Folk Tale ‘One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes’ two
All workshops are available on request Australia wide. The workshops are interactive. They are designed to grow participants’ confidence, skills and enjoyment, to fully integrate the workshop themes and to present the creative power of storytelling through exploring and telling stories and conversations that unpack metaphor and imagery.
While some workshops are created to address certain themes and topics, all workshops can be tailored to meet the needs of educators and professional groups, community groups, youth and recreational groups, business organisations, retirement communities and returned veterans.
The format ranges from two-hour sessions to three-day seminars. Group sizes vary; in an open workshop places are limited to 25 people to ensure inspiring outcomes for all participants. Workshops for specific groups, organisations, communities and businesses are tailored to your requirements. For further information on dates, venues and new workshops, etc. please check below.
Looking at a story and fleshing it out gave us all, certainly gave me, a voice, a mirror, a space to meditate, to be reflective, to be creative to be innovative, to have fun. To look at a story outside myself in a sacred and safe space in which to discover “bits of me” that might have been buried, forgotten, neglected or simply misunderstood. Very healing! It can reach everyone; it is non-confrontational and gentle. I will certainly recommend it to everyone. Highly beneficial is the in word
M.K.
Looking at a story and fleshing it out gave us all, certainly gave me, a voice, a mirror, a space to meditate, to be reflective, to be creative to be innovative, to have fun. To look at a story outside myself in a sacred and safe space in which to discover “bits of me” that might have been buried, forgotten, neglected or simply misunderstood. Very healing! It can reach everyone; it is non-confrontational and gentle. I will certainly recommend it to everyone. Highly beneficial is the in word
M.K.
Iris retold an old folk fable in her mesmerising style, and held us, the audience until the end. She then asked us to talk about what the tale had meant to us as individuals. The different perspectives of the group of people present were amazing! And as we were encouraged to delve deeper into the meanings the story held for us separately, I began to realise there was a lot more to the simple tale than first thought. Iris has a unique and non-threatening way of drawing out the underlying importance of the meanings of stories to our conscious and unconscious selves. I certainly gained much positive thought from the session and it kept me thinking for many days after as well.
N.H.
Thank you Iris, this triggered reflection for me. The story has offered me so many layers of acceptance of being myself over the years and has given me courage and belief that I am able to be my best balanced ‘me’ for myself. After an extremely full on day, both at work and personally, the sharing of the others’ reflections anchored and provoked further exploration. Arriving as I did, into the space you had created, offered a far richer and deeper supportive experience than I expected, definitely enhancing me, my journey, while confirming the collective is so valuable … such good medicine. THANKS.
J.F.
I found the afternoon DEEP for want of a better word. I had no idea of what to expect. I was in raptures with your ability to take me on that journey, one that I have returned to sometimes. I wasn’t comfy in the process, only because I hadn’t done anything like that before and I felt totally exposed and vulnerable in front a lot of folk I didn’t know. But in saying that, I found it reached far into areas that I probably haven’t ever been. Would I recommend it to others? Yes indeed! I can see it’s value and merit, but as a novice to the process I wished I had known a bit about it before I set forth into the depths of my unknown … (in response to a larger group session; 16 people)
L. T.
