Lex is an artist, designer, permaculture educator, creative facilitator and yoga teacher. They facilitate and design land projects, theatre, courses and retreats throughout the UK and internationally. They have 30 years of Professional practice in the arts which allows them to bring a unique flair to all they offer.

Their work is based on connection and interconnection of self, community and the earth. Being deeply passionate about inclusivity and diversity, their practice promotes regeneration and connection with an aim to support all lives to truly grow with vitality and vigour.

Their professional background and experience is in 3D design, Theatre of the Oppressed, street theatre, circus, mime, mask, puppetry, Sign Language, music, yoga, evolutionary movement, trauma release, meditation, Deep Ecology, Permaculture, Forest Gardening and nature connection.

They bring fun, freshness, creativity, depth, sensitivity, embodiment and an innate sense of play to groups and individuals. They enjoy working in a range of places including farms, gardens, arts centres, businesses, hospitals, schools and retreat centres.

Their present work includes: A Tiny Drop of Magic – a touring show /workshops about bio diversity and belonging; Permaculture design teacher for Brighton Permaculture Trust (https://brightonpermaculture.org.uk/) and in Ireland with Scéalta Beo Permaculture (https://scealtabeopermaculture.blogspot.com); Head gardener; Community Garden creator and Artist in Residence for Fort Road Community Garden, Newhaven; CEO of Fionnlocha Wild Nature Sanctuary (www.fionnlocha.com) and the creator of the Remembrance Corridors project along the River Shannon, Ireland.

Past work includes working with the ONCA network (https://onca.org.uk/), Movingsounds (movingsounds.org) and ReBoot the Roots (https://www.facebook.com/rebootroots/). They also worked regularly with the EcoDharma project in Spain www.ecodharma.com. In 2016, they co-facilitated at EcoDharma on the Theatre of the Oppressed training and co-designed and facilitated the ’Creating Resilience’ course at Eroles (https://eroles project.org) a partner project of EcoDharma, for refugees and people working in refugee camps. They co-facilitating a 9 day workshop at EcoDharma for TGEU -Transgender Europe ( tgeu.org) entitled ‘Sustaining Resistance and Wellbeing’.

After training with Jon Young – 8shields.com and Looby McNamara loobymacnamara.com, in 2016 along with an international team of facilitators, They  dedicated time to run Cultural Emergence training workshops internationally.

They are Anglo-Irish and grew up in Yorkshire, UK and on the family farm in County Offaly, Ireland. They have a deep connection with nature and draw on the freedom of childhood days climbing trees and running around on the farm. This spirit shines through in all that they share in life and working practice.