Heron Meadow

This summer, we are offering another opportunity to be part of a ceremonial gathering of celebration to honour the Summer Solstice.

Connecting to what is deeply within us, individually and collectively, we can see how we are part of Nature's rhythmic cycle of Life.
Sensing our own roots and our growing edges, we feel a direct connection to the plant world as it powerfully responds to the expansion of light when the sun is at its zenith. We bear witness to the abundance all around us and ask - What do we need to make all that we wish to carry forward sustainable. What is it that nourishes us?

We will share some food together afterwards as well, sharing the generosity and diversity that the land gives freely.

For information and booking contact Vera Proudlove

[email protected] / 07889 664010 

This is a facilitated space where you know you will have space to speak. It is not designed to recruit you or call you to action.

It is really important to talk about how we feel about what is happening to the earth and often difficult as we can feel guilty about not doing enough or get frustrated with others for not doing enough.

So at the café we don’t talk about what we should be doing, we just talk about the ecological crisis and how it makes us think and feel.

It is not a drop in session so please do book a space.

Attendance is free however there will be hot drinks and cakes on

offer for a small donation. Cash only.

For information and booking contact Vera Proudlove

[email protected] / 07889 664010

This 8-week nature-immersed programme, facilitated by  MensCraft, aims to promote and support wellbeing in a friendly, safe and structured environment. 

The benefits of time spent in the outdoors are numerous, and in  this project you will enjoy those with the companionship and  camaraderie of other men, coordinated by experienced group facilitators. 

You will: 

· Explore and discover the local natural environment 

· Learn woodcraft skills such as fire-lighting and whittling 

· Sit around an open fire, sharing stories with food and drink 

· Take part in a site improvement project 

For information and booking contact Andy Wood 

[email protected] / 07584253441 

Celebrating Sheep at Heron Meadow
For tens of thousands of years, sheep have been involved in the stories of human communities. Find out more about this long shared history, recognising the many gifts that sheep grant us !

Come to meet our little flock of native sheep, share their peacefulness through meditation and awareness practices.
And celebrate with gratitude all the grazing animals !

Get hands on and creative with sheep fleece in a whole variety of ways, from wet felting a pendant necklace and simple braid making to trying your hand at spinning and weaving. On the day we'll be creating a collective weave , encorporating everyone's handmade yarns and foraged natural materials into a one off master piece !

Natural dyeing displays, and all manner of sheepy things for sale from The Woodland Haberdasher and Jenn of Fibre Workshop.

Participation of the Diss Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers.
Tea, refreshment, savoury snacks and cake stall on offer for a small donation. Cash only.

For information and booking

[email protected] / 07767 673431

The Grandmothers ceremony was created by an  American woman and a Mohawk elder for women  who had lost their shamanic traditions. 

We create a sacred space to connect with each other, firstly by singing some chants together and  then sharing briefly what is arising in us.
After a short-led meditation, we journey to a drumbeat to one of the eight directions (4 cardinals and 4 non cardinals) each represented by a Grandmother figure (she may come in many forms) who holds an archetypal wisdom. Our intention is to meet the Grandmother and so gain support to access knowing from places deep within us. 

It is a way of being guided by the wise Elders and our lineage, honouring those that have gone before. A way of remembering our true and sacred nature and the sacredness of the more than human world. 

We journey always for ourselves and also for the group (community) 

For information and booking contact Vera Proudlove 

[email protected] / 07889 664010 

This workshop offers a guided meeting between the children and our herd of native ponies.

The children will work individually and in small groups to explore what it feels like to experience the world as a pony.

Through a range of activities, including drama and awareness practice, the children will also learn more about their own emotions and perceptions as they find connections between themselves and the ponies.

For this workshop, the children are in close proximity with the horses but not in the same space

Facilitators Janine Oxley and Magali Buhrer

For information and booking

[email protected] / 07767 673431

An opportunity for adults and children to visit us, with the freedom to explore the meadow and meet its inhabitants. Spend some time here to walk or sit with a cup of tea, enjoying the present moment or have a little fun outdoors with your children together (Nature quizz and Treasure hunt available)

Tea, refreshments and cake stall on offer for a small donation. Cash only.

For information and booking

[email protected] / 07767 673431 

A weekend of camping, constellations, connecting, singing, cooking together and chill-out time with the resident animals.

A wonderful chance to experience a summer weekend at Heron Meadow, on the Norfolk/Suffolk border. Immersed in the beauty of this land, we will work as a group using systemic constellations. With support from the natural world, each other and our ancestral resources, we will find many ways to nourish our deep hunger for connection.

All enquiries and bookings to Natasha Hood: [email protected]

About Anna and her work: www.loveandconsciousness.org

“Perhaps the best way to become a trusted leader for our horses is to first demonstrate that we are not afraid to be a follower every once in a while” Mark Rashid 

Stepping into the horse world often helps us to open up new possibilities. Horses do not care for our stories, or judge us, and are great allies for living  in the moment and slow down our rational brain. 

They can teach us the wisdom of being a leader and a follower : naturally they like to give up the lead and join us when we embody clarity, presence, respect and mindfulness. 

By observing horses behaviour and moving with them as leader and as follower, you will experience first-hand these 2 dynamics and will find out what are the intrinsic qualities of a leader and a follower. 

This process allows to experience different facets of your Self in a protected environment, discovering or re-discovering your gifts and resources. 

This session includes : grounding meditation and awareness practices. You will meet the herd , then work directly with the horses learning about yourself by engaging with them. 

The work is done from the ground. No prior experience of horses is necessary, no riding is involved, and each person work at their own level and rhythm. 

The only 'equipment" needed is a pair of closed shoes or boots and comfortable clothes, suitable for the weather on the day, as we work most of the time outdoors.
Facilitators : Magali Buhrer and Anna Magee 

For information and booking

[email protected] / 07767 673431

A micro-safari for young nature-explorers !
With Tim as their guide and with access to a field lab (complete with microscopes), the intrepid young explorers will get a glimpse of what is going on at Heron Meadow ...just out of sight.
Tim Holt-Wilson is a polymathic investigator of natural and cultural phenomena. He works in the field of environment & heritage information and interpretation in East Anglia. He has spent the last 15 years developing geoconservation initiatives at county and regional levels.

For information and booking contact Anna Magee

[email protected]il.com / 07917 301336

Join us for this over view of the native American Medicine wheel .

We will look at the 4 cardinal directions and the centre of the wheel 

The sacred human, the role that the elements play in our life

Then go on to look at the non cardinal points and how we can use this map to work with our circle of self, beginning to understand our relationship to the ancestors, the dream of life, our patterns and our design of energy, how do we make choices.

Medicine Wheels are found in many indigenous cultures and have been a source of inspiration for several therapeutic approaches.
 A Medicine Wheel is a map of Life, a "whole", circular and holistic model where every being, every natural element in this circle is interconnected and has an innate wisdom. 

At each cardinal and non cardinal direction of the Wheel, we can connect to a specific aspect of Life, of ourselves and its qualities, It is our Circle of Self as well as the Circle of Life. Travelling in this Wheel is a journey of awareness, a path of knowledge, acquired by conscious life experience. 

Working with the Medicine Wheel model helps us to explore deeply our own self and to regain connections between all our aspects, and to create well-balanced interactions and relationships around us with all the worlds. 

We work in a ceremonial way and so each person receives the teaching that they need at this time.

We will do some practices together however the work that each of us do will be individual. 

Facilitators Magali Buhrer and Vera Proudlove

For information and booking contact
[email protected] / 07767 673431
or [email protected] / 07889 664010

Constellation workshops are profoundly moving - they are a deep yet

gentle way of gaining greater understanding of ourselves, our families

and of the issues which affect our lives. We begin to untangle the

relational knots which can originate from patterns of intergenerational trauma and we find more spacious and healthy ways of belong in our family systems.
Our human families can also be seen as part of a much larger interconnected web of Life. The natural world is the fundamental ground of our existence, so connecting with its wisdom and regenerative power greatly assists our healing process.
Constellations at Heron Meadow may involve the dynamic presence and the energies of trees, grasses, animals, birds, river, clouds or the earth itself, these elements becoming support resources, or ancestral messengers.

For more information and booking contact Anna

[email protected] / 07917 301336

"Horses are nothing if not a study in harmony. It is not so much that they strive to stay in harmony but rather that they are masters at
re- establishing it once it has been lost. It is the way things work in nature." Mark Rashid

Herd dynamics are based upon keeping balance within the group so that each horse may find a place of comfort. Intrinsically, horses love harmony because it creates peace and safety for them.
In the here-and-now of 'horse-time', different situations show up, sometimes creating an imbalance in the herd. Because they live in the present moment, connected to the ever changing flow of Life, horses are not attached to any plans nor expect things to always be the same, so they are masters in dealing with the loss of harmony and in re- establishing it.

In this workshop - with the best teachers, the horses themselves -  we will let this ancestral horse wisdom teach us how to regain balance in our life and within ourselves, connecting to this ebb and flow of harmony, which is Life itself.

This session includes : grounding meditation and awareness practices, observing horses behaviour. You will meet the herd, then work directly with the horses learning about yourself by engaging with them. 

The work is done from the ground. No prior experience of horses is necessary, no riding is involved, and each person work at their own level and rhythm. 

The only 'equipment" needed is a pair of closed shoes or boots and comfortable clothes, suitable for the weather on the day, as we work most of the time outdoors.
Facilitators : Magali Buhrer and Anna Magee 

For information and booking

[email protected] / 07767 673431