Natural Happiness in April
The launch of my latest book, Natural Happiness: Use Organic Gardening Skills to Cultivate Yourself, has been an incredibly exciting time. The book and the Natural Happiness concept have grown from 30 years of drawing inspiration from nature through creating an organic farm/education centre and a conservation woodland retreat centre. Both experiences enabled me to see Nature as a profound teacher, and to see how we can learn about human nature from cultivated ecosystems. Natural Happiness is a self-help book with easy-to-follow processes and resources to help you make lasting, positive changes in your own life. There is more information on the book and other Natural Happiness resources on my website.
Events in March went really well, with workshops, podcasts and a book launch and signing. If you missed any of the free online workshops, there will be another opportunity to join one on June 4, The Roots of Wellbeing Workshop run in collaboration with Network of Wellbeing, not to mention three festivals (so far!) where I will be running workshops and taking part in discussions. In the meantime, some upcoming events are below, along with a little Natural Happiness taster in the shape of the first of the Seven Seeds of Natural Happiness, all about nourishing your roots! For a listing of all upcoming events, click HERE.
EVENTS
UK Health Radio | April 11, 9-9.30am
Alan Heeks will join Danielle Sax on her UK Health Radio show From Stress To Authentic Success.?You can tune in directly from the website by clicking on the 'Go live' button and also revisit the recording in the Episodes section of Danielle's page.
Secrets of Natural Happiness: Mind Body Spirit Festival | May 26
Deepen your roots and blossom through the storms of midlife and beyond: cultivate your human nature with the skills that organic gardeners use. Click here for full details and bookings.
Happiness in Gardening: Hay Festival | May 31
Growing plants, whether inside or outside, can foster feelings of happiness and bring people together. Community gardener and designer Tayshan Hayden-Smith and writer Alan Heeks discuss the importance of greenery of all kinds. Full details and bookings are on the Hay Festival website.
The Roots of Wellbeing: Free Online Workshop | June 4
In this free online workshop, Alan will introduce the Natural Happiness concept, offer a guided visualisation exercise, and also discuss Natural Happiness and climate change. For full details and bookings, click here.
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Natural Happiness Advocates
The Natural Happiness methods work especially well in interactive sessions, so I have recruited and trained a small team of Advocates who can offer both workshop sessions for groups of all kinds, and coaching for individuals. Sessions can be online or in person. Why not contact the Advocate of your choice for a free-of-charge conversation about how they might help you. These services are available in English or Spanish! See more here
Natural Happiness Seed 1: Nourish your roots
In these times of rising uncertainty, we need new ways to stay happy and clear. Natural Happiness has evolved from over 20 years’ immersion in organic gardening and farming: it draws on both techniques, such as composting and crop rotation, and the skills a gardener evolves, like observation and patience.
People sometimes compare themselves to a complex mechanism, like a car or computer, but that’s too simplistic. We are living organisms, like a garden. I’ve found that cultivated natural ecosystems, such as a garden or organic farm, are the best guide to growing our own happiness: showing us how to steer an organism to a positive outcome using natural growth methods. I call this approach the Gardener’s Way.