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Perimenopause or Health Challenges as Heroine's Journey

Online course

4th Jan- 1st Feb 2023

4 Wednesdays 4pm-6:30pm

(no class 18th Jan)

For women in perimenopause

and those with health challenges

 

Entering perimenopause or meeting health challenges invite us to a journey of descent.

This is a challenging journey that asks us to confront our fears and trust in something bigger and unknown.

 

We will look at this time in our lives through the lens of an initiatory journey, recognising stages of loss, challenge/transformation and re-emergence with gifts.

 

This group will give us a context not seen by the over-culture; a support to surrender to the process, as well as nurturing and holding. 

 

Work with embodiment, play, inquiry and witnessed creative expression.

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Our online courses are designed to provide a real, embodied and transformative experience. We put great emphasis on grounding and regulation, as well as rest and digestion.

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Places limited, booking essential.

Exchange:

£60-standart

£50-concession

£40-extra support

Subsidised by National Lottery funding.

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Online and In person Giving your Gift and Holding Space Mentoring Groups

For women creators of the new paradigm

Up to 6 participants only

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Link to an informal Q&A and introduction to the course:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7Wia8WWbbs

 

We will start from the presumption that we are already enough to offer your gifts and support our spontaneous unfolding and welcome.
This group is for women who long to share their gifts in their unique and natural ways, against the grain of mainstream pressure to exhort effort and push beyond your limits.

 

It offers on-going support to keep coming forward in manageable ways
This unique course combines group supervision, teaching on holding space, practice sessions and tending the ground that allows your gifts to organically emerge.

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Benefits

*Being part of the group of peers on the same journey

*On-going support and accountability

*Safe space to practice your discipline

*Home tasks, opportunity to integrate the work with your life

*Space for your individual inquiries and group supervision

*Google drive to share and receive resources

*Individual sessions available at a discount

 

Learning areas

*Being seen and welcomed

*Inner authority

*Supporting and reading the Field

*Safety and Nervous System regulation

*Embodiment and creativity

*Tools for workshops

*Marketing your work

*Yin and Yang of your practice: coming forward/resting back

*Boundaries and containers

*Relating with your sabotaging parts

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"I had felt that 'gifts' in some way involved work and effort. The course opened up the possibility of it being more about joy, doing what you love and life experience!"

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“What you do is deep and powerful. You work with full integrity, and compassion, holding the space beautifully. You’ve helped me come out of my internal conflicts, motivated me, helped me see my true self and my life a new perspective.”

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"This course would support anyone who holds space for others, as teacher, facilitator, educator and more. Rooted in presence we learnt skills to help us navigate space holding but which also help with all aspects of life.”

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Bring your Gifts with Ease
Part-funded workshop for Women in peri/menopause and those with health challenges
23th July 10:30- 5:30
Staverton Village Hall, TQ9 6PD
Facilitated by Agata Krajewska, assisted by Rooh Star
 
It has been said by indigenous elders that when everybody embodies their unique gifts, the world will come into equilibrium. We will start from the presumption that we are already enough to offer your gifts and support our spontaneous unfolding and welcome.

The gift we have is our innate Soul-nature. It has been given to us and it’s not ours to withhold. Yet, in the giving of it every wound of “not enough” can be touched. If we engage with it, it will bring us home to our belonging; to the universal benevolence of life.
This day is for women who long to share their gifts in their unique and natural ways, against the grain of mainstream pressure to exhort effort and push beyond your limits.

Themes we will explore:
*Life as a creative act
*Aligning with your Gift/Soul purpose
*The dynamic of coming forward and resting back (Yin Yang of giving your gift)
*Connecting service with joy and resourcefulness
*Celebrating self and other
*Being received, welcomed and valued
*Clearing out the pipes for life to flow through you

Working with presence, embodiment, improvisation, inquiry, story and personal reflection.
Places limited, booking essential.

Part funded by National Lottery Community Fund.
Sliding scale donation: £40- £25
 

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Health Challenges as Heroine’s Journey

Part-funded workshop for Women

9th July 10:30- 5:30

Staverton Village Hall, TQ9 6PD

Facilitated by Agata Krajewska, assisted by Rooh Star

 

Health challenges are the most common modern day “initiations”. Our body speaks and demands attention, brining us to surrender. Our health struggles often reflect ancestral or collective patterns. Also, on a basic level, they reflect the state of the Earth- where our bodies come from and return to.

This way of learning is a deep and often painful journey. And it is a journey of love and growth.

Using the model of the Heroine’s Journey, we will move our stories of health and illness, and the gifts encased within them. We will create containers for our body-mind to speak to us in creative ways.

Work with presence, embodiment, improvisation, inquiry, story and personal reflection.

No previous experience necessary.

Places limited, booking essential.

Part funded by National Lottery Community Fund.

Sliding scale donation: £40-£25

Apply: https://forms.gle/sKkVBKu9JqcS58tW8

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Perimenopause and Menopause as Heroine’s Journey

Part-funded workshop for Women

11 June 10:30- 5:30

Staverton Village Hall, TQ9 6PD

Facilitated by Agata Krajewska, assisted by Rooh Star

 

Perimenopause and menopause can be a challenging and confusing time, not widely recognised as such by our society. It’s a time of transformation or initiation into our next “self”, where new power awaits.

We will look at this time in our lives through the lens of an initiatory journey, recognising stages of loss, challenge and re-emergence with gifts.

We will work with improvisation, embodied theatre and inquiry.

It’s a "work" of play and deep healing at the same time, a kind of ritual that occurs through the collective witness.

No previous experience necessary.

Places limited, booking essential.

Part funded by National Lottery Community Fund.

Sliding scale donation: £40-£25.

Apply: https://forms.gle/b5zHAy9PLaTZpnzx7 

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WOMEN’S RETREAT ON DARTMOOR
“Theatre of the Soul- Creative Awakening”
5pm on 24th- 5pm on 27th of March
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."  Anais Nin

Through the use of creativity, embodiment and presence practices we will explore:

- What is your soul calling for at this time?

- What is your current initiation?

- What is wanting to come through you as a gift?

We will nurture your creative seeds that are sprouting out into the world.
We will start from the presumption that we are already enough and use the medium of ritual theatre to experience your spontaneous unfolding and receive welcome.

We will look at the stages of a journey of transformation and explore them creatively. We will look at the connection between the wound and the gift; a mythological understating of our lives. We transform the rough material of our experiences into gold. It’s a "work" of play and deep healing at the same time, a kind of ritual that occurs through collective witness and group support. 

 

You will receive:

*An opportunity to rest and be nourished in a comfortable venue and a beautiful natural environment

*A safe space for a free, spontaneous, self-expression

*An invitation to dive inside and go through a transformation

*A space to be revealed to yourself and others and deeply welcomed

A small intimate group of max 6 participants will allow for individual attention to your unique needs and unfolding; whether it’s a project you are dreaming, a longing or an emergent offering to the world.
This is the feminine way of creating- through allowing an organic emergence of your gifts, to nourish you and to serve Life.
Rest, away from demands and distractions, engaging in play, ritual, presence and embodiment practice and deep inquiry.

The retreat will take place on Dartmoor in a small village of Hennock, with stunning views and walks. The house has a peaceful private garden with an outdoor hot tub and space to rest back in nature. Nourishing homemade food will be served throughout the retreat.
Each day will consist of morning, afternoon and evening sessions with generous breaks in between.

Contribution for full board, comfortable single accommodation and all the facilitation for 3 days:
£395 generous
£360 standard
£325 concession
Payment plans available
Apply here https://forms.gle/NQGijgpubw3ErPfT6

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"Holding Space"
Training for facilitators, therapists and creative space holders

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This course is designed for facilitators, therapists, creative practitioners to skill up, practice and develop. It offers a framework that is applicable to any discipline you are practising or intending to offer.

Over the six modules, we will explore building blocks of Holding Space including:

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*Teaching from the embodied presence
*Building and maintaining safety
*Strengthening and reading the field
*Boundaries, structure and flow
*Working with the body and the nervous system
*Stepping out with your gifts and a leadership role
*Nurturing creative expression
*Toolkit for designing workshops

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You will be met where you are as a space holder and guided in a way that supports your existing or developing practice; covering themes of inclusive leadership and the art of stepping out with your gifts.

You will be invited to consciously explore the perspectives of participant and facilitator, learning in an experiential way and receiving benefits of being part of a group of peers.

You will gain skills in designing workshops, holding a safe space, supporting a group process and individual unfolding.
The skills we are honing are relevant for all aspects of life in these times- to hold space for ourselves, our relationships and our communities.

"This course would support anyone who holds space for others, as teacher, facilitator, educator and more. Rooted in presence we learnt skills to help us navigate space holding but which also help with all aspects of life. Agata’s holding is generous, sensitive, inclusive and compassionate.”

“I feel so much less anxious about Holding Space, now that we’ve unpacked the components of it”

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IN-PERSON 6 MODULE COURSE
23rd Feb-4th May
Fortnightly Wednesdays 2:30pm-5:30pm
Angel Hall, Bowden House n/r Totnes TQ9 7PW
With Agata Krajewska, assisted by Rooh Star

We will cover all the aspects described above in greater depth and breadth.

You are welcome to join this group, having attended the day, or you can book an introductory individual session.

Exchange: £180 (payment plans available)
Apply here: https://forms.gle/ARt6KSvegDCPr8Rj9

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​ONLINE 6 MODULE COURSE
3rd March-12th May
Fortnightly Thursdays 4pm-6:30pm
 

The course includes:

*Teaching on the themes described above

*Experiential Embodied Inquiry

*Small group allowing for individual attention

*Home practices

*Optional individual sessions at a discount rate (£30/hour)

 

All sessions will be recorded for your use.
Exchange: £150 (payment plans available)
Apply here: https://forms.gle/wHgGSWxXuSiiMv1W9

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“Body Stories”
Women’s well-being group
Starts: 9th Nov
5 Tuesdays 2:30-5:30pm
Angel Studios, South Street, Totnes

Note: online version starting on 6th of Jan 2022, booking open
 
Body-based play and improvisation for healing and well-being.
With Agata Krajewska, assisted by Rooh Star
 
This is a journey through the body based on the map of 5 elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Each week we will explore an organ as a range of processes and functions relating to the whole body-mind.
We will look at our lives and stories through the lens of each organ, exploring our relationship to its gifts and challenges, strengthening its potential and building a conscious relationship to our body.

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Our bodies carry stories. As we play them out we are revealed to each other and ourselves and our well-being is freed up. As we release the story, we are more present and available and enriched by digesting our experience.
We will let the body lead and reveal its wisdom, using the power of inquiry, movement and witnessing as a transformative container.
It’s a "work" of play and deep healing at the same time, a kind of ritual that occurs through the collective witness.
Work with presence, embodiment, improvisation, inquiry, telling and personal reflection.
 
Part-funded by National Lottery
Subsided course fee: sliding scale £60/£50/£40 income dependent
Places limited, booking essential.

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AWAKENING THROUGH PLAY
Day workshop for Facilitators, Creatives and Divine Fools

Saturday 24th July, 10:30am- 6pm

Staverton Village Hall near Totnes

 

This is a training day for facilitators, therapists, creative practitioners and explorers of embodied presence to skill up, practice and develop.
 

Creativity in the widest sense is our true essence. Sanskrit word Lila stands for “divine play”- all of this reality, an ever-unfolding play of Creation. When we taste that experience, we wake up and take our lives and ourselves less seriously, allowing for freedom and transformation.
Through externalizing our “crazy humanness”, we dis-identify from the holding structures, freeing up energy and emotion. Through participation without control, we become a part of the innate flow of life.
Play itself brings us to the taste of our True Nature.

In this day workshop, I will be sharing games and exercises that facilitate embodied presence and self-awareness. But more importantly, I will be sharing the principles behind the exercises that can be applied to skilful facilitation.

We will explore:
*Reading and unifying ‘the field’
*Warm-ups and games
*Conducting energy and emotion
*The power of witnessing
*Movement and embodiment practices
*Welcoming it all with compassion
*Questions that arise from the group
 

You will gain skills in designing workshops, holding a safe space, supporting a group process and individual unfolding.
 

In whatever way you hold space for yourself or others, inviting the quality of play and the joyful wisdom of the body will help you cultivate freedom, presence, creativity and power in your practice, whether that is personal or professional.
 

With Agata Krajewska, assisted by Rooh Star

Spaces limited, booking essential by application.

Full price: £85
Concession: £70
Rock bottom: £55

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Bringing our Gifts in Uncertain Times
Part-funded support group for women
3rd June-1st July (no class on 17th June)
Four Thursdays 2-5 pm
Angel Studios, South Street,Totnes
 

This course is for women who long to share their gifts and their creative expression, as a way of life; who’ve tried to express their gifts before but found it was hard or just too scary; and for those who feel new visions stirring but don’t know how to move towards them.
It has been said by indigenous elders that when everybody embodies their unique gifts, the world will come into equilibrium. We will start from the presumption that we are already enough to offer your gifts and support our spontaneous unfolding and welcome.
We will also look at the connection between the wound and the gift; a mythological and initiatory understating of our lives.

Themes we will explore:
*Life as a creative act
*Aligning with your Gift/Soul purpose
*The dynamic of coming forward and resting back (Yin Yang of giving your gift)
*Meeting the inner critic and sabotaging patterns
*Being seen and speaking out
*Connecting service with joy and resourcefulness
*Celebrating self and other
*Being received, welcomed and valued
*Clearing out the pipes for life to flow through you

Working with presence, embodiment, improvisation, inquiry, story and personal reflection.

Places limited, booking essential.

Part-funded by National Lottery
Subsided course fee: sliding scale £60- £40

Covid guidelines apply in the venue

With Agata Krajewska, assisted by Rooh Star

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Your Mythic Life

5-week support group for men and women with Phil Barber

Thursdays 6:45pm-9:15 pm

15th April, (No session 22nd) 29th April, 6th, 13th, 20th May

Angel Studios, South Street, Totnes

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Places limited, booking essential
Covid secure venue and precautions applied
Donation £25

BOOKING/ENQUIRIES to phil@philbarbercoaching.co.uk
Or phone 0775 9588 071

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Heroine's Journey
5-week women's support group

with Agata Krajewska, assisted by Rooh Star
Thursdays 2:30-5:30 pm

29th April-27th May

Angel Studios, South Street,Totnes

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Places limited, booking essential. Group currently full, waiting list open.

Covid secure venue and precautions applied

Donation £25
 

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Bring Your Gifts to Life- Be the Creatrix

5-week online course for women

Wednesdays 10th March- 7th April
4pm-6:30pm

 

For women who long to share their gifts and their creative expression, as a way of life; who’ve tried to express their gifts before but found it was hard or just too scary; and for those who feel new visions stirring but don’t know how to move towards them.
This concentrated period of support will make a difference to those who want to be active creators of Life on Earth at this time. Sometimes they are called artists, performers, facilitators, teachers, healers, carers, mothers, activists, leaders, mystics and more.

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Themes we will explore:
Life as a creative act
Aligning with your Gift/Soul purpose
The dynamic of coming forward and resting back (Yin Yang of giving your gift)
Meeting the inner critic and sabotaging patterns
Being seen and speaking out
Connecting service with joy and resourcefulness
Celebrating self and other
Being received, welcomed and valued
Clearing out the pipes for life to flow through you
 

Included in the course:
Five 2,5 hour sessions with teaching and personal and group exploration through creative inquiry
Individual mentoring session with Agata
Weekly tasks and mini-projects between sessions
Opportunity to practice giving your gift
Note:
We put great emphasis on grounding and embodiment as well as rest and digestion and we take breaks in the session.
 

The gift we have is our innate Soul-nature. It has been given to us and it’s not ours to withhold. Yet, in the giving of it every wound of “not enough” can be touched. If we engage with it, it will bring us home to our belonging; to the universal benevolence of life.

In the course we will work with resting back as a prerequisite to coming forward into the world; with being enough as a place to create from.
We will investigate conditions of creative emergence - from emptiness into form, and a human being as the channel for that amazing process. From that place we can merge our individual longing and need with that of the world, recognizing that it is crucial for each one of us to manifest our unique gift

for the good of the whole.

I am fascinated by the process of Life’s emergence to be itself, through us. One of my core gifts is to enable others to be seen, heard and received.
 

This course is offered at an introductory rate of £105 to a limited number of participant to allow for individual attention, so make sure you come forward in time to reserve a place.

Booking by application only.

 

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We have had a programme of courses funded by The National Lottery Community Fund for this Autumn and Winter. We are grateful that our project Stories for Change has received support from Coronavirus Community Support Fund and we are offering resource-building courses supporting all impacted by the pandemic, prioritizing those with long-term health conditions or mental health challenges.

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For Women- With Agata Krajewska, assisted by Rooh Star:

 Heroine's Way
Wednesday 3rd March
4pm-6pm online
Free
An opportunity to appreciate and deepen your resources through imaginary creative exploration, writing and play.

Register here to join:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlce-hqTgoHt3ulMAoAyLVnb3opBaXGBug
 

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Heroine’s Journey
Online group

28th Jan- 25th Feb Thursdays 4pm-6:30 pm

 

"When women are storytellers, the human story changes" (Elizabeth Lesser)

We are all the powerful "myth makers", influenced by old, cultural myths, uninspected. Now, more than ever is the time to be conscious of the mythical narratives we choose to live by to create the world we wish to inhabit.
We are offering an opportunity to:
-Resource and be nourished in your heart and body
-Process your experience of the pandemic from a mythical perspective
-Connect with a community of women
-Find a place of empowerment in your response to life
We will work with creativity as a way of processing to transform the rough material of our experiences into gold.
It’s a "work" of play and deep healing at the same time, a kind of ritual that occurs through the collective witness and community support.
Work with presence, embodiment, improvisation, inquiry, telling and personal reflection.
Our online courses are designed to provide a real, visceral and transformative experience. We put great emphasis on grounding and embodiment as well as rest and digestion.
Places limited. Booking essential.
Suggested donation £25

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Bringing our Gifts in Uncertain Times
Sat 6th Feb 10:30am- 5:30pm
Angel Hall, Bowden House n/r Totnes

Small support group observing social distancing in a Covid-secure venue.​
At this time of Imbolc we will tune into what seeds we are sowing. Now, it is more important than ever to trust, that the way we are in our everyday lives is the gift we bring. The movement of our hearts matters. We will bring value to the power of simply being enough, as well as honour our unique sparks of inspiration and personal mythos.
Working with presence, embodiment, improvisation, inquiry, story and personal reflection.
Places limited. Booking essential.
Suggested donation £15-20

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For Men- with Phil Barber:

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Stories of MEN

The Inner King - 5-week online course

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14th Jan 18:45 - 21:15 taster

21 Jan- 11 Feb closed group

What does the Inner King have to do with our day to day lives; the changes we wish to bring about, and the struggles we face? We know the King archetype is loaded with potential and resourcefulness and is available to one and all. Yet how do we relate with it?

 

In these sessions we will be exploring this theme and creatively including significant life stories to deepen our understanding and steer meaningful change. We have been entrusted with a story to live out, learn from, and transcend so we give the best of ourselves to our families, our work and our communities.

Supported by a small community of like-minded men we will be writing, reflecting, moving, and validating each other’s short personal performances. No experience necessary.

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Suggested donation £25. No cost places available to any in need

To book or enquire contact Phil: phil@philbarbercoaching.co.uk

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PAST WORKSHOPS 2020

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"Stories of Descent"

Sat 12 Dec 10:30am - 5.15 pm

Angel Hall, Bowden House n/r Totnes

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Small support group observing social distancing in a Covid-secure venue​.

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We will explore our journeys of initiation and transformation, to help us relate to the challenges of the times.
We will honour the season's draw down and deep within, inspired by the story of Inanna. We will allow plenty of space to rest and be.

Work with presence, embodiment, improvisation, inquiry, telling and personal reflection.

Places limited. Booking essential.

Suggested donation £15-20

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Heroine’s Journey Online

Creative Response to Challenging Times

Second Series:

19th Nov-17th Dec

5 Thursdays 4pm-6:30pm

 

These challening times call for harnessing new resources.

We will work with creativity as a way of processing our experience.

We will not only “tell our stories” but fully claim and embody all of ourselves- now, with all that brought us here. We transform the rough material of our experiences into gold.

It’s a "work" of play and deep healing at the same time, a kind of ritual that occurs through the collective witness and community support.

Through it we can recognize that our story, though unique, is shared and creates a tapestry of Her-story.

 

Work with presence, embodiment, improvisation, inquiry, telling and personal reflection as a way of integrating challenging experiences and making new life choices.

With Agata Krajewska and Rooh Star.

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Stories of MEN Online

Resourcing self through the pandemic and beyond

5-week online group:

Thurs 12th Nov 7pm-9:15pm

 

In these critical times of adversity, all of us are called into radical change. To steer that change is to be in touch with our individual calling, and to support that change is to be in touch with our natural resourcefulness. In this workshop we will be led by these themes, exploring and deepening our ability to have a creative and practical response to the limitations imposed by the pandemic.

Who is it for?

This workshop, funded by the National Lottery, is open to all and is targeted to support those most affected by the pandemic in terms of health, finances, isolation, recovery from loss, or deep personal struggles.

In the workshops we engage in creative ways to uncover significant life stories, be resourced by them, and process the challenging emotions from difficult experiences. Supported by a small community of like-minded men we will be writing, reflecting, moving, and validating each other’s short personal performances. No experience necessary.

To book or enquire contact Phil: phil@philbarbercoaching.co.uk

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A few words about our online courses
 
The courses are designed to provide a real, visceral and transformative experience. We put great emphasis on grounding and embodiment. The activities are engaging, playful and bonding in nature.

You will need:

*Good Wi-Fi connection

*Zoom App (https://zoom.us/download)

*Uninterrupted physical space where you can move and make sound

*A screen set where we can see you in the space

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Heroine’s Journey

Creative Response to Challenging Times
5 Tuesdays 2:30-5:30,
29th Sept -3rd Nov (no class on 20th Oct)
The Angel Gallery, Totnes, South Street
Small group observing social distancing.

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Stories of MEN 

Resourcing self through the pandemic and beyond
5 Thursdays 6:45- 9:30pm
1st Oct- 5th Nov (no class on 15th Oct)
The Angel Gallery, Totnes, South Street
Small group observing social distancing.
 

ONLINE:

Theatre of Awakening for Challening Times- free Taster

Open to All

Fri 16th October 5-7pm

Have a taste of this work; play, be resourced, dive creatively into yourself, be challenged and nourished.

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Resources for Our Time

Funded Workshop For Women

Sat 31st October

2pm-4:45pm

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Stories of MEN

Resourcing self through the pandemic and beyond

FREE TASTER

Wed 4th Nov, 7pm-8:30 pm

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Bringing Your Gifts

in uncertain times

New date: 14th August, 10:30-5pm

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Funded workshop for women age 18 to early 30's

With Agata Krajewska and Rooh Star

Outdoor venue with facilities:

The Glade, North Woods, Dartington, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6EH

For a small group, observing social distancing

It has been said by indigenous elders that when everybody embodies their unique gifts, the world will come into equilibrium. We will start from the presumption that we are already enough to offer your gifts and support our spontaneous unfolding and welcome.

As a young woman today you are faced with numerous pressures: to look and act a certain way, to succeed in today’s changing and uncertain world.

This is a space to pause and listen, honouring the formative, transitional stage of your life; a space to explore what you long to share with the world, with women of your own age and two passionate guides.

Work with presence, embodiment, improvisation, inquiry, and storytelling.

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Lottery Funded: optional donation £10/day

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Stories of Emergence

Autobiographical Theatre for Women
Two Groups:
Ashburton, Quaker Meeting House
6th Feb- 2nd April, 5 Thursdays 6:30-9:30 pm, fortnightly

Totnes, Angel Studios, South Street
4th- 25th of March , 4 Wednesdays 2pm-5pm, weekly
 
At this time our creative seeds begin to sprout and come out into the world.

The group is aimed to support this transition and to help manifest your emerging potential.
It has been said by indigenous elders that when everybody embodies their unique gifts, the world will come into equilibrium. This work is in support of that return.
We will start from the presumption that we are already enough and use the medium of performance to experience our spontaneous unfolding and welcome.
We will also look at the connection between the wound and the gift; a mythological and initiatory understating of our lives.
The group is subsidized for women coming out of illness.
Work with presence, embodiment, improvisation, inquiry, and storytelling.
Places limited. Booking essential.

Course fee
Ashburton £95 for the series
Totnes £75 for the series
Subsidized places for women in recovery from illness.

 

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"Heroine's Journey - Resourcing for Healing"

Funded group for women in recovery from illness

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From Wedn 8th of January, 2 pm-5 pm, for 5 weeks

Totnes, Angel Studios, South Street

Lottery Funded: £25 for the whole series.

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2019:

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"Stories of Descent"

Autobiographical Theatre for Women

 

Ashburton, Quaker Meeting House:

3 Tuesdays 19th Nov, 3rd Dec, 17th Dec, 2 pm-5.15 pm 

 

Descent

Into the body

Into the lower psyche

Into stillness

Into darkness

Into the holding of the Earth

Into the Underworld where gifts are found and recovered.

 

Autumn and winter invite us on the journey of descent; into the dark and deeper into ourselves. The Dark that we may shy away from offers gifts of rest and transformation.

Inspired by nature's Life-Death-Life cycle we will inquire into what is disintegrating in our identities at present and how to engage with that process. We will look at our conditioning around loss and draw on mythological themes such as Inanna.

“Going down” and embracing what is found there is part a woman’s journey home. She is called to re-inhabit her body waist down and to plunge into the lower regions of her psyche where a raw power awaits, in the form of stories and emotions.

To safely embody these “taboo” parts of ourselves can bring us more energy and well-being, a sense of wholeness.

Work with presence, embodiment, improvisation, inquiry, telling and personal reflection.

Places limited. Booking essential.

Course fee £65

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"Ancestral Stories"

Workshop and Community Ritual

With Agata Krajewska and Phil Barber

Sat 2nd Nov 10:30am-5:30pm, Sun 3rd Nov 1pm-5:30pm

Staverton Village Hal

At this time of the year traditionally the veil between the worlds is the thinnest. In many cultures, including Polish, it is a time to connect with and honour the dead.
In our society we have forgotten to celebrate the ancestors, who passed down to us the fruit of their lives. To consciously receive and acknowledge their legacy can nourish and support us.

This workshop will include:
*Inquiring into gifts and challenges passed down the ancestral lines and how we carry them forward
*Uncovering, sharing and performing ancestral stories
*Honouring and initiating a more conscious relationship with the ancestors.
*Community ritual.
*Work with presence, embodiment, improvisation, enquiry and storytelling.

 

Places limited. Booking essential.

Fee: £85/ £75 concession

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Theatre of Awakening for women

For Healing and Transformation

 

Two Closed Groups:

Thursdays, 6:30-9:30pm, 5x weekly from 12th Sept

at Totnes, Bridwood House, 44 High Street

 

Tuesdays, 2pm-5pm, 4x fortnightly from 24th Sept

at Ashburton, Quaker Meeting House, Foales Court, TQ13 7QE

 

We will let the body speak, let it lead and reveal its wisdom, using the power of performance as a transformative container.

We will not only “tell our stories” but fully claim and embody all of ourselves- now, with all that brought us here. We transform the rough material of our experiences into gold.

It’s a "work" of play and deep healing at the same time, a kind of ritual that occurs through the collective witness.

Through it we can recognize that our story, though unique, is shared and creates a tapestry of Her-story.

 

Work with presence, embodiment, improvisation, inquiry, telling and personal reflection.

This course is suitable for beginners and experienced participants alike.

Places limited, booking essential.
Whole course: £75

 

 

"Your Body - Your Story"

Advanced Women's Group now closed

Thursdays, starting 30th of May

2- 5pm , Dartington Village Hall

 

This group, complemented by individual sessions, will enable the participants to create a short piece to share at one of our

Community Festivals

 

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Heroine's Days – Re-visioning Your Story
Saturdays 13th April, 11th May, 8th June, 10:30am-5:30pm

Staverton Village Hall

For those with previous experience in the work.

Each day stands alone: an opportunity to creatively dive into and re-vision your story from an initiatory perspective, working towards a performance.

We will focus on finding your key thread, gathering material and crafting your piece. 

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We carry so many stories inside and when they are told they get freed up and we get the medicine. It is often in challenging situations, when we might have felt victimized, that we developed our precious gifts and strengths. 

By looking at our lives as a piece of art, we bring reverence to it and find the patterns that are specific to us. As we find those patterns and become the heroine's in our story, we find why we are here.

As women, we particularly need it, as we have lost some of the feminine mythology and need to rebuilt our archetypal domain.

 

Work with presence, embodiment, improvisation, inquiry, writing, telling and personal reflection.

£50 per day, small groups

 

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Community Festivals

 

Stories for Change Festival: 29-30th June, Bogan House, Totnes

 

Drop the Story: 17-20th October, Ashburton Arts Centre

 

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His and Her Story

Meeting of Stories of Women and Men

1st -2nd June, Sat 10-5pm, Sun 11-5pm, Staverton Hall

 

Weekend workshop for previous groups participants to explore your gender story through embodied improvisation, inquiry and writing.

 

We will be shining particular light on our stories as women and men; exploring, owning and disentangling from our gender-related narratives, to reveal our deeper truths.

The weekend will provide a safe creative space to witness each other and learn about "the other half of the species".

We will work both as mixed and separate gender groups,

held by Agata Krajewska and Phil Barber.

 

It is part of Stories for Change programme funded by National Lottery.

We ask £40 for the weekend

 

Taking your place- Bringing your gift

Women's weekend

Sat 30th- Sun 31st March 

10:30-5:30,The Glade, North Woods, Dartington (indoors & outdoors)

 

For the sake of all Life, now is the time to shine and effortlessly bring our gifts of power, vulnerability and wisdom; taking our place "in the great family of things". We will explore our longings and the blocks to following them, gently bur effectively. We will open to the experience that you can be who you sense yourself to be; and bring what you feel you are here to bring. In these safe, "greenhouse conditions" we will coach each other along, giving welcome and mutual encouragement.

Working with presence, story and performance as an alchemical process.

In an exceptional venue: http://thewoodland.co/the-glade/

Part-funded, places limited, £75/£65 cons. per weekend

 

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"Making Her-story" by Stories for Change

Autobiographical Theatre for Healing and Transformation

Funded group for women overcoming challenges

to foster empowerment and emotional well-being

5 Tuesdays: 12th March-9th Apr

2pm-5pm at Dartington Space, Studio 6 and 3

Donation: £25 for the course.

 

 

Theatre of Awakening- Advanced group for women

Fortnightly: Thursdays 7th Feb till 21st March

1:30-4:30pm, Dartington Village Hall, £75 per term

By application, for those with previous experience in the work

 

 

 2018:

“Drop the Story”

Solo Autobiographical Festival

25th- 28th Oct

Riverstone, Buckfastleigh and Dartington Hex

www.dropthestory.co.uk

 

Workshops in 2018:

 

"Your Body - Your Story"by Stories for Change

Transformative Theatre for Women

Dartington Studios

8th Nov- 13th Dec  (break on 29th Nov)

5 Thursdays 2pm- 5pm

 

Our bodies remember. They carry stories. As we play them out we are revealed to each other and ourselves and our vitality is freed up. Paradoxically, as we release the story, we are more present and available, and enriched by digesting our experience.

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We let the body speak, let it lead and reveal its wisdom, using the power of performance as a transformative container.

We will not only “tell our stories” but fully claim and embody all of ourselves- now, with all that brought us here. We transform the rough material of our experiences into gold.

It’s a "work" of play and deep healing at the same time, a kind of ritual that occurs through the collective witness.

Through it we can recognize that our story, though unique, is shared and creates a tapestry of Her-story.

Work with presence, embodiment, improvisation, inquiry, telling and personal reflection.

No previous performance experience necessary.

 

National Lottery Funded. Places at £5/session.

 

 

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  Alchemy of Your Story

Woman's Journey into the Underworld

Sat 17th- Sun18th Nov 2018, 10:30am-5pm

Dartington Village Hall

 

Autumn and Winter invite us on the journey of descent, into the Dark and deeper into ourselves. The Dark that we may shy away from offers gifts of rest and transformation.

In the myth of Inanna the heroine makes a descent into the underworld to unite with her “dark sister”. This “going down” and embracing what is found there is part a woman’s journey home. She is called to re-inhabit her body waist down and to plunge into the lower regions of her psyche where a raw power awaits, in the form of stories and emotions.

 

We carry many stories inside and when they are told they get freed up and we get the medicine. It is often in the darkest of times, when we might have felt victimized, that we developed our precious gifts and strengths. 

 

By looking at our life as a Heroine's Journey, we bring reverence to it and find the patterns that are specific to us. As we find those patterns, we appreciate our winding path and we find why we are here.

Work with presence, embodiment, improvisation, inquiry, telling and personal reflection.

Workshop Part-funded.

No previous performance experience necessary.

Price for the whole weekend: sliding scale £60 - £75

 

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21st-23rd July 2018

3-day Autobiographical Workshop at

Theatre Village, Wegajty, Poland

 

http://teatrwegajty.eu/wioska-teatralna/festival-info-english/

 

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"Your Body - Your Story"

Transformative Theatre for Women

Starts 5th of June

 

4 Tuesdays 2pm- 5pm

Dartington Estate, Hex, Studio 33

 

Our bodies remember. They carry stories. As we play them out we are revealed to each other and ourselves and our vitality is freed up. Paradoxically, as we release the story, we are more present and available, and enriched by digesting our experience.

 

We let the body speak, let it lead and reveal its wisdom, using the power of performance as a transformative container.

We will not only “tell our stories” but fully claim and embody all of ourselves- now, with all that brought us here. We transform the rough material of our experiences into diamonds.

It’s a "work" of play and deep healing at the same time, a kind of ritual that occurs through the collective witness.

Through it we can recognize that our story, though unique, is shared and creates a tapestry of Her-story.

This process is open and available to everyone, regardless of any experience. Many who've never stepped out before found it surprisingly available and safe.

Work with presence, embodiment, improvisation, inquiry, telling and personal reflection.

Places limited, booking essential.

£75 for 4 weeks

 

 

 ‘‘At some point, we must look inward for our education. We must notice what inhibits our freedom, be willing to give up all preconceptions, be truthful, and relax in order to act from lively emptiness’’ Ruth Zaporah

 

"Our lives are at once ordinary and mythical.” Natalie Goldberg

 

 

 

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"Making Her-story"funded Women's Groups

by Stories for Change

Dartington Hex Studio 33

4 Tuesdays 2pm- 5pm

April 10th, 17th, 24th, May 1st (full)

 

Explore what wants to come through you as one of many feminine voices.Your story is my story is Her-story. We recognize our shared sorrows, victories, dreams and passions. We make our own fate, dying, birthing and re-birthing ourselves. Many lives within one life; many women in each woman.

 

Expect fun, depth, nurturing and supportive connection. Share the transmission of your essence, gift and passion, speaking out for what in our world needs attention.

Work with presence, embodiment, improvisation, creative expression and breaking inner restrictions.