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Kirsty Heron

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I love beauty, wildness, generosity and passion. My work, my life, has always been about connecting people with information, ideas and experiences that can shift perspectives and lead to action on behalf of life on Earth.
The delivery vehicle comes in many forms but my aim is to find ways that people can fall in love with the world again....and feel empowered and motivated to care for it. Facilitator of the Work That Reconnects since 2012 I'm also an ecological farmer, natural builder, permaculturist, Qi Gong practitioner, dancer, wild swimmer. I'm currently exploring how embodied experiences of connection to a larger self can be more of a focus in my workshops and how integrating embodiment into everyday life can strengthen commitment to the Great Turning.

Why I am called to facilitate the Work

The Work That Reconnects has enabled me to connect with my grief, sense into a  larger view of time, have a deeper sense of my place in the web of life and support me to  live with hope for the future. I am called to share this with others in as many different places as possible.

How I see the Work serving the Great Turning

I have a deep appreciation for the different stories of our time and use this often in my work to provoke people to consider what story they live by, and support people to tell their own stories of how they are living the Great Turning and actively stepping toward a hoped-for future. I also give space to the practices that honour pain for the world the deep need many of us have to express our witnessing of the Great Unravelling which appears to be happening with such speed and scope. By offering this Work my hope is always to give people opportunities to express grief (anxiety,  fear, loss, numbness) in community, to develop appreciation of and caring attitudes to nature, to hear  about and experience interconnection, to find motivation and sense of purpose and to build  confidence in talking about these things with others -family, friends, colleagues. 

I have been active in environmental movements to highlight and demand action on the crises we face, I’ve been part of educating about and building practical solutions to the problems we face (I’m a permaculture teacher, organic grower, eco-builder) and yet it wasn’t until I started to facilitate this work that I found the missing piece of my contribution to the world; facilitating experiences where perspectives shift, both social and ecological identities expand, and people plug in to the beautiful possibilities of working together to create the future we hope for.
I’m currently exploring and offering the Work through the lens of social justice and looking at how it can be accessible to more people.

Audiences I work with

activists, youth, elders, community-based groups, permaculture students, academic

Background & Training

Background & training in the Work That Reconnects

  • Deepening Active Hope (2020, 9 days)
    Location: online
    Facilitated by: Chris Johnstone
  • Facilitator Development Adventure (2012, 10 days)
    Location: Bath, UK
    Facilitated by: Jenny Mackewn, Chris Johnstone
    training in facilitation of inner transition and the Work That Reconnects
  • Spiral of the Work That Reconnects (2012, 2 days)
    Location: Bath, UK
    Facilitated by: Jenny Mackewn, Chris Johnstone

Other relevant training

  • Qi Gong and Tai Chi practitioner (2004, 0)
    Location: Manchester, UK
    Facilitated by: Rae Story
    to present, ongoing
  • Open Floor Ground Lab (2021, 5 days)
    Location: online
    Facilitated by: Deborah Lewin, Heather Ehlers
    embodied movement, embodied relating
  • Decolonisation and anti-racism in the Work That Reconnects (2020, 6 days)
    Location: online
    many workshops: 2 x webinars organised by the WTR network in 2020, a conversation cafe on De-escalating patterns of harm organised by the AORG, a 4 month book study/action group of WTR facilitators looking at decolonising ourselves and our WTR offerings, also I've offered 2 x spirals on Decolonisation in the WTR for other facilitators
  • Masters in Environmental Management and Sustainable Development (2003, 365 days)
    Location: Manchester, UK
    Facilitated by: many
  • Permaculture Design Course (2005, 18 days)
    Location: Glasgow, Scotland
    Facilitated by: Starhawk

Other relevant skills & experiences

Apart from my mother tongue English, I can also facilitate in Spanish. I incorporate embodied practises into my work. I also create spaces for journalling, free-writing, drawing and painting.

Experience facilitating WTR events & workshops

Work That Reconnects workshops I have facilitated

  • Online – Council of All Beings x2, 4 x 3hr spirals, 3hr Spiral for XR activists, 6 weekly sessions with one group moving through the spiral, 1 Day Spiral for members of the Welsh government (2020, 8 days)
    Location: online
    Facilitated by: myself, Patricia Canas Rios Tom Deacon Madeleine Young Karen Scott
  • Ecologia Profunda y Dragon Dreaming (2017, 3 days)
    Location: Almeria, Spain
    Facilitated by: myself, Patricia Canas Rios
    spiral of the WTR with Dragon Dreaming
  • Ecologia Profunda – Retiro en la Naturaleza (2016, 2.5 days)
    Location: Almeria, Spain
    Facilitated by: myself, Patricia Canas Rios
    spiral of the WTR
  • Yo Ecologico (2015, 2.5 days)
    Location: Madrid, Spain
    Facilitated by: myself, Patricia Canas Rios, Beatriz Gallego
    spiral of the WTR with some Process Work
  • Ecologia Profunda – Retiro en la Naturaleza (2015, 2.5 days)
    Location: Almeria, Spain
    Facilitated by: myself, Patricia Canas Rios
    spiral of the WTR

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WTR Facilitator since 2012
Languages served: English, Spanish
Location: York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Age: 44
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