Rooted & Ready
A resilience toolkit to strengthen, flow and grow in challenging times
Monday 3rd March 2025
(6 x weekly online gatherings at 7.30pm)
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"I feel empowered, replenished, resourced and deeply connected."
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"It has given me so much richness in my community and my life. Life changing."
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"After so much alone time recently, it has restored, replenished & reset me."
What is the course?
A toolkit for our times. A six week crash course in valuable life tools that will help you feel more rooted in what strengthens, supports and resources you and more ready to face whatever challenges might come your way. We will explore frameworks and practices that will help you to regulate your nervous system, deepen support networks, navigate overwhelm, find meaning in adversity, shift mindsets and activate hope. Evidence-based resilience tools have been shown to reduce the risk of depression, stress and anxiety, while also strengthening people’s capacity to cope with adversity.
Who is it for?
Anyone who is looking to build their resilience to strengthen, flow and grow. The practices and framing that we will explore will not only benefit you, but are also a resource to support others too - either personally or professionally. One of our main intentions for this course is to make some of the work we do at Change in Nature more accessible for people who might not be able to commit to a residential retreat.
What will you come away with?
Our objectives are to help you:
Start or deepen a resilience practice to help you navigate life’s challenges in a more skilled and resourced way;
Increase your capacity to withstand, deal with and recover from challenging situations;
Explore frameworks to activate hope which can address feelings of anxiety, despair and uncertainty about the future;
Learn tools and practices that you can share with others - both in a personal and professional capacity;
Connect with a like-minded community for on-going support, learning and inspiration.
When?
All our gatherings will be 7.30pm to 9pm on the following 2025 dates:
Monday 3rd March
Monday 10th March
Monday 17th March
Monday 24th March
Monday 31st March
Monday 7th April
What we will be exploring….
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Week One: Roots of Resilience
- What is resilience?
- Stories to learn, grow and thrive in challenging circumstances.
- The psycho-biology of trauma, stress and dysregulation.
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Week Two: Sense and Sensibility
- The practice of presencing: becoming aware of and regulating physical sensations, emotions and thoughts in the present moment.
- Exploring the Resilient Growth Zone.
- Designing your own Emotional First-Aid Kit.
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Week Three: Webs of Support
- Calling on personal skills, resources and support networks.
- Deepening relationships with others.
- Inspiration and support from nature.
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Week Four: Strengthening through Storms
- Adversity as a catalyst to find new meaning and direction.
- Shifting your story and the growth mindset.
- The power of gratitude and activating hope.
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Week Five: Navigating Overwhelm
- Managing modern madness.
- Strategies for when it all gets too much.
- Safeguarding your energy and creating boundaries of meaning.
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Week Six: Towards Thriving
- Integrating into your life.
- The growth model of transformative resilience.
Facilitator: Andy Raingold
Andy is a facilitator, speaker, coach and social entrepeneur who inspires transformative change. He has been guiding immersive nature experiences and personal development programmes since founding Change in Nature in 2015. He is a certified trauma-informed resilience practitioner (with the Association of Coaching) having trained with Chris Johnstone (co-author of Active Hope with Joanna Macy). Click here for full bio.
“Caring, Supportive, Challenging”.
Paul (July 2017)
“A wonderful safe space in which to explore, experiment and develop.”
Jenna (May 2020)
Book now to secure your place
All of our training courses have been oversubscribed in the last few years, so early booking is recommended
We are currently offering early bird places with £100 saving on the full course fee. Book now and pay £160 (£120 for low income).
Let us know if you would like to pay in instalments.
TIME COMMITMENT: Each session is 1.5 hours and there is an estimated 1 hour of coursework in between sessions each week. All the sessions are recorded, so you can catch up if you cant make it live (although please aim to be present for at least four sessions).
Please read our terms and conditions before booking.
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"I wish everyone had access to this. There is an immesurable ripple effect as we return to our lives."
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"Both restorative and reinvigorating. I feel a new sense of vitality and hope as I grow into a new mindset."
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"Change in Nature is bringing life-changing and community-transforming skills to the world.