Comic art drop in afternoon
2019-04-17 12:30 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | The Dragon Sanctuary, 34 Bossell Road, Buckfastleigh, Devon, TQ11 0DD, United Kingdom
‘Bonding over Books in Buckfastleigh’ is a Big Lottery funded project that invites everyone to share experiences, learn skills and come together around a love of books and stories. Together with Gnash Comics, we invite you to explore the creative world of comics and graphic novels at free events for all Buckfastleigh residents.
Comic art workshop

Join illustrator Keith Sparrow for a drop in workshop for all ages. Keith is illustrator who will help us to reimagine Buckfastleigh with drama and fantasy, whilst learning techniques for drawing comic and manga characters.

Kirtan
2019-04-16 19:00 - 20:30
Accompanied by harmonium and guitar, we will sing Indian devotional chants based on simple mantras. No prior experience is necessary. With Leo and Sundara Sofer.

Giant and tiny books
2019-04-15 12:00 - 16:00
Join Soundart Radio making a huge book about Buckfastleigh, that you can stand inside to tell your own stories. Or manufacture miniature books as jewellery, or for dolls or mice. You can make up a story and we’ll help you to record it for radio broadcast.
This is a free event for people of all ages, and part of Bonding over Books in Buckfastleigh, a year long project run by the Friends of Buckfastleigh Library and supported by Lottery funding.
Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Older children can attend by themselves, so long as a parent brings them along and completes a short form with contact details and permission.

Free Creative Business Workshop for Therapists, Healers and Creatives
2019-04-09 07:30 - 21:00
Do you struggle with the “business” side of your work?
Do the words “marketing” and “self promotion” make your toes curl?
Do you ever feel guilty about charging for doing what you love?
Do you truly value what you do and yearn for society to do the same?

In this workshop we will explore all this and get some real clarity on where you want to go with your work, find the blocks that might be holding things back and learn some simple, effective ways of breaking through them. We will discover ways of authentic , “non icky” ways of marketing what you do. We will also explore how to inspire ourselves to transform old habits and create new ways of being which make success feel natural.
Enquiries: info@mickyoung.org
07402 707 056
Mick Young is an Australian born, creative business/life coach with a back ground in music, business management and spirituality.

Sunday Singing Sanctuary
2019-04-07 19:00 - 20:30
A monthly community singing event, with different teachers each month. Come and sing heart-felt songs from sacred traditions around the world. With Fran Andre
£7 (£5 concessions)

Comic book talk and swap
2019-04-02 19:00 - 21:00
‘Bonding over Books in Buckfastleigh’ is a Big Lottery funded project that invites everyone to share experiences, learn skills and come together around a love of books and stories. Together with Gnash Comics, we invite you to explore the creative world of comics and graphic novels at free events for all Buckfastleigh residents.

Jenny from Gnash will be sharing her love of comics and her story of starting a unique and beautiful book shop. She then invites you to share a comic book you love, and if you are ready to let it go, swap with one another and try something new. Bring along your favourite comics and graphic novels, read from them if you want, talk about and share why you love them, and once everyone has had a chance to pitch their selection then the swapping and fun begins. Walk away with some new great reading.

Taize Singing
2019-03-24 19:00 - 20:30
We’ll sing the simple and beautiful songs from Taizé, a Christian monastery in France. With Leo and Sundara Sofer who led Taizé singing in the Findhorn community for 7 years.

~ an introductory workshop with Joanna Watters
2019-03-23 14:00 - 18:00
I’m offering a short workshop for anyone curious about my work (or anyone who already knows it and wants to come along). I call it “This Beautiful Work” because it is all about embodying and welcoming whatever inner experience we are having – and doing this is beautifully simple, and strangely not necessarily easy.

We will spend the time in various ways – some sitting (as in meditation, self-observation), some moving, some paired enquiry. I will give guidance in all of that, and you do not need to have previous experience.

You can read more about my approach on my website – www.thisbeautifulwork.weebly.com

Places are limited to 10. Cost £30 – £20 (depending on means). Booking is essential – please email me to book a place joannawatters@gmail.com

Kirtan
2019-03-19 19:00 - 20:30
Accompanied by harmonium and guitar, we will sing Indian devotional chants based on simple mantras.
No prior experience is necessary.
With Sundara and Leo Sofer.

Resilient Communities in Troubled Times
2019-03-12 12:00 - 18:00
Restoring beauty, growing skills and crafting systems to engage with local group conflicts, grief, feedback and what do you do in your groups when conflict happens; what do we mean when we talk about conflict, what is it? how does it feel, affect us, do, what can we do when it happens, when things stop working and when differences show up? and what do we need/want to have already in place when it does…
Time together for welcomes, landing, care, lunch and explorations…for bearing witness, engaging, learning, connecting and partings….
EVERYONE is welcome..and particularly it is an event that maybe you will take enough away with you, those of you who want, to then host similar evenings/days in your own groups/ communities with support from us online!
participating AND financial co-response’ability’
We invite all participants to Financial Co-responsibility for this event – a practice proposed by Dominic Dominic Barter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhi8sxCPkvo&t=18s ) for consciously sustaining systems, projects and events without conditioning participation on access to money.
So – this is neither charged nor free. During our time together we will share information about what has been needed to make it possible. We will offer a simple mechanism for any financial contributions to support what is needed AND at the same time, for those that require financial support with transport and other simple costs to be with us on the day, we will offer the same process to care for costs where possible that might otherwise present restrictions on your participation.
Questions, Musings, Wonderings? Please do contact gayano on 07933 743105
What do you need to bring? an open heart and a willingness to be stirred – and some lunch for yourself or to share…thank you x
Hosted through Giraffe Social Enterprises ( http://www.giraffesocialenterprises.org.uk/),

12 Characters in Search of an Apocalypse
2019-03-11 19:00 - 22:00 | The Dragon Sanctuary, 34 Bossell Road, Buckfastleigh, Devon, TQ11 0DD, United Kingdom
The 12 Characters project is a worldwide call for community dialog around one of the two most significant challenges of our uncertain times – the ongoing collapse of the web of living beings that supports all life on Earth – a collapse that with each passing day gains momentum. Our goal is to get people talking with one another about what is happening to them, their families, and their communities.
12 Characters in Search of an Apocalypse is brilliant and important work. It is necessary work. I am grateful to Giraffe Social Enterprise for taking this on. If somehow we make it to a more sane way of living, it will be due to efforts like this one.
— Derrick Jensen, author of Endgame, A Language Older Than Words, and The Myth of Human Supremacy.
How did it come to be?
The morning the Brexit referendum results were announced I realized that I had told myself a false story. That because I was an American living in the UK and because I couldn’t vote, there was nothing I could do about the process.I quickly realized how wrong I had been. I realized that there had been a gaping hole in the referendum process. Where I lived (rural Wales) and in most other places there were no public gatherings for neighbors to sit down and talk with one another about how they would be affected by leaving the EU.
I decided then and there I wasn’t going to let that happen again.
I realize that the same gaping whole is happening around what is often called “global warming” or “climate change” – there are no public gatherings where neighbors can share with one another how their families and their communities are being affected by the unravelling of the web of living beings that supports us.
This project – 12 Characters in Search of an Apocalypse – is my effort to change that.
Jason E Stewart
see: https://12characters.org.uk/ for more information.

Sunday Singing Sanctuary
2019-03-10 19:00 - 20:30
A monthly community singing event, with different teachers each month. Come and sing heart-felt songs from sacred traditions around the world. With Rob Carney £7 (£5 concessions).
You don’t need to read music, all songs will be taught by ear.
No booking necessary, just turn up!

Satsang with Prajna
2019-02-18 19:30 - 21:30
Prajna welcomes everyone and everything to these open meetings, referred to as “satsang”. A warm welcome to be, without pretense; to give full allowance for everything that arises in you, light and dark.
In doing so, what is unconscious becomes conscious. Awareness remains. As the content of mind/emotions empty into the wider context of you, liberation unfolds naturally, and uniquely for each person. You do not lack anything to realize your completeness. Inquiry, contemplation, and a stillness practice of “allowing everything to be as it is” — is a doorway to ‘direct knowing’ — ‘prajna’ — and embodying your wholeness.
Prajna will begin with a guided meditation to silence followed by an open conversation on a particular aspect of awakening, integration and embodiment.
Prajna is here from California and is a spiritual teacher, therapist, and mother of three children, Prajna is known for her depth of presence and welcoming every part of who we are to liberation. Inspired by her root teacher, Adyashanti – her teachings are practical, non-dogmatic and elicit the direct knowing of who we are amidst hardship and beauty.
Space is limited so please book – contact Rachael at rachaelthomas.456@gmail.com or Tel 07846453047 . Please bring a cushion to sit on!

Taizé Singing in the Afternoon
2019-02-17 15:00 - 16:30 | The Dragon Sanctuary, 34 Bossell Road, Buckfastleigh, Devon, TQ11 0DD, United Kingdom
We’ll sing the simple and beautiful songs from Taizé, a Christian monastery in France. With Leo and Sundara Sofer, who led Taizé singing in the Findhorn community for 7 years.
Note the afternoon timing of this event!
No booking necessary, just turn up!

Sunday Singing Sanctuary
2019-02-10 19:00 - 20:30
A monthly community singing event, with different teachers each month. Come and sing heart-felt songs from sacred traditions around the world. With Emily Roblyn. £7 (£5 concessions)
No booking necessary, just turn up on the night!

Taizé Singing
2019-01-27 19:00 - 20:30
We’ll sing the simple and beautiful songs from Taizé, a Christian monastery in France. With Leo and Sundara Sofer who led Taizé singing in the Findhorn community for 7 years.
No booking necessary, just turn up on the night!

Sold out! - Dartmoor Skies
2019-01-27 17:00
Astronomy Adventures
Sorry, this event has now sold out!
Dartmoor Skies and The Clockwork Moth take you on a voyage through the Solar System. Take your seat in our spaceship (some imagination required) and prepare for launch! This is a family-friendly event and we encourage you to ask lots of space-themed questions.
Running time: 45m. Weather-dependent stargazing to follow.
Suitable for ages 3+
This show is part of the Jellyfish Festival of Puppetry and Storytelling, which runs throughout December 2018 and January 2019.

Sold Out - Clockwork Moth
2019-01-20 19:00
This show has now sold out.
Hansel and Gretel, A Shadow Play for Adults and Children
Spellbinding, exquisitely detailed and darkly funny, this is shadow puppetry at its very best. Lose yourself in the woods and follow the scent of sugar in this classic tale by the Brothers Grimm.
Running time: 35m. Look “behind the scenes” after the show!
Suitable for ages 4+
This show is part of the Jellyfish Festival of Puppetry and Storytelling, which runs throughout December 2018 and January 2019.

Sold out - Clockwork Moth
2019-01-20 17:00
Sold out – Hansel and Gretel, A Shadow Play for Adults and Children
This show has now sold out!
This show is part of the Jellyfish Festival of Puppetry and Storytelling, which runs throughout December 2018 and January 2019.

Katy Cawkwell
2019-01-13 17:00
The Boy and His Horse
Katy tells the story of a wise black mare who helps a boy on a magical quest to the mysterious White Island, searching for a secret cure. Together they journey across land and sea, but face the greatest challenge of all on their return home.
Running time: 45m
Suitable for ages 7+
This show is part of the Jellyfish Festival of Puppetry and Storytelling, which runs throughout December 2018 and January 2019.

Dialogical System Design
2019-01-07 19:00 - 22:00
How do we relearn the art of designing social systems that meet common needs, helping communities heal from division and hate, strengthen their resilience and potential to innovate, and deepen their ability to serve all?
In this interactive evening presentation, Dominic Barter will share his real-world experience with such social, interpersonal and personal transformation in groups, neighborhoods, education, justice, organizations, churches, trade unions, government and families.
For the last 23 years, Dominic and his colleagues in Brazil have been developing successful new ways of arriving at liberatory ends through liberatory means. Guided by the work of Marshall Rosenberg their award-winning dialogical social systems have been applied in contexts from gang-controlled favela shanty towns to the federal government and are now in use in 47 countries. This talk will offer a window into what is possible when community reemerges as the basis of our social lives.
Freely given contributions to the cost of the event and of the work itself welcome on the night.
Registration is required to attend this event. Please enter your details here.

Clive PiG
2019-01-06 17:00
The Woman Whose Nose Was A Sausage
Clive PiG – aka Mister Storyfella – is a globetrotting storyteller, poet, songster and potato juggler. This travelling talesman, peddlar of poetry and thoroughly modern troubadour will be telling tall tales and silly songs to warm the heart through the winter months.
Running time: 45m.
Suitable for ages 4+
This show is part of the Jellyfish Festival of Puppetry and Storytelling, which runs throughout December 2018 and January 2019.

Leo and Sundara Sofer
2018-12-23 17:00
Tales from the Palace of Stories
One day the King’s gardener finds gold in the most unexpected place while tending the King’s garden. Should he tell the King or keep it to himself? Leo tells stories stories of puzzling questions and surprising answers, while Sundara plays hauntingly beautiful flutes to accompany the story.
Running time: 40m
Suitable for ages 4+
For more about Leo and Sundara’s stories for children, see the Palace of Stories website, which features over 100 audio stories.
This show is part of the Jellyfish Festival of Puppetry and Storytelling, which runs throughout December 2018 and January 2019.

Taize Singing
2018-12-16 19:00 - 20:30
We’ll sing the simple and beautiful songs from Taizé, a Christian monastery in France. With Leo and Sundara Sofer who led Taizé singing in the Findhorn community for 7 years.
£5.

Angel Heart Theatre
2018-12-16 17:00
Wolf! A delightful re-imagining of Aesop’s Fable
Jacob is a young boy who loves to be playful. When he is given the responsibility of being the village shepherd his wild imagination leads him astray…This tale about the power of our words is brought to life with storytelling, live music and the chance to join in.
Running time: 40m.
Suitable for ages 3+
This show is part of the Jellyfish Festival of Puppetry and Storytelling, which runs throughout December 2018 and January 2019.

An Evening with Nativity Scene from the Isenheim Altarpiece. (Grunewald circa 1512) with Rory Valentine
2018-12-15 19:30 - 21:00
The Isenheim Altarpiece is among the world’s greatest works of art, with the aid of high resolution slides we will open up, come close to, observe and discuss together the extraordinary and heart warming Nativity Scene within this work. The picture will also be set into the context of the mysterious and increasingly relevant Divine or Eternal Feminine.

Healthy Masculine Introduction Circle
2018-12-15 12:30 - 15:00
All Genders Invited!
In this 2-hour Healthy Masculine Introduction council-sharing circle, James invites participants to explore the many meanings of “masculinity” embodied in all genders. By exploring and understanding how the immature/adolescent masculine (the shadow sides) show up in ourselves, we can bring a balanced awareness to practice and integrate the healthy/mature sides of the various masculine archetypes.
As Council Circle sharing is based on participants’ own experiences and heart centered explorations– in a safe held format where vulnerability and trust are built – we are not offering advice or therapy; rather, these Circles provide a rare opportunity to come together in community to witness, appreciate, and explore.
James holds this safe vulnerable trusting space with an intention to contribute to a cultural shift away from “right/wrong”, “good/bad” ways of ‘acting’ masculine, towards a balanced way of being, moving into a more authentic, emotionally-connected and life-affirming consciousness. Participants are not simply serving their masculine, they are supporting a reciprocal and nourishing relationship awakening with the feminine.
Registration is required @ www.HealthyMasculine.co.uk, as there is a short introductory reading along with gentle internal guided preparations to anchor your participation by tuning in to your own personal explorations.
No one turned away for lack of funds.

How Love Works
2018-12-13 19:30 - 21:30
Maintaining a love connection over many years is not always easy – if it was, we would all be doing it.
This talks will introduce you to the most successful scientifically researched road map which you can use to support a lasting love connection.
It will lay out the ways in which love does and doesn’t work in a long term relationship, a marriage or a partnership.
The founder of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, Dr Sue Johnson, has declared that “the code of love has been finally cracked” by scientific research. Loving and nourishing relationships need no longer be a lottery and we do not need to suffer without understanding why things can get difficult in a long term relationship. If we know the underlying dynamics of what really happens in our couple, we can use that map to find the ways out of the difficulties and back to enjoying our partnership again
Philip Jones is an Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist working exclusively with couples in Buckfastleigh. His website is www.howloveworks.co.uk

Isabella's Story Bicycle
2018-12-09 17:00
Isabella is a pedal pushing storyteller who loves to share stories from her incredible journeys around the world. ‘How to be Brave’ tells two tales of remarkable children she’s met along the way – were they brave or foolish? Either way, expect delightful storytelling, gorgeous illustrations and unexpected wonders.
Running time: 45 mins.
Suitable for ages 4+
This show is part of the Jellyfish Festival of Puppetry and Storytelling, which runs throughout December 2018 and January 2019.

Sunday Singing Sanctuary
2018-12-02 19:00 - 20:30
A new monthly community singing event,with different teachers each month. Come and sing heart-felt songs from sacred traditions around the world. With Fran Andre.
£7 (£5 concessions)
