Hi, I'm Emily...
...and I facilitate spaces and conversations that invite us to slow down and come back in to community, communication and connection; with ourselves, each other and the more-than-human world. Connecting to that something bigger than we are, whilst also simultaneously are a part of. Yeah, perhaps worth a little chew on that one!
When grief and loss knocked unexpectedly at my door at the end of 2015, 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! And the woods, the sea, the mountains, the beaches...they held me with all of it.
That sense of belonging in all that I am, in all that I feel, began to emerge whilst sitting in women's circles for the first time, particularly the spaces held and created by Rachel Flemming. This then went on to being hugely nurtured by my three years of trauma informed Ecopsychology & 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 & Total Yoga Nidra with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli and most recently Gemma Mallol & Crystal Zillwood's Elemental Body: EcoSomatics course. My intrigue in the tone, texture and style of our verbal communication also 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 this essence of community; with ourselves, the more-than-human and each other. This sense of ‘my place in the family of things’. The power of coming together, listening and sharing our stories. My family of origin, my chosen family of friends, casts on stage, radio show teams and interviewees, building start ups, hosting and facilitating events, advice and consultancy for corporates and organisations, and now the one-to-one's and groups 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. You can also find out a little bit more about the training that I've done and get a flavour of who and what influences me and the spaces that I hold by clicking on 'training'. I really look forward to hearing from you.