heart circle - a place to pause, reconnect, and explore what it means to be alive in these changing times - London
- Floating Garden by Global Generation Regent’s canal towpath London N1 4UR United Kingdom (map)
The heart circle is a space to slow down, breathe, and be together.
Here we listen, to ourselves, to each other, and to the more-than-human world we’re part of.
In these times of uncertainty, we’ll gather our stories, questions, joys, and grief, holding them with care. We’ll use simple practices from meditation, somatics, and shared inquiry to help us drop into a deeper connection, with our own bodies, with community, and with the earth beneath our feet.
Co-facilitated by Ariyanandā from Open Ground and Michel from Social Landscapes, the circle is a place where stillness and play can meet, and where new ways of relating to the world can quietly take root.
Sessions are held online and in person in London, and are funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.
The online sessions will be hosted on Zoom.
The venue for the in-person session is the Islington Ecology Centre, 191 Drayton Park, London N5 1PH, easily accessible from Arsenal Station or Finsbury Park.
The heart circle is an occasion for people to connect to themselves, others and the world by tapping into the deeper ecology that holds us all together. As a group we will create a space to contain our presence, stories, joys, vulnerabilities and insights.
We are nature is a day workshop exploring the nature of our being through meditation, playful movement, guided dialogue and connecting to the more-than-human.
This eight-week online journey invites us to slow down, reconnect with ourselves and the living world and explore how we can meet uncertainty, grief and change with presence, trust and courage. From this place, we can begin to discover our own way forward.
Learn the basics of Permaculture Design on this two-day Introduction to Permaculture and be ready to try it out in your garden, your workplace and your life.
6 weekends between April 24th and October 10th 2027 at Global Generation’s Paper Garden in Canada Water, London.
The Permaculture Design Course is a 72-hour often life-changing experience, accredited by the UK Permaculture Association. Over the period of 6 weekends we will explore practical and creative solutions for building resilient communities and designing abundant eco-systems.
The Permaculture Design Course (PDC) is a 72-hour internationally recognised training engaging head, heart and hands to discover the principles and techniques of permaculture. We will explore the patterns of our predominant consumerist culture and compare them to the sustainable and regenerative patterns of the natural world. We will not only apply those patterns and principles to the example of ecosystems and the land but also communities and our own embodied selves.
For the ‘Gift & Gratitude’ retreat we explore the generosity of the natural world and our ability to receive the gifts we are offered. We will use this time for harvest and integration of what was given to us and what is already available, whether those are physical gifts of the land or lessons we have learnt, friends we have made or projects we have embarked on over the course of the last year. We will engage in practices that allow us to stop and appreciate the little and big things that give us life, support, resource and capacity to be more fully here.
The Permaculture Design Course (PDC) is a 72-hour internationally recognised training engaging head, heart and hands of participants to discover the principles and techniques of permaculture. We will explore the patterns of our predominant consumerist culture and compare them to the sustainable and regenerative patterns of the natural world. We will not only apply those patterns and principles to the example of ecosystems and the land but also communities and and our own embodied selves.
- Posted In: Inner Transition, Embodied Ecology, Workshop, Community Fund, London
- Tagged: Embodiment, Deep ecology, Embodied presence, Mindfulness, Movement