Come and help us to plant 400 young saplings of native trees donated to Ecotherapy East by Woodland Trust. Trees will be planted in hedgerows to increase habitats and biodiversity on our private nature reserve. Refreshments will be provided.
Bring a packed lunch, wellies or sturdy shoes, garden gloves, warm clothes and waterproofs in case of rain. Parking will be at the Village hall.
A therapeutic movement workshop combining aspects of Internal Family Systems (IFS), ecotherapy and expressive arts. Led by an experienced IFS therapist, facilitator and founder of Ecotherapy East Sebastiana Black
“I had such an in-depth and enlightening experience, that was also held so tenderly that I had complete autonomy over how far I went in the explorations.” participant Moving with Parts, 2025
Enter a clear stream of awareness and connection and liberate your wholeness with movement, stillness and deep nature connection. There is a wise open space, deep roots, a beautiful meadow and an open heart in you that can meet all of you just as you are with curiosity, and listen to what you need.
Gentle, yet powerful creative explorations will guide you to welcome all your parts and connect your feelings, sensations and thoughts that arise to the compassionate natural energy of Self inside you, your body interwoven with the Earth and all the elements and in deep relationship within more-than-human world. You will be invited to find movement, sound and other expressions for your natural Self and parts of you that will be with you and need attention. You will leave feeling clearer and more connected to you and your unique place in the web of life.
The movement session will include:
Compassionate movement warm up and introductions
Short introduction to Internal Family Systems (IFS) model
Short IFS and Earth-based meditation and setting up a courageous and safe space for all parts to feel welcome
Guided movement improvisations with your parts and Self to uplifting music and in silence with nature outdoors
Solo inner work – writing, drawing
Small group work – optional sharing or just listening, finding a sense of common humanity
Sharing in circle
Gratitude and appreciations
What to bring:
All your parts
Clothing you are comfortable to move in. Layers. Clothing for moving and walking on the meadow.
Blanket for extra comfort
Cushion to sit on. Chairs will be available.
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.
Who’s it for:
Everyone is welcome. No previous experience of IFS or movement is required, just willingness and curiosity about your inner world and desire to express yourself in movement.
It can be especially beneficial for those with interest in IFS and creative movement- practitioners, therapists, teachers and artists.
Spaces are limited to 8 people. We will be in the yurt and outside on the meadow in different locations ; with trees, grasses and the elements.
Arrive no later than 2:15pm to settle into the space.
Together, we’ll explore our inner world as an essential part of the living world. Through guided practices, conversation, and ritual, you’ll be invited to:
Deepen your connection to the web of life Experience a sense of belonging with the land, the elements, and each other.
Explore meditation and ritual as creative tools Discover how simple, nature-based meditations and rituals can inspire personal and collective growth.
Listen to your inner and outer landscape Tune in to your own rhythms and the subtle voices of the wild around you, with meditations and nature-based practices
Converse with trees & connect with nature beings Open to the wisdom that the living world offers.
Rest, play, and celebrate together For a day, remember how to live simply—resting, playing, dancing, and offering gratitude to the land.
Step Out of the Noise, and Step Into the heart of nature
Do you long to escape the busyness of daily life? To throw away your phone, lie in the grass, and breathe with the trees? Join us for Wild Being : Being Wild—a unique outdoor workshop where we’ll rediscover what it means to be alive, connected, and truly present.
A Collaborative Retreat with Directionless Path & Ecotherapy East
What to Expect
An intimate group experience (maximum 12 participants)
Simple rituals of appreciation and gratitude
Listening practices and mindful connection with nature
Creative expression, and group sharing
Tea and coffee provided—please bring your own lunch, snacks, and water bottle
A relaxed, supportive atmosphere—no previous experience needed
Your Facilitators
Rijusiddha
Rijusiddha – Spiritual Guide & Meditation Mentor
With over 20 years of meditation experience and a rich background spanning Buddhist, Pagan, and Druidic traditions, Rijusiddha offers a unique, integrative approach to spiritual guidance. As the founder of Directionless Path, specialising in helping others deepen their connection with themselves and the natural world through mindfulness, meditation, and nature-based practices. Rijusiddha is dedicated to creating welcoming spaces for personal transformation, weaving together wisdom from diverse spiritual paths to support each individual’s journey.
Robert Black
Robert Black – Ecotherapist & Integrative Counsellor
Rob is an integrative counsellor, supervisor, and expressive arts therapist with a passion for connecting people to nature and themselves. As co-founder of Ecotherapy East, he brings years of experience in private practice and community mental health, including a decade training for Norfolk Mind in Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, and Active Hope. Rob’s approach is influenced by transpersonal and Jungian therapy, and he has shared his expertise with NHS psychiatry staff. When he’s not facilitating, you’ll find him vision questing, exploring shamanism, or birdwatching in Suffolk.
Practical Details
Date: 26th July
Location: Covehithe, near Southwold, Suffolk
Time: 10am – 4pm
Group size: Limited to 12 for a personal, connected experience
What to bring:
Weather-appropriate clothing and sturdy footwear
Something to sit on (Something natural on or close to the ground, like sheepskin or rug, recommended if possible)
Your own lunch, snacks, and water bottle
Ready to Experience Wild Being: Being Wild?
Leave behind the noise. Reconnect with your authentic self and the living world. Listen to the hum of the soil, the whispers of the woods, and the wisdom of the sky.
Your place in the circle is waiting.
Please note that a £25 deposit is required to secure your booking. This is non-refundable unless the event is cancelled by the organisers
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.
4 Saturdays in 2026: May to September- 16 May, 6 June, 18 July, 12 September
10am-5pm Foxtail Meadow, Bramfield, Suffolk
This series of therapeutic and experiential group workshops draws on Internal Family Systems (IFS), ecotherapy, expressive arts, and mindfulness and is facilitated by an experienced IFS therapist Sebastiana Black
“Coming to three IFS workshops was profoundly beneficial. The experience helped IFS become an embodied and integrated way of being, and it felt truly revelatory. A daily awareness of my parts, held from an adult, Self-led place, is now part of how I live.” – participant at Touching Wholeness one-day workshops in 2025
You will be invited to meet your inner world in new ways through creative explorations and connections, with the support of your compassionate Self, the shared understanding, compassion and empathy of the group, and the natural world of the meadow.
You will begin to befriend your inner family of Parts — your ways of thinking, feeling, and responding —and how they show up in your life and in real-time in the group with growing curiosity and care and find out what they need to stay in connection with your true Self and others.
You will learn to relate with compassion to your inner community, including parts that criticise, strive for perfection, worry, analyse, withdraw, distract or seek comfort in addictive ways. You will also be gently invited to be with more vulnerable partsthat carry softer, or harder-to-access emotions, such as sadness, loneliness, shame, anger, and fear.
With more understanding of your parts’ intentions, origins, and protective roles, space may open for healing, change, allowing clarity, self-acceptance and self-compassion to deepen. As your parts begin to relax, their authentic purpose and expressions of their gifts may gradually reveal themselves, supporting a deeper sense of wholeness and Soul connection.
You will be gently guided into a reciprocal relationship with the natural world — honouring it while also drawing inspiration, resources, and support from its beauty and presence. Through this deeper participation with living ecosystems, you may rediscover an innate sense of belonging and begin to experience greater balance, perspective, and wholeness.
Each session will include:
Establishing a courageous and safe space where all parts are welcome.
Noticing, turning towards, and learning to understand your parts and find new ways of relating and speaking for them.
Exploring your inner ecosystem using the IFS map of parts.
IFS-informed and nature-based meditations.
Exploring parts through writing, image-making, movement, nature connection, and shared reflection.
Embodying and inviting qualities of your authentic Self through nature connection, movement, sound, and poetry.
Reverential and contemplative time on and with the meadow, including land labyrinth walking.
Time outdoors to find symbols and expressions for your inner experience.
Inviting a sense of interconnectedness with the natural world through the senses and imagination.
Connecting with, listening to crack willow, pond, oaks, black poplar, ash, butterflies, insects, Foxtail and Yorkshire Fog grasses, buttercups and many beautiful others.
A mix of individual, pair, and group work.
Gratitude practices and closing appreciations
All practices are offered as invitations, with choice and self-pacing encouraged throughout.
Possible themes we may explore:
Inner conflict and inner polarities
Grief, loss, and attachment wounds
Relationships and relational patterns
Self-care – learning when to say ‘yes’ and saying ‘no’
Longing to belong and experiences of disconnection
Perfectionism, inner critic, fear of failure, and feeling of “being wrong”
Exploring inner resources and qualities of Self, both within and in relationship with the natural world
Distractors, avoiders, and soothers — and what they are protecting
Ecological grief and distress related to wider social and environmental poly-crisis
What is included:
Paper, pastels and pens will be available for image making. Tea, coffee and snacks. IFS and other resources will be sent by email before and after the workshop.
This group may be helpful if you:
Are interested in IFS and parts-based approaches, including ecotherapy and nature-connection and wish to deepen your understanding of your inner ecosystem and Self energy in a supportive group
Want to cultivate self-compassion and internal awareness through embodied and nature-informed practices
Feel curious about patterns, inner conflicts, or protective strategies as well as strengths
Are already in therapy and would like a complementary, therapeutically-held group experience
Who is it for: Everyone is welcome. No previous experience of IFS or ecotherapy is needed. A basic familiarity with IFS may be helpful, and some introductory information and resources will be shared before the group begins. Come if you are curious about deepening your relationship with your inner and outer landscapes and want to heal and grow. Workshop is suitable both for people who are new to IFS and Ecotherapy and those who want to deepen their understanding. The group will be limited to six participants to support depth of connection, safety, and meaningful group process. This is a closed group, with a commitment to attend all four sessions. Closed groups support safety, trust, and continuity, allowing relationships and inner work to deepen over time without disruption.
This group is intended as a supportive, exploratory group experience. It may not be the right fit if you are currently in a period of significant emotional crisis, or if you are seeking intensive therapeutic support or professional training..
If you have any questions about suitability, please feel free to contact me.
“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.
Payment:
Early bird before 18 April: £350
Thereafter £400 or pay it forward to support our community enterprise and work
Payment in instalments is possible.
If this group speaks to you, you are warmly invited to join us. You may notice a quiet pull towards this work — you are welcome to listen to that invitation. To support depth and connection, places are limited, so early booking is recommended. If you would like to join, please get in touch using the button below.
Saturday 10 May 2025, 10am-4:30pm 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
Through creative explorations and with the help of your compassionate Self and the wisdom and guidance of 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, overshadowing your sense of belonging. 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. As you enter into a reciprocal relationship with the natural world, honouring it as well as drawing inspiration and resources from its unfolding beauty in May , you will tap into your innate sense of belonging. You will discover more about your Parts’ intentions, origins and what they need to heal and change and experience more clarity. Supported by the ecosystems around you, your presence, wisdom and sensitivity of the body and the group, you will uncover a greater sense of balance, wholeness and confidence.
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 20 April 2025: £65 Thereafter £75 or pay it forward- choose this amount to support our work on the meadow and those on lower income. £55 – 1 spot in exchange for helping with refreshments. THIS SPOT IS NOW GONE.
In September the natural world is fully retreating into Autumn. In this session we will explore how calming our minds and opening ourselves to the beauty and wisdom of the natural world gives rise to our own renewal. As we settle, we begin to drop deeper and our senses sharpen, allowing us to slow down enough to take in the radiance. All this will happen in a safe, supportive environment where we build a warm sense of connection, and shared intention and practice.
Our time together will include:
Mindfulness practices – slowing down, welcoming ourselves, and appreciating the wonderful Foxburrow wood.
Deep nature connection practices – awakening our senses and imagination, practising reciprocity and reverence
Enhancing our experiences with creativity – optional image making
No previous experience necessary, simply willingness to sit quietly in nature.
“A gentle yet powerful experience led with such integrity and professionalism.”
In this experiential workshop we will meet our inner world, resourced by our true nature, the wisdom of the group and the natural world. We will befriend the parts of ourselves involved in our sense of belonging and those that block it. The habits and beliefs that protect us and the vulnerable parts that feel unworthy and alone can get in the way of deepening our connections to our body, ourselves, others and the more-than-human world. As we enter into a reciprocal relationship with the natural world, we will increase access to our innate sense of belonging and invite in more clarity and confidence.
The day will include:
IFS and Earth-based meditations
Embodiment and sensory practices
Walking and being on the land
Creativity – mapping and sculpting parts
Group, pair and solo work
Poetry and song
£65, £55, £40 (£40- 1 spot in exchange for helping with refreshments)
This workshop is for anyone who wishes to begin to heal, grow, be more compassionate and feel a sense of interconnectedness.
Spaces are limited.
Previous experience of IFS is helpful but not necessary, just willingness to sit quietly and be curious about what is within and around you.
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.
*IFS therapy is a transformative approach to understanding our minds and healing different aspects of our personality and guides us to be with our experiences in a compassionate way.More information about IFS: www.sebastianablack.co.uk/internal-family-systems
Facilitator: Sebastiana is an IFS level 3 therapist, ecotherapist, mindful self-compassion teacher and experienced group facilitator. She is the co-founder and director of Ecotherapy East social enterprise in Suffolk, tending the land and tending our inner world in community. More about Sebastiana: www.sebastianablack.co.uk/about-sebastiana
Future offerings: There will be another two 1-day workshops (on the meadow and in Trowse in Norwich) in spring 2025 before a closed group will be offered in Suffolk.
Ceilidh
Celebrate Nature with Music and Dance
Saturday 15 November 2025,
7:30pm-10:00pm Bramfield Village Hall, nr. Halesworth Suffolk
Fundraiser for Ecotherapy East, regenerating Nature on Foxtail Meadow reserve
Ecotherapy East community enterprise based in Bramfield warmly invites you to an evening of ceilidh dance and music. Polkas, hornpipes, reels and jigs… The band Far ‘n’ Away (fiddles, melodeon, double bass, recorder) and their experienced dance-caller will steer you to safety through a heady mix of boisterous folk! Come and enjoy the evening with us, celebrating what we have achieved so far, and help us raise money for our project on the Foxtail Meadow we steward in the heart of Bramfield.
Bring your own alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink. Tea, coffee and snacks will be available.
There is limited parking- please share cars, walk or bike.
Find out more about Ecotherapy East: www.ecotherapyeast.co.uk
And more about the band: https://farnaway.org/
Doors open at 7pm. We can’t wait to see you there!
£13 early bird until 8th November. Thereafter or on the door £15.
