Joy Mittens

18/06/2026

11/06/2026

Sculpture for this year’s milk n honey starts to take shape. There’s still tickets and you can get 10% off worth my code: MITTENSMILK10

06/06/2026

Just arrived back in Poland, excited for what this year’s festival will bring.

03/06/2026

Excited to be running two workshops at milk n honey festival in two weeks. Come and join me and get your 10% discount with MITTENSMILK10

30/05/2026

Independence = needing no one (unhealthy)

Codependence = needing a specific person (unhealthy)

Interdependence = a network that includes partner(s), friends, family, colleagues - where there’s no individual person you need - but the network itself can be relied on. So a relationship can dissolve, friends or family members can fall out, and that might be something to grieve profoundly- but you are fundamentally ok, because you have the network to fall back on.

Paradoxically the independent and codependent reinforce each other - when you have no one, then gaining one person, without the network, necessarily results in a binary - codependence or independence - that’s the only choice you see.

I’ve spent so much time in the independent, and attempted to avoid the codependent like the plague - but I’m beginning to learn the interdependent, I hope (or rather, realise the network that already exists)

To all the big and little nodes in my network: thank you, and I’m sorry if I’m not very good at this yet.

27/05/2026

My learnings from carrying the name Joy for the last 8 years.

18/02/2026

Come and join us THIS SATURDAY

Touch As Medicine (oxytocin dance meditation) in back again in Totnes- Saturday 21st February.

Tickets: https://dandelion.events/e/s2bod

Join us for an evening of sensual, non-verbal connection through conscious, loving, platonic touch. In this immersive, safely guided journey, you’ll explore the healing power of oxytocin—the hormone of trust and bonding—while nourishing your body, mind, and nervous system. Touch is always optional and boundaries are clearly defined.

Think Contact Improv meets Latihan meets Ta**ra

We will start a little bit earlier this time, at 6pm, and have an extra half hour - finishing at 9:30 to give us a little bit of extra time at the end when everyone is in such a yummy space.

We are also trying a new venue - The Forge on Collins Road - it’s a very beautiful space with proper heating.

We look forward to seeing you there. Tickets are £25 in advanced and £30 on the door (£10 concessions available)

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03/01/2026

It's a nice process to go through all my pictures from the year and really reflect on it at this time.