Hi, I'm Emily...
...and I facilitate spaces and conversations that invite us to come back in to community; with ourselves, each other and the natural world.
When grief and loss knocked unexpectedly at my door, I began to explore ways to be in true community with all that I was feeling, and I found myself in nature a lot! Familiar I wonder?! Coming back in to the juiciness of the whole cycle; the grief, wildness, rage, sensuality…so many of the things that we’re told not to feel, I started to make space that felt safe enough to feel them. In a society that so often shames and wrongs them, reclaiming them has simultaneously been the biggest gift and challenge of my life to date!
That sense of belonging in all that I am, in all that I feel, of ‘my place in the family of things’, has been hugely nurtured by my three years of Ecospychology & Ecotherapy training with The Natural Academy, working through their models of NatureWell, Natural Self Ecotherapy & Eco-Depth Practises. My own personal yoga and movement practise and increased curiosity in the language of our body, has led me to further embodied training in Shiatsu, Women’s Wellness Yoga and the Total Nidra Online Immersion Course. My intrigue in the tone, texture and style of our verbal communication continues to fascinate me following a Drama degree at Bristol University and a subsequent 20 years working as a broadcaster. And woven through all of this is community; the power of coming together, listening and sharing our stories. My family of origin, my chosen family of friends, casts on stage and radio show teams, interviewees, building start ups, hosting and facilitating events, advice and consultancy, and now the 121’s and circles in nature that I sit in and facilitate; community at the heart of it all. Coming together and feeling safe enough to share the real truth of who we are, with all the discomfort and wonder that brings. What a way to be in the world! If you’re curious to find out more about how we might do that by working together, please do get in touch. I really look forward to hearing from you.