March 2012
Lower Shaw Farm Cookery School 
- Date:
- 9 – 11 March
- Price:
- £150 • Includes accommodation, meals and refreshments (if no accommodation is required £105)
- with…
- Lower Shaw Farm cooks Andrea and Josie
Would you like to expand your repertoire in the kitchen and discover how to cook a range of new ingredients, and do some interesting things with the more familiar ones? As well as learning how to prepare tasty and nutritious vegetarian meals and snacks, the cookery course will give you the opportunity to learn about healthy eating from our nutritional therapist Josie Cowgill. Josie will be on hand to answer questions, clear up all the mixed messages and myths about foods and diets, and give advice on different dietary needs. You will go home with many new recipes, and the inspiration to be creative in the kitchen!
Arrive between 5pm and 7pm on the Friday.
Course finishes after lunch on Sunday (about 3pm).
Book March Cookery School!Working Weekend 
- Date:
- 16 – 18 March
- Price:
- 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 heap, 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.
Book Working Weekend!Soap Making Workshop 
- Date:
- Sunday 18th March
- Time:
- 10am–4pm
- Price:
- £65
- with…
- Course Tutor: Julia Norman
Come and learn the elegant art of soap making! We will use vegetable and essential oils, and you will spend a happy day creating your own soaps on this “hands on” course. There will be recipe handouts, and soap samples to take home! Please bring an apron and goggles for protection. Also, any favourite essential oils if you wish. Lunch, drinks and snacks are included.
Julia Norman first became interested in making soap when she wanted to create something free from animal fats and harmful additives. She enjoys experimenting with recipes and finds it highly addictive.
Book Soap Making Workshop!Honourable Warrior – Yoga Weekend 
- with…
- Frances Lewis
- Date:
- 23 – 25 March
- Price:
- £150
Calling all would be eco warriors and social activists to this honourable warrior yoga weekend. No matter how big or small ~ no matter how personal or global a change you would like to activate ~ come and give yourself time to dream, vision, and begin to create… The weekend will include a ritual 108 sun salutations for personal and world healing; warrior sequences to build strength and focus; talks and classes to stimulate; and also, deep relaxation and breathing practices to nourish and sustain you. Come and be inspired to find what you truly value. Maximum number is 12 participants. The weekend is suitable for those with some experience of yoga. Frances Lewis is a British Wheel of Yoga qualified tutor and has been teaching Yoga since 2000.
For more information, see www.franceslewis.co.uk
Book Honourable Warrior – Yoga Weekend!“I am delighted to be offering this work at Lower Shaw Farm as it is the place that inspired me to search for a better and more wholesome way to live.” Frances
Yoga and Massage (fully booked, see below) 
- Date:
- 30 March – 1st April
- Price:
- £141
- with…
- Barbara Hicks and Mary Maguire
A lively spring weekend to energise us after the winter!
Yoga works not only on the body but also calms and sharpens the mind and leads to all–round alertness.
Iyengar Yoga classes will be taught in a way that is suited to beginners and more experienced practitioners. The focus will be 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. On Sunday morning, the programme will be the same as Saturday’s, with a late lunch. Departures during the afternoon, from about 3pm.
Group size: about 24.
Barbara is an experienced teacher of Iyengar Yoga classes both here and in London. Mary teaches and practices intuitive massage here and in Devon.
This yoga weekend is now fully booked. Please email to be placed on the waiting list for cancellations. Other yoga and wellbeing weekends are available at the end of March, and in June, July, and September.