Alan Heeks

Workshop: The Natural Roots of Resilience: wisdom from the wood

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A workshop at Hazel Hill Wood, near Salisbury – guided by Alan Heeks, Marcos Frangos and … the wood

April 24-26 (Fri 6pm-Sun 4pm)

Hazel Hill Wood

Resilience is the skills to nurture our wellbeing amid the rising levels of change and uncertainty that most of us face in everyday life.  This weekend we’ll explore the roots of resilience in human nature: how inspiration and appreciation give us strength, how mindfulness can keep us centred and calm, and how systemic constellations and other methods help us deepen fellowship and improve the dynamics of our relationships with others.

We will also draw on the nourishment and wisdom of this magical 70-acre wood: with solo time for guidance, learning from this resilient ecosystem, and enjoying campfires, music, song and stories amid the trees and bluebells.

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How to enjoy a wet May: Finding your inner fire when the sun won’t shine

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How to enjoy a wet May: Finding your inner fire when the sun won’t shine
I am writing this at Hazel Hill Wood, sitting at the foot of my favourite beech tree, with a struggling campfire. It has been raining heavily for days, now it’s merely a light drizzle pushed along by a strong South-Westerly wind…

Spiritual Roots for Personal Resilience – a valuable deeper dimension… at least for some

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Spiritual Roots for Personal Resilience – a valuable deeper dimension… at least for some
My own resilience benefits from spiritual roots, but it’s a topic I rarely speak about. It seems that many people are averse to the idea of a spiritual dimension in life, so this blog feels like a risky experiment in describing what spiritual resilience means to me.

Book Brief: Thomas Berry: ‘The Dream of the Earth’

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Is myth both the problem and the solution?

The Dream of the EarthBerry has an unusual, eloquent, and valuable view of how we humans got into the current crisis, and how to move out of it.  This view is powerfully presented in the ‘Dream of the Earth’, one of his many books.

Thomas Berry described himself as a cosmologist and Earth Scholar – he was also a Catholic priest,

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Book brief: Active Hope by Macy and Johnstone – an excellent guide to personal resilience

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Active HopeI have taken part in workshops led by both Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone, and regard them as two of the best teachers on personal resilience in a full sense of the phrase.  This book is a clear, concise guide to their approach, and has the authority and richness that comes from their many years of teaching.

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