In March 2025 I’m launching a new programme – a four-week practical guided exploration of how you can respond to an unjust world (without losing your mind).
Sessions will run for one hour on Monday evenings, 6pm – 7pm UK time from 10th to 31st March, with an optional community check-in the following month. It’s for you if you’d like to explore different ways to respond meaningfully to a world in multiple crises.
Each week we’ll focus on part of the ‘Seven Paths of Responsiveness’, mixing reflection, discussion and practical experiments to discover new ways forward together. The seven paths developed from my own explorations over my life, as well as reading and interviews with other contemplative changemakers.
They are:
* Contemplate causes and conditions (consider history)
* Befriend your anger
* Nurture your energy and power
* Guard your sense doors (curate news and media)
* Choose your action and ambition
* Find the others
* Connect with your expectations and participate
We’ll use a mixture of embodied practice, games, discussion and personal reflection, including tools from contemplative traditions that I find really helpful for these explorations – superpowers, even.
The planned themes for each week are:
Week 1: Nourishment and news curation (quitting the doom-scroll)
Week 2: Understanding and embracing your anger
Week 3: Choosing your line of action and finding the others
Week 4: Nurturing collective power and stepping into participation
Join us to explore these vital questions in practical ways, within your life and a supportive community. The fee is £45 (if this would be a strong barrier please contact me to discuss alternatives).
Upcoming events
22nd March – singing with ancient trees for the Spring Equinox – more info here
You can also find the dates for the rest of 2025 on that page, if you like to plan ahead for all your solstices, equinoxes and other pagan festivals!
23rd – 28th September – Tools of Liberation: Presence, Curiosity and a Tender Heart, a residential retreat at Gaia House with Martin Aylward (I’ll be assisting) – more info here
More about group programmes
Movement for Change group programmes are designed to build the skills and confidence to thrive while creating change sustainably, avoiding the risk of burnout.
Training sessions mix deep and light work with a dynamic mix of reflection, knowledge sharing, group discussion and movement practice.
“I am more aware of my own reaction to things, my own emotions and when I get fired up about things. It has given me some tools to be more honest with myself about what is going on.”
How does it work?
You can choose a half-day or a full day workshop in person or over Zoom, as well as an 8-week online programme, Strengthening the Core. I usually work by joining an organisation or network to provide these sessions in collaboration, with occasional opportunities to join an open programme directly, as an individual.
Day or half-day workshops
* Five ways of looking at anger (full day)
* How to have a good fight (half day)
* Boundaries for nice people (half day)
* Making work a place for thriving (half day)
Bespoke workshops are also available. If you have an idea for a new one, please get in touch!
8 week Strengthening the Core Programme
Strengthening the Core combines many of these ideas and practices into one integrated learning journey, with sessions combining movement, reflection and group discussion.
Each week covers a different theme, with themes weaving together over the course of the eight weeks. The programme has been running since early 2019.
An external evaluation in 2020 showed that it successfully built people’s skills and reduced the risk of exhaustion and overwhelm.
Past groups have included charity chief executives, people in their first management roles, women’s refuge workers and people in community health projects, including two interactions specially for arts + culture professionals, in partnership with Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy.
“In weeks when I felt there was no time – this was by far the best use of my time. Milla created a calm supportive space where we explored valuable techniques and shared ideas that we could continue to implement in our home and work life. A wonderful opportunity to take a breath and reflect.”
What’s next?
If you’d like to book in a workshop for your organisation or group, or to join an open workshop, please get in touch with me directly.
If now’s not the right time, you can learn more and stay in touch by signing up for occasional email updates below, or by connecting with me on Linked in.
