How to get to us . . .

 

We are HERE!

you can also find us by putting GL17 9PA into googlemaps.  If you are using SatNav to get to us - please look at where the arrow is pointing so that you find the right road into the farm.  SatNav users usually take the wrong turning at the last minute . . .

If you are using public transport (well done)

Bus from Gloucester

The bus station is next to the train station. Travel from Gloucester Station to Ruardean Square. Click here for a list of bus timetables.

By Car

By car from the M4 come over the old severn bridge (M48) and take the Chepstow turn off. Go into Chepstow, over the bridge on the A48, and turn left onto the B4228 signposted to Coleford and the Forest of Dean. Follow the signs to Cinderford out of Coleford. Join the A4136 then take a left turning to Lydbrook. Drive through Lydbrook until you reach the River Wye and turn right. After half a mile there is a sharp right hand turn to Ruardean. We are the first right up this road.

By car from Gloucester and M40 Take the A40 from Glos as far as Huntley, then turn left onto A4136. Follow this until you reach Nailbridge (after Mithcheldean). Turn right to Ruardean. Go through Ruardean and come down the hill towards the river Wye. Go past Little Marstow Farm (left) and Great Marstow Farm (right). We are the next left after that.

By car from the M5 Come down the M5, turn onto the M50 and go to Junc 4. Take the ring road (A40) round the top of Ross. Turn left to Goodrich after 3 miles TAKE CARE it comes up fast! Drive past the post office and school, and turn left at the T Junction under the stone bridge, then over Kerne bridge crossing the river Wye. Turn right at T junc at Kerne Bridge onto the B4234 (signed to Lydbrook) then past a garage on your right. The second left fork after the garage is signposted to Ruardean. We are the first right on this road.

Useful telephone numbers:-

Stage Coach Buses (Gloucester) - 01452 783540 click here for website

National Rail Enquiries - 03457 484950 click here for website

National Express Coaches - 0871 781 8181 click here for website

Local Taxi Companies (near the farm) - CDS Taxis 01594 834834 / Crystal Travel 01594 832288 / K&T Taxis 01594 845913 / Road Runner 07778 277752

If you are attending a course or event that finishes on Sunday or late at night please consider arranging your travel home in advance.

Contact your course/event tutor to see if they can arrange a lift share for you.

If you need to get a bus or a train please consider booking a taxi to the bus/train station in advance. Rural bus services are scant in the evenings and on Sunday, and getting a taxi at short notice in this area can be difficult.

 

  • Eco Shamanism Two Year Practitioner Training

    October 2020 - July 2022

    'Becoming one with our Earth'

    Starts 8 - 11 October 2020 (scroll down for more dates)

    A series of eight modules studying the contemporary areas of shamanism with an emphasis on eco reciprocity.

    You will be embarking on your own personal eco shamanic journey within a community of like minded beings (and the more than human world) whilst also learning all the major shamanic healing techniques.  An Eco Shamanic Practitioner Certificate is awarded once all work has been completed and is dependent on attendance and competence. However this is not compulsory and the course can be taken without the 'Certificate' element.

    Areas covered are (but not limited to) as follows:-

    Perception, awareness and sensation - diving into ourselves as Earth - a marriage of senses and spirit (the sixth sense).

    Spirits of land and nature, space and place (genius loci); accessing places and spaces of power; connecting to the more than human world (the anima mundi in all it's earthly forms).

    Shamanic Counselling - helping humans help themselves via spirit: teaching humans the shamanic journey.

    Vision quest - understanding the process of the journey within and without. Calling for a vision. Working with labyrinths.

    The elements - a deep look at fire, earth, air and water (and the seasonal cycles of Sun and Moon).

    Energetic medicine techniques and the recovery of power - identifying and remedying misplaced energy and power in humans and the more than human world.

    Soul retrieval - the return of spirit essences for a more fulfilled life, for you and others, and the more than human world.

    Eco Mapping - middle world nature/spirit healing for humans using perception and perspective. Oracular work focussing on divination.

    Plant and animal spirits, guides, teachers and friends.

    Sustainable living practises - you are what you eat, travelling lightly, future thinking, remote viewing.

    The shamans horse (drum, rattle, sistrum and bell) - healing circles and the instrument’s voice or song / the nature of sound.

    Psychopomp (death and dying) - assisting the dying and dead to find their true place of rest.

    The beginning and end game - the nature of time, connection to source, authenticity, the ego and icons.

    2020

    October 8 - 11

    2021

    January 20 - 24 / April 21 -25 / July 21 - 25 / Oct 21 - 24

    2022

    January 12 - 16 / April 6 - 10 / July 20 - 24

    Further details and booking page at https://www.ecoshamanism.org.uk/learn/eco-shamanism-training.html or contact Mandy direct tel: 01594 541850 mobile: 07805 800313 email: info@ecoshamanism.org.uk

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    Course requirements: You need to know how to journey shamanically and there is an opportunity to learn this technique at a Learn to Journey workshop or one to one with Mandy. You will also need a shamanic drum (this can be borrowed and does not need to be owned). A commitment to all eight modules is required.

    Cost: Deposit to book your place: £300 (NOT refundable)

    Fees include all tuition, vegetarian/vegan meals and accommodation.

    Early bird by Thursday 30 April 2020

    Cost per year: £1650  or  £1800 with Certificate

    Full Price from Friday 1 May 2020

    Cost per year: £1900  or  £2050 with Certificate

    Concessionary places - there are two concessionary places available. If you wish to apply for a concessionary place please do so in your application including a statement as to why you think you are eligible.

    Cost per year: £1400  or  £1550 with Certificate

    Tutor Details:

    Mandy Pullen is an eco shamanic practitioner based in the Forest of Dean. She runs trainings, courses and workshops on eco shamanism. Mandy lived at the farm over 20 years ago and set up and ran the organic garden and box scheme.

     

     


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