This event is a celebration of quiet joy:
We invite you to join a small group for a curated event that nourishes the whole human. It includes tea ceremony, art and meditation opportunities, lemon footbaths and more...
Don't worry if one or more of these isn't for you as this is your opportunity to choose from different spaces and different activities on offer and move past others. It is a personal journey where you make the choices of what nourishes you.
To sit in the flow without distraction, devices, busyness and obligation. To be held safely and warmly amongst the stringybark on Peramangk Country.
To allow nature: fire, water, earth and air to move around you, quiet your tensions and fill your cup, to slow, to feel, to rest, to stretch, to reach, to be restored by the flow of nature.
We will care for people with gentle warmth and connection and they will leave not only feeling nourished but with reflections on how to maintain the flow of self care and quiet within their lives moving forwards.
Come nourish your wellbeing and join a small group for this celebration of quiet joy.
***What to bring
A drink bottle, warm comfortable clothes as we will be outside most of the time, comfortable walking shoes.
***Who is running the workshop?
Kate and Nikki work together supporting families and creating unique and nourishing events in the arts and wellbeing.
Kate has a background in education, writing and community development and Nikki has a background in performing, directing, writing.
Kate McMurray lives on and cares for Peramangk land in the Adelaide Hills with her family, dog and chickens.
Trained as a teacher, she has worked in Australia and through South East Asia in education and community development. With a background in Waldorf Education, she currently works independently, supporting families from pregnancy to school through bush based Integrated Family Support Programs.
She works 1:1 with families supporting them with family life and the challenges that it brings. She also works as a consultant to schools and in the community and runs workshops on a variety of topics including story telling - she is running storytelling workshops and therapeutic storytelling workshops as part of the Nature Festival.
Nikki Rydon is a theatre maker who brings stories to life as an actor, writer, producer, and educator. Her award-winning work spans environmental education, immersive experiences, and improvisation within both solo and ensemble performances. Nikki's practice is anchored in active listening, presence, empathy, and personal stories—celebrating both individual narratives and shared human experiences, while currently exploring slow pedagogy, spacious artistic exploration, and somatic embodiment.
As an educator, Nikki nurtures creative expression in people of all ages and abilities through theatre workshops and performances. Her storytelling celebrates the natural world, fostering environmental awareness and inviting audiences to connect deeply with nature and community.
Currently, Nikki works for Mindful Family Life, leading ongoing bush-based outdoor playgroups in the Adelaide Hills where she weaves together storytelling, song, and rhythmic practices to create meaningful experiences for young children and their families.
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