Workshops 2018

Just Breathe!
Join us for a simple yoga practice designed to relax and restore your whole body! Are you suffering from a sore back or neck after a night under the stars? Never fear relief is just a few steps away! Suitable for all skill levels. BYO mat.

Inhabit Flow Collective is a complementary approach to well-being using immersion in movement and sound. Classes, workshops and events are designed to drop people out of their heads and into their bodies. The collective offers a range of workshops, events and short courses made up of sound journeys, dance, movement and meditation. Each workshop has a fun and playful approach with the hope of connecting people to dance and sound. Inhabit Flow Collective is a dynamic community collective and the workshops are co-facilitated by various practitioners, sound healers, yoga teachers, musicians and movement instructors. 

The collective specialised in holding space, circles and ceremonies. These often involve powerful journeys though sound and movement facilitating people to drop into deep states of meditation... Supported by the sounds of Vocals, Didgeridoo, Native American Flute, Medicine Drums, Crystal Sound Bowls, and Handpan and paired with movement, participants are guided inwards through deep, vibrational massage to promote physical, emotional and energetic opening and release...

Artist, teacher and Aikido practitioner and volunteer instructor. I have been presenting Aikido demonstrations for 6 years at schools and festivals, including Rainbow Serpent and Maitreya. I also run maker spaces for primary school children and lecture in the School of Education at La Trobe University. My art practice involves walking, social justice and critical investigations of technology.

Aura Fae are a dynamic duo of Sacha Fae and Angela Aura.
Sacha has performed and taught Tribal Fusion Belly Dancing internationally and Angela has a rich blend of belly dance styles and exotic dances in her history. Together they can hold and facilitate a beautiful, safe and fun space to let students shimmy off their shackles and shake their cares away in beautiful, egyptian and tribal fusion styles.

Fun and Fab Fan dancing techniques for all levels and genders.
Folding fans, silk veil fans, burlesque feather fans and classic spinning fans by some of the top guys and girls in the game!

We are a group of teachers and artists from the local area. We love coming to Dragon each year and sharing our love of the ecology and art with the Dragon community.

Maintaining, refining and evolving a yoga practice for over 10 years, I combine different 'styles' depending what is needed. Every session is different, yet suitable and modifiable for most people with a genuine will and interest. Meditation is an element often missed in every class I come about these days which is rather exercise orientated. I've learnt to integrate Qi Gong movements within my practice as it serves to explore and understand the practice of yoga on many more levels.
I have 1000 hours of official training, meaning the training was affiliated and certified with either Yoga Alliance or Yoga Alliance International.
I've had the honour to practice with very experienced and knowledgeable teachers, they are:
-Mahinder Prasad (Dharamkhot, north Indian Himalayas) practicing Kriya, Kundalini, Hatha, Astanga, Power yoga and Alignment principles.
-Arun Prashant (Bangalore, South India) long-term disciple of Iyengar.) Iyengar Yoga, Pranayama, Yoga therapy.
-Dominique Renucci (Yoga Yantra) Vinyasa yoga and Kriya, pranayama, and yoga therapy
All trainings undertaken included an important and substantial amount of pranayama and meditation practices..

With sixteen years of immersion in yoga and a decade of teaching experience, Emerald has crafted a pattern of practice both professionally grounded and eclectically unique. In devotion to the potency of the practice, she has undertaken countless trainings (including a five hundred hour/certificate IV teacher training with Byron Yoga), and attended innumerable classes and workshops revolving around yoga, conscious movement, dance, pranayama, interpersonal connection and meditation practices in order to inform and progress that which she shares. Each of Emerald's workshops reflect this collated collection of learnings, and Emerald seeks to responsively tailor her classes to nurture the needs of each entity present. Emerald often offers her workshops - nude and clad - at an array of festivals (Earth Frequency, Dragon Dreaming, Regrowth, Burning Seed, Origins of Entropy, Connections, Psyfari, Subsonic etcetera), and from her cosy south coast home. She highly values mutual evolutions of mind and the nourishing of tangible elements of self, and gently weaves philosophy throughout each bass-accompanied ceremony of movement.

Katarzyna's relationship with music is deep and ever-evolving. She cares intimately for complexity, detail, and immersive experience, and has for years infused her work - mixing and producing - with these values. With experience spanning genres and creatively cradling expressive movement, Katarzyna often offers her skill to accompany yoga, ecstatic dance, and meditation.

Kriya Yoga is an ancient science of self realisation that was only once more recently uncovered and brought to the world through the great perfected Yogi's of India, Mahavatar Babaji and Lahiri Mahasaya which has since been brought to the masses of the West by Paramahansa Yogananda. These ancient teachings of Kriya Yoga offer profound results for the individual when practised. I will offer a description of Kriya Yoga and then introduce to you a series of practises that follow the science of the body which will result in transcendental states that you will eventually learn to enter at will with practise. Kriya Yoga is not stretching. It is the science of yoga through meditative practises. Kriya is a method of Yoga that will unfold the individual beyond the physical limitations of the body as they continuously move closer and closer towards realisation as they merge with the infinite.

Want to get sassy and saucy on the dancefloor?
OR
Tired of getting muddy boots off outside your tent can feeling downright clumsy!
Well!
Time to learn to strip with style, boogie to the beats, learn tricks of the trade and shimmy-shimmy shake those shackles (and clothes) off, with cheeky, sassy style!
Bring a yoga mat if you have one OR get down and dirty straight on the Wee Jasper fields!
Some gloves, scarves and accessories will be available to play with too!

Welcome to beginners Hula Hooping, in this class we will be learning how to hoop from waist to knees, knees to waist, waist to chest and off body isolations. We will have some hoops for your to buy or return at the end of the class, though please bring your own.

beginners double staff workshop
Welcome to a new world of double staff. In this class we will go over: Reels, Isolation's, Anti Spins, Split-time & Opposites and explaining where to go to from here. We will supply extra double staves, though please bring your own.

Doofland means trekking, boogies, adventures, and good times. But we have all experienced that awful Tuesday after a festival when the weekend catches up with us and it feels like we just spent days at the gym. Be kind to yourself and come along to this workshop focussed on resting and rejuvenating those sore muscles and learning new, fun ways to build strength so that next time you can dance even longer into the night!

Welcome to Swingin' Things, an entry level class for poi. In this class we will go over: Basic Theory, Weaves, Butterfly's & Spiral wraps. We can provide some extra poi, though please bring your own.

I've been spinning and teaching fire for about 10 years. I have done this workshop for Dragon at least 3 times before and would love to have the opportunity to participate again.

Welcome to a new world of dragon staff. In this class we will go over: chi rolls, reverse chi rolls, chest rolls and how to keep your dragon rolling. We will have a couple of spare dragon staves to be returned at the end of the class. Please BYO Dragon.

Deep within Gaia, from the inner Earth, birthed was Flowerfairy Amy, her passion for flowers and nature brings out the beauty of Gaia as Flowerfairy sees, her earthy spirit grounds us all. Our newest fairy, Sarfairy brings light and laughter to our world, her kindness and warmth fills your heart with joy!

This is who we are, fairy sistars.

We as the fairy sistars will be by your side to join you on your magikal journey to see what our YoUniverse holds and the beauty it is. Experience the magik in your heart. Fly free and Soar with us.

Emily is a dynamic teacher with experience in teaching in a range of settings. Emily has taught school groups at the National Zoo and Aquarium and the CSIRO Discovery Centre. She was worked in Education for over 5 years, and has worked at a number of primary schools around Canberra.

Emily’s educational philosophy is that doing is learning, and that the best way to understand a new concept is to see it in action. She teaches difficult concepts using a range of practical activities and challenges.

Emily is a life-long learner, and encourages this mindset in her students. She has a Bachelor degree from ANU in Genetics and Zoology, a Graduate Certificate in Animal Science, and a Masters of Teaching. In her spare time, she likes to learn about sociology, biology and history.

Light Wizard is an adventurer of the imagination, part of a cutting-edge generation of visionaries redefining the framework of possibility. He is a consciousness explorer dedicated to unraveling metaphysical mysteries and spiritual enigmas. Using artwork as a sacred practice; and light as his medium, he channels artwork into existence using a very particular process and peculiar visual language.

The artwork is a fusion of sculpture and photography. Steven collects hard rubbish, recycled material, and found objects that are assembled into sculpture. These sculptures are reworked and captured in a single photograph without any digital manipulation or alteration.

His process is highly defined and is designed to align with spirit; allowing a familiar yet alien voice to speak through him. His unique style teases his viewer’s imagination as he blurs the line between reality, and fantasy. The end product reveals a highly structured, balanced, wonder-filled world, oozing with intent, and perplexing puzzlement. He captures curiosities; marveling his audience with a peak into a wondrous world of fantastical ingenuity that pushes all boundaries of possibility.

Steven was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1981. He has had an international life having lived in New Zealand, Mexico, Venezuela, Japan, Guatemala, U.S.A, and Australia. He studied Fine Art Photography in San Francisco at The Academy of Art University before moving to Australia where he currently resides.

I am a yoga teacher, teaching a strong vinyasa class, but really enjoy teaching kids and young women.
I have had experience in healthy self esteem classes with young women and also young children. Taught at regrowth in 2017.

Ryn Hooligan is a skilled Melbourne-based hoop teacher and performer. She facilitates hoop workshops in schools, community `events and clubs, and adult classes. She has taught hooping over the past 7 years. Her personal style combines fancy tricks with dance.

Colorful face and body paint open to the fellow dragon dreaming community.. I would like to get this kids involved in creating a artwork through finger painting onto a huge cloth canvas.. there they can leave their mark on the festival.. this can be gifted to the creators to hang up.

Renske ‘Dutchie’ Bergman is the fun loving creator of Dutchie’s Delights, specialising in artistic, original macrame jewellery. Born in the Netherlands, Dutchie traveled the world for a number of years before making her home in Melbourne, Australia.

She cultivated her skills in macrame while travelling, inspired by the different cultures and landscapes in which she journeyed. Using high quality crystals to activate each individuals purpose and intentions, her pieces are powerful, imaginative and alive. Her jewellery is filled with passion for earth loving, open minded people.

Dutchie is brimming with authenticity and integrity, she has a passion for community, a bright bubbly attitude and a undeniable zest for life. After years of experience and devotion, she has uncovered a passion for teaching this technique to others by facilitating workshops. She creates a comfortable and enjoyable environment for any level of learner to develop macrame making skills. Bringing her passion for people, creativity and the earth into everything she does, her ability to teach others is exceptional and her jewellery, breathtaking.

Emily is a long time costume maker who has taught children (young and old!) to transform their imagination to reality. Emily is a career educator and designer. She loves to make costumes, wings, props and accessories. You may see her around as the Azure Fairy.

My names Modge and i am so passionate about healing through crafting with our hands.
This workshop will combine all my favorite things, plants, crafts and people.
Ill provide natural and recycled materials for you to take home a plant and its hanger.

I can offer many other kinds of workshops such as:
earth building
dream catchers
cacao ceremony
talk on herbal medicine and tincture making
talk on permaculture
let me know if any of these fit what you want better xx

I am an absolute paper fiend and love to share the knowledge of how to create beautiful books with others. I studied art at university and delved deep into this craft myself to make artist books as part of my printmaking practice. I have since taught over 6 workshops on bookbinding and love the enthusiasm and creativity that comes out in both kids and adults alike! Most recently I taught 2 lots of teenagers at Fairbridge festival earlier this year with great success, everyone of them super stoked to take with them a sweet book to use however they'd like :) I am passionate about reusing materials and using craftsmanship to unite mind and body, encouraging attendees enjoy the journey of making as a meditation, as much as the outcome as an opportunity for further self expression.

Asher Cloran , is a certified CHEK Exercise Coach and Holistic Lifestyle Coach, a practicing Kinesiologist, and Spirit healer, and a dedicated Kung Fu and internal alchemy practitioner.

Also having a passion for music and art, Asher realised from extreme health challenges, that to do ART sustainably and healthfully over a career, other areas of life needed to be addressed .

So began a journey into health and the mysteries of the body, and now Asher lives and breathes vital living and lifestyle.

I am a Spanish Chemical engineer currently working in Sydney as an Innovation Project Manager. I am genuinely passionate about my job and people’s ability to transform the world. Five years ago, I discovered Dragon dreaming methodology in which I am trained as facilitator. Since then I have been applying it to my professional and personal life.

I have worked with Universities, Research and Development centers, start-ups and large companies in several national and European initiatives in the areas of circular economy and sustainable energy. My vision of workshop facilitation is to help groups to observe previously ignored facts without adding drama and to consider and appreciate the past while paving the path for the future. The future hereby is the vision of their project, their dream.

At this moment, I am based in Australia developing my skills further while observing things from a new and different perspective.

Environmentally passionate students from the University of Newcastle have created a group for students to share, encourage and pursue their passion and love for preserving our beautiful homeland, Earth. We actively work on raising awareness for plastic pollution, deforestation, international issues as well as take this oppurtunity to channel there deep ecology side of things. This group allows students to connect and sink their roots back into the energy that we are born from. Evolutionarily speaking, we are all connected and mother nature really helps us connect on a different level. We have had students connect with each other and share their experiences with deep ecology and their scientific enthusiasm, this has created immensely passionate friendships and that is something we would love to share with our like minded brothers and sisters of the doof world a chance to connect to other community members, through conversation and group exercises that acknowledge both gratitude for the beauty of our world, and despair for what is happening to our planet. There is also be space for co-creating positive actions for going forth in this time of upheaval.

Deano has a reputation for supplying environmentally sound, living brews to the workers, cafe's and punters at Rainbow since Spoonbill employed his keg services for a free bar at the rainbow stage in 2009.

Drinkers are often amazed at not only the flavours that come from his incredible living brews but the positive health aspects that come from them. Over the last few years dean's small business, the good brew company, has focused on even healthier, probiotic, non-alcoholic brews.

Deano is a great public speaker, he MC's small events as his alter ego "MC Hammered" and runs as a candidate in Elections for a fledgling political party with high aspirations - Save The Planet party.

"A breath of fresh air from a very funny and passionate environmentalist" is the kinds of things people say when he's given the chance to hold space in large groups.

An interactive hands-on demonstration and workshop on composting techniques. Other discussions on eco-topics and waste management as guided by workshop attendees ^_^

Hey! Wanna learn how to make a recycled, cheap, reusable, compact, sturdy and portable fuel stove? All you need is a lil patience and two tin cans! These are great to chuck in your backpack for day trips to cook food / make some tea and are great addition to a bug out bag for emergencies. Spread the knowledge! This is a neat lil life 101 trick to have up your sleeve. The stoves are reusable and you can take them home (and on the track!) to use :). -- I have previous workshop experience and am all for making a fun safe and interactive environment for people to learn and interact!

Orly Miller is a registered psychologist with experience and passion for working with mindfulness to enhance self-awareness and overall wellbeing. She is committed to creating a safe space for people to explore inner processes to encourage clarity, growth and holistic wellness. Her training is based in ancient Buddhist mindfulness teachings and evidence-based psychological practice.

Heather Leighton is a multi-disciplined healer that uses a vast array of skills in her approach to healing. She has a degree in Health Science and Traditional Chinese Medicine which included experience working in one of China’s largest traditional medicine hospitals. In the last ten years, she has approached her healing sessions with a multi-modality approach, drawing on her skills in Chinese Medicine, Reiki, counselling, massage and Esoteric Acupuncture. Her extensive travel and immersive work with plant medicines has only refined her current mission of unlocking the potential and authenticity within others as an accredited wellness coach. With direct focus on bringing to light any limiting beliefs, conflicted values or trapped emotions in the people she works with, she has the ability to support her clients in finding their own self healing powers. Her work in group settings is filled with intent as the power of collective learning is both highly valued and rewarding for all its participants.

Tomara is an experienced vibrational therapist and a kinesiology (kinergetics) practitioner who works under the name Aquilla Healing.
Tomara is currently based in Victoria where she takes appointments for healing sessions, she also leads workshops to share energetic tools and wisdom to empower people and assist with greater energetic health.

Simple and practical ways to reclaim our mind from its dysfunctional programming…

Hi, I’m Rob mack, I’ve focused much of my life on reclaiming the parts of my mind that worked against me and am very keen to share the most useful, easy to apply techniques I’ve encountered… Come enjoy an open discussion where we look at ways we can develop a more functional relationship with the dysfunctional parts of our mind

This talk is an excellent way to set a deeper intention for a powerful and healing Dragon Dreaming experience

Busker, beatboxer, didgeridoo player and official noise maker.
An introduction to the didgeridoo and the basics of how to play.

Orly is a psychologis­t, holder of space, m­editation teacher, lo­ver, mother, woman, d­aughter, sister who b­elieves strongly in t­he potent healing tha­t is cultivated by si­tting in circle toget­her with other women ­and entering the hea­rt space through cere­mony and deep sharing­.