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Workshops & Courses

Connect with nature and yourself with seasonal, nature-centric crafts and well-being workshops

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Workshops 2026

Our members run a variety of crafts and well-being workshops for adults, throughout the year. 

Their purpose is to nurture the well-being of people in the Forest of Dean, through mindful connection with the natural world, creativity, community and spirituality.

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Holistic Wellness & Embodiment Workshops

Created by Karina Smith-Reyes, these workshops are designed to inspire deeper self-connection, balance, and personal transformation through holistic wellness and embodiment practices. Blending mindfulness, movement, self-care, and restorative experiences, each session offers a supportive space to reconnect with the mind, body, and spirit while cultivating greater wellbeing, presence, and inner harmony.

Full Moon Portal: Release & Reflect

25th July 2026 6:00pm-8:00pm £25

Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or ready for a fresh start? This immersive Full Moon workshop will help you release what’s holding you back, gain clarity on what truly matters, and reconnect with your intentions in a powerful natural setting. Leave feeling lighter, grounded, and empowered with practical rituals and insights you can carry forward long after the moon has passed. 🌕✨

Includes: herbal teas, light snacks, ceremony, a token gift.

Spaces are limited to keep the experience intimate.

🌾𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞: 𝐀 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫

🌾 𝑯𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕. 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏. As summer ripens into harvest season, you're invited to step into The Abundance Temple—a sacred women's circle inspired by Demeter, Goddess of the Harvest, Abundance, and Nourishment. So often we rush towards what's next without pausing to celebrate how far we've come. This evening is an invitation to honour your personal harvest, reconnect with the abundance already present in your life, and consciously plant intentions for the season ahead. Through ritual, reflection, and sisterhood, you'll move through the sacred cycle of Harvest • Receive • Sow—celebrating your growth, opening yourself to receive more with gratitude, and manifesting your next chapter from a place of wholeness rather than lack. 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: 🌾 A guided meditation to connect with Demeter's wisdom and your inner harvest.

🍎 A symbolic Harvest Ritual to honour your growth, achievements, healing, and abundance.

📖 Soulful journaling to reflect on what you've cultivated and what you're ready to call into your life.

✨ A manifestation ritual to plant powerful intentions for the months ahead.

🤍 A heart-led sharing circle where you'll be witnessed, celebrated, and supported by like-minded women.

🌻 A beautiful keepsake to take home, carrying the energy of your intentions into the next season.

𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡:

🌿A deeper appreciation for how far you've come.

🌿A renewed sense of gratitude and abundance.

🌿Clear intentions for your next season of growth.

🌿Practical manifestation tools rooted in gratitude and purpose.

🌿A feeling of connection, nourishment, and belonging.

Whether your harvest has been one of healing, courage, creativity, love, or quiet resilience, this is your invitation to pause, celebrate, and step confidently into what's next.

22nd August | 10:00am – 12:00pm | £18 low income £28 Full Price

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Herbal Medicine Workshops

Summer Healing Balm Workshop

Create soothing herbal skin care in this Summer workshop in our beautiful ancient woodland.

Make a healing herbal salve and herbal lip balm to soothe and moisturise dry skin. Includes herb journey meditation, herbal teas, snacks cooked on the fire and other refreshments. Run by Charlie Weyward, herbalist. £40

10:30am-1:30pm 4th July 2026

 

Autumn Herbal Immunity Workshop

Create simple herbal medicines to keep you well through Winter.

Make an immune-boosting vitamin tonic, and a fever tea blend from foraged ingredients, in our beautiful ancient woodland. Foraging walk, herb journey meditation, connect with nature in our ancient woodland. Herbal teas, snacks cooked on the fire and other refreshments included. Run by Charlie Weyward, herbalist. £40

10:30am-1:30pm 6th September 2026

Mabon Willow Workshop

Connect with nature in our beautiful ancient woodland, Hazel Woods, near Mitcheldean. 

Weave with nature, craft, meditation and mindfulness. Learn to weave a seasonal willow wreath with specially prepared and foraged materials. Tutor Becky Gunton has taught willow weaving & basketry for over 30 years.

Workshop Date

Saturday 12th September - 10:00am -1:00pm

Workshop Description
Celebrate Mabon, the peak of Autmn, by weaving a seasonal willow wreath while learning the history, folklore, symbolism and significance of materials that can be woven into it i.e. bay leaves symbolising protection and wisdom, dandelion for resilience & hope. You can also add colourful ribbon, jute and wool and learn the chakras and emotions the colours represent.
Includes a guided fireside meditation and poem.

The workshop will be fully outdoors, so please dress accordingly. Refreshments included.

Timing

10 mins - Arrive and intro, housekeeping, overview of the workshop 

10 mins - Grounding meditation & setting intentions

20mins - Willow hoop demo & weaving 

30 mins - Woodland walk & foraging

10 mins - drink & snack
Poem & chakras emotions

1 1/2 hour - Demo of weaving the foliage and making wreath. Participants make their own wreath

10 min - closing meditation

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More Workshops in 2026

We have lots more happening in 2026, including:

Women's Circles

Full Moon Circles

Wild Clay Workshop

Herbalism & Foraging

Seasonal Wreath Workshop

Autumn Basketry Workshop

Nature Connection and Wellness

Yule Decoration Workshop

More information & dates coming soon!

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If you are a practitioner who would like to run workshops at hare, please visit our Membership page.

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Workshops in 2027

Spring Cleanse - Herbal Workshop

Make a mineral rich, spring tonic from foraged ingredients. Good for hay fever and cleansing toxins from the body, particularly useful after Winter. Make a hay fever tea blend to take home. Foraging walk, herb journey mediation, herbal teas, snacks cooked on the fire and other refreshments included. £40

Saturday 10th April 2027 - Hazel Wood

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HARE is a Not-for-Profit Community Interest Company.

Whilst we are actively fundraising, we need help from our community to support us on our mission.  Make a donation to help us run seasonal events to connect people with nature. Any donations (small or large) will make a huge difference. Click the "Donate" button below. Or support us through the Forest Lottery and have a chance to win great prizes while making a difference in the local community.

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