Weaving is Healing Sunshine Coast 19 Jan 2025

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https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/weaving-is-healing-sunshine-coast-tickets-1093423331619?aff=oddtdtcreator

This will be a space to learn to weave a basketling or medicine pot with pandanus as well as local fibres like lomandra. It is a space to share and celebrate our humanness and fibre together, as we weave ourselves in loving connection.

10.30am till 3.30 pm. $120 pp

The workshop will be facilitated through means of a ceremonial space where you will be nurtured and held safely in a circle of like-minded beings, sharing and breathing and creating together.

This is an opportunity to experience the ancient art of basket weaving as a deeply mindful and contemplative practice. It is a space of sharing, creating, being and breathing, conducted through ceremony and celebration of life. Using natural materials from the land, you will learn to weave individual strands of fibre together to form a whole creation, while recognising and acknowledging the mirrors and metaphors that bind us together with nature and each other.

Like a weave within a weave, this has the power of revealing a way of being that is nurturing, growthful, enlightening and honouring of the energy of creation. Together we will weave baskets that hold in their fibres all of the stories we share, flowing in symphony with the songs of nature as they unfold around and within us.

Extra pandanus fibre will be available to buy on the day, if needed for future weaving projects or expansion of your current one.

Bio:

René Bahloo is a creator and facilitator of ceremonial spaces that are rooted in the healing power and wisdom held within the ancient art of fibre weaving. Through her lifelong interest and pursuit of knowledge that draws us in closer relationship to our soul and subsequent experience of aliveness, René walks with a philosophical and practical understanding that speaks to the magic (and music) of the weave of life, available in each present moment. This is a magic that is often hidden by our perceptual filters, yet it exists regardless, and is a deep source of freedom, joy and healing waiting to be recognised and consciously engaged with, like a beloved friend. René facilitates workshops and spaces where she weaves with the fibre of these strands of knowledge and wisdom in a way that is multidimensional, in honour of the fractal patterning of the creative universe. Her work is also very practical and down-to-earth, using plant materials and basket weaving techniques to illustrate and enhance understandings of spiritual concepts which in turn promote connection and open-heartedness amongst participants, in a fun and lighthearted, yet profound manner. René’s background as a qualified visual artist and psychotherapist, as well as her extensive life experience with (and deep ongoing connection to) Indigenous shamanic/earth-honouring families and cultures, enhances her intellectual, creative and spiritual capacity to speak eloquently to this interconnected weave of life. René brings you a gift: a direct demonstration and embodiment of the experience of her own aliveness, and beautiful fallible humanness, through radical honesty as well as authenticity to the moment, and inspires us to remember, to love and to honour all parts of our soul expression in the world, no matter how they show up, in the spirit of ‘already being whole’.

Please something savoury to share for lunch.

Tickets can be booked online or by emailing to organise a direct deposit / cash. (direct deposit bypasses the eventbrite fee).

René Bahloo

weaverywork@gmail.com

(0438)162552

Weaving is Healing Two-day weekend workshop Noosa August 17-18

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A two-day basketry workshop, ceremony and healing experience, also available for single day attendance. Coil weave and twist weave styles.

The two sessions comprise of a coil weave workshop (‘lazy squaw’ stitch) and a twist weave basket making workshop, on 17 and 18 August 2024, respectively. They are available as single day workshops but are best done together, and are perfect for beginners as well as advanced weavers. Please note that this is not an Indigenous workshop or a technique indigenous to Australia, but a workshop that embraces creativity, ceremony as well as community to promote healing processes in an organic and soulful manner.

This is a opportunity to join René Bahloo from Weavery, to sit and weave together in circle. It’s much more than a skill-building, tuition-based workshop; it is a space where wisdom is shared, experienced and breathed together as the workshop unfolds itself, wrapped with the fibre of life as well as the fibre of nature, and deep human connection.

You will learn to create a basket with your choice of pandanus spiralus fibre, (a strong, waxy and colourful fibre sourced ethically from weavers in Arnhem Land), raffia and cordyline, while immersing in deep connection to story, land, nature and to life.

10.30am till 3.30 pm. $140 pp. per day (members), $255 (members) for both days.

$170 and $285 (non-members).

The workshop will be facilitated through means of a ceremonial space where you will be nurtured and held safely in a circle of like-minded beings, sharing and breathing and creating together.

This is an opportunity to experience the ancient art of basket weaving as a deeply mindful and contemplative practice. It is a space of sharing, creating, being and breathing, conducted through ceremony and celebration of life. Using natural materials from the land, you will learn to weave individual strands of fibre together to form a whole creation, while recognising and acknowledging the mirrors and metaphors that bind us together with nature and each other.

Like a weave within a weave, this has the power of revealing a way of being that is nurturing, growthful, enlightening and honouring of the energy of creation. Together we will weave baskets that hold in their fibres all of the stories we share, flowing in symphony with the songs of nature as they unfold around and within us.

All materials are provided.Extra pandanus fibre will be available to buy on the day, if needed for future weaving projects or expansion of your current one.

Please bring a chair, cushion or mat to sit on, and something savoury to share for lunch.

Tickets can be booked online or by emailing to organise a direct deposit / cash. (direct deposit bypasses the eventbrite fee).

weaverywork@gmail.com

(0438)162552

Weaving is healing Brisbane February 2023

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We will create a medicine basket by weaving with pandanus spiralus (from Arnhem Land) in a spiral coiling technique. Learn about harvesting, preparing and storing fibre.

The workshop will be facilitated through means of a ceremonial space where you will be nurtured and held safely in a circle of like-minded beings, sharing and breathing and creating together. Trauma informed, please let me know by private communication if you would like your circumstances to be known, and gently held.

Beginners are celebrated.

This is an opportunity to experience the ancient art of basket weaving as a deeply mindful and contemplative practice. It is a space of sharing, creating, being and breathing, conducted through ceremony and celebration of life. Using natural materials from the land, you will learn to weave individual strands of fibre together to form a whole creation, while recognising and acknowledging the mirrors and metaphors that bind us together with nature and each other. Like a weave within a weave, this has the power of revealing a way of being that is nurturing, growthful, enlightening and honouring of the energy of creation. Together we will weave baskets that hold in their fibres all of the stories we share, flowing in symphony with the songs of nature as they unfold around and within us.

This is one of a series of three workshops. Three days, three different techniques and fibres. Workshops can be attended individually, or can be booked as a duo or trio. (Discounts apply for multiple day bookings).

Jan 14 – lomandra and cordyline double strand twist weave

Feb 18 – pandanus coiling

May 6 – single strand loop and twist weave with natural fibres

Please bring a low chair, cushion or blanket to sit on, and vegetarian savoury lunch to share.

Tickets can be booked online (includes booking fee) or by emailing me to organise a direct deposit (no booking fees).

weaverywork@gmail.com

0438162552

Brisbane Medicine Pot weave October

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WHAT: Using Lomandra Longifolia fibre straight from the land, we will create a two-stand twist-woven medicine pot. This will be a ceremonial sacred space where you will be nurtured and held safely in a circle of like-minded souls, sharing and breathing and creating together. I will also introduce some embodiment practices/nervous system regulation skills for navigating challenging times, like breathing, visualisation and soul-to-cell toning, workshop circle. Beginners celebrated. Trauma informed.

This is an opportunity to experience the ancient art of basket weaving as a deeply mindful and contemplative practice. It is a space of sharing, creating, being and breathing, conducted through ceremony and celebration of life. Using natural materials from the land, you will learn to weave individual strands of fibre together to form a whole creation, while recognising and acknowledging the mirrors and metaphors that bind us together with nature and each other. Like a weave within a weave, this has the power of revealing a way of being that is nurturing, growthful, enlightening and honouring of the energy of creation. Together we will weave baskets that hold in their fibres all of the stories we share, flowing in symphony with the songs of nature as they unfold around and within us. Please bring snacks to share, and a chair, blanket or cushion to sit on. We will be on the grass under a huge fig tree. Please be considerate of current COVID restrictions on proximity and personal hygiene.

Optional premium pandanus (a different fibre to what we will be using) is available to buy at an extra cost, if needed. See ticket info for details.

Please bring a chair, cushion or mat to sit on, in respect of current COVID recommendations.

$100 pp

Sunshine Coast Weavery basketmaking workshop and sharing circle – Feb 2019

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Weave a dilly bag or sculptural piece with local fibres. You will take home so much more than what you expected – connection, calm, groundedness and new friends! Experience the healing, nurturing and centering forces that emerge as you weave with awareness, intention and mindfulness. Rene will facilitate a journey through the creative energy of the universe using plants that are all around you – you will never look at your natural environment in the same way again! Beginners welcome. Please bring a lunch dish to share with the group, for extra culinary connection.

Twist weave technique using lomandra and other strappy-leaf plants.