Program Descriptions

The Human Art of Play Community Workshop
with co-founder Erin Maile O’Keefe

for ages 7 to 107

Wanna shake up your own learning and grow new playful connections within your family and friends? Join co-founder Erin Maile O'Keefe who has been leading communities in meaningful experiences of play for over 25 years. Surprise yourself by what you and your family can do together. Learn games and practices that you can take home immediately and teach others. Most importantly, leave feeling energized and deeply connected to yourself, your loved ones and a larger community. The Human Art of Play (formerly CircusYoga) has been connecting communities, families and people through their unique blend of circus, yoga and play since 1997. 

Tuition: $20/adult and $10/kid ages 7-18

Register here.

Interested in expanding your practice or facilitation with The Human Art of Play Teacher Training? Join us for the whole weekend… More HAPTT info here.

The Human Art of Play Teacher Training
with co-founder Erin Maile O’Keefe

Join us for an unforgettable weekend of multi-generational play with expert facilitator and co-founder Erin Maile O’Keefe. The Human Art of Play is both a unique blend of group activities and an inclusive approach to embodied developmental sequencing. Human Art of Play can powerfully augment any educational curriculum. While this weekend is the beginning of the teacher training journey, it also stands alone as a program for those wishing to strengthen their creativity, leadership, spontaneity, and joy. Whether you are looking to newly ignite your facilitation skills or sharpen tools you already have, you will learn how to structure any curriculum with our core principles of inclusion, connection, co-authorship and empathy. Bring your family and friends on Friday night, as this training starts with experiencing the power of the Human Art of Play within a multi-generational workshop.

You'll learn to:

  • Design embodied learning progressions that strengthen connection in any group;

  • Draw from the powerful practices of circus, yoga, and movement arts;

  • Build trust and joy in groups with skillful developmental sequencing;

  • Teach collaborative skills in groups of all abilities;

  • Develop social and emotional learning resiliency practices;

  • Foster an inclusive, empathetic group culture; and

  • Integrate meaningful play in your classroom, workshops and group leadership.

The Human Art of Play Teacher Training is for:
Teachers, facilitators, social workers, parents, support staff, counselors, therapists and group leaders of any kind working with youth thru elders and students of all abilities.

Hours: 
FRI 6:00-8:00pm, SAT 9:00-12:30 + 1:30-6:00, SUN 12:00-4:00

Included in tuition is the Human Art of Play® Ring One Manual. This TT is also the prerequisite for the Human Art of Play® Ring Two Teacher Training.

Tuition: $495 (Sign up NOW and save $100)

Register here.

Bring your friends and family to the opening Community Workshop on Friday evening… More info here.

Bio

Erin Maile O’Keefe is driven by questions of inclusion, connection, co-authorship and empathy. As a teaching artist, trainer, and facilitator she has developed kinesthetic, multigenerational curriculums for over twenty-five years. She has worked with diverse cultural groups and communities across the US and around the world, bringing them together through skillfully facilitated play. Such groups are centered in schools, colleges, group homes, senior care facilities, community centers, mental health centers, hospitals, conferences, festivals, and in the streets. In 1997, Erin co-created the practice of The Human Art of Play (formerly CircusYoga), synthesizing a unique blend of movement, circus, connection, and play. Since then, she has trained over 300 teachers and social workers in an embodied and co-authored approach to education and group dynamics, and mentored a vibrant community of teachers worldwide. Erin continues to be a student of education, movement, systems thinking, developmental patterning, group dynamics, community building and human-centered design. Upon completion of a Master Certificate in Creative Placemaking at Ohio State University, Erin expanded her vision through The Human Connection Project, activating communities through municipal-wide arts projects, creative placemaking, and experiential engagement to form lasting bonds and group connection.