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Jane HeraMarvellous Meetings

I am a Permaculture Designer, systems thinker, experienced group facilitator, counsellor, a teacher of Sociocracy and run a consultancy called Marvellous Meetings. marvellousmeetings.co.uk. My spiritual practice is grounded in “The Old Ways” of the islands I live in, (sometimes known as Albion). We follow the Wheel of the Year with the celebration of the Solstices and Equinoxes and the Cross Quarter holidays of Imbolc, Beltane, Lughnasadh and Samhian. I am also a practitioner of Theravada Bhuddhism. I am a member of the WTR Network Anti-Oppression Resouce Group which meets regularly to revise exercises and practices in WTR that may unwittingly be perpetuating patterns of harm. My greatest joy is being an engaged mother, mother-in-law and grandmother.

Why I am called to facilitate the Work

I am a Permaculture Designer, systems thinker, experienced group facilitator, counsellor, a teacher of Sociocracy and run a consultancy called Marvellous Meetings. marvellousmeetings.co.uk. My spiritual practice is grounded in “The Old Ways” of the islands I live in, (sometimes known as Albion). We follow the Wheel of the Year with the celebration of the Solstices and Equinoxes and the Cross Quarter holidays of Imbolc, Beltane, Lughnasadh and Samhian. I am also a practitioner of Theravada Bhuddhism. I am a member of the WTR Network Anti-Oppression Resouce Group which meets regularly to revise exercises and practices in WTR that may unwittingly be perpetuating patterns of harm. My greatest joy is being an engaged mother, mother-in-law and grandmother.

When teaching Permaculture Design in the 1990’s I came across “Despair and Personal Power in the Nuclear Age” by Joanna Macy. I had seen that people engaged in the world changing work of Permaculture Design were hampered by their despair. I used the practices in the book, changing the focus from nuclear to environmental despair, to facilitate participants on the trainings to process their feelings and move on to action. When Molly and Joanna published “Coming Back to Life” in 1998 this enabled me to expand and develop this work and firmly root it in Permaculture Design education in the UK. I am continually called to facilitate The Work that Reconnects because of the benefit it brings to those people and organisations seeking to interrupt the destructive patterns of our current dominant cultures. Since the 1990s I have facilitated many TWR workshops in Scotland, England and Spain.

How I see the Work serving the Great Turning

What I most appreciate about the Work that Reconnects is that it offers a clear and accessible structure which, being grounded in gratitude practices, reminds people of their connection to the whole of life, supports them in experiencing their pain for the world and facilitates the opportunity to arrive at new ways of seeing the world. Motivation, energy and creative enthusiasm for next steps result. WtR workshops create safe spaces for people to process what is often ignored or deemed unworthy of needing attention by those identifying as earth activists and world changers. Engaging with TWR also re-ignites our often sidelined need for collective ritual. The resilience gained enables people to refresh their engagement with the Great Unravelling and the Great Turning.

Audiences I work with

I have mainly worked with students of Permaculture Design, social activists, world changers, writers, artists and CEOs of NGOs and have delivered trainings to local government, community groups and political action groups. I have recently begun to offer some WTR practices, Deep Time work in particular, to my goddess daughter, who is on the autistic spectrum, with a view to expanding this to working with other neuro-diverse young people.

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Background & Training

Background & training in the Work That Reconnects

  • TWR (2013, 7 days)
    Location: Findhorn Foundation, Scotland
    Facilitated by: Joanna Macy and Anne Symons Bucher
  • WTR Intensive (2008, 10 days)
    Location: California USA
    Facilitated by: Joanna Macy and Fran Macy
  • WTR (2000, 7 days)
    Location: Findhorn Foundation, Scotland
    Facilitated by: Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone
  • Council of All Beings (1995, 1 days)
    Location: Findhorn Foundation, Scotland
    Facilitated by: Molly Brown

Other relevant training

  • Re-evaluation Counselling (1985, 7 days)
    Location: London UK
    Facilitated by: Harvey Jackins
  • Permaculture Design Certificate (1995, 14 days)
    Location: North Wales, UK
    Facilitated by: Andrew Langford
  • Art of mentoring (2011, 7 days)
    Location: Rafford, Moray, Scotland
    Facilitated by: Jon Young, Maeve Gavin
  • Sociocracy/Dynamic Governance/Consent Decision Making (2014, 7 days)
    Location: Forres, Moray, Scotland
    Facilitated by: John Buck
  • Sacred Wounds - Trauma healing on the Spiritual Path (2021, 4 days)
    Location: Zoom
    Facilitated by: Peter Levine, Efu Nyaki, Joshua Sylvae

Other relevant skills & experiences

I am a survivor of pre-birth medical intervention trauma, which resulted in the non-visible disability of SPD (sensory processing disorder). I am a survivor of the British Mental Health System. I bring many tools and skills for working with trauma to my facilitation of TWR.
I am a Non-neuro typical/neuro diverse person, with learning difficulties and, as such, am a very aware, patient and inclusive facilitator. I have taught on many courses, including Permaculture Design Courses, the Eco-village Training at the Findhorn Foundation, which I helped to develop, and Touch the Earth, a Findhorn Foundation programme. I have trained in Non Violent Communication and Restorative Justice. I am a student of the Alexander Technique and a Qigong practitioner. I consider all my work to be “trauma informed”.

Experience facilitating WTR events & workshops

Work That Reconnects workshops I have facilitated

  • WTR (2021, 1 days)
    Location: Zoom
    I have delivered several half day and one day workshops on Zoom during 2021
  • WTR (2020, 1 days)
    Location: Zoom
    I have delivered several half day and one day workshops on Zoom during 2020
  • WTR (2019, 1 days)
    Location: Findhorn Foundation, Scotland
    This workshop was for staff members of the Findhorn Foundation and not open to the public.
  • WTR (2013, 7 days)
    Location: Findhorn Foundation, Scotland
    Facilitated by: Joanna Macy, Hannah Morgan, Gill Emslie, Lesley Quilty

Experience facilitating other events & workshops

I have incorporated Spirals, practices and rituals from TWR into many Permaculture Design Courses, as well as Eco-Village Trainings at the Findhorn Foundation. I run Spirals of TWR over 1.5 or 2 hour sessions with individual counselling clients, currently on Zoom. I also offer workshops in “Marvellous Meetings” a set of tools and methods for running any type of meeting or gathering. These practices are derived from the principles of Permacuture Design and grounded Systems Theory and incorporate Sociocratic Consent Decision Making.

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WTR Facilitator since 1999
Languages served: English
Location: Marvellous Meetings, 9 St Leonards Court, Forres, Moray, IV36 1GT, United Kingdom
Age: 71
Contact info
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Tel: 07809223469

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