Mothers As Natural Leaders Course 2022
Dates:
24th-25th September 2022
Facilitators:
Emma Gorbutt
Location:
Applewood Permaculture Centre, Herefordshire, UK
Course Description
The course guides women through a nourishing reflective process. We explore what leadership means to us as mothers; leadership of ourselves, our families, in our community and in the wider world.
We will look at how to maintain the balance of our responsibilities whilst being available as change makers on a small and large scale. We will also explore how nature connection and self care can nurture us in our roles as mothers and leaders.
We will make use of the Mother Nature card deck. The card deck and guidebook are available to buy here.
To find out more about the Mother Nature project and to download a free sample of the Mother Nature guidebook see here
We harvest our gifts, reframe our challenges and design our life paths. The Mothers as Natural Leaders course is an opportunity to gather, learn and share.
We will be weaving in the principles of Mother Nature as shared in our guidebook and card deck. Looby was part of the team that wrote the guidebook. To get a free download sample of the guidebook visit here 
This weekend is a wonderful gift to ourselves as mothers. In the circle of women there is support and nourishment, time to hear our stories and value ourselves as mothers.
We will be using artwork, nature connection, guided visualisations for a deep embodied experience.
Gifting ourselves this time for nourishment and reflection allows to return to our families revitalised with new perspectives.
This course is valuable for mothers at any stage of their journey, and however old your children are, this includes those whose children have left home and anyone who may even be grandmothers now.
Dear Mother Nature, I’ve had the most brilliant, funny, effective, relaxing, sparkling, empowering, appropriate, heartfelt, inspired, inspiring, powerful, loving, supportive, calming and reassuring training of my whole life. Just thanks forever.
Ester, midwife
Thanks so much for the Mother Nature event today, it was a real gift and exactly what I needed. It was lovely to step outside of my own little childcare-bubble and hear about someone else's wonderful project and journey (as well as finding some much-needed space to talk and think through my own mothering problems!). The cards and the book are gorgeous, nice work!
Mairead, mother
Logistics
Facilitators & Venue
Looby Macnamara is one of the Mother Nature team members. She has been part of the team developing the Mother Nature methodology and resources since 2017. She is an experienced permaculture teacher, author and designer. She is author of 4 books People and Permaculture, Cultural Emergence, Strands of Infinity and 7 Ways to Think Differently.
People and Permaculture is the first book to directly translate the principles and design methods of permaculture from land to people. Looby enjoys using creative teaching methods to create a fun and collaborative learning environment.
The Venue
The land and all of the beings here provide an ideal environment for connecting deeply with the more than human world. We will be blessed with spending days in the marquee in the orchard, and evenings around the campfire with stories, song and music accompanied by owl hoots. There is also a beautiful yurt to be in if it is colder. Nature is said to be the best teacher, and at Applewood we will be immersed in the more than human world, allowing for the learning to become a truly embodied experience.
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