the art of living

The art of living might easily be renamed the art of community. How do we make our community resilient? What keeps us apart and what brings us together?

Over the coming months we’ll be inviting those who have spent their lives working with community: psychologically, spiritually, politically. Some of these experts come from within the UK, others from Europe and North America. They are healers: healers of individuals, families, communities. This is  the big room as healing hall.

Some of events are suitable for everyone (ALL) and others are professional trainings (CPD).  Often they are a mix of both. If you have any questions let us know hello@thebigroom.org


​Some of events are suitable for everyone (ALL) and others are professional trainings (CPD).  Often they are a mix of both. If you are interested get in touch and lets have a chat! hello@thebigroom.org
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featured events
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26 - 28 March (CPD)

POSTPONED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS

Process Oriented Family Therapy with Gary Reiss: healing our personal and collective history... more>

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21 - 24 May
(ALL)

CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS

Sacred Ecstatics with Bradford Keeney and Hillary Keeney: an introductory workshop on a radically different approach to the healing arts... more>

ongoing events

Commenced January 2020

​Ongoing Women's Group with Hayley Stevens

​A supportive women’s space with the focus being to discover and develop our unique gifts, heal and harness the energy of old wounds and learn how to bring ourselves and our gifts more fully into the world. To find out about future groups  for more information>
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Starts
​4 & 5 April 2020

APRIL WORKSHOP CANCELLED /  REGISTER INTEREST FOR EVENTS IN JUNE, OCTOBER & DECEMBER 2020
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Elemental Chi Kung 
with Thalbert Allen, Director & Co-Founder of The College of Elemental Chi Kung (London)

following the seasons

Register/Booking

The big room cic have invited Thalbert Allen, Director and Co-founder of The College of Elemental Chi Kung to teach a series of elemental chi kung workshops following the seasons and their corresponding element - Water/Winter, Wood/Spring, Fire/Summer, Metal/Autumn and Earth/Transitions.  Elemental Chi Kung draws on thousands of years of Traditional Chinese ways of perceiving the world.

more information about this event

The big room cic have invited Thalbert Allen, Director and Co-founder of The College of Elemental Chi Kung to teach this series of elemental chi kung workshop following the seasons and the corresponding element of water, wood, fire, earth and metal from a Traditional Chinese way of perceiving the world.

​Saturday, 4 & Sunday, 5 April 2020 will explore the Wood Element/Energy. This Element is represented by Spring, time of growth, sexual energy and new beginnings after the Winter thaw. Wood supports endurance and stamina, and stimulates the liver and gallbladder.

Dates for the full series are: 4 & 5 April 2020 (Wood Element); 27th & 28th June 2020 (Fire Element); 31st October & 1 November 2020 (Metal Element); 19 & 20 December 2020 (Water Element).  

The Earth Element will be present in each workshop as a way of creating balance and stability.  Earth represents the centre and neutrality.

Each weekend workshop starts/finishes: Saturday - 10am to 5pm; Sunday - 10am to 4pm.

Cost per workshop: £150.00  (20% discount for those registering for 2 or more workshops)

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future events
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Date TBA
​(ALL)

Working with the Inner Critic: ​​and transforming our relationship with criticism, guilt and shame with Hayley Stevens and Owen Stevens. Next workshop Spring 2020 more>

​"For... communities, and nations to succeed today and survive tomorrow, they must be deeply democratic – that is, everyone and every feeling must be represented. “

- Arnold Mindell
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