Balloon Animals

by Jean Rintoul
Ever wanted to make a dog, a sword, a dog with a sword, or a dog with a sword and six legs? Now is your chance!

Come and make balloon animals! We’ll pump up some balloons, and go through the basic animals and shapes so you have a good basis to work from. Then there will be a free form collaborative project where we make something really big together, like a giant balloon animal castle (with turrets and rapunzel)! Also, if you want to make costume additions for the party within a party, this is a great opportunity – Did you forget your faery wings for a midsummer night’s dream? Does Oberon have a crown and a belt with three swords? Never fear, balloon animals are here!

Basic People Skills Workshop

by Dustin Boyer

How to be reliable, communication techniques, and the importance of feedback. Simple, yet rarely practiced techniques for success in business, life, and interpersonal relationships.

Demystifying the Flow-Wand

by Sean and Prisna of FlowToys

Levitation on the dancefloor? Impossible you say! Oh ye of little faith come forth and learn the secrets of levitating and dancing with a rainbow holographic wand or two. Prisna will begin the workshop by sharing the secrets of moving with flow-wand, and progress to techniques of dancing with the wand to those who have perfected the science of levitation. Bring your own wand if you have one. Sample flow-wands will be available. (Check out YouTube – Prisna flowtoys if you have no idea what a flow-wand is)

Hand Percussion Workshop

by JD

Players of all levels and hand-drums of all types are welcome at this fun and informative workshop. We will focus on learning a specific rhythm from the country of Guinea, W. Africa, but will also discuss points on hand-drum tone and technique, call-and-response, and general musicianship.

Knot Tying

by Calli and Massive Bri

Handy dandy knot tying workshop to brush up on your skills and learn a few you might knot have known before…We’ll be learning all the knots you’d need to know to make sure things wouldn’t blow away in a wind storm, as well as easy ways to tie rope so you can untie it quickly later on. Such as: half hitch, double figure 8 knot, Truckers hitch, Clove hitch and Cloth hitch, among a few others.

Kundalini Yoga / Ecstatic Dance Workshop

by Sariah Storm

Sariah has been Djing since 2000 and making guest appearances at False Profit events since 2001. She is also a Kundalini yoga teacher and teaches classes and workshops in the bay area. As a teacher, she uses the spiritual name Jiwan Shakti Kaur. For this year’s Priceless she will be stepping away from the DJ booth and combining both worlds in to one for the Kundalini Yoga\Ecstatic Dance workshop. Yogic techniques and eclectic dance music form the foundation for a workshop that primarily focuses on waking up the creative energy stored within oneself and raising it to the higher chakras. Through yoga, breath, movement, and dance, this workshop facilitates moving through internal blocks, creating energy, and hightened awareness. Come get high through stirring up the magic that resides within!

*Participants do not need to have a lot of yoga experience or even know what a chakra is, they just need to show up in comfortable clothes and be ready to move, breathe and dance. This is a great way to start a day of dancing and fun by connecting with the truth and potential within!

Merit Badges

by False Profit

Hey there campers! Don’t you think a summer camp out is great chance
to earn recognition for all that hard work you do? Well shucks, we sure do! The False Profit Merit Badge Program acknowledges outstanding achievements in over 163 different skills, mental dispositions, and fields of knowledge. Show us what you’ve got — get out there and earn some badges!

Movement / Toy Workshop and Playspace

by Sean and Prisna of FlowToys

Specific Instruction offered in flow-wand and staff spinning. But feel free to bring your own poi, hoop, or other toys, if you just want to join us and play!

Staff-Spinning Biomechanics and Flow

by Sean and Prisna of FlowToys

“There’s nothin’ like spinning a stick around!”
All levels of experience welcome, bring a staff if possible, some loaners will also be available.
Join Sean of Flowtoys and explore the art of moving with sticks. We’ll play with some of the most fundamental staff movements, how they relate to the limits of our body, and how exploring those limits leads us to a state of flow. I will explain a few simple techniques that enable us to experiment and learn new moves on our own, and then offer one-on-one instruction as we all apply these techniques to our indavidual skill-levels. Our session will finish with a brief re-cap and I’ll share what inspires me to find my flow with staves. Expect plenty of free-flow as well as focused instruction. Style: fundamental Staff/Double-Staff, closed hand, no throws, no “contact”, no finger manipulation, no passing, just the “basics.”

Vinyasa Yoga

by Banyan

For those willing to crawl out of their tents (or those who didn’t sleep at all!) Banyan will be offering a vinyasa yoga class on Saturday morning open to all levels. Banyan has studied directly with some of the world’s most renowned teachers, from Ana Forest to Tias Little, Eddie Modestini to Rod Stryker, the Universal Yoga of Andrey Lappa, and the yogas of BKS Iyengar and TKV Desikachar. The Saturday practice will be aimed at rejuvenating the body and awakening the prana within, so that we can all do a LOT more dancing!