Begin Again
One Day Retreat, Bristol 25th January 2020
‘Begin Again’ is a one day Healing and Creative Writing Retreat, in which we unite the body and mind so to access greater creativity, expression and confidence. Here, we can enter into a space where possibility becomes limitless. Using the idea that in grounding ourselves into ourselves and our world, we are able to give into the magic of creation.
Sometimes we stand at the edge of a beginning. We peer over, not knowing if we will fly or fall. Without learning the ground how can we trust it? How can we believe it’s a space of potential rather than just a place to land. Sometimes there are too many blocks in the way, too many voices both internally and externally that hold us back. What happens if we let ourselves land on the other side of that fear? What if we open up and examine those places within and without that we are scared to enter.
‘Begin Again’ is a one day Healing and Creative Writing Retreat, in which we unite the body and mind so to access greater creativity, expression and confidence. Here, we can enter into a space where possibility becomes limitless. Using the idea that in grounding ourselves into ourselves and our world, we are able to give into the magic of creation.
The One Day Retreat- Poetry, Mediation and Body-Work
In this intimate and nurturing space we gather to explore language, expression and the body in unison, combining daily practises so to open and expand. We believe, the more we enter both the body and heart, the more we understand the self. As a result, participants are able to leave the retreat feeling rested, inspired and able to live from a more expansive and limitless place. We aim to evoke deep feelings and care around how we use this practise to inspire us, how we can live a more connected existence, allowing us the freedom to make choices that better support our lives and in turn our spirit.
Meditation
We use gentle, guided meditation to bring your mind into stillness and to ground you into the body.
Body Work
Followed by a Neuro- Energetic body work sessions, which involve gentle, intentional and intuitive touch to the spine, muscles and energy centres. These sessions create a slowing down within the nervous system, softening the body into a deeper sense of safety, presence and awareness. It is within this space, that patterns of tension and emotion can release and be transformed into wisdom.
Creative Writing
We all have a story and our own way of sharing it, using Creative Writing to explore the theme of "beginning again" as an avenue to come back to our bodies, use our voice and to examine the self. The afternoon of writing is aimed at bringing fear into the light and then moving through it. We will look at tools, technique and prompts for writing, as well as creation, editing and avenues to access greater ways to creatively soar. For those who have never taken pen to paper, self to stage, and for those more experienced but wanting to expand or explore other areas of creativity, these creative writing workshops combine group work with individual focus, making sure everybody has the chance to create something unique to them.
Investment: £50
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Places are very limited.
Location: 228 Mina Rd, Bristol BS2 9YP
Running time: 2.30- 8.30pm
For more info email: theartoffallingretreats@gmail.com
Facilitators
Meesh Denny
Meesh has blended together her nearly two decades of experience as an energetic and holistic Chiropractor, with learnings of Kinesiology, Energy Work, Soft Tissue Techniques, Acupressure, Chakra Work, Emotional Clearing and the Human Experience, to create hands on bodywork sessions that speak directly to your nervous system. Her sessions involve very gentle, intentional and intuitive touch to the spine and energy centres, to guide the body to drop unwanted patterns of tension and emotion. She brings with her a depth of presence that evokes safety and remembering, allowing an opening and softening into self that ignites inner clarity and knowing. Alongside her hands on Neuro- Energetic bodywork, she uses her powerful vocal expression, to channel soundscapes and meditations to help integrate powerful and lasting change. Meesh is a gentle pathfinder, who leads from the heart of her embodied experience through her journey into self to find inner freedom.
Rebecca Tantony
Rebecca Tantony is a writer and facilitator fascinated by understanding the messy and wild human experience in greater depth. A poet and writer living and working in Bristol, England, she has read on the BBC, Radio Four, and was featured within The Guardian, who have described her writing as, 'Mesmerising.' In 2017 she received an MA in Creative Writing and a distinction for her final manuscript. She is the author of collections 'Talk You Round Till Dusk,' (Burning Eye, 2015) ‘All The Journeys I Never Took,’ (Burning Eye, 2017) and her third collection, funded by The Arts Council U.K, ‘Singing My Mother’s Song,’ which was released in June 2019. For the past two years Rebecca has taught Creative Writing to BA students at Bath Spa University. For seven years she has taught workshops in schools as part of the secondary curriculum, outside of schools to those excluded from education, to ex offenders, primary and the elderly. Rebecca believes everyone has a story and unique way of telling it, with the right techniques and tools the route to creation is opened up and the opportunity to express becomes limitless.