Offerings
Play Here Now: Playful Meditation for Everyone
Learn to meditate…
and have fun doing it! Meditation instruction along with fun games and exercises. Classes will include some mindful exercises with art materials too. No experience necessary.
This is a one-hour free ONLINE class.
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
9:00-10:00 am pdt/12:00-1:00 pm edt/5:00-6:00 pm bst/6:00-7:00 pm cest.
Laugh, get centered, connect with people through play, and learn or deepen a wonderful life skill.
You'll learn a mindfulness technique to strengthen your focus so you can be more present in your life, your work, and with the people you love.
PLUS you'll have fun as you learn.
We'll be adding the element of PLAY to the Unified Mindfulness system of meditation instruction.
Playfully Befriend Your Inner Critic
A free one-hour ONLINE playshop.
Discover the depths of your creativity in this fun, experiential class. We'll invite our inner critics to play, and use journaling, discussion, art materials, short mindfulness exercises, and games to befriend the part that can often get in the way of our self-expression. No experience required- just a desire to explore and free the inner creative!
This class will take place on Friday, February 24.
9:00 am pst to 10:00 am pst/12 noon est to 1:00 pm est/5 pm gmt to 6:00 pm gmt/6 pm cet to 7:00 pm cet.
This online event is a safe space to dip your toes into the world of improvisation. Anyone 12 or over is invited to join us.
Improv is not just about being funny. It's about being authentically you.
Join us for this gentle introduction-- or reintroduction-- to how to play. You probably played as a child. Back then, play was how we connected with others, used our imaginations, and learned about the world. Improv is play for adults.
Surprise yourself, and have a wonderful time learning something new. Live just at the edge of your comfort zone. Maybe even stretch it a little. You'll only be asked to participate to the level you feel comfortable. Contact us if you’re interested in the next class date.
Mindful Mischief
Online class dates coming soon.
Improvisation is, at its core, a mindfulness practice. The improviser is fully present in the moment, letting go again and again of impulses to plan or control. We cultivate a trust in the unnamed thing that is arising between the players.
Building on the natural affinity that formal practice and improvisation already possess, a delicious synergy happens, creating a wonderful container for the practice of improv.
This class is a great starting place for those new to improv, as well as a wonderful way to deepen the skills of improvisers at any level.
Contact Taj if you’d like to be notified when the next online class is scheduled.
Ready, Set, Go!
Ready, Set, Go is a creative, interactive, and imaginative training that trains participants to respond to whatever life throws at them. Learn a completely nontraditional, improvisational mindset for dealing with any kind of emergency.
Other trainings cover what to do in a particular emergent situation. The difference here is that we focus on developing attitudes that will aid effective action, whatever the situation.
Contact Taj to schedule this training for your organization. Online or in person.
Featured at the 2015 National Healthcare Coalition’s Preparedness Conference in San Diego, CA and The International Emergency Management Society Conference in Portland, OR in 2015.
The Sweet Spot*
The Sweet Spot was a weekly Live Interactive Video Event -a Global Gathering focused on igniting inspiration, making meaningful connections & catalyzing playful personal growth. Taj facilitated once or twice a month.
Taj (top left) is available to facilitate your group in personal growth and meaningful connection through play. Online class dates coming soon.
Get in touch if you’d like more info.
Hope in the Unknown:
Facing the Climate Emergency
In this workshop we use tools from Focusing and Theatrical Improvisation to build a bridge between embodied presence and a creative response to the unknown. In this way we increase our resilience and develop what Roshi Joan Halifax calls "wise hope:" discernment and meaningful action without knowing the outcome.
Contact Taj to schedule this training for your organization. Online or in person.
Featured at the Third Felt Sense Conference, 2021.
Embodied Play:
Focusing and Improv
Like Focusing, play is a way to discover our true selves, and connect with others in unexpected ways. In this workshop, we explore what the intersection of mindful embodied attention and an improvisational attitude might look and feel like.
Contact Taj if you’d like to be notified when the next online class is scheduled.
Presented for the International Focusing Institute as a webinar in 2020 and a workshop in 2021.
*The Sweet Spot was founded by Leif Hansen (bottom left in photo).
Dhira Brown (bottom right) and Ted DesMaison (top right) facilitated regularly as well.