The Clown Within
with Rachel Caine

 

 

Love ! Life ! Laughter !

Performance, Teaching and Healing through the Art of Sacred Clowning

 

Starting from compassion, care and being fully alive in the present moment, we connect with heart, humour, joy and love, to rediscover innocence and simplicity, learn to trust, be authentic and spontaneous. Going beyond fear, inhibition or resistance, we find light-heartedness and serenity !


We clown, play, sing, dance, use theatre games, voicework, mime, meditation and the warrior's energy to emerge as clowns in full celebration of love, life and laughter.

This is the joyfully crazy world of the holy fool !
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"PLAYFUL PRESENCE"
ONE YEAR SACRED CLOWN TRAINING


Course Dates 2008/2009

28 Nov - 1Dec 2008 venue: Seekers Trust
20 - 23 Feb 09 venue: Seekers Trust
25 April - 2 May 09 Ibiza week
3 - 5 July 09 venue: Hill End Field Studies Centre, Oxford

 

"What is this precious love and laughter
Budding in our hearts ?
It is the glorious sound
Of a soul waking up !"

(Hafiz)

 

 

This is an in-depth training course for anyone drawn to the path of the Sacred Clown. The aim is to liberate self-expression, discover creative and light-hearted solutions to the trials of life with humour and compassion, develop artistic skills with a view to performance as Sacred Clowns within our communities, and to begin to learn the art of the clown as a healer, with the ability and responsibility to transform suffering to joy. The course comprises three sections in the UK and one week's residential in Ibiza, Spain. There will be projects between course dates, and a performance in the residential home for the elderly in Ibiza as a part of the training.

Previous workshop with Rachel is essential as a pre-requisite for this
training; next Introduction weekend 11th & 12th October 2008 (see below)

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AWAKENING TO JOY !


Introduction to Sacred Clowning

 

11th & 12th October 2008

Venue: The Seekers Trust, Centre for Prayer & Healing, Addington, Kent

This is a weekend of joy, laughter and reconnection to your heart's energy and the humour residing there. We will play, dance, sing, improvise with each other, building a place of trust, safety and happiness. Free to explore the discovery of the red nose in peaceful and beautiful surroundings, to take risks, to be silly, to have fun ! To be silly means to be blessed, and we will be discovering some of the essential magic of the path of the Sacred Clown as we surrender to the beauty of the moment.

Moving from stillness to craziness, offering ourselves up to create joy for the rest, we will start to get a flavour of the sacred clown's calling.

For anyone interested in the one year training, this would be an ideal place to see if this work is for you. For anyone wanting to have a great weekend of light-relief and joy, this is the perfect moment.

Non-residential (accommodation available for separate booking - contact
Seekers Trust telephone: 01732 843589 Email:
info@theseekerstrust.org.uk
).

Course Price £130
To reserve a place, please send an email to: clownwithin@hotmail.com by 31st August 2008. A non-refundable deposit of £60 will secure a place. Cheques should be made payable to "Rachel Caine" and sent to: Apartado Correos 703, San Antonio, 07820 Ibiza, Baleares, Spain, to arrive not later than 16th September 2008.

 


 

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME 2007

 

Saturday 24th to Saturday 31st March 2007

CORTIJO ROMERO, LAS ALPUJARRAS, SPAIN
"Warriors for Peace and Joy"
One week course £460

Transforming Darkness to Light. A wonderful week to explore how we can bring more peace and joy into our own lives and those of others. Looking deeply into our own hearts, we find the place where awareness, love and compassion can heal our wounds and we can enjoy life more. We will work with meditation and movement, masks, dance, singing, writing and ritual, creating treasure maps to share our passions, reawakening our sense of joy. By plumbing the depths with the warrior's courage, we emerge light and playful with deep inner peace. Expect to share from the heart and laugh a lot !
www.cortijo-romero.co.uk.


Email: bookings@cortijo-romero.co.uk
Telephone: 01494 765775


 

Saturday 31st March to Wednesday 11th April 2007

CORTIJO ROMERO, SPAIN
"The Clown Within"
Ten day course £595

Re-discover innocence, simplicity and spontaneity ! Trust, be authentic, find light-heartedness and serenity ! The sacred art of clowning leads to a child-like emptiness from which joy can arise. We'll play and explore the journey to the red nose, work with meditation, movement, mime, music, make-up and costume, celebrating with a final group performance. The course can release enormous joy and sadness and as Clown is Master of emotion, we find ways to feel deeply, let go and experience more fully, moving from one thing to another without attachment. The light approach !

There will be a special visit to Granada for the amazing street celebrations at Easter.

Visit: www.cortijo-romero.co.uk
Email: bookings@cortijo-romero.co.uk
Telephone: 01494 765775

 


 

Saturday 28th April to Saturday 5th May 2007

One Year Training Group (2006/7) week in Ibiza including hospital clown performance for the elderly.

 


 

Sunday 27th May 2007 at 3pm

Mind Body Spirit Festival, Royal Horticultural Halls, Victoria, London SW1
Clownwithin performance on main stage : Life, Love, Laughter and magic through the poetry of the Sacred Clown. There will also be a Sacred Clown meditation at the Festival led by Rachel Caine, with the theme of "Unity".
www.mindbodyspirit.co.uk

 


 

Friday 3rd to Monday 6th August 2007

One Year Training (2006/7) Final section at The Seekers Trust, Kent.

 


 

Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th November 2007

"Awakening to Joy" (see details above)
The Seekers Trust, Kent. Weekend workshop £120

 



Saturday 22nd to Saturday 29th December 2007

CHRISTMAS WEEK AT CORTIJO ROMERO, SPAIN
With Rachel Caine and Nick Price

A week of living in joy, with music, fun, laughter and celebration.
For full information, visit: www.cortijo-romero.co.uk
Email: bookings@cortijo-romero.co.uk
Telephone: 01494 765775


 

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME 2006

Saturday 1st April :

"An Evening With Doris" Performance at The Sanctuary Healing Centre, Burrowslea, Hook Lane, Shere, Surrey GU5 9QG. 6.30pm To book ticket please call 01483 205620 or email: events@burrowslea.org.uk Tickets £35 including a pre-performance gourmet supper.
www.sanctuary-burrowslea.org.uk/events

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER !


 

Friday 7th April :

HAVING A LAUGH IN HENLEY

"An Evening With Doris" - "Love Life and Loo Roll !" - Henley Community Centre, (near Ipswich), IP6 ORP. Tickets £10 / £5 concessions. To book, please contact Carmel Briggs by email to: Courses@carmel.co.uk or by telephone : 01473 831465

 


Saturday 8th April:

"AWAKENING TO JOY !"

Sacred Clown Workshop

Henley Community Centre (Ipswich), IP6 ORP

LET GO ! ... PLAY !.... TRUST !.......SURRENDER !........LAUGH !..... ENJOY !!!

An Introduction to the art of sacred clowning for anyone wanting to experience more joy and freedom as well as have a great day of fun and laughter.

Tickets and information : Carmel Briggs by email to Courses@carmel.co.uk or by phone 01473 831465


 

SUNDAY 9th APRIL WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK

Woodbridge Community Hall, (next to swimming pool) Woodbridge

Mind Body Spirit Festival, 10am to 6 pm

Contact Chris Cozens Life Arts www.lifearts.co.uk
life_arts@yahoo.co.uk

Clown Within short taster session and stand with more information on one year training, while Doris shares her wit and wisdom in a walkabout performance.

 


 

Sunday 16th & Monday 17th April 2006

RISE & SHINE ! - CLOWNS AS HEALERS !

CUMBRIA

 

 

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6th - 13th May 2006   CORTIJO ROMERO, SPAIN

 

 

"The Clown Within" - a week's residential in a glorious centre in the Alpujarras where there will be plenty of time for deep rest and renewal whilst at the same time learning about the Art of Sacred Clowning. For more information please visit: www.cortijo-romero.co.uk
email: bookings@cortijo-romero.co.uk

 


Thursday 25th May 2006   BRIGHTON FRINGE FESTIVAL

Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, BN1.

Afternoon workshop "Sacred Clowning - Joyfully Awake".

2 - 5pm

email: clownwithin@hotmail.com to register or visit www.brightonfestivalfringe.org.uk

 


 

Friday 26th May   Mind Body Spirit Festival, London

5pm Stage Performance of Sacred Clowning - come and be enchanted !

6pm - taster Introduction session to "The Clown Within".

Website at: www.mindbodyspirit.co.uk

 


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For details of Rachel's performances as "Doris, the New Age Guru", visit
www.dorisandfriends.com. For poems and giggles with Doris in her “Doily
Mail” Blog, visit http://dorisdoilymail.blogspot.com

For information about massage and healing bodywork in Ibiza, as well as
private holiday flat rental and healing retreats, please visit
www.spalifeibiza.com or telephone 0034 971 803139


MAY YOU BE BLESSED AND TICKLED PINK ! x