Alternative Family Holiday at Anilio Campus

These weeks will be based around the rythmn of a morning gathering and unfolding artistic activities in response to the needs of the group and the beautiful environment of the Pelion Mountains in which we find ourselves.



Our daily creativity will grow into a two-week festival of dance, music, art and writing leading us on to take up the reins of our lives deeply nourished and rested.

During the fortnight we will have an ongoing project of building a bread oven from willow and clay which will be an enduring legacy for the Centre. There will be lots of opportunities to work on the land, rest in the hammocks and walk on the ancient donkey tracks through the forest to the sea, ravine and neighbouring villages.

Events Throughout the Week

The impulse behind this workshop is to be deeply responsive to the times we find ourselves in, the environment and who is gathering - and to share our journeys with gentleness and compassion. Above all we imagine the week to be fun. We have ideas, inspiration and resources and together can create our holiday.

All ages are very welcome. Although we talk of a “Family Fortnight” we are seeing The Family in the bigger tribal context, recognizing that all our families are in some way incomplete and that we are always growing towards greater wholeness.

Last year many of us gathered together at Kissos at this time and this year we realised there were enough of us to have a gathering at both Kissos and Anilio campuses. The two communities compliment each other and the beautiful walk of about 35 minutes between the two villages means there is lots of connection between them.

Contact Information Contact Rosemary Hawksford at 7 Dewsbury Terr, Bishophill York YO1 6HA +44 (0) 1904 651407 (telephone)

About the Facilitators

Rosemary Hawksford has been a willow basket weaver and furniture restorer for the past 25 years. She has also taught Religious Studies at St John's University of York. She now works in the Early Years Department of York Steiner School and teaches crafts in the Upper School. She has two sons, aged 16 and 12, both of whom have been to the Kissos and Anilio communities before and are very much looking forward to meeting old and new friends this summer.

Dot Male trained as a Steiner Kindergarten teacher and has done further training in Early Years with the Pickler Institute in Hungary and also with Sophia's Hearth in the USA in the care of children from birth to three. She is currently studying for her M.A in Psychoanalytic Child Observation and runs parent and child groups and workshops in York and London. Dot has one son at University and is the authour of The Parent and Child Group Handbook.