Beyond the Mic · Sept 25–28, 2026
Workshops.
The circle is wider than the mic. Between the bars, step into sessions on voice, movement, the forest, the heart — and the future.
Come for the cypher. Leave changed.
Infinite Cypher is 73 unbroken hours of Hip-Hop at Forest Farms — and while the circle keeps turning, the whole weekend comes alive around it. Artists, healers, teachers and movers are leading hands-on workshops you won’t find at any other festival: activate your voice, shake loose what’s been stuck, walk deep into the forest with a mushroom guide, build a mandala line by line, and set your own crystal into a grid the whole community creates together.
You don’t need to be an expert at anything, just willing to jump in. Bring your whole self, and let the people you meet become part of the story you tell about the very first Infinite Cypher.
Fri · 5:30 p.m.Femcees & womb carriers only
Womb to Word
with Amaruka Sol
An interactive workshop for women and womb carriers exploring the connection between the womb and the voice through storytelling and the lens of Hip Hop and Her-story. You will be guided through a vocal activation, writing practice and a freestyle cypher to strengthen your authentic expression.
In this supportive feminine space we will explore how intention, sound, and the stories we speak shape both our artistry and our lives. Discover how your womb and voice are multidimensional spiritual technologies. Open to all femcees and womb carriers, regardless of rap, writing or performance experience.
Sat · 9:00 a.m.
Athlete Academy: Mobility and Group Fitness
with Justin Locante
15 minutes of mobility and movement, 15 minutes of group fitness training.
Sat · 11:45 a.m.Meets outside
Know Your Fun Guys
with Alberto J Almarza
We will head deep into the forest and try to find the place where gnomes and fairies sleep. In the process we will encounter and meet trees, plants and mushrooms that can nurture us, heal us, open our minds and hopefully not kill us.
Sat + Sun · 1:00 p.m.Two parts
The Creation of a Mandala, Pts I and II
with Amanda Livelsberger
We will learn a bit of history of the mandala while learning to lay the foundational lines with precise measuring. Once we have the grid lines of the mandala placed, we will then go back with decorative shapes of your choosing and begin to lay those lines and magically watch our mandala take shape.
Colored pencils and such available if you decide to add color to your mandala.
Sat · 5:45 p.m.
Remembering Unconditional Love: Return to the Heart
with Genna Rose Giannetti Kendall
In this guided experience, we will explore what unconditional love truly is, and what it is not. Through gentle teaching, partner reflection, mirror work, being witnessed, and a deep guided meditation, you will be invited to return to the love that already lives within you.
This experience is not about forcing forgiveness, tolerating harm, or abandoning yourself in the name of being “loving.” It is about remembering that unconditional love can include truth, boundaries, compassion, self-respect, and a heart that remains open without losing itself.
Sat · 11:30 p.m.
Infinite Energy: A Community Crystal Grid Experience
with Toni Sullivan
Energy grows when intention is shared. In this collaborative workshop, participants will come together to build a large community crystal grid dedicated to connection, compassion, and collective harmony.
Through mindful intention setting, guided meditation, and an introduction to sacred geometry, each person will place a crystal into the grid, becoming an active part of a unified energetic creation. Together, we will create a sacred space that reflects the power of community, presence, and the ripple effect of positive energy.
Sun + Mon · 11:45 a.m.
Saturday / Sunday Shake Up
with Maria Getto
Somatically release the stagnation in the body through free movement. Working through the body, we will acknowledge and release what does not serve us while activating the energy that is already within us.
This is a movement class, no rhythm or dance experience is necessary.
Time TBA
Tantric Voice Activation & Embodied Expression
with Uni Parella
A Somatic Exploration of Energy, Creativity, Voice & Manifestation
What becomes possible when the energy alive within your body is given permission to move, be felt, and finally be expressed?
In this experiential workshop, we’ll explore the voice as more than something we use to speak—it is a channel through which our inner world becomes expressed in the outer world. Drawing from tantric and somatic practices, we’ll begin by awakening the body through authentic movement, breath, sound, presence, and connection.
From there, we’ll explore how the energy of desire and aliveness can move upward through the body: rooted in the body, fueled by the sacral, empowered through the solar plexus, guided by the heart, and ultimately given form through the throat and voice.
Time TBA
AI For Artists: Will It Kill Us All Or Deepen Your Commitment To Humanity
with Jonathan Kraft
There is a universe inside every human being. A lifetime of memories, music, heartbreak, humor, strange ideas, mistakes, and dreams. Inside each human are worlds that have never existed before and will never exist again.
AI can write a verse. Make a beat. Clone a voice. Answer questions that would have taken you days or years to research.
Cool.
So how do we protect and deepen what makes us uniquely human in the face of this relentless advancement?
You can say f**k AI and still benefit from this workshop. You can think it’s incredible. You can think it’s terrifying. You can be someone who uses AI every day, have never touched it, or sincerely wish the whole damn thing had never been invented.
What happens to artists when machines can create? What AI systems actually let artists take their own power back from the often extractive big music business? What parts of being human should we fiercely protect, and why does the race to build powerful AI actually matter to your life?
This is not a workshop about becoming more like machines. It’s an interactive presentation about whether the age of intelligent machines can help us become even more human.
Come skeptical. That’s okay. Most importantly, come curious.
