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Wednesdays

Bristol Feral Choir - improvised vocal/singing sessions and performances. Fun, feral and friendly! You’re welcome to come and try it out to see if it's your bag, or email with questions. Cost £6/£4 concessions. Discount for termly booking.

Find us on Facebook, call 07837 599239 or email: bristolferalchoir@gmail.com

Wednesdays

The Wednesday Zen Meeting. 7.15pm-9pm, Fulcrum House, 3 Grove Road, BS6 6UJ.

0117 9632505 info@wednesdayzenmeeting.org.uk

Saturday & every 2nd Wednesday

Your Community Clinic; making therapies affordable. Aimed at those on low/modest incomes, everyone welcome. A wide range of low-cost treatments are offered by a team of professional therapists dedicated to raising awareness of holistic treatments and their benefits in the community.

FFI: venues, dates, etc. www.yourcommunityclinic.com or call Teresa (for Wednesdays) 0798 224 3804, Saturdays 0780 973 6187

Saturdays

Second Saturday of the month 2pm-4.30pm. Divine Embrace Meditation and Group Healing Transmission of Christ Consciousness

www.divineembrace.co.uk 0117 986 2675 healing@divineembrace.co.uk

One Sunday per month

Energy Self-Healing. Learn how to develop your own health, emotional, mental and spiritual balance using powerfully effective energy exercises and self-healing techniques. Monthly web seminars, places are limited so register early.

Plus download your Free webinar, the first in the series ‘Awareness’ from www.energyselfhealing.com

Wednesday 26 May

Creative Beatboxing course with Vid Warren & Mel McCree. Learn the basics and experiment in Bristol's only beatbox choir! Taster session Weds May 26 7-9.30pm, followed by 4 week course Weds June 9, 16, 23 & 30.

www.bristolferalchoir.org.uk www.vidwarren.com

Thurs 27 May - Tues 1 June

Vegi Ventures Peak District Walking Holiday, Derbyshire. Good company, good food and a choice of gentle or more challenging walks every day.

Call us for a brochure or visit our web sites. Tel: 01760 755888 www.vegiventures.com & www.yuvaholidays.com

June

Poetry Competition, £1000 first prize. Raising funds for EKO. Closing date 7 June.

For more info visit www.educatingkenyanorphans.co.uk

Friday 4 - Sunday 6 June

Traditional Building Skills: Working with Lime. Residential Weekend Courses at Over the Rainbow Cardigan Bay. Also July 9th-11th.

Contact: info@overtherainbowwales.co.uk

Saturday 5 June

Good Mental Health Workshop: Word Power with Elanora Ferry. Interactive storytelling and creative writing workshop. 10.30–1pm. £4/£2. Held at Bristol Mind, 35 Old Market Street, Bristol.

Ffi: email: sishbristol@yahoo.co.uk

Saturday 5 June

Learn to make natural skincare. Bristol.

www.goodnessandwonder.co.uk 0797 640 3829

Wednesday 9 June

Introduction to Reflexology. 6 week course. Wednesdays 7.15pm-9pm. Bath Reflexology Centre.

www.bathreflexologycentre.co.uk 0117 932 2912

Sunday 13 June

Green Scythe Fair. Thorney Lakes, Muchelney, Somerset TA10 0DW. Family day out/ weekend camping available. Scything championship, traditional crafts/ stalls (until 6.30), live music, speakers, kids activities, local food, cider and beer. Dogs on leads welcome. 11am til 11pm, last entry 7pm. Adults £5, accompanied children free.

See www.greenfair.org www.thescytheshop.co.uk/festival.htm l for more information

Thursday 17 June

Early Bird deadline for The Spark Autumn issue 62. Especially good for advertising your courses, training and workshop programmes.

0117 914 34 34 sales@thespark.co.uk

Friday 18 - Sunday 20 June

The Independent Yoga Network's Midsummer Yoga Festival. Leela Centre, Dorset. Workshops by some of the most experienced Yoga teachers in the UK. This will be a great chance to meet new people and network with others in the Yoga community, to debate and share, to practise and relax, and to enjoy! The family friendly event includes the Suryah children's club, music, dance, evening campfires, sauna, delicious vegetarian food, warm and friendly atmosphere, beautiful group rooms and a range of comfortable accommodation. The Independent Yoga Network is a not-for-profit organisation of Yoga Teachers and Teacher Training Schools committed to maintaining and promoting the freedom, independence and integrity of Yoga. By Yogis, for Yoga!

To make a booking online or for further information visit the website: www.yogafestival.org.uk or call 01902 689218

Like trees? Love cycling? Then get on your bike for the 2010 Tree Aid Cycle Challenge. Ride 130 km around the beautiful Avon Cycleway to raise money for Tree Aid. £100 can help rural African families cycle out of poverty with a new bike so they can collect water, take their children to school and transport tree products to market.

www.treeaid.org.uk/cyclechallenge Charity No: 1135156

Saturday 19 June

Make natural skincare for babies and children.

www.goodnessandwonder.co.uk 0797 640 3829

Sunday 20 June

Mayan Calendar Workshop.

01458 835506 www.stargaia.com

Wed 23 – Sun 27 June

Satsang with Satyananda. Be present with Satyananda, a living master transmitting his message of truth and freedom through clear dialogue. 23rd - 25th at 7.30pm, 26th & 27th at 1.30pm & 4.30pm. Venue: SoundWorks Bristol, BS3 1NW.

www.satyananda.org 0117 944 1618

Thursday 24 June

Indian Raga Concert by master musicians, Pandit Barun Kumar Pal playing Hansa Veena (www.barunpalhansaveena.net) and Subhajyoti Guha on Tabla (http://www.subhajyoti.com). Matara Centre, Gloucestershire (www.matara.co.uk), 7.30pm. Tickets £12/10.

Bookings: 01453 767061 or mail@innatemusic.co.uk

Friday 25 June - Tuesday 3 July

LandTime, rite of passage for young adults 17-25, Dartmoor.

Jeremy Thres 01647 221444 OJL1@btconnect.com

Saturday 26 June

Intuitive Dance and Contact Improvisation Class. Dance workshops with a difference! Gain confidence giving and receiving weight, doing simple lifts and using your whole body to express yourself through dance. No experience necessary. £6/£4, 10-13.30. Jubilee Hall, Wedmore Vale, Bedminster, Bristol.

For more info contact Naia: shiatsusouthwales@gmail.com 01291641663

Saturday 3 - Sunday 4 July

Heal Your Life Weekend – Future Inn, Cardiff. Fed up with bad relationships, poor health or life in general? This is for you.

Visit www.aplacefortheheart.co.uk or call Gillian (certified by Louise Hay)on 029 207 10744

Saturday 3 July

Good Mental Health Workshop: Healthy Eating to lift your spirits with Bearnie DeMonick. Cooking to help lift your mood and recipes to try at home. 10.30–1pm. £4/£2. Held at Bristol Mind, 35 Old Market Street, Bristol.

Ffi: email: sishbristol@yahoo.co.uk

Saturday 10 - Sunday 11 July

Sacred Earth. One-day traditional 4-round sweat lodge ceremonies. In the Bristol/Bath area.

Details: Mel 0117 951 2639 www.melaniewright.org.uk

Nurses everywhere are warmly invited to the Florence Nightingale Centenary Lecture. Speaker: Professor Barbara Dossey, Co-Director, Nightingale Initiative for Global Health. 10.30am-3pm, Penny Brohn Cancer Care, Bristol. Lecture, buffet lunch and tours of the Centre.

All nurses welcome. Donation only. Booking: www.eazybook.com/nightingale

Thursday 22 July

Final deadline for an ad in The Spark Autumn issue 62. Its not too late to get in and reach our many, many, lovely readers (that includes you!).

0117 914 34 34 sales@thespark.co.uk

Friday 23 - Sunday 25 July

Sacred Earth Camps: Bear Shamanic Healers Lodge. Building the bridge to a personal shamanic world view of healing and wholeness. £125 includes food, sweat lodge.

Details 01884 881467 www.sacred-earth-camps.co.uk

Fri 23, Sat 24 & Sun 25 July

The Template: Sacred Geometry Activation.

01458 835506 www.stargaia.com

Tuesday 27 July

Chanting for Inner Peace. Weekly chanting sessions to quiet the mind and open the heart.

0117 9021829 http://timchalice.webs.com