The founder of Way of the Village, Maeve Gavin, took a pause in 2014 to start her family. Now in 2017 the Way of the Village team is focusing on gathering the cultural heritage of grief tending practices native to Scotland. Further course dates will also be announced this year. Please join our mail list or info@wayofthevillage.co.uk for more. Below you will find previous courses offered for your interest.
Way of the Village Courses | Dates 2013 | Location & costs |
Nature Solo with senior Animas Valley guide Peter Scanlon and Annie Bloom. For more information, contact Jenny Deane: jenny@connemaradeanes.com | August 8th-18th 2013 | Sheeffry Hills in County Mayo, Ireland. |
Beginners Wild Camping weekend | 13-15th September | River Findhorn, Scotland £95 |
Grief Tending in community | 11th – 14th October, 2013 | Glenshee, Perthshire, Scotland £250- 300 |
Grief Tending in community | November 29th – 2nd December 2013 | Heathercombe, Devon, England£250- 300 |
Way of the Village Courses | Dates 2012 | Location & costs |
Beltane Nature Connection & Culture Mentoring A weekend introduction to the Art of Mentoring nature connection extravaganza! | 4-6 MayPlaces: 42 | Marcassie £215£165 for returning participants |
Re-introducing the human (bushcraft, tracking, foraging, bird language, befriending the dark, sensory delights & more) | May 17-20Places: 16 | Marcassie farm, plus a nature solo overnight wild camping.£245 |
Soultracker IntensiveBuilding wholeness, soul and joyful purpose | July 5-8Places: 12 | Marcassie Farm, Moray£245 |
Grief Tending in community | September 6-9Places: 16 | Kilmorey Bunkhouse, Isle of Arran, by Sea, cairn, woodland and River. Scotland. £300 |
Nature Solo with Maeve Gavin and senior Animas Valley guide Annie Bloom | October 6-15th10 Days Places: 12 | Dulsie ancient riparian silverbich woodland in Moray, close the river Findhorn£650 |
Nature, Sage and Soul Wrapping the bundle for vision questers and people doing the whole soultracker journey | November 22-25Questers & soultrackers only. | Venue tbc, Moray£250 |
Grief Tending in community | December 7-10 | Heathercombe, Devon, England |