Events & Offerings
At present I am holding a regular Circle in Nature and registering interest for weekend workshops I will be running in 2025. Please see details on events and how to sign up below.
Workshops
If you are interested in reserving a place or finding out more about my 2024/25 workshops, please follow the relevant links below. All workshops are non-residential and held at locations within a short distance from Bristol and Bath. Dates will be made public as soon as minimum group size is reached.
For bespoke group or corporate workshops and trainings, please contact me directly to arrange a chat and a no-obligation quote.
Winter Wisdom & Wellbeing
1 day workshop
Two half days of Forest Bathing and connecting around the fire over two weeks. We will look at how the slowing down and turning within of the Winter months can support our wellbeing, how being out in Nature with others can combat the Winter blues and will rekindle our relationships with Fire as a support for reflection and transformation.
Register your interest for the Winter Wisdom & Wellbeing workshop
Forest Bathing & Circle
1 day workshop
An introduction to Forest Bathing, to learn about the science and history of the practice and experience the benefits of Forest Medicine for yourself. You will be guided into deep connection with Nature and will be given the skills to take the practice into your daily life. We will also experience the magic of sitting in Circle in Nature, creating community with the trees and with each other.
Register your interest for the Forest Bathing & Circle workshop
Forest Bathing Intensive
2 day workshop
Renew and deepen your Forest Bathing practice. This training is intended to freshen up your Forest Bathing facilitation and give your confidence a boost. This experiential workshop is for wellbeing practitioners who want to introduce Nature work into their practice, for Forest Bathing guides who want to learn from each other and hone their skills and for those that have studied or read about Forest Bathing or Nature Connection and are looking to build experience of guiding and being guided.
Register your interest for the Forest Bathing Intensive workshop
2 day workshop
This experiential training is about developing the skills and confidence in facilitating meaningful talking circles of your own. We will learn about the Circle as a place to find peace, connection and healing, about The Way of Council, about the different forms and simple techniques that make Circle a much richer form of communication than regular conversation and chat. This will be an experiential workshop, and the focus will be on building confidence, putting things into practice and remembering that we are all qualified to bring people together in Circle and don't need to be experts. The wisdom needed comes from the Circle - we just need to hold the space so that stories can be shared, and the experience of the collective can come forth.
Circle Facilitation
Reconnect & Reboot Camp
2 day workshop
If you feel like you need to get away from it all, head for the hills and live off-grid, this might be the workshop for you. It is easy to experience burn-out or overwhelm from the stresses of modern life - this offering is a way to leave behind the digital and virtual and reconnect with a simpler, slower way of being. We will reconnect with the land, with Nature, with the fire and with the real and human. This weekend is about leaving behind what's burnt-out, slowing down, remembering who we are and leaving with a sense of what wants to be burnt-in - what fires in you might need stoking and bringing back to life.
Register your interest for the Reconnect & Reboot Camp workshop
Nature Immersion
2 day workshop
A weekend of going deeper into nature and into ourselves. Based around the four elements of Earth, Air, Fire and Water. We will look at grounding, the breath, the transformational and healing power of fire and will be invited to explore cold-water immersion. This weekend will also provide the opportunity to look within at the places we are stuck and learn the skills to support ourselves and each other in Circle.
Direction & Purpose
2 day workshop
This weekend is about stepping outside of your busy life, slowing down and getting some perspective. We will remember who we are and what is most important and reconnect with our intuition and inner guidance. We will use the mirror of nature to look within and will support each other in Circle to build intention and purpose and leave with a sense of clarity and direction.
Life Transitions
2 day workshop
This 2 day journey is about acknowledging and honouring changes and life-passages. Without marking transitions, we can float through life from one thing to the next, without really being grounded in our lives and connected to who we are. From changing jobs, milestone birthdays, becoming a parent, relationships ending, moving house or children leaving home to bereavements and loss, puberty and the menopause - all transitions are important and affect us on many levels. This weekend is about working with Nature and each other to understand how we sometimes need to shift on a much deeper level than the intellect, to really know and be on-board with the changes in our lives.
Other offerings
One-to-ones & Mentoring
Forest Bathing and Nature Connection can be of great support to personal development, growth and healing. For some, a simple and regular guided Nature practice is all we need to keep ourselves on an even keel. For others, a deep dive into the mirror of Nature can help to find direction, purpose, self-acceptance and love, freedom, forgiving and healing. From help with life's hard decisions or being overwhelmed by eco-anxiety, to remembering our true wild selves, Nature can be a safe and gentle support in aiding transformation without it having to be difficult or wrenching. The combination of Nature with Circle can create an alchemical space where mental, physical, emotional and spiritual suffering can be added to the crucible, re-visioned and transformed into the gold that can help us learn and grow.
Natural Celebrancy
Nature-based Celebrancy can be a welcome alternative for important occasions and gatherings, where beliefs, systems and religions are not appropriate. With the support of Nature, we can gather, create meaningful ceremony, mark and honour births, deaths and unions and connect with what's real and true about life's passages, without the need for doctrine and dogma.
“Sam was quite frankly absolutely brilliant. I was so impressed by the way he facilitated it, there was no ego to him, just love and compassion. He held quite a tricky day, with so many different walks of life. He was amazing.”
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