In the hills north of Santa Cruz we arrive at a tiny village of yurts for the weekend. Our first multi-day retreat event and it was a beautiful and uplifting experience. Several workshop leaders gave mind and body exercises - dances - yoga - massage - and even a cuddle group. On the last day we did a fun scavenger hunt in the forest.
On-camera: Natasha, Tusitala, Cassidi, Kris, Mari, Ousia, Tedybear, kittikat, Lee, Kevin, Kalash, Milmo, Crystal, Tim, Bunnie, Flow, Charlie
Video shot by Nomad and Lensmith. Edited by Nomad.
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Bare Your Soul
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Bare Your Soul
video-1 6:42 Our naked club crew arrives and prepares and decorates the grounds. Then some good food and the hot tub!
video-2 5:10 It's friday and people are arriving, signing in, and settling in. Join us in the hot tub and then a nice meal.
video-3 5:50 We assemble in the activity yurt - percussive instruments await us. Music fills the air enticing our bodies to move!
video-4 9:43 The Puja begins! Flo guides the group through sensual intimacy exercises. Partners rotate in the inner circle.
video-5 7:37 New partners look into each others eyes with courage, followed by light sensual touch, ear whispering...
video-6 9:04 Partners rotate, they each whisper some healing message to the other and leads to a gentle hug.
video-7 5:14 Morning breakfast, hot-tub bliss, then head for the lawn for some naked yoga to start a very active exciting day.
video-8 6:50 Yoga in the morning - the early sunlight caresses our bodies and the birds sing to us as we energize our souls.
video-9 8:59 We struggle through triangle pose, squat stretches, forward bends, and then finally neck rolls. That's so much better!
video-10 7:18 We switch from standing poses to ground asanas. Breathing exercises include fire-breath a powerful kundalini technique.
video-11 6:33 Asanas continue with upward and downward dog, cobra, butt wiggling, child pose, spine stretch, forward bend...
video-12 6:59 We wind down with meditation. Then everyone crawls together head-to-head into a big circle, looking skyward.
video-13 6:51 Yoga built up an appetite for a great lunch. Then we went back outside for a group photo, with an hilarious ending.
video-14 5:21 Everyone was looking forward to the massage workshop with Ousia. Feel your base chakra connecting with the earth!
video-15 5:51 Massage starts with the back since it seems to be the place we hold most of our tensions. Lucky are those lying down.
video-16 7:06 Moving down from the back to the legs we are taught the "walking cat" method of alternating circular strokes.
video-17 7:00 A quick water break then we sit by their head to work on their neck. Reaching under the back, pull back to the neck.
video-18 7:10 We move on to the legs, our physical foundation. Apply oil with a waterfall motion up the legs and around the hip bone.
video-19 5:55 Pulling outward from the centerline of the foot toward the edges of the foot. Make circles around the ankles.
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Video posts after number 19 continue on the NEW page since they were added recently.
The photos gallery for this trip is linked to HERE, gallery 31. You can read more about the day on that page.
