Tuesday Meditation

(On a summer break- but re-starts in September)

7.30-9pm weekly (by donation)

'Incubation' meditation practice based on the work of Parmenides & Empedocles, re-connecting to the roots of the western tradition.The practice brings you into the awareness of all five senses simultaneously and re-opens a doorway to the 'common sense' which we lost centuaries ago. We will explore this ancient method of healing and transfomation, drawing on the work of Peter Kingsley, the Illiad and the Odyssey.

Led by by members of the Isthmus group. Space limited so if you are interested in coming please phone 01458 833382.

Wednesday August 6th 7pm-9pm- at Chalice Well Gardens

Re-connection - an introduction to the work of Joanna Macy

A ‘Deep Ecology’ evening at Chalice Well Gardens with a film showing of Joanna Macy telling the story of the Shambala Warrior Prophecy and experiential work with Dearbhaile Bradley and Jane Sanders. Arrive 6.45 for 7pm -£7/£5 Please book in advance: 832044

Click here for more information about Joanna Macy's work

Healing Roots

A Foundation Course in Shamanic Healing

Picture by Ros Cuthbert

  May 17-18th and September 13-14th 2008. Venue: Moorlinch near Glastonbury, Somerset.

with Andrew Johnson and Jane Dagger

A two part non-residential course created for herbal practitioners and others with an interest in the role of Celtic Shamanic Healing, Plant Spirit Medicine and Celtic Traditional Medicine. CPD credits are awarded to AMH herbal practitioners completing this course.

At this time when the scientific model is increasingly emphasised this course offers an opportunity to balance the benefits of this approach by reconnecting with the heart and soul of the western healing tradition. We will be drawing on the indigenous healing wisdom of Britain and Ireland and learning skills that help us to reclaim the power of our healing roots. This foundation course is for beginners, it teaches Celtic and traditional folk healing methods, shamanic journeying and how to gather spirit allies.

The course includes talks, practical and experiential work, some of which will be in the garden and surrounding countryside. There will be individual, group and paired work. Supportive printed material is included. Shamanic tools and books will also be available to buy. Read more about Folk medicine

JANE DAGGER has been involved in many aspects of traditional folk magic, healing and shamanism for most of her life. She has a passionate working relationship with Britain and its myths and traditions. For the past 15 years she has taught workshops on Celtic Shamanism with Caitlin and John Matthews as part of the Faculty of Inspirational & Oracular Studies (FiOS). She works as a shamanic healer and maker of shamanic tools in Dorset. FFI: jane-dagger@tiscali.co.uk

ANDREW JOHNSON MAMH. MBANT. RIr. has been in clinical practice for 23 years, he has a background in social work; and a clinical practice that includes herbal medicine, nutritional therapy, iridology, kinesiology, healing and shamanic healing.

Course fee: £280 inclusive of the two weekends, printed material, lunches, light snacks and teas.
To secure a place at a reduced fee send a 50% deposit of £120 (£60 for each weekend) before 1st March 2008 = total fee £240.

Lunches, teas and snacks at the weekends will be from mostly organically grown sources with options for vegetarian/vegans, wheat and sugar free.

Anima Mundi

Reconnecting with the Soul of the World

Saturday 20th September 2008     10.00am – 5.00pm

With Ulrike Pahl

The Soul of the World is Asleep

The Earth is a living organism with a physical body and a soul - the Anima Mundi. This is the light through which the whole of matter is woven and which is visible in nature.
Each of us carries a spark of this light in us. By making it conscious to ourselves and giving it back to the Anima Mundi, the soul of the world can awaken again and magic can come back into life.
In the first part of this unique and much-needed workshop, Ulrike sings ancient melodies that realign our inner light to the light of the Anima Mundi. These melodies have different effects on each listener. In the second part, we are taken on a journey into the archetypal realm, where we make a conscious connection with the soul of the world and witness the process of her awakening.
                                                  
    Workshop Location: Glastonbury, Somerset

To book and for more information including help with accommodation
Tel: 01458 833382/832021 or email link

Cost: £50 which includes lunch & refreshments.     Cheques made to: J Crovetto and sent to The Isthmus Program, 1 Hanover Square, Silver Street, Glastonbury BA6 8BT

Finding ourselves in time

Connecting with Ancestors and Future beings

A deep Ecology work-shop with Dearbhaile Bradley and Jane Sanders

October 11th-12th- Venue: Moorlinch Nr. Glastonbury

We have lost the perception of ourselves in time that our ancestors lived by–  In today's society short term thinking rules the day. “More, more, more– now, now, now– faster, faster, faster” is the mantra.

‘ It is like being trapped in an ever-shrinking box, in which we race on a treadmill. The economy and its technologies depend on decisions made at lightning speed for short-term goals, cutting us off from nature's rhythms, and from the past and the future as well.

Marooned in the present, we are progressively blinded to the sheer on-goingness of time. Both the company of our ancestors and the claims of our descendants become less and less real to us.

This peculiar relation to time is inherently destructive of the quality and value of our lives, and of the living body of Earth. And it will intensify because the Industrial Growth Society is, in systems' terms, on exponential "runaway" - accelerating toward its own collapse.’ Joanna Macy

The aim of deep time work is to ‘re-set’ our inner time clocks to a saner rhythm, refreshing our spirits and finding our place in the wider evolutionary continuum.

In this two day workshop, we connect with the wisdom of the ancestors and the vision of future beings.

We do this to resource ourselves as we enter this present time of great uncertainty– which many are calling ‘The Great Turning’.

‘To make the transition to a life-sustaining society, we must retrieve that ancestral capacity - in other words, act like ancestors. We need to attune to longer, ecological rhythms and nourish a strong, felt connection with past and future generations.’ JM

Through this work, we start to see our own engagement in the changes taking place and can take in nourishment and inspiration for the road ahead.

Dearbhaile has an M.A. in Counselling from Durham University and many years experience of facilitating groups, including work with the Peace and Reconciliation Department Derry city council Northern Ireland. . She first trained with Joanna Macy in 1993 and runs Work That Reconnects’ workshops in Britain and other European countries.

'I am so grateful to now find myself in a position to share with others some of the experiences that I have found most deeply healing in my life. To locate myself in time radically changed my perspective on the world around me'

Jane has worked for the last 18 years as a Core Process Psychotherapist. She came across Joanna Macy’s work in the early 80’s and has found it profoundly inspiring encouraging her to pursue an interest in eco-psychology.

'As a painter I have been involved in a project for the last year painting portraits of elders. As I painted I  realized that  I was being nourished by connecting to the  archetype of  the elder. This was part of the inspiration for this week-end.'

Dearbhaile and Jane are actively involved in Transition Glastonbury, a locally based community initiative  focused on developing more life sustaining ways of living

The full cost of the work-shop is £90. To book your place send a deposit of £20 to:

1 Hanover Square, Silver St, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 8BT. For more info call: 01358 833382

Please make cheques out to JaneSanders. There are some concessionary places for those on a low income.