An Talamh, Programme, November 2009 - February 2010

AN TALAMH Emerging from the Earth An Talamh, Stonepark, Skreen, Co. Sligo Phone: 087 4184184 e-mail: [email protected]

When and How Much? Sunday 15th November 11.00am – 12.30pm Cost: Donation

Booking Information: To secure a place on a workshop please send a deposit (50% of the total course fee) to: An Talamh, Stonepark, Skreen, Co Sligo. All deposits are non-refundable but are transferable. For all full day workshops please bring your own lunch and something to share. For movement and nature-based workshops please bring boots, waterproof jacket and leggings. Please book your chosen workshop two weeks ahead to avoid disappointment as places are limited.

When and How Much?

What and How? Rua (Breath)

Sunday 6th December

Quiet hour for personal sitting or walking meditation followed by cup of tea or coffee. No booking required - just 2.00pm - 4.30pm arrive with your own cushion! In the company of members of An Talamh Team

Cost: €30

What and How? Let Your Self Shine A workshop in which participants will explore a variety of ways to connect with their positive inner-selves, that is always present and sometimes forgotten. Ann Caulfield

Saturday 21st November

Creative Writing

Friday 11th December

Energy Practices for Wellbeing I (Self-Care)

10.00am - 4.00pm

Day long workshop suitable for absolute beginners and established writers using the Schneider Method.

7.30pm – 9.30pm

This workshop will explore simple and effective practices for self-care to release stress in the body, mind and spirit.

Ann Devaney Cost: €20

Cost: €30

Walk Gently On The Earth Saturday 28 November th

10.00am - 4.00pm Cost: €60

How do you walk, slow down, stop and begin again?

Saturday 12th December

This meditative day will introduce you to the basics of movement practice and allow time for embodied reflection 10.00 -4.00pm on our daily habits and attitudes. Therese O’Driscoll

An Tobar - Participation Fund: Here, at An Talamh, we have a participation fund, which we've called An Tobar (The Well). Anyone requiring financial assistance to attend a workshop can contact An Talamh on 087 4184184 to draw on this fund. An Tobar can be added to by a variety of means, for example, facilitators donating their time or part of their fee, or by individuals giving financial support. If you wish to donate to this fund please let us know and it will be added to An Tobar in your name.

Imogen O’Connor

Preparation for Christmas Allow nature to slow you down and become still. Peter Devlin

Cost: €60

Sunday 20th December

Mid-winter Rua (Breath)

9.30am: Ritual followed by breakfast

Mid-winter ritual and breakfast (9.30am) followed by a quiet hour for personal sitting or walking meditation (11am). Bring something to share for the celebratory breakfast and your own cushion for Rua hour.

11am- 12noon: Rua Cost: Donation

In the company of members of An Talamh Team

When and How Much? 13 Friday mornings

What and How? The Artist's Way: 13 week course Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self

When and How Much? Wednesday 17th February 8.00pm – 10.00pm

From Friday 8 January until Friday 2nd April.

Do you daydream about being able to draw or paint, write Cost: €20 or compose music?

10.00am to 12noon

Using the work of Julia Cameron this creative course aims Friday 19th February to liberate all involved from the 'I'm not talented enough' conditioning which holds many of us back. 7.30pm - 9.30pm You are invited to take this weekly journey to discover and Cost: €20 recover your creative self. Carmel McNamee

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Cost: €250 (Includes a copy of Julie Cameron's 'The Artist's Way')

Focusing: Day One Saturday 16th January 10.00am - 5.000pm Cost: €60

Sunday 17th January 11.00am - 12.30pm Cost: Donation Saturday 6th February 10.30am - 1.30pm Cost: €30

Saturday 20th February

This is day one of a two day course (12 hours in all) which 10.00am - 5.00pm will enable participants to understand the basic tenets of focusing and how to use it. The course will include both Cost:€60 theory and practice. Participants need to have already completed an introductory course on focusing. Peter Devlin Rua (Breath)

Sunday 21st February

Quiet hour for personal sitting or walking meditation followed by cup of tea or coffee. No booking required - just 11.00am - 12.30pm arrive with your own cushion! In the company of members of An Talamh Team Living With Depression

Cost: Donation

Sunday 21st February

Do you feel low, down, grey, flat? Through movement, art and discussion we will explore how to move out of 2.00pm – 5.00pm depression and into a greater sense of life. Cost: €30 Therese O’Driscoll and Karen O’Shea

AN TALAMH Emerging from the Earth

What and How? Ash Wednesday Input, reflection time and ritual on this day of “sack cloth and ashes”. What happens when I do not grieve my losses? Do I need to stay with my pain until I get the lesson? Peter Devlin Energy Practices for Wellbeing II (Care of Family and Friends) This workshop will explore simple and effective practices which can be used in everyday life for healing with family members and friends. Imogen O’Connor Focusing: Day Two (See Day One - 16th January) Participants will be given an opportunity to discuss their work and experience of focusing during the intervening month. They will also learn techniques for going deeper with focusing. Participants should have completed Day One in January. Peter Devlin Rua (Breath) Quiet hour for personal sitting or walking meditation followed by cup of tea or coffee. No booking required - just arrive with your own cushion! In the company of members of An Talamh Team Creative Essay Writing for Young People In the Leaving Certificate your essay can equal 100 marks! In a small group tap into your creativity and potential and write your own essay. Ann Devaney

To book contact: An Talamh, Stonepark, Skreen, Co. Sligo Phone: 087 4184184 e-mail: [email protected]