This workshop teaches the concepts of making music as a band using the idea of looping to make songs.
The aim of the workshop is to make a song with the participants and show them all the various tools they can use to put them together in a pleasing way. It teaches important techniques about organisation and understanding structural components of making songs.
The Water Quality Monitoring Officer for the Tasman District Council will share – what, how and why they monitor. Equipment that is used will be shown, examples of what’s found out and what happens with the information. We will also view ‘Our Waters in Common’-a short documentary about water quality in the Tasman region. Group discussion will follow.
Learn to roll, flip and tumble with a partner- taking a static balance to the next level. This is a fun filled acrobatic workshop where base and flyer are balancing, and moving as one.
Participants will be paired up and lead through a series of stretches that can be achieved whatever your level!
We live in a so-called democracy, but many feel the government is disconnected from their needs. Sue will share her insights from her years of working for and with government and community interests to lead a conversation on what individuals and communities can do to help create a more compassionate and sustainable New Zealand.
We’re going to look at how to work in harmony with nature to produce an abundance of food in a landscape of beauty. Discover how to integrate elements such as organic vegetable gardens, fruit trees, herbs, flowers and small animal systems, especially within our home environments – with a myriad of social benefits.
An eccentric experience in ecological edutainment (entertainment that is educational), we will go on a musical exploration of David Holmgren’s 12 principles of permaculture from his book ‘Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability’. This is one way to turn earthworms into earworms and commit the principles of regenerative design to memory through music, mnemonic and meme.
Music, song, games and exercises to attune young people and their families toward the wholesome power of mindfulness. Neuroscience has shown us that mindfulness supports positive changes in the structure of the brain and nervous system. Together in a supportive group we will explore mindfulness in a fun and playful way. For children 7 years and upwards, parents must attend.
Let’s ring the school-bell on normality and fling open the doors for PlayTime, a fusion of laughter yoga and song. Learn this ancient shortcut to joy and antidote to the stress of modern living. Laughter guaranteed. We will also engage in collective singing and dancing as an expression of the joy that is generated.
Providing participants with additional technics like change of direction, level, gap-filling, advanced version of easy tricks, stalls, wraps,behind the back and similar.
Come and expand your poi knowledge! Isolations, orbitals, spiral wraps, throws, and flow tips.
You will learn some easy and cool-looking tricks and moves to start having fun with your Poi. For those who already started , I can show you some awesome additional features and pattern. Planes, Buzz Saws, Corkscrews, Windmills, Stalls.
Plant-induced psychotropic states have been commonplace for thousands of years according to anthropologists. Only since the War on Drugs have psychedelic substances been stigmatised. Learn the biology of how various psychedelic substances affect the brain, the promise of some of these substances from a medical perspective, and what science says about how to minimise harms.
Psychedelics are remarkable for their ability to reliably bring about so-called mystical/spiritual-type experiences, the hallmark of which is a sense of unity and interconnectedness of all things. Join this session to explore the role of psychedelics in the regeneration of soil, water, and ecosystems worldwide.
Diving into exploring the construction of present day mainstream Time. Deconstructing Time by looking to the long-term effects of following a Time that does not follow order and how it affects our collective consciousness on this planet. We will look at how the Gregorian Calendar and the Mayan Calendar were constructed. Creative experimentation with order and disorder.
Come experience some blissful foot work! Foot reflexology is a simple and easy to learn hands-on healing tool. You will learn the basic techniques of reflexology and gain an understanding of the principles behind the therapy. Suitable for all ages. Bring a partner (not necessary, but nice), clean feet and a pillow or blanket if possible.
This session will help you find a place of deep relaxation and a deepened awareness of and connection with your own life force energy with some easy to learn Qigong exercises. It will finish with a lying relaxation and heart meditation, leaving you in a blissful state after marinating in healthy and positive Qi.
Intermediate level te reo Maori class. It will involve a waiata, storytelling and a memorable high energy ‘work out’ where we create meaningful sentences to create a base knowledge of different grammatical structures (active, passive, negative, emphatic). If you want to extend your reo Maori or just want a place to korero, tena hara mai!
Join us as we go on a rhythmic journey through the Middle East. We’ll learn three popular rhythms and the playing technique. At the end of this workshop, will be joined by a Tribal Belly Dance Workshop, so that drummers and dancers get the chance to showcase their learnings and experience a co-creative live experience. No experience required.
Rhythm Alchemy – An introduction to Middle Eastern Rhythms Read More »
Rigged is an in depth look into the live electronic performance rig of international performer and music producer B-Syde. Check out the equipment used, pros and cons of loops vs. sequencing, hardware vs. software. Learn what you need to create your own live electronic performance, and even get the chance to create your own loop or sequence!
Continue your ropedart journey! More moves and techniques, as I take you further along the knowledge pathways and stances.
Sacred Earth Medicine is a window into the magic of Nature and our beautiful relationship therein. We will taste and learn of a few native plants of Aotearoa and truly understand how we can move forward in positive, interactive ways with our health and that of our Planet.
Open your heart and clear your head with ‘kirtan,’ an active sound meditation practice. Join Anahata Yoga Retreat, Prosad and other musicians every evening for joyful chanting, sacred music, rhythm, expression and dancing in this uplifting yoga practice of singing transformative mantras.
We will cover traditional Maori practices including the art of introduction, song, haka, sharing the breath of life, story and more. Participants will leave with ancient yet practical tools to support them in the way they stand, speak, listen, connect and move powerfully through life.
Drawing from our ground, ancestry, roots and allowing the song to move up and out. The singer as a channel, resonance chamber, instrument. The song as a vessel, form, sequence, to be filled with presence and gifted outwards. Human song trees as a metaphor that bring resilience, fluidity and connection to the singer and performer.
Learn what is involved in maintaining healthy soils in order to grow healthy crops. In this interactive talk we’ll look at how soil works and what you need to do to create and maintain healthy fertile soil to grow grass, vegetables, flowers, fruits, ornamentals and natives well. Develop healthy soil wherever you live!
As we transition from maiden, mother to crone, our changing bodies and hormonal cycles allow us to connect to this beautiful journey of womanhood. Reflexology is based on the concept of a complete map of your body on the feet and ears. By working these areas we can ease imbalances, releasing tension and promoting energetic flow.
Soul to Sole Healing for the Triple Goddess- Reflexology for Maidens, Mothers and Crones Read More »
From the big bang to the speed of light, rhythm defines our world. This workshop explores how rhythm permeates everything in our universe and how musicians can start to think differently about time, rhythm, and groove. A drummers most important job is to make time feel good, a big responsibility! Come along to learn some tools to do this.
A presentation exploring human relationship and experience, both biologically and energetically, with sound, exploring how and why sound affects us. Topics include: sound healing, Schuman resonance, muzak, cymatics, the relationship between emotion and music, listening versus hearing and how to practice mindfulness around sound for improved human relations in family, workplaces and community environments.
Sound, Noise, Music and Humans: Navigating our Aural Landscapes Read More »
Learn the basics of fire staff movement! An introduction to spinning outlining how to move through space with your staff. We will outline a base understanding of rotation, planes of movement with your staff and how to flow consistently and safely with you’re prop.
Does your child draw or paint? Do you respond with “What is it?” or “I love it!” In this workshop we will draw and listen with each other in pairs. During our drawing process, you’ll discover new information about yourself and how to communicate. You and your child will have a different sense of being seen, heard and understood.
Strengthening the Child-Parent Relationship with Play Read More »
Interactive talk on what you can do to live life in a more sustainable way in today’s world.
Ideas for different ways in which we can live more sustainably in our homes, gardens, work and communities.
A fluid and dynamic yoga practice based on the Yoga Synergy style, bringing the energising benefits of traditional hatha yoga to modern bodies. This yoga practice is fun and challenging, while offering variations that make it accessible to all levels, and is designed by physiotherapists to be safe for the joints and deeply nourishing to our internal body systems.
Increase your passionate vibrant ‘yes for life!’ Open to receive the beauty in the world to enrich yourself and the abundance of your gifts to others. This active meditation incorporates guided movement, dance and stillness to a range of powerful music. Shifts of consciousness often occur. Fun, play, release, depth, expansion, connection, touch and love.
An adventurous series of episodes about Sapphire and Ash, a sister and brother on holiday on the West Coast of Aotearoa/NZ. The audience will be taken on a journey through a landscape that we build together through storytelling. Suitable for all ages, parents welcome too.
A deep dive into the physiology of the breath, the science of how and why it’s beneficial to learn how to breathe less than normal. We will look at common issues restricting our breathing and how to address them with practical exercises and gentle partner work to liberate the breath.
Get introduced to the world of bees and the respect they deserve as pollinators and spiritual beings. Looking into the beehive from the viewpoint of the bees, local beekeepers, overseas beekeepers, and spiritual ways. Learn about ways beekeeping can be kept sustainable and how to become one with the bees.
This workshop tackles the why’s and how’s of the largest cause suffering in our culture: Sexual and Physical Assault. We will discuss the roots of hatred towards women and how this is playing out all around us and how to solve these imbalances through self work.
The Corrupt Guru – A Discourse on Global Misogyny Issues and Personal Solutions Read More »
Remember the war on saturated fat and butter back in the 1980s-90s? Being told that cholesterol is killing us and why we should eat low fat alternatives? Even eggs were considered bad for our health. Learn how this happened, the role of big pharma and food companies and why it’s ok to eat butter again.
We will look at the journey of L/L Research that began with UFO investigation, progressing to the experiment in channeling that resulted in the Ra contact and the Law of One material, and explore what this source says about the future of humanity and how we can participate in a transition into a new world.
The History of L/L Research, the Ra Contact, and the Transition into the Fourth Density Read More »
We will look at the origins of haka by returning to the source of where the energy used to perform a haka dwells, how to harness this energy and then express it. It will help enlighten those who attend with knowledge as to why haka was performed and how it is relevant today.
This will combine an exploration of the voice as sound resonance and Nada (sound) Meditations from the Yogic tradition. Explore the 7 tones of the Chakra’s and the mantra aum and use sound to heal emotional disharmony and up new inner dimensions. Participants will learn the foundations of ‘Nada Yoga Meditation,’ using sound as a form of meditation.
Psychedelics are back on the scene, on a scale not witnessed since the 70s. The public is increasingly aware of their potential as medicines, but are there deeper social, political and psychological consequences to the so-called ‘psychedelic renaissance’? Let’s consider the impact of a reintegration of psychedelics into society on our mental health.
We will explore one of the most hidden and powerful issues effecting most men and women in our culture – many men’s inability to feel and express emotion. We’ll look at ways of being in society, by feeling deeply into our non-separation with others – Warrior Consciousness. Let’s raise awareness via discussing taboo subjects!
The Vitality of Vulnerability and Warrior Consciousness Read More »
Together we will explore the Wheel of Life. Allowing greater understanding and meaning to the Rights of Passage we experience, and bringing awareness to these powerful transitions we discover how ultimately this inspires greater freedom and empowerment in all aspects of our lives as Woman.
This workshop will be teaching a core move in hula hooping/hoop dance that is a real crowd pleaser – Isolations. This core move is transferable to other flow props. The participants will come away with knowing the foundations of the move and also a range of variations. Participants will then be able to begin to learn how to transition between a basic isolation and at least two chosen variations in time to music.
Learn the fundamental principles of yin/yang and 5 Elements and how we might best utilise these principle to enhance our lives in the 21st Century. Participants will benefit from the huge wellspring of knowledge of Traditional Oriental Medicine and utilise this understanding to increase their ability to enjoy better health.
Traditional East Asian Medicine in the 21st Century Read More »
Interactive activities focussed on water: how much do we use? Where is it all? How does some get dirty? How can we help? Aim is to educate children while they have fun – learning about how special our freshwater is, some of the challenges we face and how to look after it. Appropriate for all ages but aimed at children.
Water Water Everywhere, but is there a Drop to Drink? Read More »
Explore the rhythms of West African culture dance. This is an opportunity for people to experience the joy of moving together and connecting with the drum, doing so to traditional West African rhythms. You will leave feeling connected to your body and your community. All experience levels welcome.
Explore the rhythms of West African culture through songs, drumming and dancing. This is an opportunity for people to experience the joy of moving together and connecting with the drum, doing so to traditional West African rhythms. You’ll leave feeling connected to your body and the your community. All experience levels welcome.
Whakaraka are forms of Maori traditional games, using implements such as Ti Rakau (long stick) to demonstrate co-ordination of upper and lower body movements, attention to breathing and sound vibration in a collaborative environment for all ages. Come and participate in an encompassing and earthly experience using one of the many art forms of Maoridom.
Life is cyclical. The sun, moon, plants and humans are living in an ongoing cycle of birth, growth, decay and death. In a society focused on the ascent, goals and success it is essential that we connect to and become intimate with the descent, the harvest, the decay and the death that is a natural part of life.
Women gathering in a Circle to listen and share, building trust and confidence to share our heArts. Whether through song, prose, dance, stories, channelling. All women are welcome and encouraged to share. Embodying different Art forms, in order to heal the past, reclaim our present moment, and be strong for the journeys to come.
Relax and recharge your entire system with a 25-minute practice to ignite the relaxation response. Receive the restorative and health benefits of deep sleep, in this proven relaxation technique that will leave you feeling grounded, rested and rejuvenated. Regular practice gives one access to the power of manifestation, releasing of old patterns and balance in front of duality.
Experience a theoretical and practical exploration of Yoga Nidra and learn about its physical, mental and transformative benefits. Relax and recharge your entire system with a 30-minute practice. This proven relaxation technique will leave you feeling grounded, rested and rejuvenated. Explore the power of manifestation, release of old patterns and balance in front of duality.
Ever feel like you are only just getting through each day? Never enough time to do everything and also feel alive? Exhausted or constantly wired? Deep relaxation is a key to healthy organs, optimal endocrine system, balanced weight, mental and emotional clarity and more. A theoretical and practical session to learn about your adrenal glands, self-nourishment and enhance the relaxation response.
We will groove, share and get to know each other and have some fun. We’ll go on an adventure with our bodies, exploring territories of self-understanding and community. This provides the opportunity to engage with self-awareness, confidence, growth and assimilation, creating connection amongst young people, easing of the awkwardness between young men and young women. Youth 15+.
Ren Yuan is one of the nine Yuan Qigong forms, which consists of coordinated flowing movements that draw on a wide range of disciplines to move energy deep into the body while also improving flexibility, balance and overall health. Movements sequentially address the five main body parts moving from head to toe.
In this workshop we will explore a process called ‘Mining the Gold.’ The purpose of this process is to develop listening skills in distinguishing the ‘gold’ in another’s speaking. Developing our listening skills is an important part of ‘holding space’ and is practiced by Zenergy Global on training programs such as ‘The Art of Facilitation.’
We will explore a process called ‘Being With.’ The purpose of this process is to be fully present to yourself, another person and the whole group. Although ‘Being With’ is an integral part of ‘holding space,’ it is not only used by facilitators as everyone benefits from ‘Being With.’
A variety of fun interactive activities exploring what waste is and how we can all make a positive difference. The focus will be on having fun and learning along the way! For children 6-12 years old, parents welcome too.
Luminate Festival Educational and Spiritual Trust
PO Box 278 | Takaka 7142
Golden Bay | Nelson-Tasman
Aotearoa New Zealand
