Hello,
my name is Red.
I live by a meadow valley near the wild salt marsh of the Norfolk coast in England, with two daughters and four cats.
I'm an artist, currently bringing forth a body of drawings mostly honouring the ancient Greek pantheon of gods, and a few others too. I sell gorgeous signed, limited edition fine art prints infused with the magic of ancient prayers and invocations.
I also have extensive experience as a deep bodyworker and group movement facilitator.
My creative praxis combines deep somatic movement and trance work with ancient sorcerous technologies such as those found in the 2000 year old Greek Magical Papyri. I work with these embodied processes in and with wild nature places to facilitate visionary states which are recorded through poetic writings, and expressed in my highly detailed pencil drawings of ancient gods and mythic beings.
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
After training in various forms of Chinese and Hawaiian bodywork and massage therapy over 25 years ago, I undertook further training in Process-Oriented Reichian Body Psychotherapy in 2004/05. For several years I worked with one-to-one with people, inviting expression and release of accumulated tensions and histories.
When my two daughters came into this world, I created and led the woodland community group Mighty Oaks which met in the woods three mornings per week for six years, and served over 100 families. I held a calm and grounded supportive space, teaching about nature and traditional handcrafts whilst providing conversational counselling, and holding a circle in which I embodied story forms and song.
For five years I was in depth work and training with Linda Hartley, exploring Authentic Movement and the development of clear witnessing presence, and working also as her assistant.
Additionally, I have 30 years of extensive training and experience in many various disciplines, including: Taoist energetic meditations and practices, Mythogenic Self Process of embodied personal mythology including NLP master trainer certification, and intensive Yoga teacher training and Hindu philosophy through Sivananda ashram. I have experience in Kundalini yoga, Vipassana meditation, Zen meditation & Tibetan Buddhist meditation and philosophy. I've enjoyed countless hours of personal practise in Five Rhythms dance and Contact Improvisation.
For 13 years up to the pandemic, I was organising, running and holding regular group spaces for personal development, play and exploration, and also movement and meditation based workshops.
To expand my work in supporting community, I've taken part in intensives and courses learning about Arnold and Amy Mindell's Processwork, Joanna Macy's The Work That Reconnects, and Daniel Foor's Ancestral Healing work.
My own personal spiritual and earth-based somatic practises underpin all these learnings and bringing a depth of support and holding that would be otherwise impossible alone.
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