON
Connect with your dreams and surrender to a deep relaxation practice of Yoga Nidra. The healing sound of the hammered dulcimer, gentle chimes and Magdalena’s beautiful voice may create a pathway to your subconscious mind, helping you to release your tensions and allow you to be who you want to be. The practice is enriched with the Gene Keys wisdom and Magdalena’s original music and chants.
THE VIBE: de-stress, re-set and re-charge
SUITABLE FOR MOST - (strictly not allowed)-intoxication, epilepsy
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Magdalena Atkinson is a singer – songwriter, Shakti Dance teacher, music therapist, Gene Keys Guide and a dreamer. She published 2 solo albums: Beauty & Power (2016) and Love & Light (2018) and with her band Magdalena and the Mystical Birds an album Lyric Lockdown Live (2021). Her mission is to inspire others to pursue their full potential and creative dreams. She offers DRUM & CHANT workshops, SHAKTI DANCE - yoga of dance sessions, retreats, concerts and 1:1 Gene Keys guidance.
Instagram: @magdalenaatkinsonmusic
WELLBEING WORKSHOPS
Wellbeing Workshops for all. Where wellness meets creativity
Join us at THE WELLBEING WORKSHOP space, next to The Marketplace. Get curious, open your heart and discover something new. Workshops to inspire and delight! Vision, craft, meditate, make magic and expand. Wellbeing workshops from £10-35 Booking essential.
12:00-13:00 Friday | Wellbeing Workshop Space £35
LEI PO’O FLOWER CROWN MAKING WORKSHOP WITH ELLA ANNAHEIM
Join Ella in a warm and connecting space to weave and create some magic and friendship together as well as beautiful Flower Crowns. Using locally grown flowers such as roses, lisianthus & lavender to name a few, you'll create with a beautiful unique flower crown to adorn yourself for the rest of the festival. Maybe Ella will even teach you a bit of Hula if there's time.
THE VIBE: Creative, fun and illuminating
SUITABLE FOR ALL
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Ella lived in Hawaii for 3 years where she learnt the art of making flower crowns or Lei Po'o or Haka in Hawai'in. In Hawaii they use tea leaves, ironed and twisted methodically to create a woven band and then they add frangipani flowers along the way.The art is traditional in Hawai'ian culture especially on May Day where there are flower festivals all over the islands, the women traditionally sit on the floor together for hours weaving and chatting, sewing the essence of femininity into the flowers as they weave. It's a beautiful ceremony which Ella has adapted into this workshop. We don't have tea leaves here to weave so we will use florists wire and weave through locally grown flowers such as roses, lisianthus & lavender to name a few. You'll come away with a beautiful unique flower crown to adorn yourself for the rest of the festival. Maybe Ella will even teach you a bit of Hula if there's time!
10:30-11:30 Friday | Wellbeing Workshop Space £10
REBEL TO BE WELL; FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE WORKSHOP & KITCHEN WITCHERY WITH GEMMA MACGUIGAN
"Rebel to be Well" is a fascinating dive into the Functional Medicine approach to wellness, restoring health by addressing the root causes of disease for each individual & using the intelligence of science and nature to transform health & focus on prevention. With health truly beginning at home, we will create some kitchen witchery, using our food as the medicine & creating the perfect environment for activation of our inherent healing mechanism. This workshop will allow you to look at your health from a whole new perspective and empower you to take control of your health in the most loving and informed way.
THE VIBE: Inspiring, practical and creative
SUITABLE FOR ALL
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Gemma runs a busy Functional Medicine & Nutrition clinic in The New Forest and regularly holds clinics in London along with online consultations showing specialism in gut health, female hormone health, autoimmunity & chronic fatigue. Gemma is also a wellness speaker & educator, co-founding a wellness education & retreat company called Mind.Body.Reset. Gemma is one of 90 in the UK to hold a full Functional Medicine certification with the esteemed Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM). Gemma's passion is to empower the individual to use the intelligence of nature and science to transform their health & restore their inherent vitality. Functional medicine, nutrition & naturopathy are a beautiful combination using the best of science & nature, encouraging the body’s natural self healing mechanisms.
Instagram: @gemma.mcguigan.health
13:30-14:30 Friday | Wellbeing Workshop Space £20
OVERCOMING LIMITING BELIEFS WITH CHRIS FINN
Mindset is everything. When you transform your mindset, you transform your World. Our beliefs are what prevent us from seeing what’s possible for ourselves in the world. But we didn’t always have limiting beliefs. We accumulate them like baggage through the experience we had in life. But it’s entirely optional to drop this baggage and let go of what limits us in a single moment.
THE VIBE: Freedom, clarity and empowerment.
SUITABLE FOR ALL. Especially those that want more from themselves and their life.
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Chris Finn is a top transformational coach. Having worked as a Psychologist and Mindfulness Teacher Chris knows the difference that makes a difference. He blends the science of psychology with the art of transformational into a unique blend that quickly impacts and enriches lives.
Instagram: @the.transformative.coach
15:00-16:00 Friday | Wellbeing Workshop Space £20
ACTIVATE YOUR JOY WITH DULCIE BATT
JOY is the ultimate creator! Join me for this fun and powerful workshop, where we’ll combine Core Desired Feeling work with NLP & Qoya, giving you a direct route to truly getting to know YOU on a deeper level. We’ll CONNECT in circle, AWAKEN & ACTIVATE our Joy inspiration, and EMBODY what feels deliciously good!
THE VIBE: Embodiment, connection and joyful
SUITABLE FOR ALL
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All of my work in NLP, Qoya, Yoga & Hypnotherapy guides you towards your body's incredible innate wisdom. Helping YOU remember who you are, connecting with your power, trusting it and living with JOY at your centre.
Life is hard and it’s beautiful. We honour the gift of life, by living tapped into the PULSE of it. Why wait for the catalyst of tragic circumstance to wake us? May we connect with what lights us up, radiate our joyful glow and light the path for others.
Instagram.com: @joyfullmamas
15:00-15:45 Friday | The Common Ground Tent FREE
MONEY MYTHS & THE NEW ECONOMY
Lynne Franks, pioneer of women and sustainable enterprise together with Lucy Lafferty - Brown, CEO of The Common Ground, will be facilitating inter-active workshops during Wellbeing On the Lakes.
You will learn how to be friends with Crypto Currency and Web 3 and how we can grow together and create a loving, transparent, sustainable world. Come and join us to talk about the Money Myths holding us back. Learn how you can join this dynamic new movement of economic change for all.
THE VIBE: Dynamic, inspiring and empowering
SUITABLE FOR ALL
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THE COMMON GROUND IS NO ORDINARY MARKETPLACE
This is a movement run by women, entirely inclusive and welcoming to everyone who believes in heart-led businesses that value transparency, authenticity and that are good for the community and the planet. A space where we can buy unique products, find local services, support our community and even micro-invest in the businesses we love.
16:15-17:45 Friday | Wellbeing Workshop Space £30
BEGINNER MODERN CALLIGRAPHY MANTRA WORKSHOP WITH KIRSTIE BIRD
Join Kirstie from Ink and Flow for a mindful, creative, fun, & friendly modern calligraphy workshop, learning to write your own beautiful calligraphy mantra card. You will leave feeling inspired, motivated with a deep sense of calm. Each attendee will receive a full calligraphy kit to keep and take home.
THE VIBE: Mindful, creative and fun
SUITABLE FOR COMPLETE BEGINNERS even if you have bad handwriting!
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Kirstie is the founder of Ink and Flow, her small business working full time as a calligrapher and yoga teacher, working on brand activations, live events and teaching in-person and online.
Her passion for modern calligraphy shines through when she teaches and her friendly and encouraging approach to teaching will leave you feeling motivated and inspired to continue practicing.
Instagram @inkandflowstudio
OUT IN NATURE
Soak up your surroundings. Open air guided workshops amplified by nature.
Meet at The Gallery /meeting point for our outdoor workshops, connecting you to nature and yourself. Forest bathe, take a mindful walk, experience a drumming circle. Together we’ll take a walk to our favourite spaces around the lakes and adventure together. Booking essential.
10:30-11:30 + 16:30-15:30 Friday | Out In Nature £10
MEDITATION IN MOTION WITH DANIELLE NORTH
The steady rhythm of putting one foot in front of the other, connecting to the earth below and to our own selves, is a restorative and healing process.
In a world where we are often ‘on’, short meditative walks can positively change our state by regulating the central nervous system and restoring balance. Meditating in motion is particularly beneficial for anyone who finds seated meditation challenging, or for those who want to expand their existing practice. The benefit of regular walking meditations means that over time we can re-pattern the brain to create new neural networks whilst increasing feelings of well-being, peace, and happiness.
THE VIBE: Peaceful, focused and calm
SUITABLE FOR ALL: no previous meditation experience needed. Please wear a coat if it is raining. Option to walk bare foot if you choose.
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Danielle North has worked with senior leaders globally for two decades. She is the founder of Pause Global, a talent development consultancy that takes a unique but simple approach: if you're going to perform in a world that's speeding up, sometimes you need to slow down. Partnering with HR and talent teams around the world, Pause addresses the challenges people face, from stress management and burnout to career performance and personal transformation.
A speaker and five times published author with leading publishing group, Hachette UK, Danielle’s books have collectively sold over 60,000 copies and have been translated into more than 10 languages.
11:45-12:45 Friday | Out In Nature £22
FRAGRANT QI GONG WITH TRACEY LINDSAY
Experience the mystical powers of Fragrant Qigong, an ancient healing art once veiled in secrecy. Discover the profound effects of it’s fifteen arm movements, connecting you to your inner energy, rejuvenating your being, and harmonising your natural equilibrium. Embark on a transformative journey with a complimentary copy of Tracey's enlightening book, complete with a journal for your personal odyssey.
THE VIBE: Energising, centred and rejuvenating
SUITABLE FOR ALL. Please bring a mat to sit on.
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As a seasoned Tai Chi and Qigong Instructor, my name is Tracey Lindsay. I passionately believe in the transformative power of these ancient healing arts and have dedicated myself to guiding individuals on their path to holistic wellbeing. Through classes, workshops, and talks, I endeavour to empower individuals to embrace a comprehensive state of wellness. I also train futureQigong instructors for the organization, Tai Chi for Better Health, fostering a community of devoted healers.
Recently, my Tai Chi/Qigong journey led me to write a book entitled "Fragrant Qigong," which achieved recognition as a top 10 bestseller on Amazon. My motivation is to inspire individuals to radiate their inner brilliance.
Websites:
www.taichiandlemons.com
www.taichiforbetterhealth.co
Social Media:
Facebook: taichiandlemons
12:00-12:45, 13:30-14:15 & 15:00-15:45 Thursday | Out In Nature £10
GUIDED DRAWING MEDITATION WITH HEIDI STELLER
Join Heidi to explore a creative approach to meditation inspired by the beauty of the lakes.
Without pressure or expectation, this is an opportunity to access meditation in a way that celebrates the marks you make that are unique to you. Heidi will guide you through a series of drawing exercises and ideas to help you get the most out of your session and give you the tools to use these techniques in your own meditation practise.
SUITABLE FOR ALL: All materials will be provided, although if you have a sketchbook that you would like to work in please do bring it along.
THE VIBE: Creative, inspiring and illuminating
SUITABLE FOR ALL
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I trained as a Theatre Designer and also have an MA in Printmaking from Camberwell College of Art, London. I now live and work in Dorset, looking after my young family, running art workshops in schools and community settings, and spending as much time as possible in my studio with my treasured etching press. I think on a grand scale, inspired by the light and colour of the natural world around us. In my latest series of prints I am exploring landscape and its relationship with our imagination, and perhaps the stories it may inspire.
13:00-14:00 Friday | Out In Nature £5
All profits go to Community Yoga Collective
THE WILDING WOMAN’S CIRCLE WITH KATY THEAKSTON
When women hold space for one another, when women share together, when women heal together and when women laugh together much magick and transformation can take place. The Wilding Woman’s Circle is a safe and gentle space for women of all ages and backgrounds to come together. A space to be heard, held and seen without judgement. A space to rediscover your wild self, to reconnect to the cycles of the seasons and the rhythms of the earth.The Wilding Woman’s Circle is a beautiful blend of guided meditation, story sharing and creativity and fun!
THE VIBE: Creative, life affirming and fun
SUITABLE FOR ALL
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Katy Theakston gathers a group of wild women who are in deep partnership with the earth. These wonderful creatrixes, oracles, witches and earth medicine women have dedicated their work and their craft to Mother Earth. Here we uncover how they connect to the earth through ritual, craft and remembering their blood & bones.
Instagram: https: @owlapothecary
14:30-16:00 Friday | Out In Nature £25
CACAO EMBODIMENT WITH JO CRUICKSHANKS + JOANNE AVISON
Join Jo, Co-founder of Common Roots Cacao, Artist and all-round somatic geek, and her guest Joanne Avison, a former chocolatier and pioneering yoga and fascia author and teacher who has discovered some fabulous secrets about the grace and mystery of the moving matrix we call our bodies in a unique Cacao Embodiment Exploration.Together, under the trees and upon the roots and mycelial ground, we will go on an expansive exploration with cacao and our bodies to help us track ways to re-write and re-wild our collective authentic creative expression
THE VIBE: Illuminating, emergent, open to life’s mysteries and the wisdom within!
SUITABLE FOR ALL: If you are pregnant, have high blood pressure or are taking SSRI inhibitor antidepressants, or have any allergies, please get in touch when you book for alternative options.
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This unfolding experience of re-languaging the body and movement will bring the portals of Cacao and Fascia together in a never before sensed exploration. This is not a cacao ceremony as you may know it, we will co-create a profound space for study, an exploration with the intention of making space for new imaginings and re-imaginings. We will be remembering through a sensuous embodiment of this ancient plant cacao that has been used in communities for inspiration, connection, and grounding for thousands of years.
We make space to override the urge our culture has instilled in us to intellectualise, reason, and extract everything into small parts to nourish full bodied wholeness and a deep connected entanglement of all life: to locate ourselves fully in the ever moving alive present.
We'll listen to our bodies, hearts, cells, fascia, and bones for how we can rewrite, re-route and re-root our tension to make and weave new stories ... through playing with our nervous systems, having fun and allowing the cacao to help us be in flow.
The space will be co-creative and evolving, but may include: breath, somatic toning, writing, drawing, moving, and sharing.
Leave feeling like you have opened portals within yourself and opened to the vastness of life’s mysteries beyond tensions and fixedness - to be able to go within, to the deep inward mystery of you and listen, for the wisdom, for the wisdom within the wisdom, that is uniquely your embodied expression longing to emerge.
Instagram: @the_breathery
joanneavison.com
Instagram: @joanneavison
15:30-16:30 Friday | Out In Nature £10
KARMA YOGA WITH RACHEL WILKINSON FROM CREATE YOUR COMMUNITY
A playful and informative session, where you will be invited to move and breathe mindfully. A multi level flow, working with intelligent movement, you will have time to acknowledge how you feel. Observing how to connect and harmonise the mind & body. You will find space to honour every part of yourself. A feel good class with all proceeds supporting people to attend and participate in wellbeing by the lakes.
THE VIBE: Playful, connection and good karma
SUITABLE FOR ALL
Create Your Community a grass roots project working to support those most in need of accessibility to wellbeing. Giving everyone equal opportunity to heal. At Create Your Community we believe wellbeing should be available to everyone.
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Rachel is a 300 hr qualified yoga teacher specialising in trauma informed practice. She has a vast understanding of anatomy and movement as well as the connection between biology and psychology.
https://createyourcommunity.org.uk
FLOATING MEDITATION
Mesmerising Guided Meditations sessions on the water
Join us at THE FLOATING MEDITATION. We’ve gathered the very best meditation practitioners to take you into deep relaxation, transcending the business of the everyday and connecting you to source. Floating meditation £6. Booking essential.
30 min Floating Meditation sessions begin at 11:00 and start on the hour - last session 17:00
Eat, Shop, Get Curious. Bitesized short talks + masterclasses
Join us in THE MARKETPLACE. Free talks and demo’s. Discover our handpicked indie retailers, grab your self some coffee, a juice or lunch and listen to our guests share their passions, products and experiences. No need to book.
Please note that our programme may be subject to change - due to circumstances beyond our control - Rest assured that we’ll endeavour to bring you a memorable experience and any changes or updates will be equal or better!
— Festival Team