'Exquisite'
'Truly breathtaking'
'It's like I've found someone who is thinking and looking as I do'
'I really need to mail you right away to tell you how absolutely happy I am with your course!!!!!'
'You should be very proud. It is a feat to create something that is both simple and profound, and that's what you've done.'
'It's as if you've given me back some of the magic of my childhood, to discover and explore even further.'
'I really love love love it!'
1. As a means of getting to know your surroundings better.
2. As a tool to help you explore a new environment.
3. As artistic prompts to help you respond creatively to the world around you.
4. As a way of finding your place in the bigger picture.
5. As time out for yourself each day in the midst of a busy life.
6. As a parent/child activity.
7. As a celebration of the season.
8. As a holiday (vacation) project.
9. As a way to reclaim your inner child.
10. As a means of getting in touch with yourself and/or something bigger.
Falling Into Place is a short and gentle, self-guided leisure course.
It's delivered directly into your inbox - one e-mail a day for 30 days. The e-mails contain a series of 'prompts' - ways to access your world.
Some describe things to look out for; most are simple, practical activities.
These are the same tools I use on a daily basis to explore the world of Dixon Hill.
The prompts are designed to be very flexible. If you're busy, they shouldn't take more than ten minutes a day (some even less); but on days when you have more time, many can be stretched to last much longer.
In addition to the prompts, there are quotations to mull on and suggestions for taking each topic further. Finally, a series of questions will help you investigate your own ongoing relationship with Place.
At the end of the 30 days, you'll receive a lovely pdf of the entire course.
You can respond to the prompts by journaling, taking photographs, writing lists, drawing sketches. And probably in other ways, too.
It's up to you.
I'd suggest responding in a variety of ways, depending on your preferences and on what's relevant to each topic.
This is a personal exploration and you won't be required to show your responses to anyone.
Pretty much anyone!
You don't need to consider yourself remotely artistic, though creative souls will love it. So too will ramblers and nature lovers.
And anyone on a journey of self-exploration. Age is no barrier - the course is a brilliant activity to share with children.
If you have the mobility (innate or assisted) to take a gentle stroll around your garden or wander along the street, then you can join in. The prompts are very simple and easy to respond to.
For the most part, we're exploring outdoor spaces and there's a strong emphasis on the natural world. But that doesn't mean you have to live in the country!
If you have a yard or garden, live near a park or work on a street where there are a couple of trees and a few weeds, that will work perfectly.
Nature has a habit of turning up in the most unexpected spots!
To gain a greater appreciation of your own environment and to get more closely in touch with the world around you.
To gain insight into the role of Place in your own story.
Because all of life is connected; and we can't truly know ourselves until we know the world of which we're a part.
Because becoming attuned to the landscape around us helps us to become attuned to our own inner landscape, too.
Because while our bodies always dwell in place, our minds so frequently do not.
The prompts in this course are fantastic tools for becoming more grounded. They are simple routes into the present moment and into a more holistic experience of self.
Because when we have a greater awareness of the land, we make better choices for ourselves and for it.
Because getting the most out of life is not about how much we do, but about how much we get out of what we do.
This course will show that even the smallest experience can yield surprise and satisfaction if we really bring our attention to it.
At minimum, you need an internet connection and an e-mail address; a notebook and pen and a few coloured pencils.
Suggestions of other useful (but optional) equipment will be sent to you when you register.
You can start the course whenever you wish! Just click the link at the bottom of this page to set the ball rolling.
Falling Into Place costs £49.00 (approximately $76). To see exactly what that equates to in your currency, use this handy currency convertor.
Yes, they are. If you'd like to make a gift of the course to someone else, then click at the bottom of this page to register as normal....but, when you're taken to the payment page, tell me in the Note To Merchant space that this is for someone else.
A gift voucher will then be mailed to you, free of charge, to pass on to the lucky recipient. If you prefer, the voucher can be mailed directly to the person in question - in which case you will need to give me their full name and address and specify that the voucher is to go straight to them.
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Send me an e-mail using the Contact Form. I'll gladly answer them!
Just click the link below to begin Falling Into Place. First, you'll be taken to the payment page. All you have to do is hit the Paypal button. After making your payment, you'll be redirected to a page where you can download the preliminary course information. The course itself will begin arriving in your inbox the following day.