Morning Yoga

Melwyn

Holistic well being - mind, body and soul.

Start your day 2 at ŪRU with an early morning group yoga session.

(Bring your own yoga mat).

Freshen up & breakfast

Freshen up & enjoy a refreshing buffet breakfast (puttu/kadala curry, upma, papad, pickle & banana)

Body & Being -An exploratory workshop.

Group Size - 12

Deepak Srinivasan

In this workshop using expressive art, theatre and wellness tools, Deepak will help us tune into self-expression beyond categories of orientation and gender in an attempt to find our deeper being.

You will get a chance to explore emotional, aesthetic, archetypal, social & cultural dimensions that shape our psychology.

Pottery workshop

Group Size - 12

Balakrishna, Yogam Pottery

In this workshop, you'll be getting your hands dirty with clay and learn the basics of pottery with freehand.

You will be guided by the supremely talented Balakrishna from Yogam pottery and you will get an opportunity to creatively express yourself using clay and shaping them by hand.

Art: Seeing and Translations

Group Size - 25

Vivekananda

Through this workshop, participants will be eased into creating art through curated activities within a safe space using visual and performative mediums. The objective is to demystify art and offer frameworks on how one can approach it by simplifying it. The emphasis of this hybrid session will be on ‘Seeing’ and ‘Translating’. Using experiential activities, diverse mediums and pauses for introspection, the workshop will introduce the methodology and thought process of an artist to the participants.

You do not require any prior experience to participate in the workshop.

Lunch & siesta

Enjoy a delicious lunch (Kerala Sadya) and chill.

Poi Spinning Workshop

Group Size - 15

Javed Hassan

In this workshop, you'll be engaging in a 'Mindful movement session' with poi which focuses on enhancing body awareness through ‘Poi Spinning’.

It will be an interactive session, where you will be learning the basic techniques & concepts of spinning poi and how to use it in your daily life as an exercise routine. Poi will be provided for all participants at the venue.

Slacklining Workshop

Group Size - 15

Mac Bhatt

In this workshop, you'll learn the techniques of slacklining and then put it to use by attempting to slackline.

Slacklining is all about balance. Mac will give us insights on how to extend the art of slacklining to bring balance into your everyday life.

Redefining Queer Spaces - Experiential art and poetry workshop

Group Size - 15

Raju Behra

This workshop will be focused on understanding what a safe space means to you. You will use art and poetry to define what a safe space means to you.

Under the guidance of Raju, you will be using using found poetry and blackout poetry to express your lived experiences and understandings of gender and sexuality.

Gender expression using Hula hoop

Group Size - 10

Sessi Gianoglio

This workshop will aim at increasing control on your body and unlocking new understandings of it through movement. You will first explore the space inside and outside of a hoop as a metaphor to look inside and outside your bodies.

The workshop will also involve the creation of a choreography with elements of free gender expression thereby making your personalities visible and loud.

Pottery workshop

One on one sessions

Balakrishna, Yogam Pottery

In this workshop, you'll be getting your hands dirty with clay and learn the basics of pottery on a pottery wheel.

You will get a guided 20 minute one on one session behind the wheel and what you create will be yours to keep .

Evening chai

Head to the cafeteria to buy a snack/tea/coffee/fresh juice of the day. (Pay cash directly at the cafeteria)

Improv Jam / Interactive music session

Mac Bhatt

Interactive music performance where you can participate by singing, dancing or just listening. Unfold the intricacies involved in each piece of music.

Let's create music together.

Self discovery with music - Concert

Vishesh Kalimero

A magical evening session of self exploration using music as a medium.

Hula Hoop Performance - Serena

Sessi Gianoglio

A hula hoop performance.

Fire Show

Javed Hassan

An artistic extravaganza of fire, light and movement.

Dinner

Enjoy a delicious buffet dinner (roti, jeera/ghee rice, veg curry, pickle, curd, papad and a sweet dish).

Feel free to bring your food to the campfire area and unwind.

Moonlight cinema

A home for my heart by Sankha (63 minutes)

An intimate portrayal of Suvana Sudeb, a transgender who undergoes Gender Affirmative Surgery in order to negotiate the conflict of body and mind. This decision creates turmoil in her family, who fear societal backlash.

As love remains elusive as always, Suvana realizes that the surgery could not change her destiny as a transgender, forcing her to reconcile with the reality anew.