TreeVerse - 2 Day Tree-Climbing Workshop

Join Ben Medder Coaching & Roots of Play from 21-22 September in the beautiful Hampstead Heath for a two-day tree-climbing workshop.

During this workshop, we will be exploring three pillars of tree movement; tree dance, tree climbing and tree parkour. These three pillars will allow us to navigate trees in new and inventive ways.

Tree dance will involve coaching on different methodology of approaching a tree to find flow and creativity. Seeing how our bodies can meld with the tree and music to find a new range of moving.

Tree climbing will explore techniques of moving through the tree and route finding. Taking elements from rock-climbing practices, we will learn how to find pathways through the trees to match the level of desired challenge.

Tree parkour takes inspiration from free running to develop skills of vaulting over and jumping between parts of the tree as well as utilising swinging and landing techniques to facilitate challenge.

This practice is open to all levels of experience. We utilise trees with low branches to allow for all to interact with them as well as challenges to engage those of multiple different levels and movement experience.