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This guided interpretive and interactive winter walk in the woods will be of particular interest to those who would like to hone their bushcraft skills and improve their winter tree identification. During the day you will be shown how to identify useful tree species from their buds, bark, shape and other features. While you are in the woods we will also look for and identify any useful plants, look for animal tracks and signs as well as getting to grips with some fundamental bushcraft skills.

Paul spent 10 years studying and training under the guidance of world-renowned bushcraft and survival expert, Ray Mears, first as a student on his bushcraft courses and then was employed as Ray’s Course Director. Paul continues to be a professional bushcraft instructor and now owns and runs Frontier Bushcraft, a leading bushcraft school.

11–12

2

3

2

This is an entry level course suitable for beginners and those wishing to reconnect themselves to the Reiki Energy. You will learn how to attune to Reiki, carry out self-treatments, daily practice and energy work, and how to treat others.

Each student will receive a comprehensive manual (sent out a couple of weeks before the course) which enables you to study and start familiarising yourself with the material. On arrival you will be given a welcome pack with lots of additional information to help further your daily practice, plus a CD of guided Reiki Meditations and a certificate upon successful completion of the course.

Course Tutor Rebecca McGibbon is a Reiki Master Teacher trained by Reiki Evolution and a member of Shibumi International Reiki Association. Students from other lineages are welcome.

25

½

April 1st

2

The weekend will include a mixture of both invigorating and relaxing practical sessions, meditations and workshops, all set in the Green Wood Centre’s inspiring Woodland Hall. Tasty home cooked food is provided..

For further information and an itinerary for the weekend please see Yardley Yoga

28

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We study the Reiki symbols, treating clients, and take a look at the individual energies that make up Reiki. This is a good all round expansion course for those wishing to delve deeper or considering practicing professionally .

Reiki is a Japanese healing practice attributed to founder Mikao Usui. It enables the practitioner to make use of the natural universal energy that surrounds us all and channel it for healing purposes.

Course Tutor Rebecca McGibbon is a Reiki Master Teacher trained by Reiki Evolution and a member of Shibumi International Reiki Association. Students from other lineages are welcome.

24

2

Drawing on his experience of forestry, conservation and community action, your course tutor Robin Walter will be considering how trees provide multiple environmental, social and economic benefits, examining how trees can be used for carbon management and considering how and why tree cover in Britain could be increased. We will also cover topics as diverse as forestry, agro-forestry, forest gardens, woodfuel, the new Woodland Carbon Code and the NHS Forest. We plan to visit woods in the beautiful Severn Gorge, to see trees in action and will visit woods in nearby Telford to see the vital role trees play in the urban landscape.

Robin Walter is a Chartered Forester who has worked for estates, private owners, the Woodland Trust, commercial contractors and in arboriculture. For further information visit Trees for Transition

26–27

2

The weekend will include a mixture of both invigorating and relaxing practical sessions, meditations and workshops, all set in the Green Wood Centre’s inspiring Woodland Hall. Tasty home cooked food is provided..

For further information and an itinerary for the weekend please see Yardley Yoga

9–10

2

16–17

2

Once the frame is complete, your tutor Neill Mapes will explain different methods of seating and you will be shown how to make a really professional looking seat for your chair using paper rush.

Neill designs and makes furniture, working with greenwood from native, sustainable sources. His work includes hedgerow furniture and sculpture using a variety of tree species such as ash, oak, sweet chestnut and yew; as well as acrylic canvases and digital artwork.

July 1

2

Your tutor Ted Bruce weaves a wide variety of strong, attractive, functional English willow baskets. Originally self taught, he has since studied with some of the best basket makers in Britain. He is inspired by the beautiful Shropshire countryside in which he has lived and worked for the past 25 years and where he also grows some of his own willow.

3–5

3

This course covers the techniques required to shape an ash stave using hand tools, and then persuading the wood to bend to a near semi-circle. Also you will make a suitable bowstring and if all works well you will depart with your very own longbow.

The course tutor is David Cotterill a bowyer of 25 years experience.

18–19

2

The weekend will include a mixture of both invigorating and relaxing practical sessions, meditations and workshops, all set in the Green Wood Centre’s inspiring Woodland Hall. Tasty home cooked food is provided..

For further information and an itinerary for the weekend please see Yardley Yoga

24–26

3

*These courses are eligible for 'Wood Works', funding for people engaged in Forestry or Farming, working within the West Midlands. Please see  Funded Courses >>