SELF LOVE WORKSHOP | Silecroft Beach
with Joy Louise Photography.
WE ARE GREAT. YOU ARE GREAT. I AM GREAT.
An intimate Self Love workshop at Silecroft Beach on the gorgeous Cumbrian coastline.
SELF LOVE WORKSHOP GOALS
The goal of the day was to bring together beautiful souls that wanted to give themselves a little self love.
Hopefully leading to each person walking away with a little more self love or just a time to celebrate where they currently are in their self love journey. Plus, some new lovely, supportive friends!
And here is what happened on the day of the Self Love Workshop.
HOW THE DAY BEGAN
Despite having lovely sunny weather in the run up to the workshop, the weather turned and became a gorgeously moody landscape on the beach. Lots of mist with a little bit of fine rain.
Luckily everyone was well prepared for the weather, and everyone embraced the wildness of the beach. But, I had also set up a little gazebo for a bit of shelter for the inbetween moments.
Once everyone arrived, we started with mini-introductions, expectations & rundown of the day plus some humming exercises.
The humming exercises were a great way to help everyone feel connected to themselves and each other before the photo party began.
I also delivered a little pep talk, which ended up establishing the slogan for the day,
“just think I AM GREAT”.
PHOTO PARTY TIME
WE ARE GREAT
As this workshop was as much about a shared experience as an individual one, I started with group photographs to bring everyone together and make everyone feel like that had been friends forever! Instead of only meeting for the first time 20 minutes ago.
Running through different prompts, the gorgeous woman quickly became comfortable with each other and really embraced the shared experience.
YOU ARE GREAT.
Then I guided everyone through different prompts & poses that included the whole group but highlighting an individual.
And we cheered each other on.
For the final part of the section, everyone stood behind me then the person to my left would run in front of me for a prompt, and then run out to the right. So it essentially became a tag in and out circle of fun while singing songs and helping each other feel great.
Then it was time for a little break and prep for individual portraits!
I AM GREAT.
I wanted to give everyone their own special moment in front of the camera, so everyone had a super short individual portrait session. Their own time to celebrate themselves away from the rest of the group.
To begin each mini session, I checked in to see what kind of approach they wanted to take to their portraits. Some chose fluid with a lot of movement, some wanted a more slow paced approach to posing, and some chose to embrace a bit of both!
Even though these were super-fast mini sessions, it was super important to me that each individual session reflected the persons personality as it would be with any portrait session I do.
WIND DOWN WITH WELLNESS.
To end the Self Love workshop, I decided that it would be best if we swapped location. So we all headed to where I was staying for the weekend to get warmed up and dry!
Self Love goodie bags were then handed out.
CBT Therapist Kate took lead on this section, prompting everyone to write down intentions and guiding a muscle relaxation exercise.
Then it was time for a chill, some coffee and Prosecco!
SELF LOVE AMAZINGNESS
The day was truly everything and more from what I had hoped it would be.
That is very much down to all the lovely participants of my Self Love workshop.
Embracing the process, each other and most importantly themselves.
Special thanks to Amelia for helping out on the day and the lead up to the workshop.
Plus, extra special thanks to CBT Therapist Kate for her contribution and ongoing support for my business and projects.
Currently I’m in the process of planning two more Self Love workshops, if you want to come to the next one sign up and be the first to hear when it drops!
OR book in for your very own Self Love Portrait
Packages start from £115.
Learn more about my Self Love Sessions here.
