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tending the Earth, tending ourselves

  • Meadow Immersion

    Saturday 24 May
    2:30-4:00pm
    Eaton Common, Norwich

    Join us for a guided sensory experience on Eaton Common, off Church Lane, on one of Norwich’s beautiful nature reserves.

    Contact Nick on nickajack@gmail.com to reserve your place!

  • Foxtail Meadow Wildlife Walk and Celebration

    Sunday 15 June
    2:00-4:30pm
    Bramfield, Suffolk

    Join us to celebrate our 5-year anniversary of regenerating the land as a community.

    We hope you will join us!! Send us an email by clicking the RSVP button below.

    RSVP

  • Touching Wholeness

    Saturday 12 July 2025, 10am-5:00pm
    Foxtail Meadow
    Bramfield, Suffolk

    This experiential workshop draws on Internal Family Systems (IFS), ecotherapy, expressive arts and mindfulness and is led by an experienced IFS therapist Sebastiana Black.

    “Thank you for a gentle yet powerful experience led with such integrity and professionalism.” participant 2024

    “I felt heard and respected and had moments of deep connection with parts of myself I hadn’t met before and also time to laugh and experience joy” participant, 2025

    Meet your inner world differently – with the sensitive help of your compassionate Self, the support and wisdom of the group and in a deep relationship with the natural world on the wild meadow.

    You will be guided to befriend your inner ecosystem of Parts (ways you function, think and feel) that show up in different areas of your lives. What gets in the way of your wellbeing, true relating, abundance, purpose and belonging? What parts carry burdens, are in conflict? What does Self-energy feel like, what aspects of you are freer, regenerative, soulful? What are your sources of joy?

    You will discover more about your Parts’ intentions, origins and what they need to heal and change and experience more clarity, courage and self-compassion.
    These habits and beliefs that protect you and the vulnerable parts that need to be heard will become a doorway to deepening your connections to all of you, others and the more-than-human world.

    You will be guided to enter into a reciprocal, deeper relationship with the natural world, honouring it as well as drawing inspiration and resources from its beautiful presence and intelligence, finding allies and guides. From this place of deeper participation with the ecosystems, you will tap into your innate sense of belonging and begin to uncover a greater sense of balance, perspective and wholeness.

    Experience a transformative and effective way of self-discovery that is kind to your nervous system and includes cultural change. We are moving from feeling like we have to do this alone to a more collective, interconnected with all of life healing approach. In this re-imagined systemic context we are aware and mindful of our precious place in the web of life and our responsibility or calling to be in an enchanted and respectful kinship with the more than human world.

    The day will include:

    • Setting up a courageous and safe space for all parts to feel welcome
    • Exploring your inner ecosystem using IFS map of parts
    • IFS and nature-based meditations
    • Exploration of parts via writing, image making, movement, nature connection and sharing
    • Embodying and inviting qualities of True Nature through nature connection, movement, song and poetry
    • Time outdoors finding symbols and expression for your experiences
    • Inviting a sense of interconnectedness with the natural world via senses and imagination
    • Individual, group and pair work
    • Gratitude and appreciations

    What to bring:

    • Clothing you are comfortable to be in, including a bit of movement
    • Layers if cooler day, waterproofs for rain, sun hat, sun screen
    • Blanket for extra comfort
    • Cushion to sit on. Chairs will be available too.
    • Notebook and pen
    • Bottle of water

    Paper and pastels will be available for image making.
    There will be teas and coffees available before the workshop starts to help you to settle in and throughout the day.

    Who is it for:
    Everyone is welcome. No previous experience of IFS or Ecotherapy is required.
    Come if you are curious about deepening your relationship with your inner and outer nature and want to heal and grow.
    Workshop is suitable both for people who are new and experienced in IFS and Ecotherapy.

    “IFS groups offer an opportunity for participants to see their Parts as universally natural and part of being human. They foster insight and offer the feeling of community and the collective, felt experience of Self-energy.” Chris Burris.

    Facilities: there are simple facilities on the meadow, including a cosy yurt and a compost loo. We will be spending time indoors and outdoors. Directions and what to bring will be provided after booking.

    Spaces are limited. The group will be capped at 6 participants to create a safe, connected group.

    Early bird before 19 June 2025: £70
    Thereafter £80 or pay it forward – choose this amount to support our work on the meadow and those on lower income.
    £60 – 1 spot in exchange for helping with refreshments​.

    Payment in instalments is possible.

    Bookings

  • Touching Wholeness Group

    5 Saturdays:
    Dates TBC

    10am-1pm
    Foxtail Meadow, Bramfield, Suffolk

    This series of experiential group workshops draw on Internal Family Systems (IFS), ecotherapy, expressive arts and mindfulness and is led by an experienced IFS therapist Sebastiana Black

    “For the first time I don’t feel like I need to fix myself! That’s freeing in itself. Everything is welcome. A safe and playful space. I felt heard and respected and had moments of deep connection with parts of myself I hadn’t met before and also time to laugh and experience joy.” – participant at River of Self workshop 2025

    Through creative explorations and with the help of your compassionate Self, the support and wisdom of the group and the natural world on the meadow you will meet your inner world differently.

    You will be able to befriend your family of Parts (ways you function, think and feel) that show up in different areas of your lives.
    You will discover more about your Parts’ intentions, origins and what they need to heal and change and experience more clarity and self-compassion.

    These habits and beliefs that protect you and the vulnerable parts that need to be heard will become a doorway to deepening your connection to your inner ecosystem, your body, your compassionate Self/your True Nature, others and the more-than-human world.

    You will be guided to enter into a reciprocal, deeper relationship with the natural world, honouring it as well as drawing inspiration and resources from its beauty and presence, finding allies and guides. From this place of deeper participation with the ecosystems, you will tap into your innate sense of belonging and begin to uncover a greater sense of balance, perspective and wholeness.

    Possible themes we will explore:

    • Inner conflict
    • Grief and attachment wounds
    • Relationships
    • Self-care – saying ‘yes’ and saying ‘no’
    • Longing to belong
    • Perfectionism, inner critic, fear of failure, feeling wrong
    • Exploring resources and qualities of Self inside and in the natural world
    • Distractors, avoiders and soothers – who do they protect?
    • Ecological and poly-crisis distress

    Each morning will include:

    • Setting up a courageous and safe space for all parts to feel welcome (1st session)
    • Exploring your inner ecosystem using IFS map of parts
    • IFS and nature-based meditations
    • Exploration of parts via writing, image making, movement, nature connection and sharing
    • Embodying and inviting qualities of True Nature through nature connection, movement, song and poetry
    • Time outdoors finding symbols and expression for your experiences
    • Inviting a sense of interconnectedness with the natural world via senses and imagination
    • Individual, group and pair work
    • Gratitude and appreciations

    Group will be capped at 6 people to allow for depth of connection. This is a closed group with everyone ideally attending all the 5 sessions.
    Previous experience of IFS is welcome but not needed.

    Payment:

    • Early bird: £195 (5 meetings)
    • Thereafter £210
    • One discounted space in exchange for helping with refreshments and setting up and clearing the space: £175
    • Payment in instalments is possible.

    Register interest

  • “Action on behalf of life transforms. Because the relationship between self and the world is reciprocal, it is not a question of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we work to heal the earth, the earth heals us.”
    ~Robin Wall Kimmerer.

    Community Days on Foxtail Meadow

    Wheel of the year & land-tending

    Would you like to come and enjoy time in the natural world – with nature and for nature on Foxtail Meadow, private nature reserve in Bramfield, Suffolk?

    Join a friendly group of people bringing connection with nature into their lives.

    Dates in 2025 (Saturdays): 21 June, 2 August, 20 September, 1 November, 20 December (dates may change)

    10:00am-11:30am Wheel of the year connection
    11:30am-3:00pm Land-tending and meadow regeneration

    Come for as long as you wish

    We meet 8 times a year around the seasons to celebrate and bring awareness to our inner and the more-than-human world – walking the labyrinth, short meditations, quiet time in nature to deepen connection.

    There are opportunities for practical tasks needed to take care of this regenerating land: making space for wildflowers, creating insect friendly habitats, scything, raking, looking after the new trees and the pond, planting trees.

    Community days on the land are a great opportunity to:

    • Nourish your relationship to the seasons and find your place in the web of life
    • Meet the community
    • Tend the land, give back to nature
    • Tend yourself


    Everyone is welcome! Children under 16 are welcome if accompanied and supervised by an adult. If you are not able to help in a practical way, you are welcome to pop by and enjoy being on the meadow, rest and regenerate. You are welcome to join us for lunch or quietly walk the labyrinth.

    To join us and for directions please email: ecotherapyeast@gmail.com

    We have a WhatsApp group which you are welcome to join for updates about community days and other announcements.

    Travel To The Meadow

    We encourage people to travel to our site in Bramfield using public transport, as much as possible.

    (Parking is limited, so please get in touch if coming by car. There is an extra charge for parking when coming workshops.)

    Trains: The East Coast Line goes from Lowestoft to Ipswich, and stops 3 miles either side of Bramfield, in Halesworth and Darsham. Bus 521 will take you to Bramfield from both Halesworth and Darsham on Saturdays.

    Buses: The Charcoal Line 40, 41, X41 runs from Norwich to Halesworth once an hour, and Bus 521 goes from Halesworth to Bramfield.

    All Suffolk bus timetables can be found here: https://www.suffolkonboard.com/ways-to-travel/bus/bus-timetables/

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