Healing field

[blackchopper]

How do you get a pitch in the healing field ?My motherin law is a Reiki master and healing crystals plus runs meditation classes so this right up her street but not can't find any info about how to set this up .

[Sawdusty surfer]

The Healing Field is a closer and tighter knit bunch than the Masons. To get a pitch in there it really is a case of who you know rather than what you know. Sorry if anyone is offended or if I am being too controversial, but some people get pitches there doing 'Gong Washes' , cleansing your spirit by banging a gong gently around you. Others by healing you by parping a didge at you. The list goes on. Yet others who are at the top of their game and working full time as fully qualified herbalists etc don't get a look in. Good luck.

[neilloggie]

The Healing Field is a closer and tighter knit bunch than the Masons. To get a pitch in there it really is a case of who you know rather than what you know. Sorry if anyone is offended or if I am being too controversial, but some people get pitches there doing 'Gong Washes' , cleansing your spirit by banging a gong gently around you. Others by healing you by parping a didge at you. The list goes on. Yet others who are at the top of their game and working full time as fully qualified herbalists etc don't get a look in. Good luck.

Is it a similar situation in the craft/green fields as well?

Or are they more open to new people?

[Sawdusty surfer]

Is it a similar situation in the craft/green fields as well?

Or are they more open to new people?

The Greenfields is like a kingdom which consists of a collection of fiefdoms. The Healing Field is one of those fiefdoms as are all of the other individual fields within the Greenfields. The Healing Field IMHO is the most tied up in it's own arsedom. The Craft Field is run by Nick and Marie Piper Debrett who trade under the name Greencrafts. They are an ace couple and to get a pitch there you are judged on your ability to provide green craft workshops and the look of your gaff. Green Futures are run by Sam Hermitage. If you can provide something interesting and visual which has a green future theme for the planet you are in with a chance. Croissant Neuf is run by Andy and Sally and the focus of that field is the CN stage run by solar energy with green art and stalls. There is also the Sacred Space containing the Stone Circle. You won't be allowed to do anything (official) in there, There is also The Undle Ground which is mainly green crew camping with a few cafes and Sam's Sauna etc. Space in there is premium as well.not what you know but who you know.

The whole lot is overseen by Liz Elliot who is the head honcho. She took over from Annie Waterhouse 12 or 15 years ago. There are constant rumours that she is about to retire every year, to be succeeded by her son Toby.

So to answer your question, yes, Greencrafts are open to new people. There is actually nothing that Nick and Marie like more than new people applying for a pitch to do something new, green, crafty, workshop based while looking pretty. (The pitch looking pretty, not the people although drop dead gorgeous crew could possibly swing it )

Hope this helps.

Edited August 5, 2014 by Sawdusty Surfer

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

The Greenfields is like a kingdom which consists of a collection of fiefdoms. The Healing Field is one of those fiefdoms as are all of the other individual fields within the Greenfields. The Healing Field IMHO is the most tied up in it's own arsedom. The Craft Field is run by Nick and Marie Piper Debrett who trade under the name Greencrafts. They are an ace couple and to get a pitch there you are judged on your ability to provide green craft workshops and the look of your gaff. Green Futures are run by Sam Hermitage. If you can provide something interesting and visual which has a green future theme for the planet you are in with a chance. Croissant Neuf is run by Andy and Sally and the focus of that field is the CN stage run by solar energy with green art and stalls. There is also the Sacred Space containing the Stone Circle. You won't be allowed to do anything (official) in there, There is also The Undle Ground which is mainly green crew camping with a few cafes and Sam's Sauna etc. Space in there is premium as well.not what you know but who you know.

The whole lot is overseen by Liz Elliot who is the head honcho. She took over from Annie Waterhouse 12 or 15 years ago. There are constant rumours that she is about to retire every year, to be succeeded by her son Toby.

So to answer your question, yes, Greencrafts are open to new people. There is actually nothing that Nick and Marie like more than new people applying for a pitch to do something new, green, crafty, workshop based while looking pretty. (The pitch looking pretty, not the people although drop dead gorgeous crew could possibly swing it )

Hope this helps.

That's a very interesting post. Thanks for providing the information.

I will not ask you to provide further information*, but I must confess that I'm intrigued to know more about the person who 'runs' the Healing Field, and why Liz Elliot allows them the grace to be less than democratic in their selection process.

* Just to say - can you tell us if the person is male or female? No worries if you don't want to divulge any further information than you have already.

[Pinhead]

Amazing how the nepotism runs rife even in these sorts of circles.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Amazing how the nepotism runs rife even in these sorts of circles.

Oh, I see. Thanks for the info Pinhead.

[Sawdusty surfer]

Amazing how the nepotism runs rife even in these sorts of circles.

In my experience this holds true for many areas of The Festival.

(Not complaining though. My two daughters both got a plum job working before and after the festival but not during it )

[neilloggie]

Amazing how the nepotism runs rife even in these sorts of circles.

The Festival is no different to real life then.

[eFestivals]

Amazing how the nepotism runs rife even in these sorts of circles.

it's more to do with the empires that are Glastonbury areas (all areas) than it is nepotism.

Each area's organiser has a vision of what they want, and so they try and make that vision happen. If they're already meeting their vision in their own eyes, they wouldn't feel the need to go changing.

It's pretty much the case that the older an area, the more set in its ways it is.

[Spindles]

I'm also not going to complain. I get camping in undleground some years if I get onsite early enough and there's space, with friends who do the jigsaw ball painting. Best spot in the place, for my money

I think the little tribes that have built up around the different areas each year help to bring the particular evolving and improving flavour for each area, so it's one time I don't think that a little nepotism hurts, people coming back year after year, meeting up with friends and colleagues and bringing in like minded types.

[stuartbert two hats]

I'm also not going to complain. I get camping in undleground some years if I get onsite early enough and there's space, with friends who do the jigsaw ball painting. Best spot in the place, for my money

I think the little tribes that have built up around the different areas each year help to bring the particular evolving and improving flavour for each area, so it's one time I don't think that a little nepotism hurts, people coming back year after year, meeting up with friends and colleagues and bringing in like minded types.

I know what you mean. Nepotism and a community spirit do seem to be close partners.

[Pinhead]

However, its also the same process that allows Boris back into government so that The Bullingdon Club can finally assume complete control over the country..... I have no problem with the way that the different areas of Glastonbury wish to organise themselves - its none of my business and I concur with people here that it broadly works. Talking to 'The Badgers' this year who helped to found Avalon and now run John Peel, this process is very in evidence and percolates through the entire history and development of the festival in every area. Taken as an absolute however I wonder if in contrast it could stifle change and close the way of for new people with fresh ideas to make a contribution. Just throwing it out there.....

[eFestivals]

I know what you mean. Nepotism and a community spirit do seem to be close partners.

[eFestivals]

Taken as an absolute however I wonder if in contrast it could stifle change and close the way of for new people with fresh ideas to make a contribution. Just throwing it out there.....

Oh, it definitely has that effect from one direction - tho to be fair to Glasto, they've still managed to minimise that to public view.

At the end of the day there's a huge amount of trust given by Michael to any of the mini-Emperors, and then those 'emperors' are pretty much left to get on with it themselves (tho what they do does get reviewed from above) - and I can't really see how else it could be worked unless every aspect was in the control of one person with one vision, which would end up with a less colourful event. The way it's run, despite the negative parts, is what ultimately makes it so good.

[DeanoL]

Sorry if anyone is offended or if I am being too controversial, but some people get pitches there doing 'Gong Washes' , cleansing your spirit by banging a gong gently around you. Others by healing you by parping a didge at you. The list goes on. Yet others who are at the top of their game and working full time as fully qualified herbalists etc don't get a look in.

That's genuinely the funniest thing I've read all day.

[ivan]

I met someone a few years ago at The Cider Bus. They had been called in as a last minute replacment.

They must have done Ok as they were told towards the end they " were on the list for next year "

I guess for the last week in June they probably have a job for life if they want it !

[Zoo Music Girl]

I've actually been to a gong bath. It was boring and weird.

[Pinhead]

A bath with all the members of Gong How is Daevid Allen these days......?

[gladys]

The Healing Field is a closer and tighter knit bunch than the Masons. To get a pitch in there it really is a case of who you know rather than what you know. Sorry if anyone is offended or if I am being too controversial, but some people get pitches there doing 'Gong Washes' , cleansing your spirit by banging a gong gently around you. Others by healing you by parping a didge at you. The list goes on. Yet others who are at the top of their game and working full time as fully qualified herbalists etc don't get a look in. Good luck.

Not offended, but just wanted to say that the gong bath people are lovely and I think they deserve their spot in the Healing Field. I've had a couple of gong baths (not at Glastonbury, at other festivals they work), and they haven't made specific claims to me about the it's 'healing' properties, but I do find it generally relaxing, releasing, maybe cleansing, I dunno. Whether you can compare different 'healing' therapies, and should only value those that require years of training/people who are at the top of their game, possibly there is an argument for that (but I feel 'fit' has got quite a lot to do with it). Doing Gong baths still seems a skilled thing to me, and there may be a lot of theory or years of training behind it, I've no idea, and it doesn't bother me either way. Im sure it is a case of who you know with getting pitches at festivals especially in these sort of areas, but that's how things evolve, and is down to organisers sticking with what they know has worked before. Maybe things should be less tied up, and space made for a proportion of new people each year. But I find gong baths as valid as anything else, it's just horses for courses :peace:

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Not offended, but just wanted to say that the gong bath people are lovely and I think they deserve their spot in the Healing Field. I've had a couple of gong baths (not at Glastonbury, at other festivals they work), and they haven't made specific claims to me about the it's 'healing' properties, but I do find it generally relaxing, releasing, maybe cleansing, I dunno. Whether you can compare different 'healing' therapies, and should only value those that require years of training/people who are at the top of their game, possibly there is an argument for that (but I feel 'fit' has got quite a lot to do with it). Doing Gong baths still seems a skilled thing to me, and there may be a lot of theory or years of training behind it, I've no idea, and it doesn't bother me either way. Im sure it is a case of who you know with getting pitches at festivals especially in these sort of areas, but that's how things evolve, and is down to organisers sticking with what they know has worked before. Maybe things should be less tied up, and space made for a proportion of new people each year. But I find gong baths as valid as anything else, it's just horses for courses :peace:

If push comes to shove I'd say that I'm happy that the Glastonbury festival has gong baths. It maintains a level of lunacy which I'm quite fond of. Out of interest, how much does it cost for a gong bath? I'd say that if I was going for one then it would be towards the end of the festival when I could possibly 'connect' with such a process.

[gladys]

£25 for half an hour I think it was, which seemed to be the going rate for other things too like reiki or shiatsu. Yeah, I agree with you, I like that there are these weird and wonderful, slightly wacky things there, all part of the experience

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

£25 for half an hour I think it was, which seemed to be the going rate for other things too like reiki or shiatsu. Yeah, I agree with you, I like that there are these weird and wonderful, slightly wacky things there, all part of the experience

Thanks for the price information gladys.

I bet that if one were frightfully drug addled a gong bath might just be the ticket. I've certainly spent £25+ on even more dubious things in the past!

[DeanoL]

But I find gong baths as valid as anything else, it's just horses for courses :peace:

Yup, herbalism is equally barmy. No problem with any of them being there but it does crack me up when they start calling each other quacks.

“You know what they call alternative medicine that's been proved to work? - Medicine.” - Tim Minchin

[FUGLYfloflo]

I need a serious bone crunching treatment to help me carry on at Glastonbury... when ever I get there I seem to have a long wait . Can anyone do me an appointment with a price and I will be there.  

 

Karen