Facing the Storm: Holding ecological grief together
How do we support ourselves and our clients in a time of ecological dread?
A camping residential workshop with Nick Totton and Leonie Guest.
Freshwinds, Fairlight, East Sussex: May 22nd-25th 2025 Cost: £350
In a world facing profound ecological crises, many of us carry grief, anger, and uncertainty. Rather than pushing these feelings aside or letting them overwhelm us, we invite you to join a gathering where we can process them together—within a space that nourishes and sustains. Through time in nature, ceremony, and deep conversation, we will explore how to hold ecological grief in ways that cultivate resilience and connection. This is not just about facing the storm; it is about remembering how to stand in it with strength, tenderness, and care.
What to Expect:
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Grounding practices in nature to reconnect with the living world.
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Shared reflection and emotional processing
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Ceremonial and creative practices to transform grief into action and renewal
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A supportive community that replenishes rather than depletes.
This gathering is not about finding easy answers but about making space for what is real and allowing grief to move through us in ways that deepen our connection to life. Alongside the difficult conversations, we will also make space for creativity, play, and moments of joy – because resilience is not just about endurance but about remembering what makes life meaningful. This residential weekend workshop is for practitioners – therapists, counsellors, and others – who want to explore how we can work with this reality in the therapy room. Join us as we hold this grief and dread together and turn it into something that sustains rather than consumes.
This workshop will be facilitated by Nick and Leonie who between them have 60 years of psychotherapeutic experience and are deeply committed to this work. www.nicktotton.net. www.leonieguestpsychotherapy.co.uk
BOOKING/INFORMATION Contact nick@3-c.coop or leonieguest@zohomail.eu.
An Invitation to a Day and Night Solo Sit
By Jayne & Leonie
No doubt you will have an inkling if this journey is calling you right now, already something will be stirring under your skin, and those wild and furry ears will be twitching!
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Can you feel the pull of that threshold into the unknown?
To sit by rock, river and tree and allow your flesh and bones to sink into the mud, moss and fern. Are you listening to the call of your soul and the earth to surrender to an older rhythm, an ancient dance with the mythical realms of the wilderness of Middlewood.
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This is an intimate and personal journey to be in the belly of the earth from dawn to dawn. This ancient and ceremonial practice could be a moment for you to notice what you wish to let go of, and what you want to call in. This could mark a transition in your life, or a moment to reflect, redirect or start a new chapter.
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Whatever your reason you have for undertaking this adventure it is between you and the land. Your fellow humans, and the other than human, will be there to listen to your story and to witness you on your journey. This is your own personal and alchemical path to walk, and so the focus will be on YOU rather than group process or client therapist work.
Many of you have already developed a very intimate and personal relationship with this enchanting and alive valley, and so we are offering to hold a space for you to go deeper.
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Practicalities:
Venue: Middlewood Trust
Dates: 25th September to 1st October 2025
Cost: £950 – we are offering a payment plan of £118.75 monthly from Feb to Sept (8 payments) (this includes all food, individual support/sessions and sacred and ritualised holding of your process).
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Group number will be 8 to keep this an intimate space for individual attention.
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The reason we are taking a whole week to encounter this Wild Sit is because the preparation work is essential to the experience and we would like everyone to have time to explore intentions, finding your spot, have individual sessions with Jayne and/or Leonie, as well as having time to return and land back at The Study Centre, before engaging in a spacious sharing of your journey with the group. This will be a deep dive and we want to give time for this precious and possibly life changing experience.
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There will be some pre work leading up to arriving at Middlewood in the form of a medicine walk to help you connect with your intentions.
If you are interested please contact either Jayne: mail@jaynejohnson.co.uk
Or Leonie:
Hastings & St Leonards
Eco-Therapy Group
Welcome to the Hastings and St Leonards Eco-Therapy Group!
We meet monthly to explore some of the local woodlands and natural landscapes in and around the area. We also work as a therapeutic group covering a variety of themes aimed at gently bringing us into a deeper connection with ourselves, others and the land.
All are welcome to join the group at any time, come and make friends and enjoy the delights of connection.
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Practicalities
Places are limited (except for clean up days), so please do contact me if you intend to join the group, and make sure I have your contact details.​
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Wear suitable clothing and footwear, bring a plastic bag or something waterproof to sit on, water and snack unless otherwise directed.​
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Most groups start at 10.30am and are on a Sunday, and usually last approximately 3 hours. No dogs or children, and suggested contribution is usually £20 to be paid on the day, but pay what you can afford.
