ACTIVITIES/AMENITIES
ACTIVITIES
Yoga with Nick Atlas (The School for Mind & Nature)
7/28: Thurs., 5-6pm
7/29: Fri., 10-11am
7/30: Sat., 10-11am
Nick Atlas is a RYT/IYF 500-hour certified Yoga instructor with additional training in Qigong, Tantra, Dance/Movement Therapy and Mindfulness meditation. An award-winning visual artist, professional photographer, author, musician, DJ, gardener/naturalist, wilderness guide, Reiki/Qi healer and avid dream-traveler with over ten years experience in the healing arts, he is widely regarded as a teacher’s teacher. To date he’s traveled to over twenty-five countries and forty-nine US states honoring the work of an overwhelming number of gifted healers, swamis and shamans. In 2010 Nick established The School for Mind & Nature, a research center dedicated to the advancement of mind/body arts & sciences as universally-accredited forms of preventative and complimentary medicine, as well as prescriptions for the conscious evolution of humankind in the 21st century. Currently based in the Berkshire Mountains of Western Massachusetts, Nick leads regular classes at Yoga Great Barrington, Frog Lotus Yoga, Berkshire Pulse, Canyon Ranch Resort, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health and the Omega Institute, in addition to facilitating retreats internationally. For more information about Nick Atlas visit: http://www.nickatlas.com/
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Healing Winds White Eagle Sanctuary Tipi Village
7/28: Thurs.(full schedule in guide)
7/29: Fri.(full schedule in guide)
7/30: Sat. (full schedule in guide)
The Big Up Festival grounds will play host to a Native American village large enough to accommodate 2 tipis (each holding 25 people), wigwams and a longhouse wigwam. In addition, Healing Winds will be bringing several healers of various skill, massage therapists, sustainability educators and wellness facilitators to provide workshops, demonstrations, pow wows, drumming and other activities during the festival.
There will be an arts & crafts vendor to provide arts & crafts workshops for children, adults and families. The village will be our family and sober camping area, for those needing a more quiet setting to camp.
More about Healing Winds at: http://www.healingwinds.net/
Hoop Playshops led by Siena Moon Hoops
Friday, July 29 12-1pm
Hoop Playshop: Foundations of Hoop Dance
This hour-long beginner’s playshop will introduce the art of hoop dance and cover basic moves that will build a solid foundation for your practice. Many of the moves covered in this class will be building blocks for fancier & flashier tricks down the road in your journey within the circle.
Some of the moves covered in this workshop will include basic waist hooping, getting comfortable hooping in both directions, angled waist hooping (earth & sky angles), barrel rolls, walking and turning with the hoop, stalls, antispin, basic hand hooping, lasso & stirring the pot, and passes. Our class will end with a jam where you’ll have time to work on your new moves and flow at your own pace
Some extra hoops will be available but please bring your own if you have one! Bigger hoops are recommended (38”-42” diameter) as they are easier to learn with for beginners, but they are not required.
Saturday, July 30 11-12pm
Hoop Playshop: Tosses!
In this hour-long all levels playshop we will learn some sweet and creative ways to throw the hoop in the air and catch it gracefully. The unexpected element of tosses can add punch and excitement to your flow and is sure to impress your friends!
Some of the different moves we will cover include tosses on the vertical plane, elbow tosses, over the shoulder tosses, tuck tosses, behind the back tosses, turning tosses, under the leg tosses, and everyone’s favorite – pizza tosses! Our class will end with a jam where you’ll have time to work on your new moves and flow at your own pace.
Some extra hoops will be available but please bring your own if you have one!
About Siena Moon Hoops: Siena Moon has had a passion for performing since childhood. She grew up in a suburb south of Boston and participated in dance, gymnastics and cheerleading throughout her youth. After college, she attended a music festival where she saw hoop dance for the first time, and she was hooked. She bought a hoop as soon as she got home from the trip, and the rest is history.
Now residing in Boston, Siena works in the construction industry by day while spending most time pursuing her passions at night. You can find her at music festivals in the New England area rocking out with a hoop on grassy concert fields during the warmer months.
Her current endeavors include a daily hoop practice, developing poi technique, training for aerial dance (silks in particular) and practicing anusara & vinyasa flow yoga. When she’s not practicing, performing, or at a live show she enjoys spending time with her puggle Josie, crafting, and making hoops. She enjoys learning new things everyday within herself and from the inspiring people around her in Boston’s creative community.
In February of 2011 she took the next step in her creative path by undergoing teacher training to share her love of the hoop via classes & workshops. She became a certified Hoop Instructor through Circles of Joy Hoopdance & Poi and plans to teach workshops throughout the summer during her travels.
More activities coming soon! Check back!
AMENITIES
- Two indoor, three outdoor stages
- 50 hours (plus) live music and entertainment
- Wooded and field camping
- Scheduled activities
- Hands-on workshops
- Arts & cultural exhibits
- VIP Camping
- Family Camping
- Handicap Accessible Camping
- On site Farmers market
- Local food and retail vendors
- Convenience store
- ATM onsite
- Plenty of outdoor portable toilets
- RV Parking available, no facilities provided
ON SITE FARMERS MARKET
Back again for 2011, The Big Up has organized the local farming community to bring in the best of the area’s fresh produce for our on-site farmers market. A large selection of fruits and vegetables will be available at reasonable prices.
Please refer to the festival guide map for the location of the farmers market.