Breathing   S  p  a  c  e  s

This was the first of three seasonal workshops exploring Birchfrields Park - which stretches from Longsight over to Rusholme.. Today we were looking for signs of Winter moving into Spring. We were lucky with the weather after the non stop storms over the weekend, it was dry and the sun came out - which lifted our spirits. It felt very special to all be together in the sunlight and in nature. We met at the Dickenson Rd/Anson Road entrance to the park next to the old gate house

Thanks to the Ignition Project for helping us explore how Nature can help us be more resilient against climate change in a great interactive workshop.

I’ve been thinking about how getting out into nature has always been such a good thing for me - even as a child it was my first “ go to” place. Having a dog with has always felt right too as it did in my childhood. That connection has lasted and deepened for me as I’ve become older but now I find myself in a different place to the one I was in as a child. I know too, that then, there were places where I did not feel connected and definitely did not feel safe. Now I’m fortunat

We had a nice time at the gallery yesterday for the last of these workshops, looking at the exhibition 'Out of the Crate - Investigating the Sculpture Collection at Manchester Art Gallery' We began with a Mindful chocolate/raisin eating exercise, to settle us into the session but also to begin the process of noticing a 3d object or sculpture. After looking around the exhibition I introduced a drawing through touch activity in which everyone felt an object inside of a bag and

How many times have I heard the statement - “a dog gets you out”? Many times for sure but when I think about it I have to agree - a dog DOES get me out. Walking with Dolly - even in not so good weather - is a total joy and a gift to me. Dolly came to me from an elderly lady who couldn’t look after her any more. She had just turned four and suddenly a whole new big world opened up for her - and me. In the seven months since my previous dog, Honey, had died I realised that I re