{"id":264398,"date":"2026-06-12T13:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T13:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/264398\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T13:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T13:40:13","slug":"new-wellness-group-invites-adults-to-relive-recess-at-prospect-park-field-day-on-june-27-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/264398\/","title":{"rendered":"New wellness group invites adults to relive recess at Prospect Park Field Day on June 27 \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"Adult\t\t\t<\/p>\n

A new collective has planned a creative slate of adult programming this summer \u2014 including an adult field day in Prospect Park. <\/p>\n

Photo courtesy of Perfect Days Collective<\/p>\n

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In a city where wellness often comes packaged as a new app, fitness challenge or productivity hack, one Brooklyn-based collective is betting on something much simpler: play.\n<\/p>\n

Perfect Days Collective \u2014 a wellness organization founded earlier this year \u2014 will host \u201cField Day: Recess for Adults\u201d on June 27 in Prospect Park<\/a>, bringing back childhood games such as potato sack races, tug-of-war, water balloon tosses, dizzy bat and limbo for grown-ups looking to disconnect from daily pressures and reconnect with one another.<\/p>\n

The free event, which encourages a $25 donation to support future programming, is part of the organization\u2019s expanding slate of community-centered wellness experiences throughout New York City and beyond.<\/p>\n

\"adultPerfect days Collective founders, alongside Coach Natalia Perez-Segnini (left to right) Ken Yu, Danielle Bitts, Natalia Perez-Segnini and Gabe Snow.Photo courtesy of Perfect Days Collective<\/p>\n

Founded by Danielle Bitts, Gabe Snow and Ken Yu, Perfect Days Collective was created in response to what the founders see as growing loneliness, burnout and digital fatigue. A 2025 American Psychological Association report<\/a> states that one in three adults experiences loneliness. Their mission centers on fostering connection through \u201chuman connection, movement, play and time outdoors.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe event is our stake in the ground against hype-optimism,\u201d Bitts said in a statement. \u201cI say this as someone who spent years wearing all of the devices, obsessing over data and pushing my body to the brink of breakdown thinking it was healthy behavior. I\u2019m not standing on the other side of the playground where intuition leads the way and I\u2019m waving over as many friends as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additional events planned for the summer include an introduction to beekeeping, bounding in Central Park, an ambient sound experience hosted in a classic-car garage and a paint-and-sip workshop centered on herbal tea and emotional expression through color theory.<\/p>\n

\"adultThe new organization aims to give adults the chance to have fun, laugh and cultivate connections with others.Photo courtesy of Perfect Days Collective<\/p>\n

As Perfect Days Collective continues to grow, founders say they are building a network of wellness practitioners, educators and health professionals across the U.S. and beyond, with partnerships extending to Costa Rica-based wellness organizations and local health providers.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdults don\u2019t need another wellness protocol,\u201d Snow said. \u2018They need more opportunities to play, laugh and remember what it feels like to be fully present with other people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new collective has planned a creative slate of adult programming this summer \u2014 including an adult field…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[102445,98,100,99,29332,102446,13530,42683,232,2190,66454,9,24,63,12682,102408,15739,102447,77934,1881],"class_list":["post-264398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-adult-recreation","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-community-events","tag-field-day","tag-fitness","tag-healthy-living","tag-lifestyle","tag-mental-health","tag-mindfulness","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-events","tag-outdoor-activities","tag-prospect-park","tag-social-connection","tag-summer-events","tag-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}