the Voices of Sacred Earth afterglow...

Voices of Sacred Earth is such a powerful gathering that serves to uplift indigenous voices and get us more connected to ourselves, each other, and the land.  What an honor to get to share my love of movement there!
Thank you to all of the curious, joyful, and playful acroyogis that came together to explore and laugh and get into their creative aliveness with me!

I'm also working on organizing a day long or weekend Acroyoga workshop up in Auckland, so be in touch if you and your playful friends are keen!!
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Body Art 2019/2020: Festival and Market Pictures

I get so focused and in the groove, I totally forget about photos!

Here's a few that I did manage to capture.

Enjoy and see you all in the spring and summer!!

AcroYoga - Montreal style!

Kia ora community.
I am buzzing, having just come back from Evolve festival which was so much down-home yummy fun, silk climbing, acroyoga twisting, barefoot stomping, sun lounging, glitter bombs, and even hot showers to boot!  Thank you Evolve!

The best though, for me, was teaching Acroyoga.  Fourteen eager and joyful souls came to play with me.  All different body shapes and abilities.  We played with form and creativity, letting curiosity and joy be our guide.  Two straight hours and even with the music pumping just around the corner and 8 other workshops spaces happening, no one wanted to leave!  I'm so thankful for Acroyoga Montreal for reminding why I love this practice, giving me new tools and techniques to share, and helping reignite my passion around Acroyoga play!!  The best part is, as well, that every body can play.  It's not about doing the fanciest tricks, but about finding how two bodies meet, and what can emerge from that meeting with curiosity, joy, clear communication, trust building, and listening.

I've got another set of Acroyoga workshops coming up in Auckland at the ever amazing Voices of Sacred Earth.  Come join us!  It's an incredibly sweet weekend with lots of gratitude and play, swimming and sweat lodge, boogieing and heart-soul-earth connection practice.

And yet still I want more!! If you'd like to have me come bring Acroyoga to your school, yoga studio, organization, workplace, please be in touch.  I'm happy to work with your budget/needs/desires/populations. Let's see what we can make happen!

Here's a couple of pics but just from the warm ups.  After that we all got caught in the inspiration vortex!!

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Festival Season is Upon Us

We are so excited that the sun is back, the days are long, and the rivers are plentiful.

This summer season will find us sharing our skills and passions at festivals all over Aotearoa.

After an incredible month in Montreal diving deep into the pedagogy and practice of AcroYoga with the mesmerizing and awe-inspiring AcroYoga Montreal crew, Jen will be focusing the next few months on sharing her movement inspiration.  

To start things off, over five fabulous days of camping and playtime over New Years 2020, Jen will be teaching workshops at the Mix festival, one for beginners, and one for finding your creative flow.  Come discover new ways to twist and push and balance and play!

More AcroYoga soon after, at Nelson's infamous Evolve festival, January 24th-26th

And then she'll be heading up the north island to one of her favorite community festivals, Voices of Sacred Earth at Kawaipurapura Retreat Center

And to top it all off, Andy will be leading a Contact Improv Workshop: Exploring Place and Inanimate Partnership, at the Conscious Dance Aotearoa gathering, here in Motueka.

So much movement! So much goodness.

See you all there!!

 

Body Art: A whirlwind of Face painting and Henna in Festival Season!

So much goodness coming up!

I'll be facepainting and doing henna at a whole slew of fabulous markets and events this season.  Starting things out at the Ngatimoti festival and the Day of the Dead in Nelson, I'll also be at the Stoke School Market and Truck Show, The Great Christmas Market in Nelson, the Mistletoe Market in Blenheim, Uniquely Nelson, the Sarau Festival, the Lantern Celebration, and even stepping in at the Original Gypsy Fair in Richmond and Greymouth. Whew!

Hope to see you all there!!

AcroYoga Montreal Teacher Training was everything and more

One month, six days a week, 10 hours a day.

Acroyoga, yoga, creative inquiry, trauma, break dancing, the Work that Reconnects, Anatomy, trauma-informed teaching, oppression theory, core blast, and handstand haven.

It was exhausting and fulfilling in every sense of the word.

And I am now a part of an incredible community of Acroyoga Montreal teachers around the world.

Thank you Eugene Poku and Jessie Goldberg for rocking my world and spreading the love.
https://acroyoga.com/

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