Earthworks Ecotherapy
Spring Skill Share and Community Gathering
Saturday 14th March (Sunday is Mother’s Day) from 10am, Strathmartine, by Dundee
An opportunity to come together with local people to make camp together for the day in my natural garden and swap skills in outdoor practice, bushcraft, foraging, arts and crafts etc. including a restorative sound bath.
Free event. Please register with Stephanie to get full details and location either by email hello@stephaniegooding.co.uk
or using the form here to also join the email list for occasional emails to inform you of Earthworks events and courses.
Scotland Wild Camping
Summer bank holiday
Sat 25th - Mon 27th July 2026
Bamff Rewilding Estate, Alyth, Perthshire PH11 8LF
A weekend immersed in nature
Make camp with a small group in Bamff Wildland, near Alyth in the Perthshire countryside. We meet on the Saturday morning, make camp and share lunch before an afternoon of guided practices to slow down and and make a deeper connection with the land and the living things whose world we are joining for a weekend. Sunday will offer another half day guided program and half a day of free time to wander or rest as you wish. The schedule can be agreed together on the first morning from a mix of camp craft and outdoor skills learning, natural history learning, and deepening nature connection exercises, meditations and reflections. We will break camp on Monday morning, leaving no trace of our ever being there.
There is a variety of basic but boutique accommodation at Bamff that you can book independently Rewilder's Hut | Eco-tourism & Glamping | Bamff Estate ), or you can bring your own tent or tarp shelter for an even closer to nature experience at no extra cost. Support is available for setting up your shelter if you want to try sleeping under a tarp for the first time.
In this special location there are beaver-created wetlands, the elusive Scottish wildcat, otters, pine martins, red squirrels and three species of deer. Read more about the land here: Home < Bamff Wildland
To register email hello@stephaniegooding.co.uk or fill your details into the form above.
There is the possibility of offering an extra Eco-Retreat weekend Sat 2nd to Monday 4th May (bank holiday), if you are interested please drop me an email to let me know…
thank you!
Stephanie
Become a more grounded and centred version of yourself. With guidance based on deep experience of working with nature and psychology, you will be supported to let go, slow down and find a more earth-centred vision of your place in the world.
This one year course will take you to eight living landscapes within an hour of Dundee city centre. The days will involve a walk, usually of a couple of hours, and equip you with skills to spend a comfortable in the day outdoors, in all seasons.
Participants on this course felt they had developed a deeper identification with nature and, through a sense of belonging and an acceptance of change, an increase in self acceptance and ability to respond with curiosity and compassion to their emotions.
On the course you will learn how to explore safely and responsibly in the outdoors according to Scotland’s outdoor access code, the basics of camp craft: setting up a shelter, building a leave-no-trace fire, outdoor cooking, natural fire lighting, navigation, plant foraging; along with learning about the natural history e.g. local geology, soil, tree, plant, flower, bird, animal, and cloud species I.D. and universal bird language.
Each outdoor day is approached with an attitude of mindfulness: cultivating an open, curious ‘wise-mind’ or ‘heart-mind’ anchored in the present moment. There will also be reflective group and individual activities. All activities are optional and you are free to ‘do your own thing’ if you feel called to at any point in the day; often that is where the magic happens.
Each of the outdoor days is accompanied with a booklet of the exercises and concepts explored in the outdoor day, with a program of activities that could be undertaken in a garden at home or in one of Dundee’s community gardens, which can be found through the GROW Dundee network.
Explorations - Foundation Year
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Explorations - An outdoor personal growth group
An outdoor personal growth group
Meet in a small group over a full year to explore inner and outer nature in a range of inspiring local locations.
Learn outdoor skills including fire-lighting, species identification and foraging, alongside inner skills for open communication, clear thinking and creative problem resolution with nature as an ally.
Earthworks Circle - Coming Home
This Earthworks Circle falls at the Autumn Equinox
Please email hello@stephaniegooding.co.uk to book:
- Earthworks outdoor day, ‘Coming Home’, 10am-4:30pm, with Stephanie & Gail,
- Autumn Equinox evening celebration, 6pm - 9pm, Rachel Cheer, Hope Ceremonies
- both.
We will be based in a woodland environment for this outdoor day, where we will make camp for the day. Our practical focus will be on the interconnected and reciprocal relations in a woodland, looking at the funghi networks and the ecological web. Our psychological theme will be looking at balance and reciprocation, reflecting on give and take with people in our lives and with nature that sustains our lives. The archetype we are looking at is that of the Healer - exploring our own mysterious intuitive sense and body wisdom and how it is always oriented towards equilibrium. We will also learn about the positive psychology technique of cultivating a mind of gratitude.
Tiered pricing for the Earthworks outdoor day: £40/60/80 (trust basis).
Facilitators:
Stephanie Gooding, Chartered Counselling Psychologist, HCPC Registered.
Gail Turner, is a qualified and experienced counsellor, her recent M.Sc. Counselling focused on working outdoors. She is currently working as a counsellor while undertaking M.Sc. Mindfulness, following a background in the study and practice of Buddhism and Mindfulness.
Evening Celebration with Rachel Cheer- Hope Ceremonies from 6pm to 9pm. £10.
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More about the Earthworks Circle
The Earthworks circle is an opportunity to come together to deepen our connection with nature and build the foundations of psychological strength and resilience.
This course consists of 8 outdoor days, each drawing inspiration from the season to reflect aspects of the human lifespan and development. Each outdoor day is a change to be part of a small group (max. 8) exploring a themed aspect of the local environment and reflecting on an archetypal aspect of the psyche.
The outdoor days will involve bushcraft skills such as shelter building, firelighting and foraging; a light touch education on an aspect of the living natural environment, such as botanical surveys, rock, identification, birdsong, tree identification. There will be some psychoeducation and group and paired self-reflection and discussion and some group exercises to explore questions and try out skills.
Each day explores an archetype, an icon in the collective unconscious (warrior, healer, child etc.), that facilitates certain capacities and qualities that can become part of our internal resources. These archetypal themes are framed within the Celtic wheel of the year, our indigenous representation of the archetype of the mandala or the medicine wheel that contains all things in dynamic equilibrium.
Monthly Mindfulness Practice Group Online
For graduates of the 8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course or other foundational mindfulness intervention (MBCT, MBCL) we will come together to engage in mindfulness meditation together, please email if you would like to join us.
Free to attend.
Last Monday of each month.
Earthworks Adult Circle
The Earthworks circle is an opportunity to come together to deepen our connection with nature and build the foundations of psychological strength and resilience. This course consists of 8 outdoor days, each drawing inspiration from the natural season for certain capacities and qualities that can become part of our internal resources.
This is the harvest time of year when we are gathering in the goodness of summer to sustain us through the winter. The hard work is done and we can rest and reap the rewards. This day is focused on nourishing and nurturing yourself. The aim of the day is to develop the underlying attitude of nurture towards yourself. Learning to care for ourselves is not so easy, it’s not so easy to keep faith with ourselves when things go badly and stay supportive instead of getting harsh and critical with ourselves. Yet this is the very cornerstone of resilience, helping us to pick ourselves up and do better, rather than to beat ourselves down into defeat. This day draws on the science of compassion focused therapy. The day is followed by a 1:1 session included in the price, in which we can consolidate your personal discoveries and identify tools to meet your personal needs in relation to the theme of the session.
Session cost: £125, concession fees available.
Location: Cottar House garden. Option to camp the night before for a deeper nature immersion experience.
Max. 8 participants.
Please email to book, if it is your first time attending there is an introductory form to complete.
Social Walking Group
A monthly meet up to walk and talk with other local people (with safe physical distancing). Loneliness and isolation are highly prevalent issues (see https://www.campaigntoendloneliness.org). This group will provide an opportunity to meet new people and be open about the issues surrounding from isolation. There will be some education on relevant topics such as social anxiety the opportunity to practise of positive psychological tools and change and challenge negative thinking about interactions. Walks will be about 2 hours and locations will start in various locations in the countryside surrounding Dundee. This group is for adults 18+. £10 to attend. Please drop me an email to register your interest and find out the next meet up location.