This was our second weekend retreat, the first being Bare Your Soul (event 31) and was mainly a series of body-movement workshops plus fun creative stuff between. This gallery begins Sunday morning through until the evening.
On-camera: too many to list
Photos: Brian, Digits, Emily, Len, Nomad, Paul, Ra, Zach
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Bodyfest Retreat 3 of 3
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Bodyfest Retreat 3 of 3
gallery-1 101 photos After breakfast we do the group shot in the redwoods, then indoors for an intimacy workshop (nonsexual).
gallery-2 110 photos Self-defence for naked people! We got some basic aikido lessons from a visiting sensei.
gallery-3 120 photos After finally getting the silk tied up in a tall tree, Lucky and Anomily put on a great show.
gallery-4 145 photos We paint and adorn our bodies on a nature theme.
gallery-5 127 photos Dinner, creative group connections, then shadow play and dance in the night.
gallery-6 116 photos By the warmth of the fire we are entertained by the spectacular performances of Lucky and Anomily.
nomad-notes
This 3rd section of galleries covers Sunday of the weekend retreat. We started the day with what is known as a "cuddle party". It starts as a group discussion where we discover things about ourselves -- boundries, insecurities... then we allow some physicality, whatever people are comfortable stretching themselves into. This workshop is absolutely not sexual, and yes it is possible to do it without becoming aroused. After that we did aikido of a sort. I have been studying this Japanese martial art for decades and I invited a friend and teacher to the event, "Ra". He gave a basics workshop for the group. After lunch some time was spent trying to get a silk rope attached to a high point somewhere. Milmo finally climbed up a tree like a monkey to get it done! As I write this 5 years later we are preparing to go back to this location to do a similar event.
