Subtle Energies of The Land
Level 1: Restoring Balance
New Dates: 12 – 16 January 2026 & 5 – 9 October 2026
With Patrick MacManaway and Bríd Walsh
Hosted by Rachel Fleming
Course Structure & Fees
A Residential Programme
Location
Canonteign Manor, Devon
Canonteign Manor, Christow, Exeter, Devon, EX6 7NS
Dates
(We have extended Level 1 to a 4 day training by popular request)
Arrive: 6pm 5th October 2025
Depart: 4pm 9th October 2025
New Dates for 2026
12 – 16 January 2026 – Book now for Early bird price £680
5 – 9 October 2026 – Book now for Early bird price £680
Fees
£725 – includes food, accommodation & teaching
If you are not able to attend for financial reasons we offer a limited number of places at a lower-cost price for those people who are committed to this work and would otherwise not be able to attend. These places are by application only, please fill in the application form here.
An Invitation
Subtle Energies & Intelligence
In an animate world, subtle energies and intelligence surround us, natural energy fields that affect the health and behaviour of soils, plants, animals, people, the water and the land itself. Working with these forces, flows and cycles of nature, using diving and dowsing, would have come more easily, perhaps, to our forebears, who were reliant on maintaining a balanced and harmonious relationship with the land for their survival, but they can be recovered.
This is a training for those who work with the land in any capacity, for those who would like to explore and begin to use the art, the science of working with the land in this subtle capacity. There is much evidence to show that working in this way, with the land, with crops, animals, water-courses, trees and the communities, human and otherwise that live upon it, leads to greater balance, harmony and productivity for all.
The objectives of our time together are to:
- understand subtle energy principles
- understand how to use intuition, kinesiology and simple telepathy to access information and guidance
- understand the power of connection with the intelligence of nature at work in your landscape
- participate with and co-creatively influence the fundamental processes of nature
- understand the power of intent and attitude in influencing the success of our relationships and our work with the land
- understand the impact of energy imbalances, and learn techniques to correct these and restore health
Dowsing Rods & Divination Tools
After this introduction our intention is that you return home with your dowsing rods and empowered to participate and co-creatively influence core life processes impacting soils, plant growth, animal health, human community and economics for the land that you steward or live within; that you experience a deep sense of ease and belonging in your landscape. That you understand the power of being energetically in balance and be empowered to seek this state for yourself, your land and your communities.
This Level 1 course leads to a further Level 2 for those seeking to deepen their experience and skills. On completion of this level you will be part of an ongoing community of practitioner with access to ‘Graduate Circle’ events where peer to peer learning and sharing allow us all to deepen and extend our skills collectively.
Your Guides
The lead guides of this apprenticeship are Dr Patrick MacManaway and Brid Walsh.
Dr Patrick MacManaway
Patrick, otherwise known as ‘The Land Whisperer’ is a third generation practitioner of psychic and healing arts, working with farmers, land stewards, individuals and organisations all over the world. His intention is to bring grace and restore balance in natural systems, improving productivity and harmonious relationship between humans and places. He is a past president of the British Society of Dowsers, holds a degree in Medicine from Edinburgh University in his native Scotland and has taken apprenticeships in both Western and Eastern approaches to traditional Geomancy and working with landscape energy.
Bríd Walsh
Bríd Walsh grew up in rural Ireland, in West Cork in the South Western part of Ireland. She was immersed in traditions of language, culture and deep connections to land and environment – listening to the rhythms of the land. She is the third generation in her family to carry close communication with land and trees.
Bríd has worked to remove blockages to the flow of energy in land, property and also when working with individuals – on their personal journey. Her connections have supported the removal of trauma from landscapes and also using this supportive dialogue with nature forms part of decision making when it comes to next steps for properties/land.
Rachel Fleming
Rachel Fleming has worked with animist education for many years, designing and delivering educational programmes for Schumacher College, University of Wales Trinity St Davids and Embercombe, with a focus on the meeting place between human, spirit and nature, between ‘ecology’ and ‘spirituality’. She is co-founder and curator of the Contemporary Animism programmes and loves to convene conversations that explore the deepest depths of why we are here, the ways we find belonging to the world and how to be in service to soul. She is committed to scholarship, word magic, creative imagination and the medicine of circles.