Earth School Staffordshire Moorlands: Be a Guardian of our Waterways
Natalie Blakeman Natalie Blakeman

Earth School Staffordshire Moorlands: Be a Guardian of our Waterways

Saturday 10th May 11am – 1pm at Tittesworth Reservoir, Meerbrook. Staffordshire.

Our Wisdom Keeper for this event is water process scientist, Gareth Thomas of Severn Trent Water.

Come along with your children and learn how to spot signs of healthy and unhealthy waterways. Try your hand at water testing and ID-ing water creatures and find out ways in which you can help to care for our streams, rivers, ponds and lakes.

Families with children aged 5 to 16 are welcome.

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Earth School Staffordshire Moorlands special event for Earth Day 2025
Natalie Blakeman Natalie Blakeman

Earth School Staffordshire Moorlands special event for Earth Day 2025

As part of our Earth School Staffordshire Moorlands series, we invite you to join us on the BIG litter pick for Earth Day 🌍

Tuesday 22nd April.

All are welcome as we spread far and wide to clean up our beloved land!

Choose a spot you love and give it a good clean up, removing any litter you may find and make the environment and yourself feel happier!

There will be a live Zoom call at 11am so we can all say hi from the place we have chose and see what rubbish we have managed to collect. Bring along your friends and family - the more the merrier!

If you’d like to take part in the Earth Day BIG litter pick, please let me know and I’ll send you the Zoom link so you can join us from whichever location you choose!

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Newsletter April 2025
Natalie Blakeman Natalie Blakeman

Newsletter April 2025

With endings and completions comes new beginnings… a brand new Yoga class is on the horizon and it’s in a lovely village hall not all that far away. 

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Newsletter March 2025
Natalie Blakeman Natalie Blakeman

Newsletter March 2025

Eclipses are well known for bringing the ‘shadow’ into view. Those parts of ourselves that we would rather not look at or face! So if you’ve been feeling extra sensitive, tender, vulnerable or been experiencing challenge of some kind, don’t turn away from it. It’s here to be cleared and healed. Easier said than done hey! It takes strength and trust to fully acknowledge our fears but when we do transformation and transmutation is our reward. 

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Earth School Staffordshire Moorlands. A session on ‘how to grow your own’. Allotment tending.
Natalie Blakeman Natalie Blakeman

Earth School Staffordshire Moorlands. A session on ‘how to grow your own’. Allotment tending.

Saturday 5th April 10am- 12pm at Brown Edge Community Allotment, Tongue Lane.

Our Wisdom Keeper for this event is Jodie Walker, an avid gardener with over a decade of experience in setting up community allotment spaces based on no dig and organic principals.

Bring your spades for this session as we get out in the fresh air and hands on at the community allotment space! Jodie will be sharing her experience from over the years on how to ‘grow your own’ and work the land in a harmonious way, inspiring us to become more self-sufficient and giving us lots of tips on how to get started.

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Escape to the Hills Yoga Retreat
Natalie Blakeman Natalie Blakeman

Escape to the Hills Yoga Retreat

Escape to the Hills Yoga Retreat.

Arrival from 4.30pm on Friday 3rd October 2025. Depart on the morning of Sunday 5th October 2025.

I invite you to escape to the hills with us for a weekend of wilderness, wellness and relaxation in the heart of the Peak District National Park.

Surrounded by a beautiful, remote landscape with the sound of the nearby stream and waterfalls, there will be daily Yoga practices, guided meditations and bedtime Yoga Nidras for deep rest. There will be opportunities to explore the local moorland and hills and of course relax in our luxury accommodation.

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Newsletter February 2025
Natalie Blakeman Natalie Blakeman

Newsletter February 2025

It’s nearly the end of another school holiday for us. It’s been a week of birthdays and adventure and finally we land on a day of nothingness. A completely free day with no plans but to potter. Anyone else love a ‘pottering around’ day?! 

The practice is all planned and ready to go for our next evening Yoga theme, which begins this Monday 24th February. 

Here’s the piece of writing which has inspired the practice - it’s all about circles and cycles. 

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Earth School Staffordshire Moorlands. A session on Mindful Stargazing.
Natalie Blakeman Natalie Blakeman

Earth School Staffordshire Moorlands. A session on Mindful Stargazing.

Friday 28th March 2025

7pm - 8.30pm

Kingsley Village Hall

Our Wisdom Keeper for this event is astrophysicist and Zen teacher, Dr Mark Westmoquette.

Mark has written several books and has featured in a number of well-known publications.

Join us for this exciting evening that combines science, astronomy, contemplation and mindfulness. Let’s open our minds to uncover the wonder and awe of our amazing Universe.

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Newsletter January 2025
Natalie Blakeman Natalie Blakeman

Newsletter January 2025

I love a ‘theme’ for the Yoga that I offer and it’s almost always inspired by Nature, the cycles and seasons. 
In our evening Yoga classes we practice the same ‘theme’ for around 6 weeks, giving ourselves time to really understand and feel each asana (posture), pranayama (breath extension practice) and Mudra (sacred gesture). By visiting the same routine over a length of time we see progression and begin to remember parts of the flow so we can feel confident to roll out our mats on our own should we wish. 

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Earth School Staffordshire Moorlands. A session on EFT.
Natalie Blakeman Natalie Blakeman

Earth School Staffordshire Moorlands. A session on EFT.

Saturday 18th January 2025

10.30am - 12pm

Werrington Village Hall

Our Wisdom Keeper for this event is Karen Price of Affect Psychotherapy and Leek Shamanic Workshops & Events.

Karen will be showing us that we are more than just the physical. Our bodies are made up of energy that can either flow in a harmonious way, bringing a sense of good health and vitality, or our energy can become stuck and murky leading to issues emotionally, mentally and physically. Sound healing is a valuable, natural tool in supporting us to work on a cellular level and keep our energetic hygiene in tip top condition.

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Newsletter January 2025
Natalie Blakeman Natalie Blakeman

Newsletter January 2025

My new year long offering that aims to bring you into deeper connection with the changing seasons. We will meet 8 times through the year, in alignment with the ancient Earth festivals of this land, and spend time together learning about the energies of that particular time of the year, how we can clear, cleanse and realign ourselves and nourish our bodies through the practice of Yoga and Meditations that are inspired by Nature.

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Following the Flow. Imbolc.
Natalie Blakeman Natalie Blakeman

Following the Flow. Imbolc.

Come and join us for our gathering of Following the Flow on 31th January 2025, 7pm - 9pm, at Ipstones Memorial Hall Staffordshire.

Exchange: £16.50

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Earth School. Sound Healing.
Natalie Blakeman Natalie Blakeman

Earth School. Sound Healing.

Saturday 18th January 2025

10.30am - 12pm

Werrington Village Hall

Our Wisdom Keeper for this event is Karen Price of Affect Psychotherapy and Leek Shamanic Workshops & Events.

Karen will be showing us that we are more than just the physical. Our bodies are made up of energy that can either flow in a harmonious way, bringing a sense of good health and vitality, or our energy can become stuck and murky leading to issues emotionally, mentally and physically. Sound healing is a valuable, natural tool in supporting us to work on a cellular level and keep our energetic hygiene in tip top condition.

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Newsletter Winter Solstice 24
Natalie Blakeman Natalie Blakeman

Newsletter Winter Solstice 24

Well the Solstice is nearly here… the darkest time of the year before we start the ascent and the light makes its return. I’m sure many of you are whoop whooping at this thought! But I feel a little sad to think the descent is nearly over. I haven’t rested as much as I’d planned and I haven’t even started that book I wanted to read! Luckily the light makes a slow return so all is not lost yet.. 

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Earth School. Radical Rest.
Natalie Blakeman Natalie Blakeman

Earth School. Radical Rest.

Saturday 21st December 2024

3pm - 4.30pm

Ipstones Memorial Hall

Come along and let’s do something radical together! Rest! 

Yes, rest really is a radical thing to choose in our modern day life, where society and culture put more value on producing, consuming and stealing our attention away from our own bodies and minds. 

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Newsletter 20th November 2024
Natalie Blakeman Natalie Blakeman

Newsletter 20th November 2024

Well, we are definitely in the throes of late Autumn and Winter now aren’t we and the weather for sure makes the call for hibernation and rest even harder to ignore.  

At this time each year, you’ll start to hear less from me as I do what I preach and clear space for downtime. With that in mind I thought I’d better let you all know the dates for the Christmas break which I’ve outlined below, please do take a look at this. 

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Your Sacred Grove - Yew
Natalie Blakeman Natalie Blakeman

Your Sacred Grove - Yew

Come and join us for our gathering of Your Sacred Grove to meet the tree spirit of Yew on 8th December 2024. Leek, Staffordshire. 1.30pm

Exchange: £20.

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Mothering the Mother Yoga Retreat.
Natalie Blakeman Natalie Blakeman

Mothering the Mother Yoga Retreat.

Mothering the Mother Yoga Retreat.

Arrival from 4pm on Friday 21st March 2025. Depart 11am on Sunday 23rd March 2025.

I invite you to join us for a weekend of nourishment, nurture and replenishment in the peaceful Derbyshire Dales.

Held in a beautiful, remote landscape with the sound of the nearby river, there will be daily Yoga practices, guided meditations and bedtime Yoga Nidras for deep rest. There will be opportunities to craft and time to meander through the local countryside and relax in our luxury accommodation.

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