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Beshara School at Chisholme House
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August 2011. A seven day course of enquiry into our potential as human beings, and an exploration of our relationship to nature, to other people, and to reality as a whole. Foundations of natural intelligence |
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Zaki Arain talks about his experience of the six-month intensive course at the Beshara School on the final day March 24th 2010 My experience of the six month course |
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Master yurt maker Hal Wynne Jones heads a team of volunteers and students of the Beshara School in the Scottish Borders in an attempt to make a 16 foot yurt in 3 days...
Building a yurt |
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Andrew Thorne talks about his experience of his 9-day course at the Beshara School in Scotland, June 2009.
See the interview |
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"A change in the era" – Peter Young speaks to students on the Beshara School visit to Turkey in December 2010 in the setting of the Temple of Apollo at Didyma. A change in the era |
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Colin Tudge speaks at the Self Knowledge Global Responsibility Symposium on Future Food, at the Beshara School Chisholme House, Scottish Borders. 29th May 2011. Future Food - Part I |
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This underground retreat cell, a dome on four arches, was begun in 1995 and completed 11 years later. Built by the School's students and volunteers and funded entirely by donations. Building the Retreat |
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Building a brick dome in the traditional way, with a length of string and casting plaster. A master class by craftsman Selim Sleeman at Chisholme House in the Scottish Borders. Building the dome of the Retreat |
Interviews with students
Students talk about their experience of the six-month intensive course at the Beshara School on the final day, March 24th 2010.
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Zaki Arain |  |
Meutia Hanoum | |
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Joseph Robertson | |
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Jonathan MacDonald |  |
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Susan Birch |  |
Kai Peacock |
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Becky Telford talks about her experience of her 9-day course at the Beshara School in Scotland, June 2009. See the interview |
Other videos connected with Chisholme
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Peter Young talks about the new buildings which will enable the Beshara School to expand the courses offered. Building for the Future |
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After prolonged heavy snow in January 2010 at the Beshara School in the Scottish Borders, work on the estate comes to a standstill. While care of the livestock and essential maintenance continues, beauty dominates the landscape. January snow |
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Six-month Course students at work in the woods with Estate Manager, Ben Young, felling a dead elm. To avoid damaging new growth below and for safety, Ben first takes out the crown before felling the stem. Felling an elm |
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Peter Murphy in a live performance of Your Face at the 2009 self knowledge and global responsibility symposium. Recorded at The Beshara School Chisholme House. Your Face, Peter Murphy |
For video clips of past symposiua at Chisholme, go here
