Calendar
Ancestral Healing Gathering with Salvatore Gencarelle
31st May - 2nd June - A gathering to include ancient teachings on how to build healthy ropes of connection to your ancestors and how to work with them
Some great opportunities coming up with Leo Rutherford, a gifted practitioner of Shamanic medicine ways.
Leo is bringing another opportunity to explore the realm of Trance dance, Star Maiden circle practitioner training with Juanita Puddifoot. Sweatlodge practitioner training AND another chance to Journey around the Wheel of your Life course, both beginning spring 2019!
Constellation Master Class with Elaine Harris
Weekend of 13th/14th JULY. This workshop is open to anyone who has already done the minimum of the 3 day Introduction training - Practice and Principles of Systemic Constellations training with Elaine or the equivalent.
Children's Fire Workshop with Mac Macartney
16th/17th May - Together we will form a council of enquiry and to this we will bring our stories, questions, dreams, grief and hopes. As we deepen into the process we will consider the deeper implications of carrying the children’s fire and we will have the opportunity to take a pledge that could profoundly change everything thereafter.
Theatre of Manisfestation Course beginning 8th May
Discover the secrets hidden within your life story, the archetypes and spirits at work and play. Join us and embark on a month long ritual initiation, to rediscover the truth of your story.
The Art of Sound Alchemy 29th June - 1st July
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to make your own healing tool? A sounding instrument that carries a sound frequency of depth and beauty, crafted by your own hands and heart filled desires? Join us for this three day workshop and craft your own singing bowl!
Family Constellation Workshop
On Friday 30th March we have a Family Constellation workshop with Elaine Harris.
Nonviolent Communication workshop 10th/11th February
Do you struggle to speak up about the things that matter to you? Is listening a challenge for you or the people around you? Do you fear conflict and avoid difficult conversations? If you would like help to become a more effective communicator then this workshop is for you.
Trance Dance Explorations and practitioner training
Trance-Dance is a magical catalyst for emergence to happen and patterns to shift. This is a three weekend course beginning February 3rd.
Journey round the Wheel of your Life with Leo Rutherford
The course begins March 2018 this is the first of a two year course exploring the Medicine Wheel and much more.
Closing the Bones - A workshop for women
Rocio Alarcon has a wealth of experience to draw on, this workshop will take place on 9th and 10th December.
Star Maiden Circle 2nd/3rd December
This opportunity to do some deep inner work is always welcomed. Leo Rutherford and Juanita Puddifoot guide you on a journey around the medicine wheel.
Family Constellation Workshops
On Sunday 17th December we have a Family Constellation workshop with Elaine Harris.
Letting Go & Revitalising Fire ceremony weekend
An opportunity to be focusing on the element and transformational power of FIRE over two days. We will be deepening our connections with this light of creation and honouring the spirit being of this element in preparation to ask for guidance. Fire helps us to let go of old patterns that do not service us any more.
Sacred Sound Day
On 15th October there is an opportunity for you to learn Native American Flute and Overtone Singing with Rami and Ivana. In the evening they will hold a Sound Journey. If you have never experienced this, we thoroughly recommend!
Shaman Camp, Workshops & Ceremony
On 24th and 25th July we are very fortunate to have a visit from Chino, a Q’ero shaman. During the two days you will have the opportunity to learn about plant medicine, attend a fire ceremony and book a healing session. There is the facility for camping, an opportunity to gather, sharing stories, meet new people, reconnect and relax in the beautiful surroundings of the centre.
Earthdance Summer Gathering 2017
Earlybird tickets on sale until 16th July - Don't miss your chance to join us at Clophill - a gathering for all the family!
Mystic Faerie Festival on 8th July
The Mystic Faerie Festival is a day of Entertainment, Mini Workshops in The Yurt, Mediums, Healers, Fancy Dress Competition, Keech Cottage Hospice and the Boo Owl Sanctuary and so much more...
Spring News
As we move into the lighter months please check into the Classes and Events page regularly. We have several new classes and groups meeting either weekly or monthly including Hedgerow Medicine with Kim, Mindful Movement Meditaion with Ann O'Keefe and Through the Looking Glass with Deborah Carey. Added to this we have Melanie's monthly meetings and events for Shamanic development and the unfolding women's space of the Rooted Womb Garden
Family Constellation Workshops coming up
Elaine Harris will be offering the opportunity for some fascinating and helpful work around family and relationships. With a practical two day workshop for Small Business owners and Entrepreneurs between 5th/6th May followed on the 7th with a one day general workshop. This is listed on our Classes and Events page. Also, beginning 16th - 18th June there is a three part Advanced workshop series for Clophill Constellators.
Sacred Sound Day
On 25th March there is an opportunity for you to learn Native American Flute and Overtone Singing with Rami and Ivana. In the evening they will hold a Sound Journey. If you have never experienced this, we thoroughly recommend!
Living Well with Nature course begins 25th March
Here is an opportunity to attend six workshops over the next eight months exploring health, self-care and well being through the healing power of herbs, plants and food.
Journey round the Wheel of your Life. A two year course with Leo Rutherford beginning in March 2017
The Medicine Wheel is a circle of power and knowledge, a way of understanding life framed in a circle. It teaches of our connection to all things, it shows us our way back to centre, our way home. The Medicine Wheel is not a belief system but a way to see life clearly, a series of diagrams to help understand the structure of life and see how one action causes another. It teaches how to steer a good heart-full road through life’s many challenges.
How to build a Sweat Lodge three part course
This course is aimed at teaching you how to build a Sweat lodge, how to build the special fire to heat the rocks, how to conduct the ceremony, and the myriad details which it is necessary to know in order to achieve this successfully.
Access Bars & Sound Weaving
Between 2nd & 4th February we have Gabriella and Heather creating and offering energetic healing sessions plus another chance to attend an Access Bars practitioner training day. On the evening of the 4th you can relax and bathe in the Imbolc Sound Weaving. In their words...'Wake, Rise & Create!'
Sacred Sound Day
On 25th March there is an opportunity for you to learn Native American Flute and Overtone Singing with Rami and Ivana. In the evening they will hold a Sound Journey. If you have never experienced this, we thoroughly recommend!
Two day Plant Healing Ceremony 11th & 12th October with Rocío Alarcón
Explore the Shamanic practice of the uses of spiritual and medicinal plants to remove forces that change the energies in the earth and in our bodies. Rocío will lead all the shamanic and healing ceremonies using her spiritual knowledge and all the traditional history from her family and ancestors.
Come and get involved in the garden!
Every Sunday Alex can be found working on the incredible and ever growing Biodynamic garden project. Volunteers are welcome to come along and help out, planting, weeding, building. Alex and Kim have recently added two beautiful ponds to the area.
How the Universe works with Leo Rutherford on 24th & 25th September
MEDICINE WHEEL MAPS OF OUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE COSMOS AND EACH OTHER
Energy and Sound therapy workshop
On 24th April there is an opportunity for you to explore Healing and Energy with Rami and Ivana. In the evening they will hold a Sound Journey. If you have never experienced this, we thoroughly recommend!
The Goddess Firewalk - Sunday 19th June
A joyous and empowering night for women.
Bring the energy of the goddess in all her forms to energise your dreams, heal and empower. connect with the passion and beauty of Fire: dance, drum, dream and walk.
Working with Leo Rutherford through the year.
We are pleased to announce that Leo will be offering a number of workshops & experiences through 2016. From 26th and 28th March there is an exploration of Ceremonies of Grief and Joy. Also, on 16th & 17th April Shamanic Trance Dance and Journeying. Leo will be working with Juanita Puddifoot for The Star Maiden Circle and with Ancestral Healing further into the year.
Heartsounds - Women's Singing Circle
A'Cappella singing group. Next meeting Friday 29th February. Warming Winter sounds - easy to learn 3-4 part harmonies.
Imbolc Celebration 30th January
On Saturday the 30th January at the Clophill Centre we gather to celebrate and weave the magic of the fire into our lives and our dreams bringing back to ourselves and the land the memories of old knowledge and practices.
Winter Tipi & Fire Retreat
This is a deep meditative retreat centred around the energy of fire whilst being housed in the most amazing and magical space of traditional native American Tipis
Samhain Firewalk 30th October
Celebrate the Celtic New Year in the traditional way - with ceremony, fire and feast!
Book your tickets for the Earthdance Summer Gathering!
A beautiful coming together and sharing from 27th - 30th August.
Family Constellation Workshop on 14th June
Elaine Harris will be offering the opportunity for some fascinating and helpful work around family and relationships.
Balance Your Body with Qi Gong - New Class begins Monday 13th April
Spring is a great time to begin a new regime that heightens your sense of well-being! There is a class starting on Monday nights which is suitable for beginners and also two further groups on Thursday evenings and Friday mornings.
Beltane Celebration Firewalk - Bookings for 2nd May
On Saturday 2nd May Sheelagh brings us a celebration of the third of the four Celtic festivals. An evening of joy, laughter and feasting
Winter reminders
While we move into the darkness of this time of year, just some reminders of the events coming along and courses currently unfolding..
Earthdance Summer Gathering in August!
Earlybird tickets on sale until 25th July - Don't miss your chance to join us at Clophill - a gathering for all the family!
Salt pickling / Fermentation workshop
A workshop to help us understand all about live foods and their importance in the diet.
Sound Workshops with Rami Shaafi
Rami and Ivana have now started there UK tour and will be here at Clophill on 26th/27th April. Book your place on a choice of two workshops and two Sound Journeys!
Sweat Lodge Ceremony 12th & 13th April
A new date has been set for this weekend with Leo. It will now be held on 12th & 13th April.
A new sculpture arrives!
We have been most fortunate to watch and enjoy the unfolding of a truly stunning piece of wood sculpture here at Clophill. Our dear friend Tony Langston has created a beautiful carved chair!
Shamanic Journey Workshop with Leo
Final call for this weekend and a chance to work on Movement and Stillness with Leo Rutherford. Leo is also offering one to one sessions on Friday 15th afternoon and early evening.
Samhein Celebration and Firewalk
Don't miss this opportunity to prepare for the Celtic New Year. Sheelagh will be leading a celebration and inviting you to find your vision for the forthcoming year. Places still available.
The Healing Voice workshop with Rami
On October 26th Rami and Ivana Shaafi are holding a fun, interesting and inspiring spiritual development workshop followed by a Healing Sound Journey in the evening.
Ayurvedic Therapy now available at Clophill.
We’re delighted to have a new practitioner, Helen Ahmet, working at the Centre.
Kora Recital Friday 27th September
There are still tickets available to come and hear the world famous Moussa Kouyate play African Kora here at Clophill!
Friends of the Rez Pow Wow 2013
Once again we host the Pow Wow here at Clophill. Either come for the weekend camp or for a day. There will be singing, dancing, stalls and workshops from Friday 13th evening to Sunday 15th September. Click on this article for further details on bookings and camping/entry prices.
Earth Dance Video
Following the fabulous Earth Dance weekend here in May, a short film has been made to capture the spirit of the camp. Please click here to see the film.
Tareth - The Song of the Earth & the Heart
Tareth is one of the leading teachers, healers and mystics of the present time - he is here on Saturday 13th July!
Rhythm of Life Weekend May 24th-27th!
Everything in the cosmos has rhythm......a pulse that drives it into being, giving it shape, movement and life. Earthdance presents this exciting weekend, bookings being taken NOW!
Community Garden Project
A project we have been looking forward to unfolding is getting some fresh energy and attention on Saturday 9th March between 10.30am and 4.30pm. With thanks to Alex, we have some news on this. Please read on..
Wedding Fayre in March
As the Clophill Centre has been available as a wedding venue for some time, we are hosting a Wedding Fayre on March 23rd to give you an opportunity see what is on offer
Quarterly Drumming Update
For those of you who are not aware, Kanti and Anna have decided to stop running the quarterly drumming sessions in the Tipi. We will keep you posted on any new developments later in the year.
Ancestral Work with Caitlin Matthews!
Wonderful News! Caitlin Mathews will be coming to the Clophill Centre on the 2nd and 3rd of March! Please read on to learn more about the weekend.
Permaculture Garden
The beginning stages and inauguration took place recently for the permaculture garden here at Clophill. Please read on to learn how things went and perhaps to be inspired to get involved.
New - The People and Business Matters Forum
An ongoing program that creates community support for those experiencing life’s transitions. Led by Keith Abrahams on Friday 28th September 7pm for 7.30pm start.
Please read on to see future dates.
Regular Exercise at Clophill
Take a look at the evening and daytime classes through the week. There is a new Pilates class and a fresh term begins for all our established groups including Qi Gong (Body in Balance) and Yoga.
HOT NEWS!!
Once a year the Sacred Fire Community gathers to celebrate its community and to listen to Grandfather Fire. This year the event takes place here at the Clophill Centre!
Booking reminder for Leo's next course
Don’t miss this chance to work, with one of the leading Shamans in the UK, on your blocks to abundance. This takes place on the weekend of 19th and 20th May, here at the Centre.
New Year Wishes
2012 is already bringing wonderful signs of growth and activity, here at the centre. The abundance of interest from practitioners and workshop facilitators is most encouraging!
The Ages of Men
Later in the month Professor Nick Clements is giving a talk on male spirituality - this is open to men and women.
Meditation Chamber Ceremony
We invite you to join us in this exciting opportunity to inaugurate the new underground meditation chamber at the Centre. The 'Jewel for the Earth' ceremony with Nick Stark.
Autumn
The season has turned and the time for gathering around the fire is upon us once more. There are some interesting new events coming up, plus the usual regular favourites.
June
Solstice greetings to all! Here are some reminders for the month. Also, a small selection of images from last month's Pow Wow!
May
There is a three day Pow Wow here at the Clophill Centre on the Bank Holiday Weekend of 28th, 29th and 30th May.
April
Come along to the centre and enjoy the spring activities in the peaceful surroundings of this beautiful space. There are some interesting workshops, including an opportunity to relax and unwind with a De-Stess day on Easter weekend! Read on for details...
December update
This last year seems to have flown by with incredible speed, so much has happened. Here are just a few of the latest developments and plans for the coming year.
Building the Labyrinth
At last after much planning and preparation, there is a labyrinth here on the farm!
