The Active Hope Course

The following sessions will be restricted to a maximum group of 10. Participants will be expected to arrive in time and commit to all 6 sessions. Total cost is £30.00
These sessions will take place once a fortnight on a Tuesday evening, from 7- 9 p.m. at Hadleigh Baptist Church Community Room (except for May 20th venue to be announced)
Dates: May 6th, May 20th – alternative venue, June 3rd, June 24th, July 8th

Overview

The challenges we face can be difficult to even think about. Climate change, war, extreme inequality, economic upheaval, and the dying back of nature together create a planetary emergency of overwhelming proportions.

Active Hope shows us how to strengthen our capacity to face this crisis so that we can respond with unexpected resilience and creative power. The course is based on the book Active Hope co-authored by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone and a free online training course devised by Chris Johnstone. It is designed to take participants on a journey that nourishes their capacity to make a positive difference in the world. Each section of the course introduces a practice that can be carried out as a personal reflection, or as a structured partnered conversation, or as a group practice. The intention is to support people in responding to the climate crisis without falling into despair, and to strengthen our resilience and capacity to act with meaningful hope.
It is a transformational process informed by mythic journeys, modern psychology, spirituality, and holistic science. This process equips us with tools to face the mess we’re in and play our role in the collective transition, or Great Turning, to a life-sustaining society. See https://www.activehope.info/free-training

What to expect

• Each session lasts 1 ½ hours.
• The opportunity for everybody to express their thoughts or feelings in a ‘safe space’ without fear.
• The first part of each session will explore the Spiral of Active Hope: which includes gratitude, honouring our pain, seeing with new eyes and then going forthThe second part of each session will involve a practical nature based activity
• There are 2 facilitators Emily Myers and Lindsay Panton

For further details and to sign up please contact lindsay@panton.name or emilymyerscelebrant@hotmail.com