Talks & Workshops
Ashdown Forest Foundation
Covering over 10 square miles, Ashdown Forest is one of the largest open access areas in Southeast England. Situated within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, its lowland heathland and deciduous woodland habitats are home to many rare and threatened species. With a rich human history from Kings and commoners to smuggling and…
The science of Breathwork with Fini Cooper – Seed Talk
Fini is a qualified breathwork therapist and coach, originally training with the renowned Transformational Breath, and furthering her knowledge with the great teacher Alan Dolan, as well as Oxygen Advantage with Patrick McKeowen. Prior to this, she gained a BSc in Psychology as well as an MSc in Organisational Psychology, which complement her understanding of…
Secrets of lucid dreaming with Sarah Janes – Seed Talk
Sarah Janes has been an enthusiastic lucid dreamer since childhood. She is an author, public speaker, and sleep hypnosis workshop facilitator and runs Explorers Egyptology, an online lecture series about ancient culture, religion and philosophy. With Carl Hayden Smith, Sarah founded The Seventh Ray – a modern Mystery School. Sarah is also producer and co-host…
Pranayama Breathing workshop
Prana is the subtle life force energy and Pranayamas is channelising of Prana into the body. Pranayama is an important limb of Yoga – according to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. The Yoga Sutras is an ancient treatise on yoga, attributed to Sage Patanjali. Among the eight limbs of yoga mentioned here, Pranayama, the fourth…
GOOD MOOD FOOD and Plant Toxins.
Food as Medicine – GAPS coach Emma outlines the nutritional protocol that brings non verbal autistic kids back from their silence. Gut And Psychology Syndrome is the brain child of neurological surgeon Dr Natasha Campbell McBride who’s own son had a diagnosis of autism. Using the food as medicine and her rich Russian cultural…
Voice Alchemy with Joi
Vocal creativity and conurbations – confidence to sing and make healing sounds. Joi is an apprentice of sound. His purpose is to support himself and others to open their creative expression through voice and movement. His philosophy is simple: we are all uniquely creative so let’s express our essence and raise our and the collective…
ALGORITHMIC ARMOUR: UNLEASH YOUR DIGITAL DEFENCE
HIGGINS & JOSH VYRTSEmbark on an exhilarating workshop that delves into the intriguing world of algorithms and their impact on our lives. Led by Isabelle Higgins, a PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Cambridge, and Josh Vyrtz, a boundary-pushing interdisciplinary visual artist. An immersive experience, By exploring the structural inequalities within social media…
Percussion workshop – Comparsa, Afro-Cuban.
Comparsa is Cuban, carnival music & perfect for large ensembles because of the many different parts that combine to produce the energetic dance rhythm. Dan Evans is an experienced percussionist and plays congas for local salsa band Salsadelic.
Young Peoples Workshop
An hour of exploring your favourite lyrics, piece of writing, quote, poem, story or image. What makes you feel joy and inspired? In this group you can take time to focus on your perceptions and ideas, finding in this place of sharing and play what you want to create for yourselves.
The Wildlife Trust
We are a grassroots movement that believes we need nature and it needs us. More than 900,000 members and 32,500 volunteers work together with their Wildlife Trust to make their local area wilder and make nature part of life, for everyone.Every Wildlife Trust is an independent charity.We’d love you to join us.
Psychedelics and Mental Heath with David Luke – Seed Talk
Dr David Luke is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Greenwich. His research focuses on transpersonal experiences, anomalous phenomena and altered states of consciousness, especially via psychedelics, having published more than 100 academic papers in this area, including ten books, most recently Otherworlds: Psychedelics and Exceptional Human Experience. When he is not running…
The History of Winnie The Pooh
The Ashdown Forest is home to both Good Vibrations Society and everyone’s favourite honey connoisseur.
From Road Protests to Renewable Energy – How to f**k up your life whilst trying to unf**k the world.
Howard Johns shares some of his story from road protester to energy entrepreneur. Following his degree in energy technology and environment, he has protested against, among other things, the digging of an open cast coal mine, and was evicted from a tree in the process. Moving on from saying no to the problems, Howard set…
Devotional Singing with Ravi Freeman
A transformational experience of devotional singing with songs & chants from around the world. Ravi leads this with kora, guitar and djembe. Ravi is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and one of the longest established Western players of the kora (West African harp). His music is the result of a lifetime exploring the edge, through world…
Could parallel universes exist? with Harry Cliff – Seed Talk
Harry Cliff is a particle physicist based at the University of Cambridge and carries out research with the LHCb experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. He was a curator at the Science Museum, London for seven years. His 2015 TED talk “Have We Reached the End of Physics?” has been viewed more than 3 million…
Femigami – Origami
Femigami specialises in hosting playful and thought-provoking workshops using the ancient art of origami to create unconventional paper creations; including origami feminist icons, self-love envelopes, affirmation hearts, vulvas and penises. Facilitating important conversations around our bodies, wellbeing and mindfulness, these unique workshops aim to breakdown stigma and normalise our bodies so that we can feel more comfortable and confident in our…
Sanctuary opening ceremony with Pablo and cacao
It is the main ingredient for Chocolate and the best of the best, just as matcha tea has a Ceremonial grade, so does Cacao. We are very lucky to have established a direct link with Ashaninka Communities in Peru. This Cacao is pure, organic, unroasted, minimally processed and wild grown heirloom beans, ethically sourced from…
Ollie Ollerton & Mark Whittle
Ollie is a highly experienced and sought-after inspirational speaker. He has delivered hundreds of keynote talks to a variety of businesses all over the globe. Unique, engaging and thought-provoking, Ollie has faced many of his own breakpoints and reveals the lessons he has learnt along the way. Ollie will not only tell you his incredible…
