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Ragged University Events

Post date 15 May 2026
For the next 18 months, Ragged University will be doing free community education events in St Margaret’s House in the workshop space.
 
The events are free and open to everyone.  They are informal and friendly where everyone is welcome to do a talk on what they are passionate about.  
 
The next event will take place on Sunday, May 31st from 1pm – 4pm:
St Margaret’s House Workshop space 3rd Floor –
IT and Biscuits: A live demonstration of how to install Linux Mint on your laptop and a guided tour of the software, its features along as general personal computing questions answered.
 
For more information, click here!
 
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Free Easter Holiday Activities – Base Camp for Kids

Post date 25 March 2026
 
FREE EASTER HOLIDAYS ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS

Edinburgh Strength Collective, alongside Strong4All, is launching Base Camp, a free strength and fitness course for young people, intending on running a pilot during the Easter Holidays 2026.

The course introduces the basics of strength training in a safe, supportive environment.  It will be led by a qualified children’s coach, and supported by experienced strength coaches. We hope to provide two sessions per week over two weeks, for a total of up to four sessions, each lasting around 1.5–2 hours.

The main goals of Base Camp are to:

  • Teach young people how to move well and train safely
  • Introduce proper lifting techniques in an age-appropriate way
  • Build confidence when exercising, training, or using a gym space
  • Encourage a healthier outlook on exercise and body image, focusing on function rather than appearance
  • Develop skills beyond sport and school, including teamwork, communication, leadership and problem-solving

The course is free to attend and suitable for beginners. No previous gym or strength training experience is needed.

If you’re interested, please complete the registration of interest form below. We’ll use responses to shape the final programme and welcome your feedback.

 
 
 
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Leith Lapidary Club’s Open Day

Post date 1 May 2025
Leith Lapidary Club is holding an Open Day on May 10th between 10am-4pm. 
 
You are invited to visit the space and 
-try enamelling
-see how to polish stones
-view members work on display
-view work available for purchase
-coffee, tea, home baking
 
Please come along and bring friends and family. It is sure to be a lovely day out. 
You can find the event on the ground floor of St Margaret’s House. 
 
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Feldenkrais® Studio Edinburgh – Alan Caig Wilson Studio 6.27

Post date 12 February 2025

Feldenkrais® Studio Edinburgh – Alan Caig Wilson Studio 6.27

The Feldenkrais Method® is an innovative way of learning more about your body, experiencing greater ease, calm and comfort in your everyday life and developing resilience and adaptability. In addition is used by artists of all kinds to develop their work – streamlining their thinking and practice through exploring their movement. You don’t need any kind of movement expertise – all the movements are guided. Everyone is welcome. Everyone gets something out of it.

Cath Sinclair, a visual artist from East Lothian writes – In my Artistic practice I think it definitely helped with focus and also experimentation. I like to think I’m always looking for a new way of drawing or working, and so if anything I think Feldenkrais has reminded me to keep working this way and to perhaps try new simpler ways of working with pen, paint and paper.

I cannot recommend Alan’s classes highly enough and recommend anyone who is feeling stuck in their body to give Feldenkrais a try.

Classes take place in Studio 6.02 every Weds 10.30am – 12 noon (running until Easter). And online every Tuesday evening.

Individual, hands-on one-to-one lessons, called Functional Integration®, are available by appointment.

freedomtomove@outlook.com – more info www.thebodythinkprocess.com

Rates for Scot-Art members:

Single group class £10, parcel of four £35.

Functional Integration lesson £35

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Creative Retreats in the Scottish Borders

Post date 17 April 2024

Early bird Discount for September retreat until end May 2024 and first retreat special price for the May retreat – 450 shared accommodation/600 single room residential.

During the last three years, I have been spending time in the Borders, walking, writing, drawing, taking photographs, foraging, reflecting, practising in the woods. It is another special place in Scotland. It gave me the chance to reconnect deeply with my creative soul and play, explore, be curious, inspired. I would like to share with you ways of reconnect/ connect with your creative soul, or simply nourish it and go back refreshed. We will explore; walk, observe; take photos; write; draw; make home remedies. As much or as little of it all. Have interesting conversations. We may notice what grows and what one may be drawn to make from it, or how one is inspired to connect to what is in the surroundings, playing with responding spontaneously to what calls us to tune into our inspiration, intuition, and imagination from whichever direction it may come. You may join in all the suggested activities, suggest others, or simply use the time and space to explore, rest, have interesting conversations or something else. What nourishes us? How do we feel inspired? There are lovely walks around the area, or if you wish you can sit by the fire in the beautiful home. I I will be happy to suggest/join in walks in the local area.
Vegetarian breakfast, lunch and dinner are provided. We cook together, recipes and ingredients are provided.
The retreat is in a beautiful eco house up a farm track, which offers a modern and spacious venue for this. Accommodation is in comfortable rooms, one has a double bed, two have beds that can be set up as a Twin room or as a double bed. There is max 5 spaces in the house, and 4 more people can join, if renting your own accommodation elsewhere.
There will be breathwork and meditation sessions early morning and evening, and if the weather is on our side, yoga outside on the beautiful lawn may be possible.
Arrival is on Monday from 4 pm and departure Friday morning by 10 am.
The minimum number to go ahead is 3, in case three of you wish a single room.
Single room can be booked here. Please contact me on annamaria@bodysymphonies.co.uk for shared room 🙂

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Granton Gasholder Park

Post date 26 February 2024

The Granton team are seeking to commission an Edinburgh-based artist(s), creative practitioner(s) / or arts organisation/collective to design a permanent artwork within the future Granton Gasholder Park (currently under restoration to be complete early 2025).

At this stage, we’re inviting expressions of interest and will shortlist a maximum of 6 artists to participate in the design stage.

The deadline to submit an expression of interest is Friday 1 March 2024.

More information can be found in the briefing document here:
Granton Gasholder Park – Public Art Design Commission Brief – Expression of Interest – The City of Edinburgh Council

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Studio 6.02 Timetable Now Available

Post date 15 November 2023

We finally have a timetable in print :). Have a look and see if there is something for you in it.

  Mon Tue Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun
AM    

Feldenkrais®
10:30-11:30 weekly
Until 20th December

  

Body Symphonies
10-11:30 weekly
Mindful, somatic movement, Yoga, Sound

Body Symphonies Mini – Retreat
Movement, Yoga, Breath Awareness
10:30-12:30
18th Nov. 16th Dec.

 

FAREWELL 2023 BENEFIT CLASSES FOR PALESTINE
30TH December
hello@studio602edinburgh.org for times

  
PM    

Body Symphonies:
Yoga for the Back
1- 2   4 weeks
15th November- 20th December

    

Feldenkrais® Workshop:Art of Soaring
2-5
25th November

 

FAREWELL 2023 BENEFIT CLASSES FOR PALESTINE
30TH December
hello@studio602edinburgh.org for times

  
EVE

Coming soon
Zen Yoga
(time to be confirmed)

Yoga For You
6:15-7:15 weekly
All levels Flow

Yin Yoga weekly
7.30 – 8.30

Body Symphonies
6-7:15
In Transit -somatic, embryological, fluid movement
29th November-20th December

Movement Medicine with Bernardeta
6:30-8:00
9th, 23rd, 30th November and 7th December 21st December

Body Symphonies
6.30-8.00
Restorative Yoga
17th Nov.,1st Dec,22nd Dec.

 

Feldenkrais®
workshops: Art of Soaring
5:30-8:30
24th Nov., 8th Dec, 15th Dec.

    

 

Please contact teachers directly 😊, thank you.

Zen Yoga – Lisa Edgar; email : lisaedgar55@gmail.com

Yoga For You – Kirsten Waugh; email : kirstenyoga4u@outlook.com

Feldenkrais® – Mindfulness in Movement – Alan Caig Wilson; email: freedomtomove@outlook.com

Annamaria Sacco – Body Symphonies; email: annamaria@bodysymphonies.co.uk

Movement Medicine with Bernardeta – Bernardeta Zyla; email:  bernadetazyla@gmail.com

This week Yoga for back care classes start between 1 and 2 pm for example, we have our regular weekly morning and evening classes and at the end of the year, we will do Benefit sessions to donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians (map.org.uk)

Here is our timetable. See you soon,

Alan, Annamaria, Bernardeta, Kirsten, Lisa @6.02 

 

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