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This programme is subject to change. Some experiences have limited numbers and are bookable, check individually for details.
Activities will take place in the Main Marquee, the Workout Tent, Workshop Hut, Village Hall and Woods.
Please bring your own exercise/yoga mats, blocks and cushions
For more details on sessions and leads, check the Line Up Page
Join Angela for a nurturing Sound Bath, where you will be bathed in the magical sounds and vibrational energies of Crystal and Tibetan Singing Bowls, Voice Toning and Indigenous instruments. Angela also uses high frequency Colours to enhance the effects of the sounds. This immersive experience will leave you relaxed and refreshed in body, mind and spirit. Bring a mat or a chair.
Grace is a devoted practitioner who supports others to move through the depth of their heart space. Honouring both ancient and modern practices to initiate transformation and healing.
Acro yoga is fun, accessible and collaborative. You will learn to trust yourself and others whilst doing things you never thought your body could do. Please note this is a 90min session.
Laughter yoga has many benefis; increasing playfulness and creativity, stress busting, enhances relationship and connection, boosts immunity, energises and relaxes. The power role of Laughter Yoga is backed up by the latest trauma research and by the work of Rober Dunbar at Oxford University.
In this gentle yin class we will be doing a meditation, pranayama (breathing techniques) , and an hour of yin yoga with adjustments offered for each pose. Yin yoga is a slow paced practice that involves holding asanas (postures) for around 5 mins each, targeting the connective tissues and fascia. It is amazing for releasing trauma from the body and is a very meditative practice where we focus a lot on the breath. The class will also have a theme and focused intention setting.
The alchemy of touch & connection can be trans formative. This workshop teaches the magic of simple, restorative touch. Learn massage and partner stretching techniques, and take away a sense of well-being and some awesome new skills! Everyone welcome, and you don't need a partner to come along.
Fancy learning a dance routine to perform on mass in our main marquee? Get involved in our flash mob dance
Dive into the transformative world of breathwork with our Introduction to Breathwork session! Led by an experienced facilitator, this session offers participants a guided journey into conscious connected breathing, unlocking the profound benefits of intentional breath. Join us to experience a powerful practice that promotes relaxation, stress reduction, and increased mindfulness. Take a deep breath and embark on a path of self-discovery and well-being. As this is an introduction to breathwork it is suitable for complete beginners. This workshop is limited to 12 people. (Breathwork is not suitable for pregnant people. It may not be suitable for those who have had recent surgery, or for individuals with certain medical conditions such as cardiovascular problems, high blood pressure, severe asthma or COPD, or certain mental health conditions like panic disorders.) Please bring a mat, a pillow and a blanket for your comfort during this workshop. Also a bottle of water is recommended.
Forest bathing – or Shinrin-yoku – is a way of relaxing and slowing down the mind by being immersed among the trees. It's believed to help to reduce blood pressure, lower stress levels and improve concentration. Book via bookable experiences page
Meet Aleisha (she/her), aka Homesong.love, leading chanting/kirtan practices this weekend! Kirtan and mantra chanting are heart-centred practices of Bhakti yoga, fostering self and communal connection. Mantra, meaning 'mind instrument' in Sanskrit, aids in focus and mind training, discovered during my yoga training and now integral to my life. Kirtan, devotional singing often with a Harmonium, uses Sanskrit and deity names to evoke energies within us. It's a call-and-response, inclusive, and meditative practice. No experience needed; everyone's welcome to chant, sing, or simply be present. Let's connect and chant together this weekend! Ruth acknowledges and respects the cultural heritage of Kirtan.
In life we will find fears. It is how we let them influence us that shapes who we are!. Learning to balance on our hands cultivates an ability to face our fears and learn to fly. Learn anatomy, alignment and take home exercises to build a fun and fulfilling inversion practice.
Find deep relaxation and be bathed in the beautiful sounds and healing vibrations of the Gongs. Bringing balance and harmony to mind, body, and Spirit. A unique and powerful passive meditation experience suitable for all. Bring a yoga mat (or camping mat) blanket (or sleeping bag), cushion and wear comfy clothes.
Hatha yoga originated in India more than 5000 years ago and was originally taught as a healing system for the mind and to prepare the body for seated meditation. In Hatha yoga, a series of asanas (poses) are practiced together with breathing techniques (pranayama) and meditation. My classes include a series of postures and gentle stretches connected in a slow flow that guides you into deep relaxation, through fun and light-hearted sequences. Attention is paid to the breath, used as a calming and grounding tool. My classes are suitable for beginners with plenty of options and modifications offered. It’s also appropriate for any other advanced yogini or yogi who wants a calming, relaxing class that will leave you feeling energised and, at the same time, rested.
In this session you will use an active warm up to open and release stuck or heavy energy or Qi from your body, making space for the fresh bright life force energy to flow with ease.
Hatha yoga originated in India more than 5000 years ago and was originally taught as a healing system for the mind and to prepare the body for seated meditation. In Hatha yoga, a series of asanas (poses) are practiced together with breathing techniques (pranayama) and meditation. My classes include a series of postures and gentle stretches connected in a slow flow that guides you into deep relaxation, through fun and light-hearted sequences. Attention is paid to the breath, used as a calming and grounding tool. My classes are suitable for beginners with plenty of options and modifications offered. It’s also appropriate for any other advanced yogini or yogi who wants a calming, relaxing class that will leave you feeling energised and, at the same time, rested.
I'm fascinated by the intersection between the 'following' and 'leading' roles in the dance, how these are often perceived through stereotypical ideas of femininity and masculinity - and how we can subvert or 'play' with them. For me, dancing tango is also a meditative practice. I enjoy introducing tango to more people, and my current project is organising a women's dual-role Practica in the South-West.
Hi , I am Ailsa I am a Welsh outdoor instructor based in north wales . I am passionate about sharing and facilitating journeys into the wild landscape of North Wales . At the Out and wild festival I will be focusing on Shinrin-Yoku … Forest Bathing . Come and take a break with me and escape the fast paced modern society we exist in . I aim to create space to slow down and embody a adventurous spirit that encourages reconnection to one self and nature . Allow your body as your guide . Listen to to where it wants to take you , follow your nose , savour the sounds , smells , sights of nature …. And let the forest in . Stress is the Health Epidemic of the 20th Centry . There is a wealth of data to support Shinrin -yoku and it’s impact on Health and Well being . Reduces blood pressure Improves cardiovascular & metabolic health . Improve concentration and Memory. Lift depression. Boost immune system and increase anti cancer proteins in the body . Is it any wonder Buddha found enlightenment under a tree . I look forward to connecting with you soon . Ailsa. Book via bookabe experiences page
Acro yoga is fun, accessible and collaborative. You will learn to trust yourself and others whilst doing things you never thought your body could do, Please note this is a 90min session.
Laughter yoga has many benefis; increasing playfulness and creativity, stress busting, enhances relationship and connection, boosts immunity, energises and relaxes. The power role of Laughter Yoga is backed up by the latest trauma research and by the work of Rober Dunbar at Oxford University.
A Poetry Dive uses music, movement, poetry and writing to take you on a journey into yourself. The poems and music woven together have the power to open new pathways of being, reacquaint us with ourselves, pierce through the constantly moving mind and enter into the body, somewhere deeper and more real. Everyone welcome. "an amazing experience and has broken through barriers I've held up for decades!" Nic, Cwmcarn, 2022
Embark on a transformative journey at Out and Wild with Sam's captivating session, where she guides participants through a profound Conscious Connected Breathwork experience. This immersive breathing technique seamlessly helps you foster a profound sense of connection and inner healing. Harnessing the innate power of breath, we infuse each session with positive intention, channeling energies towards personal growth and renewal. Participants often liken the experience to "Meditation on Steroids," as it delves into the depths of one's being, facilitating profound healing and blissful revelations. Emotions flow freely, leading to a beautiful and cathartic release unlike any other. Following the breathwork journey, attendees will convene to explore the revelations unearthed during the session, delving into the intricacies of relationships. At the core of every connection lies the relationship we nurture with ourselves. Through introspection and discussion, we'll illuminate the importance of deep intuition in fostering meaningful connections, both with ourselves and others.
For Contemplate & Embody we'll focus on an energy, contemplate it and embody it through practice integrating the wisdom of all 8 limbs of yoga. I'll offer multiple ways that you can creatively connect with and explore the energy through the magic of yoga. At Teapot yoga we centre disability justice and strive to teach yoga creatively so that every person can access the energy we are looking to connect with and cultivate. There will be chairs and mats available, I will demonstrate using both. In the session I'll include elements of yoga philosophy, ethics, social justice theory and practice. You'll find that these sessions tend to be themed around what's currently going on in the world, whether that's a particular social justice issue, elements of nature, the season we are in, the lunar cycle and more. We'll have time to discuss our experience as well as engage in some creative practice. Everything I offer is an invitation, it's about finding the ways that work for you.
Grace is a devoted practitioner who supports others to move through the depth of their heart space. Honouring both ancient and modern practices to initiate transformation and healing.
The alchemy of touch & connection can be trans formative. This workshop teaches the magic of simple, restorative touch. Learn massage and partner stretching techniques, and take away a sense of well-being and some awesome new skills! Everyone welcome, and you don't need a partner to come along.
Limited chairs so please bring your own chair. I really want to create an accessible space for you all. I’ll be using beautiful traditional hatha style yoga, seated in a chair. We can delve collectively into slow movement, some held postures, relaxation, breathing techniques and maybe a bit of meditation and mantra. Come along, be comfy, let’s see where we go! Suitable for everyone.
If you don't think yoga is for you then come over to the Yinside! This is a floor based practice designed to bring you calm, with physical, as well as mental benefits. If you have never done any yoga before then this is a perfect place to start, and if you are an experienced yogi then this will bring you a moment of calm in the weekend's experience. Make sure you are wearing comfortable clothing and bring an extra jumper, towel or blanket for comfort.
Faye specialises and geeks out on building joint health, connection to your body and control over movement. You’ll learn how to reconnect to your body, self-assess what areas are feeling ‘tight’ or restricted and how you can live pain-free. Anyone can do it, the session is adapted for complete beginners to advanced movers.
Book via the bookable experiences page. Katie is often asked if Forest Bathing involves special clothing or nudity. It doesn't! Originating from Japan as Shinrin Yoku, it's a method recognised for its stress-relieving and health-promoting effects. Unlike a simple walk in nature, guided forest bathing sessions led by trained guides offer structured invitations, akin to a yoga class, encouraging deeper immersion and relaxation. There is plenty of room for flexibility and doing what you want to do during your session. Just as a yoga teacher will ask you to feel into what feels right for you and to adjust your position if it doesn’t feel right – so too can you decline invitations and have time to explore the forest how you feel. While participants can still explore freely, these invitations provide gentle guidance for a more focused experience. With scientifically proven benefits like reducing stress, improving sleep, and boosting the immune system, dedicating 2-3 hours to forest bathing monthly is recommended for long-lasting well-being.
Find deep relaxation and be bathed in the beautiful sounds and healing vibrations of the Gongs. Bringing balance and harmony to mind, body, and Spirit. A unique and powerful passive meditation experience suitable for all. Bring a yoga mat (or camping mat) blanket (or sleeping bag), cushion and wear comfy clothes.
Yoga Nidra is a practice for deep relaxation but also awakened clarity. It is a guided meditation designed to take you deeply into the layers of your consciousness, and allow you to experience meditative states unlike anything you will have known before if this is your first time. Make sure you have warm clothes, maybe a blanket or pillow so you can forget your body and get into your mind.
In this session you will use an active warm up to open and release stuck or heavy energy or Qi from your body, making space for the fresh bright life force energy to flow with ease.
The workshop starts at the very beginning. We come into a comfortable seated position so we can focus on our breathing. The 3-part yoga breath, so useful for soothing ourselves, is introduced. There is a seated foundational sequence to get us moving. We listen to our bodies and can pause and take rest whenever that feels right. Then we will experience a variety of yoga postures (called asanas in the Sanskrit language). Each posture is taken in stages - yoga really is for everyone, every age, every ability. The session ends with a period of relaxation which is often a favourite with folk. We are encouraged to settle down, keep warm, and be guided by Heather to a place of peace.
Book via the bookable experiences page. Katie is often asked if Forest Bathing involves special clothing or nudity. It doesn't! Originating from Japan as Shinrin Yoku, it's a method recognised for its stress-relieving and health-promoting effects. Unlike a simple walk in nature, guided forest bathing sessions led by trained guides offer structured invitations, akin to a yoga class, encouraging deeper immersion and relaxation. There is plenty of room for flexibility and doing what you want to do during your session. Just as a yoga teacher will ask you to feel into what feels right for you and to adjust your position if it doesn’t feel right – so too can you decline invitations and have time to explore the forest how you feel. While participants can still explore freely, these invitations provide gentle guidance for a more focused experience. With scientifically proven benefits like reducing stress, improving sleep, and boosting the immune system, dedicating 2-3 hours to forest bathing monthly is recommended for long-lasting well-being.
Laughter yoga has many benefis; increasing playfulness and creativity, stress busting, enhances relationship and connection, boosts immunity, energises and relaxes. The power role of Laughter Yoga is backed up by the latest trauma research and by the work of Rober Dunbar at Oxford University.
Meet Aleisha (she/her), aka Homesong.love, leading chanting/kirtan practices this weekend! Kirtan and mantra chanting are heart-centred practices of Bhakti yoga, fostering self and communal connection. Mantra, meaning 'mind instrument' in Sanskrit, aids in focus and mind training, discovered during my yoga training and now integral to my life. Kirtan, devotional singing often with a Harmonium, uses Sanskrit and deity names to evoke energies within us. It's a call-and-response, inclusive, and meditative practice. No experience needed; everyone's welcome to chant, sing, or simply be present. Let's connect and chant together this weekend! Ruth acknowledges and respects the cultural heritage of Kirtan.
All welcome at this fun and lively dance workshop with great music. You’ll have fun, meet new people and learn some latindances including bossa nova, merengue and square tango. We’ll even throw in a line dance or two. No partners necessary. You choose whether to lead or follow. Wear comfortable shoes to help you spin!
How can you live the life of a yogi without giving up your everyday way of living? Join Raga and discover the answer through the essence of ancient Indian knowledge and traditions. Raga will guide you towards understanding what a purposeful life can be through understanding duty, work and liberation, serving as the very breath of our existence.
Hatha yoga originated in India more than 5000 years ago and was originally taught as a healing system for the mind and to prepare the body for seated meditation. In Hatha yoga, a series of asanas (poses) are practiced together with breathing techniques (pranayama) and meditation. My classes include a series of postures and gentle stretches connected in a slow flow that guides you into deep relaxation, through fun and light-hearted sequences. Attention is paid to the breath, used as a calming and grounding tool. My classes are suitable for beginners with plenty of options and modifications offered. It’s also appropriate for any other advanced yogini or yogi who wants a calming, relaxing class that will leave you feeling energised and, at the same time, rested.
Our Breath is our hidden super power, by changing the way we breathe, we change the way we think, feel and act. Come and join me for this morning session, you will be amazed at the releases you can experience with this simple practice. We will begin with a guided meditation together, followed by an introduction to the process, we will then do some movement to open, shake and wake up the body and our breathing before we begin the breath journey. We will be using a simple breathing technique known as conscious connected breathing, that activates the nervous system and helps create new neural pathways in the brain. When we breathe in this pattern, we begin to enter into an altered state of consciousness which allows us to release stored emotions and trauma in both the physical and energetic body. If you’re looking to release stress and create more space for joy, peace and love then these sessions are for you. It’s Simple! Smile, Breathe and follow your Heart!
Faye specialises and geeks out on building joint health, connection to your body and control over movement. You’ll learn how to reconnect to your body, self-assess what areas are feeling ‘tight’ or restricted and how you can live pain-free. Anyone can do it, the session is adapted for complete beginners to advanced movers.
In this gentle yin class we will be doing a meditation, pranayama (breathing techniques) , and an hour of yin yoga with adjustments offered for each pose. Yin yoga is a slow paced practice that involves holding asanas (postures) for around 5 mins each, targeting the connective tissues and fascia. It is amazing for releasing trauma from the body and is a very meditative practice where we focus a lot on the breath. The class will also have a theme and focused intention setting.
Limited chairs so please bring your own chair. I really want to create an accessible space for you all. I’ll be using beautiful traditional hatha style yoga, seated in a chair. We can delve collectively into slow movement, some held postures, relaxation, breathing techniques and maybe a bit of meditation and mantra. Come along, be comfy, let’s see where we go! Suitable for everyone.
For Contemplate & Embody we'll focus on an energy, contemplate it and embody it through practice integrating the wisdom of all 8 limbs of yoga. I'll offer multiple ways that you can creatively connect with and explore the energy through the magic of yoga. At Teapot yoga we centre disability justice and strive to teach yoga creatively so that every person can access the energy we are looking to connect with and cultivate. There will be chairs and mats available, I will demonstrate using both. In the session I'll include elements of yoga philosophy, ethics, social justice theory and practice. You'll find that these sessions tend to be themed around what's currently going on in the world, whether that's a particular social justice issue, elements of nature, the season we are in, the lunar cycle and more. We'll have time to discuss our experience as well as engage in some creative practice. Everything I offer is an invitation, it's about finding the ways that work for you.
Hi , I am Ailsa I am a Welsh outdoor instructor based in north wales . I am passionate about sharing and facilitating journeys into the wild landscape of North Wales . At the Out and wild festival I will be focusing on Shinrin-Yoku … Forest Bathing . Come and take a break with me and escape the fast paced modern society we exist in . I aim to create space to slow down and embody a adventurous spirit that encourages reconnection to one self and nature . Allow your body as your guide . Listen to to where it wants to take you , follow your nose , savour the sounds , smells , sights of nature …. And let the forest in . Stress is the Health Epidemic of the 20th Centry . There is a wealth of data to support Shinrin -yoku and it’s impact on Health and Well being . Reduces blood pressure Improves cardiovascular & metabolic health . Improve concentration and Memory. Lift depression. Boost immune system and increase anti cancer proteins in the body . Is it any wonder Buddha found enlightenment under a tree . I look forward to connecting with you soon . Ailsa, book via bookable experiences page
Are you looking to boost your energy, happiness and reduce stress? Would you like to do so in a fun and relaxing way? Would you like to give more focus to taking care of your needs and wellbeing? Would you like to make new positive connections with others as well as with your body? You are invited to join a Biodanza session at Out&Wild Festival which is run by Caroline Boyce. Caroline is training at the Bristol School of Biodanza. Apart from practising Biodanza, Caroline is also an English Language teacher, youth leader and drama facilitator. Biodanza literally translates to the ‘dance of life.’ In Biodanza, we rediscover our capacity to enjoy moving and being present in our body. The system provides a great tool for personal development using music, movement and connection to help us deepen our connection to ourselves and with others. The session is accessible for all genders, ages and fitness levels and can be done in a way that suits each person. In Biodanza, exercises are done alone, in pairs and in groups. Each class starts with high-energy & playful dances/exercises to boost our energy and endorphins and then moves towards a series of simple fluidity and relaxation exercises to help us wind down and become more relaxed in our bodies. Classes are easy, fun, and will leave you feeling happier, more energised and relaxed. No previous experience is necessary and full guidance will be provided.
Acro yoga is fun, accessible and collaborative. You will learn to trust yourself and others whilst doing things you never thought your body could do, Please note this is a 90min session.
Join Angela for a nurturing Sound Bath, where you will be bathed in the magical sounds and vibrational energies of Crystal and Tibetan Singing Bowls, Voice Toning and Indigenous instruments. Angela also uses high frequency Colours to enhance the effects of the sounds. This immersive experience will leave you relaxed and refreshed in body, mind and spirit. Bring a mat or a chair.
