Weaving is Healing Johannesburg

This is a opportunity to join René Bahloo from Weavery, to sit and weave together in circle. It's much more than a skill-building, tuition-based workshop; it is a space where wisdom is shared, experienced and breathed together as the workshop unfolds itself, wrapped with the fibre of life as well as the fibre of nature, and deep human connection.

You will learn to create a small basket with natural fibre while immersing in deep connection to community, story, land, nature and to life.

This is an opportunity to experience the ancient art of basket weaving as a deeply mindful and contemplative practice. It is a space of sharing, creating, being and breathing, conducted through ceremony and celebration of life. Using natural materials from the land, you will learn to weave individual strands of fibre together to form a whole creation, while recognising and acknowledging the mirrors and metaphors that bind us together with nature and each other.

Like a weave within a weave, this has the power of revealing a way of being that is nurturing, growthful, enlightening and honouring of the energy of creation. Together we will weave baskets that hold in their fibres all of the stories we share, flowing in symphony with the songs of nature as they unfold around and within us.

It will be a deeply nourishing experience of connection and grounding. Perfect for those wanting to sit in a deeply held circle where you are free to be just who you are, and weave the threads of your life together that are wanting to be heard, and honoured… all the while, weaving a basketling with naturally dyed fibre that originates from Arnhem Land and its weavers. 

This is a workshop that embraces creativity, ceremony as well as community to promote healing processes in an organic and soulful manner.

Please bring something to contribute for a shared lunch, and your own plates/cutlery.