Landscape of Story

Service Description

In this inspiring workshop, Laura Sky from the Story-garden invites you on a journey through an ancient European FairyTale, with Storytelling, Nature Mindfulness and Environmental Arts practices. First time tellers are welcome as are those who wish to deepen their exploration of the Landscape of Story; these practices can support personal growth as well as building skills to engage creatively with others. What you can expect from the workshop? Workshop suitable for 16+ We will follow the NatureWell session structure, starting each section with a grounding nature meditation. Laura will set the theme by telling her own version of The Twelve Wild Swans- an ancient European Tale in which the heroine becomes a Wild-woman and has to weave nettles into shirts to save her brothers from enchantment. Then there is time in the landscape to be in nature and explore how your imagination is moved by the story, find some natural materials to represent a chosen element in the story. We come together to share about our chosen objects and reflect on the elements that most inspired us. There are three activities in total and each time we use a grounding, exploration in the landscape/ creative activity and a reflection as a group to make this a full and nourishing story journey. We complete the session with an invitation to tell a short piece of story to the group inspired by the original Twelve Wild Swans. Additional Event at Chyan, Sky Barn (straight after Landscape of Story Workshop)... Tea and Tales For an additional £5 per person teas and yummy Gluten-and-sugar-free Vegan Cake: 3.15- 4pm. Musical Nature Stories from Laura Sky and Alice Wonder 4-5.30pm Invitation: Invite friend or family for £7 -email to book friend or bring cash on the day Share a short piece of Storytelling from the workshop if you feel like it.. Introducing Laura Sky and the Story-garden Eco-inspiration Project Laura Sky has been telling stories in and with nature for 30 years and set up the Story-garden Eco-Inspiration Project in 2015. She takes the listener on a wild journey of imagination where trees, plants, beasts, elementals, landscapes and natural cycles are vividly evoked and woven into the fabric of each tale. Laura is an Eco-Education and Forest School Practitioner and is qualified as a Nature and Health Facilitator through Nature Connects and the Natural Academy. In her early training she work-shadowed with Ian Heginworth, writer of “Environmental Arts Therapy and the Tree of Life."

Cancellation Policy

To cancel or reschedule please contact us at least 24 hours before hand. We may be able to reschedule but not refund any missed days. Sessions which we cancel due to weather or other extenuating circumstances are rescheduled to a new date where possible and where not preferably refunded with a voucher.

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