Golden Bay WEVE - Sharing Event this Sunday

WEVE (Worldwide Equivalent Value Exchange) is local group dedicated to creating and supporting alternative economies. 
We will be hosting a day long event this coming Sunday in honor of sharing the gifts and resources that are within our community. Starting at 11:30am with a shared potluck meal, the afternoon will continue with three workshops; a massage workshop at1pm, a storytelling event at 2:15, and at 3:30 Jen will be leading a Theater of Liberation workshop. 
There will also be a kids room, a seed swap table, and more information on alternative economies and local currencies. 
The event will take place at the Community Center and all proceeds will be donated to the Community Workers and the incredible services that they provide. 
Hope to see lots of you there!

Clowns in Golden Bay!!

Awesome turnout! 13 clowns showed up today to play with attention and confusion, feeling the miracle of our own beings, saying yes and no, and playing with absurdity. So looking forward to the coming weeks of play and ridiculousness!!

Fools and Revellers in the Ridiculous... it's on!!

The Red Nose Playshop!!

Not what you might imagine, there are no balloon animals or oversized shoes.
This is a journey of self.
What happens when we throw our ego out of the door and learn to play with what's left? 

When we take off the masks that we think hide our true selves, and instead encourage our uniquenesses out to play in the full light of the sun, goofy, awkward or socially inept? 

This is a game where we explore and play with the naivete of a child and the rigor of an adult, where we see what's been laying in full sight all along, and play with it, find joy in it, laugh at it, with it, transforming fragility, imperfections, wounds and contradictions into comic poetry and personal power. 

And give it all as a gift to those around us.
Nervous? No need to be. 

We will play games, talk nonsense, move our bodies, pay attention, and fall in love with ourselves in ways we never knew.

This will be a 4 week journey of play and discovery, starting Monday, July 17th, 5:30-7pm at the Golden Bay Community Center. 40$ for 4 sessions, no one turned away for lack of funds. Please let me know if you want to join in!!

Don't take yourself so seriously.

For those interested in continuing, I'll be facilitating a four week followup course Birthing Your Clown, in which you get to discover your unique clown, including walks, voice, power dynamics, and playing with props and costumes. 

Thank you Liberators!

Thank you so much for joining us on a fabulous adventure.  It was inspiring to hear all of your reflections at the end of the day and continuing throughout the week!  Keep playing. Keep loving.  Keep striving towards justice.

Theater of Liberation to Warm your Body and Spirit!

Autumnal Theater of Liberation was such a resounding success with so much positive feedback that we're heading into round two: Theater of Liberation to Warm your Body and Spirit!

If you've never experienced it before, this is Not theater as you may know it.

Based on the work of Augusto Boal with a fair dose of clowning thrown in, we will play games to get your head thinking in new ways and encourage your instinctive, playful, creative spirits out to play.

Everything is Challenge by Choice.

Let's see what happens when our community comes together to Create and Play, Reflect and Act!

Monday, June 5th, 2-5pm at the Golden Bay Community Center, 88 Commercial St. in Takaka.  It's a Public Holiday.  Koha appreciated.  All ages welcome, but please be responsible for your younger ones as we will not have specified childcare.

Aerial Silks in Golden Bay!!

Hooray!  
I've found a spot with three gorgeous silks hanging, so Beginner's Aerial Silks in On!!
Starting on Wednesday, May 3rd, classes will be at 1:30, 3:30, and 5.  
Limited to 6 people per class so please message me to reserve your spot. 
We'll work on conditioning, strength, balance, body awareness, and technique.
All body types, fitness levels welcome and encouraged.  Let's get strong!!

Are you feeling Liberated?

Thanks all you movers and game-players, willing in your curiosity and big in your hearts.

Thanks for using your time and energy to come together to be in your bodies, to create connections, to act foolish and wise (sometimes a fine line), to laugh and be thoughtful and feel.

Thank you for sharing your creativity with all of us, for giving us a glimpse of what we can create when we come together, Work together, Play together!