Jane Shaw: Elmfield Estate & Artisan Market

 

Jane Shaw lives at and manages Elmfield Estate: a family-run wellness centre, retreat facility, educational institute and home of a monthly artisan market.

After living and working in London for almost 20-years, Jane moved back to Northern Ireland to help transform her childhood home — and breathtaking grounds — into a destination where individuals and businesses can come to explore the path to wellbeing.

In today’s conversation we talk about:

  • Growing up surrounded by the wildness of nature

  • The incredible history of her family home and estate

  • Moving to the big city

  • Leaving the corporate world behind to pursue wellbeing

  • Trauma, Jungian Psychology and craniosacral therapy

  • Coming “home” again

  • And why everyone should experience a day at Elmfield (especially the upcoming Christmas markets).

Check it out.


Full bio:

Jane Shaw holds an M.A. in Economics from the University of Edinburgh and an M.A. in Jungian and Archetypal Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. She is a registered craniosacral therapist and SSP provider, which is a listening therapy.

Jane marries Jungian psychology, craniosacral therapy, and trauma-informed neurobiology to support individuals in their recovery from trauma and to help them become resilient to adverse life experiences. As a therapist, writer and internationally recognized educator, Jane delivers training, retreats, and articles utilizing trauma-informed body-mind medicine practices, as well as running a biodynamic craniosacral therapy clinical practice at Elmfield.

Her teaching approach is one of embodied presence, compassion, equanimity, and deep listening, bridging the latest developments in neuroscience and new medicine with lessons from ancient healing arts, while always learning from the natural world and its ability to heal and be healed.

As part of her goal to raise the global conversation in body-mind medicine, Jane has organized conferences and international events that have a history and reputation for providing a platform where new ideas emerge in the field of trauma and body-mind practices. She has brought together leaders in the field to share ideas and move conversations forward. Speakers have included Daniel Siegel, Stephen Porges, Gabriel Roth, Bessel van der Kolk, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Rupert Sheldrake, Gabor Mate, Babette Rothschild, Stanley Keleman, Mae van Ho, Peter Levine as well as many others.

Before immersing in the world of mind-body health, Jane worked for many years in business and finance, including a position as Finance Director of a boutique consumer brand and entertainment PR agency in London. Her experience in the corporate world provided her specialised business knowledge but has also shown her how the stresses of modern life adversely affect our health and behaviour.

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Treasure Trove

What's Your Favorite Book?
32 Words for Field' by Manchan Magan plus many more. Just reread Anngwyn St Just 'A Question of Balance.'

What's Your Favourite Quote?
If you want to improve the world, start by making people feel safer (Stephen Porges)

Last but not least, is there anything you'd like us to promote? If so, please pop some links below:
- Porges workshop in Florida
- Embodied Listening in January
- Journey into Stillness
- Elmfieldestate.com website for more info

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Today's episode is part of our collaboration with NI Connections where we catch up with someone incredible from Northern Ireland doing interesting things overseas on the last Monday of every month.

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