Sports Teams
I work with sports teams of all ages and backgrounds with the intention of creating lived experiences in the wild, in the countryside or in places of cultural or social significance that serve to connect those involved with their place, their teammates and with themselves.
The intention behind the work is to unlock a physical energy in all participants that ultimately increases performance and enjoyment while also serving the greater community.
Below is an example of how I go about this work.
Kildare Hurlers 2022
I took the Kildare Senior Hurling Team to the Hill of Allen before their championship journey.
We played hurling on the wide open expanses of the Curragh, swam at the source of the Royal Canal and hiked our way into the woods at the Hill Of Allen.
The lads built the camp, working together to resolve the logistics, natural situations where leaders led and doers did, while the groups moved from one situation to the next, each one designed to connect them to place, to teammate and to self.
We enjoyed the fruits of everyone's labour at the camp fire, a wild deer stew with a few venison steaks cooked on the fire, before the instruments came out and the session took life.
The following morning we ran through the woods barefoot, stretched the muscles out and lay down on the forest floor to meditate.
After breakfast we closed the circle and the camp and went about our business with gratitude for the experience we had all shared together.
'The highlight of my night was realising that I was doing something free of effort, no show, no performance. I was free to be myself and it was enough. I was getting paid to do something that I was loving every second of, and that's something I would wish for everyone'. DL