1) Poi as a vehicle for personal transformation

I believe poi can be a kind of "kinetic yoga:" a devotional practice that promotes physical health, mental development, and spiritual growth. I have made some progress with the first two, and just a little with the third. To keep growing, I believe I have to study with teachers of other arts. As I do this, I hope to share what I find through this website.

2) Poi as an expressive art form

I have a personal artistic vision that I would like to manifest and share. I know, you're saying, "but Nick, Dervishly Yers was so beautiful, haven't you already shown us your vision?" The answer is no. I appreciate Dervishly Yers, but hey, why not give me the benefit of the doubt? Hopefully taking things to the next level will involve working with other artists and their own visions. I really do have a vision of all this, and if you stay tuned we get to co-create it :)

3) Poi as a catalyst for global artistic/community empowerment

If my only ambition was poi, life would be much easier. This isn't the case. My poi vision actually fits into a larger vision related to communications technolgoies that empower artists and communities. (This is all a rather long story and I will share it in due time). The problem was that I knew I wouldn't be able to devote myself to both poi and the communications visions whilst having a dead-end day job, so a few years ago I began attempting to make a living through poi related activities. This didn't exactly go according to plan, and often backfired. That turned out to be not so bad a thing :)