playFull living
playFull intimacy
Stretch Festival, Berlin - 29th to 31st Oct 2021
In this workshop we will bring play deeper into your body and use it to create moments of intimacy with yourself and others. Bringing instinctual play into our adult intimate lives...
infinite play space 3
Amsterdam - Sunday 7th Nov 2021 - 13.30
An afternoon to get creative, playful and expand into different forms of connection. A playground to experiment with different ways to play and connect with deeper parts of yourself...
exploring avoidance
Online course - 2nd to 16th Dec 2021
A two week online retreat that will create a brave and playful space to explore our own relationship with avoidance in an empowered and open way...
infinite play space 4
Amsterdam - Sunday 5th Dec 2021 - 13.30
An afternoon to get creative, playful and expand into different forms of connection. A playground to experiment with different ways to play and connect with deeper parts of yourself...
playFull sexuality
Amsterdam - 8th and 9th Jan 2022
A weekend for GBTQ+ men to re-engage with the innate playfulness that can exist within our own sexuality, to discover ways out of the habits and routines we're so used to...
More events, weekends and online courses coming in 2022. Watch this space for more info or sign up to our newsletter here (I promise not to spam you!).
who am i?
PlayFull Living has been created by me, Simon Magnus. I am a movement practitioner who specialises in working with groups to help each individual connect more deeply with their bodies and their own emotional realities. I have been creating transformational arts events in the UK for the past 20 years and since 2016 have been training in somatic trauma work.
I have worked around the world to help people connect intimately with themselves and others. My audiences are diverse: from children to those living with acute mental health issues; clowns to office workers in suits and ties. For me it is super important to create brave spaces where risks can be taken by participants within their own boundaries and choice.
Over the years I have been a theatre director of interactive, immersive and gaming experiences, written a graphic novel and facilitated (as well as trained facilitators of) many many workshops, events and retreats. At the heart of everything I’ve created has been a commitment to creativity, flow and play.
what is playFull living?
At the heart of all creativity is the ability to play.
Play creates a space where mistakes can happen, where creativity can flourish and new ways of connecting can be discovered.
PlayFull Living invites you to bring a playful attitude into all aspects of life. Whether that is in our friendships, working lives or sexuality, we create a space where we fall back in love with playing creating a new way to be in the world, with ourselves and each other.
We play to discover, we play to find peace,
we play for the sake of playing.
"There was such a deep sense of peace"
mat- participant
"Such a deeply held space, I felt more free than I've been for years"
tim- participant
"I'm surprised it touched me so deeply"
karen- online participant
"I want and need to be playing like this every day"
eva- participant
"Everyone is still talking about it, a complete triumph, thank you"
jade- corporate client
"I was pleased to find some compassion for myself even at my most frustrated"
miranda- online participant
"It puts into perspective that when there's a lot of play there's a lot of joy. So as adults there's a lot of joy that's not being allowed to be explored so this a beautiful part of this journey"
keren- participant
a selection of some
corporate clients:
"Well I guess we all know how to play!"
jacob- participant