EVENTS 2018

EMERGENCE: SPRING CLEANSING & GROUNDING IN THE WOODS
Led by Timothy John Sanderson and Georgina Rose Ford

9:00am Saturday 24th - 4:00pm Sunday 25th March 2018

Emergence: A rejuvenating spring journey, through juice and tea cleansing, sound healing, meditation,
listening and sharing circles, grounding and nature connection.

Clean out the winter and the past, with a two day cleansing camp at The Clearing.
Flush out old energy with organic juices and teas prepared with healing intentions.
Enjoy solitude and silence to reflect and source new inspiration,
listen and share with others around the fire circle.

Feel held and supported in 'the nest', a warm, snug and womb like heated cabin space
to rest whilst journeying through deep release.
Connect back in with your body and essential self, centre and ground into the land.
Tune into the emerging fresh new energies of spring in the heart of the woods.

WHAT TO BRING

Bring everything you need to be warm and comfortable.
Dress for all weathers and being in the woods.
Bring blankets and cushions, a tent and sleeping things.

£75per person

All food and filtered water provided, fresh organic ingredients used, vegan friendly.
Only 10 places available to keep it friendly and supportive.

BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW:
Booking in advance is essential. Email Tim Sanderson
contact@the-clearing.co.uk

Payment by online bank transfer
Mr T J Sanderson
08-93-00
03280610

or pay with Litecoin LTC
M8aG83WLAkv4jAnVAxzecMLDLJ8aWGEhk6

Workshop and camp takes place in woodland near the village of Swanton Novers, North Norfolk NR24 2RE.
See site page for directions,
CLICK HERE

MEN BUILDING A ROUNDWOOD SHELTER IN THE WOODS - WEEKEND CAMP
with Tim Sanderson

4:00pm Friday 6th - 4:00pm Sunday 8th April 2018

When a group of men work together to build something, there is a sense of rightness,
of something timelessly masculine and good, much can be accomplished and work becomes a joy,
giving all a profound feeling of satisfaction.

And what could be better for a boy than witnessing his father, his uncle, his grandfather,
his brother and a group of men accomplish a creative task together?

Join us at The Clearing In the heart of 800 acres of ancient woodland in North Norfolk
for a weekend camp for Men to work together to build and raise a new on-site dining shelter
using roundwood timber from the Clay Pit Woods.

No experience necessary, only a willingness to get involved.
An opportunity to learn a range of skills using a variety of tools.


PROGRAMME

Friday
Pitch camp, evening round the fire

Saturday
Prepare and assemble frames, feasting, council And evening round the fire.

Sunday
Raise frame, brace and cover, closing council, strike camp.

The workshop starts on Saturday morning, you are welcome to stay Friday night or arrive Saturday,
whichever suits best.


WHAT TO BRING
Bring, tent, sleeping things, clothes for all weathers, bring any drums,
instruments, stories, poems, for round the fire in the evening.

Bring snacks and food to share for the weekend, we advise making food beforehand
and bringing in containers to reduce plastic rubbish on site, we are in the woods after all.
There are some cooking and a large kettle, so cooking on site is possible.
Bring your own plate, bowl, cutlery and mug.

Drinking water provided.

Only £35 per person, includes camping, firewood, water and workshop.


BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW:
Booking in advance is essential. Email Tim Sanderson
contact@the-clearing.co.uk

Payment by online bank transfer
Mr T J Sanderson
08-93-00
03280610

or pay with Litecoin LTC
M8aG83WLAkv4jAnVAxzecMLDLJ8aWGEhk6

Workshop and camp takes place in woodland near the village of Swanton Novers, North Norfolk NR24 2RE.
See site page for directions,
CLICK HERE

FIRE IN THE WOODS: VOICE & BODY RE-WILDING SOLSTICE CAMP & FEAST
with Red K Elders & Briony Greenhill

4:00pm Friday 22nd - 4:00pm Sunday 24th JUNE 2018

Escape to the wild in this full immersion Summer Solstice vocal and somatic improvisation whole weekend workshop. We'll be stripping back to the essence in our two night camp-out, whilst nourishing our innermost selves most tenderly with sumptuous and vibrant health-full feasting, massive constant beautiful fire and heart-swelling musical jamming together - all out under the magnificent oaks, birch and stars in 800 acres of glorious north Norfolk woodland. Come and join us making deep heart community and friendships, as we open to our authentic expression of being and belonging, together.

Led by Briony Greenhill and Red K Elders.

Arrival, set-up and settling in to our woodland camp together from 4pm Friday, with delicious evening meal and introductory circle round the fire.

A full day of somatic movement journeying and re-wilding the voice on Saturday, leading into a lovely group supper feast together. Creating bouquets of gratitude, intention and prayer for an evening fire ritual offering and continuing into the night with improvised music and poetry jam round a magical hot summer night fire.

Another whole day of guided movement, meditation and vocal improvisation Sunday, culminating in a Singing and Dancing the Wild Wood party.

FULLY CATERED with the gorgeous health-giving love-filled vegan feasting throughout by the amazing Georgie Ford. A selection of teas and coffee always available.

Simple camping facilities - drinking water and compost toilet provided for two nights. Bring your own tent/camping equipment.

EARLY BIRD PRICES:
£175 BY MARCH 31st
£200 by April 30th
£225 thereafter

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Includes introductory evening and two full days of teaching (workshops begin before breakfast!), all meals from Friday evening to Sunday lunch, tractor transportation of camping equipment to and from car park, drinking water and toilet facilities and massive splendid fire burning throughout.

Just get yourself here with a tent, and then you can relax into the loving holding of the beautiful sacred and nurturing space we are already weaving for you here, together.

LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE.
APPLY HERE!

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BRIONY GREENHILL
Briony Greenhill teaches and performs vocal improvisation internationally. With The Elements quintet she recently released the world's first entirely improvised five-voice album, entitled Listen. Briony teaches retreats in wild places and now a year long course named Wild Voice, Solid Roots. She spent years studying with masters of vocal improvisation in America, France and India. Students describe her work as "epic" and "life-changing", and the BBC describes Briony's voice as "heaven of the highest order." A performing singer since age 11, this is the art form she loves. www.brionygreenhill.com

WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT BRIONY’S WORK:
“It was epic – and that’s an understatement."
“It was deeper than an ayahuasca ceremony; I grew more than in workshops with leading psychologists, and it’s the safest I’ve ever felt in a group.”
“You are a master.”
“One of the most powerful experiences of my life! I feel changed on a cellular level!”
“Being bathed in beauty. Being held in love. Being winkled out of a shell. Being birthed into a new world.”
“You made it feel like a womb. Protected, loved, nourished, warm and holding.”

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RED K ELDERS
I bring my experience in many varied somatic movement and bodywork techniques, including Authentic Movement, Contact Improvisation and Five Rhythms, as well as my training in deep bodywork, massage therapy and various meditation and visualisation practises.

I host a monthly rural community-building gathering which mixes dance, drumming, voice work and listening circle, as well as other one-off workshops which explore movement bodywork and voice work overlaid with richly metaphoric themes from faery and folk takes and poetry.

During this weekend, I will be leading guided explorations in and through the body, opening and feeling into our sensual connection with all the living woodland. We’ll be exploring the embodiment of our deepest truest expression of ourselves, following the mystical journey unwinding through our forms.

WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT RED’S WORK:
“You create such an amazing magical and safe space, I felt so held and able to explore really deeply within myself."
“I love how you seem to conduct and mix the energy in the room, it’s like you are weaving us all together in love."
"You are a Changer of Story, and that is a special role reserved for only the strongest sorts. We need you. You lead us to Humanity 2.0 from within."

More about Red’s work CLICK HERE!

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MORE ABOUT VOCAL IMPROVISATION
We usually sing songs. Folk songs, choral compositions, band songs, songs we've written.

What happens when you take the song away, but keep singing? Alone and with others?

In India they'll say that God sings through. In Shona culture, it's the Ancestors. For me, it's Nature. When we drop the song, the knowing, the form - and listen, really listen - somehow we allow Life to sing us and Life is pretty magnificent.

Vocal Improvisation is an extreme sport, for singers with a creativity that naturally reaches out beyond the form of songs, and into a wilder territory. It's for singers who can sing in tune, keep a beat, and want an adventure.

We'll play with the forms that help singers create layered sound baskets, drop deeply into the resonant body and bring out the voice in its fullness, and we'll play. Play play play.

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Sometimes we may look outwards for our path, our journey in life, but what happens when we gather all our attention and bring it back inwards… listening… feeling…

Letting thinking thoughts float away, dropping down into the sensate pulse of flesh, we start paying exquisite attention to the astonishing wisdom of the wholebody, noticing and following the tiniest micro-muscular movements and impulses. Allowing… whatever wants to unfold, whatever wants to be expressed in the moment.

Simultaneously, becoming more acutely aware of minuscule movement, breath and expression in the living world, and feeling into our dancing with the liquid symphony of all things. How we are all so intimately entangled. The leaf expresses its quivering newness in my trembling wrist. Focused determination grows through my legs from the earth. Yes, we will play. Play play play.

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Notes from last year's summer camp at The Clearing:

"Is there a word for the tears that bloom from overwhelming experiences of beauty? The spillage of opened and voluptuous hearts. Realness, rawness, tenderness. Intimacy. Rippling widening circles of resonance. Here is our heart song manifesting as community. The simple sublime... making music together. Dancing, singing, speaking, listening, sharing food, laughter, loving touch, tears and holding each other. Grief and praise. Beautiful experiences such as this awaken every cell of my being to a deep longing yearning for more... more than I dare to admit to fully. But I am reminded by a wise kingfisher: in this world of brokenness, to want more of this beauty is Holy."
- Red K Elders

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Follow Georgie Ford on Instagram @groselove for yummy vegan food and recipes

Workshop and camp takes place in woodland near the village of Swanton Novers, North Norfolk NR24 2RE.
See site page for directions,
CLICK HERE

[photo by Phil Chester http://www.philchester.com/]

APRIL NIGHTWALK
with Tim Sanderson

7:30pm - 10:30pm Friday 7th April 2017
Gather round a blazing fire as the veil of night is drawn and then take a guided walk through the woods by moonlight,
witnessing the enchanting wonders of the sylvian night.

Led by artist, poet and woodsman Tim Sanderson.

Return to the fire for tea and an opportunity to share our experiences.

£8 per person, dress for all weathers, warm and waterproof, sturdy footwear, no torches please.

Meet at The Shed, Little Wood Lane, Swanton Novers, Norfolk. NR24 2RE
(Full directions provided on booking)

BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW:
Email Tim Sanderson
contact@the-clearing.co.uk

EOSTRE: SNAKES DRAGONS & EGGS. CHILDREN'S WOODLAND NATURE DAY
with Sue Bayliss and Red K Elders

10:00am - 15:00pm Saturday 8th April 2017
Celebrating Eostre and the Spring as a time of renewal.
A day for children aged 6 - 12 to connect with nature.

Spring is a time of awakening and new life. Eostre was the Anglo Saxon goddess
of the dawn and was associated with hares and eggs, symbols of fertility.
Snakes and dragons are associated with the Spring Equinox.

Our plan for the day is to:

Call in the five directions, Air in the East, Fire in the South, Water in the
West, Earth in the North and Spirit at the Centre. Centre ourselves with
breathing deeply and coming home to our bodies.

Discover all the signs of spring growth in the woods around us and choose one
flower or tree or plant to draw. Discuss what is awakening in you, dreams,
ideas, friendships. And what you might want to let go of as the winter departs.

Discuss the significance of the snake that sheds its skin and represents
regeneration. Find a snake like stick and paint it to look like a snake.

After lunch and some play time, the children will enjoy a restful visualisation
of becoming a seed growing to open to the sun as a plant with shoots.

Egg painting. Eggs are associated with Easter and come from the pagan roots.
We will paint hard boiled eggs to take home.
After some play time with a new version of tag, we will study dragons, find out
about different kinds and hear a dragon story from a book by Ursula La Guin.
The dragon is associated with the Goddess and with the Spring Equinox. The
children will make up their own dragon story in which the dragon has
something important to tell them. They may act one of them out.

Home time with the drawings of flower, snake stick and egg to take home.

Cost: £20 additional siblings £5

BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW:
Email Red K Elders
contact@the-clearing.co.uk
Maximum 20 children.
This will likely be very popular, as it is in the Easter holidays.
BOOK NOW to guarantee your place!

Children can be left for the day. Adults are also welcome to enjoy the woodland,
staying discreetly close by if needs be.

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ABOUT THE GROUP LEADERS:

Sue Bayliss is a trained teacher and holistic therapist. She has done a training in Mindfulness for Educators
with Thich Nhat Hanh and is passionate about running days for children to connect with nature.
She recently had an article published on the Green Parent magazine website about a day she led in
Salhouse with home educated children. She has also run a day at the Magical Free Spirit School run by Hannah Hardy.
Her two grand children help her to inhabit the world of young children and she regularly looks after them
and takes them on trips into the countryside to experience the natural world.
She is keen to enable children to have spiritual experiences and learn to honour the Earth and all her living beings.
Ritual and ceremony are helpful to mark the ceremonies associated with the turning of the the year.
An interest in Celtic mythology and practices and a variety of shamanic trainings give her plenty of ideas
to lead the children in celebrating the different times of the year.

Red K Elders created and ran Mighty Oaks parent and child/community group for 6 years,
mostly all outdoors, assisted by the natural elements of the glorious woodland.
She has also also led many woodland workshop days, passing on traditional skills and crafts
she learned from her mother and grandmothers to new generations.
As well as organising many local dance, movement, therapy workshops and arts and crafts events,
her monthly Heart Song event offers a beautiful held space to journey together through movement and dance,
deep listening circle and voicework.
Nourishing and supporting over 200 local familes, these activities have gifted her with a wealth of experience
in holding safe and sacred structured space for both adults and children to soften, release and grow together.

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IMAGE is 'Ostara' by Helene Nelson-Reed
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MEN'S GATHERING IN THE WOODS
with Tim Sanderson

9am Saturday 22nd April to 4pm Sunday 23rd April 2017
A two day gathering of men at The Clearing.

Camping, fire circle, group task, listening and speaking in circle, sitting in silent solitude,
body work, walking, drumming, feasting, poetry, story and song.

Connecting authentically with ourselves, each other and the living land.

All welcome, fathers and sons encouraged.
Minimum age 13 accompanied, 17 unaccompanied.

CAMPING
We recommend that everyone camp on site. Please bring a small tent, and all you need for a good nights sleep.
Bring plenty of layers and waterproofs, and suitable footwear for the woods in all weathers.
We will be outdoors throughout.

PRICE
£50 per person (includes camping, breakfast, 2 lunches, water, hot drinks and snacks through the day).

Please bring food to share for the Saturday evening feast,
Perhaps your favourite dish readymade, to be heated or cooked on the open fire.

BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW:
Email Tim Sanderson
contact@the-clearing.co.uk

MAY NIGHTWALK
with Tim Sanderson

8:00pm - 10:30pm Friday 12th May 2017
Gather round a blazing fire as the veil of night is drawn and then take a guided walk through the woods by moonlight,
witnessing the enchanting wonders of the sylvian night.

Led by artist, poet and woodsman Tim Sanderson.

Return to the fire for tea and an opportunity to share our experiences.

£8 per person, dress for all weathers, warm and waterproof, sturdy footwear, no torches please.

Meet at The Shed, Little Wood Lane, Swanton Novers, Norfolk. NR24 2RE
(Full directions provided on booking)

BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW:
Email Tim Sanderson
contact@the-clearing.co.uk

SHARING THE TERRAIN
with Robert Anderson

Saturday 13th May
10:30am until 5:30pm (all are welcome to stay after and share food round the fire)


Moving outdoors provides a wonderful opportunity to open our senses and meet the natural
environment with curiosity. We will ground and centre our selves as we breathe and move with earth and flora.
Heightening our sense of touch, weight and mass we can follow impulses to take us into a dance where inner and outer landscapes meet. Alone and as a group, we will engage in a sensual and playful approach toward our environment, using our skin and senses as interfaces and spaces to meet. From here we can start to encounter each other with the same sense of listening and sensitivity. We will explore methods to harness the energies of our bodies in shared pathways of movement.

During the day we will explore some of the key principles of contact improvisation to develop a language that can be used for spontaneous movement with a partner. Exercises will examine principles for leading and following, maintaining a shifting point of contact, and getting comfortable with giving and receiving weight.
The work expands our ability to be both strong and soft, supported and supportive, receptive and responsive.
After studying some simple techniques for safe and easeful movement we will have time for exploration, improvisation and play.

What is Contact Improvisation?

Contact Improvisation is a movement-form open to all ages and bodies of all shapes and sizes. No prior experience required. Everyone is welcome and there is need to come with a partner.
Contact Improvisation is a dance of improvising and partnering based on the
physics of touch, balance, weight, momentum, flow and resistance.
It has been variously described as an art sport, a game with two winners
and a physical conversation.

Contact dances can range from the quietly meditative to the exuberantly acrobatic.
It is a dance form that fine tunes our senses and wakes up our ability to listen
and respond to what is happening in the moment.
It is a form of movement open to all bodies and enquiring minds.

CAMPING
A limited number of camping spaces are also available in the woods for Saturday night.
Campers must be packed and clear of the site by 12:30pm on Sunday

PRICES
£40 per person (includes water, hot drinks and snacks through the day).

Please bring food to share for lunch and evening meal.

BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW:
Email Tim Sanderson
contact@the-clearing.co.uk

For more information on Contact Improvisation contact Robert Anderson
robert@contactimprovisation.co.uk
www.contactimprovisation.co.uk/

DANCING IN THE WOODS
with Tim Broughton

Saturday 3rd June
1:00pm until 7pm (dancers are welcome to stay after and share food round the fire)

Dancing the Five Rhythms out in nature helps us literally come down to earth.

The Clearing, surrounded by beautiful woodland, provides a natural amphitheatre for exploring the Rhythms, and our ongoing healing with nature.

We are innately a creation of nature. Our Western way of living serves to separate us from an everyday experiencing of being-in-nature. Dancing the Rhythms is a natural pathway to reset ourselves into harmony with nature once again. We are gathering on the earth, surrounded by the natural elements, to heal the separation so that we can again experience the connectedness, the joy and the ecstasy of being-in-nature; to feel one with Life.

CAMPING
A limited number of camping spaces are also available in the woods for Saturday night.
Campers must be packed and clear of the site by 12:30pm on Sunday

PRICES
£60 per person (includes water, hot drinks and snacks through the day).
Note: bookings must be made before May 22nd

Please bring food to share for Saturday evening meal.

BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW:
Email Tim Sanderson
contact@the-clearing.co.uk

For more information on 5Rhythms dancing contact Tim Broughton:
tim@opentolife.co.uk
www.opentolife.co.uk
Tim also hosts a weekly class at Kew in London (click here)
and runs a week long retreat in Dorset, The Field of Love (click here)

GATHERING OF MEN
with Graeme Malone, Andy Wood and Tim Sanderson

9am - 4pm Saturday 10th June 2017

HOW IS IT TO BE A MAN TODAY ?

Gather for support, brotherhood, communal work in the woods.

Share food, ideas and stories.

Hear and be heard.

£20

Dress for outdoors and all weathers, bring food to share.


BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW:
Email Tim Sanderson
contact@the-clearing.co.uk

LANDING IN THE WOODS
with Tim Sanderson and Georgie Ford

10:30 am Saturday 12th August to 3pm Sunday 13th August 2017

A weekend of connection with the land, ourselves and each other:
Through grounding, movement, meditation, drumming, dancing, feasting, singing, sound healing,
dream weaving, speaking and listening from the heart and being together.

You are invited to show up round the camp fire as you are in your rags and jewels,
Come home to the land, to yourself and to your fellow travellers.

SATURDAY
Arrive and pitch tents
Lunch
Opening circle and drumming
Grounding and movement meditation
Afternoon Tea
Solitary reflection
Sound bath
Supper
Gather round the campfire

SUNDAY
Dream weaving
Breakfast
Listening circle
Lunch
Drumming
Closing circle

Delicious, wholesome, veggie food and drinks provided throughout.
Saturday: Lunch, Afternoon Tea, Supper.
Sunday: Breakfast, Lunch.

Bring a tent and everything you need to sleep well, dress for the outdoors (all weathers), and bring a towel.

Bring a drum or something percussive. Other instruments welcome.

Camp fire
Compost loo
Wash basin
Dinning tent
Car and camper-van parking

The event takes place at a beautiful Clearing in the heart of 800 acres of woodland near Swanton Novers, North Norfolk.


Age 16+

£75per person, includes camping and all meals, snacks and drinks.
£60 concessions


To book make online payments to
Mr T J Sanderson
08-93-00
03280610
Full directions to site upon booking

BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW:
Email Tim Sanderson
contact@the-clearing.co.uk

(Image: Girl with Rabbits, 1886, Frederick Stuart Church.)

Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th June
1:00pm until 10:00pm Saturday- 10:45am until 4:00pm Sunday

A unique opportunity to dance the 5Rhythms outdoors:
Dance round the primal centre of the fire circle in the heart of the living woods.
Experience movement and music with earth under foot
and the vast ceiling of the sky overhead.

Bring the senses to life and nourish body and soul with a day of yoga in a wonderful woodland setting with Alice Martineau and Gemma Galey-Jones.

Sunday 21st June

10:00am - 4:30pm

Saturday 30th May
1:30pm -9:00pm

A unique opportunity to dance the 5Rhythms outdoors:
Dance round the primal centre of the fire circle in the heart of the living woods.
Experience movement and music with earth under foot
and the vast ceiling of the sky overhead.

FIRE PUJA CEREMONY
with Lama Karma Samten

Sunday 20th September
11:00am -3:00pm

THE STORYWALKS CYCLE
with Hugh Lupton and Tim Sanderson

An exciting collaboration between master story teller Hugh Lupton,
artist Tim Sanderson and the living landscape of a Norfolk Wood.

A seasonal series of journeys through story, sculpture and landscape;

Sunday 4th May 1:30pm

Taliesin and Tales of Strange and Miraculous Births

A walk through the wood in the full green freshness of spring...
interspersed with sculptures and stories of strange and miraculous births,
including the Welsh bardic legend of Taliesin, the divine poet...
this is the season of growth and burgeoning life,
when the land of eternal youth spills out into all of creation.

Thursday 24th and Sunday 27th July 1:30pm

The Firebird and Tales of the Triumph of Light

A walk through the wood in high summer...
interspersed with sculptures and stories of the triumph of the light,
including the Russian wonder-tale: The Firebird and the Horse of Power
and the legend of the Norfolk folk hero Tom Hickathrift...
this is the season when the solar hero's power is at its shining height.

Sunday 12th October 1:30pm

Adonis and Tales of the Waning of Light

A walk through the wood in mellow autumn...
interspersed with sculptures and stories of the waning light,
including Venus and Adonis...
this is the season of gathering shadows
when the gateway between the worlds is opened.

Sunday 25th January 1:30pm

Gawain & the Green Knight and Tales of Death and Return

A walk through the wood in midwinter...
interspersed with sculptures and stories of death and return,
including Gawain and the Green Knight...
This is the season of the triumph of the night, the return to earth,
the festival of hope that is Christmas, and the promise of the quickening seed...

Click here to see images from The Storywalks Cycle

Saturday May 17th

Mindfulness: paying attention to what is here, in this moment, with non-judgment.

A day of mindfulness meditation set in a beautiful clearing
in the heart of the woods.

Saturday 19th July
1:30pm -9:00pm

A unique opportunity to dance the 5Rhythms outdoors:
Dance round the primal centre of the fire circle in the heart of the living woods.
Experience movement and music with earth under foot
and the vast ceiling of the sky overhead.