Participlay

Elizabeth Yochim, creator of Participlay, is a play activist and experience designer who has organized events in the US and abroad for over 10 years. Through the power of play her events and workshops inspire a sense of childlike wonder, freedom and fun.

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"Follow that bird!" They whispered. Raising their arms they flew at dusk wending their way through the forest as the Angelbird guided them through the woods. In Byrdcliff Art Colony, Woodstock, NY, with fellow travelers and friends delighting in awe and wonder. #wings #takeflight #happening #woodstock #intothewoods (at Byrdcliffe Colony)

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Thank goodness for Skype! Deep fun showing up in a pink wig speaking today with Louise Hall from Sweden for her upcoming summit on play and playfulness this October. It was a sweet pleasure as we talked about how to create play experiences from the place of living a curious and playful life. We of course flapped and flew, spoke gibberish, and got deep. Thank you Louise! Looking forward to more and thank you @gillianferrabee for connecting us! #mydayinla #playmakers #letsplay #pinkwigs (at Venice Beach)

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Out on the edge of the Pacific Ocean having a conversation with Freedom about what it means to live free. This half of the year I have learned much more about how to fly even when I feel most caged and how to dance with the light and the shadow and that they are often the same. There is no separation. My wish is to live more courageously and deeply this extraordinary journey of the Angelbird discovering where it leads me while nesting and while taking flight. And to keep sharing the experience of Flight School from backyard fun to flocking through parks and downtown streets to walks in the woods to giving inspired talks to teaching workshops to even some day inside the likes of the UN! Can you imagine everyone entering debate by taking flight! Happy summer solstice! and if you are game, let's build our flock bird by bird, and our wings feather by feather. It would be a dream come true to fly with you. Photo captured by another chance encounter with the immeasurably talented Dotan Saguy. @dotansaguy I am sincerely grateful for the divine timing of our wonderous meeting. #wings #venicebeach #thejourneyisthedestination #photooftheday #summersolstice @participlay #encounter #freedom #mylastory #mydayinla (at Venice Beach)

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Out on the edge of the Pacific Ocean having a conversation with Freedom about what it means to live free. This half of the year I have learned much more about how to fly even when I feel most caged and how to dance with the light and the shadow and that they are often the same. There is no separation. My wish is to live more courageously and deeply this extraordinary journey of the Angelbird discovering where it leads me while nesting and while taking flight. And to keep sharing the experience of Flight School from backyard fun to flocking through parks and downtown streets to walks in the woods to giving inspired talks to teaching workshops to even some day inside the likes of the UN! Can you imagine everyone entering debate by taking flight! Happy summer solstice! and if you are game, let's build our flock bird by bird, and our wings feather by feather. It would be a dream come true to fly with you. Photo captured by another chance encounter with the immeasurably talented Dotan Saguy. @dotansaguy I am sincerely grateful for the divine timing of our wonderous meeting. #wings #venicebeach #thejourneyisthedestination #photooftheday #summersolstice @participlay #encounter #freedom #mylastory #mydayinla (at Venice Beach)

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Taking flight with photographer Michele Mattei, one of the best photographers in Los Angeles. #photography #takingflight #wings #beautifulwomen #happiness #freedom #laphotographer www.michelemattei.com (at Hollywood)

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How to get an entire auditorium filled with people to connect? Invite them to play. #play #creativity #powerofplay #fun #collaboration #tedx #newideas #innovation

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P O E T R Y east M O V I N G west. One poem. One dance per stop. Shouting, speaking, whispering the words. Moving Incantations. Inaugurations. Opening new travel lines across the city and within ourselves. #expo #mydayinla #danceeverywhere #metro #la #play #poetry #imagination (at Expo/Bundy station)

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P O E T R Y west M O V I N G east. Expo line opens. Celebrating by riding, writing, dancing. Look for a white envelope. Add your own. #expo #mydayinla #danceeverywhere #metro #la (at Expo/Sepulveda station)

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In the beginning there was Pie, an irrational non-exact expressed ratio of flakiness to its gooeyness, that has no insatiable end and never repeats quite the same. Another ichi-go, ichi-e. Within this transcendent expression of Pie and the impossible ancient challenge of producing a square to its roundly, glistening, custard filing within its circular form, flows the creation myth of dinosaurs and Angelbird wings, floating within a rolling sea of unexplained bits and particles and cardioids, or hearts. @participlay @nomadicschoolofwonder #pies @pietownlady #foodie #pi #play #kids #wings #hearts (at Pie Town, New Mexico)

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First graduating class of pie makers from Pie-o-neer cafe in Pie Town, New Mexico. Nomadic School of Wonderers play testing this experience for our upcoming Pie in the Sky adventure coming up in September. (at Pie Town, New Mexico)

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Playstop, New Mexico. #play #playtime @nomadicschoolofwonder @participlay

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Making a playstop. Roadside, New Mexico. #play #playtime @nomadicschoolofwonder @participlay

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The Angelbird speaking with her shadow. @nomadicschoolofwonder #wings #shadows @littlebuddhababa (at Magdalena, New Mexico)

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Kate at Very Large Array, New Mexico. @nomadicschoolofwonder (at National Radio Astronomy Observatory Very Large Array)

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Closest place on earth to the deepest parts of space. Scouting for the Nomadic School of Wonder at Very Large Array, New Mexico. #nomadicschoolofwonder #wideopenspaces #contact #astronomy #unreal @nomadicschoolofwonder

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Have wings, will travel. @angelbirdflight #nomadicschoolofwonder #wings #lax #traveler #travel @participlay (at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX))

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Eva, a littlebig Angelbird spreading her wings and taking flight! Singing and moving the asanas with @jocelyn_jyoti at Shakti Fest in Joshua Tree. Wee Yogis reunited! #wings @participlay #kids #flightschool #yoga #dance #happiness (at Joshua Tree Retreat Center)