THE VISION:
2 full weeks of poi dancing, dance, yoga, celebration, creative expression, and explorations of a beautiful and unique island. Choose the first or second week, or do both! (May 9-15 and May 16-22)

ABOUT BALI:
Bali is part of Indonesia, and lies about 8 degrees south of the equator, in the Indian Ocean, to the east of the Java and north-west of Australia. It has an ancient and very unique Hindu culture. Measuring only 140km by 80km, the island is dominated by towering volcanoes, rice terraces, and more temples than you could count!

OUR VENUE:

***NOTE: THE MARCH RETREATS ARE FULL! WE HAVE DECIDED TO HOST AN EXTRA RETREAT IN MAY. DETAILS COMING SOON :)

THE VISION:
2 full weeks of poi dancing, dance, yoga, celebration, creative expression, and explorations of a beautiful and unique island. Choose the first or second week, or do both! (March 1-7 and March 8-14)

ABOUT BALI:
Bali is part of Indonesia, and lies about 8 degrees south of the equator, in the Indian Ocean, to the east of the Java and north-west of Australia. It has an ancient and very unique Hindu culture. Measuring only 140km by 80km, the island is dominated by towering volcanoes, rice terraces, and more temples than you could count!

OUR VENUE:

THE VISION:
A week of poi dancing, meditation, and deep personal transformation at Damanhur, one of the world's most active spiritual centers.

ABOUT DAMANHUR:
Damanhur is an ecovillage and spiritual community situated in northern Italy. It was founded in 1975 by Oberto Airaudi and a group of devotees who built the Temples of Humankind in complete secrecy with their own hands. The Italian authorities ordered the work destroyed because it had been constructed without planning approval. This order was subsequently revoked when the authorities saw the temples with their own eyes. Today Damanhur is a permanent community of over 1000 people.

RETREAT FORMAT AND SCHEDULE:
4 hours of poi lessons with Nick and Alien Jon every day, nightly play sessions, and daily excursions and guided meditations in the Temples of Humankind..

Day 1: 22 Sept ~ Arrival

Day 2 – 6: 23-27 Sept

Lotte Linssen has invited me to teach a weekend of workshops in Holland, near Nijmegen.

Each day we will offer 2 big workshops:

The Poi Foundations workshops will cover body movement, modes of poi movement, footwork, skill development techniques, and many moves and tricks. This class is for all experience levels.

The Advanced Poi Spinning workshops will cover compound circles, mode switching, atomic patterns, dance and performance concepts, and many advanced moves. These workshops are for those who know all the basics already.

The workshops will be followed by food, music, fire spinning, and party time! We've booked our own private camp ground so there is lots of room for everybody to camp Saturday night!

Lots more details on Lotte's Dutch website.

Contact us if you think you can come.

Jeremy at La Escuela Del Sol has invited me to lead poi retreats at their poi/surfing/yoga school in Montezuma, Costa Rica! We're planning one more for March 1-7th! Meanwhile, I'm also organizing a poi retreat in Bali, April 19th - 25th.

Here's the trailer from the first two Costa Rica Retreats: (Music by Hilight Tribe)

THE VISION:
A full week of poi dancing, dance, yoga, celebration, creative expression, and explorations of one of the most beautiful and unique islands on earth.

ABOUT BALI:
Bali is part of Indonesia, and lies about 8 degrees south of the equator, in the Indian Ocean, to the east of the Java and north-west of Australia. It has an ancient and very unique Hindu culture. Measuring only 140km by 80km, the island is dominated by towering volcanoes, rice terraces, and more temples than you could count!

RETREAT FORMAT:

Sunday May 24th:
Check-in, introductions, and a play session in our beautiful studio!

Monday - Friday:
Daily poi lessons and nightly play sessions, with excursions to explore the volcanoes, the beaches, the temples, and the other riches of Bali. Most days will look like this:

• Yoga
• Breakfast
• Morning Poi Lessons
• Lunch
• Afternoon excursion every other day
• Afternoon poi session
  

I'll be in Bali from Febuary 19th to June 1st. First order of priorities is the Bali Spirit Festival, from March 5th - 16th, where I hope to perform, attend workshops in yoga and dance, and enjoy the concerts.

After the festival I will focus on the new videos, the pendants and clothing, keeping my yoga and poi practice going, finishing the new website, putting a little choreography together, upgrading computer skills, arranging opportunities for next summer, and hopefully launching some fun little projects with the brilliant friends who are coming to play. I'll also offer private lessons, which is a great way to learn.

Hi there, this is Nick, writing from Thailand. This isn't really an "event" yet. I've come to Thailnd, and I've been telling other people to join me here, to train, to make videos, to choreograph, etc. I am not organizing anything yet, nor am I committing to anything. I'm on a working holiday, catching up on a mountain of work, but I like playing with other people, and am setting things up to allow this to happen.

So don't come with big expectations. Cool things might happen, or it could be pretty laid back. I'm mostly designating Pai as a good place to hang out and play with toys. Others are coming.

If you want to know more, you can check my Thailand (un)Plan blog post. I'll be unveiling more details via the blog as they come into being. Just contact me if you're serious about coming.

Happy trails!

(hee hee. That was a poi joke)

-nick