Pokhara Nepal
Flow Arts Gathering

Imagine yourself practicing Flow Arts in the beautiful nature, just a 20-minute walk from Pokhara Lakeside-North, with all its facilities and happening boulevard. Join us from April 2-8, 2025 and dive into Flow Arts with us through various teachers. We offer Flow Arts classes for all levels and unique Nepali dance workshops.

Purnata Farm & Art Residency presents:
Nepal Flow Arts Gathering 
April 2-8, 2025

Over seven days, you can engage in many workshops led by our talented instructors and learn all about the different props in Flow Arts. For the more experienced Flow Artist out there we offer more advanced classes in various props. You can find a list of the teachers below. We’re also inviting more teachers to join, who will be announced in time. Besides Flow Arts we also offer classes more in tune with bodywork and different types of dance forms. For example the Nepali dance.

Nightly (fire)flow jams will light up our evenings, both at our venue and within the local community, as we celebrate art and culture together.

At the residency various flow tools are available to share such as hula hoops, contact staffs, levi wands and poi. These are available for use by everyone at the residency. Do you have extra props you could bring? Let us know!

Location: From Pokhara Sedi, walk 500 meter uphill following the dry river or take the road. Lakeside Sedi is a 10-minute walk from Lakeside North

Last night Party
There will be a party at the last night of the event so we can dance out all our soaked up inspiration. 

Tourist Excursions & The Thrilling Pokhara Zipline

You are in a very beautiful area, hopefully you have time to look around. If you want, we can arrange excursions for you and you could stay at the residency after the event, or arrive more early. Just make contact for the options to extend your stay outside of the flow arts gathering, there are many possibilities to stay a little longer!


Post-Event Trekking Adventure
For those who wish to continue exploring, a 3 / 5 -day trekking experience will start 2 days after the party. This adventure is not included in the event fee and can be arranged on-site or pre-booked through a private message.

Accommodation Options
At our peaceful farm residency, we offer a variety of camping packages. You can bring your own tent or get one set up for you from us. Don’t feel like a tent? We have a budget hotel option for you at walking distance from the gathering. Alternatively, you are welcome to arrange your own accommodations if preferred.

Meal Options

You can choose to enjoy delicious meals with us provided for you, or you are free to explore local dining options at your leisure.

Custom Package & Extra options
Contact us for custom options, such as Everest Base Camp Trek, a package featuring a unique and luxurious homestay in Kathmandu, a multi-day glamping experience, Kathmandu airport pickup and more to enhance your journey.

Contact us via email at: info@flowartsnepal.com

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We are still adding more teachers to our lineup so check in every now and then for updates. Do you want to teach yourself? Fill out the application form and we will be in touch!

Floris | Organiser & Teacher

Floris started his juggling journey in 2009 and soon after, in 2010, fell in love with hooping. He’s now a certified hooping instructor, offering fun and engaging workshops like “hoop-tech”, designed for all levels to enjoy. Since 2019, his flow has expanded into the world of contact staff and dragon staff, where he continues to explore and share new movement possibilities.

Floris teaches Hoop Tech (workshop series) and pitches his new contact staff workshop.

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Suren | Owner location & Organizer

Suren Kazi Gurung, managing director of Apisaipal treks and expedition and founder of Purnata Farm and Art Residency.

His entrepreneurial spirit, combined with his love for Nepal’s culture and landscapes, continues to drive his efforts to innovate and elevate the tourism sector in his homeland.

Via his Site Restaurant, Suren also organizes the included “Nepali Cooking Workshop: Momo & More,” offering participants a hands-on culinary experience.

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Joan | Organizer & Teacher

Joan, also known as Luminous Nova, started her journey on Twitch where she got inspired from a hula hooper who streamed her practices. Over the years she has learned many different props and now specializes in Hoops, Russian grip spin fans, levi wand & kittywrench. Besides performing with Flow Arts she streams on Twitch & is a social media manager.

She is excited to teach about the digital landscape and social media alongside the prop classes; leviwand, kittywrench and spin fans.

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Gouri | Teacher

Flow artist, martial artist, dancer, ninja, badass – just a few ways to describe Gouri! Originally from India she now resides in France and as a performer and painter. She offers many different skills – from nunchaku to Indian classical dance, there will be a lot to learn!

Gouri does not only offer a series of nunchaku workshops, improving your skills during the week. Also be sure to check out her ‘How to add grace to your flow!’ workshop.

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Carmen | Teacher

Carmen has been hooping since 2018 and in the meantime she also started flowing with other props. While on this journey, she discovered her passion for play and learning, and started feeling deeply inspired by movement culture. She made a deep dive into the movement practice and worked with different materials that can help one to become a better mover – something Carmen is always interested in.

Now she’s excited to connect the worlds of movement and flow arts. Carmen will bring exploration, movement games and partner work to help you expand your flow. And do check her hoop exploration workshop.

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Bartosz Bzarr Zarucki | Teacher

Born in Poland but living in the Netherlands.
Bartosz his journey with Flow Arts started around 2002 and has been part of his life for most of the time as a main artistic skill.

Over the years he diversed in different props and also different artforms. Last year was dedicated to more DJing but even with some breaks from Flow Arts, the spark never faded.
In deep relationship with staffs of any form, he will share a lot of knowledge about them as well as general tips for any other prop.

Bartosz will be teaching single, double and triple staff, but also not prop based workshops like ‘Learn to learn’ and Groundwork.

Zeb | Teacher

Zeb Marvin has been hooping for seven years and in the past year branched out into whips, ropedart and hoop lasso (a prop combining ropedart and hoop elements). Alongside flow arts he has researched many forms of movement through yoga, dance, contact improvisation, and playfighting.

Zeb is looking forward to help you unlock new movements in your body and bring it into your hoop flow with his contact improvisation and contact hooping workhop.

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Jassu | Teacher

Jassu Gurung is an award-winning movie director, Nepali cultural motivator, dance choreographer, and young entrepreneur in Nepal. She founded Stars Studio Pvt Ltd., offering dance training, dress rentals, documentary and music video production, filmmaking, event organizing, and wellness services. She also established the NGO Stars Foundation, aimed at preserving and promoting authentic Nepali cultural dances and teaching dance to underprivileged children. Jassu has directed over 500 music videos and Gurung films, earning prestigious awards such as Best Director (2019) and the Prawal Janasewa Sri Chaturtha (2020).

Jassu will teach Nepali cultural dance and movement.

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Gabriel | Teacher

Gabriel Alexander Ford has devoted his life to mastering martial and flow arts. Over the last fifteen years, he has been a dynamic performer and instructor, showcasing his skills at events worldwide. With a diverse background in martial arts, dance, and theater, Gabriel has mesmerized audiences across the globe, performing alongside renowned artists such as Govinda, Clozee, and Beats Antique. Currently residing in Cincinnati, Ohio, he inspires others through his teaching and performances, contributing to various productions in the area.

Gabriel will be teaching nunchaku (advanced) classes and staff beginner.

Kit Sune | Teacher

Kit Sune (pronouns they/them) is a multidisciplinary Fire and Led artist specialising in Rope Dart and Meteor Hammer with a Cosplay and Anime influenced twist!Originally from the UK, they have performed in more than 15 countries across 3 continents and can currently be found teaching and performing at the Paradise Circus in Pai, Thailand.

They will be teaching Ropedart beginner to advanced and Puppyhammer fundamentals in two series of workshops.

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Sagar | Teacher

Founder of Kashi Fire Warriors (Social Flow Arts Team) and Flow Open School Nepal, he is a passionate Flow Artist with over 14 years of experience in Flow Arts and 10+ years of teaching underprivileged children across India and Nepal.

As a multi-prop artist, he specializes in juggling, poi (single and double), staff, unicycle and hula hoops. His expertise lies in blending skill with creativity, particularly in juggling and poi. He loves teaching and sharing the Art of Flow, it brings happiness, builds community and empowers individuals. And he loves hooping too.

Sagar will be teaching juggling (beginner, advanced and passing) and a poi beginner series.

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Nanda | Teacher

Nanda is vice president of Flow Open School (Kalikot, Nepal) social Worker and Nepali Dancer. She has been dancing since she was a child and has been teaching for the past three years. She’s empowering underprivileged children and at the Flow Open School she brings education, flow arts, sports, healthcare, and sustainability to the community.
In Nepal, dance is more than movement; it’s a way to express yourself and embrace the freedom within. 💃 Also Nanda has a passion for hooping!

At the event, Nanda will be teaching classical Nepali and Bollywood dance.

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Timea | Teacher

Timea, based in Berlin, has been exploring the path of holistic healing for over 10 years.
On a journey of traveling over 20 countries, becoming a yoga teacher, massage/sound therapist & Ayurvedic consultant while studying a variety of healing modalities like meditation, movement arts, voice- & bodywork, theatre & tantra, she found her unique way of sharing & teaching.
Experience-oriented, she dives into the depth of awareness as an artist of life, while choosing presence as her anchor.

She will be teaching Yoga, AcroYoga, Massage & Connection Workshops.

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Odile | Teacher

Dance and movement have been in Odile’s life since an early age. She started her dance journey mostly with urban dance styles, like hiphop and house. Later on, she fully engaged with capoeira for eight years and she got more into improvisation dance. Four years ago she started her hoop journey, in which she tries to combine her dance and movement experiences to develop a joyful flow from the heart.

Movement and dance became more and more a way of connecting with herself and her surroundings. Meditation also contributes to this and is an important part of her daily life.

Odile looks forward to settling deeper together and helping us reconnect with ourselves through meditation, movement and dance.

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Mat | Teacher

Mat Campbell or Spinifex when he’s performing (a tough native grass from his hometown in the Australian outback) has been spinning poi for 14 years and has loved sharing his teachings with this prop for the better part of a decade which brings him a lot of joy.
In later years he’s been drawn to the other flow props of Levi Wand, Silk Dragon and Dragon Staff, as well as performing with these props and poi for many years he also makes fire and flow props for his local flow community.

He’s excited to bring and share his series of workshops on poi to help launch or grow your skills with this prop in
Fundamentals of Poi (beginner to all levels) and Flow within Poi (intermediate to advanced).

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Jazz | Teacher

Jazz is an artist, performer and director. She has studied Fine Arts and has been teaching circus for over seven years. More recently she studied circus directing, which has expanded her teaching and interest in facilitating collective hoop performances. With a love for hoop and people, she is interested in how we can collectively create, flow and think outside of the circle! Moreover, she has been developing her clown for the last five years and wants share her knowledge of this process to help people access the clown in them!

Jazz will be teaching hooping and clowing, in two different workshops.

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