March 2010
Spring Craft Weekend – Jewellery and Textiles
with Mary Maguire
12 – 14 March • £145
Immerse yourself in learning jewellery-making skills, using beautiful beads, gorgeous coloured wires, slate, and ribbons, to create stunning jewellery - brooches, earrings, bracelets, and necklaces.
Then using various textile techniques, make fabulous bags with felt, embroidery threads, buttons and ribbon.
A weekend to awaken and explore your creativity!
Mary Maguire, author of numerous craft books, is a maker of beautiful things. She is a gifted and inspiring teacher.
There may be an extra charge for some of the more costly materials.
Working Weekend
12 – 14 March • No Charge
This is a chance to get to know the farm, turn your hand to old jobs and new, enjoy good company and good food too!
Our Working Weekends are run in the beautiful spirit of the wonderful WWOOF organisation: we feed and accommodate you, you work, with us. No money changes hands. An opportunity to have bright ideas by the compost bins, happy talk in the hen house, and cool chat in the kitchen. Join us to prove that many hands make light work and that today’s stranger is tomorrow’s friend. For more information on WWOOF, see www.wwoof.org.uk.
Yoga and Massage 1
with Barbara Hicks and Mary Maguire
26 – 28 March • £156 (now fully booked)
A small group weekend
Iyengar Yoga will be taught in a way that is suited to the beginner and the more experienced practitioner. The classes will focus on postures to improve flexibility, strength, and balance. The weekend will also include sessions on giving and receiving a relaxing and toning massage, covering different areas of the body.
On Saturday there will be an early morning Pranayama (breath control) class, then following breakfast, a two hour asana (postures) class, and a massage class. After lunch the options are to relax at the farm, or go on a led walk in the local countryside. In the late afternoon there is a choice between a restorative asana session, or a massage class. A relaxation session in the evening should ensure a peaceful sleep.
On Sunday morning the programme will be as Saturday, with a late lunch, and departures during the afternoon from about 2.30pm.
This course, with similar ingredients, will be repeated in May, July and October.
Meals are vegetarian, all freshly prepared, and delicious!