Retreats for Juggling Teachers
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Discover the Art of Juggling with a Community of Passionate Jugglers
Since 1999, we’ve been hosting transformative retreats for jugglers in Italy.
Our retreats provide the perfect environment for immersive learning, with daily focused training sessions.
- Training: Experience daily, concentrated sessions designed to enhance every aspect of your juggling.
- Creativity and Expression: Benefit from a combined knowledge of physical theatre, Yoga, Taiji, and innovative juggling techniques.
- Community: Join a vibrant community of passionate jugglers.
The Learning Never Stops: A Creative Retreat for Juggling Teachers
Tuesday 31 March-Saturday 4 April 2026 Gricigliana (Reachable from Florence)
Five immersive days to finally dedicate time to your own juggling, creativity, and artistic growth — time you rarely get, and deeply deserve.This retreat is designed specifically for juggling teachers and circus educators who teach juggling — whether it’s your specialty or a small part of a broader curriculum. If you’ve long wished to deepen your personal practice so you can teach with more confidence, presence, and inspiration, this is your space.
Why this retreat is different
You’ll train using the experiential pedagogy from Pearls of Juggling, with its focus on mindful practice, creativity, play, rhythm, and the development of expressive movement. This is not just a techniques workshop — it’s a full-body, whole-person approach to juggling.
Led by Anthony Trahair
Anthony has devoted the last 30 years to exploring and teaching creative and expressive juggling.
Author of Pearls of Juggling — now in Italian, English, German, and Spanish — he brings a lifetime of research into flow, play, movement, and artistry.
A graduate of the Dimitri Theatre School in Switzerland (three years of physical theatre, movement, and clowning), Anthony blends:
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Tai Chi
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Yoga for jugglers
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Mindful movement
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Creative exploration
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Community living and group connection
His approach is unique, warm, and deeply rooted in practice.
A place to be inspired
Set in a quiet chestnut forest in Tuscany, far from distractions, this retreat creates a powerful container for both personal practice and shared learning. The environment itself invites you to slow down, reconnect, and rediscover your curiosity.
For juggling teachers who want:
time to deepen their own practice
inspiration to bring back to their students
new creative and pedagogical tools
a reset, a recharge, and renewed passion
a playful, immersive, artistic experience
Only 10 places are available.
If you feel called, don’t wait — this is a rare and precious chance to train, reflect, and grow.
For jugglers seeking a holistic improvement in their art, interested in juggling as a meditation practice. Minimum requirement: 200 catches with 3 balls.
Vegan meals prepared by participants on rotation. Community sleeping space provided.
Getting Here
The nearest airport is Pisa International Airport (PSA), with easy train connections to the retreat area.
We will meet at Vaiano train station at 15:00 on the first day and travel together to the retreat location.
Pearls of Juggling level 3 "The Zen of Juggling" 3-week Intensive, is planned in the next years.
Inspired by Dave Finnigan’s book “The Zen of Juggling”
– Juggling and Mindful Movement
– Sequence and Act Creation
– Lots of body work
– Artistic Identity
– Marketing
– Lots of Zen
If you are serious about your work as a juggler then consider applying for this.
All applicants will have a 30 min conversation before being accepted.
Retreat Testimonials
Jimi xxx
“Working with Anthony has had a profound effect on me both mentally and physically. Throughout the days I experienced both diligent technique and outbursts of radical joyous unregulated play… Above and beyond the technical work in Tai Chi, Yoga, Movement… a vital comradery of cooking for each other… A balance is struck between personal research/training and ensemble/guided work… I feel that I have found this here, in Italy… That is a feeling that I have not felt for many years in Juggling. I highly recommend this workshop.”
Paolo
“These days gave me the opportunity to take a look inside my perception of Juggling… explore new ways of trick and sequence creation, as well as making a journey to your inner self and reflecting old habits and ways. The course is very intense and brought me to my borders physically and mentally. I am happy I took this course because it enriched my juggling and myself… Anthony is a great teacher, juggler, and human being!”
Fidel
“An incredible intensive experience, I got more connected with body through yoga, tai chi, qi gong… meditations, breathing exercises and other mindful practices… you got so many enriched tools for your practice… a good base in juggling with movement, with emotions. After the retreat you are able to use and be aware of so many different aspects in juggling… different benefits to your juggling and life.”
Jimmy
“This workshop was a fresh look at the lesser-known fundamentals of juggling. How to think down, breathe better, stand still and move… creation processes we used were very powerful and useful… The workshop was a surprising spiritual journey, at times greatly challenging and times a taste of paradise.”
Richard
“I learned about yoga, qi gong, and taichi. I experienced my body in an unusual way and got inspiration for my own practice… developed sequences which is the base of a well-structured performance. I feel more confident… with other people. I learned about giving workshops and teaching… emotions and how they are connected to posture… people and group dynamics and about myself.”
The Below video gives a small taster of the work we have been doing.