The Play Experiment is your daily dose of giving yourself permission. It’s about having the courage to explore what makes you feel alive.
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The Play Experiment is a month-long challenge that includes daily play prompts delivered via email and video with the option to participate with our play community. These are the kind of “players” you want in your life.
Each play prompt will give you an invitation of something to make, try, explore, or experiment with.
There’s lots of room to personalize the experience to the time you want it to take.
They will also include bite-sized lessons on how to give yourself the permission and support to do something new.
This experiment helps you reconnect to the parts of yourself that you may have set aside to be “the adult”, “the business owner,” “the parent,” or “the professional.” Thanks to the variety of play prompts and encouragement to try new things, it will help you tap into how you want to live a life you’re proud AF about.
“I think I deserve something beautiful.”
– Liz Gilbert
Why play?
When you are more you, you’re more confident in how you show up, owning the hell out of your voice, what you want, and your presence with yourself and others.
We believe that more play combats burn-out and makes the balance of work-life sustainable and *gasp* enjoyable.
This is something you can find at any moment in any day.
We’re going to show you how.
With some practice and experience, you’ll build a bank of tools and understanding that will help you live your most awake life.
When we have not given ourselves permission to play for a long time, it can feel tricky. We might not know how to make space for the experience. We might also face our culture, gender roles, family patterns, and self-martyrdom. We might have to update the relationship with our nervous system.
There is no rush here. Meet us wherever you are.
You’re encouraged to use the hashtag #JanuaryPlayExperiment to post about your daily experience and connect with others on Instagram. This isn’t mandatory, but is a fun way to be part of an intentional community.
How does this work?
- You will receive a Play Prompt for everyday in January 2025.
- Beginning December 31st, you will receive an email with instructions for the next day.
- The email will be an invitation to play and include video.
- The prompt will include an approximate time length, but remember you get to make the rules on how you want to play!
- Share about your daily play experiment on social media using the hashtag #JanuaryPlayExperiment. (Optional of course, but a great way to make some play friends and share your authentic voice)
- Join the weekly Friday live zoom calls (12-1pm pacific time) for a group Play Experiment (Also optional. This will be recorded and shared after.)
The Play Experiment is a good fit if you’re someone who:
Wants to have more joy and beauty in their life
Is ready to carve out a couple minutes everyday to experiment
Desires more ease, confidence, and embodiment
Wants less stress and stuck-ness
Is tired of being in their own way
Understands that it’s a practice to play and they get to personalize it
Here's what you'll receive.
- Daily play prompts delivered via email (these guide your experiments)
- Daily video instruction (5-10 minutes describing your prompt and how to play with it)
- Bonus missions (in case you want more)
- Weekly live zoom calls every Friday 12-1pm pacific time (for group play and connection)
- Weekly giveaways (mailed to you…because it sounds fun!)
- Connection with other play-enthusiasts (encouragement to create play pods)
- Access to the content all year (the prompts and education on play)
We want you to have everything you need to bring more play into your life without feeling overwhelmed. That’s why we’ve kept the videos bite-sized, the prompts easy to customize, and everything organized
“I would love to live as a river flows,
carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.”
– John O’Donohue
Pricing
January 2025 Experiment
A Month of Play Prompts
The Play Experiment
The goal of The Play Experiment is to make room for your own creativity, voice, and experimenting — but we also want this program to be accessible regardless of where you’re at. That’s why there are two ways to pay — in full or in 3 equal payments.
Frequently asked questions
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Thanks to the digital nature of this program, we do not offer refunds. However, we are 100% confident that if you participate with us daily, you’ll discover new ways to explore your world.
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We will record them and share them via email.
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Anyone who registers! These will span physical items you’ll be mailed personally and online experiences.
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No. However, using the hashtag and posting an image that correlates with your play prompt can be a way to keep yourself accountable, build community, and if you’re looking to share more online, be an easy way to begin (blame it on us!).
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You always get to choose your own adventure. If there’s something that you don’t feel comfortable with, you could have a journal moment and explore why it’s uncomfortable and/or repeat a previous prompt in a new way.
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For the entire 2025 year!
Still have questions?
Your hosts
Bonnie Weeks
The more I’ve given myself permission to play, the more my life has expanded.
I grew up hearing “you’re responsible” and combined with growing up in the high demand mormon religion, I felt like I needed to keep myself tidy and tight. Play can be messy and transformative. I stepped out of the church, out of my marriage, and into big questions about how play, community, and confidence hold hands.
As a mom to three kids, an entrepreneur, and a yoga teacher’s teacher, play has become central to the experiment of figuring out what I want and how I want make an impact on the world. I’ve found that it all begins with me.
Play is central to everything I offer.
Every invitation to participate includes some aspect where you have to give yourself permission to think out-of-the-box and break some “rules.” I’ve worked with hundreds of teachers to help them own the hell out of their voice and continue to build a business where helping others own who they are is central to living a life they’re proud AF about.
I’m declaring 2025 as my year of play and inviting you all to join it! I’ve asked my friend, Grey, to co-host this with me. (She’s a queen of play!)
Grey Tanner
I’m serious about play.
For 25 years I’ve been studying how and why we suffer, and what we can do to support healing, embodiment, and transformation.
My own struggles with chronic illness, burnout, and depression have sent me through the realms of science and spirit, body and mind, in search of understanding and support.
What I’ve learned: if we want to thrive, play is the secret sauce. (And I have a theory that it just might change the world.)
Now, play is at the heart of all I do and share, whether working with individuals, couples, or groups.
It lights me up to help others to heal their nervous systems, awaken to their creativity and purpose, and to craft lives, relationships, and businesses that feel deeply embodied and soulful.
“You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.”
– Mary Oliver