Workshops at Critical Massive

During the Gathering of the Tribe last year, we had an overwhelmingly positive response to our workshop offerings. Thank all of You who made it a success.

This year we are offering even more workshops and have multiple locations to hold them. Some take place in the Hub area, some at the main stage, some in the hub dome and some at the various theme camps. There is something for virtually everyone, and we invite You to participate (some workshops are for adults only).

Below you'll find a list of the current workshops. Wow, there are some amazing opportunities here! Stay tuned for Date / Time / Location information.

Conscious Language
Learn how a few simple realizations of self-sabotage in your speech can radically change your life. Learn about choosing from your Highest Choice instead of just what happens to you. Experience another way of using your imagination to shift your life.

Beginning Hula Hoop Dancing
Hoop dancing combines movement and dance with the fun of hula hooping. All skill levels, ages, and sizes are welcome as we have a grand time learning impressive hula hoop tricks and how to get your groove on while hula hooping to fun tunes.

Introduction to Working With EL Wire
Working with EL wire is easy! In this class I'll demystify this artistic medium. You'll learn the basics of what you can do with EL wire, and cut through all the jargon and technical details so you'll know exactly what you'll need to bring your project to life. I will provide the materials for everyone to walk away with a short piece (3-5 feet) of glowing EL wire. Dealer's choice on the color, so feel free to trade with your friends!

Decorate Your Head (Children Welcome)
Calling all 18-and-unders: You may have pretty hair, dreaded hair, pretty-dreaded-hair or better, but does it have bling? Come to Kids Camp for a hair decoration workshop. Make your own glitzy, fluffy, colorful accessories. Grownups who think they are kids are welcome to join if they bring contributions to the bling supplies.

Immortals Portal Healing Center
Chi Gong, Mantra Meditation, Chiropractor, massage therapist, Breath mechanics, Taoist Alchemy and magic.

Body Paint & Adornment
Gather to observe, learn, practice and paint and be painted, any body canvas you want to show off. Connect art to costume themes, masks, jewelry. I love to do primitive images, especially pre-hispanic, native, tribal. Artists with own materials welcomed.

Anatomy/ Kinesiology/ Massage for Beginners
This is going to be a 3 day class. It will cover some basic anatomy of the body. We will cover the actions of the muscles and how that fits into a basic massage for beginners to do on friends and loved ones.

Sexing Up Leave No Trace
How do we make LNT sexy? Let's talk about and share ways and means to make Leaving No Trace as fun and yummy as possible. Bring your questions, frustrations, confusions, and ideas so we can sort them into the proper bins.

Introduction to Off-Camera Lighting
This workshop aims to each the fundamentals of using various off-camera lighting strategies to make your photographs more interesting. Anyone is welcome to come, but you will get the most out of it if you bring a camera, one that can take a hot-shoe flash

Sensual Domination (Adults Only)
This will be a class that goes over the history of Domination and how the sensual domination has grown in today's world. Focused from the beginner to the advanced kinkster - with some demonstration and hands on at the end of the session. This is definitely an adult session.

Primal Bootcamp
A fun, group oriented exercise event that will bring people together for 45 minutes to get their blood pumping and get a little detox! Exercises will be mostly bodyweight, with sprints, plyometrics, and stretching to top it off.

Rise and Shine Yoga
Wake up, rise and shine! Stretch and breathe into this new day. Jordan Hannah will lead basic postures, building your bodies own heat for cleansing and strengthening. She has been practicing teaching yoga for 11 years and teaches with earnest excitement for your self inquiry, wellness and play.

Knots & Origami
A hands-on class in Folding Origami & Tying Knots -- beginner & intermediate levels. For Children and Adults alike! Materials provided. Reference books available. Discussion of Practical and Imaginative things in both realms. You will get to keep your creations!

An Intuitive's Tool Kit
Go through grounding exercises, spaciousness exercises, melding energies, scanning sensory inputs in one's field as a meditation (vipassana), and sensing energy movement in other's (craniosacral) and finally using an intuitive tool to access decision making from Higher Self/Subconscious Knower.

Fly like a bird, be still as a tree, YOGA for Children
Come play and explore movement and breath. We'll imitate animals , dance like the wind and explore the boundaries of fun, in a balanced nurturing manor. Yoga for children is a great way to help turn this movement therapy into fun, also its a good way to quiet the mind and ""check in."" Parents and Kids welcome to come, explore and learn methods of relaxation, movements that are playful yet stimulate brain and body wellness.

Pastie Making 101
Learn the art of drawing attention to those specific areas of the breast that are forbidden! Get away with showing off your salacious, sumptuous bosom (legally)! Or just have fun decorating your areolas. Seattle burlesque star Randi Rascal will describe the basics of pastie construction: materials, coverings, sparkle, and attachment...even twirling tassels! Materials provided.

Articulating Desire
You've got the basics handled- now what. This workshop is about the tools to manifest your heart/body's desire. Let's address the hurdles and impediments that keep us from living the life of our dreams...

With Leela Pastala, Life Coach
Exploring your Options, we will begin by deconstructing and further understanding our own concepts and ideas about/of desire. Then have an open discussion about each other's techniques and heart felt strategies for success in this arena. You are invited to explore, experiment and expand upon your own individual language of desire. These conversations will have you challenged and curious about the choices you make and the way the world of options presents itself.

Life, What a Turn On!
This fun workshop with Leela Pastala is designed to ""grow your turn-on tool-box"". With a combination of facilitated conversations and revelatory guided exercises, this time together promises to have you discover and enhance what turns YOU on. We will talk about the role of chemistry, the 6 senses, circumstances, fantasy and experience of being turned on in addition to creating structures and practices for living Turned-On 24-7! We will end with a facilitated snuggle, involving many yummy(!) suggestions. Practice, practice, practice...

Make your own Hula Hoop
Led by Misty Montaigne, you will come away from this workshop with your very own Hula Hoop. Adult and child sized hoops will be available.

Hula Hooping Basics
Misty Montaigne will be teaching beginners how to hoop and more advanced folks a few tricks. Some hoops will be provided.

Step-Kids
We are going to make stepping stones for the kids to take home and use in their gardens again this year. Each child/caregiver duo will get to choose a shape for their stone and have a variety of decorations and stamps to personalize it with. This workshop is intended for children and adult caregivers to be involved in together.

Contact Juggling 101
I have been Contact Juggling for 10 years, and I would be happy to teach any and all who arrive how to roll a ball!

In this workshop I shall be condensing the first 2 weeks/2 months of your Contact Juggling career. We will cover the basics -how to hold a ball! -now hold it on the back of your hand! -what is a stall? I intend each participant to take with them a skill set that they can use anywhere a round object is found.

Gravity Defiance : Advanced Contact Juggling
This Workshop shall be dedicated to people who have experience Contact Juggling. (several people from the ""basics"" workshop will be encouraged to join) I intend to focus on individual's style and assist what tricks/moves they have a knack for. We will cover things like -body rolls, -combo moves, -illusion. & -What's next! Most importantly, working with you!

Bubble Making
I will mostly be reusing materials like six-pack rings, rope and plastic basins to make cool and fantastic bubbles, and to keep the costs down. I will also share at least one recipe for homemade bubble soap.

Ancient Ritual for the Modern World
We are on the brink of a changing world. We have the power to create our own realities, but people need the knowledge and tools to harness their personal power. We all must remember our magical self and our connection to the divine.

In the past, tribes across the world used magic and ritual as a regular part of daily life. They understood how to talk to Earth, angels and divine forces to ask for and create what they want from their world. These tools would have been used for growing a healthy crop, weather, healthy children being born, healing the sick, etc. In modern times, these basic needs have been met. So, why do we still need ritual? How does it pertain to our modern society? What applications does it have these days?

We will explore the art of ritual and how we can use magic to influence our lives. Learn practical application for the esoteric and unseen. Then participate in an ancient group ritual lead by me, Kiymbah. Let us step into our personal power and re-learn how to commune with nature and the divine through ancient ritual in order to create a better tomorrow for us all.

How to Be a Tree
This workshop is an exploration about being present. There will be some meditation, some movement, some music and some games.

Thai Yoga Massage
Thai Yoga Massage is a clothed form of massage that focuses on opening the energy lines of the body for an overall feeling of relaxation, release and connection. No partner or previous experience are necessary. Demonstrations and individual attention will be offered in a safe and educational environment.

Yogic Breathing
The way we breath has a profound effect our overall well being and energy levels, our sense of feeling grounded and present, and even our clarity of thought. Explore some common yogic breathing techniques in an environment that encourages questions and highlights the possible benefits of each technique.

Restorative Yoga
Wiped out? Need to renew? Maybe just hoping to open your mind, body and spirit slowly and gently? You will be offered a space to sink into highly restorative poses while being softly guided through basic Yoga Nidra meditations. The music is chill and the environment inviting. Come slow down for a few moments and check in with your body before you ramp up again!

AcroYoga

Acro Yoga combines the lineages of Acrobatics, Yoga and Thai Yoga Massage. All levels welcome. No partner needed. This practice in inherently playful and encourages communication, trust and surrender. Come explore how working in partnership can increase not only your strength and flexibility, but also your sense of connection and play.

Cord Cutting Ceremony
Join us for a ritual designed to help break physical, material, spiritual or emotional connections that do not serve you. Learn a bit about rituals, their purpose, and why they can be a powerful tool for setting intent.

Camp de SadeAdult Themed "Mini Sessions"

  • Rope Making
  • Bondage - both floor and suspension demos
  • Fire Demo and tasting (if allowed) and we can do this up in the fire pit.
  • Find the elusive G-Spot
  • Sexual Domination - what does it mean?
  • Toy making demo and a bit of hands-on cane making

Please visit the Hub Information Board for the final schedule, locations of the workshops. Some may be added after the publication of the Critical Field Guide, so stay tuned!