Mindful Movement focuses upon using movement to maintain health & wellbeing while improving breathing, balance and coordination.

Patrick Cotter is a qualified Tai Chi, Chi Gung and meditation instructor. Patrick has been studying and teaching these mindful movements and practices in Ireland and Europe for over 16 years.

Having written from an early age, Moze Jacobs has been active as a writer, journalist, and artist since the early 1980s in the Netherlands. She is going to help you to explore how you can use creative writing to mind your physical and mental health.

Exploring the potential of integrating voice & movement, with dancer Helga Deasy & musician Susan McManamon

This event will include the launch of the ‘Beyond The Village’ art project, led by visual artists, Sarah Ruttle and Rebecca Keyser and the ‘Out of the Blue’/Recovery Stories project, in association with Open Dialogue, west Cork.  Music by Rubicon, The Claddagh Rogues and guests.

Explore the potential of integrating voice & movement.

Ger Wolfe is an established Irish singer songwriter, a multi-instrumentalist and a poet who, sparkling with life, composes and performs carefully-crafted vignettes of song.  Kindly supported by the Ludgate Hub, Skibbereen.

Gardening is not just an enjoyable activity but also improves wellbeing. As does walking/cycling  in the open air.

Includes a film screening, musical performances and a panel discussion, hosted by Ballydehob based documentary maker & broadcaster Leeanne O’ Donnell. Singer and mental health advocate, James O’ Flynn will reflect on his extraordinary life.  This will include a discussion around the topics of homelessness, mental health and the prison system.

Acclaimed songwriter Lisa O’Neill will be talking with Irish radio presenter, photographer, film maker and artist Donal Dineen

Winner of the Best Original Folk Track with “Rock the Machine” at the 2019 RTE Radio 1 Folk Awards.  Lisa was nominated for Folk Singer of the Year, Best Traditional Track, Best Original Track and Best Album at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in the same year and is a two – time nominee for the Choice Music prize.

Starting small we will be sowing acorns to take home to begin your own mini oak forest. All materials provided with refreshments too! All welcome. Bring yourself, your family, your friend. 

Exploring the potential of integrating voice & movement, with dancer Helga Deasy & musician Susan McManamon

Rob is going to demonstrate and chat through the making of an autumnal soup using beautiful west cork ingredients. Guests will be able to interact with Rob while he cooks, ask questions, taste. Everyone will get a little lunch box with a cup of hot soup,  The Chestnut Restaurant signature bread & house made cultured smoked butter along with a sweet treat to take away and enjoy.  

An afternoon of events exploring the relationship between our mental health and the natural environment, including short films and the launch of volume 2 of the Benign and Beautiful  book, with poet Pól O Colmáin.

Deirdre McHugh of Skibbereen Family resource centre will host a panel discussion with film maker Aoise Tutty Jackson, musician Kevin McNally and horticulturalist Peter Dunican.

Live musical interludes with Rubicon

Ireland’s best-respected contemporary folk artists, having produced 20 albums since the 1970s. A master interpreter, Bloom has continued to balance original songs with reinventions of tunes by a diverse range of songwriters.

Make yourself comfortable and be guided into deep relaxation and Meditation with a gentle and easy restorative practice with Anne Crossey. Anne has an M.Phil. in Psychoanalytic Theory from Trinity College, Dublin. Since then, she has travelled extensively through China, Tibet and Asia.

Connecting people with art, nature, nibbles, a chat and a cuppa! Join in a relaxed cafe style art session working with natural and art materials. Refreshments provided.

Sheelagh will facilitate a 2-hour arts and outdoor learning workshop. An authentic way to engage in fundamental movement skills, environmental education, Nature Connection, Bushcraft skills, woodland crafts and much more.

Sheelagh Hennessy has 10 years’ experience working with a variety of ages and abilities in Outdoor Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning.

Discover your voice & it’s capacity for creativity and wellbeing with holistic voice coach Elizabeth Ewing.

Elizabeth is an experienced and gentle facilitator, with a passion for helping others to discover their own authentic voice.  No singing or musical experience is required to attend.

Learn how to use culinary herbs to support your immune system and overall health. Peter will be sharing his top tips and tricks for using herbs to support your wellbeing.

Lift your spirits, by dancing to some cupful music from around the world, with an emphasis on joy and movement.

There will be some light snacks & the menu will also include classic recordings, live instrumentation and some improvised sounds courtesy of The Happiness Ensemble.

Discover the joy of music making on this tuned set of handmade Indonesian percussion instruments. No prior musical experience is necessary.

This session will be led by Kevin McNally, a lecturer in music at University College Cork.