Our Programmes

Finding Quiet Strength

20th August 2024 - 22nd August 2024

Facilitator: Judith Kleinman

This course will cover the skills of Finding Quiet Strength, working with mindful poise, thought and movement. The course is suitable for anyone exploring these ideas for the first time, alongside people who have been before. We will be developing and deepening the practices for finding a calm, creative and confident approach to life. This weekend is a beautiful blend of Alexander Technique, Yoga and Tai Chi.

Event time: 20th August 2024 4:00pm - 22nd August 2024 4:00pm

Interested in spreading the cost of this course? Select Clearpay at checkout.

Not seeing Clearpay? Email info@hawkwoodcollege.co.uk for your payment options.

What Is Included

For the majority of our courses, both residential and non-residential rates are available. Residential options are fully inclusive with all meals provided. Non-residential options include suppers, lunches and all refreshments and exclude B&B. Some of our short day courses, events and talks do not include meals and refreshments. For more details about this course, please see the Practical Information section below.

Additional Activities

Mindful walking through our woodland trails
Meditate in our Woodland Sanctuary
Go on a hike and explore the Cotswolds AONB
Discover surrounding charming market towns

At a Glance

Unpack the connections between our mind, body and emotions, developing our awareness, balance and calm
Consider new findings in neuroscience and how they can affect our mindset, choices and directions in life
Develop an awareness of daily movement
A practice of self and co-regulation, creatively connecting to purpose, poise, joy and ease

What You Will Gain

A practical understanding of the emotional and physical effects of the way we use our body
A repertoire of ways to find calm and re-energise
A deeper understanding of Yoga and Tai Chi and ways of bringing these practices into daily life
Connect to our intentions to find safety, creativity and belonging

Booking Options

Residential SingleResidential single rate

£450.00

Residential SharedResidential shared rate

£400.00

Non-residentialNon-residential rate

£330.00

Interested in spreading the cost of this course? Select Clearpay at checkout.

Not seeing Clearpay? Email info@hawkwoodcollege.co.uk for your payment options.

Finding Quiet Strength Tutors

Judith Kleinman

More about Finding Quiet Strength

Connect With Yourself
The course will develop the ideas from Judith’s new book, Finding Quiet Strength. We will balance the course content with information, movement, games, creativity and visualization. The course will create a unique experience of learning that balances visual, aural and kinaesthetic learning. This approach will integrate and emphasise the interconnection of the mind, body and emotions. We will work on how to connect to ourselves, and our choices through constructive integrated thinking.

There will be sessions of Tai Chi and Yoga to establish and develop ways to reset
ourselves and find our energy and ease. We will also explore everyday movement and bring our intelligence to the way we sit, stand and walk, seeing the huge impact this has on our comfort and ease in everyday life.

Practical Information

The Ready List, based on the principles of the Alexander Technique, will be taught and practiced throughout the weekend; a simple but effective way to think and organise ourselves in any situation. We will learn body mapping and its impact on the way we move and breathe and inhabit our body and structure. This will be balanced with finding a practice of constructive rest and meditation. We will develop the ideas of living with the conscious intention to balance work, rest and play in our lives.

Finding these different aspects of quiet strength and ease in ourselves will help us notice how these practices contribute to helping us find our healthy boundaries and ease with each other and find joy, wonder and a connection to the inspiration of the natural world.

"The wonderful advantage of these practices which help you to find your quiet strength, is that they are immediately accessible and practical… you can practice them any place, anywhere and at anytime."

Sarah Oliver, Alexander Technique Teacher & Cornille Science of Motion Practitioner

About Hawkwood

Hawkwood is a stunning Grade Il listed 19th Century country house, surrounded by 42 acres of sustainably managed woodland, farmland, and gardens. Set in the heart of the Cotswolds - an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - it is a sanctuary away from the hustle and bustle of modern life. With a diverse selection of nearly 150 courses, there's plenty to choose from, including courses in transformative leadership, future thinking, inner life, music and the arts.

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