When was the last time you played together, felt free, opened up to strangers? Come play with us! Become better at expressing yourself and practice feeling and showing your unique being. Ritual Play is playfully making contact, moving together, touching each other and challenging each other.
After the break there will also be an opportunity for massage exchange and hugs.
Order date:
- Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – The Hague
- Friday June 20, 2025 – Amsterdam
- Friday August 22, 2025 – Elst (Nijmegen)
What is Ritual Play?
In a non-verbal game we explore our impulses, patterns, boundaries in a direct way in contact with each other. Ritual play is a free game of movement and touch within a simple format: a playmate, a mat on the floor, a timer and a few basic rules. One of those rules is the possibility to step out at any time when you want. This interactive work form was developed by Marina Kronkvist.
When you become familiar with the other person's body, you can follow each other's impulse in the here and now, you come together in a flow of movement and touch, like a dance. The interaction can sometimes be wild, sometimes sensual or giggly, or just calming. You are often invited to go onto the mat with an intention or a research question. Above all, be yourself and allow all feelings, because you are at your most beautiful when you can be yourself, exactly as you feel at that moment.
What makes Ritual Play so nice, surprising and fun?
Touch in a safe setting is relaxing, liberating and gives you space to discover new things in contact with others. You are invited to follow your impulses non-verbally, without a predetermined goal, in contact and in interaction with the other. This offers a safe space to explore in the bed of being completely with what is. To see what lives in you, what wants to be felt and moved in you or not. It gives you the space to experience your life energy and your true, free nature. Every encounter during the workshop is unique, because you are invited to participate in an experience without a predetermined goal.
What do we do?
After an introduction, we discuss the rules of the game, the boundaries and possibilities that the ritual offers. We then do a few simple exercises to arrive and prepare for the ritual. We work 1-on-1 and change partners a few times, so that you can experience the ritual play with different participants. We conclude the Ritual Play workshop by sharing reflections, feelings, sensations that the game has released in you. This allows you to integrate the experience in a meaningful way.
Who will be attending this workshop?
Everyone is welcome, regardless of your body type, age and sexual preference. We like to be surprised by the diversity of participants and we do not create a gender balance. If you participate, we invite you to open up to other participants.
Who are the guardian angels?
Tijs Breuer has been organizing various workshops with massage, mindfulness, yoga, tantra and cuddles for over 10 years. Coming to your senses is his most important approach to life. Seeing each other, smelling the air, tasting yourself, touching the skin, when we open our senses, we enter life. As a life coach, body worker and masseur he guides you to get closer to yourself and embrace life. In this way you will find your way to create more harmony in your life, in your relationships with others and with yourself.
Marianne van Rijn has extensive experience as a spaceholder and assistant at various workshops.
Our sites
- The Hague – The Self-Spot; Badhuisstraat 198, 2584 HM The Hague (Scheveningen)
- Amsterdam – Mahara Holistic Lifestyle, De Clercqstraat 123, 1053 AK Amsterdam
- Nijmegen – Purple Palette, Reethsestraat 15, 6662 PJ Elst
Time
19:00 -19:30 Arrival, tea/coffee, informal introduction
19:30 PM Start Ritual Play Workshop
21:15 Break
21:30 Open space for massage and cuddles
22:15 Sharing circle
22:30 End
Tickets
Reserve your spot today and embark on a heart-warming adventure! Buy your ticket on Hipsy: https://hipsy.nl/event/106969-workshop-ritual-play-all-genders-in-den-haag. Standard ticket: €30,00. Discount €15,00 for students, refugees, young people <36 years and 2nd person (couples). You can find our cancellation and refund policy on this website.
Don't forget to freshen up beforehand and wear nice soft, supple clothing. Together we create a playful atmosphere of loving attention, acceptance and connection!
