I am offering a Creative Play Ritual, 5-630 pm with tea and snacks from 630-7 pm on Sunday, Jan 12 on the 2nd floor of the Old Firehall. $ 25.00 "Clownesque games to open body/mind/spirit and brighten the heart. Stress relief for your adult self. Kind Play for your inner child!" Meganhyslop@yahoo.ca. 250 551 8009, www.foolsbynature.wordpress.com

Clownesque games to open mind / body / spirit and brighten the heart. Stress relief for your adult self. Kind play for your inner child! 1.5 hours with tea and snacks provided afterwards.

Megan is a community clown artist dedicated to wellbeing through play. She is of Scottish and English ancestry living as a guest on Turtle Island. A storyteller and musician from an early age, Megan came to clowning through a dream that asked, what is the role of clowning in personal and collective healing?

Megan has an interdisciplinary doctorate in Indigenous views of land, emotional intelligence, and clowning and a master’s in collective gardens; both were explorations of these various practices as frameworks for holistic mental health. Since 2014 she has offered clownesque playshops and performances in intimate community venues such as farmer’s markets, galleries, free schools, AGMs, wellness and community centres, organic farms, festivals, alternative schools, work reintegration programs, public parks, and yoga studios. She is also a creator of songs, storybooks for grownups, and gardens.