JOYshops

Barbara has presented for many events and organizations in Australia, including Holistic, Wellness, Medical, Nursing, Mental Health and Psychological Groups; Schools, RMIT and Universities; Financial, Farm, and Corporate Managers; Executive Groups; Festivals, Retreats, AGMs, Conferences and Gatherings; RSL and Veterans Groups, Government Departments, Community Groups.

Please contact Barbara to book any of her JOYshops, and include information about your group, the location and preferred date/s.

Summarised below are just some of her offerings:

JOY MACHINE SINGING: Solo or with her Joy Machine Parody Song group, Barbara takes issues - mouse plagues, moving house, crashing computers - and gives them a silly slant by inserting new words to familiar tunes. Example: “Home On the Range” becomes “Phones Out of Range”. There are plenty of audience singalongs.

RAMBUNCTIOUS WRITING: Have Fun! Find Freedom! Discover the power of playful writing to help us reconnect with and expand our self-awareness, creativity and wholeness. Whether or not you’re a “writer,” in this gentle but exhilarating workshop we’ll shake out the cobwebs, stimulate our spontaneity and tickle our imaginations, laugh a lot—and perhaps unveil some surprising personal insights.

THE POWER OF PLAY (POP!) FOR ADULTS & TEENS: “Playing around” has profound health and problem-solving benefits, but how do we unleash our lightness? In this playshop, simple games and processes help us to rediscover our original, yet too-often censored, sparkly and creative selves. In safe, relaxed, pure FUN we laughingly connect with others and open ourselves to a powerful tool to help reduce stress, defeat depression, and stimulate health, creativity, joy and exuberance.

LIVING FULLY (Teens) (Adults): Certain qualities, principles, choices and commitments are involved in living life to the full. Using stories, fun processes, questions/answers, discussion and writing, we’ll explore, expand awareness of, and develop approaches to living fully.

LOVE OR GROWTH: Through processes and dialogue we’ll address the question: Is it possible to have freedom in relationship? We’ll share and explore our motives, goals, discoveries and triumphs as well as our blocks to love and/or growth

AWARENESS CIRCLES FOR CONSCIOUS LIVING, LOVING, CREATING: Helping us expand awareness of ways we block or open the floodgates on our intuition, truth, joy, and power to be deliberate creators of what we love. Weekly format includes personal sharing, intuitive/creator practices and theme of the week

DYNAMIC DIALOGUES: Drawing on an amazing 79 years of inner and outer explorations, challenges, changes, risk-taking and a passion to “Know Thyself,” inspirational author and speaker, Barbara Brewster, will, with joy and clarity, help participants gain greater awareness, tools, skills and enthusiasm for embracing, creating and living the fullness of what’s possible for them at this time of massive personal and global changes. This is NOT a serious event. Time permitting, we’ll sample some ways to stimulate more lightness, in your life.

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WORKSHOP TESTIMONIALS

Will you come and teach my staff? My wife came home just glowing from your workshop today and I want that for my work group. 
-- Husband of participant

My headache's gone! 
-- Marcia, Oregon, USA

Three playshops in three months and I can't wait for the next one! There's lots of fun and laughter and opportunity to practice spontaneity. 
-- Siegfried Gutbrod, General Manager, Gawler Foundation

This is the most fun I've had in a long time!  
-- Cancer Patient, Washington, USA

It's great to let my imagination run riot without getting looks of puzzled bewilderment. 
-- Anon. Melbourne

You created a safe and encouraging space where our staff had more fun then we've had in ages. This playshop is for everyone who wants to laugh and laugh and laugh. 
-- Elizabeth Stevens, Publisher "Living Now," Melbourne.

I've realized that it really doesn't matter "what" as long as I "do."
--Allan, Noosa

It really shakes out the cobwebs -- in a fun way! 
-- Ilya Howard, Coordinator, Banksia Center, Frankston.

The best party I've been to for ages. 
-- Hugh O'Connell, 87, resident, Broughton Hall Retirement Centre, Camberwell.

An amazing, eye-opening, adventurous fun-filled journey! 
--Sarah, Buderim

I've remembered my spontaneity within this group.  Thank you! 
-- Marie, Melbourne

Great to work with someone with so much experience, especially life experience. 
-- Harold, Gawler

The most important thing was getting realizations about myself through play. --
-- Kay, Gawler, SA     

Thank you for helping me to affirm myself. 
-- Cecily, Gawler, SA

If you need a good belly laugh, this is it. Great as a staff development exercise. 
-- Jelena Pincic, Coordinator, Altona Green Neighbourhood House

"POP" and "Rambunctious Writing" have VAST potential to do immediate good work on individuals. One lady present today will be enormously encouraged by your facilitating and her own very interesting FREE/LIBERATING  responses. 
-- Brian Steel, author, Mornington

A really useful exercise in spontaneity and use of simplicity to stimulate the imagination. 
-- Brisbane

You've encouraged me to follow my first instinct/impulse and be myself. 
-- Carole, Brisbane

This has reminded me to not worry about an outcome to creativity. Just do it for the sake of doing it. 
-- Carolyn, Mornington

I'm shy about groups, but within the first two minutes you had me feeling connected with these people.
-- 60 year old man, Brisbane

It unblocked my writer's block. 
-- Judy Fischer, Director, Creative Living Centre, Preston

The high point was really letting go being free to be me. 
-- Helen, East Gippsland

Bring tissues! 
-- Margaret, Melbourne

Thank you for opening me up and giving me some new tools. Very enlightening! 
-- Bob, Sydney University

I learnt things about myself and the way I deal with situations. I feel revitalized - enveloped with friendliness from people I've never met before. 
-- Gerry, Gawler, SA