Announcing our attendance at a new event, Creatures of the Night Music and Arts Festival in Adams TN (near Nashville TN), Oct 9-11.
Workshop Schedule and Full Descriptions
Creatures of the Night Festival 2015
Hello Tribe.
IllumIKnation Station Grassroots Education welcomes each of you to join your brothers and sisters in learning about subjects that you care about! We are very excited to provide return to Creatures of the Night Festival to host educational workshops. This is our 1st time in Tennessee, where IllumIKnation Station Grassroots Education is excited to share education!
Workshops will be located at the IllumIKnation Station workshop dome. Look for workshops in 3 distinct spaces, all located together, as marked on your event map!
We are a grassroots group that travels around to music festivals and other events promoting education, exploration, community, and making a difference in the world. Our presenters are volunteers like YOU who want to share their knowledge, and our topics are as varied as your interests! Come join in learning and sharing with your festi-family by visiting online at www.IKSdome.com, on Facebook, or by email at [email protected],
Come get your learning on!
Workshop Schedule and Full Descriptions can be found below.
FRIDAY WORKSHOPS WITH IKS AND CREATURES OF THE NIGHT FEST
IKS Healing Dome
Up cycling: A Plarn Festival Kit
10am-11am; w/ Kathy Shipman
How to Wrap Hair
11am-Noon; w/ Ashley Harris
Fermentation 101
Noon-1pm; w Landon Gennenten
How to Make a Paper Bag Mushroom
1pm-2pm; w Chris Peters
Growing a Medicinal Herb Garden
2pm-3pm; w Ashley Bunton
Balancing the Heart: The Dynamics of Love and Fear
3pm-4pm; w Maurice Legendre
Psychedelic Philosophy 101
4pm-5pm; w Angelo Vignaroli
Perennial Vegetables and Food Forests
5pm-6pm; w Haroun Moffatt
Movement Dome
Joyful Meditation
10am-11am; w Frank Tennyson
Eclectic Yoga
11am-Noon; w Kelsey Fishman
Qigong
Noon-1pm; w Benji
Rythmm Stick Flow: Devil and Flower Sticks
1pm-2pm; w Michael Farmer
Acro Yoga Roots for Beginners
2pm-3pm; w Dakini Circus
Vinyasa Yoga
3pm-4pm; w Kelsey Fishman
Beginner Drumming: Drum Circle Basics
4pm-5pm; w Michael Farmer
Flow Arts & Freewriting Workshop (Therapy for PTSD and more)
4pm-5:30pm w Amber Stigers
Rorschach, Gestalt and Group Conversation and Painting w Eric Wattinne
5pm-6pm; w Eric Wattinne
Flow Zone
Reels and Wheels a Intro to staff
10am-11am; w Jake Wetzel
Intro to Juggling
11am-Noon; w Jeffery Goodvibes
How to Train Your Dragon
Noon-1pm; w Elijah Baker
Poi: Blossoming Flowers
1pm-2pm w Robert Hefferon
Inside Your Circle
2pm-3pm; w Natalie Druce
Intro to Ariel Silks
3pm-4pm; w Alicia Dawn
Intro to Double Staff
4pm-5pm; w Jake Wetzel
Intro to Ariel Lyra
5pm-6pm; w Alicia Dawn
SATURDAY WORKSHOPS
WITH IKS AND CREATURES OF THE NIGHT FEST
IKS Healing Dome
Joyful Meditation
8am-9am; w Frank Tennyson
Golden Hue Light Recalibration
9am-10am
Chakra Meditation: Entering Expression with Color Theory
10am-11am; w Ariel Esterline
Sacred Egrogeny
11am-Noon; w Terry and Patricia Kok
Divination: Casting Runes and Reading Palms
Noon-1pm; w Kathy Shipman
Intro to Reiki Energy
1pm-2pm; w Chrissy Thorndil
Permaculture 101
2pm-3pm; w Terry and Patricia Kok
Permaculture Life Hacks
3pm-4pm; w JD Burnette
I Choose a Life I Love Living
4pm-5pm; w Maurice Legendre
Making Orgone
5pm-6pm; w Meg
LATE NIGHT WORKSHOP!!
Abstract Sound Therapy w/ Levitation Jones & Wink
2:30am-3:30am w/ Levitation Jones & Wink
Movement Dome
Dream Psychology and Writing
10am-11am; Ashley Bunton
Deep Stretch Yoga
11am-Noon; w Kelsey Fishman
Spiritual Beat Boxing
Noon-1pm; w Sirius Colors
Qigong
1pm-2pm; w Shanti
Acro Yoga Branches: Intermediate
2pm-3pm; w Dakini Circus
Painting with Light
3pm-4:30pm; w Amanda Sage
Introduction to Contact Improvisation
4:30-5:30; w Diane Ault
Partner Massage
5:30-6:30; w Dakini Circus
Flow Zone
Intro to Contact Staff
10am-11am; w Alex
Intro to Rope Dart J
11am-Noon; w Jake Wetzel
Intro to Mini Hoops
Noon-1pm; w Casey Houle
Let Go of Your Prop
1pm-2pm; w Casey Houle
Continuous Folded Hooping
2pm-3pm; w Mike Hayataka
Contact Poi Fundamentals
3pm-4pm; w Bryan Finger
Chest Rolls
4pm-5pm; w Mike Hayataka
Intro to Fire Eating
5pm-6pm; w Meghan McCutcheon
SUNDAY WORKSHOPS
WITH IKS AND CREATURES OF THE NIGHT FEST
IKS Healing Dome
Sound Healing
8am-9am; w Massood
Guided Past Life Meditation
9am-10am; w Terry and Patricia Kok
Story telling
10am-11am; w Diane Ault
The History of Expanded Consciousness in the West
11am-Noon; w Chris Peters
Defense Against the Manipulative Arts
Noon-1pm; w Angelo Vignaroli
The Physics of Sound and Vibration
1pm-2pm; w Sirius Colors
Tropical and Exotic Fruits
2pm-3pm; w Haroun Moffatt
Permaculture Teckhacks: Appropriate technologies and accessing land
3pm-4pm; w JD Burnette
Benefits of Vegetarian and Vegan Diet
4pm-5pm; w Ashley Harris.
A Spray Through Space
5pm-6pm; w Mickey Masters
Movement Dome
Joyful Meditation
10am-11am; w Frank Tennyson
Heart Opening Flow Yoga
11am-Noon; w Kelsey Fishman
Qigong
Noon-1pm; w Shanti
Ashatonga Yoga
1pm-2pm; w Benji
Intermediate Contact Improvisation
2pm-3pm; w Diane Ault
Acro Yoga Body Mandalas
3pm-4pm; w Dakini Circus
Vedic Thai Massage
4pm-5pm; w Chrissy Thorndil
Kaleidoscope Yoga
5pm-6pm; w Benji
Flow Zone
Intro to Flow and Tech
10am-11am; w Casey Houle
Intermediate Contact Staff
11am-Noon; w Alex
Have Fun With Your Flow
Noon-1pm; w Casey Houle
Poi: Negative Space Transitions
1pm-2pm; w Bryan Finger
2 Hoops 1 Hand 4 Hoops 2 Arms
2pm-3pm; w Mike Hayataka
Intermediate Ariel Silks
3pm-4pm; w Alicia Dawn
Jump Throughs and Tosses
4pm-5pm w Mike Hayataka
Intermediate Ariel Lyra
5pm-6pm; w Alicia Dawn
FRIDAY WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
WITH IKS AND CREATURES OF THE NIGHT FEST
IKS Healing Dome -Friday
Up cycling: A Plarn Festival Kit
10am-11am; w/ Kathy Shipman
Upcycling is reusing things often considered trash to create new and useful things. In this workshop, learn about how to recycle plastic bags into plarn, or plastic yarn. Learn about the process of creating bags and other items from this up-cycled plastic!
How to Wrap Hair
11am-Noon; w/ Ashley Harris
I like big hair buns, and I cannot lie! Learn to create hair wraps of various colors and patterns using string and hemp cords. Come to have your hair wrapped or to wrap someone else’s hair. If you’re feeling ambitious, you might even try doing both!
Fermentation 101
Noon-1pm; w Landon Gennenten
For thousands of years humans have enjoyed the benefits of fermentation. This process is used in nearly every culture to brew drinks, prepare dishes, and preserve foods. Come learn about all things fermentation with discussion of on wild bacteria, yeast, and the overall process. It’s magic! Discussion will includes fermentation of Kimchi, Kombucha, pickles, pickled beets, jalapenos, yogurt, and more. Our presenter is an avid homebrewer and will also touch on fermentation of beer and wine!
How to Make a Paper Bag Mushroom
1pm-2pm; w Chris Peters
Who doesn’t love to see mushrooms sprouting up, beautifying the area? Well you can be the one who brings the toadstool love. In this craft-shop, you can make your own mushrooms with paper bags and paint. Create them in various sizes and colors. Then, enjoy placing them whimsically around the park on wooden stakes. Make a mushroom pop up where YOU want to see one!
Growing a Medicinal Herb Garden
2pm-3pm; w Ashley Bunton
Our experienced presenter will share tricks of the trade learned over a decade of gardening, imparting the basics of planning and implementing a medicinal herb garden. Home-grown herbs are known to possess numerous salubrious qualities and may assist in the body’s natural regenerative processes.
Balancing the Heart: The Dynamics of Love and Fear
3pm-4pm; w Maurice Legendre
This Levity Worthshop is an exploration of the dynamics of love and fear without a judgmental overlay. By looking at humans as celestial beings with the energetic properties of planets, galaxies, apples and so much more. We see a pattern forming that puts a new perspective on the Chakra energy system. Instead of a vertical alignment of energy centers, a two-source energy system presents itself. By developing non-judgment we can look at love and fear as bright and deep energy sources and open up these two energy channels. Exercises in this Worthshop will help participants to integrate these seemingly opposite emotions and connect to the universal energy within both Love and Fear. (Text Credit to Konnection Campout)
Psychedelic Philosophy 101
4pm-5pm; w Angelo Vignaroli
The Pyschedelic Philosophy will examine some of the common themes of thought inspiried by psychedelics, giving consideration to the validity of positions held. An experienced psychonaught, our presenter will address the deeper questions of life: what is its very nature? Why do we even exist? as well as looking at the darker side of potential non-existent realities. Perhaps you have asked such questions, but shied away from the answers the mind reaches toward.
Perennial Vegetables and Food Forests
5pm-6pm; w Haroun Moffatt
This workshop will be presented by a curator and botanist of the Sarasota Succulent Society, a botanical garden in Sarasota, Florida; it will include an introduction of the concept of agroforestry, i.e. combining agricultural and forestry techniques to create more productive, healthy, and sustainable land-systems, as well as an attempt to persuade the audience and the public at large of the need for an agricultural revolution in modern society.
Movement Dome -Friday
Joyful Meditation
10am-11am; w Frank Tennyson
Let us open the gathering with a loving community meditation. Learn the 6 basic goals of meditation: bliss, oneness, love, peace, emptiness, and being. It is not enough to talk about love and peace and the other goals of Meditation. Through the various techniques that I use people are able to attain some or all of these “altered,” but actually normal states of consciousness and physical rejuvenation.
Eclectic Yoga
11am-Noon; w Kelsey Fishman
This mixed yoga will include aspects of many different types of yoga seamlessly blended for your pleasure. With 19 years of experience as a dancer, this workshop’s instructor is enamored of the power of human expression through movement, making her the ideal candidate to teach Yoga. Her personal practice and teaching experiences include Acro Yoga, Liquid Flow yoga, Bikram yoga, and Hot yoga. Thus strengthened in mind, body and spirit, she is excited to share this knowledge and power with all of you. Join us on a therapeutic journey toward radical self-acceptance.
Qigong
Noon-1pm; w Benji
Qigong is a practice of aligning body, breath and mind for health and meditation. An ancient healing art of discovering our whole self (physical, mental, emotional and spiritual), Qigong utilizes slow movements and a focused mind to transform resident blocks of energy to restore our bodies and return us to balance with nature.
Rythmm Stick Flow: Devil and Flower Sticks
1pm-2pm; w Michael Farmer
Devil and Flower Sticks – Come join the fun of rythmn sticks. Also known as Devil and Flower sticks, this form of object manipulation is a flow art utilizing 2 hand-sticks to juggle and balance a baton. Come learn the basics with our practice sticks, or bring your own to learn some tricks! You can learn to play with simple spins, tosses, and more. Our experienced presenter has been working with these flow tools for over 15 years.
Acro Yoga Roots for Beginners
2pm-3pm; w Dakini Circus
Acrobalance is a therapeutic practice that combines yoga, acrobatics, and strength training wherein one partner balances on the other. This practice requires careful communication and intentional connection with a partner. This is a beginner class that encourages students to push their boundaries as we get off the ground for the first time. Prepare to build confidence, strength, and mutual trust as both your body and mind become more flexible!(Please bring a water bottle, yoga mat or blanket. Bringing a partner is encouraged but not required)
Vinyasa Yoga
3pm-4pm; w Kelsey Fishman
Vinyasa is a form of Yoga which emphasizes coordination of breath and motion. With 19 years of experience as a dancer, this workshop’s instructor is enamored of the power of human expression through movement, making her the ideal candidate to teach Yoga. Her personal practice and teaching experiences include Acro Yoga, Liquid Flow yoga, Bikram yoga, and Hot yoga. Thus strengthened in mind, body and spirit, she is excited to share this knowledge and power with all of you. Join us on a therapeutic journey toward radical self-acceptance.
Beginner Drumming: Drum Circle Basics
4pm-5pm; w Michael Farmer
Bring your own hand drums and participate in or observe this drum circle. We’ll cover the proper way to strike common hand drums. For the benefit of the rhythmically challenged, our presenter will demonstrate the how, where and when to beat the drums. Communication in drum circles will also be discussed.
Flow Arts & Freewriting Workshop (Therapy for PTSD and more)
4pm-5:30pm w Amber Stigers
Learn the process that helped Amber, a Veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom 2014, find peace with herself- flow arts and freewriting. Fellow veterans and patrons alike are encouraged to bring their flow arts which include poi, rope dart, lotus fans, wands, staffs, and more. The program will start with a relaxation session that moves into a flow session to help participants find energetic connection with their bodies, their minds, and each other through flow skills and techniques. Then, there will be a free writing about whatever is holding you back that you would like to flow through and make peace with.Myself and assistant Alexis Henry will offer support to whom request it.
Rorschach, Gestalt and Group Conversation and Painting w Eric Wattinne
5pm-6pm; w Eric Wattinne
Come learn about the power of your mind to create meaning from nothingness, delving into discussion and inspired art. When presented with visual aids such as an image or a conglomeration of images in an abstracted composition yielding an asymmetrical/symmetrical layout one may find the concepts/ideas they conclude about what they say they may see within the Rorschach are entirely personal, while other instances shared experiences are possible as well. The Principles of Gestalt Psychology also play a role in our visual spectrum & what we may come to terms with in our past, present & future experiences when utilized in the creative processes being used.
Flow Zone -Friday
Reels and Wheels a Intro to staff
10am-11am; w Jake Wetzel
This is a beginning level class in staff dancing and manipulation. You will learn how to become more comfortable in making the staff an extension of your body. Development of style and character is the name of this game. Learn the basics of spinning, rolls, contact juggling, and more! Our presenter is a fire instructor out of Nashville TN with years of experience. Extra staffs will be provided, but feel free to bring your own.
Intro to Juggling
11am-Noon; w Jeffery Goodvibes
An accomplished juggler will present the basics of the art of juggling. While juggling has been used by athletes in countless sports to improve their hand-eye coordination, it can also be a satisfying pursuit in its own right. Feel free to bring your own balls or other appropriate props, or simply use the tools provided for this exciting and informative workshop.
How to Train Your Dragon
Noon-1pm; w Elijah Baker
Poi: Blossoming Flowers
1pm-2pm w Robert Hefferon
Come learn all about poi flower patterns. Poi can create many unique and complicated patterns. In this workshop our presenter will guide you through introductory and intermediate compound circles. Often called flowers, these spirograph-like patterns are created by making a circlue motion with the arm while the ball makes a circiular motiona around teh hand. Based on releative direction of the arm versus poi and the ratio of rotations between them, many different designs can be created. Our presenter has come from Athens GA to share his 5 years of experience.
Inside Your Circle
2pm-3pm; w Natalie Druce
Intro to Ariel Silks
3pm-4pm; w Alicia Dawn
Intro to Double Staff
4pm-5pm; w Jake Wetzel
Double staves are like many other ‘paired’ flow-props, but with subtle and nuanced differences. These tools are unique in their ability to hold lines/planes, making ‘angled’ shapes as well as curved. Double staff is a fun and exciting flow art appropriate for participants of all experience and skill levels. Our presenter is a fire instructor out of Nashville TN iwht years of experience. Extra double staffs will be provided, but feel free to bring your own.
Intro to Ariel Lyra
5pm-6pm; w Alicia Dawn
SATURDAY WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
WITH IKS AND CREATURES OF THE NIGHT FEST
IKS Healing Dome -Saturday
Joyful Meditation
8am-9am; w Frank Tennyson
Let us open the gathering with a loving community meditation. Learn the 6 basic goals of meditation: bliss, oneness, love, peace, emptiness, and being. It is not enough to talk about love and peace and the other goals of Meditation. Through the various techniques that I use people are able to attain some or all of these “altered,” but actually normal states of consciousness and physical rejuvenation.
Golden Hue Light Recalibration
9am-10am
Chakra Meditation: Entering Expression with Color Theory
10am-11am; w Ariel Esterline
This workshop will help festy goers become more aligned with themselves. Our presenter will bring about chakra awareness and how to embrace the ability to visualize in our minds all the time. Learn about the different chakras and meditate to open them. Come reconnect with your internal energy and feel comfortable with self expression.
Sacred Egrogeny
11am-Noon; w Terry and Patricia Kok
Human history shows the value long placed on the power of opposites. This workshops will discuss how oposites create balance; the hermetic unification of polarities. God and Goddess, male and female, hard and soft, active and passive, light and dark, positive and negative, self and other, this and that. Here are the twin pillars of the gateway into the sacred temple. In the center is the union, the middle pillar of the Tree of Life. This workshop is about bringing our halves together into a single working whole. Presented by AEON (Ancient Exchanges Of Nature), the outreach aspect of Faerie Hill ecovillage.
Divination: Casting Runes and Reading Palms
Noon-1pm; w Kathy Shipman
This is a multi-faceted workshop comprising both an introduction to rune stones and their usage from Viking to modern times, as well as an examination of palmistry. Learn to make your own rune stones from bakeable clay and fluorescent paints; then learn the basics of casting before delving into the intracicies of palm reading.
Intro to Reiki Energy
1pm-2pm; w Chrissy Thorndil
In this Introduction to Reiki, you will receive an energetic Attunement to help open your system to receive energy. You?ll also learn the simple basics you need to get started giving relaxing Reiki to yourself and others right away. You may wish to bring a chair, cushion, or blanket to sit on. You?ll also have the chance to stay and practice with your classmates if you want. Expect to leave feeling relaxed and refreshed! (Text Credit to Konnection Campout)
Permaculture 101
2pm-3pm; w Terry and Patricia Kok
Come lease about establishing Sustainable Sanctuaries from AEON (Ancient Exchanges Of Nature), the outreach aspect of Faerie Hill ecovillage. This sustainable educational and experimental community includes sustainable housing, wind/solar power, organic gardens, and more! Discussion will include permaculture and edible landscapes, cooperative lifestyles, self-sufficient ecovillages, alternative building techniques and materials, composting and grey water recovery systems, home and community solar and wind power, co-creating communities and land trusts.
Permaculture Life Hacks
3pm-4pm; w JD Burnette
Together, we will discuss with some of the questions and tools that aid in applying a holistic designs to your life. Permaculture will step in as a practice to provide us with an ethical foundation and a prime directive, assisting in changing the way we think and apply our collective energies as we attempt to flow with and harmonize with the greater patterns of life. Thus, this will give some meaning to ?zones? and their application beyond land in our daily lives.w (Text Credit to Konnection Campout)
I Choose a Life I Love Living
4pm-5pm; w Maurice Legendre
Raised in community, Maurice Legendre has been immersed in the complex emotional dynamics of group human interaction since he was a child. This experience helped him to realize that happiness comes from self-awareness and expression not universal truth. Yet at the same time he was overwhelmed by the dysfunction and persistence of fear, judgment and violence in the world. This lead Maurice to be personally fascinated with the process of how to create a peaceful heart and vibrant human culture and he has been writing on the subject for over 10 years. His first book; I Choose A Life I Love Living, is an introduction to happy and healthy living through self-awareness. With a passion to help humanity create a joyful and sustainable culture, Mauricehopes to inspire people to let go of judgment as they explore their own unique human experience. (Text Credit to Konnection Campout)
Making Orgone
5pm-6pm; w Meg
In the early 1900s, Dr. Reich discovered that a Geiger counter could measure the energy fields surrounding everything. He called the energy orgone but it is also known as: life energy, chi, torsion fields, or zero-point energy. He also developed Orgonite, a type of composite material capable of attracting this energy. Come learn about orgonite, how to manipulate energy with it, and what you can do with that energy.
LATE NIGHT WORKSHOP!!
Abstract Sound Therapy w/ Levitation Jones & Wink
2:30am-3:30am w/ Levitation Jones & Wink
Movement Dome –Saturday
Dream Psychology and Writing
10am-11am; Ashley Bunton
We’ve all felt the power of our dreams and wondered as to their meanings. Much information exists about intrepeting our dreams, hinging around the psychological profile of the dreamer. In this workshop you’ll enjoy a basic overview of dream psychology and learn about the main principles of dream psychology. Come unlock the significance of your own dreams, and their relation to your life. A group discussion will be followed with a writing exercise about dreams.
Deep Stretch Yoga
11am-Noon; w Kelsey Fishman
Bring your awareness and intention toward achieving self restoration and balance. Deep stretch yoga will focus on stretching our your joints and muscles in the most thorough way. Enjoy stances both common and esoteric while stretching all of the most commonly tight muscles. With 19 years of experience as a dancer, this workshop’s instructor is enamored of the power of human expression through movement, making her the ideal candidate to teach Yoga. Her personal practice and teaching experiences include Acro Yoga, Liquid Flow yoga, Bikram yoga, and Hot yoga. Thus strengthened in mind, body and spirit, she is excited to share this knowledge and power with all of you. Join us on a therapeutic journey toward radical self-acceptance.
Spiritual Beat Boxing
Noon-1pm; w Sirius Colors
Sirius Colors (Thomas Orr Anderson, M.A.) is a musician, physicist, inventor and sound therapist. Thomas earned his masters degree in physics studying the information storage capacities of space-time in the context of black holes and holograms. He has done extensive research in the fields of sound and vibration including investigations of the acoustics of sacred geometries and ancient temples. He travels the world studying with indigenous earth-wisdom masters and integrates their guidance into the music of Sirius Colors. Thomas has trained intensively in the ancient arts of Qi Gong and acupressure and travels to Mexico regularly to participate in sacred ceremonies, where he is currently an apprentice of a 101 yr-old Yaqui-Mayan medicine man. Thomas lives in a quest toward the re-integration of music, Qi, physics and sacred ceremony into the LOVE-AWAKENING music experience. Learn more at SiriusColors.com and SoundTables.com. (Text Credit to Konnection Campout)
Qigong
1pm-2pm; w Shanti
Qigong is a practice of aligning body, breath and mind for health and meditation. An ancient healing art of discovering our whole self (physical, mental, emotional and spiritual), Qigong utilizes slow movements and a focused mind to transform resident blocks of energy to restore our bodies and return us to balance with nature.
Acro Yoga Branches: Intermediate
2pm-3pm; w Dakini Circus
This class explores the more acrobatic and contortion inspired poses as you flip, and back bend your way to leveling up! For Acro practitioners comfortable with front flying, back flying and standing poses. This class will cover contortions, inversions, flipping, walk overs and transitions. (Please bring a water bottle, yoga mat or blanket. Bringing a partner is encouraged but not required)
Painting with Light
3pm-4:30pm; w Amanda Sage
Introduction to Contact Improvisation
4:30-5:30; w Diane Ault
Partner Massage
5:30-6:30; w Dakini Circus
Flow Zone -Saturday
Intro to Contact Staff
10am-11am; w Alex
Intro to Rope Dart J
11am-Noon; w Jake Wetzel
The Rope Dart is was originally an ancient Chinese weapon from the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907 AD), but in the United States today it is better know as the ‘flaming rope’ fire toy. Still well over 9 feet, the bladed tip has been replaced by a reservoir for fuel, turning a weapon into an awesome fire display! This workshop will cover beginning rope-dart techniques and related theory. It is not necessary to bring or even own a rope-dart tool to come learn how to handle one.
Intro to Mini Hoops
Noon-1pm; w Casey Houle
Most are familiar with the common large single hulahoop, but fewer have experience with it’s smaller cousin, the minihoop. Utilizing multiple smaller hoops. often one in each hand, yu’ll enjoy learning this unique flow-art. Our presenter is a fire performer and object manipulator from NC. who has taught workshops at flow music festivals for years. Come join in learning how to manipulate multiple minihoops to produce tricks that can’t be accomplised with one hoop alone. Extra minihoops provided.
Let Go of Your Prop
1pm-2pm; w Casey Houle
Let go of props is a poi spinning class on tosses of all skill levels from beginner to advanced. You will learn a multitude of poi tosses moves. everything from beginner all the way to intermediate/advanced. This workshop will focus on proper technique and execution. Our presenter has come from Athens GA to share his 5 yearf of experience. Bring yor own poi, or extras are provided.
Continuous Folded Hooping
2pm-3pm; w Mike Hayataka
Contact Poi Fundamentals
3pm-4pm; w Bryan Finger
Chest Rolls
4pm-5pm; w Mike Hayataka
Intro to Fire Eating
5pm-6pm; w Meghan McCutcheon
This workshop is an introduction to fire eating workshop. We will start by going over the different fuels out there and which ones are safe and credible to use for fire eating, as well as basic fire safety. The next step of this class is getting comfortable with the flame, by introducing “fleshing” and fuel tracing. By the end of this class you will have eaten fire and learned the techniques behind doing so successfully. These are the fundamentals of fire eating however depending on how the class goes, we will venture into more advanced tricks.
SUNDAY WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
WITH IKS AND CREATURES OF THE NIGHT FEST
IKS Healing Dome -Sunday
Sound Healing
8am-9am; w Massood
Guided Past Life Meditation
9am-10am; w Terry and Patricia Kok
Sacred Self Lines: Come enjoy a special meditation with our experienced guides. In this Past Life Exploration Meditation, presenters will draw upon deep archetypes from the unconscious: uncovering previous lifetimes, reclaiming shadows and re-integrating lost parts of self. 1 hour guided meditation session (bring a blanket to lay on, extras provided). Presented by AEON (Ancient Exchanges Of Nature), the outreach aspect of Faerie Hill ecovillage.
Story telling
10am-11am; w Diane Ault
The History of Expanded Consciousness in the West
11am-Noon; w Chris Peters
Expanding your consciousness is opening the gateway to obtaining a new perspective on your reality. It is the process of altering our minds for the better, of evolving ourselves through conscious effort and divine inspiration. Westerners today rarely think about expanded consciousness. Though it has gained some traction with the influx of Eastern thought during the 1960s and 1970s, most still consider expanding their consciousness to be unimportant. However this is not true! For centuries westerners have altered their minds through fasting, mind-altering chemicals, isolation in nature, meditation, and more. Come learn about how westerns have historically attempted to expand their consciousness, and why.
Defense Against the Manipulative Arts
Noon-1pm; w Angelo Vignaroli
This workshop will encompass the application of an individual’s psychological decision theory: how to read people beyond a superficial level, how to engage a manipulator’s ego to extract the truth, etc. We will provide a detailed description of tactical defenses that will enable you to overcome and disarm potential manipulators.
The Physics of Sound and Vibration
1pm-2pm; w Sirius Colors
A basic understanding of the physics of sound and vibrations helps us to fully actualize our potential for uniting, harmonizing and awakening through music and sound.? In this workshop, we develop a simple visual language by which to to perceive the deeper workings of sound moving through us and around us.? We explore the fundamental concepts of:?-Harmonics?, Frequency and Wavelength?, Reflection / Absorption / Diffusion?, Resonance and Entrainment?. We also explore the relationships between the fundamental properties and our body-brain processes (brain waves, heart rhythm, etc. ).??And then we take it to the dance floor! (Text Credit to Konnection Campout)
Tropical and Exotic Fruits
2pm-3pm; w Haroun Moffatt
If you thought pineapples, papayas, and mangos were all the tropics had to offer, think again! An accomplished botanist of a Florida-based botanical garden will introduce you to even more rare and exotic fruits, from the tropics and beyond. If you happen to have an Ackee or a Rambutan in your pocket, don’t be afraid to share!
Permaculture Teckhacks: Appropriate technologies and accessing land
3pm-4pm; w JD Burnette
We will be focusing on the Southeast US but touching other areas too in a discussion on appropriate technologies, while we define what that means and how it applies to our day to day lives as we cut fossil fuel dependency. You will go home empowered with inspiration for developing and/or utilizing applicable technology for anyone at any scale to aid in the reality of energy descent J.D. has been a lover of nature his whole life and a student of permaculture for three solid years beginning with attending workshops on aquaponics, to more recently attending the Permaculture Voices conference. He is also a graduate of Geoff Lawton?s Online Permaculture Design Course and owner operator of Farmstead Foodscapes, an urban farm in Kingston, TN. (Text Credit to Konnection Campout)
Benefits of Vegetarian and Vegan Diet
4pm-5pm; w Ashley Harris
Vegetarian diets have been proven to bestow a number of health benefits compared to omnivorous diets, including a lower overall mortality rate and reduced incidence of heart disease and most types of cancer. Our presenter will share the details of her recent transition to vegetarianism as well as provide simple recipes and opportunities for participants to engage in discussion of their own experiences with this salubrious lifestyle choice.
A Spray Through Space
5pm-6pm; w Mickey Masters
Movement Dome -Sunday
Joyful Meditation
10am-11am; w Frank Tennyson
Let us open the gathering with a loving community meditation. Learn the 6 basic goals of meditation: bliss, oneness, love, peace, emptiness, and being. It is not enough to talk about love and peace and the other goals of Meditation. Through the various techniques that I use people are able to attain some or all of these “altered,” but actually normal states of consciousness and physical rejuvenation.
Heart Opening Flow Yoga
11am-Noon; w Kelsey Fishman
A unique fusion of backbends, twists, and heart openers. With 19 years of experience as a dancer, this workshop’s instructor is enamored of the power of human expression through movement, making her the ideal candidate to teach Yoga. Her personal practice and teaching experiences include Acro Yoga, Liquid Flow yoga, Bikram yoga, and Hot yoga. Thus strengthened in mind, body and spirit, she is excited to share this knowledge and power with all of you. Join us on a therapeutic journey toward radical self-acceptance.
Qigong
Noon-1pm; w Shanti
Qigong is a practice of aligning body, breath and mind for health and meditation. An ancient healing art of discovering our whole self (physical, mental, emotional and spiritual), Qigong utilizes slow movements and a focused mind to transform resident blocks of energy to restore our bodies and return us to balance with nature.
Ashatonga Yoga
1pm-2pm; w Benji
Intermediate Contact Improvisation
2pm-3pm; w Diane Ault
Acro Yoga Body Mandalas
3pm-4pm; w Dakini Circus
Within each of our bodies lie the sacred proportions that makes up the entire universe. The geometry within our form is more easily recognized when dancing with each other. Standing in a circle, mirroring one another, this workshops unveils that we are all puzzle pieces that fit perfectly with one another. We will be using dance, yoga and acro to create beautiful fractals as a community. This is a perfect workshop for those who may shy away from movement classes, as it is guided, step by step and created collectively. (Please bring a water bottle, yoga mat or blanket. Bringing a partner is not required)
Vedic Thai Massage
4pm-5pm; w Chrissy Thorndil
Our presenter will demonstrate and describe various compressions and stretches for the back, hips, and shoulders, and you?ll practice giving and receiving them with your partner in class. You can bring your own partner or pair up in class. Bring a blanket or pad to lay on and wear comfy yoga clothes for your best enjoyment of this workshop, as we will be working on the ground. Everyone will get to receive as well as give massage! ˇIn her workshops, Yoga Christy presents sophisticated healing techniques in a simple and accessible way that awakens the bodywork ninja in all her students. Expect to walk out of this class full of inspiration, and feeling much better than when you walked in. Christy Thorndill, 15 years experience, certified isntructor [Baltimore, MD]. (Text Credit to Konnection Campout)
Kaleidoscope Yoga
5pm-6pm; w Benji
Flow Zone -Sunday
Intro to Flow and Tech
10am-11am; w Casey Houle
This workshop will teachyou how to explore the flow arts while creating clean geometric shapes and patterns with your props. A great workshop sfor beginners looking to develope strong fundamentals, or the more experienced looking to clean up their lines and tighten their technique. This will involve a focus on teaching basic movements, and the science behind human range of motion, prop manipulation, and the sacred geometry that can be achieved through them. This will be an all props workshop (poi, double staff, hoops, etc) and it will adhere to Vulcan Tech Gospel guidelines (this is basically our bible and technical language in the flow world).
Intermediate Contact Staff
11am-Noon; w Alex
Have Fun With Your Flow
Noon-1pm; w Casey Houle
Fun with flow props is a set of skill games with various flow toys. Compete with your friends, rediscover your art, and use your flow props in unique ways to remember that flow arts are about having fun! Any flow-toy welcome, additional props provided. Enjoy skill games and friendly competition with your friends!
Poi: Negative Space Transitions
1pm-2pm; w Bryan Finger
2 Hoops 1 Hand 4 Hoops 2 Arms
2pm-3pm; w Mike Hayataka
Intermediate Ariel Silks
3pm-4pm; w Alicia Dawn
Jump Throughs and Tosses
4pm-5pm w Mike Hayataka
Intermediate Ariel Lyra
5pm-6pm; w Alicia Dawn
Creatures of the Night Music and Arts Festival in Adams TN, Oct 9-11