"When you look at a tree in a storm, you see that the top of the tree is very unstable and vulnerable. The wind can break the smaller branches at any time. But when you look down to the trunk of the tree, you have a different impression. You see that the tree is very solid and still, and you know that it will be able to withstand the storm." |
Mindfulness
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Life is so dang life-y, isn't it? Work stuff, relationship stuff, housing stuff, family stuff, health stuff ... sometimes the worldly winds blow extra hard, and it can be challenging to hold a peaceful and easeful center. In this one-time workshop, Happier Valley Comedy founder Pam Victor guides you on a light-hearted experience of mindfulness through an improviser's lens, so you have extra tools and practice holding an internal place of calm, ease, and equanimity, even during a sh*tstorm.
We'll explore this theme through easy-to-learn improv games, guided meditation, and connection-enriching discussion. In individual and shared practice and play, we'll work on holding ease together, so you'll leave with a couple more tools, some more practice, and feeling a bit more chill.
No previous experience in improv or mindfulness expected.
Beginners are welcome and supported.
Let's spend some thoughtful and fun time together
enjoying the places where mindfulness and improv meet!
We'll explore this theme through easy-to-learn improv games, guided meditation, and connection-enriching discussion. In individual and shared practice and play, we'll work on holding ease together, so you'll leave with a couple more tools, some more practice, and feeling a bit more chill.
No previous experience in improv or mindfulness expected.
Beginners are welcome and supported.
Let's spend some thoughtful and fun time together
enjoying the places where mindfulness and improv meet!
"The most impactful, heart centered, and fun mindfulness class I have ever taken. I feel more grateful, more awake and more grounded in my life and my work as a result. And Pam Victor is one of the best teachers I have ever had in my 54 years of life." |
"It was an awesome chance to explore more thoroughly the meditative and spiritual threads of Improv that were already coming up in my other HVC classes." |
"If you’re looking for the key to a happier and more joyful life, sign up for a class with Happier Valley Comedy and play with Pam and her wonderful inclusive staff! I can feel my soul opening up as I practice and embrace more moments of playfulness and mindfulness." |
Note: Though we'll play 3-4 improv games to practice mindfulness, this is not an improv class.
(If you'd rather take a straight improv class, check out this page :-)
No previous experience with meditation, mindfulness, or improv comedy expected.
This class is designed for wherever you fall on the introvert-extrovert spectrum.
Activities can be adapted to practice sitting, standing, or lying down. (No need to be able to sit cross-legged on the floor or do bendy things with your body...unless that brings you joy!)
(If you'd rather take a straight improv class, check out this page :-)
No previous experience with meditation, mindfulness, or improv comedy expected.
This class is designed for wherever you fall on the introvert-extrovert spectrum.
Activities can be adapted to practice sitting, standing, or lying down. (No need to be able to sit cross-legged on the floor or do bendy things with your body...unless that brings you joy!)
a peek into A typical Workshop
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though this course is entirely secular, the material - like all of mindfulness practice - derives from buddhist and hindu traditions and is based on Zen, Vipassanā, and Tibetan meditation techniques. we honor and are grateful for the wisdom of the teachers who have come before us.
About Your Teacher: Pam Victor is the founder and Head of Happiness of Happier Valley Comedy, where Pam performs regularly and teaches improv to the best students in the world. Pam is the creator of The Joy & Ease of Improv curriculum and The 30-Day Happiness Experiment. She brings the power of improvisation to the workplace in Happier Valley Comedy's professional development and wellness & wellbeing programs. Pam is the author of the children's therapeutic fiction book "Baj and the Word Launcher: Space Age Aspergers Adventures in Communication." Along with improv greats TJ Jagodowski and David Pasquesi, Pam co-authored of "Improvisation at the Speed of Life: The TJ and Dave Book." A Smith College graduate with a Master's in Elementary Education from Iona College (NY), Pam received improv training from iO Theater (Chicago,) Annoyance Theater (Chicago,) Improv Boston, and Second City Chicago teachers. She is a member of the Banyan online mindfulness community. Pam has meditated regularly for over 3,343 (mostly) consecutive days and counting! Pam is a nice person and she likes you already.
Small but Important Fine Print:
*Please note that once you make your purchase, your place in the class is NON-REFUNDABLE unless we have 48 hours notice before first class AND we can get someone to fill your spot.
*Students must be 18+ years. (In actual years, not maturity. ;)
*Some improv exercises involve some standing, physical activity; however, we can accommodate all physical abilities. Please let email us to let us know how we can best fit your needs or if you have any questions about accommodations.
*Please note that once you make your purchase, your place in the class is NON-REFUNDABLE unless we have 48 hours notice before first class AND we can get someone to fill your spot.
*Students must be 18+ years. (In actual years, not maturity. ;)
*Some improv exercises involve some standing, physical activity; however, we can accommodate all physical abilities. Please let email us to let us know how we can best fit your needs or if you have any questions about accommodations.
Appreciation from our students:
"I was really blown away by how profound the lessons of improv actually are. I assumed it was about trying to be fast and funny and witty. I learned that it's about really paying attention, accepting what others are doing and trying to help them succeed."
"Pam shines her refreshing light onto her participants and leads with honesty and openness conveying that she is well studied in mindfulness and in this happiness space but is also a student who joins participants in the journey and experiment too." |
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"Pam is a skilled improv teacher who brings depth and breadth to her workshops. She helps walk us through assumptions, misperceptions and judgment and helps us land in openness, insight, laughter and greater ‘ease fullness’ Highly recommend."
Dr. Rob Smith, DO, Director of Baystate Health’s Mindfulness Program
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY AS TO STUDENTS
The Happier Valley Comedy School admits students of any race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religious affiliation, age, ability, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religious affiliation, age, ability, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.
The Happier Valley Comedy School admits students of any race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religious affiliation, age, ability, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religious affiliation, age, ability, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.
