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"body", "artist": "roxy-wild", "booking": { "key": "d1-roxy-wild", "form": "https://forms.gle/d2kLKtQyc7qFdLbm6", "capacity": 30 } }, { "time": "09:00", "title": "Permaculture", "with": "Oliver Fanfan", "venue": "Garden", "category": "more", "artist": "oliver-fanfan" }, { "time": "09:00", "title": "Kids Art Workshop", "with": "Folie d'Art", "venue": "Brabant Stage", "category": "kids", "artist": "folie-dart" }, { "time": "09:30", "title": "Sound Journey", "with": "Arian Mortazavi Sarrafan", "venue": "Dome 360°", "category": "sound", "artist": "arian-mortazavi-sarrafan", "booking": { "key": "d1-arian-mortazavi-sarrafan", "form": "https://forms.gle/fHjPnBXMyTQrs2mj7", "capacity": 40 }, "bios": { "arian-mortazavi-sarrafan": "Using an array of ancient musical technologies from the Caucasus, Northern Persia and Turkic lands, Arian’s sound journey is a receptive experience — often transcendental whilst being deeply personal — that generates a field that our consciousness can attune to and 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The 9 Steps to Divinity is a simple but powerful affirmation meditation that opens portals to the knowledge held within it. One hour, all stencils provided, ages 15 and up." }, { "time": "15:00", "title": "Interactive Mind-Body Experience", "with": "Lindsay Kassem", "venue": "Brabant Stage", "category": "mind", "endTime": "16:30", "artist": "lindsay-kassem", "bios": { "lindsay-kassem": "Lindsay Kassem is an executive health and mindset coach with thirteen years of coaching experience and a decade-long corporate background. Her work integrates behavioural change, emotional regulation, somatic practices, nutrition and nutrigenomics to help people understand the patterns shaping how they think, feel and live.\n\nWhy You Can Know Better and Still Repeat the Same Patterns\n\nEver wondered why you keep repeating certain behaviours, even when you know they’re not helping you?\n\nIn this interactive experience, Lindsay explores the hidden patterns behind overthinking, people pleasing, emotional reactions and the need for control. Discover why awareness alone isn’t always enough to create change, and take part in a guided exercise to better understand your own patterns and begin shifting them." } }, { "time": "15:30", "title": "Massage Demonstration", "with": "Joy Pursem", "venue": "Main Area", "category": "mind", "endTime": "16:10", "artist": "joy-pursem" }, { "time": "16:30", "title": "Kundalini Yoga", "with": "Devesh Bhargav", "venue": "Yoga Shala", "category": "body", "artist": "devesh-bhargav", "booking": { "key": "d1-devesh-bhargav", "form": "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfMfcED7wqNA8U0FyOvu3Y3-s5bUvSS4A8ymtCLJE8fLcT5bw/viewform", "capacity": 30 } }, { "time": "16:30", "title": "Women's Circle", "with": "Betty Hamon", "venue": "Ti Coin", "category": "mind", "artist": "betty-hamon", "booking": { "key": "d1-betty-hamon", "form": "https://forms.gle/W9bRr3Co287892378", "capacity": 15 } }, { "time": "16:30", "title": "Voice Alchemy", "with": "Kiki Samudio", "venue": "Dome 360°", "category": "sound", "artist": "kiki-samudio", "booking": { "key": "d1-kiki-samudio", "form": "https://forms.gle/H9yTjat9gv8gx8qk7", "capacity": 15 } }, { "time": "16:30", "title": "Beekeeping", "with": "Yaasiin Bawamia", "venue": "Garden", "category": "more", "artist": "yaassin-bawamia" }, { "time": "17:00", "title": "DJ Set", "with": "Arian Mortazavi Sarrafan", "venue": "Brabant Stage", "category": "sound", "artist": "arian-mortazavi-sarrafan" }, { "time": "18:00", "title": "360° Visuals", "with": "Dome Experience", "venue": "Main Area", "category": null }, { "time": "19:00", "title": "Cacao Ceremony", "with": "Bruna Bortolato", "venue": "Main Area", "category": "mind", "endTime": "20:00", "artist": "bruna" }, { "time": "20:00", "title": "Cacao Dance", "with": "Mose", "venue": "Main Area", "category": "sound", "endTime": "22:00", "artist": "mose" }, { "time": "22:00", "title": "Fire Closing", "with": "Mama Difé", "venue": "Main Area", "category": "body", "artist": "mama-dife", "bios": { "mama-dife": "Mama Difé is a Mauritian flow and fire arts collective dedicated to the magic of movement, play, creativity, fire and connection. Launched in 2023 and rooted in Mauritian culture, they celebrate fire as mother, teacher and source of transformation — creating safe, non-judgemental, playful spaces where people can discover their own flow." } } ], "dateLabelLong": "Sat, 31.10.", "hours": "8:30 – 22:00", "mandala": "assets/art/day-1-base.webp?v=1fb48e49", "mandalaEyes": "assets/art/day-1-eyes.json", "mandalaSize": [ 1110, 1050 ], "mandalaSmall": "assets/art/day-1-base-720.webp?v=cb9a5caf" }, { "id": "day-2", "label": "Day 2", "date": "2026-11-01", "dateLabel": "Sun, 01.11", "items": [ { "time": "09:00", "title": "Meditation / Breathwork", "with": "Yogi Arjan Anand", "venue": "Yoga Shala", "category": "mind", "artist": "yogi-arjan-anand", "booking": { "key": "d2-yogi-arjan-anand", "form": "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEfFs5y_PFj-XCxbJRzuiy4NB9WTfdJnlc6xcSGc22SMP5_g/viewform", "capacity": 30 } }, { "time": "09:00", "title": "Permaculture", "with": "Oliver Fanfan", "venue": "Garden", "category": "more", "artist": "oliver-fanfan" }, { "time": "09:00", "title": "Kids Art Workshop", "with": "Folie d'Art", "venue": "Brabant Stage", "category": "kids", "artist": "folie-dart" }, { "time": "09:30", "title": "Live Painting", "with": "Christopher Whittle", "venue": "Garden", "category": "more", "artist": "christopher-whittle" }, { "time": "09:30", "title": "Creative Workshop", "with": "Tina Ruppl", "venue": "Ti Coin", "category": "more", "artist": "tina-ruppl", "booking": { "key": "d2-tina-ruppl", "form": "https://forms.gle/dGC6jarPGpCzqeyi7", "capacity": 20 } }, { "time": "09:30", "title": "Women's Circle", "with": "Betty Hamon", "venue": "Embapié", "category": "mind", "artist": "betty-hamon", "booking": { "key": "d2-betty-hamon", "form": "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScnVVfM2PCGPz8GA8p54TNbKVbzPdVXM_L10owHBGY0eD_c7Q/viewform", "capacity": 15 } }, { "time": "09:30", "title": "Children's Yoga & Movement", "with": "Andrea", "venue": "Main Area", "category": "kids", "artist": "andrea" }, { "time": "09:30", "title": "Crystal Bowl", "with": "Soma Sound", "venue": "Dome 360°", "category": "sound", "artist": "soma-sound", "booking": { "key": "d2-soma-sound", "form": "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXeknRy8C_Q06TpDH6KmkUNV8uFWbv44PRkqeefYXsKPj03g/viewform", "capacity": 30 } }, { "time": "10:00", "title": "Mindful Creative Workshop", "with": "Josephine de Ravel", "venue": "Brabant Stage", "category": "more", "artist": "josephine-de-ravel" }, { "time": "10:00", "title": "Aerial Yoga", "with": "Agnieszka", "venue": "Yoga Shala", "category": "body", "artist": "agnieszka", "booking": { "key": "d2-agnieszka", "form": "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1K_22Bt0WTOapOQSA9qJw6DYE6hrXxyRqfAZORJVaPEw/viewform", "capacity": 6 } }, { "time": "10:00", "title": "MMA / Self Defence", "with": "Aaron", "venue": "Main Area", "category": "body", "artist": "aaron", "booking": { "key": "d2-aaron", "form": "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfBeAx6ZsrNZbcWhvczK756Nd9rcAJAhDueN0K9o2oKlqWDeA/viewform", "capacity": 20 } }, { "time": "10:30", "title": "Live Coaching Experience", "with": "Lindsay Kassem", "venue": "Brabant Stage", "category": "mind", "artist": "lindsay-kassem", "bios": { "lindsay-kassem": "Lindsay Kassem is an executive health and mindset coach with thirteen years of coaching experience and a decade-long corporate background. Her work integrates behavioural change, emotional regulation, somatic practices, nutrition and nutrigenomics to help people understand the patterns shaping how they think, feel and live.\n\nWhat’s Really Keeping You Stuck?\n\nSometimes what keeps us stuck isn’t what we think it is.\n\nJoin Lindsay for a live coaching experience where volunteers explore the deeper patterns behind their challenges, emotional reactions and behaviours. An opportunity to witness the coaching process in action, gain insights into your own patterns and discover new possibilities for change." } }, { "time": "10:30", "title": "Poi", "with": "Mama Difé", "venue": "Main Area", "category": "body", "artist": "mama-dife", "booking": { "key": "d2-mama-dife", "form": "https://forms.gle/SuzP6HZyachzbmM36", "capacity": 24 } }, { "time": "10:30", "title": "Dance Workshop", "with": "Clara Thierry", "venue": "Embapié", "category": "body", "artist": "clara-thierry", "booking": { "key": "d2-clara-thierry", "form": "https://forms.gle/W3NLZvW7B2ZW1XhW7", "capacity": 30 } }, { "time": "10:30", "title": "Medicinal Plants", "with": "Laetitia Lor", "venue": "Garden", "category": "more", "artist": "laetitia-lor" }, { "time": "10:30", "title": "Beekeeping", "with": "Yaasiin Bawamia", "venue": "Garden", "category": "more", "artist": "yaassin-bawamia" }, { "time": "11:00", "title": "Somatic Kundalini", "with": "Sophie Rougier Lagane", "venue": "Yoga Shala", "category": "body", "artist": "sophie-rougier-lagane", "booking": { "key": "d2-sophie-rougier-lagane", "form": "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdNL3kRlEVo0T-EBDgLUTKcxBLECKEBdBLNGcElASBCfbk4cg/viewform", "capacity": 30 } }, { "time": "11:00", "title": "Sri Yantra Workshop", "with": "Rampyari", "venue": "Ti Coin", "category": "mind", "artist": "rampyari", "note": "Sri Yantra Painting Meditation: a yantra is an instrument for spiritual advancement, and of all of them the Sri Yantra is the oldest and most powerful. 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Qualified in Dublin and trained in London, he brings conventional medicine together with Ayurveda, acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine, energy medicine and psychological medicine, and oversees the therapeutic protocols of the LARA programme in Mauritius.\n\nHis practice begins with something simple and increasingly rare: the time to listen properly. Sleep, stress, nourishment, movement, relationships and emotional strain are looked at together rather than symptom by symptom, in work with people facing chronic illness, persistent pain, stress and dependency. “Healing is a flow. Energy is a flow. When you add intent, the natural outcome is radiant health.”", "image": null, "portrait": "assets/artists/dr-siddick-maudarbocus-portrait.webp?v=47532af4", "tone": "#6B6902", "links": [ { "label": "Website", "url": "https://www.olivecreekwellness.com/about-olive-creek/dr-siddick-and-team/" } ] }, { "id": "sophie-claire-violette", "name": "Sophie Claire Violette", "category": "mind", "discipline": "Talk", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": null, "blurb": "Sophie-Claire is an anthropologist in training and a scholarship recipient of Psychedelics Today’s Vital Training Program in Integrative Psychedelic Studies. Inspired by Australia's world-first rescheduling of MDMA and psilocybin for therapeutic purposes and successful integration of medicinal cannabis into mainstream culture, she relocated there to be on the frontline of psychedelic research in the Southern Hemisphere. She is currently in Mauritius developing her doctoral research project in medical anthropology, examining psychedelic science through an Afrocentric lens. Her work critiques the colonial extraction of traditional plant medicines, focusing on psychoactive plants and traditions across the African continent and Indian Ocean; she advocates for increased protections for African psychedelic futures by, for and with us to shape a dynamic Afro-futuristic psychedelic ecosystem.", "image": null, "portrait": "assets/artists/sophie-claire-violette-portrait.webp?v=8a0e6f70", "tone": "#52815D", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/akalioness_/" } ] }, { "id": "lindsay-kassem", "name": "Lindsay Kassem", "category": "mind", "discipline": "Workshop / Talk", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": null, "blurb": "Lindsay Kassem is an executive health and mindset coach with thirteen years of coaching experience and a decade-long corporate background. Her work integrates behavioural change, emotional regulation, somatic practices, nutrition and nutrigenomics to help people understand the patterns shaping how they think, feel and live.", "portrait": "assets/artists/lindsay-kassem-portrait.webp?v=118a2604", "tone": "#3B6D52", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/healthup_with_lindsay/" }, { "label": "Website", "url": "https://www.healthupwithlindsay.com" } ] }, { "id": "bruna", "name": "Bruna Bortolato", "category": "mind", "discipline": "Cacao Ceremony", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": null, "blurb": "Bruna Bortolato is a ceremonialist, DJ and facilitator of transformative spaces rooted in heart-centred connection. Originally from Brazil, her journey has taken her across continents, into the practices of yoga, meditation and ancient wisdom.\n\nBased amidst the volcanic landscapes of Antigua, Guatemala, she dedicates herself to the spirit of cacao — honouring it as both guide and gift. In her ceremonies cacao is a gentle teacher, inviting participants to drop into their bodies, free of inhibition, and feel the rhythm of their own hearts.", "image": "assets/artists/bruna.webp?v=bd80c530", "headliner": true, "portrait": "assets/artists/bruna-portrait.webp?v=0f172c03", "links": [ { "label": "Website", "url": "https://www.brunabortolato.com" }, { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/bruna.bortolato/" }, { "label": "SoundCloud", "url": "http://soundcloud.com/brunabortolato" } ], "imageLarge": "assets/artists/bruna-2400.webp?v=271e849a" }, { "id": "yogi-arjan-anand", "name": "Yogi Arjan Anand", "category": "mind", "discipline": "Meditation / Breathwork", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": "Local", "blurb": "Dr Suress R. Lochun — Yogi Arjan Anand — is founder and director of the Pranava Yoga Institute, Mauritius: a wellness consultant, PhD in Yoga, yoga therapist, emotional healer and holistic alchemist. With more than two decades of experience, his work integrates yoga therapy, Kundalini Yoga, Pranava Kriya meditation, breathwork, chakra balancing, acupressure and spiritual psychology.\n\nAwaken Through the Body, Breath and Awareness: a journey from movement into stillness, combining mindful posture, conscious breathwork and guided meditation. His guiding philosophy is “Yoga as a lifestyle — because Yoga matters.”", "portrait": "assets/artists/yogi-arjan-anand-portrait.webp?v=82f3aaa3", "tone": "#55951A", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/pranava.yoga.institute/" }, { "label": "Website", "url": "https://linktr.ee/arjananandyoga" } ] }, { "id": "charline-ramspacher", "name": "Charline Ramspacher", "category": "mind", "discipline": "Breathwork", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": null, "blurb": "Charline has been immersed in yoga and meditation for many years, guided by ancient practices rooted in mindfulness, compassion and presence, and has deepened her path through years of study with Master Dev OM, a Himalayan yogi and teacher from India. She has been guiding others since 2018. For Charline, breath is a sacred space — where presence, release and inner truth meet.\n\nAnanda Mandala is an ancient meditation technique from India, built around fast, rhythmic pranayama paired with a successive activation of the chakras. Practised together, hands joined, the effect is a deep inner cleanse — energetic channels open, buried emotions release, and a natural peace rises to the surface.", "image": null, "bookingForm": "https://forms.gle/BcCfWChMsGA8bD246", "portrait": "assets/artists/charline-ramspacher-portrait.webp?v=afc752e6", "tone": "#143640", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/charline.ramspacher/" } ] }, { "id": "joy-pursem", "name": "Joy Pursem", "category": "mind", "discipline": "Massage Showcase", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": null, "blurb": "Joy Pursem is a French-Mauritian massage therapist who won a gold medal at an international massage competition in Phuket, Thailand. Through this distinction, he became the first Mauritian to bring back a gold medal in the field of massage to Mauritius.\n\nBut behind this medal, there is above all a story of passion, transmission, and vocation. From a very young age, Joy maintained a special relationship with touch. Very early on, his hands became a natural way for him to bring well-being to others. What began as an instinctive sensitivity grew over the years to become a true vocation and a profession that he practices today with passion.\n\nHis path led him to train, perfect his techniques, and push his limits through various international experiences and competitions. His work and his universe around well-being are also recognized in Mauritius, where he received an award at the Influencer Awards Indian Ocean.\n\nBut what truly sets Joy apart is his way of conceiving massage. For him, massage is an art. Just as a painter holds a brush to bring an artwork to life, the massage therapist uses his hands to create. Every gesture, every movement, and every pressure contributes to creating a unique experience.\n\nHis approach is entirely custom-tailored. Joy does not work solely on the physical: he also takes into consideration the mental and emotional aspects in order to offer each person an experience that truly suits them. It is this holistic vision that enables him to stand out and offer much more than a simple massage: a unique experience, designed and created for each individual.\n\nThrough his work, Joy wishes to bring a new dimension to massage in Mauritius by combining technical mastery, creativity, listening, and sensitivity. It is this vision that he will share through a unique demonstration, live on the Green Village stage, to let you discover another way of experiencing and feeling massage.", "image": null, "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/joy.pursem_pro/" } ], "portrait": "assets/artists/joy-pursem-portrait.webp?v=1fd1ccd7", "tone": "#847D77" }, { "id": "john-hautman", "name": "John Hautman", "category": "mind", "discipline": "Light Language Healing", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": null, "blurb": "Light Language: Language of the Heart. Light language is a soul-level form of communication that bypasses the logical mind to speak directly from the heart. A former lawyer, John bridges grounded perspective with high-vibrational healing — trained at the Inner Search Healing School and accredited in Star Magic Healing, with over twenty years of experience.\n\nA forty-five minute journey: understanding what light language is and how it works, a simple daily practice for discovering your own, and a group transmission to clear blockages.", "image": null, "portrait": "assets/artists/john-hautman-portrait.webp?v=09db7cb8", "tone": "#648A8D" }, { "id": "rampyari", "name": "Rampyari", "category": "mind", "discipline": "Sri Yantra Painting Meditation", "status": "BOOKED", "blurb": "In devotion to Love, Just Love\n\nAs a lover of the Divine, I walk the Path of Devotion, Bhakti Marga, for 10 years, following in the footsteps of my Satguru Paramahamsa Vishwananda in surrender, and self-discovery.\n\nMy journey is an invitation to awaken the Goddess within, embody Shakti, and remember the divine light that lives in each of us.\n\nThrough Women’s Circles in Blue Lotus ceremonies, Sri Yantra Painting Meditation, and sacred embodiment practices, I guide women to reconnect with their essence, open their hearts, and remember the beauty of their inner truth.\n\nAs an expression of my love for the Divine, devotional paintings get birthed from Rampyari’s heart as an offering of love back to God.", "portrait": "assets/artists/rampyari-portrait.webp?v=2c9ea66a", "tone": "#B3487D", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/rampyarisita/" } ] }, { "id": "betty-hamon", "name": "Betty Hamon", "category": "mind", "discipline": "Women's Circle", "status": "BOOKED", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/be.pronoia/" } ], "blurb": "Betty is a personal development coach and women's circle facilitator. For several years she has supported women in reconnecting with themselves, through one-to-one coaching and by organising women's circles — more than twenty of them, in Mauritius and in France, and more than 150 women supported in all.\n\nPOZ Décomplexée is an intimate space where women gather to talk openly about taboo subjects, share their difficulties, and realise they are not alone. Through authentic dialogue and mutual support, participants free their voices and reconnect with their truth.", "portrait": "assets/artists/betty-hamon-portrait.webp?v=f3707b1f", "tone": "#558462" }, { "id": "sophie-rougier-lagane", "name": "Sophie Rougier Lagane", "category": "body", "discipline": "Somatic Kundalini", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": "Local", "blurb": "My path has been shaped by more than two decades of exploring healing modalities and different forms of yoga. I discovered Kundalini Yoga eight years ago and, as I like to describe it, it became my highway — leading me to train in both Western and Eastern approaches, alongside sound healing and other holistic modalities.\n\nFrom the meeting of Kundalini and somatic work, Kundalini Somatic Practice emerged. For the festival I will be sharing “The Kriya of Awakening” — an invitation to awaken your awareness and your natural flow of energy.", "bookingForm": "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZVFO4eVem_DqSK-fqlCrs8Rws3xiY1fXP-P4ZJsbMcuLLng/viewform", "portrait": "assets/artists/sophie-rougier-lagane-portrait.webp?v=c29230d3", "tone": "#B32731", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/sophie_kundalini/" } ] }, { "id": "devesh-bhargav", "name": "Devesh Bhargav", "category": "body", "discipline": "Kundalini Yoga", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": "International", "blurb": "Devesh Bhargav teaches in the Himalayan yogic tradition. He grew up in a North Indian Brahmin family, spent three years in solitary retreat — Agyat Vash — and studied at the Swami Shivananda Ashram in Rishikesh. His teaching takes in Sanskrit, Vedic chanting, the classical scriptures, Vipassana, Hatha and Kundalini Yoga.\n\nHe is co-founder and lead teacher of The Quiet Space in Albion, Mauritius, where the work is practical rather than theoretical: turning inward, and coming back to clarity and balance.", "image": null, "bookingForm": "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfMfcED7wqNA8U0FyOvu3Y3-s5bUvSS4A8ymtCLJE8fLcT5bw/viewform", "portrait": "assets/artists/devesh-bhargav-portrait.webp?v=22bba2a7", "tone": "#836552", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/thequietspace.yoga_wellness/" }, { "label": "Website", "url": "https://thequietspace.org/" } ] }, { "id": "roxy-wild", "name": "Roxann Wild", "category": "body", "discipline": "Chakra Yoga", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": "Local", "blurb": "Mauritian-based yoga teacher with more than eleven years of experience. Trained across multiple yoga traditions, she has led teacher trainings, retreats, workshops, events and Full Moon gatherings. Her passion lies in Kundalini, Yin and Chakra Yoga — practices that awaken energy, elevate and reconnect you within.\n\nChakra Yoga: a journey through the seven chakras with movement, breath and energy work designed to awaken, rebalance and elevate your whole being, closing with a 7-Chakra Meditation. Open to all levels.", "image": null, "portrait": "assets/artists/roxy-wild-portrait.webp?v=ec89a258", "tone": "#186078", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/roxywildyoga/" }, { "label": "Facebook", "url": "https://www.facebook.com/roxylautenberg" } ], "bookingForm": "https://forms.gle/d2kLKtQyc7qFdLbm6" }, { "id": "agena-hardy", "name": "Agéna Hardy", "category": "body", "discipline": "Yoga & Meditation of the Heart", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": "Local", "blurb": "Agéna is fascinated by the inner world and the way it shapes how we meet life. Through conscious movement, silence and self-observation, she invites a deeper connection with ourselves — with curiosity, honesty and presence.", "portrait": "assets/artists/agena-hardy-portrait.webp?v=cb48f3a8", "tone": "#92648A", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/yoga.withagena/" } ] }, { "id": "eve-isambourg", "name": "Eve Isambourg", "category": "body", "discipline": "Poetic Yin Yoga", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": "Local", "blurb": "Eve has been teaching yoga since 2017, guided by a love for slow movement, quiet moments and the subtle language of the body. Her classes are an invitation to pause, to breathe a little deeper, and to create space for what is often left unheard.", "bookingForm": "https://forms.gle/AkzgLfD9oAZyG6zD7", "portrait": "assets/artists/eve-isambourg-portrait.webp?v=3831398c", "tone": "#7D8992", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/eveisambourg/" } ] }, { "id": "andrea", "name": "Andrea", "category": "body", "discipline": "Children's Yoga & Movement", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": null, "blurb": "Hi, I’m Andrea! I’ve spent many years working with children as a primary school teacher, and along the way I discovered how powerful movement, mindfulness and yoga can be in supporting children as they grow. About sixteen years ago my passion for yoga led me to complete a Yoga Teacher Training specifically for children, and I absolutely loved it. For me, children’s yoga is not about perfect poses or sitting still for ages — it is about moving, exploring, laughing, breathing and discovering what their bodies and minds can do. My goal is to create a safe and welcoming space where every child feels seen, heard and valued while having lots of fun, because when children feel safe, connected and happy they can truly blossom.\n\nKids Yoga — Move, Play & Breathe: a playful yoga adventure where children move like animals, explore fun yoga poses, test their balance, play movement games, practise simple breathing techniques, and finish with a calming relaxation. A joyful, active session designed to move little bodies, calm busy minds and spark imagination.", "image": null, "portrait": "assets/artists/andrea-portrait.webp?v=86076284", "tone": "#5F7645", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/andyricht/" } ] }, { "id": "agnieszka", "name": "Agnieszka", "category": "body", "discipline": "Aerial Yoga", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": null, "blurb": "Agnieszka Koziarska Martinache is a master instructor and teacher trainer with twenty years in fitness and wellness, holding forty-two diplomas in the field. She has founded yoga studios in Europe and the United States, and created the MindBodyAgnieszka school for yoga and Pilates instructors.\n\nAerial Yoga combines traditional postures with aerial arts, using a silk hammock to increase flexibility, mobility and balance while decompressing the spine — and offering sublime relaxation as you float, wrapped in silk.", "links": [ { "label": "Website", "url": "https://www.mindbodyagnieszka.com/" }, { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/mindbodyagnieszka/" } ], "portrait": "assets/artists/agnieszka-portrait.webp?v=420b0ebc", "tone": "#244579" }, { "id": "aaron", "name": "Aaron", "category": "body", "discipline": "Martial Arts", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": null, "blurb": "Aaron is the founder of Black Tiger MMA and TMX MMA, with over seventeen years in mixed martial arts and performance training and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu brown belt. Over the years his approach has moved beyond fighting and technique: he sees martial arts as a way to develop natural movement, balance, coordination, body awareness, confidence and resilience.\n\nMovement Through Martial Arts is an accessible, playful exploration of movement, self-defence and body awareness. No experience required — there is no fighting and no pressure to perform.", "tone": "#83614A", "portrait": "assets/artists/aaron-portrait.webp?v=657197cf" }, { "id": "mama-dife", "name": "Mama Difé", "category": "body", "discipline": "Flow & Fire Arts", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": null, "blurb": "Mama Difé is a Mauritian flow and fire arts collective dedicated to the magic of movement, play, creativity, fire and connection. Launched in 2023 and rooted in Mauritian culture, they celebrate fire as mother, teacher and source of transformation — creating safe, non-judgemental, playful spaces where people can discover their own flow.\n\nDiscover the joy of Poi through simple movements bringing together rhythm, coordination and self-expression. No experience needed, just curiosity and a willingness to play.", "portrait": "assets/artists/mama-dife-portrait.webp?v=cc0da739", "tone": "#4C2E21", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/mama.dife/" } ] }, { "id": "clara-thierry", "name": "Clara Thierry", "category": "body", "discipline": "Dance Workshop", "status": "BOOKED", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/clara.dance2be/" }, { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/clarathie/" } ], "blurb": "Clara Thierry is a contemporary dancer and performer trained in classical and contemporary dance. Originally from Mauritius, she has worked internationally with diverse choreographers, developing a practice rooted in physicality, improvisation and research — mainly in Germany and Switzerland, and now bringing that work back to the island.\n\nIn her workshop, Clara guides participants to tune into sensation, intuition and their own connection to the body. There is no right or wrong way to dance: the intention is simply to listen, explore, and let the inner world find its expression.", "portrait": "assets/artists/clara-thierry-portrait.webp?v=35734647", "tone": "#A08966" }, { "id": "mose", "name": "Mose", "category": "sound", "discipline": "Cacao Dance", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": "International headliner", "blurb": "Mose is a globally touring producer and DJ whose work has been a shaping presence in the organic electronic music movement. His sound weaves together global rhythms, medicine songs and ancestral melodies with modern electronic production — moving fluidly between downtempo, deep house and world-infused electronica.\n\nWhen not touring or performing at gatherings in Guatemala, he spends extended periods in retreat and silence, returning with music that feels increasingly distilled — guided by listening as much as by creation. Alongside his own path he supports emerging artists through his label Resueño, which donates half its profits to grassroots causes.", "headliner": true, "portrait": "assets/artists/mose-portrait.webp?v=b46685f2", "links": [ { "label": "Website", "url": "https://www.mosemusica.com" }, { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/mosemusica/" }, { "label": "YouTube", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/c/mosemusica" } ], "image": "assets/artists/mose.webp?v=cecd1d59", "imageLarge": "assets/artists/mose-2400.webp?v=46ba3b58" }, { "id": "the-blue-lions", "name": "The Blue Lions", "category": "sound", "discipline": "Kirtan", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": "International headliner", "blurb": "The Blue Lions are a band of Sikh musicians in the lineage of the Akali Nihang Singhs, playing kirtan — mantra sung in the ragas that carry it, on instruments that include the taus, the bowed peacock the sixth Guru designed. The ragas are meant to restore energy and balance; the chanting opens the heart and quiets the mind.\n\nUnderneath the music is seva: unconditional service, offered to everyone in the room. They play across Europe and India, and here they open the festival, sing kirtan on the Sunday and close it.", "links": [ { "label": "Website", "url": "https://thebluelions.one/" }, { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/thebluelions.one/" } ], "headliner": true, "portrait": "assets/artists/the-blue-lions-portrait.webp?v=b8f40f6c", "image": "assets/artists/the-blue-lions.webp?v=5a09e330", "imageLarge": "assets/artists/the-blue-lions-2400.webp?v=7b195dab" }, { "id": "patyatann", "name": "Patyatann", "category": "sound", "discipline": "Live Concert", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": "Local headliner", "blurb": "Patyatann is a musical project founded in 2012, bringing together six musicians: Sarasvati Mallac, Anthony Bouic, Shekina Mootanah, Cledy François, Stephan Paul and Kan Chan Kin. Through original compositions the group explores and celebrates the cultural richness of Mauritius.\n\n“Patyatann” is Mauritian Creole for “it was not expected” — the band’s way of taking listeners into unexpected soundscapes, drawing on the Indian, Chinese, European and African influences that form the island’s intercultural landscape.", "headliner": true, "image": "assets/artists/patyatann.webp?v=9eebaab5", "imageLarge": "assets/artists/patyatann-2400.webp?v=18b59414", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/patyatann/" }, { "label": "Website", "url": "https://linktr.ee/patyatann" } ] }, { "id": "arian-mortazavi-sarrafan", "name": "Arian Mortazavi Sarrafan", "category": "sound", "discipline": "DJ Set", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": "International headliner", "blurb": "Arian’s work is about discovering and sharing the beauty left behind by our ancient cultures — what he calls “one of our greatest treasures as a species”.\n\nBorn and raised in London to parents of Iranian and Azeri heritage, Arian’s show is a weaving together of deep, moving, and transcendental musical cultures and technologies old and new.", "image": "assets/artists/arian-mortazavi-sarrafan.webp?v=8546a616", "links": [ { "label": "Website", "url": "https://beautyofold.org/" }, { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/beauty.of.old/" } ], "headliner": true, "imageLarge": "assets/artists/arian-mortazavi-sarrafan-2400.webp?v=6a2008ca" }, { "id": "naada-brahman", "name": "Naada Brahman", "category": "sound", "discipline": "DJ Set", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": "Local", "blurb": "Naada BrahMan is the sound project of Neelesh, blending spirituality and electronic music into one vibration — Indolectro, IndoChill and Mantra.nce, genres of his own naming. The name carries the idea that in the beginning there was sound, before light and before matter.\n\nAfter a debut in Réunion on the last night of 2024 the project travelled quickly: Third Eye Festival in Mauritius, which he founded, and AfrikaBurn in South Africa, where he is a founding member of the Imbizo Lounge. He co-founded Ethnic Forest Festival in Réunion.", "image": null, "portrait": "assets/artists/naada-brahman-portrait.webp?v=c6d599a8", "tone": "#193354", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/neelesh31d/" } ] }, { "id": "julien-gevensan", "name": "Julien Gevensan", "category": "sound", "discipline": "Crystal Bowl", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": "Local", "blurb": "Guided by his feelings and instincts, Julien is a self-taught individual who places experimentation at the heart of his learning journey. As a choreographer, he uses music as the foundation of his creations, conveying emotion and meaning through movement, playing with sound, movement and staging to create impactful experiences for his audience. One day a question sparked his curiosity: what is the power of sound? With no immediate answer, he began researching and training to explore it.\n\nThe first step was learning music through an instrument. Being part of a digital-native generation he began DJing, initially to entertain friends, but soon discovered the profound influence of sound on emotions — notes, rhythm, environment and state of mind all play key roles in creating impact. Having grown up in France and lived in Mauritius since 2011, Julien has been shaped by multicultural influences and open-minded philosophies focused on well-being and inner peace, and was particularly drawn to Indian and Asian cultures, especially their understanding of chakras, energy centres and frequencies.\n\nTo deepen his connection with sound he turned to traditional instruments and chose a set of crystal singing bowls, whose vibrations reminded him of the synchronisation and harmony he finds in both choreography and DJing. Now skilled in those practices, Julien creates experiential sound sessions to help others navigate life’s difficulties, offering a space of resonance, introspection and healing.", "image": null, "portrait": "assets/artists/julien-gevensan-portrait.webp?v=d15d46e7", "tone": "#6B3019", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/julien_gvn/" } ] }, { "id": "soma-sound", "name": "Soma Sound", "category": "sound", "discipline": "Crystal Bowl", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": "Local", "blurb": "Margaux Vetzel is the creator of Soma Sound, an approach to sound healing that places sound, vibrations, and listening at the heart of the experience.\n\nFascinated by how sound can touch us far beyond what we hear, she explores resonances, frequencies, and vibrations through various instruments.\n\nThrough her sound journeys, she invites you to slow down, let go, and allow the body to feel, without anything to do or achieve.\n\nFor Awake Festival, she will offer a sound immersion with alchemic crystal singing bowls: a pause away from the ambient noise and daily sound distractions. A moment to make less noise, listen differently, and simply let yourself be carried by the vibrations.", "image": null, "portrait": "assets/artists/soma-sound-portrait.webp?v=db28cf6f", "tone": "#5A5856", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/soma_sound_mauritius/" } ] }, { "id": "nathalie-duthil-cowham", "name": "Nathalie Duthil Cowham", "category": "sound", "discipline": "Frequency Facilitator", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": "Local", "blurb": "Nathalie Duthil Cowham is a frequency facilitator, accredited Kundalini and Hatha Yoga teacher, gong master and NLP master practitioner who has worked with sound, vibration, movement and consciousness in Mauritius for ten years. The pioneer of gong work on the island, she creates spaces where people can slow down, reconnect and return to themselves.\n\nAlongside this runs an equally important calling: she is co-founder of the Happy Tails Foundation and Dog Sanctuary. “It is not about becoming someone new. It is about creating enough space and stillness to remember who we already are.”", "image": null, "bookingForm": "https://forms.gle/7bnM5GfeeBtJ14DL8", "portrait": "assets/artists/nathalie-duthil-cowham-portrait.webp?v=36f7053f", "tone": "#877857", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/sonicsanctuarymauritius/" } ] }, { "id": "arna-holistic-wellness", "name": "Arna Holistic Wellness", "category": "sound", "discipline": "Sound Healing", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": "Local", "blurb": "Nivedita Bulluck is the founder and director of Arna Holistic Wellness, a holistic wellness practitioner, sound healing facilitator and teacher based in Mauritius. Her work centres on creating spaces for relaxation, self-awareness and inner connection through Tibetan singing bowls, sound healing, yoga, meditation and breathwork.\n\nSound Immersion — Returning to Stillness: a restorative session inviting you to slow down and reconnect through the vibrations of singing bowls, chimes, drums and other healing instruments. No previous experience is required.", "image": null, "bookingForm": "https://forms.gle/6rGFheWmJE24UmU99", "portrait": "assets/artists/arna-holistic-wellness-portrait.webp?v=8349e164", "tone": "#9A5228", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/arnaholisticwellness2209/" } ] }, { "id": "kiki-samudio", "name": "Kiki Samudio", "category": "sound", "discipline": "Voice Alchemy", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": "Local", "blurb": "Kiki is a celebrant, singer and embodied voice guide based in Mauritius. With a background in singing, musical theatre, choir and ceremonial song, she brings together voice, breath, movement and intuitive expression to help people reconnect with themselves.\n\nVoiceAlchemy — The Voice Within: a gentle but powerful journey into the voice as a tool for connection and inner awareness. A safe, judgement-free space to release tension and discover the freedom of your natural voice.", "portrait": "assets/artists/kiki-samudio-portrait.webp?v=0bcd2446", "tone": "#C2593B", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/voicealchemy_bykiki/" } ] }, { "id": "sarasvati-mallac", "name": "Sarasvati Mallac", "category": "sound", "discipline": "Mose Set", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": null, "blurb": "Sarasvati Mallac is a Mauritian artist with a deep focus on preserving traditional instruments, oral traditions, and sound healing practices. Co-founder of the local band Patyatann in 2012, she explores her island’s rich cultural diversity through poetic, cross-cultural compositions.\n\nAs a multi-instrumentalist, she transports her audiences between the East and the Indian Ocean by blending the erhu (traditional Chinese violin) with the shruti box and traditional percussion instruments like the ravanne and mridanga. Passionate about the vibrational and therapeutic power of sound, she created the Lavwa Tanbour workshops, using the voice and the ravanne as tools for grounding, meditation, and self-reconnection. Through her albums (Sanpek in 2016, Lanwit Lizour in 2025) and immersive workshops, she invites people on a journey of connection and cultural celebration.", "image": null, "portrait": "assets/artists/sarasvati-mallac-portrait.webp?v=26b32a44" }, { "id": "phil-wata", "name": "Phil Wata", "category": "sound", "discipline": "Mandala Gong Bath", "status": "TBC", "scope": null, "blurb": "Mandala Gong Bath — an immersive sound experience new to Mauritius. Imagine lying comfortably with your eyes closed, surrounded by the deep vibrations of twenty-four large gongs, played progressively to create an enveloping soundscape.\n\nThe gongs are arranged around the audience along the four cardinal directions, so the sound comes from everywhere at once, in a composition inspired by Taoist energy principles and the axis connecting Earth and Sky. Presented by Hélène from Paris and Phil from Tamarin.", "image": null, "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/philwata/" } ], "portrait": "assets/artists/phil-wata-portrait.webp?v=6770b51a", "tone": "#A96645" }, { "id": "geraldine-sebastien-rousset", "name": "Geraldine & Sebastien Rousset", "category": "sound", "discipline": "Om Chanting", "status": "BOOKED", "blurb": "OM Chanting, as per Paramahamsa Sri Swami Vishwananda and Bhakti Marga, is a group practice that uses the transformational power of om to activate the self-healing potential of participants.\n\nOM Chanting promotes inner peace, mental clarity, emotional freedom and physical health. Many people experience positive shifts. It transforms negativity and purifies the environment.", "portrait": "assets/artists/geraldine-sebastien-rousset-portrait.webp?v=ef836110", "tone": "#29929B" }, { "id": "oliver-fanfan", "name": "Oliver Fanfan", "category": "more", "discipline": "Permaculture", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": null, "blurb": "For over a decade, John Oliver Fanfan has worked with land and people in Mauritius. Seeing local socio-environmental and cultural issues as symptoms of living out of touch with nature, he founded the nonprofit social enterprise Island Bio to support organic agriculture. Today, as founder and director of ViaTerra Agroecology Consulting, Oliver continues to apply these holistic principles, bringing permaculture design, agroforestry planning, and ecological training to organizations across Mauritius.\n\nHis core belief is that healing a landscape or a community starts with listening. He emphasizes that regeneration isn't dramatic; it stems from patient observation, reading what exists, and trusting land and people to recover in the right conditions.\n\nOliver brings this same energy to his open-access permaculture workshops at AWAKE Festival. Designed for all experience levels, these outdoor sessions offer direct observation and insights into our natural world, making them a natural fit for any festival attendee.", "image": null, "portrait": "assets/artists/oliver-fanfan-portrait.webp?v=1a55ce9a", "tone": "#4B794B" }, { "id": "yaassin-bawamia", "name": "Yaasiin Bawamia", "category": "more", "discipline": "Beekeeping", "status": "BOOKED", "links": [ { "label": "Facebook", "url": "https://www.facebook.com/bawamia.yaasiin" } ], "portrait": "assets/artists/yaassin-bawamia-portrait.webp?v=f68dce4b", "tone": "#1D315C", "blurb": "Passionate about beekeeping and deeply attached to nature, I am a beekeeper in Mauritius and founder of Miel des Bois.\n\nThrough my work, I produce and promote natural and local honey while sharing my passion for bees. My activity also includes the sale of beekeeping equipment, support for new beekeepers, and the development of colonies.\n\nMy goal is simple: to produce quality honey, respect the bees, and introduce the richness of the Mauritian beekeeping world to the greatest number of people.\n\nHive Mind is an immersive initiation workshop for nature enthusiasts, aspiring beekeepers, and curious minds alike. This hands-on workshop opens the doors to the incredible ecosystem of the hive: discover the essential role bees play in our biodiversity, and learn how gentle, respectful beekeeping helps protect these vital pollinators." }, { "id": "folie-dart", "name": "Folie d'Art", "category": "kids", "discipline": "Kids Art Workshop", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": null, "blurb": "Saleema is an artist, art teacher and creative facilitator who makes space for children to explore, experiment and express themselves freely. Through Folies d’Art and Artdoize Artspace she brings together art, nature, colour, texture, movement and imagination.\n\nAt Awake she leads Weaving Nature, a creative wellness workshop: the children work with natural sticks, coloured yarns and recycled textiles — wrapping, braiding and knotting — exploring texture and colour while slowing down and making something with their hands.", "portrait": "assets/artists/folie-dart-portrait.webp?v=6cb78d76", "tone": "#DB1F35", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/foliesdart/" } ] }, { "id": "josephine-de-ravel", "name": "Josephine de Ravel", "category": "more", "discipline": "Mindful Creative Workshop", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": null, "blurb": "Josephine de Ravel is the founder of The Creative Sanctuary Mauritius, a place to slow down, reconnect and find out what happens when we give ourselves permission to create without worrying about being good at it.\n\nFor her, creativity is about far more than what we make — the curiosity, the discovery, the mistakes and the unexpected moments along the way. At the Creative Sanctuary the artwork is not the destination, the person is. Her Nature Creates™ sessions are held outdoors, working with natural materials and observation, so that creating becomes a way of reconnecting with the natural world and with ourselves.", "image": null, "portrait": "assets/artists/josephine-de-ravel-portrait.webp?v=74bd09c9", "tone": "#95B03F" }, { "id": "christopher-whittle", "name": "Christopher Whittle", "category": "more", "discipline": "Live Painting", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": null, "blurb": "Fluent in a variety of styles and mediums, Christopher has, over the past few years, contributed to diverse projects spanning interior design, digital and hand-painted illustration, corporate branding, and event decor.\n\nThis multidisciplinary journey has fostered the development of a distinct artistic voice, one that seeks to challenge perceptions of reality.\n\nThrough an imaginative and symbolic universe, Christopher's work invites viewers to question the familiar aspects of everyday life. Each element serves as both a puzzle piece and a portal, guiding audiences toward a larger, evolving narrative.", "image": null, "portrait": "assets/artists/christopher-whittle-portrait.webp?v=0fa1ed54", "tone": "#777777", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/chris8ttle.art/" } ] }, { "id": "laetitia-lor", "name": "Laetitia Lor", "category": "more", "discipline": "Medicinal Plants", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": null, "blurb": "At the foot of Le Morne, where the light filters through the leaves, Laetitia Lor opens a path to the healing plants. Author of the children's book Le petit herbier des Aventuriers, she guides a slow, mindful walk in which each plant becomes a story, a gesture, a memory.\n\nParticipants are invited to recognise what grows here, to listen to tales of local uses, and to share knowledge like a cherished secret. For children, a herbarium workshop turns the harvest into pressed leaves and little botanical treasures.", "portrait": "assets/artists/laetitia-lor-portrait.webp?v=614f88f3", "tone": "#C19100", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/atelier.laetitialor/" } ] }, { "id": "ecoshe", "name": "Ecoshe", "category": "more", "discipline": "Tasting / Talk", "status": "BOOKED", "scope": null, "blurb": "Ecoshe is a Mauritian non-profit working for sustainable living, based at Le Barachois in Tamarin. Its Plant Power workshops take climate action into schools, universities, companies and communities through the one decision everyone makes three times a day.\n\nBehind the workshops is a longer vision — residential vegan communities — and a growing body of writing on energy, water, biodiversity and agriculture alongside mindfulness, nutrition and community.", "links": [ { "label": "Website", "url": "https://www.ecoshe.com/our-philosophy-plant-based-food/" }, { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/ecoshe.earth/" } ], "tone": "#82A13F", "portrait": "assets/artists/ecoshe-portrait.webp?v=b897deec" }, { "id": "tina-ruppl", "name": "Tina Ruppl", "category": "more", "discipline": "Immersive / Creative Workshop", "status": "BOOKED", "portrait": "assets/artists/tina-ruppl-portrait.webp?v=59f707e2", "tone": "#E87A2E", "blurb": "Tina Ruppl is a transformation strategist and life coach, and the creator of The RUPPL-effect™ — a design-thinking approach to personal growth and intentional living. She blends strategy, neuroscience and creativity into experiences that invite people to challenge old patterns and consciously design what comes next.\n\nExpect a session that makes you feel more than you think, question your autopilot, and see your life from a different angle.", "links": [ { "label": "Instagram", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/pov.of.tina/" } ] } ], "bookings": { "tally": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q6zXUzpBqXZT9ZoURlY61I9djMunpViTrHD4Xjn5hVU/gviz/tq?tqx=out:csv", "_note": "'tally' is the Live Booking Tally sheet, read as CSV. It carries only Key, Capacity, Booked and Left — the Booked cells are IMPORTRANGE counts of each form's responses sheet, so nobody types a number. The sheet must be shared 'anyone with the link can view'; until it is, this returns nothing and the Book buttons simply show no count.", "tally_url": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q6zXUzpBqXZT9ZoURlY61I9djMunpViTrHD4Xjn5hVU/gviz/tq?tqx=out:csv" } }