Inspiring Workshops @ Evolve Festival Nelson, NZ

Peter Sterios-GRAVITY & GRACE How to awaken your subtle body and the healing power of yoga.

He leads Teacher Trainings, Workshops, and Retreats in the US, NZ, and globally. Peter’s first yoga DVD “Gravity & Grace” is in Yoga Journal’s ‘top 15 yoga videos of all time’, and his first book “Gravity & Grace” is a Nautilus Book Awards Gold Medal Winner (available online and at Spiral Store in Nelson). For more info, visit www.LEVITYoGA.com.

Softening our edges-Mauri Ora, Mauri Aroha- Kaia Hawkins

Kaia Hawkins -Mauri Ora, Mauri Aroha. Softening our edges enough to explore our three heart spaces. Manahau Embodied Movement <p></p>

Manahau Embodied Movement with Kaiakindness.

Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngā Ruahine, Ngati Pakeha.

Ko Kaia Hawkins ahau.

Manahau Embodied Movement Founder, Open Floor International Teacher, Ecstatic Dance facilitator, Ringotoi, Rongoātoi, a creator, and a mama.

Kaia weaves sacred dance portals that are divine by design. Manauhau Emboided movement is a space where Te Ao Māori, Conscious Dance, Creativity and Kaiakindness weave together a brave place for us to decondition within. Acknowledging all that is, and all that will ever be.

MOVEMENT IS MIHI.

Release old patterns and build new brain pathways-Swami Karma Karuna Saraswati

-Swami Karma Karuna Saraswati-95% of life is driven by unconscious programming. Upskill yourself with practices to release old patterns and build new brain pathways-Swami Karma Karuna Saraswati

Swami Karma Karuna Saraswati is an engaging, intuitive yoga and meditation teacher, inspirational speaker, writer and Yoga Therapist with 30 years of experience. A co-founder and director of Anahata Yoga Retreat, New Zealand, she also travels throughout the world, leading workshops, training yoga teachers, presenting at international events as well as guiding spiritual sadhana retreats.

Swami Karma Karuna offers therapeutic one to one yoga sessions and has on offer many resources such as guided Meditation and Hatha Yoga practices and online courses on Yoga Nidra Foundations, Building Resilience and Exploring the Chakras.

She is passionate about sharing an authentic and down to earth approach, weaving together the ancient practices with a touch of psychology and brain science aimed at motivating people to live their yoga here and now.

Embodied ecstatic dance -Sarsha Hope & Leah Luna

10:15 pm - 12:00 am

Sarsha Hope & Leah Luna-Journey through the layers of self from the micro to the macro in this guided movement and embodied ecstatic dance experience

Sarsha has a gift for creating potent, shamanic, transformative and inclusive heart centered spaces for our souls remembering. Fondly known as embodiment portals they bring people into a deeper connection with themselves, each other and the living breathing felt sense of the earth.

Her own training has included over 1000 hours of embodiment training, yoga teacher training, meditation teacher training and energy medicine. She is a teacher of teachers with over 20 years of facilitation experience. Running annual teacher trainings in Embodied Flow Yoga and Embodied Ecstatic Dance as well as regular women's retreats that sell out every year. Sarsha deeply believes that by reclaiming the divinity of our earth bodies, we come home to the body of the earth and through this her HOPE is that we learn to live in greater harmony with all beings everywhere.

Leah Luna ~ Berlin based ceremonial Leader, Ecstatic Dance DJ, Intuitive Movement Facilitator and Energy Medicine Practitioner.

Moving with Intentions of sanctity, connection, and healing- Leah Luna shares her medicine through vibration, sound, and movement. She is known for her deep dance journeys that incorporate it all- light and dark, up and down… your inner Child as well as inner Wild.

Whilst infusing Elements of Tribal, Deep House, Middle Eastern, Downtempo, Native Beat, Organica and Trance into her sets, Leah Luna invites you to dive deep into your own essence while stepping into a space of free expression, release, and presence.

Music is Medicine. Let us move, in togetherness.

Marquee

African dance and slo flo yoga-Emma Callaghan

Emma Callaghan-African dance and slo flo yoga with a somatic focus to move emotion through the body. Ending with relaxation to nurture and feed the soul.

Emma Callaghan has been teaching yoga and mindfulness for 20 years. Born in London to a white English Rose and a black Jamaican immigrant. Emma’s whakapapa means she has great interest and passion for anti-racism and decolonisation processes.

During her 8 years in Aotearoa Emma opened a local community yoga studio and launched a yoga teacher training company before taking a break from teaching to raise babies and to make sense of the concerns she was having about the modern yoga industry.

Emma returns to sharing yoga with a focus on trauma integration, finding the wisdom within and doing so while respecting yoga’s roots and the land we walk on. Emma’s new venture emi wellness respectfully links ancient, sacred, indigenous practices with contemporary wisdom to soothe modern life.

A journey from our cacao communities of the Pacific to your hearts! -Onnagh Browne

Onnagh Browne- A journey from our cacao communities of the Pacific to your hearts! Discover sacred Cacao in a new way!

Oonagh, the founder of The Cacao Ambassador has had a love affair with chocolate for the past 17 years as a Master Chocolatier. An unusual career change from the corridors of the corporate world of London, where she worked for 10 years, prior to discovering her true passion for all things cacao and chocolate. Over this time she has created many award winning and new styles of chocolate, but now her life is devoted to being a true voice for the ancient ingredient Cacao, that makes chocolate and bringing this into awareness as an every day, nourishing, sacred and enriching food for support, positivity and mindfulness.

Her work, from Samoa, Solomon Islands, Peru and more countries to come is with the endeavour to reverse the damaging effect of the global demand for cacao & chocolate on the lives of the Cacao farmers.

Oonagh is putting her heart and soul into educating these regions so Cacao Farmers can enjoy their own crop of cacao locally as a food, which currently does not take place in most growing regions.

Oonagh openly shares how she used Cacao to heal from a difficult time of PTSD after the Christchurch Earthquakes. She is a powerful advocate for the power of Cacao in Mental Wellness and how to work with Cacao, use it on a daily basis to reduce mood swings, anxiety and depression and as a profound mindfulness tool. Cacao can support ones life to be one of joy. She describes Cacao as an extraordinary daily food for a joyful life.

Oonagh's knowledge of chocolate and cacao is nothing short of wizardry and her great love is to share this knowledge so every cacao growing family and everyone who loves cacao & chocolate, can discover how to make everything from cacao powder to chocolate in their own home, all from the sun dried cacao bean.

Oonagh, is often shy about admitting that she is a Cacao Whisperer and can hear and understand the Cacao trees. They have given her a bold mission, which she has taken on heart and soul!

Attending a workshop with Oonagh is life changing! As a facilitator Oonagh is passionate, humorous, wise, compassionate and with the support of Cacao, will weave magic for your opening into Cacao, joy, connection, courage and inner trust. Oonagh wears her heart on the outside, and its a very big heart, ready to embrace and serve and gift her profound love and knowledge for Cacao to all who are inspired to discover more...

Acroyoga: Finding your Creative Flow -Jen Hyde

Jen Hyde- Acroyoga: Finding your Creative Flow Explore the basic poses of Acroyoga, find ease and breath, and add your own personal style

Jen has followed her love of movement and play through Central and South America, back and forth across the States, to Europe and New Zealand, studying and teaching circus arts, clowning, applied social theater, and dance.

She has been practicing circus arts for over a decade and is an Acroyoga Montreal trained teacher. Her teaching style makes movement play enjoyable and accessible to people with all levels of experience.

JC Room

Holistic Pulsing-Myffie James

Myffie James-Holistic Pulsing , easy to learn, deeply relaxing, movement based therapy. Get a taster, walk away with basic skills to use at home.

Myffie James has been teaching HP for a number of years through Holistic Health Training Ltd (NZQA Category 1 organisation). She is passionate about sharing her knowledge and inspiring people to use this relaxation therapy in the home, the workplace with friends, family, colleagues. so good for lowering anxiety and stress in a very short amount of time.

Check out her website at holisticmindbody.nz for more information about Myffie and what she offers.

Living with more grace & courage-Clare Vivian Neal & Yemma Barsanti

Clare Vivian Neal & Yemma Barsanti-Living with more grace & courage: experiential workshop to explore practical ways we can be open-hearted with ourselves, others & the world

Clare Vivian-Neal is a teacher, trainer and counsellor and have been working in this field since 1990. She lives in Golden Bay. Clare has studied Gestalt and Hakomi body-centred psychotherapy and other therapeutic methods. She has been actively practicing and teaching the More To Life course work around the world since 1991.

From 2016-18 she studied for a Masters in Counselling (Solution-Focused) at Canterbury University, NZ, her thesis investigated the connection between validation, and hope in the client and counsellor. Working with trauma is one of her interests, especially following Bessel van der Kolk’s transformative body-based therapeutic practices.

Crystal sound healing -Emily Whinney

Emily Whinney-Crystal sound healing using crystal bowls, crystal tuning forks and crystal pyramids.

Emily is a holistic health practitioner of over 20 years specialising in Integrated massage, Reiki, Vibrational Realignment and Sound healing.

Emily integrates the power of sound healing throughout all her sessions using instruments including tuning forks, crystal and Tibetan bowls.

Being passionate about the power of sound to relax, release, realign and reactivate the body, mind and soul Emily is keen to share an intuitive sound healing immersion at Evolve Festival.

Harvest Land

Unlocking the endocannabinoid system -Corin Storkey

Corin Storkey-Unlocking the endocannabinoid system with novel legal cannabinoid oils derived from Peruvian maca

Dr Corin Storkey (PhD – Med Chem) has over 15 years of academic and research experience, specialising in medicinal antioxidant chemistry, oxidative diseases, cellular protection and health. He has previously struggled with and overcome chronic fatigue syndrome and promotes an integrative and holistic approach to managing chronic health conditions. He currently leads the New Zealand based Maca and cacao research program that studies Andean and Amazonian plant medicines and their bioactives.

Sally Huapaya is a native Peruvian of Andean descent, with a Bachelor in engineering and ancestral knowledge of traditional Peruvian medicinal plants and Andean cosmovision. She has a passion to bring the sacred plant knowledge of her people to the world and promoting respect and acknowledgement to the indigenous farmers and communities that produce them. Through her combination of industry experience, cultural and ancestral knowledge she has created a range of authentic and high-vibrational maca and ceremonial cacao products under her brand - Seleno Health with her kiwi husband Corin Storkey and also provides training to facilitators and healers who want to better connect to both plants

Explore the cyclic history of NOW, evolution of MIND and the YOGA of social CHANGE. Step toward a new paradigm of HUMANITY-Yoga Activist Collective

Yoga Activist Collective-Explore the cyclic history of NOW, evolution of MIND and the YOGA of social CHANGE. Step toward a new paradigm of HUMANITY.

As long-term practitioners of yoga meditation, social service and self-realisation (known as Ananda Marga- Path of Bliss), our small Nelson-based team would like to offer an experiential workshop sharing a selection of yogic perspectives and practices which, when practiced on a regular basis, serve to foster an inner resourcefulness and resilience. These tools support people transitioning into a new way of living and interacting. These practices will include mantra-focused meditation and kiirtan (singing of devotional-mantra).

We present a holistic perspective of what is happening on Earth currently by offering a spiritual, philosophical and practical framework which places current global events within a social cycle of evolution. We offer a lens to recognise the wave of history and provide a map for an enlightened future.

Such perspectives and practices help a person to sustain a state of calm rationality, flexibility, a critical mind, and an overarching view of a larger societal picture; fundamentals required for navigating the rapidly changing social fabric and governance on Earth at this time.

Develop your connection/trust with your intuition-Rachel Zahner & Colette Steel

Rachel Zahner & Colette Steel-Develop your connection/trust with your intuition and be more empowered to make your own choices. Learn tools and experience Angelic Reiki.

Colette Steel Colette is passionate about assisting people in their personal growth, and empowering those who are ready to change, ready to see the true essence of their own heart and being. She supports people to connect to their inner strength, and encourages them to gain trust in their own intuition.

A deeply sensitive practitioner with a wealth of training and experience, Colette offers individual sessions in Angelic Reiki, Past Life Healing, and Deep flow Massage. She also offers Access Bars, Access (energy) Body Processes, and Siddha Kundalini Crystal Healing, and she is available for connecting with and clearing entities/spirits when required, energetic clearances of houses and land, and connecting and working with nature spirits.

In addition, Colette is an experienced workshop facilitator, who also offers group healings and runs Angelic Reiki training courses from practitioner to teacher level. https://www.facebook.com/colettesteelempower

Rachel Zahner Rachel is a natural empath who uses her sensitive nature as a gift to assist with deep healing and transformation by shedding light on and clearing what is holding you back. She is passionate about empowering others, assisting them to connect inwards to their own wisdom, to see their true potential and to be in harmony with their inner and outer worlds.

On her own journey to heal from mental illness and embrace self love she experienced numerous profound shifts through energy work. She offers a combination of various modalities including Angelic Reiki, Past Life Healing, Inner Child Work, Pleiadian Lightwork, releasing karmic connections, Aquarian Healing and soul communication. Along with energetic tools she uses homoeopathy, flower essences, essential oils and various vitamins and minerals to support healing on all levels.

She is a mother of two young children and loves working with children and parents to assist them emotionally, spiritually and physically to find more ease.

Rachel teaches Angelic Reiki, runs workshops and offers personal sessions in Nelson and via distance. https://www.facebook.com/rachelzahnerhealing

Morrocan Tent

Our Food Sovereignty-Robina McCurdy& Charley Bradley

Robina McCurdy & Charley Bradley-Our Food Sovereignty Empowering local communities to be responsible for their own food and seeds, from household to bioregion.

She has worked with village-scale food security in Southern Africa, was the co-ordinator of Victory Community Gardens and a consultant-educator with Project Lyttelton's 'Food Resilience Project' (Christchurch, NZ), post-earthquake. After this, Robina established The Localising Food Project, which toured NZ filming a plethora of inspiring local food initiatives, in parallel with teaching workshops on local food action planning, home garden design, public food forests and seed sovereignty.

She is currently involved in the production of documentaries from the material filmed during the tour.

To discover more about this work, visit www.localisingfood.com Ceremony, ritual and nature connection have been part of Robina's life from infancy to elderhood. She integrates this into all her workshops and consultancies, to invoke supportive spiritual presence, connect people with the land and build community. She creates forms and processes appropriate to the occasion, adapting what she has learned from living with other cultures. Charley Bradley-

have come to believe that the grace is in how I respond to the challenges and obstacles put in my path. Increasingly I realise that acknowledging those moments, witnessing them with attention, then marking them with ritual is necessary to enable me to witness my life and its place within the river of all things. I feel blessed and fortunate to have lived, to have followed my passions and instincts and to have been nudged back onto my path in this life when I moved away from pain or glory selfishly.

Looking back, searching for the patterns, a thread emerges from the apparent chaos, that is clear. Milestones. Born into peace in 1949 experiencing Rock and Roll protest, Vietnam and hippiedom. Then great loss so early moving naively into responsibility, a home, 'security'. Another loss. Pharmacist homeopathy, herbalism, nutrition, psychotherapist. Leaving my first house in Liverpool UK for ten years on the ocean, a cave and travels with a donkey before returning back for marriage and family. Then divorce and separation before moving to a smallholding on a Portuguese island. Renovation, working on and with the land before leaving comfort yet again to move to New Zealand living in community with a new love. Now we work together sharing our passion for community, belonging, resilience and love.

My personal work is attention to what is moving within me and aligning with the flow of Nature. Being.

Practical Collaboration Skills - The Big House Project

Practical Collaboration Skills - The Big House Project

--> Few of us were taught to collaborate, having lived all our lives in hierarchical organizations of one kind or another. In this session we learn a distilled package of practical group skills. This is a very hands on 2 hour session.

We will cover what is required to design group projects in order to have a firm foundation. We will learn the basics of conflict resolution, so that when the inevitable difference arises we can keep our relationships in tact. Conflict is not something we have to avoid but something we have to embrace and get better at. This allows us, together, to experiment, invent and transform our culture. And thirdly we will learn a simple effective method of group decision making. The coloured cards method comes from the cohousing world, and The Big House Project have used it extensively, after adopting the tool from Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood.

One of our members was heavily involved in building Earthsong, and he offers a wealth of real life tips and lessons, learnt while making thousands of complex group decisions, often under time and financial pressures.

In the session we will actually practice the tools, as this is a powerful way to learn new skills, so that they become embodied and we can then draw on the skills as we take on courageous projects of change.

The session is led by Peter and Sibylle from The Big House Project. Peter has years of experience building communities, and Sibylle is a Kineseologist working primarily on the psycho-social nervous system.

Breathwork & shamanic shake-Samantha Dench

Samantha Dench-Breathwork & shamanic shake, circling & intro to the breath. 2 nasal breathing techniques to reduce stress & anxiety. 45’ Holotropic BW

Samantha is a qualified Yoga, Meditation and Breathwork Facilitator who teaches all over the world. Currently leading the Head of Health & Wellness department at Maruia Hot Springs in the Lewis Pass, where she is teaching, coaching and guiding sauna infusions.

Yoga has been a part of Samantha’s life for over 15 years. Her practice has helped her grow stronger, more flexible and fearless, both on and off the mat. Yoga inspires Samantha to live each day more mindfully, moment to moment.

Completing her first yoga teacher training in the south of France, with Patrick Loubert she further continued her studies around the world: in Spain, Bali and New Zealand. She believes we are continuously learning and evolving. Samatha has a strong daily meditation & pranayama practice to keep her centred and grounded and is currently diving into studying Rebirthing Breathwork.

When you attend Samantha’s yoga workshop, you can expect a combination of creative sequencing, a spirit of playfulness and a dose of inspiration to help you deepen your practice. Samantha seeks to help others thrive by nurturing body, mind and soul with yoga, and breath. Her hope is that you step off the mat feeling refreshed, nourished and balanced. Samantha’s unique approach to teaching has you moving with your breath and feeling the rhythm of the flow within you.

When you attend Samantha’s Breathwork Journey we will start from a fully relaxed space. After being introduced to the breath and learning a bit about nasal breathing, the Holotropic Breathwork will begin. Holotropic breathwork allows you to access parts of your psyche that can't be reached under normal conditions. As we super-ventilate using conscious, connected breath, we will increase awareness of the self as well as cope with traumas from the past.

Train Station

The MICROBIOME. Reseting and Repairing your foundation for Thriving health-Shanti Smith

Shanti runs Thrive Therapies from Aroha Health Spa in Golden Bay. She studied in Colorado and has been practicing Naturopathy, Herbalism, Reflexology, Iridology, & Colon Hydrotherapy for 15 years, and more recently running detox cleanses and the Microbiome Protocol. The gut is the foundation upon which we build our health. Shanti is offering guidance and tools for how to repair and reset your gut microbiome, which has beneficial ramifications for so many facets of our health and wellbeing from mental to physical to emotional. Our gut is our second brain and working to rebuild the beneficial microbes in our body can be transformational.

Come learn how this programme of innate healing can help you to boost immunity, lose weight, reduce inflammation, decrease pain, heal or avoid injuries, increase your clarity of mind, build resilience, restore your energy levels, and enjoy Thriving optimal health! www.thrivetherapies.co.nz.

Building with hempcrete-Jo Say & Antoine Tane

Jo Say co-founded the Hemp Building Association of NZ in 2019. She raises awareness about how hempcrete construction can help mitigate both the climate crisis and Aotearoa’s housing crisis. She is developing NZ’s first hempcrete subdivision, in central Nelson.

Soul Reconnect with your breath, beauty and nature- Linda Dowsett

Linda’s intuitive empathic skills allows her to tune into your soul story and access multidimensional layers of existence of source.

"As a channel of light language I can work with many beings of light in service of your soul’s development and awakening. "

Trained in nursing, massage, reiki, Reconnective healing, The Journey, and Life Coaching. As a conduit of source I also work with Gaia and her wonderful magical healing energies.

Linda also hosts a monthly radio show, Linda Light Channel, on PlainsFm https://plainsfm.org.nz/Prog/LindaLightChannel

Poetry and Guided Meditations - Redwood Reider

Redwood has trained in meditation over the past two decades in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and in the Insight meditation community. They are a graduate of the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program.

Redwood's approach to meditation is equally guided by their practice as a craniosacral therapist, with attention to embodiment, soothing for the nervous system, and connecting with the healing intelligence that resides in us all.

Redwood is also a spoken word poet, often integrating their favourite poems into guided meditations.

Resilient garden activities from The Germinate Workbook with Permaculturalists Lily & Ami from The Germinate Collective.

Concern about food supply and the growing interest in gardening has spurred a new practical guide that is the antithesis of ‘coffee table’ books of glossy garden pictures. The Germinate Workbook is a simple, illustrated guide that aims to build up knowledge and skills around growing and preparing food, by helping beginner gardeners and facilitators of gardening groups.

The workbook is the result of many years of collaboration between gardeners and educators Lily White and Ami Kennedy. The pair have worked for many years in edible garden education projects, based in Christchurch and Nelson respectively. Through this work they formed the not-for-profit organisation The Germinate Collective in 2014 and came to recognise the need for a simple, easy-to-use guide suited to their home regions or any similar temperate climate.

Lily has seen a big surge in people who are really wanting to know about growing food – and wanting to make their gardening efficient and successful. "We went for a simple, paper-based resource that offers users something other than the internet or heavy text-based books, and worked with an illustrator to create a beautiful black and white, loose-leaf folder format that can be added to easily by users." "Gardeners can build their own knowledge around this resource and can add to it over the growing seasons." While many books focus on either gardening or cooking, this one combines both. The workbook starts with basic concepts like designing a garden from scratch using permaculture design practices. It’s laid out in four sessions per month based on the seasons. Each session has information, outdoor and indoor activities, handouts for learners, and recipes based on seasonal produce. There is also information on preserving and on extending the growing season.

The Germinate Workbook aims to bring local communities of people together in group activities. Gardening with beginners is a special focus. The pair say many skills of the older generation have been lost, and they wanted to ensure that knowledge is passed on to generations who have missed out.

The Germinate Workbook: Sowing the Seeds for Resilience - a growing guide for beginner gardeners & facilitators is available to purchase at Evolve Festival or by ordering via The Germinate Collective website.

Chapel

Finding balance & abundance in a polarised World. Includes Breath & Sound journey- Zazzan, Glenn Baker

Glenn the founder of Zazzan has been around various transcendental practices for two decades having had his curiosity sparked while working as an antiquities guide in Crete & Egypt during the early 90’s, in the 2000’s Glenn delved deeper into the mystery and paradox of life, from Sufi whirling to Native American Sundance and much more, learning via direct participation in a variety of indigenous practices. Further time spent living in Egypt & Atlantis (aka Cuba) rekindled his interest in an ancient ‘resonance’ device located within the largest Egyptian pyramid.

“I realised vibration was the source of time & space, the pulse of life. Our bodies are like musical instruments, tuned and interconnected to the ever present Now”.

Glenn found by keying our core frequency in particular ways participants can awaken innate gifts unto now dormant, such as; Astral travel, Inter-species communication, channelling, deja vu, synchronistic happenings, enhanced creativity, increased productivity, mood improvement & heightened awareness.

Lately Glenn has mixed Crypto into his experiences, recognising its potential as a physical tool to restore harmony & abundance between people.

For Evolve 2023, Zazzan are pleased to announce they will be bringing a copper replica of an ancient Egyptian acoustic chamber found in the Great Pyramid of Cheops, which will be available for sessions.

Be in Balance, Live in Harmony, Walk in Beauty.

Mantras of the heart-Caitlin Welsh.

Caitlin is sharing great ways to stay positive and healthy, inspired by Louise hay "Life loves you” and " Heal yourself” . Learn ways to Become your Best Self and be inspired.

Be willing to receive an abundance of blessings, and in return giving love the world on a deep level in these challenging times.

Caitlin is a musician, mantra singer and horse whisperer from Golden Bay

Chi Gong- The Alchemy of Effortlessness -Jing Jing Jackson

Jingjing is passionate about empowering students through relaxation & therapeutic bodywork . She started martial art since 10 years old in China, learnt Tai Chi from Wu Dang monk in her 20s, and became a n international certified Yin Yoga & Meditation teacher 6 years ago. Jingjing has been travelling and teaching in UK and NZ over the past 10 years and now settle in Whakatu Nelson.

Yoni steaming for womb healing & health-Taleta Dearden

Talofa lava, I’m Taleta. Sacred Feminine Way Facilitator. I hold space for women to gather to tap into the infinite power of their heart, womb, voice and remember who she truly is as a Sacred Women of the Earth.

Respectful parenting - Raising life learners through unschooling- Jane Evans

A trained primary teacher, Jane went on to raise her children out of school and inspired by Playcentre they became unschoolers, practicing completely child-led, life learning. Now her children are grown, her advocacy for self directed, natural learning is strong and her perspective from her own journey can serve as a comfort and inspiration for those starting out, having doubts or wanting to let go of some control to live a life of fun and freedom with their kids.

Kids Area

Kids Yoga-Poppy Postance

Poppy has been practising yoga for seven years and recently became a certified Rainbow Kids Yoga teacher. She incorporates storytelling, acroyoga, dance and relaxation into her kids and family yoga classes.

Train Ride- The Railway Station

Stilt Walking

Family Yoga- Poppy Postance

Train Ride

Fairy Cafe

Stilt walking

Main Stage

Vinyasa Yoga with Samantha Dench 10.15-11.15am

Creative Vinyasa with live music ~ meditation, grounding, a creative flow with savasana to end.

10:15 am - 11:15 am

Theatre

Gravity & Grace Yoga-Peter Sterios

Peter Sterios-GRAVITY & GRACE How to awaken your subtle body and the healing power of yoga.

10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Softening our edges-Mauri Ora, Mauri Aroha- Kaia Hawkins

Kaia Hawkins -Mauri Ora, Mauri Aroha. Softening our edges enough to explore our three heart spaces. Manahau Embodied Movement

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Release old patterns and build new brain pathways-Swami Karma Karuna Saraswati

-Swami Karma Karuna Saraswati-95% of life is driven by unconscious programming. Upskill yourself with practices to release old patterns and build new brain pathways-Swami Karma Karuna Saraswati

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Embodied ecstatic dance -Sarsha Hope & Leah Luna

Sarsha Hope & Leah Luna-Journey through the layers of self from the micro to the macro in this guided movement and embodied ecstatic dance experience

10:15 pm - 12:00 am

Marquee

African dance and slo flo yoga-Emma Callaghan

Emma Callaghan-African dance and slo flo yoga with a somatic focus to move emotion through the body. Ending with relaxation to nurture and feed the soul.

10:30 am - 12:30 pm
A journey from our cacao communities of the Pacific to your hearts! -Onnagh Browne

Onnagh Browne- A journey from our cacao communities of the Pacific to your hearts! Discover sacred Cacao in a new way!

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Acroyoga: Finding your Creative Flow -Jen Hyde

Jen Hyde- Acroyoga: Finding your Creative Flow Explore the basic poses of Acroyoga, find ease and breath, and add your own personal style

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

JC Room

Holistic Pulsing-Myffie James

Myffie James-Holistic Pulsing , easy to learn, deeply relaxing, movement based therapy. Get a taster, walk away with basic skills to use at home.

10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Living with more grace & courage-Clare Vivian Neal & Yemma Barsanti

Clare Vivian Neal & Yemma Barsanti-Living with more grace & courage: experiential workshop to explore practical ways we can be open-hearted with ourselves, others & the world

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Crystal sound healing -Emily Whinney

Emily Whinney-Crystal sound healing using crystal bowls, crystal tuning forks and crystal pyramids.

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Harvest Land

Unlocking the endocannabinoid system -Corin Storkey

Corin Storkey-Unlocking the endocannabinoid system with novel legal cannabinoid oils derived from Peruvian maca

10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Explore the cyclic history of NOW, evolution of MIND and the YOGA of social CHANGE. Step toward a new paradigm of HUMANITY-Yoga Activist Collective

Yoga Activist Collective-Explore the cyclic history of NOW, evolution of MIND and the YOGA of social CHANGE. Step toward a new paradigm of HUMANITY.

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Develop your connection/trust with your intuition-Rachel Zahner & Colette Steel

Rachel Zahner & Colette Steel-Develop your connection/trust with your intuition and be more empowered to make your own choices. Learn tools and experience Angelic Reiki.

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Morrocan Tent

Our Food Sovereignty-Robina McCurdy& Charley Bradley

Robina McCurdy & Charley Bradley-Our Food Sovereignty Empowering local communities to be responsible for their own food and seeds, from household to bioregion.

10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Practical Collaboration Skills - The Big House Project

Practical Collaboration Skills - The Big House Project

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Breathwork & shamanic shake-Samantha Dench

Samantha Dench-Breathwork & shamanic shake, circling & intro to the breath. 2 nasal breathing techniques to reduce stress & anxiety. 45’ Holotropic BW

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Train Station

The MICROBIOME. Reseting and Repairing your foundation for Thriving health-Shanti Smith

Shanti Smith-Learn about the wondrous microbial world that lives within you-The MICROBIOME. Reseting and Repairing your foundation for Thriving health.

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Building with hempcrete-Jo Say & Antoine Tane

Jo Say& Antoine Tane-Want to help save the planet? Thinking of building? This presentation is about building with hempcrete - with Q&A followed by a practical hands on hempcrete demo session

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Soul Reconnect with your breath, beauty and nature- Linda Dowsett

Linda Dowsett-Soul Reconnect with your breath, beauty and nature. Doorways to your soul. Soul Light Activation, Light Language and guidance.

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Poetry and Guided Meditations - Redwood Reider

Redwood Reider-A combination of poetry and guided meditations from spoken word poet and meditation teacher Redwood, to integrate and nurture body and mind.

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Resilient garden activities from The Germinate Workbook with Permaculturalists Lily & Ami from The Germinate Collective.

Resilient garden activities from The Germinate Workbook with Permaculturalists Lily & Ami from The Germinate Collective

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Chapel

Finding balance & abundance in a polarised World. Includes Breath & Sound journey- Zazzan, Glenn Baker

Glenn Baker-Zazzan - Finding balance & abundance in a polarised World. includes Breath & Sound journey.

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Mantras of the heart-Caitlin Welsh.

Caitlin Welsh-Mantras of the heart. Sing and chant powerful mantras to transform your life with ease and grace.

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Chi Gong- The Alchemy of Effortlessness -Jing Jing Jackson

Jing Jing Jackson Chi Gong- The Alchemy of Effortlessness -An experiential workshop to taste the nectar of ancient Chinese healing art

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Yoni steaming for womb healing & health-Taleta Dearden

Taleta Dearden-Come & sit in circle with your fellow sisters and learn about the ancient indigenous practice of Yoni steaming for womb healing & health.

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Respectful parenting - Raising life learners through unschooling- Jane Evans

Jane Evans -Respectful parenting - Raising life learners through unschooling

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Kids Area

Kids Yoga-Poppy Postance

Poppy Postance-Kids Yoga -ideal for ages 6+, join us for a yoga journey that will get your imagination going! Includes acroyoga, yoga games and relaxation.

10:30 am - 11:30 am
Train Ride- The Railway Station

Train ride along the water front with Nelson Railway Society

11:00 am - 11:30 am
Stilt Walking

Stilt Walking

11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Family Yoga- Poppy Postance

Poppy Postance-Family yoga All ages welcome, a class to connect and have fun. We will be doing acroyoga, yoga games, and some cozy relaxation.

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Train Ride

Train ride with Nelson Railway Society

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Fairy Cafe

Fairy Cafe- meet at Kids area

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Stilt walking

Stilt Walking

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Sunday Workshop Programme

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Main Stage

Vinyasa Yoga with Samantha Dench

Theatre

Peter Sterios - LEVITYoGA

Peter Sterios - LEVITYoGA Discover your body-mind capacity to create incredible lightness of being - physically and psychologically.

Peter Sterios is a teacher, author, architect, founder of MANDUKA®, and creator of LEVITYoGA™. He taught yoga at the Obama White House for Michelle's anti-obesity programs, and in 2018, Peter spoke at the Pentagon about yoga’s therapeutic effects in treating PTSD for the US Marine Corps.

Journey into your Radiant Heart with this Cacao, Breathwork and Embodied Yoga-Sarsha Hope & Jenna Hitchcock experience

Sarsha Hope & Jenna Hitchcock -Journey into your Radiant Heart with this Cacao, Breathwork and Embodied Yoga experience, to activate your most infinitely, loving heart.

Sound Journey - Ancient instruments, didgeridoo, flute, drum, voice take us on an epic adventure inside ourselves-Sika

Sika-Sound Journey - Ancient instruments, didgeridoo, flute, drum, voice take us on an epic adventure inside ourselves.

Sika is a Sound Artist based in New Zealand and is dedicated to creating music to enhance our spiritual and human relationship with nature. He has toured internationally since 1993, offering Sound Journeys and Concerts.

The didgeridoo forms an important foundation for his music, however also uses drums, native flutes, voice and a broad selection of Maori instruments.

Giving voice to wood, skin, bone, stone and shell, his work reflects a lifetime of listening to the rhythms of nature. Other sources of sound such as water, fire, trees, animals and wind are used with the intention to build soundscapes that enable us to journey within. After years of gathering and making instruments, Sika has recorded eleven solo albums. As a collection these projects tell the story of a man who has followed his yearning to create a life grown from the roots of the past, but sowing the seeds of the future.

Marquee

The Top Awakening Myths Keeping You Stuck & How to Break Free - Kara-Leah Grant

Kara Leah Grant-The Top Awakening Myths Keeping You Stuck & How to Break Free Learn Classical Tantra practises and teachings designed to support awakening.

Kara-Leah is an internationally-renowned Direct Realization Tantra Teacher, mentor and author. She has impacted millions of people over the last decade through her articles, books, videos and teaching. Passionate about liberation in this lifetime, Kara-Leah practices and teaches an integrated householder path of awakening. This path is grounded in Classical Tantra and focuses on dissolving layers of the conditioned mind into deeper and deeper heart-felt presence. Through her teaching, writing and mentoring, Kara-Leah's work focuses on using the practices of Classical tantra and the process of compassionate inquiry to dissolve the conditioned mind and reveal the joy of beingness.

Healing Belly Dance- A movement meditation You will guided through a series of unique dance flows infused with Yoga based movement-Debbie Sumner

Debbie Sumner-Healing Belly Dance- A movement meditation You will guided through a series of unique dance flows infused with Yoga based movement.

Debbie Sumner discovered this beautiful art form back in 2001. She has studied with many teachers from all over the world and is excited to share this healing movement practice at this years festival. Debbie is also a passionate yoga teacher and teaches Yin at Kindred studio here in Nelson and Slow Flow Hatha yoga in Mapua. The benefits of both Yoga and Dance has given Debbie both a zest for life in which inspires her to share her knowledge with others, to create a safe, supportive space and a sense of community.

Communicating with Animals - Rebecca Gambles

Rebecca Gambles-Communicating with Animals - Rebecca will share her journey telepathically communicating with animals and how our pets help to heal us.

Rebecca is an Animal Communicator who has been communicating with animals since she was a young child. She offers personal sessions for people and their pets, and also teaches others how to embrace their telepathic gifts and embrace the magical world of animal communication. Rebecca brings greater awareness to the animal kingdom, so that people realize that they are not ‘just an animal’, but another soul, whose consciousness is just as evolved as ours.

JC Room

Warrior spirit - monkey feet. Our spiritual alignment is paramount. Explore therapeutic movement with a focus of our legs-Gwyn Williams

Gwyn Williams-Warrior spirit - monkey feet. Our spiritual alignment is paramount. Explore therapeutic movement with a focus of our legs.

Gwyn Williams is a movement based therapist that created Zenthai shiatsu over 20 years ago. On the surface, Zenthai is a fusion of Zen shiatsu, Thai massage and osteopathic technique, however beneath is an enriched conversation with an vibrant ever-changing life. The dissolving of division into unity continues to be his inspiration and the aspects of community, connection and contribution are at the core of the practice.

Whilst many have been touched by the therapist programs and the multi layered offerings , the art has evolved to now include a fluid movement based practice known as Zenthai flow.

For the past two decades Gwyn has inspired thousands of students throughout the world with his continually evolving form , which is based around Thich Knat Hahn’s “ When you touch something with awareness you touch everything “

Gwyn's work can be explored through his books’ The Zen of touch ' and 'Connection to Source”, the www.zenthaishiatsu.com website or the Zenthai healing centres in Australia and Bali.

-Learn a Zenthai Shiatsu massage guided flow, where you will give/ receive a treatment - Ananda

Ananda-Learn a Zenthai Shiatsu massage guided flow, where you will give/ receive a treatment. Focus is on back and shoulders, meridians & anatomy

Ananda (Gareth Lamb) is a Zenthai Shiatsu practitioner and Zenthai Flow Yoga Teacher. With two decades of various yoga practices he believes that this modality with its focused intention, totality, heartfulness, and his ability to hold sacred space is where the healing takes place.

Join me in reconnecting the body, mind and spirit back to source thru the elements of nature, aligning the intention with the breath and movement to allow the transformation and freedom to unfold.

To start/warm up the workshop we will do some basic Zenthai Shiatsu yoga postures and run through the meridians, basic organs and some anatomy. During this workshop the festival punters will partner up on yoga mats and be guided by myself through a focused intention 90 minute sequence where I will demonstrate, then allow time for them to mirror as I gently guide the movements and connections, also supported by an assistant. The focus will be on 'hollow bamboo' where I will encourage them to be a portal for healing touch rather than the fixer. We will work with the basics of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the form of the meridians and the elements along with Zen Shiatsu acupressure points and techniques. This is a rare opportunity to learn how to safely use hands, feet, knees etc as part of the healing arts. Both partners will give and receive a treatment and have time towards the end to have a "play" with what we have just shared. This workshop is a fun and meaningful way to learn, share and connect with friends, partners and the community.

The art and science of mindful breathing with simple take away tools-Swami Karma Karuna Saraswati

Swami Karma Karuna Saraswati-The art and science of mindful breathing with simple take away tools; expansive movements and breathing for health, energy and balance

Harvest Land

Deepening our Experience of Community - The Big House Project

Deepening our Experience of Community - The Big House Project

An understanding of the social nervous system offers us a powerful new pathway to inform our collaboration initiatives, be that eco-villages, community gardens, food coops or whatever. An engaging 2 hour presentation, with some discussion and also practice. This presentation is pitched at folk who already have some experience with community. The question is why collaborate? If we consider the state of the world, and a pressing need for change, then one possible answer is that change requires collaboration, and collaboration in turn requires connection. But what happens when people actually do come together (and of necessity to interact), and friction comes up? What now? That friction could be seen as our calling to learn to work together, and to understand the nature of the barriers between us. And, that the capacity building that each of us is called to engage with, is an obvious building block to any real movement of change.

This simple model is one that activists and changemakers can make sense of, but it only gets us so far. If we were to go deeper into this, we might look at the neurobiological evidence that we as humans actually need connection for its own sake. Its part of the wiring of our mammalian DNA, and yet over the so called "century of the self" we seem to have forgotten this.

The question that this presentation tackles is what might a framework look like, that helps us navigate the needs of the individual, AND the need to connect, AND, in bigger terms our need to consciously engage with the process of our own evolution. This presentation offers a crash course in what Polyvagal Theory is, and how it can help us better navigate the path between our need for safety in groups, and our need to actually collaborate. There is some material about the art of relationships, some neuroscience, and a couple of experiential exercises.

Strategies of the Past Presenting Traditional Māori Knowledge to help people understand and address major trauma to promote healing- Te Hopo

Te Hopo-Strategies of the Past Presenting Traditional Māori Knowledge to help people understand and address major trauma to promote healing.

My taken name is Te Hopo I am of the oldest Iwi of Te Waipoinemu, being Rapuwai, Waitaha, Mamoe and Tahu in that order. My principle Hapū is Kāti Huirapa, an amalgamation of all of these Iwi and closely connected to Moriori. I am a Traditonal Healer using methods and knowledge from the Rapuwai and Waitaha lines handed down thru whakapapa.

My purpose in life is to Heal and for those not ready to heal, to provide understanding thru Knowledge and with this knowledge and 100% committment ignite the beginning of your healing Journey.

Men’s introduction to yin yoga- Rich Naughton

Rich Naughton- Men’s introduction to yin yoga

My name is Rich.  I'm a father by heart and a plumber by trade. I run a series of workshops called Band of Brothers, offering men a safe and sacred space to connect with one another, to share their challenges and their wins, providing the support and tools needed for being a conscious man in a modern world. I like to live my life intentionally. 5am wake-ups to workout. Cold showers. Long hikes. Ecstatic dance. Self work. Deep healing. Being a conscious man means being self accountable and doing the inner work to shift past patterns to become the best version of yourself. Men need brotherhood. It is in our DNA. We need one another for support - to help us grow and learn how to embody healthy masculinity so that we can rise up from the fires in our lives and lead with heart centred integrity and strength. Four things about me: - I spent six years in the military as a combat engineer. - I have my own plumbing business called Enriched Plumbing & Gas. - My two girls are my world. - I believe laughter and tears are both medicine. Get in touch if you’d like to know more. Rich

Morrocan Tent

Herbs and Hormones - Amy Mccomb

Amy Mccomb-NZ Native tree & Wild plant Herbal Medicine Supporting Heart and Blood Health, & Hormonal Wellbeing.

Amy McComb brings in-depth knowledge of herbal medicine and vibrational essences with a scientific background and intuitive healing approach. Creating natural botanical remedies for over 25+ years, she is one of the most well-respected and qualified herbalists in New Zealand.

The PlantRhythms team is led by Amy, who is a traditional Master Herbalist, Outdoor educator and Hands-on healer. Amy does readings, consultations and offers immersive courses in the NZ bush on Herbal Medicine. https://www.plantrhythms.com/

A sound journey that will teleport you to a different dimension-David Zencominierski.

David Zencominierski-Yidaki (Didgeridoo), drum, mouth harp incense and white sage to relax to. A sound journey that will teleport you to a different dimension

David Zencominierski is a multi-skilled generalist from Germany on a quest to return to the whenua. Facilitating Sound Journeys is a passion amongst other things such as building, sailing and making beeswax candles. He is a student of master plant medicines, sound healing and the mysteries of life. David has been facilitating sound journeys since 2018 and he has recently launched DZ-Pure Beeswax Candles. A sustainable business focused on using local resources to bring more light into the world through candle making. The combination of the two branches creates a beautifully unique atmosphere in the space he holds.

Davids’ sound journeys are intuitive and dominated by the ancient yidaki (didgeridoo) and medicine drum alongside a dozen other instruments. He receives his inspiration from the diverse animal sounds and the beating of the natural rhythms of nature. Regularly assisting in and co-creating locally held ceremonies with different plant medicines allow him to authentically connect with papatuanuku in sacred spaces while sharing his gifts. He will also start assisting tane during rights of passage at Highden Temple as a way to empower, heal and re-connecting the global brotherhood. David is a creative, heart-lead and playful craftsman in the physical and meta-physical realm excited to share his uniqueness with others.

How to make your own 100% Ceremonial Cacao paste & Chocolate at home - Oonagh Browne