INVITING INTIMACY – a Conscious Relating Workshop

Led by Nicola Foster and Jason Porthouse

Saturday 18th – 19th Sunday November 2023


Inviting Intimacy is a two-day workshop exploring your connections with others, and deepening your ‘first intimacy’ – the connection with yourself.

Intimacy is the doorway to meaningful connections and loving relationships. True intimacy is built on bringing all parts of ourselves to a relationship – even those we label as ‘bad’.

Whether you desire to deepen relationships with your partner, your lover, your friends or your family, this workshop offers you tools and insights to practice being more authentic.

Over the course of the weekend, you will be invited to 

 Explore desires, attraction, and presence and how more honesty can transform relationships
• Be fully human, welcoming vulnerability and embracing all the different aspects of your being
• Exercises to explore relationship patterns and deepen awareness of boundaries, patterns and desires

The workshop will include movement, meditation, guided exercises, movement, circle time, sharing, and personal reflection. We invite you to join this nourishing and playful space, and awaken to your full potential! 

Suitable for both individuals and intimate partners. The workshop is all fully clothed.

Nicola Foster is a relationship and intimacy therapist and teacher. She began learning about love and relationships with Jan Day in 2011, and now offers online courses and coaching. Her mission is to help people create, repair and deepen their intimate relationships.

Jason Porthouse is Nicola’s partner and has been studying with Jan Day since 2018. A member of the Spiritual Companions network, he too is a School of Being teacher, equally passionate about the transformations possible through conscious relating.

To find out more, or book visit www.realrelating.com/intimacy Tel: 07813 125 587

Summer class timetable

SUMMER TIMETABLE 

Monday 24th July – Friday 1st September


These classes are open to all Pure Moves clients. 
They won’t be listed on ClassSwap, so please book directly with the teacher. 
Most teachers will also be available for 1:1 appointments over the summer.


MONDAYS

5:30 – 6:30pm on 24/7, 31/7: Reformer Pilates with Trish
5:45 – 6:45pm on 24/7: Mat Pilates with Liz, Mixed Abilities
7:00 – 8:00pm on 24/7, 31/7: Mat Pilates with Trish, Mixed Ability


TUESDAYS

7:40 – 8:40am on 25/7, 1/8, 8/8, 15/8, 22/8, 29/8: Reformer Pilates with Debbie 
8:55 – 9:55am on 25/7, 1/8, 8/8, 15/8, 22/8, 29/8: Reformer Pilates with Debbie 
9:30 – 10:30am on 1/8, 8/8, 15/8, 22/8, 29/8: Mat Pilates with Clare, Faster-pace
10:45-11:45am on 1/8, 8/8, 15/8, 22/8, 29/8: Mat Pilates with Clare, Slower-pace
6:00 – 7:00pm on 1/8, 8/8, 15/8, 22/8, 29/8:  Mat Pilates with Clare, All levels

WEDNESDAYS

9:15 – 10:15am on 26/7, 2/8: Mat Pilates with Trish, Mixed Ability
10:30 – 11:30am on 26/7, 2/8: Mat Pilates with Trish, Mixed Ability
11:45 – 12:45am on 26/7, 2/8: Reformer Pilates with Trish 
11:45 – 1:00pm on 26/7, 2/8: Iyengar yoga with Charlie, £15 drop in 
5:20 – 6:20pm on 26/7, 2/8, 9/8, 23/8, 30/8: Reformer Pilates with Debbie 
5:45 – 6:45pm on 26/7: Mat Pilates with Liz, Mixed Abilities
6:35 – 7:35pm on 26/7, 2/8, 9/8, 23/8, 30/8: Reformer Pilates with Debbie 
7:00 – 8:00pm on 26/7: Mat Pilates with Liz, Mixed Abilities

THURSDAYS 

8:45 – 9:45am on 27/7, 3/8: Reformer Pilates with Trish 
10:00 – 11:00am on 27/7, 3/8: Reformer Pilates with Trish

FRIDAYS

8:45 – 9:45am on 28/7, 4/8, 11/8, 18/8, 1/9: Reformer Pilates with Debbie  
10:00 – 11:00am on 28/7, 4/8, 11/8, 18/8, 1/9: Reformer Pilates with Debbie  
11:15 – 12:15pm on 28/7, 4/8, 11/8, 18/8, 1/9: Reformer Pilates with Debbie  

Pilates mat classes are £12 per session and Reformer classes are £18 per session.
They are payable in advance and should be booked by Friday 21st July. 


Please contact the teacher to check availability and to book:

Clare clarenotts@gmail.com – 07870 482 331
Debbie integratedmovementtherapies@gmail.com – 07791 659463
Liz liz@puremoves.com
Trish spkbnam@gmail.com – 07496 193 516
Charlie charlottedarejackson@gmail.com – 07799 066 895

EASTER CLASSES

Please book your class spaces by emailing:
Debbie’s classes: integratedmovementtherapies@gmail.com
Clare’s classes: clarenotts@gmail.com 

Book your space by Friday 31st March


TUESDAY 4th April 
09:30am – 10:30am
MIXED ABILITY EXPERIENCED FLOW MAT class with Clare, £12
Only book into this class if you do not have aches, pains or any movement limitations.

10:45am – 11:45am
MIXED ABILITY SLOW FLOW MAT class with Clare, £12
Suitable for everyone, with time for demos and adaptions for those who need them.

6:00pm – 7:00pm
MIXED ABILITY EXPERIENCED FLOW MAT class with Clare, £12
Only book into this class if you do not have aches, pains or any movement limitations.


WEDNESDAY 5th April
09:00 – 10:00am
BEGINNERS REFORMER class with Debbie, £18
Open to clients who want to try Reformer for the first time as well as those with experience.

10:15 – 11:15am
EXPERIENCED REFORMER class with Debbie, £18
Suitable for clients with Reformer experience.


TUESDAY 11th April 
09:30am – 10:30am
RELEASE, REACTIVATE & REJUVENATE MAT class with Clare, £12
This class will use trigger point and fascial release techniques on common tight areas of the body such as the shoulders and the hips before then gently waking up the core and strengthening the muscles that support good dynamic posture. Suitable for all.

11:00am – 12:00pm
KNEE STRENGTHENING MAT class with Clare, £12
A class specifically designed to help strengthen the knees. We will be releasing tension and mobilising the joints above and below the knee and strengthening muscles proven to support the knees movement requirements.


WEDNESDAY 12th April
09:00 – 10:00am
BEGINNERS REFORMER class with Debbie, £18

Open to clients who want to try Reformer for the first time as well as those with experience.

10:15 – 11:15am
EXPERIENCED REFORMER class with Debbie, £18

Suitable for clients with Reformer experience.


BIODANZA with Peter Burns

Date: Saturday 3rd September
Time: 1:15pm – 6:00pm
Cost: £15 for a half day or £30 full day (there will be a break for shared picnic)

Biodanza is a barefoot “conscious dance” process with Latin roots.
It’s a playful practice of being in the “here and now” through movement, connection and relaxation. It’s suitable for all ages and fitness levels, anyone who wants to make friends with their body and give their brain a holiday. No steps to learn, no experience needed.

Book via Eventbrite: https://biodanzafrome.eventbrite.co.uk

I have enjoyed every single session and always left feeling better at the end of the session than I did at the beginning. I often arrived straight from work feeling fraught and tired but left feeling up-lifted and lighter. I feel that I released the child in me; not the wounded child but one who loves to play and run with the wind.‘ – Victoria

For more information see https://biodanzaconnect.wordpress.com/