The following quote is from the excellent Permaculture Association website 

"Through the observation of the natural world we can see a set of principles at work. Permaculture design uses these principles to develop integrated systems that provide for our needs of food, shelter, energy and community in ways that are healthy and efficient. We can use permaculture design methods to improve the quality and productivity of our individual lives, our society and our environment."

What follows is a collection of quotes that help to describe permaculture. For further reading we would suggest the Permaculture Magazine website

 

“Permaculture is defined as consciously designed landscapes which mimic the patterns and relationships found in nature, while yielding an abundance of food, fibre and energy for the provision of local needs…more precisely I see Permaculture as the use of systems thinking and design principles that provide the organising framework for implementing the above vision”
David Holmgren ‘Pathways to Sustainability’ 2004

 

 

“Permaculture is an integrated, evolving system of perennial and self-perpetuating plants and animal species useful to man.”
Bill Mollison and David Holmgren – 1st definition of Permaculture

 

“Be the change you want to see happen”
Mahatma Gandhi

 

“Adopting permaculture in your garden could be the first step towards limiting your personal consumption and planning your life to become more creative as time goes by”
Graham Bell, ‘The Permaculture Garden’

 

“Is it all worth it? If we do our best to heal the Earth and make our place in her a sustainable one, is there a good chance that we will succeed?…to my mind that’s the wrong question. Even if we could answer it – and we can never know anything about the future for certain, it would beg the question How do I want to live my life? So my answer to the question..is that I want to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem”.
Patrick Whitefield ‘Earth Care Manual’

“It is time for all of us to make changes about how we live our lives and to follow a path of the heart. By following our intuition and inpiration we encourage our own acts of heartfelt genius and boldness. This makes us feel alive and vital, gives us a great purpose and harnesses parts of ourselves we may have neglected or didn’t even know we had. We no longer feel overwhelmed by the way the Earth’s resources are managed, but recognise that change is in our hands, yours and mine, the hands of extraordinary people who have made a leap of understanding and are determined to make a difference. We become part of the change by becoming part of the solution.”
Glennie Kindred ‘Earth Wisdom’

  • Ecstatic Awakening Dance Teacher Training

    1 - 6th August 2017

    Ecstatic Awakening Dance is a 5 stage guided method, warm-up, shake, energy dance, grounding & Heart meditation. This is a 9 month ON-LINE Teacher Training with a fully inclusive 6 day residential module.

    Which will:

    • Inspire you to be passionate about teaching;
    • Empower you with confidence to be a group leader;
    • Enable you to take a quantum leap in your own process of personal transformation.
    • Give you all the tools you need to become a successful teacher of Ecstatic Awakening Dance.

    This course is packed full of theoretical knowledge, bang up to date, scientific research and of course many practical exercises that will have you feeling all the benefits of following your own Bliss and then leading others to follow theirs.

    A Map of the Training

    Module 1: The building blocks and history of the Ecstatic Awakening Dance Method.
    Module 2: Coming Home to Your Body.
    Module 3: Shake awake!Module 4: Ecstatic Awakening Dance.
    Module 5: Grounding
    Module 6: Shamanic Techniques to Ecstasy
    Module 7 Residential 6 Day training with practical assessment.
    Module 8: Marketing & Running a transformational business
    Module 9: Certification

    Rebecca Hanscombe is Shamanic Practitioner, Director and Lead Trainer at the School of Ecstatic Movement She is also co-founder of the Wild Chocolate Club & Womb Wisdom Keepers. She draws from a deep pool of experience in varying body-mind systems, Her path into holding group space started in 1996, where she co- facilitated a pioneering path with Dance & Movement Therapy in Holloway Prison She loved the daily challenge of working in this intense environment, with the diverse and often opposite needs of the staff and the inmates giving her an opportunity to really harness and hone her skills of communicating with & encouraging all people no matter what has gone before assisting them to heal & empower themselves. She remained working within the Criminal Justice sector until 2010, developing and facilitating many diverse groups such as movement and relaxation, mindfulness, relapse prevention, health and well-being & safeguarding Children. While having an extensive 1:1 client list as a substance abuse counsellor.

    In 2006 she qualified as a Shamanic Practitioner with the Sacred Trust and has continued to develop and deliver many workshops weaving together all the knowledge gained from the last 20 years of holding space. She also holds space at the Sacred Trust with Simon & Naomi on occasion within their core syllabus.

    For further information or to book a space please click here 


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