July
Monday 5th to Friday 9th Food Culture
A practical and theoretical course about the skills of food foraging and growing.
Mon 5th -Fri 9th Food Culture – Foraging and Growing
A five day course to learn the practical skills of foraging for wild food, organic food growing techniques and permaculture design led by Stephen Watts in Braziers Park’s 55 acres with trips to nearby farms and projects. £100 including camping in Brazier’s Orchard or B&B may be possible. Call 07507 578885 Foraging & Growing
Thurs 8th Singing Group
Fri 16-Sun 18 Yoga on a Shoestring
An opportunity to do yoga twice a day with experienced teachers, take walks in the beautiful surrounding countryside and enjoy healthy vegetarian meals. Email: admin@yogaonashoestring.com Telephone: +44(0)20 8690 0890 Website: Yoga at Braziers
Sun 18 – Fri 23 Clown Workshop
Discover the clown within at this 5 day Nose to Nose residential course. An opportunity to submerge yourself completely in the world of clowning! Nose to Nose
Fri 23 – Sun 25 Drum Making Workshop
Make your own wood and skin North American hand drum or Bodhran guided by the skilled Danish drum maker Torben Wenelin. Camping or B&B. Contact Drum Your Dreams
Sat 24 – Sun 25 Wind Spirit North American Indian Sweat Lodge
A monthly traditional ceremony connecting with one’s self, each other and Mother Earth, cleansing, healing, grounding, energizing and rediscovering. Contact 01550 721615 or www.windspirit.co.uk
Wednesday 28th Fortnightly Creative Writing Workshop 7.30pm
A writing and sharing process that enables creative thinking and gives voice to your imagination in a relaxed and peaceful setting. Led by Zoë Irvine £8/£6 concessions admin@braziers.org.uk
Community Supper bookings possible (6.30pm) £7
Mon 26-Fri 30 Braziers Summer School – The arts and communication.
A reunion for Members, Associates and Friends of Braziers Park School of Integrative Social Research as well as a chance for newcomers to get involved.
The course will be an exploration of greater understanding through different arts. During the five days of the summer school we will participate in and demonstrate visual art, storytelling, poetry, music, drama and writing to explore communication. The full programme and costs are available from admin@braziers.org.uk prices range from £10 per workshop to £250 for the full 5 day course with full board (or camping in orchard £7 per night)
Thurs 29 All Day Breakfast 8.30am – 6.30pm
CANCELLED!
Fri 30 – Sun 1st Tim Cummins Yoga Group
August
Fri 6 – Sun 8 Yoga Retreat run by Re-Vitalise
Learn at a relaxed pace through informal but intensive tuition with experienced teachers in a friendly setting. Contact 08000 191635 or www.re-vitalise.co.uk
Mon 9 – Sun 22 Braziers International Artists Workshops (BIAW)
Applications invited from artists open to working collectively in a sustainable and non-didactic way to explore practice that celebrates or critiques collective action and participation and to consider the politics of fun in the context of the social, economic, ecological and cultural challenges we currently face Braziers Artists Workshops
Wednesday 11th Fortnightly Creative Writing Workshop 7.30pm
A writing and sharing process that enables creative thinking and gives voice to your imagination in a relaxed and peaceful setting. Led by Zoë Irvine £8/£6 concessions admin@braziers.org.uk
Community Supper bookings possible (6.30pm) £7
Sat 21-Sun 22 Supernormal Festival –
The culmination of the International artists workshops is open to the public, part festival, village fete, living gallery and critical forum. Featuring invited artists, writers, musicians, performers in a programme of debate, international film, performance, art, music and entertainment. Info, line-up (includes Vampire Weekend) and tickets Supernormal Festival
Sat 28 – Sun 29 Wind Spirit North American Indian Sweat Lodge
A monthly traditional ceremony connecting with one’s self, each other and MotherEarth, cleansing, healing, grounding, energizing and rediscovering. Contact 01550 721615 or www.windspirit.co.uk
September
Fri 16-Sun 18 Yoga on a Shoestring
An opportunity to do yoga twice a day with experienced teachers, take
walks in the beautiful surrounding countryside and enjoy healthy vegetarian
meals. 020 8690 0890. Email: admin@yogaonashoestring.com
Telephone: +44(0)20 8690 0890 Website: Yoga at Braziers
Fri 24-Sun 26 Battersea Yoga - Retreat
A weekend of high quality yoga tuition at affordable rates with Angus and Nadia. Our philosophy is simple: we teach what we know, live what we teach and do it all with love!
Call 0207 978 7995 or email info@batterseayoga.com
Mon 27 – Fri 30 Reflecting Circles
Four days of exploration of the common history and roots of Braziers Park, Grith Fyrd, Forest School Camps and similar organisations. Aggie Forster 07790 004057
October
Sun 10 Apple Day
SORRY CANCELLED!
Thurs 14 – Fri 15 Urchfont Support Group
Annual gathering by invitation only.
Fri 15 – Sun 17 ReVitalise Yoga Retreat with Andy Spragg
Learn and improve at a relaxed pace through informal but intensive tuition with experienced teachers in a friendly setting. Contact 08000 191635 or www.re-vitalise.co.uk
Sat 16 – Sun 17 Wind Spirit North American Indian Sweat Lodge
A traditional ceremony connecting with one’s self, each other and MotherEarth, cleansing, healing, grounding, energizing and rediscovering. Contact 01550 721615 or www.windspirit.co.uk
Sun 17 – Fri 22 Clown, Community and Constellations
Both clowning and constellations invite us to enter the unknown, to connect to the world with our emotions and to explore what it means to be human. Our inspiration for this is grounded in the animate and endlessly creative web of interrelationships. In addition to clowning, this course offers an introduction to some of the principles of Systemic Constellations. Contact Sharon Usher at Nose to Nose
Fri 24 – Sun 26 Inner Yoga Trust – Teacher Training
Jenny Beeken and Pauline Sawyer ‘Creating Space in the Spine’
This Yoga weekend is part of a longer training course for Yoga teachers
who wish to deepen their knowledge of the ways in which Yoga can heal
dis-ease of the body/mind/spirit. Any qualified Yoga teacher is welcome
to attend either as a one off with a view to finding out more about the
whole course. See www.inneryoga.org.uk
or tel 01730 261001
Fri 29 – Sun 31 Yogabelle
Yoga is a life-long apprenticeship of creative discovery as the yoga practitioner deepens their connection with intuitive wisdom… find out how to begin or develop with Belle www.yogabelle.co.uk
November
Fri 5th Bonfire Party with a ginormous Guinness Record breaking 60 metre high bonfire to celebrate our 60th anniversary – Fireworks, Music, Homemade organic food, Local organic beers and cider.
Fri 5 – Sun 7 Members Weekend
Another opportunity for Members and Associates to get together and explore the meanings of Braziers Park School of Integrative Social Research.
Fri 12 – Sun 14 ReVitalise Tai Chi
Andy Spragg’s Buddhist inspired Tai Chi includes meditation sessions and is suitable for complete beginners as well as catering for experienced practioners. Contact 08000 191635 or www.re-vitalise.co.uk%