Waking Life
Good Vibe Essentials
Olá, so you wanna participate in Waking Life 2025?
Communitarian behaviour takes some mindfulness and effort, and perhaps some de-conditioning. We have more detailed guidance on the website, but here are some of the good vibe essentials & basic rules..
- We don’t want to put stickers on your phones, but cameras and filming on the dancefloors is nevertheless prohibited. We want privacy for liberation and expression. People have to be able to surrender to trance, to an undocumented ephemeral moment, without the invasiveness of a camera.
- Cigarette butts. Put them in your portable ashtrays or pockets. Don’t throw them on the goddam ground. The environment is not our ashtray. If you don’t have an ashtray, find a friend or stranger who does, or find a bin nearby. Same goes for all litter. Bin it.
- No fires. Light your smokeables and that’s it. There is extremely high fire risk in the area. No gas stoves, candles, campfires, fireworks - whatsoever. We don't want to set the festival and surrounding forest on fire.
- Compost toilets are for peeing and pooping. Lake is for floating and splashing. Keep these activities in their respective areas. But to make it extra clear, don’t piss or shit in the lake.
- It feels like we shouldn’t have to say this, but no bullying or harassment in any form. No stealing or vandalising. Be respectful and kind to your peers & your surroundings. Make this space our collective home.