Level Up Your Poi, Monthly Workshop

Ready to unlock new moves and expand your flow?

Level Up Your Poi is a hands-on monthly workshop designed to help you grow your poi skills in a focused, supportive environment. Each month features a new topic or movement framework, giving you practical tools you can immediately integrate into your practice or with your clients. All sessions are held virtually via Zoom. A video recording of each session will also be available, perfect for those that cannot attend live or for those who would like to go back and revisit the lesson.

Workshop Schedule

🗓️ March: Turns in All Timings and Directions

Sunday, 15 March, 8:00am – 9:00am New Zealand Standard Time.

This workshop focuses on turns, 360° movement, and guiding you to turn and move freely in space with your poi. We’ll explore turns through different timings and direction variations, allowing your flow to become more dynamic, expressive, and full of life.

Pre-requisites: all eight timing & direction combinations in wheel plane and wall plane

🗓️ April: Forward Weaves, 2 Beat and 3 Beat

Monday, 13 April, 8:00 – 9:00am New Zealand Standard Time.

Weaves are a beautiful smooth poi movement. Learning weaves will open possibilities for many variations and transitions. We will build up to 2 and 3 beat weaves through simple exercises.

Pre-requisites: split-time/same direction in wall plane to left and right, and in wheel plane forward and backward

🗓️ May: Buzzsaw and Inspins

Saturday, 16 May, 9:00am – 10:00am New Zealand Standard Time.

Buzzsaw is best done with short strings which makes it perfect for seated poi spinning and adding visual variation. We will show how to do a nice clean buzzsaw and how to transition between buzzsaw and long string poi spinning. We’ll also explore different inspin patterns with varying numbers of petals, across different planes, timings, and directions. This will help you better understand how poi moves through space and feel more grounded and connected in your movement.

Pre-requisites: split-time/same direction in wheel plane. Forward and backward would be an asset, but one direction is enough.

Meet Your Instructors

All sessions are co-taught by Certified SpinPoi Instructors Sarah Tarek and Kay Spinner.

Sarah has over three years of teaching experience. Poi has been a big part of her personal journey, and she shares it with a deep understanding of its foundations, technique, and flow principles. Sarah loves breaking things down in a clear, supportive way that makes learning feel accessible and empowering. She focuses on building strong movement foundations, body awareness, and mindful flow, helping students progress with confidence at their own pace.

Kay fell in love with poi spinning 30 years ago. After many years of spinning poi as a hobby, Kay began performing, and teaching poi. She now works at a circus school where she teaches poi, juggling, and other forms of prop manipulation. Kay teaches an understanding of poi concepts that improves overall poi spinning as well as individual tricks.

What to Expect

• A new poi movement topic or framework each month
• Step-by-step breakdowns and technical refinement
• Hands-on instruction and guided drills
• Real-time feedback and coaching
• A supportive learning space for all levels
• A video recording of the session, available for one month

If you are a Certified SpinPoi Instructor, don’t forget to enter your discount code at checkout to redeem your free session plus continued discounted rates.