Wildfeet workshops foster connections with nature, the environment, sustainabillity and the body-mind. This series will be part nature experience, part creative workshop and part retreat/personal development. I will interweave these approaches in response to the emerging process and group.
Ailsa’s ease-full way of inviting us along on a much more grounded and yet revealing experience of nature in shared fellowship with other souls was profound … all deepened by sweet moments of reflection with our fellow walkers. I was particularly moved by the invitation to imagine what nature might have to say about me, how I am and my life. What wisdom nature has to draw on. It was quite humbling and beautiful. (Creative Pilgrimage participant)
NEXT WORKSHOP:
wildfeet roots / fundamentals
Saturday 28th March 2026 11 – 5 pm
The first workshop of the season is a taster or ‘fundamentals’ workshop and has a flavour of different aspects of the more focussed wildfeet days (see below) – including mindful movement practices, embodied listening and enlivening our relationship with land, nature and weather.
We have access to a large woodland cabin and woodland valley near Moylegrove for this workshop. we will not be doing a walk this time but will have more time to investigate the small valley area giving us more opportunity to relax and retreat – it has more of a yin quality to it.
This workshop is being offered for a donation, so you can experience and donate what you feel honours both the offering and what you are able to pay. This is made possible by the space and teaching being made available on this basis.
Please honour the generosity of this by committing to being there once you have booked, as places are limited to 7 people.
Contact ailsajr@btinternet.com or phone/whatsapp 07792 834882to book a place and to enquire about this and other workshops. Thank you!
(image is by artist Francesca Woodman)
AND OTHER WILDFEET DAYS IN THIS SERIES :
Friday May 1st, 11 -5 pm: time.. speed ..reflection – the pace of change
Most of us inhabit time and speed in ways that are ingrained and unconscious, whether at play, home or work. These can be limiting or even damaging. We will explore other ways of experiencing pace in the body-mind, allowing time for reflection – a kind of time travel. Natural processes of growth are a great teacher.
Saturday May 30th, 11 -5 pm : listening .. sounding
Exploring a deeper listening and creating sound in response to the surrounding environment (you will have space to explore this in the way that feels comfortable for you – either alone, outdoors or in the group).
How do we deeply listen to and witness the qualities of plant, animal, mineral, water, air? How can we interpret these with sound and rhythm, not to mimic them but find another language and song that echoes them. Expanding our embodied awareness and experimenting with different qualities of sound and rhythm enables us to explore this.
I will be sharing practices from Yoga, BodyWeather and Movement Medicine and the workshop will be informed by my experience as performer, theatre maker and musician.
Solo vocal sharing will not be compulsory but curiosity will.
Friday June 26th, 11 -5 pm: tuning in .. becoming
Observing and imagining the perceptual worlds of other-than-human species and materials (rock, soil, water etc.). Going beyond our usual range of sensation into qualities we may not habitually notice / qualities of the body and environment like weight, density, temperature, pro-prioception
thinking as animal .. body as mineral, as fungi .. moving as a fox would as a plant might
Practicals
There is a sliding scale but £55 is a recommended median contribution for a 6 hour workshop. Please enquire honestly into what you can afford between £35 and £75. And talk to me if you are short of funds. Thank you!
Please contact me directly via the contact page on this website, directly on ailsajr@btinternet.com or by phone/whapsapp 07792 834882
WHY WORK WITH ME?
I offer simple practices from my wildfeet toolkit to enhance presence, mindfulness and imagination and I provide a safe space to re-connect with yourself, with each other, and with the surrounding environment. Many of us are affected by much dis-ease in our society that can fuel anxiety and overdrive – embodied presence in nature, deep listening and a supportive group can help us stay grounded and steady in the face of challenges.
We will playfully and seriously explore body warm ups, walking and writing, different ways of paying attention to body and nature and allow these to take on a bit of wonder and magic. We will spend at least half the day outdoors.
I have spent much of my training and artistic practice honing an embodied sensitivity to relationships between people, place, time, materials and processes. This also relates to elements of shamanic practice, ritual and healing.
I am an experienced workshop leader and have run workshops in higher education, on pilgrimages, with museums and art galleries, in hospitals and community arts projects. I draw on specialised training as an artist/performer (especially BodyWeather), in community & personal development, group work and as a teacher and facilitator of Movement Medicine.