HFAF
is an acro festival dedicated entirely to Hands Free skills
We’re here to grow and advance the HF acro community with workshops ranging from HF-intro to HF Mono Reverse Star Transitions. Whatever your HF level, we have something for you.
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During this 5 day festival, the world’s most hands free obsessed teachers come together and share their craft, from foundational principles to transitions that seem impossible.
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Expect skills that are both badass and elegant, delivered with advanced technique, intelligent progressions, and deep practice methodology. This festival values: understanding, embodiment, and the journey we take to get there.
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Bring - your curiosity and enthusiasm for HF skills.
Leave - with a new ability to see detail in the HF system, new skills to shape the outcome, an improved set of foundations that will (one day) make impossible skills feel effortless; and a sense of community within the HF enthusiasts of this world.​​
The Teachers
Sam & Luka
Geno-bob-weno
Natalia & Joshua
Madam Adam
YogaSlackers
Raquel & Sam
TBA
What Does Hands Free Really Mean
There are a few different understandings out there, some more hands free than others. However, at HFAF, it means that all of the balancing is done through weight bearing points of contact only. Here are some examples of poses that meet this definition:
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Hands Free Star
Hands Free Mono Reverse Star
Hands Free Shoulderstand
Mono Foot to Hand
Even Hand to Hand falls into our definition. (H2H is not intended to be a big part of this festival)
Who is this Festival For?
It is for anyone on their hands free acro journey. People:
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With a strong acro practice and on the verge of stepping to this world,
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for those who have not long started and have a taste for it, and for,
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those who are fully hooked and cannot get enough hands free acro.
Keep in mind that intro to hands free acro is not the same thing as intro to acro. Please see our prerequisite on the logistics page.
Why Hands Free?
​Without hands (or non essential points of contact), everything gets more interesting. Balance gets more subtle, listening gets sharper, tiny shifts of weight suddenly matter a lot, calibration steps up another level, and your practice turns more meditative.
It’s challenging, precise and really fun.
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HFAF is a celebration of this.
Not Just Acro
​​Although the festival is primarily acro based, the event & venue offer more.
During your time at HFAF you will be able to:
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enjoy nightly saunas
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explore forest trails
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receive thai massage in a group setting
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receive private professional massages
and, of course:
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eat some homemade cakes from the mini-cafe​​
What Is The Event Actually Called
Hands Free Acro Festival
Hands Free Acro Fest
Hands Free AF
HFAF
We use all these names depending on circumstance.
