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Hello and a warm Irish welcome to all of you who have joined the beauty & bone community! It’s wonderful to have you here - I picture us all sitting in a room together, the sound of our voices, the buzz that would be !

This page is where I’ll share all updates and upcoming events - a handy place to pop and see what is happening, what feels right to join.

What’s Coming Up

Weekly ‘Field Note’ posts drop into your inbox every Friday morning

✨ JUNE ✨

𓇸 Weekly new post every Friday - Free for all subscribers

𓇸 Sitting in the Dark - Early morning writing sessions
For all paid subscribers, on Zoom
6:00 -7:00 am BST
6 June
13 June
20 June

We will then return mid-September for another 6 week spiral

𓇸 MULCH MEETING : An Ideas Salon
Join us to share what’s inspiring you, flummoxing you, growing in you - share your ideas and see them expanded and mulched and returned to you all the richer :
𖥸 Thursday 18 June 19:30-20:30 BST
𖥸 Live on Zoom
𖥸 Link sent out day before
𖥸 Available for all paid subscribers, but if you are curious about the beauty & bone community and would like a taster session, DM me for a link.

✨ JULY ✨

𓇸 Weekly new post every Friday - Free for all subscribers

𓇸 JULY 22 - 19:30-21:00pm BST - open to everyone
Save the date for a REALLY special live gathering I’ll be sharing about very soon

✨ AUGUST ✨

𓇸 Weekly post from the archive - Free for all subscribers

✨ SEPTEMBER ✨

𓇸 Return to weekly new posts from 5 September
𓇸 Return of Sitting in the Dark early morning sessions
𓇸 New spiral of the Element Sessions with some really exciting embodied writing live sessions each season
𓇸 Launch of my series on Writing the Body (I know I had originally announced I would run a workshop on 13 June, but when I began creating it I discovered this was a WAY bigger piece and I want to give it more time and space to gestate, so Autumn it is for this)
𓇸 Return of our monthly MULCH meetings

PLUS:
𓇸 You can also catch up on the Element Sessions :
… podcast HERE.
… archive HERE.

𓇸 If you fancy a nosey around my creative space, take a look at this lovely interview I had with

Lyndsay Kaldor

for her wonderful Atelier series, listen to me in conversation with

Gabriela Blandy

or listen to me in conversation with

Lauren Barber

about my creative life.

Ok amigas, that’s it for now - go slow with all this. These words and this content will always be here, you don’t have to consume it all now!

Much love,

Layla x

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