A big thank you to Pangbourne Rotary Club for funding our winter Creativity Festival held in late February. Diana and Lee, our instructors, led a Lino Cut workshop and an Ink Workshop, and came all the way from Pembrokeshire to share their knowledge and passion. It was a great day with nearly 25 students enjoying trying something new. Everyone went home with some cards they had printed and an example of ink work. Finally, thanks to Helen for ordering and delivering a lovely lunch for us. I’m already looking forward to our next Winter Festival ….. buts let’s enjoy some summer first!!
New Building Resilience Course
Today in our new resilience course we’ve been discussing ways in which we can build inner strength and harness our thinking to build meaningful lives and make positive changes.
Resilience is about adapting to changing situations by drawing on our internal and external resources. It’s not about making problems go away but building on our successes in small ways and looking at situations differently.
Second Mindful Sewing Course
The Mindful Sewing workshops gave students the opportunity to develop a mindful approach to sewing, which they found relaxing, enjoyable and thought provoking. It prompted discussions about approaching other aspects of life Mindfully.
Congratulations!
Huge congratulations to Alan, a Recovery in Mind student, who won the ‘Return to Learning’ award at the West Berkshire Learning Achievement Awards 2023 on Friday evening at Shaw House. Well done Alan, we are all very proud of you!
Mindful Sewing
Getting into the flow and learning something new featured in our two week workshop led by Gillian. Mindful Sewing isn’t a planned thing. You simply choose some fabric and thread and just start to create something. There is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ so you can’t really ‘fail’! Everyone made something they were pleased with and the time passed so quickly. We like to think of ourselves as a ‘tribe’ during workshops like this… working together, understanding one another and sharing time together as friends.
Fantastic Achievement
Congratulations Claire who with her all female team ‘No Buoys’ successfully completed her channel swim raising over £3,000 for Recovery In Mind!!! What an amazing and inspirational achievement , we are so happy for you and delighted with the funds raised, thankyou .
Just look at what can be achieved when you set your goals, train, practice and take measured steps to get where you want to go!