Tree of Life Wellbeing Workshop
Saturday 4th May 2024
Come & join me for a special day in the Perth Hills for our TREE of LIFE WELLBEING workshop. I offer this insightful workshop just once a year so don’t miss out! Bookings are now OPEN and places are strictly limited.
Benefits of the Workshop
Be nurtured and nourished with a gentle tea ceremony as well as a plant based lunch in a beautiful area.
Experience the Tree of Life tool as a novel way of uncovering your strengths, building confidence, self-awareness and coping skills ~ all contributing to enhancing your resilience factor.
Enjoy a day of community and connection and experience a safe & creative space that fosters hope, healing and belonging
Build a sense of personal and collective empowerment & gratitude
Who Is the Tree of Life Workshop Suitable For?
Adults (17yr +) who are looking for support in emotional, psychological and spiritual wellbeing. Those who want to uncover and build their personal resources and resilience.
Those who are looking for a safe place to process and transform their experiences of hardships, losses & painful life experiences into hope, strengths & possibilities.
PLEASE NOTE: this workshop is suitable for 17 years and above.
What’s It all About?
The Tree of Life workshop is a powerful story-telling, psychosocial support tool for healing and wellbeing. It draws from the Narrative Therapy modality in psychotherapy and uses the metaphor of a tree and its parts to represent different aspects of our lives.
Participants begin by drawing their own Tree of Life (no art skills required). Then they are facilitated in referring to the roots for acknowledgment of their ancestry; the trunk to identify and celebrate their strengths and identity; the branches to explore and craft their hopes and dreams; and the leaves and fruit to represent special people, gifts and accomplishments.
It is best done in a group so that participants can then experience the joining of their tree to other trees and the making of a Forest of Life. The use of metaphors and carefully formulated questions invites participants to craft the stories of their lives into hope, resilience and legacy. A well facilitated group creates a safe space for acknowledgement and conversations about hardship, afflictions, bereavement and loss. This process supports mental, emotional and spiritual healing and wellbeing. By the end of the workshop, participants usually report a greater sense of identity, confidence, belonging, hope, inspiration and empowerment.
History
The Tree of Life methodology was developed over twenty years ago through a partnership between Ncazelo Ncube (who was working with children affected by HIV/AIDS in South Africa) and David Denborough (Dulwich Centre). The approach became so successful in opening up safe spaces for children to share their stories of hardship and trauma, that it was then extended to people of all ages (8-80+ years) and taken to a variety of countries across the globe, including Australia. The Tree of Life – The Dulwich Centre