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What's This Class About?
Welcome to a masterclass all about building resilience, endurance, and befriending our discomfort. Imagine that instead of being ‘surprised’ and ‘hit’ by any stressor, personal tsunami, economical crisis or challenge, you become the one who captains and owns your stressors.
Instead of being a victim, you become the victor.
That is the Idea behind Positive Stress (self-inflicted acute stress). You go to the Discomfort, instead of the Discomfort is coming to you. The clown sits comfortably within the Discomfort. Gibberish is the language that allows the clown to run the show. It is a language that does not connect to past or future, and has no meaning or interpretation. Yet it sounds completely real.
In the Masterclass we will meet our discomfort playfully. We will see how it feels when we don't run away from the ‘absurd’ and the ‘illogical’, when we surrender, and sit next to the fire without need to extinguish it.
We will play, meet and welcome all emotions and let them sink into us. As clowns we will train the muscle of resilience, not being affected by the ‘External’, ‘Society’, ‘The Establishment’, YET always connected to our own center and focus.
When Is It?
SATURDAY 4th May
9am (PST), 12pm (EST), 5pm (UK), 6pm (EU)
(The class will last approx 2.5 hours)
Where is it?
Zoom. All Clown Spirit Masterclasses are online.
(We only work with teachers who already have extensive experience of teaching their work online)
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Alex Sternick
Alex Sternick, BSc.in Clinical Nutrition, is an expert and internationally recognized practitioner of the Art of Nonsense and Laughter Therapy. He is the man behind laughter yoga clubs in Israel. Alex began his laughter journey in India in 2003, where he worked with terminally ill patients. Then he practiced in Ethiopia as a laughter therapist in Mother’s Mission and a nutritionist with SaveTheChildren USA.
These experiences inspired him to bring laughter yoga to Israel. In 2004, he started the first laughter club in Jerusalem and brought the leading experts to the country, including Dr. Madan Kataria and World Laughter Master Belachew Girma to run workshops. Alex has also worked with Israelis and Arabs in an attempt to bring these diverse groups together through laughter and nonsense.
In addition to his impact in his native country of Israel, Alex has traveled all over the world to run professional certified training workshops. He has trained professionals in his techniques in many countries including Germany, France, Italy, Japan, USA, Austria, Finland, The UK, and Slovenia. He also appeared in local media channels in those countries.
Alex is a humor coach practicing and experimenting with Non-Linear Interventions&Approaches focusing mainly on building the capacity of self-acceptance within the individual. He evokes his protagonists and students to apply improvisational skills used on the stage to their real lives. His work is strongly inspired by the audacious teachings of Dr Viktor Frankl, Keith Johnstone, and Frank Farrely.
Alex is currently the Gibberish Professor of the MsC. in Applied Positive Psychology program at New Bucks University in the UK.
In 2014, Alex was granted the GOLDEN LAUGHTER AWARD by the French School of Happiness & Rigology® for his contributions to the pursuit of peace through laughter among Jews, Palestinians, and Jordanians.
Alex is a committed Wim Hof Method Practitioner and underwent training with Wim Hof in Poland in March 2023. Sternick has also trained with Dr Annette Goodheart, Keith Johnstone, Steve Jarrand, and Philip Gaullier. He presented his work at the Third International Congress on Whole Personal Care at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, in 2019.
Deb Rich
Clown Spirit is a remarkable resource for meeting and conversing with master clowns from around the globe. The access to masterclasses on a monthly basis is beyond my wildest dreams come true. Today's class with Jeff Raz was eye opening and heart opening on so many levels. Masterful teaching of the inner workings of clowning. Thank you Barnaby for building the extraordinary Clown Spirit!
Robin Eriksson
The Masterclass series has been pure magic. It's hard to put into words how transformative it is to be a part of it and all it offers. The practices and wisdom shared in each one is a gift in itself; compound the workshops and it is truly a winfall! I am so grateful for the constant inspiration and encouragement, and for what I am learning about myself and clowning. Did I mention, Clown Spirit is M.A.G.I.C.?
Brian Sutherland
Just took this amazing class thanks to Barnaby King! I highly recommend doing some of the Master classes. I can’t believe how much play we got to do in this workshop with the amazing Joe Dieffenbacher 🤡 Thanks to both of you. One of the best zoom Classes yet!
