Life is a spiritual journey. I will share with you what comes across my path and I would hope that you will do the same. The stories we share are our hope and inspiration. Our shares are the footpaths of our journey. We need to tell our stories. They are for us, the heart to heart connection, the bond of spirit, the rise of consciousness, the merging into the universe. When we share our stories with others, we share the flame of our love. -- Shobi

Updated   12/20/2009

  

Editor and Publisher:

Shobhana Schwebke (Resume)
a.k.a.
Shobi Dobi the Clown

Face Painting Samples 

- PDF File

 

"No one expects a clown to be profound. No one expects a clown to be anything but funny. Look again! The clown will catch you off guard and speak directly to your heart – make you laugh at yourself, and weep with the world. "


--  Shobi Dobi

 

Articles for 

Red Nose Response Groups and Response Teamand Shobi's Workshop Handouts 

(Click above)

 

 

Shobi's Workshops

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on Shobi's Workshops

  

Workshop Handouts

  

Other Commedia and Clown Workshops 


 Shobi's Schedule


Shobi has a new doggie and is not planning any trips

for a few months

 

Shobi and Jyoti Joy

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Clown Ambassador Trips

 

For all of you clowns who do humanitarian work

from Slapstick and Sweetie

Humanitarian Clown Trip to Russia 2009  (click below for video link)

 

Someday at Christmas

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Please click below for 

Humanitarian Clown Trips
with Patch Adams and 
Gesundheit! Institute

 

 www.rednoseresponse.com

(Formerly Red Nose Relief)

 

 

We hospital/caring clowns are skilled at dealing with suffering/ death/dying and knowing how to approach people. The clowning we do is called caring clowning as it  appeals directly to the heart.  It is not coping humor, it is hoping humor.  It is a gentle, caring, unconditional kind of clowning. It is this humor we caring  clowns bring to "Worlds of Hurt."

    

 

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for all Clown Events Website

 

 

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The Hospital Clown Newsletter

 

What is a Hospital Clown?

 

Click Here for Stories from Hospital Clowns
That will Touch Your Heart

 

 Current Newsletter - Vol. 12, No 2  
In the mail December 12, 2009

 

 

In this issue (Vol. 12 No 2): 

 

The UPlifement Programe of South Africa   

A Care Clowning and Joy Activating organization in South Africa.. . . 

"Great Bliss is found when we share joy with another." Nikki Jackman, Founder and Project Cheerleader of "The UP."  

Interview with Nikki and stories from the Care Clowns

Please check out their video on You Tube."Laughter Is the Language of the World" is a video made by the UP and is on www.YouTube.org 

 

Bubblz the Math Clown

From Caroline Ainslie a.k.a. Bubblz the Clown of London, England  

Bubblz teaches math with balloons and bubblz. www.inspiringmaths.com

Please check out the video  Inspiring Math with Bubblz and Klovnen Julius on YouTube www.youtube.com

 

Bouncing the Joy Around the Waiting Rooms 

Routines for drawing patients and staff into play.

From Shobi Dobi and Joanie Macaroni at Kaiser Hospital, Oakland, CA USA

The following are PDF files to download mentioned in the above article

Elevator Pass (it-on) PDF 

Print as two side and cut into tickets

    Side one "Laughter quotes"

    Side two  "Jokes

Handing out a Silly ticket

Download PDF "Official Citation"     

You will need to put in your own clown name 

 


See Back Issue for Samples of the Newsletter

This is not an on line newsletter. It is a 20 page publication for clowns in community and world service. It contains no advertising and is solely supported by its subscribers.

The Newsletter contains experiences, stories, props, routines, and articles by caring clowns and others relating to clowns in service in health care facilities and compassionate service around the world. We want to share our work, so we can expand and grow and encompass the world with our JOY.

The Newsletter is not aligned with any sect, religion or politics. Our purpose is to be a vehicle to share our ideas, hopes, failures and miracles. We recognize the diversity of the clown community and realize that there are as many ways to be a caring clown as there are clown characters.

 

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PAST ISSUES
Many articles from the

First 6 1/2 Years
 
of the 
Hospital Clown Newsletter
  
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The Hospital Clown:
A Closer Look

 (Click above for Introduction,

Table of Contents and Bios)

 

What Hospitals

Need to Know About Clowns

and
What Clowns

Need to Know About Hospitals

 

A book by

Shobhana "Shobi" Schwebke

and

Patty Wooten

 

Published in 2000 - this is a 195 page book full of information, and true stories about hospital clowning throughout the world  A resource for both clowns and hospitals administrators.

 

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