Welcome to the Workshops Page!

One of the things that makes GGBY so special is our amazing workshops and workshop instructors. On this page, you’ll find information about each of our instructors as well as the 2023 class schedule.

Meet Your 2023 Instructors

  • Joanna Miller

    Welcome Yoga & Seasons of Flow: Menstrual Cycle Awareness For Men

    Do you have people in your life that have periods? Do you crave blood knowledge? Do you seek increased awareness of the cycles that affect us all? 50% of people menstruate, but all of life cycles. By understanding how everything moves this way, we become more aware of our own cyclical nature.

    Join me, JoAnn, a menstrual health educator and coach for a brief, informal talk that explores the inner seasons of the menstrual cycle.

  • Brittany Reyes

    Balance board yoga

    We will be moving through a variety of yoga poses while balance boarding. A fun twist that takes balance boarding to another level, challenging every part of your body. This moving meditation will stregthen your refexes and create stability. Balance boards will be available to practice for the duration of the festival!

  • Carson Hotaling

    #Vanlife Soo, you want to live in your car?

    So, you want to live in your rig, eh? Come learn about the process that will get you to living the life on the road you’ve dreamed of. Join Carson and Vic in an interactive presentation covering topics such as choosing a van or rig, building out the rig, realistic cost and time expectations, silly stories and challenges you may face in the process. We’ll provide plentiful resources and a complete tour of our vans, come join!

  • Natalie Sidhom

    Yoga for Buoyancy

    Nourish yourself with the sweet and simple gift of checking in with your body. We’ll move and breathe in juicy ways to build some heat from within, and we’ll slow it down to relax into how things are. Hopefully you will walk away feeling more grounded yet lighter. Wear layers!

  • Hayley Purdom

    Move yer bones

    We’re gonna love our bodies and move our bones! This class will investigate spinal coordination, ground movement, and prepare/repair the body to enjoy all the activities GGBY has to offer.

  • Eliot Kirk

    Introduction to Poi Juggling

    Have you ever thought that spinning poi was too easy? This is the class for you! Join us as we learn about the basics of poi juggling, from pendulum tosses, to no beats, to legos, and more. I am sure you will leave this class at least frustrated and at most inspired!

  • Kimberly Bridges

    Siren Storytime: The Power of Voice

    Join Siren and the Lost Boys as we weave a magical tapestry of songs and stories you can carry with you for all of GGBY! Learn about how you can use your voice to empower you in the open expanse on highlines, dive into the power of the stories that we tell ourselves and each other, and soak up mythical songs, stories, and poems that will inspire and delight you.

  • Tom Doocey

    Slow your Roll! Tips for Using a Line Slide

    Tips For Using a Line Slide (Hangover/Rollex/Roller/etc) Learn How-To: + control your speed (we are not here to zip line) + roll over tapes (if you break a tape, someone has to fix it) + undo twisted mainline webbing (this makes things easier for everyone and prevents damages to the webbings) + undo wrapped backup webbing loops (also makes things easier for everyone and prevents damages to the webbings)

  • Michelle Griffith

    Intro to Aerial Silks

    To us at GGBY, getting on your first highline is one of the most special experiences ever, but can also come with a lot of anxiety. Everyone in the world has gotten on a highline for the first time, and most of us did so in the presence of a more experienced person who was helping us through it. We're honored to provide you that experience with the safe and experienced Tlaloc Moctezuma Burns of the ISA.

  • Kiley Hartigan

    LifeProof Relationships

    If you’re interested in exploring ways to transform your relationships to be more loving, nourishing, and dynamic, please join us. In this workshop I’ll share with you a theory I have developed about relationships, that can be applied to both your relationship with yourself and with other people, that I created from the last three years of being a life and relationship coach for individuals, couples, and families. One part of this framework includes expanding your awareness by seeing being seen. I stoked to introduce you to a simple exercise you can use to hone this particular skill. See you there :)

  • Ana Lincoln

    Rigging 101: Checking Anchors

    New to highlining? Not sure what all this rigging stuff is about? This workshop will be a non-intensive introduction to checking lines that are already rigged. This will give you an idea of what makes an anchor safe, red flags to watch out for, and hopefully help keep you and your friends safer moving forward.

  • Brenne Etzel

    Frequency Palooza!

    Curious about quantum wellness, bio hacking, health sovereignty, holistic medicine? Join us as we unveil what’s possible for your mind, body and soul through the power of frequency. During this workshop, we will delve into our true essence, our original blueprint, to bring forward a deeper connectedness with the self on a soul level. Our intention is to harmonize the human energetic field. We will start by holding an initial tea ceremony to drop into our hearts, followed by a somatic embodiment dance ritual. Each part of this workshop will be intentionally charged with vibrations from the Healy quantum frequency device. Interested in frequency therapy? You will have the opportunity to experience an individualized micro current treatment during the workshop! These playful expressions support your journey to alchemizing your visions into reality, pulling your energetic field into alignment with what it is you truly desire.

  • Jackson Helgevold

    Dilla Daddy’s Flavor town express

    Come learn how to sling dillas like a pro! You’ll learn how to cook veggies and meat to perfection on my beautiful griddle. We’ll then construct amazing quesadillas with the meat and veggies we cook, including vegan/vegetarian options if meat isn’t your jam! Everyone gets free quesadillas at the end!

  • Ed Parker

    How to escape a space net

    How to get on and off the space net safely

  • Tom Doocey

    Intro to Highlining Workshop

    To us at GGBY, getting on your first highline is one of the most special experiences ever, but can also come with a lot of anxiety. Everyone in the world has gotten on a highline for the first time, and most of us did so in the presence of a more experienced person who was helping us through it. We're honored to provide you that experience with the safe and experienced Tlaloc Moctezuma Burns of the ISA.

  • Dylan Nunn

    Twinkle Toes & Tranquility: Reflexology for the Sole

    Explore Reflexology's healing power at this workshop. Experience hands-on well-being through foot pressure points, easing stress, and restoring balance. Join this soothing journey into holistic healing. Please come with clean feet if possible, oils and matts for extra comfort, a small foot bathing station and some oil will be provided!

  • Calliway Levin

    Intro to Aerial Silks

    Come learn Aerial Silks, all experience levels welcome, limit 8 people, first come first serve!

  • Anna Schwyter

    Tantric Yoga and Meditation

    Take a moment away from the ecstatic buzz of GGBY to sit with yourself and calm the nervous system. Together, we will create a space to revive your vitality, stretch sore muscles, and generate a peaceful essence to take into your day! This workshop will lead participants in tantric meditation and asana, focused on tapping back into your deep inner knowledge and balance.

  • Elliot Kirk

    Poi: Tech, Flow, and STYLE!

    So you know how to 2-beat weave, maybe even 3-beat weave, christ, maybe even 5-BEAT WEAVE! But how do you take those weaves and turn them into your own style? Your own flow?

  • Sarah Child

    The Art of Storytelling

    Storytelling is a powerful tool when you know how to leverage the story you have to tell. Stories connect us to ourselves and to other. Stories inspire us, and help us make sense of our worlds. In this workshop, you'll go through a series of activities that will help you discover your stories, clearly articulate your stories, practice telling your stories out loud, and you’ll also discover the power in giving someone the space to tell their own stories.

  • Tom Doocey

    Intro to Leash Climbing

    Leash Climbing and Re-mounting a highline can feel like some of the biggest barriers to feeling comfortable on a highline for newcomers to the sport. The reality is, you're gonna whip. And after whipping, you're gonna have to get back up on the line. Learning how to do so often happens on an actual highline, which in some cases, either due to time constraint or nerves, can result in people not having enough repetition or practice opportunities. Come to this workshop and practice this fundamental skill on a land rig, so that once you're on a highline, you can focus on the essence of what highlining is: slacklining

  • Isa Jacobsen

    Aerial Silks Drop workshop

    This aerial silks workshop will focus on all things drops! Spice up your silks flow as we will cover different types of drops and learn how and when to stack them on top of each other. Prerequisites for this class are a hipkey and single star drop.

  • Alex Reynaldo & Everett Hildenbrandt

    Supa Fun Acro Dancey Lifts & Flips

    Experience the joyfulness of learning a few creative and dynamic acro lifts. Alex and Everett are excited to share some of their favorite dance inspired moves from this past year with you. Get ready for lift off. This workshop is standing acrobatics. No partner required but some basic Acro experience is preferred.

  • Ryan Pohl

    Slack Math

    Math and Rigging! Applying mechanical engineering with highlining. This workshop will go through the process of calculating tension on legs of a 2 point and 3 point highline anchor.

  • Ana Lincoln

    Rigging 102: Knots and Tie- Offs

    Tired of doing all your rigging with figure-8s? Free-balling it every time you do a weblock tie-off? Come practice knots and official webbing tie-offs to keep your shit secure.

  • Hanna Fanelli

    Breathwork & Mantra chanting

    Connect to your innate self healing modalities through breathwork and chanting Sanskrit mantras. Combining new age and thousand year old practices to tap into higher consciousness and deep inner work to come back to equilibrium. You will learn what is happening to your body physically and mentally with these two practices, as well as experience it supported in a group setting.

  • Jayna Colecchia

    Introduction to Shibari Workshop

    In this workshop, instead of using rope to tie into a highline, we will be using rope to tie ourselves! Come & learn some basic shibari skills to set a foundation for your rope bondage practice. We will discuss key topics for practicing consensual rope bondage as well as learn how to bundle rope, attach two ropes, a single column tie & some fundamental knots and frictions.

  • Drew & Drake, Slackline US Ambassadors

    Slackline Action Plan: Expanding Access in the States

    Want to establish an approved urban line? Having difficulty working with your local government? Come join Drake and Drew and we'll discuss how to go about this process!

  • Ana Lincoln

    Tell me about your slackline incidents!

    Have you broken a finger? Been smacked in the face with the leash? Forgotten to tie in? Had a mainline failure? Been a witness to any of the above? Don't keep it to yourself! Come on over and file a quick ISA report (hell I'll do the work for you). Reports are used for aggregate statistics to help highliners make better choices, and can be publish anonymously or kept private.

  • Ben Donnelly

    intro to Highlining for Scaredy Cats

    To us at GGBY, getting on your first highline is one of the most special experiences ever, but can also come with a lot of anxiety. Everyone in the world has gotten on a highline for the first time, and most of us did so in the presence of a more experienced person who was helping us through it. We're honored to provide you that experience with a safe and experienced guide.

  • Michelle Griffith & Jeremy Robinson

    Inversions in Acro

    Getting upside down in acro is attainable no matter how much experience you have in acro, even if it's none! This workshop will be useful for people at almost all levels of their acro journey, we'll find an inversion at the edge of your comfort zone and get you upside down!

  • Wade Plafcan

    Morning Music Jam

    There’s nothing quite like a Jam session around a fire! Ever wish you could follow along during a Jam better or figure out a songs key faster? This workshop is designed for beginner and intermediate musicians who want to learn some skills, tactics and tricks to jam more confidently with others. This will be primarily guitar based, so please bring your guitar. Ill have 1 extra:)We will go over some simple musical theory such as circle of 5ths and pentatonic scales, that can increase your ability to recognize the key of a song and in turn, how to play along and try out a solo. We will also discuss the utility of using Capos and how they can be an awesome tool for jamming. I play primarily guitar, banjo and harmonica. I love to play all types of music but hang in the primarily folky, bluegrass, indie categories. Primarily self taught, Ill teach you what I’ve learned over the years so you can have more fun at your next jam session.

  • Delaney Lyman

    Bouncing into Awareness

    Freestyle highlining and mindfulness harmoniously converge, transforming the physical activity into a serene meditation. In this workshop, we will discuss how highliners fuse physical skill with unwavering present awareness. Every bounce becomes a mindful journey, where the thrill of movement merges with a tranquil embrace of the now.

  • Monica Waumann

    Laughter Journey with Cacao Please bring a cup

    "Discover how laughter can be a reliable and sustainable resource for overcoming challenges, shifting perspectives, and improving your quality of life. Let's create new neural patterns for responding to the mystery of life by training our ability to laugh voluntarily, easily and frequently. By making laughter a conscious choice, we can create an open and postive frame of mind while strengthening and boosting our immune system! We will invite the Spirit of Cacao, the heart opening medicine, to receive guidance and support as we engage and move through different exercises. "

  • Rachel Harman

    Twerkshop!

    Come experience the power of loosening your booty meat! We will learn several different twerking methods and positions, then tie them all together with fun choreography. Don’t shy away, every booty can twerk!

  • Joann Miller

    Seasons of Flow: Menstrual Cycle Awareness For Men

    Do you have people in your life that have periods? Do you crave blood knowledge? Do you seek increased awareness of the cycles that affect us all? 50% of people menstruate, but all of life cycles. By understanding how everything moves this way, we become more aware of our own cyclical nature. Join me, JoAnn, a menstrual health educator and coach for a brief, informal talk that explores the inner seasons of the menstrual cycle.

  • Kira Krick

    Handstand Twerking

    BEGINNERS WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED! This will be an intro to handstands and an introduction to inverted twerking workshop. If you already have a handstand then you may be able to combine the two at the end of the class. Don't be discouraged if you don't!

  • Ben Donnelly

    15 minutes that could save your life

    "Human beings make an average of 35,000 decisions a day. Unfortunately the mechanisms in our brains that allow us so effortlessly to choose between steel cut oats and avocado toast are the same mechanisms that make us terrible at evaluating risk and consequence. In this workshop you will become more aware of and learn to hack your dysfunctional de facto decision making processes so that you can make solid decisions when it counts the most! If you like to play outside and don’t want to die doing it, you NEED this workshop!

  • Kieran Blood

    Shoulderstand Firsthand

    Come learn the basics of shoulder-stands close to the ground at the slackline park. We will go over strategies for turning our bodies upside down and finding balance on our shoulders. Practice makes better so come out and work on your skills!

  • Nicole Evans

    Silk Split Balances

    Look ma no hands! Learn to split balance both upright and inverted in this workshop where we'll break down 3 different ways to level up our splits in the silks. This workshop will be intermediate/advanced, prerequisites include foot locks, the ability to invert and opposite side knee hook.

  • Macy Petty

    Primal Flow

    I created a Primal Flow for events/gatherings just as this one. My Primal Flow is to guide you to break free from habitual movements and discover the boundless potential within. By embracing this practice you will unleash a symphony of unique, innate movements that strengthen your physique, cultivate spiritual well-being, foster equanimity, promote healing, and empower your highest Self. First we will begin with a visualization to bring to minds eye your highest Self, move into yoga asana, using the rhythm of the music to begin breaking from the constructs of a yoga practice into ecstatic dance, ending a connection piece of eve gazing and seeing each person partaking with you to ultimately build community and one's self to feel seen.

  • Diana Snarr

    Dance Empowerment

    I will be teaching a choreographed movement piece that will be accessible for all levels of movers. Get ready to call in your inner baddie to jiggle, shake, and get down with your friends. The intention is to feel empowered through movement, and bring your own style, not to perfect the choreography.

  • Ben Donnelly

    Applied Mindfulness: A Tour of the Senses and Attentional Fitness

    We all want to be more mindful, but how do you actually do it? In this workshop, you will learn a practical approach to mindfulness that you can easily carry into your day to day life by discovering the basic building blocks of consciousness and learning to bring more concentration, clarity, and equanimity to your sensory experience. Every moment is a gift and the richness of life is infinite! Stop missing out!

  • Krista Van Parys

    Women's Highline Workshop

    Ladies! Join us as we embark on discovery of what make women well suited for highlining. In this workshop we will discuss Women's Cognitive, Affective and Physical attributes that give us advantages in the sport. We will practice climbing a leash, and mounting the line, focusing on the female body.

  • Brandon Groux

    Aura Breathwork Journey

    Come join me on a psychedelic journey through time and space all through the power of your own breath. This specific breath flow allows us to access and release stagnant energy, emotions or beliefs that may be holding us back. With each inhale we draw in revitalizing energy and with each exhale we release anything that is no longer serving us.

  • Remy Ogden & Osha Bresha

    Mobility & Myofascial Release for the Multi-Sport Athlete

    Come join me for a deep dive into our bodies! In this workshop we'll discuss fascia and learn how to use various release techniques to help promote joint mobility, and reduce injuries. Along with a hip and ankle mobility flow, you will get to practice using different tools and props to release tight or painful areas. Come learn and play!

  • John Hartberg, MD

    Psychedelic Harm Reduction: Simple Safety Suggestions for Proper Party Preparation

    Festival time. It’s important to party smart. Recent media coverage has been glowingly positive regarding psychedelics and related compounds. It’s important to keep in mind that risks still exist. In this talk, we’ll dive into some of the ways to mitigate potential harms of psychedelic drugs, focusing on psychopharmacology and research surrounding supplementation pre- and post-trip.

  • Ben Donnelly

    Mounting and Moving on a highline/slackline

    I think this is the same as we did last year? I lead on workshop on on leash climbing and getting on top of the line and the other was mounting?n Let's talk about this.

To download the 2023 workshop schedule, click below.