Events

Current Events for 2022

Unless otherwise noted, all events are held in The Strawbale Studio, Herts SG13 8NE (Recent performances are here)

Regular weekly Gentle Lyrical Meditative Yoga Classes with Fabrizia
- 7:30pm-9:15pm Monday evenings in The Strawbale Studio
- 7:30pm-9:15pm Tuesday evenings at the Quaker Meeting House, 109 Handside Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6SP
- 10:30am-12:15pm Wednesday mornings in The Strawbale Studio
Fabrizia weaves Hatha and Kundalini traditions, poetry, visualisations, Alexander Technique and Somatic Movement to create a unique recipe of nurture and healing as you relax and rejuvenate. Her gentle meditative classes provide a nurturing ambience and spiritual uplift as she creates sacred space. Mind, body and spirit harmonise effortlessly bathing in the wisdom of moving through the chakras each week. A transformative experience to soothe and restore the soul... Divine Alchemy...! Cost: £14 drop-in or £72 for a block of six weeks - contact Fabrizia to book your place. Concessions are available for those on a low income. Private one to one Yoga sessions also available.
10am-4pm Sunday 19th June: Shamanic Egg Cleanse & Shadow Workshop with Conscious Heart Warriors Lyndsey, Issie & Jessica
This day will be interactive and you will perform healings on each other:
- Cacao and sharing circle.
- A demonstration of an egg cleanse healing then you will be practicing on each other.
- The Hucha Mikhuy Process, which is the act of eating and digesting heavy energy.
- Full chakra cleanse using sage and pengilums.
- A drum journey to a past life of most suffering to cut energetic ties.
- Rebirth Breathwork healing ceremony with Shamanic Healing.
- Shamanic limpa cleanse using the highest purest intentions.
- Energy refill meditation to pull in beautiful sami energy, clearing the old and bringing in the new.
Cost £88. Please contact Lyndsey to book your spot.
10am-4pm Sunday 26th June: Heal To Manifest Ceremony with Conscious Heart Warriors Lyndsey, Issie & Jessica
This will be a magical day designed to bring you back into alignment with your true self, including:
- Guided breathwork & healing music
- Discovering your true life purpose
- A drum journey to your best past life
- Meditation
- Journaling
- Exploring the beautiful grounds of Michaels Folly with its enchanting labyrinth
- Manifestation despacho
- Cacao and sacred fire ceremony
And much more. We will provide some nibbles & herbal teas. Cost £88. Please contact Lyndsey to book your spot.
6:30pm-9:30pm Wednesday 29th June, Tuesday 12th July & Wednesday 27th July: Womb Healing Workshop with Lyndsey & Issie
There are many factors of trauma connected to your womb and sacral chakra. Childbirth, being devalued for being a female in any way, sexual assault, fear, not being connected to your sensuality and sexuality for many reasons and many deep factors which can all contribute. We want to create a safe space to explore our inner divine feminine. To reclaim our power back to our womb using effective tools and breathing exercises tailored to work with our sacral chakra and heal to release any trauma we have been holding onto. This workshop will also include a cacao ceremony, sharing circle and energy healing. Cost £30: £10 deposit to secure the space, then £20 on the day. Please contact Lyndsey on 07714 669 696 or Issie on 07807 877 868 to book your place.
7:30pm-9:45pm Tuesday 5th July (first Tuesday in the month): Yoga & Sound Journey with Fabrizia & Ruth at The Quaker Meeting House, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6SP
Fabrizia weaves Hatha and Kundalini Yoga traditions, poetry, visualisations, Alexander Technique and Somatic Movement to create a unique recipe of nurture and healing as you relax and rejuvenate. Her gentle meditative classes provide a nurturing ambience and spiritual uplift as she creates sacred space. At the end of the session Ruth invites you to lie down and bathe in a weave of elemental sounds with the aid of gong, flute and many other melodic and percussive instruments. Your body is suspended in the pause, a journey into a realm completely led by your own needs. We love to bring this fusion of body, mind, emotion and spirit and hope you can join us. The Friends Meeting House is a beautiful space, with parking in car park or on Handside Lane. Payment £24 on the day or preferably in advance via Paypal.
7:30pm-10pm Friday 8th July: Strawbale Song Spiral with Ruth Ford from Soundhoppers
Much gratitude for these moments of harmonised discovery. When we sing we are lending our voices to the long line of ancestors that have sung before us. This is a ceremonial space, care is taken to honour the seasonal moments as we travel the wheel of life. Our mingling voices travel on spiralling paths that connect us through time and space. Song is healing, it is a community calling and can take you where you need to go. Aided by drumming, rattles and bells, ordinary time shifts into timeless. There are no rules, we are not a choir, we let ourselves be heard and see what needs to be expressed. Come and join us when you feel the need for community, all ages and stages welcome. If you feel resistance to singing in groups then it just may be that you will enjoy the experience all the more! The power of finding your voice and entering the spirit of these old songs cannot be underestimated. Cost £15, payable via Paypal or cash on arrival - please contact Ruth. Refreshment provided. Please bring something to sit on and warm clothing. The Strawbale Studio is a delightful circular structure in the woods. Park on the road outside the entrance to Michael's Folly.
11am-1pm Sunday July 24th: Yin Yoga with Feryal Shadi
Welcome to Feryal's monthly immersive new earth yin yoga session. This 2-hour practice is intended to leave you feeling deeply relaxed and embodied. Yin is a floor based yoga practice that is designed to deeply lengthen muscles and connective tissues thereby releasing held tension. It is an introspective mindful practice which will be combined with yoga nidra leaving you feeling relaxed, centred and calm. My 432hz crystal singing bowl vibrations will wash away stress and anxiety, allowing your body and mind to rejuvenate. Cost £22 - to book kindly get in touch as soon as possible as it is a small group.

Past events at The Strawbale Studio

Strawbale Song Spiral with Ruth Ford from Soundhoppers - Sept+Oct+Nov+Dec 2020, April+June+Aug+Sept+Oct+Nov+Dec 2021, Jan+Feb+Mar+Apr+May 2022
Yoga & Sound Journey with Fabrizia & Ruth Ford from Soundhoppers - Feb+March 2022
Womb Healing Workshop with Lyndsey & Issie - Sept+Oct+Nov+Dec 2021, Jan+Feb+Mar+Apr+May 2022
Terra Cosmica Retreat weekend with Api Ascaso & Ruben - May 2022
Journey to Rhiannon: A workshop with Jackie Singer & Ruth Humming Ford to explore the Celtic Horse Goddess Rhiannon through drum journey, voice and movement - April 2022
Rhiannon Unbridled: A one-woman storytelling show with original music by Jackie Singer - April 2022
Womb Alchemy with Lia from Blessed by Luna - Feb 2022
Sacred Alchemy Drumming Circle with Debbie & Lia from Blessed by Luna - Feb 2022
Shamanic Spring Equinox Healing Day Retreat with Native Soul Healing (flyer) - March 2022
Munay-Ki 13th Rite Of The Womb Ceremony with Lisa Tye from Spirit, Body & Mind - Dec 2021
Good Vibrations Winter Solstice Workshop with Samantha Nicholas - Dec 2021
Magnificent Mums retreat with Laura Cowan from Girls Rising - June+July+Sept+Oct 2021
Talking Stick - Being In Heart Language with Ruth Humming Ford from Soundhoppers - Oct 2021
Elemental Sound Journey with Ruth Ford from Soundhoppers - Sept+Nov 2020
World Kirtan & Ecstatic Chants With Cacao with Ravi - Oct 2021
Overtone Singing & Voice Workshop with Ravi - March+July+Dec 2021
Shamanic Sound Experience With Cacao with Ravi - Dec 2020, March+July 2021
Deep Sound Immersion In The Heart Of Nature with Britta von Basedow & Malgorzata Kosmala [flyer] - Sept 2021
Indian Temple Dance with Yoga with Fabrizia - Oct 2020, May+June 2021
The Nine Rites Of The Munay-Ki with Melanie Pitman - August 2020
Butoh Dance Landscape Workshop with Fabrizia - August 2020+2021
Dance Into Darkness - Trance Journey held by Ruth Ford from Soundhoppers with Hannah Alexander from Living Rhythm - Nov 2019
Full Moon Wellness Day with Jessica and Saira from Enlight Physiotherapy and Enlight Minds - Nov 2019
Skeleton Woman Trance Dance with Ruth Ford from Soundhoppers - Oct 2019
GROUND: Reiki-infused Sound Healing with Katy and Sarah from Zipporah Seven - Oct 2019
Sacred Woman Path Training with Angie Litvinoff - March+June+Sept 2019
A Day Of Shamanic Ceremony with Michelle O'Brien from Wings Of Light Wellbeing Centre - July 2019
Extended Non-Duality Meet Up with Dave Everett - July 2019
Chakra Healing & Relaxation Day with Perfect Balance Retreats - April 2019
Sound Healing Training Course with Perfect Balance Retreats - Feb-March 2019
Creative Women's Circle Spring, Autumn and Winter Gatherings with Kellie Ahl - Jan+March+Oct 2018, Jan 2019
Ayurveda & Yoga workshops with Laura Brine (flyer) - Sept 2018
Butoh Taster Workshop with Fabrizia at her Strawbale Studio and surrounding grounds - Sept 2018
Conscious Circle for teens & young adults, hosted by Lydia Rhiannon with support from David Mills - Aug 2018
Visual Medicine Workshops with Rachel Houghton and Carole Jarvis - June+July 2018
Inner Teacher Workshop (introductory session) with David Mills - June+July 2018
DanSing Spirit with Ravi and Keef Wesolowski-Miles - May 2018
Wonders Of Sound with Chrissie Martin & Alistair Smith - April 2018
Spring Board Workshop with Samantha Wright from Natural Edge Coaching - March 2018, Jan 2019
Winter Weary - An Evening of Sound for Healing with Lez Fuller, River, Laura Mitchell & Gareth Wilkins - Feb 2018
Heart Songs and Sacred Chants from around the world with Ravi and Paul Terrell - Dec 2017 + Oct 2018
Women's Wisdom & Healing Circle with Chrissie & Georgie from Wild Peace - May+July+Sept+Oct 2014, May+July+Nov 2015, Feb+May+Aug+Oct 2016, Feb+Mar+May+June+Oct 2017
Sacred Sound Day with Rami & Ivana Shaafi - Oct 2017+2018
Chakra Balancing Day with Helen Carr - Oct 2017
Butoh Dance Workshop "Far From Inside", led by Macarena Ortuzar - Sept 2017
Inner Child Regression Workshop Transforming your Soul's Journey with Doug Buckingham - Sept 2017
Self Care/Self Nurtuing Day with Helen Carr - Sept 2017
Red Cross Open Gardens at Michael's Folly, with music by Occasional Strings - Sept 2017+2019
Home to the Heart workshop with Eleana Oceanheart - Aug 2017
Yoga And Ayurveda Workshop with Helen Carr - July 2017
Mothers-to-be: The Keys To The Open Gate, a Day Retreat with Birth Doulas Sri Lakshmi Aimee Hamblyn, Vicky Walker, Kasia Slazak and Supriya Natasha Horn. - July 2017
Blossoming Heart Day - A Day of Meditation, Yoga and Belly dance with Pauline Sweeney - July 2017
Inspiration Through Sound day workshop and Relaxation Through Sound evening with Craig Dickson from Findhorn - July 2017
Amor Therapies hosted a concert by Sam Garrett (flyer) - May 2017
Women's Beltane Spring Rejuvenation Weekend with international yoga teacher and entrepreneur Nianna Bray (flyer) - April 2017
Earth Day Gathering - To Sing For The Trees with Sue Pready - April 2017
Spiritual Day with Rami Shaafi including a Mediumship Workshop - March 2017, June 2018
The Awakened Woman Priestess Training Workshop 1 with Gaia Rose. 1st SPIRAL: 'Empower the Goddess, Unleash the Wolf!' - Jan 2017
Rami Shaafi led a daytime workshop entitled "Healing & Harmonics (The Spirituality of Making Sound)" with vocal toning, overtone singing, didgeridoo, gongs & singing bowls, followed by an evening sound journey (flyer) - April+Oct 2013, Oct 2015, April+Oct 2016
Healing Sound Journey with Rami Shaafi - April+Nov 2014, May+Oct 2015, April 2016, March 2017
Kismet concert: "Bringing in the May" - May 2016
Group Voice Work Case Study sessions with Sue Pready - May 2016
Women Deepening Connection With Shamanism Day Retreat with Angie Litvinoff - Oct 2015
Goddess Retreat Day with Carol Fenner and Emma Jaynes with Vegetarian/Vegan lunch provided by The Courtyard Cafe - Aug 2015
Shamanic Spa Retreat Day with Emma Hobson and Teresa Garfield - July 2015
Usui Reiki Level 1 Weekend Retreat (Beginner Level) with Sue Pready - April+Aug 2015
Michael Ormiston & Candida Valentino concert with Justin Freeman (aka Ravi) - March 2015
Awakening Shakti/Meditation/Reiki/Well-being one day retreats with Melanie Pitman - July 2014, June+Aug+Sept 2017, June+Dec 2018, June+July+Aug+Sept 2019
Voice Workshop with Paul Terrell & Justin Freeman (aka Ravi) exploring the voice, including Overtone Singing, chakra toning and more, followed by a Concert of Overtone Singing, Bowls and Gongs - June 2014
Fused Glass Workshop with Tessa Verrecchia at her studio, Michael's Folly - June 2013+2014+2015, Nov 2015, July 2016
A One Day Healing Retreat for Women, with Angie Litvinoff, The School of Spirit Medicine - March 2014
An evening concert of Devotional Dance, Song & Sound with Fabrizia, Ravi (kora, guitar) & Asha McCarthey (cello) - March 2014
Workshop of Yoga, Dance & Voice Healing with Fabrizia & Ravi - March 2014
Concert 'Two Rivers' with Ravi & Adrian Freedman (flyer) - Dec 2013+2015
Chant & Dance Circle with Soundhoppers Ruth Ford & Steve Anthony - every two months in 2013...2014
Red Cross Open Gardens at Michael's Folly, with music by Flute Cocktail, and a herbalist remedy stall and information walk by Sensory Solutions - Sept 2013
'Visualization & Mantra of Medicine Buddha' with Robert Sachs (flyer) [FREE] - July 2013
'Yoga of Conscious Dying' workshop with Robert Sachs (flyer) - July 2013
Love Architecture Fest:
- 11am Fused glass workshop with Tessa Verrecchia, including lunch
- 3pm Afternoon demonstration of Bharatanatyam - Indian Classical Dance with Fabrizia, followed by afternoon tea & cakes in The Yurt (flyer) - June 2013
NGS Open Gardens at Michaels Folly - April 2012, June 2013+2014
An evening concert of Devotional Dance, Song & Sound with Fabrizia, Ravi & Jahnavi Harrison (flyer) - April 2013
A concert of Sacred Chants, Devotional Mantras & Songs Of The Heart with Ravi & Sudha (flyer) - Oct 2012, March 2013
A workshop of Yoga, dance & voice healing with Fabrizia & Ravi (flyer) - April+July 2012, April+June 2013
A concert of Devotional Dance, Song & Sound with Fabrizia & Ravi (flyer) - April+July 2012
A workshop exploring Sound For Butoh with Adrian Freedman & Jeannie Donald-McKim (flyer) - June 2012
A recital of solo shakuhachi (Japanese flute) by Adrian Freedman - June 2012
'Sounds & Songs Of the Spirit' concert with Adrian Freedman & Ravi (flyer) - May 2012
Sensory Solutions Spring Equinox Healing Workshop (flyer) - March 2012
The Medicine Buddha Teachings with Robert Sachs - July 2010
The Wisdom of the Buddhist Masters - An Evening with Author Robert Sachs - Nov 2008
Secret Bass - African drumming circle - Sundays 2004...2011
Middle Eastern Song workshops with Dafna Dori - summer 2006+2007+2008
Music For Friends - May 2006
Mambesak Group & The Lani Singers from West Papua - May 2004