Dynamic Groups, Dynamic Learning Dynamic Courses, Books, Resources and Tours for Healthy Groups, People and Culture with Robin Clayfield

Did you know you can design harmonious and effective groups who thrive towards their aims and purpose as a collective? Yep, it’s called Social Permaculture. And this is what Permaculture pioneer Robin Clayfield and social change-agent Erin Young are brewing for the SOCIAL PERMACULTURE WEEKEND on 18 & 19 May at Crystal Waters Permaculture EcoVillage, near Maleny in South East Queensland.

This unique weekend is a rare opportunity to be guided in developing your social design fluency by applying the nature-based principles of permaculture. Using interactive and dynamic experiences, Robin and Erin will share with you insights to regenerative people systems and approaches contributing to happy and healthy humans on the levels of the individual, organisational, and societal.

Various angles of effective social design will be covered, including group ecology, community governance and decision-making, group effectiveness, social space retrofits and confidence in acting for change.

This course is for those working in group situations – workshop leaders, community organisers, workplace managers, small business leaders, and those living or designing intentional community, co-housing and ecovillages. It also very much applies to individuals wishing to design their lives, and support the lives of those in their families, to thrive with patterns of wellbeing inspired by nature.

Robin and Erin are professionals in the social design field with decades of experience between them. They love to share their skills and wisdom to activate effective people. It’s all part of their mission to save the world by helping humans and groups thrive.

This is an affordable course in a beautiful venue with talented facilitators to develop your social design skills for happier and healthier groups. Win, win, win!

To find out more, see the FaceBook event here, and/or contact Robin on robin@earthcare.com.au and 07 5494 4707.

Once again the Sacred Union Labyrinth at Woodford Folk Festival was magnificent and loved and appreciated by thousands of people over the 6 day festival.

Robin and her troupe of 14 instillation artists, 7 Ceremony holders, 8 musicians and performers plus 2 sound technicians and 2 stage managers provided by the festival created the best ever Labyrinth and surrounds, enhanced by powerfully held, exquisite ceremonies with delightful music by The Sacred Union Labyrinth Band.

Other performances and acts graced the space and featured Andy Copeman and his MedicineManMusic, Heather Price and her Healing with the Drum Journeys, Malcolm Fielding’s minstrelling and Rob Clark as Djuelu the Village Scribe, capturing words of wisdom and essence for participants of the Ceremonies.

Here’s the link to our FaaceBook page if you’d like to like us and see what we’re up to.

Stay tuned for The Sacred Union Labyrinth at The Planting Festival which will include split bamboo and banana fibre weaving workshop to enhance the surrounds of the Labyrinth and provide garden and bushcraft skills to patrons. Here’s the link to the festival from last year which will get updated soon.

The annual Being Woman… gathering is fast approaching with a juicy theme this year –  Nurturing Your True Nature…..Stepping into our Woman’s Way and the workshops will be centred around this theme.

This year’s gathering again offers a wonderful range of facilitators and workshops for you to discover and explore the divine feminine source inside you in a way that enhances your self-awareness, relationships and life purpose.

There will also be sacred ceremonies to open and close the gathering as well as entertainment on Saturday and Sunday nights. Be true and authentic to who you are and learn to keep your heart open as you celebrate, dance, weave, relax and enjoy the gathering. Robin’s workshop this year will be called – Pathway to Freedom. She’ll also be involved in the Ceremony team again with our Aunties and other wonderful wise women.

Tickets are available here.

‘Groundwork’ has been developed out of the Art of Hosting framework (aka Art of Participatory Leadership), and specifically focusses on collaboration.

These trainings are being offered in both Brisbane and Canberra in February. These trainings would be fantastic support to Permaculture trainers and organisers, for Permaculture Co-Lab, and any permie projects as well as NVC practitioners and anyone working with community groups and facilitation.

Early bird closes today Fri 11 January. There are some scholarships, and discounts for 3 or more people coming as a group or from an organisation. Fees are negotiable for people who really want to come and learn to apply these trainings, but who cant afford to pay. Visit the website here.

Robin’s ‘Calendar of Events’ that she’s involved in this year include (known and confirmed dates)…

• ‘Dynamic Groups, Dynamic Learning’ Creative Teachers, Facilitators and Group Leaders Course. Crystal Waters in SE Qld. 17th to 22nd February. Here’s the link to the FaceBook Event which has the poster with details in the Discussion section. 
• Being Woman… Gathering. SE Q’ld. 8th to 11th March. Ceremony and Workshop. Follow this link.
• National Labyrinth Conference. Canberra. 21st to 24th March with workshop on Ceremony and Ritual on 22nd March. Follow this link.
• PDC (Permaculture Design Course) at Crystal Waters Permaculture Village. April 29th to May 11th. Max Lindegger as primary tutor plus Richard Mochelle, Annaliese Hordern and with Robin Clayfield as special guest presenter. Here’s the link.
• The Sacred Union Labyrinth at The Planting Festival with Ceremonies, Workshop and Music to walk to. 3rd to 5th May at Woodfordia. Here’s the link to the website which still has last years details but check it out anyway 🙂
• Social Permaculture Weekend Workshop with Robin and Erin Young. Crystal Waters Permaculture Village. 18th and 19th May. Have a Look at the FaceBook Event Info.
• ‘Dynamic Groups, Dynamic Learning’ – An Introduction for Creative Teachers, Facilitators and Group Leaders Course. Northey Street City Farm. 10th and 11th August. Here’s the FaceBook Event Link.
• ‘The Joining’ Retreat Gathering. Springbrook Mountain. 19th to 22nd September. Booking are Open Now.

Here’s the Website Link. 

• ‘EveryWoman’ Gathering. Numunbah Valley SE Qld. 18th to 20th October. Have a look at the Website. Details will be available soon about the theme, facilitators and workshops.

Plus

• Crystal Waters Permaculture EcoVillage Tours – by appointment. 
• Crystal Waters Market – 1st Saturday of each month in 2019 – A stall by Robin most months and other great stalls by community people and guests. Check it out on the Crystal Waters Website.
• Queensland garden Expo. Nambour Showgrounds. 12th to 14th July. Robin’s stall is set up in the Kitchen Garden Section, full of Permaculture. Visit the Website. Maybe even a Presentation on the Kitchen Garden Stage on the Sunday
• ‘Journey’s To Manhood’ camps by Powerhouse Programs. Robin facilitates on many of the camps working with the Mum’s and Step Mums. They are for boys aged 13 to 16 and their families. For more see the website. Next camp is from 16th to 20th April.
• and… possibly a trip to Canada offering ‘Dynamic Groups, Dynamic Learning’ and other Facilitation Trainings.

Robin’s decision this year to run her annual ‘Dynamic Groups’ training at Crystal Waters EcoVillage much earlier in the year turned out to be a popular choice with participants.

In light of this the course for 2019 will be in February from 17th to 22nd.

It promises to be a great course and there are still a few places so best to jump in and confirm before the ‘Silly Season’ arrives.

Both Robin and her partner Rob attended the annual Joining Gathering in September.

Robin facilitated a powerful and transformative workshop entitled ‘Supporting Each Other to Shine’         and was able to contribute in a much lesser way than usual in the Ceremonies having mentored and guided other younger people to lead the Ceremonies, and lead they did so brilliantly. Both Robin and Rob were on the panel discussion about ‘Relationship’.

A highlight of the event was Rob and Robin stepping up together in the Closing Ceremony to hold the energy of Staff and Basket holder for the next gathering. This means they care for the sacred objects that symbolize the Masculine and Feminine and together with a big circle of other wonderful people, organize the next ‘Joining’ for 2019 on the Spring Equinox weekend, held over 3 days.

The venue and exact dates will be announced very soon for ‘The Joining Retreat 2019’ 

Here’s a photo of the beautiful Basket and Staff that are symbols of the Masculine and Feminine Energies. 

Keep an eye out on the website as bookings will open soon.

It’s now possible to watch snippets of the Main Presentations at the International Permaculture Conference in Hyderabad, India late last year.

One of the sub themes was ‘Women as Agents of Change’ so Robin initiated and was then invited to led a panel of Women in Permaculture, especially emphasising Social Permaculture. She asked the question “Are Women Leading the Change?” and “What areas of change are you active and successful in and what qualities do you feel support this?” Women joining Robin on the panel included Vandana Shiva, Starhawk, Rowe Morrow, Robina McCurdy, Padma Koppula and several others.

There’s a few seconds of the panel at 4.27 and a shot of all the presenters to begin with. Enjoy.