Welcome to a curation of experiences designed to bridge the gap between the earth beneath our feet and the spirit within.
Below is the full schedule of workshops and the incredible facilitators guiding these journeys.
Visual Arts & Craft
Soil to Soul (Clay Modelling)
The Experience: In this workshop, each individual will be given clay to work with—not as a passive material but as a living witness. Over the duration of the workshop, you are free to create any abstract form using the clay, bringing to life what is inside you. As it responds to your touch, it creates a container that can capture your internal rhythm, your joys, dreams, questions, and more. As a final output, all the sculptures made by the participants will be turned into a collective installation.
Meet the Facilitator: Abhisheak VS
Abisheak’s life has been shaped by eighteen years of clay modelling and pottery. He believes that clay is an emotion rather than a medium—a way of listening to the earth and translating its whispers into form. Through this practice, he has led numerous workshops across Kerala’s cultural institutions. His philosophy is simple yet profound: soil and soul are inseparable, and every act of shaping is an act of care.
Japanese Kintsugi
The Experience: Kintsugi is the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold. Instead of hiding cracks or imperfections, Kintsugi highlights them, transforming what was once broken into something stronger and more beautiful. Similarly, personal healing isn’t about erasing past pain but embracing it as part of our story. By acknowledging our broken parts and choosing to mend them with care and intention, we create a self that is not only whole again but strengthened by the resilience and wisdom from the past.
Meet the Facilitator: Kusuma
Kusuma is an aspiring CA who has a deep love for art. While numbers and logic shape one part of her world, creativity and expression define the other. Practicing art since childhood, she finds balance, inspiration, happiness, and freedom in the process. She believes art connects every human being with themselves and others.
Origami Lamp Making
The Experience: In this session, we will make a handcrafted origami lamp—a delicately folded paper shade softly lit with a warm, battery-powered light. In a world that rushes, paper folding offers a quiet rebellion: a return to patience, rhythm, and stillness. Participants can take this lamp home as a souvenir. You will also create an origami lotus, adding a gentle, symbolic layer of calm to the process.
Meet the Facilitator: Sameeksha Shankar (Senori)
For Sameeksha, origami began as curiosity and is now what she does full-time through her brand, Senori. A dreamer and a maker, she creates works that are delicate yet bold, blending architectural intuition with a love for geometry. Her vision is to make the world pause, wonder, and feel—all through paper.
Paper Snapology
The Experience: In this unique hands-on workshop, we will learn the technique of Snapology! Using paper, participants enter a shared rhythm of folding to create a modular form of their own. What begins as individual fragments gradually builds into a collective structure, allowing us to experience how simple connections can evoke a sense of togetherness and shared purpose.
Meet the Facilitator: Tanvi Parmar
Tanvi is formally trained in design and is a craft explorer by nature. She finds calm in nature and mindfulness, practicing folding since childhood as a way to think with clarity. Through Interlock, she explores folding as a tool for meditation and transformation.
Eco Printing
The Experience: Step into the world where art meets the earth and discover the ancient and sustainable art of eco-printing. This natural dyeing technique uses leaves, flowers, bark, and petals to transfer stunning colors and textures directly from nature onto fabric and paper. You’ll learn how to prepare textiles, select botanicals, and unlock nature’s own pigments to create unique prints.
Meet the Facilitator: Rizvana Khalid
Rizvana is a visual artist specializing in botanical printing and natural dyeing. Her creative journey is rooted in exploring the tactile beauty of plants, turning organic materials into layers of color and pattern. She aims to share a sense of wonder, inviting others to slow down and see the beauty in nature’s simple imprints.
Movement & Dance
Contact Improv
The Experience: Contact improvisation is a movement form based on spontaneous interaction between bodies through weight, touch, balance, gravity, and momentum. We will practice tuning into our own physical signals while staying receptive to the cues of another. Expect games, guided movement explorations, partnering, and shared weight. The invitation is to learn to notice when the body says yes, when it hesitates, and when it needs to pause.
Meet the Facilitator: Aditya Sasidharan
Aditya is a movement practitioner focused on personal body awareness. Having participated in Contact Improvisation communities across India, his approach is grounded in playfulness, safety, consent, and self-responsibility. He creates light, human environments where people can explore presence and connection.
L.O.S.T (Lots Of Special Things)
The Experience: L.O.S.T sessions are process-oriented and focus on free-flowing improvisational movements that allow each mover to tap into their physical, emotional, and spatial awareness. The objective is to give tools for attendees to embrace their bodies and decolonize their movement patterns. Often collaborating with independent musicians, these sessions create a feeling of total suspension and submission to the “moment.“
Meet the Facilitator: Labyrinth Crew
The Labyrinth Crew believes in freedom of movement and authenticity. Their members possess a mighty array of skills including Indian Classical, Western Street Dances, Afro Latin, and FlowArts. This diversity helps them blur unnecessary boundaries between different forms of dance and art itself.
Ecstatic Dance
The Experience: Dance freely, connect deeply, and surrender to a vibrant soundscape designed to awaken the spirit! Come liberate yourself in a safe, non-judgmental space. Ecstatic Dance brings stress relief, emotional release, and pure joy. There are no steps or choreography—just let your body move to the music.
Meet the Facilitators: Lo.renzo & DJ Maahaa
Lo.Renzo is an Italian multi-instrumentalist and DJ who blends instruments like the Sarangi and Mandolin with digital production. DJ Maahaa is a Bangalore-based sonic alchemist whose sets guide listeners through grounding, expansion, and soulful release, blending organic house, tribal rhythms, and meditative textures.
Salsa Dance
The Experience: Salsa is a social dance that blends Afro-Cuban rhythms with jazz influences. In this workshop, we’ll explore the basics of Salsa—rhythm, timing, and partner connection—in a fun, beginner-friendly way. No partner is needed; we’ll rotate and dance with everyone!
Meet the Facilitator: Maya
Maya began her Latin dance journey in 2012 and has spent the last five years conducting workshops while traveling across India. She loves exploring movement, musicality, and connection, constantly evolving her style and sharing it with dancers of all backgrounds.
Mobility Games
The Experience: Start your day with a playful mobility workshop that blends movement with rhythm, play, and connection. We’ll explore mobility through jumping, crawling, flowing, and laughing. Using games that improve joint health and movement confidence, we’ll work through full-body mobility and strength through range.
Meet the Facilitator: Shivani Samdani
Shivani is a Mobility Coach & Movement Flow teacher who turns mobility into play. She invites people to move like kids again—building strength, freedom, and confidence while rediscovering the fun of moving in their bodies.
The Flow State
The Experience: This curated workshop incorporates the science of peak performance and the ‘flow state’ with activities like hooping, capoeira, and art. Blending movement, neuroscience, and deep self-inquiry, we will create immersive spaces that invite people to reconnect with themselves and each other.
Meet the Facilitators: Yamini & Anchana
Anchana is a certified Performance Neuroscience Coach and Art Therapist specializing in science-backed experiences. Yamini is the Founder of Hoopinkai’s Farm Retreat, specializing in using play and movement to cultivate self-awareness and team synergy.
Wellness, Breath & Yoga
Icebath: Release & Reset
The Experience: Designed to “release & reset,” this workshop combines guided breathwork with a supported ice bath experience. Through breath, we soften resistance; through cold, we meet ourselves honestly. Includes 15 minutes of energizing breathwork, 2 rounds of guided immersion, and herbal tea to activate the parasympathetic system.(Note: 18+ only. Not recommended for those with high blood pressure or heart issues.)
Meet the Facilitators: Arjun & Kavya (Ujjayi Movement Studio)
Former corporate professionals turned healers, Arjun and Kavya left successful careers to pursue breath, movement, and yoga. Arjun is a certified yoga teacher (RYT 500) and breath coach. Kavya holds space for others to release stored trauma and reconnect to their authentic selves.
Connected Breathwork
The Experience: As the festival energy softens, this journey is designed to help you unplug from constant stimulation and plug back into your inner rhythm. No talking. No fixing. Just breath, presence, and space. Through continuous, guided breathing, the body begins to release held tension and emotional residue.
Meet the Facilitators: Arjun & Kavya (Ujjayi Movement Studio)
See bio above.
Yin Yang Yoga
The Experience: Explore the duality of Yang to Yin. We start with an energizing, feel-good flow to awaken the body, then gradually soften into deep, grounding stretches, breathwork, and meditation. Expect a carefully curated blend of movement practices designed to guide you toward true stillness.
Meet the Facilitator: Carolyn Chittilappilly
Caro is a wellbeing consultant and yoga educator who transitioned from a finance career at Deloitte and KPMG to the world of wellness. She has trained over 400 teachers at cult.fit and works with athletes and corporates to incorporate Ayurveda and yoga into daily life.
Qigong and Taichi
The Experience: Experience an ancient path of movement, breath, and awareness. Integrating ancient Japanese Katakamuna wisdom with Yin-Yang principles, you will learn how to harness Qi (Chi) for cleansing, self-healing, and inner strengthening.
Meet the Facilitator: Hinoki Sensei
Japanese-origin Hinoki Sensei has been sharing this sacred practice for 20 years across the globe. She is passionate about the powerful transformation this practice brings, healing physical ailments, trauma, and blockages.
The Inner Sanctuary
The Experience: A calm, grounding space within the festival where participants can pause, rest, and reconnect. Designed as a sacred refuge, it offers emotional support, gentle space-holding, sound, and stillness to help regulate the nervous system.
Meet the Curator: Sinu Abraham
Sinu is a trained counsellor and psychotherapist with over 15 years of experience. Along with her team of therapists and healers, she creates safe, grounded spaces for emotional support and wellbeing.
Sound & Music
Forest Sound Journey
The Experience: Imagine a live soundscape that transports you to a forest in Himachal. This journey uses samples exclusively recorded from the forests and tribes of Himachal—insects buzzing, streams flowing, and folk songs. Accompanied by minimal movements, we explore the theme of nature conservation.
Meet the Facilitators: Anoop Chugh & Revati Kulkarni (Gunehr Sound Museum)
Anoop is the founder of Gunehr Sound Museum, creating immersive soundscapes to educate people about indigenous traditions. Revati is an Indian classical vocalist and artist who integrates diverse art forms to create engaging experiences.
Voice Activation
The Experience: An experiential workshop that guides participants back to the natural power of their voice. Through breathwork, intuitive vocal exploration, and collective sounding, we release tension and express freely. The focus is not on singing “correctly,” but on discovering the unique tone that lives within.
Meet the Facilitator: Avi Adir
Avi Adir is an international vocalist and multi-instrumentalist known for deep, meditative musical journeys. He plays the Bouzouki, Bansuri, Duduk, and more, using music as a tool to tune into real nature.
Sound Express
The Experience: Sound Express blends yoga, sound, music, and education with playful activities. Each game is conducted in a musical way to enhance relationships with oneself, others, and the environment. We will experiment with sound to move, meditate, and interact.(For ages 7 to 100!)
Meet the Facilitator: Lucas Eller
Coming from Brazil, Lucas has been a yoga teacher and musician for over 12 years. He lives to share these passions in playful, creative ways, believing self-knowledge is key to improving quality of life.
Augmented Reality Ritual
The Experience: An intimate, participatory sound ritual built on HED—a sound-based augmented reality system. Participants write a wish or intention, and the artist composes a live sound piece in response. The experience culminates in a collective vocal action where you hear your own voice embedded within the evolving soundscape.
Meet the Facilitator: Nir Jacob Younessi
Nir is a sound artist from Israel working at the intersection of sound, ritual, and technology. His practice focuses on creating participatory experiences that invite deep listening and collective resonance.
Intuitive Musical Exploration
The Experience: A musical workshop focusing on our ability to “listen.” Meander through innovative sound-based activities designed to sensitize our ears, bodies, and minds. You will engage with diverse instruments and be part of a co-created orchestra.
Meet the Facilitator: Siddharth Venkat
Siddharth is a musician and educator reviving tribal instruments like the Didgeridoo and Mouth Harp. He facilitates Sound Baths and has worked extensively with communities and schools over the last decade.
Drum Circle
The Experience: Step into an inclusive drum circle to create spontaneous music on Djembes. It’s an improv gathering where everyone, regardless of skill, joins to create a communal heartbeat. We provide the instruments; you provide the energy!
Meet the Facilitators: Siddharth Venkat & Siddharth Lakshman
A collaboration between Siddharth Venkat (Sound Healer/Musician) and Siddharth Lakshman (Facilitator of Dances of Universal Peace), bringing together rhythm and spiritual ecology.
Circles, Ceremonies & Theatre
Playback Theatre
The Experience: Playback Theatre is an improvisational form where audience members share personal stories which are immediately “played back” by performers using movement, metaphor, and music. It breaks the fourth wall, bringing real stories to life and fostering deep empathy and community.
Meet the Facilitator: Mansee Shah
Mansee is the founder of Lahe Lahe Caravan and holds a Diploma in Applied Theatre. She runs the theatre group Threads & Tales and uses the power of theatre for transformation and community building.
Women’s Circle
The Experience: A sacred, nurturing circle where women come together to pause, listen, and remember. Through gentle prompts, silence, and storytelling, we explore the mirror nature offers. There is no fixing or performing—only the invitation to show up as you are.
Meet the Facilitator: Manuela
Manuela is a world-traveling yoga teacher and sound healer devoted to service and reconnection. Her work weaves together yoga, yin therapy, sound, and ceremony, rooted in Buddhist studies and lived experience.
Cacao Ceremony
The Experience: Sip your way into presence through a heart-opening cacao ceremony featuring cacao from South India. Guided with intention, this ceremony weaves together ritual, meditation, breath awareness, and singing.
Meet the Facilitator: Manuela
See bio above.
Men’s Circle
The Experience: We will look at ancestral wounds passed down regarding the expression of sexual energy. We explore a deeper connection with our bodies and the shame associated with expression. Expect sharing circles, music, psychodrama, and a ritual of forgiveness.
Meet the Facilitator: Sahil Raina
Sahil is a guide bridging ancient healing techniques rooted in shamanism and shadow work. He has hosted spaces for men for 5 years, helping them heal their relationship with the inner masculine and feminine.
Shamanic Journey
The Experience: A process of looking beyond conscious thought. This gathering is a living prayer—an invitation to harmonize the sacred masculine and feminine within. Through a guided descent accompanied by shamanic drumming, we access the world of symbols and intuition.
Meet the Facilitator: Sahil Raina
See bio above.
Sari Circle
The Experience: Celebrate the Sari as a symbol of femininity, artistry, and freedom. We learn to drape saris and veshtis, adorn jewelry, and share stories. BYOS (Bring Your Own Sari) and join a ritual to embody the divine feminine.
Meet the Facilitator: Srishti (Sari Revolution)
Srishti lives in Auroville and birthed Sari Revolution to reconnect with her culture and femininity. She builds community through Sari Circles and DJ sets, dancing with the rhythm of earth and sky.
Dances of Peace
The Experience: Drawing on the sacred phrases of many cultures, the Dances of Universal Peace blend singing, live music, and guided meditative movement into a prayer for peace. No experience required—easy to learn, easy to sing, and easiest to feel.
Meet the Facilitator: Siddharth Lakshman
Siddharth is a partner at Bangalore Creative Circus and a certified facilitator of the Dances of Universal Peace. His life’s journey explores wellbeing and interbeing through spiritual ecology.
Skill, Balance & Adventure
Jiu Jitsu
The Experience: A seminar mixing elements of play and fight to learn self-defense and have fun. Jiu Jitsu focuses on leverage and technique, allowing a smaller person to manage a stronger opponent. Transform “freeze” into action through this gentle art.
Meet the Facilitators: Institute of Jiu Jitsu (Devesh, Ashwin & Izrael)
Devesh: Purple Belt and gold medalist empowering expression through spirit. Ashwin: Blue Belt and ADCC 2025 Pro division winner. Izrael: Finds Jiu Jitsu a powerful tool for rebuilding safety and rewriting stories of suffering.
Dapostar
The Experience: Flow with the Dapos! This 8-cornered cloth helps you understand your body, enhance reflexes, and improve coordination. Throw, kick, bend, juggle, or chop—everything is welcome in this interactive session.
Meet the Facilitator: Flowchakra (Nitesh Sharma)
Nitesh Sharma started juggling as a hobby and now does it full-time. He travels across India sharing his passion for the Dapo, spreading his infectious love for the art form.
Rock Balancing
The Experience: Slow down and enter a space of calm presence. Through the act of lifting and placing stones, the mind quiets. Each person is encouraged to feel the texture and weight of the rocks, letting intuition guide the hands. As the stones find balance, so does the maker.
Meet the Facilitator: Gautam Vaishnav
Gautam is a professional rock balance artist who has shared his art with over 20,000 people worldwide. Featured on BBC World and TEDx, he creates moments of stillness and awe through his delicate art.
Treenet Weaving
The Experience: Imagine building an intricate structure with ropes between trees! We will create, weave, and connect with nature through slow, mindful crafting. Learn the basics of cord handling, pattern formation, and how to build a strong, comfortable treenet.
Meet the Facilitators: Hashir, Suhail, Rajesh & Adinan
A team of skilled slackliners, highliners, and outdoor instructors who bring patience, safety, and technical knowledge to the art of weaving and balance.
Slacklining
The Experience: Through a step-by-step practice of standing, walking, and turning, you will be guided to balance on a Slackline! Understand balance, connect with your body, and stay calm while focusing on the line under your feet.
Meet the Facilitators: Hashir, Suhail, Rajesh & Adinan
See bio above.
Meditative Photography
The Experience: Consciously engage with your inner and outer landscape. This workshop invites you to change your relationship with digital devices. Includes guided meditation, photography tips, journaling, and an intentional nature photo-walk. Open to anyone with a mobile phone.
Meet the Facilitator: Meghna Dixit
Meghna is a full-time travel photographer and Shamanic practitioner. She sees photography as a meditative, philosophical take on her surroundings and uses her sessions to enable breakthroughs for people.
To Be Continued
You have reached the end of Workshops list. Also check our music lineup list. The real fun to be continued in Bloom In Green 6.0. Happy Blooming.