Lifeway 2023

Striking the Balance

Striking the balance in life is more than the weighing and measuring of life’s primary concerns or placing them on a giant set of scales. We might initially think of striking a work-and-life balance, somehow contrasting one’s work with ‘real life’. We might think of balancing our inner and outer wellbeing or personal time and social commitments.

But we use the phrase striking the balance sensing that balance in life is not necessarily easy as it means personal intervention, a conscious effort to bring divergent forces into a coherent balanced whole. Strengthening the fulcrum point which lives within us all to help guide us through life.

Together we will discover what it takes to “Strike the Balance” through lectures, conversations, many craft and musical activities. Adults and children will all contribute to creating a rich new tapestry of knowledge and friendship during our Lifeways week.

For Adults:

Morning workshop:

Balance in Basketry, Birds in Balance, your own 1 unite with the 1 of the World, Storm in the Story, Striking a Balance with the Cosmos, Balance: given by Nature, achieved in Art, striven for in Life

Afternoon Groups:

Finding the Balance in the Face of Evil, Acting the balance ... following Goldilocks, Make New and Mend, Experiencing the balance of nature, Find Balance with the Ukulele, Striking the Balance

For Children:

Parent and Toddler, PlayCamp for 4-6yrs, DayCamp for 7-8yrs, Children's Camp for 9-14yrs from 8.50am – 12.15pm. In the afternoon, Energetic Outdoor Games, Simple Woodwork for 11 – 14 yrs, Candle Dipping & Decorating for 8-14 yrs, Wet Felting for 8 – 12 yrs, Clay Digging & Modelling for 6 – 10 yrs.

Children's Camp 9 - 14 yrs. Please make your child aware that at Lifeways they will have a (welcomed) break from mobile phones, tablets, mp3 players,  computer games, laser pens or any other electrical devices.

For Children accompanied with an adult

Music Games and Singing for 4 - 7 yrs

Pick 'n' Mix Crafts for 2 - 6 yrs

Stay and Play for 0 - 3 yrs