58 Educators providing Shadow courses

shadows professional development

Shadows encourages the sharing of best practice and the formation of lasting bonds between fellow professionals to enhance the competences of educational staff and the quality of student international mobility. Shadows’ team of experts and consultants has qualifications in, and wide experience of: Administration, teaching material development, financial management, language teaching, examining, course design, linguistic profiling, teacher training, school management, school inspection, curriculum innovation, leadership and management of large scale projects (school and international), global citizenship initiatives, extensive experience of Lifelong Learning Comenius /Erasmus+ projects, in-Service Training, conference work, and E.U. Project assessment.

executive shadows

the merlin project

The inaugural Northern Ireland Festival of Writing took place in April & May of 2019. In launching the festival it was our aim to bring together a range of local writers and content creators from across the wide spectrum of talents that we have in Northern Ireland, to run a series of events and workshops wherein those aspiring and emerging in their chosen creative field would have the opportunity to learn from those who had successfully carved a path for them to follow, as well as providing a platform for local writers at all points in their writing journey, to showcase their achievements. The Festival was a huge success, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt to us, that not only was there a wealth of writing talent in Northern Ireland, keen to be tapped, developed, promoted and celebrated, but also, that the work of The Merlin Project was much needed and appreciated in our current climate. We had a level of support that went well beyond our expectations, with established artists and organisations willing to give up their time and expertise to help others develop their craft, as well as our database of people wishing to take part in and develop from the festival, reaching numbers of mind-blowing proportions.

enrichment for the elderly

In this youth obsessed society we have pushed aside the voices, creativity and sometimes knowledge of older people, we are here to buck this trend. Working with professionals to dispel negativity around ageing and dementia (which can affect people of any age) in our training workshops. Looking to see the value in older people, people living with dementia and your staff to make a lasting difference to practice, which is inclusive and creates supportive relationships. Here at Enrichment for the Elderly we believe in Creativity and what it can achieve. We enable and encourage creativity through bespoke workshops for seniors and people with dementia. These workshops can be anything from making shadow puppets and performing with them through to making drama from memories and everything in between. Reclaiming the word 'Elderly' to be something of an honour where people look up to you. Lets work together to unlock the creativity of the Elderly. What about the kids? We offer workshops where the whole school can be involved in learning about older people and people with dementia through creativity. We hope of a future where the older generation and people living with dementia can feel like an important and valued part of society with a voice.

jamie catto

JAMIE CATTO FACILITATES PROFESSIONAL, PERSONAL AND CREATIVE BREAKTHROUGHS, DRAWING FROM HIS OWN PROCESSES IN GROUND-BREAKING FILM PRODUCTION, PHILOSOPHY VOYAGES AND MUSIC. Our mission is to make self-reflection hip enough to save us from ourselves. We believe that by collectively acknowledging our insanity and our deepest darkest shadows, we can learn how to work with it to tackle global crisis’ by channelling our energy into action for the world rather than using it all up on fighting ourselves. In doing so, we give each other permission to let our masks fall and focus on what’s really important. PLAY - Through play we clear the path for creativity and social engagement by dropping the weight of emotionally charged reactions! CREATIVITY - Fuels all that we do whether creating art or how we live our everyday lives connected to the Flow state. FACING THE SHADOW Because we all have a dark side and the sooner we let it in and get to know it, the less it will threaten to drag us into the shadows with it. INTIMACY - The most precious and sought after experience on earth allowing us to experience true, deep connection. AUTHENTICITY - It’s exhausting wearing a mask. When we let it fall we can redirect our energy to where it is most needed for ourselves and for the world, giving others permission to do the same.

upcoming workshops & retreats with kubi may...

I grew up in a little market town in the East Midlands, happily in awe of the magic buzzing beneath the tapestry of existence in the countryside surrounding me, making childhood potions from crushed herbs and flowers and sneaking home Esoteric books to read from the library. At 18, I grew restless with a curiosity about the world and quit college to save up, travel, and spend time learning from the hidden tribes and global communities I had read so much about. My travels expanded my understanding around magic and how ritual had manifested in different indigenous cultures beyond our Celtic origins. Here, I began my journey training to become a Reiki healer (and eventually teacher), with a personal earth mission to also contribute as much healing, light and joy to our planet as possible. By my twenties I had returned home, moved to the city and anchored myself back into a decade of education. I gained a PGCE qualification as a secondary school art teacher and finished a University Degree; a BA Honours in Creative Therapies where I focused my dissertation on the healing power of Creative Ritual and Art in Psychotherapy. Following this, I worked for 5 years as a Creative Therapist as part of an Intensive intervention Team for Children in Social Care, whilst also founding and managing London's Activist Art group 'The People's Tribe' to try and promote positive change in society with creativity (and of course, rebellion!) As I approached my thirties, I began to delve deep into my own shadow work and healing, which lead me to explore the healing potential of plant medicines, shamanic rituals and tincture making. One summer, I softened, decided it was time to return back to the countryside and challenged myself to set off at sunset for an overnight pilgrimage. I mapped out the leylines and followed them on foot, walking 12 hours by myself through the night, singing songs to the stars and arrived at sunrise on the mystical lands of Glastonbury for the first time, where I began my training in Celtic Shamanism.... and never left! I'm humbled to live a harmonious and gentle life here upon the mystical lands of Avalon. From this sacred motherland, I forage and make flower tincture medicines from the earth and sculpt personalised wands from the fallen branches of the ancient orchards. More than anything, I love to compassionately hold space for others walking the sacred path of initiation or undertaking healing/ shadow work. (We're at a very interesting moment in history where nothing is more important than this!) I do this using therapy, ritual, ceremony, playfulness and creativity to help alchemise and empower individuals to step into the highest version of themselves and it brings me so much joy to see the light returning, one by one, to the beautiful tribe we know as the human race. Let's rise together and remember who we really are as we make the journey back home to ourselves!

shadowpath

Transforming Everyday Places Into Creative Spaces A NOTE FROM OUR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 'When everyone benefits, a whole community wins.' 'When I started Shadowpath in 2002, I had no idea of its potential. I approached everyday spaces because I couldn't afford to rent the few regional theatres. That turned out to be the best thing for Shadowpath and now everyday spaces are our signature style of theatre producing. Businesses gain a creative boost and access to new customers, performers get a professional opportunity to work in alternative spaces, the community gets more arts and culture programming and Shadowpath connects to community partners and free space! Now that's winning! -Alex Karolyi Land Acknowledgement We celebrate the work and lives of the first artists, the first story-tellers and the first history-makers who have been forgotten or ignored as time marched on. We acknowledge these early Creators that lived on the lands we now occupy. These are the traditional lands and territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee and the Anishinaabe peoples. The histories of those that previously cared for this land, the stories they told, and the lives they lived remain an integral part of it. In illuminating the voices of The Forgotten we hope to forge a bridge between all people creating a better more inclusive world where each of us is heard and our contributions acknowledged, commemorated and remembered.

kuumba nia

Kuumba Nia is a transformational coach, speaker and international best-selling author. She is also the creator of the Circle of One coaching model. Kuumba specialises in working with people who are ready to do great things in the world to know themselves, to identify their purpose and to clarify their vision as they become the person they need to be to make their unique and powerful contribution in the world. A qualified Executive Coach and Leadership Mentor, Kuumba has worked with owners of 6 and 7 figure businesses to develop their leadership and spiritual energy. In 2003, I received a letter from a dear school friend of mine whom I hadn't seen her for years. She asked me to visit her, there was something about her letter that compelled me to go. I was shocked to find her weak and frail. She was a shadow of the person I once knew. Three weeks later she was dead. She was funny, smart and talented with so much to offer the world. Yet, she died with all her hopes, dreams and ambitions unfulfilled. All her greatness and potential died with her. Her death was the catalyst for me to leave my job to pursue my mission. Sixteen years on and hundreds of clients later. Coaching remains my passion. I live to help my clients live their life fully and joyfully. My mission is to help great leaders shed their fears, embrace their big vision and step into into their greatness. Wishing you a world of possibility & prosperity.

the holistic psychotherapist

’m Kerry Watson, a psychotherapist, coach, mum, and wife. I support people who are having difficulties in their lives due to anxiety and stress through 1:1 therapy sessions and coaching programmes. I also teach people how to heal themselves and look after their mental wellbeing. I live in Dunfermline, Fife and work UK wide offering in person and online therapy sessions. I hold a Degree in Psychology and am working towards a MSc in Forensic Psychology. I’ve been immersed in self development for over 9 years- learning Psychology, Neuro Linguistic Programming, Eye Movement Therapy, Holistic Wellbeing, Shadow work, Hypnotherapy and more. I am a passionate advocate for mental wellbeing and have been involved in various academic research projects around the topic of military/veteran mental health. In 2018, I was awarded a research internship where I designed and conducted research into "Understanding Military Spouse/Partners Support Needs and Online help seeking strategies". In 2019 I completed the research project "A thematic analysis of the barriers and facilitators which impact Veterans willingness to engage in mental health support services". Both of these projects involved investigating areas of mental health experiences, stigma and toxic masculinity. I hope to publish both of these research papers in the future. Although I do not follow a particular religion, I resonate well with Humanism. Working on my own personal development and wellbeing for over 9 years, I recognise the importance of emotional wellbeing, and this is a key aspect of the way that I work.

starlight temple

Spirituality for me began as a search for happiness. In my late teens, I realized that I didn't know how to be happy. I started to read self-help books which eventually lead to spiritual workshops. Meeting people who could channel spirit guides inspired me to learn how to channel and life was never the same again! Channeling is the Divine Conversation that we have with life and that is where I found my happiness. I have worked with people and lands all over the world, flowing the flow of my own Divine conversation to be of Service to Humanity at this time of immense change and transformation. All of Starlight's Offerings are about bringing magic to life. The root word of magic is the same as the root word of power is means to be able or to be capable. The Tools, Guidance Ceremonies, and Processes that Starlight Temple offers are all ways that have helped me become more capable and live more magically. Living magically to me is all about living in connection. We were all born to be in connection -with ourselves, with the Earth, with the Cosmos, and with each other. Through channeling practices, shadow healing, ceremony, tantra and land work we can all come back into connection and in doing so live more of our potential, fulfill our paths, and experience the happiness of belonging. For me, spirituality is all about learning to Live it, learning how to become the change we want to see in the world. There are many tools and it is all about finding the ones that resonate with you. Kahreela x The four pillars of Starlight Temple are Channeling and Connection, Ceremony and the Temples Ways, Shadow work and Temple Alchemy, Ceremony and Earth work, Journeys and Portals. All of my offerings and energetic work happen through The Starlight Temple, be it online, in person or on the land. The Starlight Temple is the name of my path, which I have always sensed is an energetic Dragon – an alchemical Dragon, made of ancient wisdom and the magic of many guides, goddesses, spirits and star ones. The Starlight Dragon carries magic into the Temple and into the world, creating change, direction, flow and Alchemical change wherever it is called to fly. This Dragon is ancient memory that is invites you to walk and live the old ways. This Dragon is a fierce guardian of Gaia and those who serve her by healing themselves and their shadows. This Dragon is magnetic and will call you to ride through the dimensions until you understand yourself more deeply. The Starlight Temple is all about connection; connection to self, life, the universe and spirit. Our path is about learning to connect, channel and live the divine conversation. Starlight’s workshops, courses, one to ones, ceremonies and journeys are all dedicated to helping people find empowerment in their lives and as they walk their spiritual paths. We believe that spirituality is something you experience, that every person's truth is unique and that everyone's truth makes up the whole truth of the Universe. The events that we do are about holding space for people to have an experience of their truth, ultimately our work is about love - ways and tools of learning to Love the Earth, Life, Each other and our own self more. Starlight Temple is a space overflowing with ways of doing spirituality that can be incorporated into your everyday life, so that your path, your truth and love can be lived more fully!