Susie has teamed up with John from Well Wild for a Morning Retreat in the woods. Join us for a Mindful Exploration of Fire. Our session will be focused around fire – meditations on fire, bushcraft skills to learn him to make fire from natural resources. We’ll also enjoy lunch together – cooked on the fire during the session.
Being in nature is so restorative, yet we often don’t spend enough time in the open air, exploring all that nature has to offer.
Depending how you look at Fire, it can be a powerful tool that can either destroy or cleanse both the world and our inner selves. This powerful metaphor can bring passion, determination, courage and perseverance.
Why not test your fire skills using flint steel to light a fire, learn how to collect natural tinder from the woods, leaving no trace with the bonus of tapping into to your inner-self. This is also the chance to meet like-minded people and have wee chat over a brew and some lunch.
At the end of the morning, you can expect to feel thoroughly nourished by the natural world. This is all about exploring your creativity in a natural environment, letting go and having fun.
Our morning will be held Sunday 11th February 10.30am-1pm, in a location in Rough Castle Woods. Due to parking restrictions, we will meet at The Place to Pause & Breathe in Bonnybridge at 10.15am and travel together.
The cost is £25 per person, if you’d like to attend but cannot afford this, we have two reduced cost spaces at £15 per person. Costs include hot drinks and snacks, and lunch – let us know if you have any dietary requirements. Click here to book in.
Any queries, get in touch: pause@pauseandbreathe.co.uk
About your facilitators:
Susie will be your facilitator for these sessions. Susie worked as a Social Worker within Criminal Justice for 20 years, and is passionate about helping people to make difficult changes. Since the beginning of 2017, Susie has been delivering mindfulness within her local community in Falkirk. She co-founded Pause & Breathe CIC with her husband, Phil Blackburn and is delighted to have opened The Place to Pause & Breathe in Bonnybridge - bringing people together in community. Susie is a Mindfulness Coach and a certified Daring to Rest Facilitator. Her approach is trauma-sensitive, and she is an advocate of giving participants choice in everything she offers.
John
John’s career spans almost 3 decades, working within two local authorities in Community Education Specialised Youth Studies. John has worked extensively with young people in a wide variety of Youth Work Settings, with all ages from infants to young adults. He has worked across the Forth Valley with some of the area’s most deprived communities. For the last 8ys he has worked in Residential Care & Education, providing outdoor education, including Bush Craft & Forest school activities.