Body work, Growth work, Body psychotherapy
July 18th – 20th, 2025
Dudmaston, Shropshire, (UK Midlands)
Drawing on Radix®, Embodied-Relational Therapy, and Counselling, this residential weekend workshop will be experiential, with a combination of larger and smaller groupwork, pair work, and individual work within the wider group.
What is Radix?
Radix® is a powerful body-centred therapy that promotes change, growth, and healing. The word Radix means “root” or “source” and here refers to the flow of the life force underlying our thoughts, feelings and movements, our mind and our consciousness or spirit.
We will work with breath, movement, sound, touch, and vision to help restore the rhythmic flow of the life force throughout your being. To feel more alive, to express yourself authentically, and connect more deeply with others.
Radix is a body centred approach and unlike other psychotherapies that are somatically informed, Radix has the body as the central focus with the emphasis on the somatic unfolding.
The Structure of the Workshop
After checking in on Friday 18th July, and having had dinner, we will begin that evening with an orientation to the workshop, getting acquainted with workshop participants and facilitators in your first group session.
On Saturday and Sunday, you will have opportunity to take part in both larger and smaller group work, paired work, and individual sessions within the wider group.
You are welcome to stay over on Sunday night.
Timings
Friday: arrive from 4:30pm, session time: 6:45pm – 9pm
Saturday: 9:30 to approx 7pm Sunday: 9:30 to 5pm
Cost
Between £500 and £370 – You choose
Including all facilitation, 3 nights accommodation in twin shared rooms, breakfasts, and Friday evening meal:
(Between £500 and £300 if booked before May 23rd 2025 – You choose)
If you are able to pay higher up the scale, this enables us to keep the lower price available for people who need it, many thanks. Payment by instalment is welcome if this makes it easier for you.
Food: We will cook a simple meal for the Friday evening from ingredients provided by us (feel free to help cook if you wish!), and we will also provide the ingredients for a simple breakfast for Saturday, Sunday and Monday mornings.
Lunches and evening meals on Saturday and Sunday can either be at a local pub (Bridgnorth is 6 miles away), or bring food to cook or/and share. Our experience is that this works well.
Contact [email protected] with queries and booking inquiries.
Please note that places are limited to 8 participants.
Facilitators:
This is a unique workshop, co-led by 2 experienced practitioners, who have been training together in Radix® in the last few years, who bring with them experience and expertise that inform their practices from a range of different fields:
Simon Bonnin is a relational body psychotherapist practicing in the North East of England. Originally trained in a person centered approach, he went on to extensively study and integrate hypnotherapy and behavioural approaches into his practice before deepening his embodiment through training and study in Radix and other somatic approaches from the early 2000’s onwards.
www.sisusomatic.com
Stephen Tame is a relational body psychotherapist, with decades of enthusiasm working with clients and trainees. He is a member of the Embodied-Relational Therapy training team. He continues to learn from his colleagues, clients, trainees, other trainers, and the wider world. http://www.stephentame.co.uk
Venue:
Situated in a quiet, remote hamlet in the heart of the Shropshire countryside, Dudmaston Bunkhouse is a barn conversion that sits within the wider Dudmaston Estate, a 17th century National Trust property with acres of pristine parkland and walking trails and a grand hall dating back almost 900 years.
In the bunkhouse we have two open spaces for group activities, a full kitchen, and a wet room and toilet and accessible bedroom on the ground floor and seven 2-bed dormitories (a bunk bed in each room), two individual shower rooms, a bathroom with shower over bath and toilet, a shower room with toilet and separate toilet on the first floor. Full details of the accessibility of the venue can be found here:
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Dudmaston Bunkhouse, Quatford, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV15 6QR
Feedback from Stephen and Simon’s 2024 Weekend
“To me the weekend flowed very well and Stephen and Simon brought a beautifully balanced presence and energy.
I suspect this is testimony to, amongst other things, a lot of thoughtful preparation, planning, behind the scenes and out-of-hours work – thank you!”
Feedback from Body Psychotherapy Weekend Workshops
“This has been life-changing for me. I’d definitely like to come back and carry on my journey with you”
“The level of safety created enabled me to go deeper into my experience than I’ve done in the past.”
Contact [email protected] with queries and booking inquiries.
Please note that places are limited to 8 participants.