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Toronto Portrait Photographer || HEARTshots || Black + White Photography

Memoirs and musings of Darius Bashar. Toronto portrait photographer and writer, in pursuit of all things real, raw and intimate. 

CAMP RESET 2023

 

8 years ago, I had no idea that my entire life would transform in the most magical way.

I spent 4 days in nature with zero internet, surrounded by an eclectic mix of other adults going through the same. I first felt intimidated and shy.

Imagine zero social media. Zero tech. Yes there was a landline in case of emergencies—but no buzzing, no distractions and NO FEEDS!

The organizers asked everyone not to talk about work. The idea was to leave “work you at home and explore other sides of yourself.

To help with this, we had to choose a nickname and use it during the whole experience. No real names!

Over the course of the 4 days, the organizers curated group events, dance parties, nature activities, deep conversations, workshops and all of our meals.

We went so deep, but also laughed so hard. It was the perfect combo of sacred and silly.

By the 4th day, I felt like I just made 100+ new besties. This was year one at a summer camp for adults called Camp Reset.

It’s a choose-your-own-adventure type of experience. It offers so many things that it’s actually impossible to do them all, but that’s not the point. The point is to feel into your heart and follow your bliss.

The most important way in which Reset changed my life was that it showed me how transformative PLAY can be. Up until that point, all the deep personal development and spiritual work I did was super serious, and that only got me so far.

But then comes this wacky group of humans inviting me to tap into my inner child and to play like I did when I was a little kid.

I thought, ok this might be fun—and it was. But what knocked my socks off was how healing it was, how empowering play could be and HOW FREEING it was to the parts of adult Darius that were stuck and lost.

My world changed forever.

Play has since become a foundational element of all my work, my photography, and even my meditations. None of that would of been possible without Reset.

I am forever grateful to the humans who bring this incredible event to life.

I will be attending Reset again this year and I’m also running a really cool workshop at camp.

If you are interested in joining me, here is the link to buy tickets.

Ticket sales end Sep 1 and Reset takes place from Sep 14 to 17.

Big love,

D

 
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