WORKSHOPS
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See through your heart & receive the gifts of this weekend in a wondrous way.
The imagination is the greatest tool for a shaman. As we all descend from shamans, their wisdom is readily available for us to access! Allow yourself to be transported into extraordinary reality in a safe & closed container to receive the gifts of your spirit guides & healed ancestors for your blossoming. Grace Tzofia will be your guide to visualize a pathway to integrate the medicine you’ve come to harvest. Expect to feel activated, transformed & connected to your own inner divine knowing.
Get your energy flowing & your inner child glowing!
Breath-Play! Laughter Yoga helps you to enrich your vitality by eliminating the stagnant air (Xi) in the bottom ⅓ of your lungs through childlike & silly laughter exercises paired with gentle breathing whilst in connection with yourself & others. Laughter that begins as “artificial” often turns genuine. Expect to feel revitalized & re-centered as well as having an open & joyous heart full & ready to receive others through group exercises & visualizations. Come join in the fun at any time!
The practice of giving and receiving massage through contact improv.
ContactSage is about giving/receiving massage while doing contact improv. It's really all about getting squishy! The playshop will start with some fundamentals of CI: rolling point of contact, weight sharing & finding a sense of leading/giving vs. following/receiving (or letting them merge). We'll practice non-verbal sounds (verbal also encouraged) then will introduce exercises that apply the concepts of compression, pressure points & assisted stretching to integrate into your dance.
An embodied practice of merging Contact Improv & rope bondage in a playful way!
Rope Dance is a practice full of exploration, playfulness, curiosity, creativity & spontaneity. It can be a supportive foundation for presence & connection in a rope scene and/or just more possibilities to explore with dance and movement. We'll start with the fundamentals of contact improv & then move into exercises that introduce rope into the dance. No experience needed of either CI or rope to join and rope will be provided.
A SoulPlayful Body Heart & Soul Integration of Your Transformational Experience
How do you ground in the transformational experience of SoulPlay, as you prepare to leave the container and carry on into the rest of your life? In this Sunday session, we’ll give ourselves and each other space to explore, express, settle, reflect and integrate, using trauma-informed somatics, restorative touch, small group shares, and dance.
Positively alter your somatic experience.
A sonic guided meditation designed to create awareness of how integrated our biology is to the planet’s evolution. Focusing on our cellular systems and breath. Enjoy healing sound frequencies that regenerate the psyche and our cellular matrix. A hybrid soundscape of digital, nature recordings, live voice and instruments, you'll be guided on a journey through the evolution of Life on our Planet, from single cell organism to who we are today.
Cultivate Harmony with Sacred Geometry and Intentional Connection
Learn how to use sacred geometric connection to sync with others and nature for group cohesion, intention setting and energy healing. You will connect in guided group meditations, exploring bio-energetic cultivation and the power of intention. A partner is not required as you will connect with different people throughout the workshop. This is an open container, so you can join or leave the workshop at any time. This workshop is suitable for anyone who wants to have fun, learn, and connect.
A playful exploration of touch, sensory pleasure and what feels good.
Touch Lab is a playful exploration of comforting self-touch, sensuality, slowing down to experience sensory pleasure and the sensual tools already available to you. Using curious, slow rounds of touch experimentation, you’ll discover what kinds of touch you really like, tools for communicating what you like, and ideas for fun touch games to play with others. You’ll leave feeling more relaxed and connected to yourself and other people.
Learn how to exchange sexual energy in heart-centered ways without "the sex"
How do you keep erotic encounters heart-centered & hawt at the same time? Did you know that you can get sexual with your third eye? Or how to keep your pelvis from always slipping into (cue the porn music) groinal grinding energy mode? If you'd like to expand your concepts of how to play with attraction & sexual energy & learn how to get it on with any & all of your chakras, come join this closed container open to singles, couples, & thruples of all orientations.
Embrace your Truth, Decolonize your Body, Be your Sexiest Self, Free Yourself
In this intuitive movement class, you will learn about Trinidadian culture, and how Trinidadians have used authentic sensual movement as a tool for liberation from the White Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy. You will be invited to connect with your own bodies and drop into an authentic experience of pleasure and flow. Moving to Trinidadian soca & calypso music, you are invited to discover and express your own flavor of sexiness through movement and play.
Ease into morning movement & connection by sharing weight, touch, & awareness.
Move into the morning slooow like molasses, stretchhh into connection with senses still soft, & play to start the day! Contact Improv is an improvised dance practice that encourages beginners mind & the exploration of one’s body in relationship to others through sharing weight, touch, & awareness. We will begin with a gently guided warm up & then flow like honey into an open jam. All levels welcome.
Live mantra bass music & yoga based movement to bridge body & soul
This workshop consists of live mantra music paired with a guided dance experience that provides an inner activation, an awakening to self, & bridges the body mind connection through the mantra, & movement. This guided dance experience moves the participant through various dance exercises, mudras & yoga inspired poses. Each song represents an element & spiritual concept to help release & activate through yoga based wisdom.
A yin based hip opening warm up that culminates in sexy floor & leg work.
A workshop dedicated to opening your hips & hamstrings & activating your root & sacral chakra with yoga asana & yin focused stretching. Once you've warmed up we step into fun sensual floor movement that includes pole based exotic leg work & more. Walk away feeling flexy, sexy, relaxed, & ready to play.
Learn new ways to love yourself & raise your self-esteem & confidence.
This workshop is an opportunity to deeply & passionately love yourself. Join self-confidence & self-esteem expert Trixie Lamonte in a fun, interactive, playful workshop designed to inspire you to love yourself fully. Coming from a new place of loving yourself will allow you to give & receive love from others with a more open heart. This workshop will be experiential & creative. Be prepared to open your heart & mind to a new way of beating & thinking
Explore your own desire & connect to your sensuality while making new friends.
Come & explore deep connection, sensuality, & stepping into your own desire. This will be an opportunity for interactivity, fun games, & a chance to get to know ourselves & each other even better. This workshop will increase your self expression, ability to connect with others, & creativity. Come with an open mind & leave with new insights & connections. You do not need a partner to attend. All are welcome.
Come explore poetry in movement. No partner required.
We'll begin with a poetic Qigong form to prime ourselves emotionally, physically, and artistically. You'll get to experience a coming into your bodies with archetypal poses which you'll be able to draw from after this workshop. Then, we'll transition into partner movement practices that involve deep listening, attunement, and increasing body awareness. This activity can sometimes feel like a meditation and a workout. Partners will rotate periodically.
Come explore the nuances of the exciting space BEFORE the kiss.
There's a certain deliciousness when a kiss is prolonged. The sweet, sweet longing and exploration can be deepened when you know you won't kiss someone, but ALMOST. Come explore the magic and electricity that playing with the edges can bring! Past participants have found the Almost-Kiss to be a huge part of connecting with romantic and non-romantic strangers at festivals, Burning Man, and ISTAs.
Energizers to keep your body moving & heart open.
Come join us for fun icebreakers and energizers to meet new people, deepen relationships and build more connections. Together we’ll laugh, be silly and let our little kids out to play! We will move around engaged in several activities and will end our time with a sweet story.
Drop assumptions to drop in with yourself and others.
Through activities and small group shares, you will have an opportunity to safely drop in and look beyond assumptions, labels, and judgments to see the good in another, while having the good reflected back to you. Walk away feeling seen and connected!
Awaken the power of your heart
Use your breath to shed heartache from the past & activate expanded states of grace, power, resilience & Self Love. Because no matter how much dominant culture might allude us with 'not enough' messaging, the truth is, your nature is BIG & BEAUTIFUL & the path to reclaiming it is through compassion & Love.
Activate your bliss chemistry with the powerful technology of breathwork
A soul-filling breathwork journey where you’ll be deeply nourished & BLISSED UP from the inside out! - where you can JOY, laugh & rage-cry simultaneously - where you can feel the BLISS of your WHOLENESS (including parts of comparison, shame or self-judgment) & surrender into your true POWER - where you're truly HELD so you can release the bricks of stress from responsibilities & care taking - where you'll taste a soul-level sweetness that arises in the deep knowing of, “I belong"
The Art of Non-Goal Oriented Touch for Deep Healing & Connection
Participants will learn the foundations of non-goal oriented touch & how to deeply connect as both the giver & receiver. They will be shown "Elemental Touch" techniques for grounding, creating sensation, expressing sensuality + fluidity, experiencing energetic connection & have a space to practice touch that is connected to the Heart. This workshop is a space for developing deeper presence, receptivity, intuition & care when we are offering consensual, sensual, caring touch.
Exploring the Female Pelvis for Deeper Pleasure, Healing & Vitality
Mapping Your Wild Terrain is a hands-on experiential workshop where you will learn a deeper understanding of your physical & sexual anatomy, as well as tools for reproductive health & deeper self-care. We will explore the anatomy of arousal in the Female body, practice self-massage & pelvic mapping for releasing tension & increasing pleasure & be given the space to explore your pelvis & erotic expression just for you! This is a trauma-informed space for folks who are pussy-owners.
Becoming an Erotic Primate in the Age of Domestication
In this presentation & mini-workshop we will explore Erotic ReWilding & what it means to be Erotically Sovereign in culture that demands relational enmeshment & domestication. With an anthropological/evolutionary understanding of our human sexual lineage we will explore the modern social & internalized structures that interfere with our erotic brilliance. You will leave with a better understanding of yourself as an erotic being & with a few tools to reclaim your erotic aliveness!
Embodied Boundaries, Consent & Navigating Eros in Ecstatic Dance
In many dance spaces, the Erotic is present but is often relegated into shadow; disowned or unwelcome, only to show up in ways that cross boundaries & undermine community safety. In DanceEros we will invite Eros into the dance as an honored guest & community benefit. In this consent based experience come prepared to discover your sovereign erotic truth in body-centered safety. Though Eros is invited, no overt sexuality or nudity will be part of the experience. Come solo or partnered.
Liberate the power of true connection with Attuned Dominance.
Counter to pop-culture dominance, which tends to be rooted in insecurity & control; Attuned Dominance allows everyone involved to engage with mutual trust & understanding. Learn skills to cultivate stronger empathy, safety protocols, & emotional hygiene in your D/s Play. You will understand your agenda through self-reflection & small group shares & learn how to positively - & safely - impact your partners without losing "control." This class is for everyone curious or experienced.
Spark your Soul with Safe & Intentional Connections
Soul Players are invited to join a courageous & intimate space to build meaningful connections. Through facilitated conversations & connection rituals, we explore our inner world, allowing us to get up close & intimate with our true nature while building safe, supportive bonds. Meet, explore each other's inner worlds, & make lasting soul friends through dance, breath, sound, & words. Dive deep into your heart & embrace the possibility of creating courageous relationships.
Take your sensual touch skills to the next level & communicate like a sexpert!
Whether you're a seasoned player or a rookie, when it comes to the skills & strategies that take your sensual connections from ho-hum to holy wow, there's something for you here! Because while it's true that intimacy is an art form, you still need to refine your craft. We'll get heart & hands on in a variety of configurations (solo, pairs, small group) exploring consensual & compelling ways to create soulful & sensuous encounters. FYI Pleasure is on the menu. Overt sexual touch is not.
An opportunity to explore your inner landscape.
Yin Within is an introspective practice that offers a chance to turn inward & nurture the calm, quiet center that is innate in all of us. It is a practice in stillness, patience, & non-reactivity with passive poses & breathwork. Through yin yoga we become adept at self-care. Expect passive poses held for 3-5 minutes.
A focus on the feminine energies from our maternal ancient ancestors.
In this in depth Womb Yoga class, we focus on the feminine energies from our ancient ancestors who were cosmic forces & Goddesses. These Goddesses presented as mothers, nurturers, warriors, animals, elements & spirits. We will utilize sacred meditation & word vibrations, breathwork & affirmations, with healing, energizing & balancing postures. This practice will be dedicated to the Goddess Power that lives in us through herstorical channels. Rooted in our cellular structure, our DNA.
Explore how to live into your spirituality with both ethics and responsibility.
Spiritual Bypass manifests in the shadow of spirituality, preventing integration of the darker, more painful realities of our personal and collective experiences. This results in one-sided spirituality that perpetuates gaslighting of social issues. In this workshop we’ll explore spiritual bypass on micro and macro levels, toward more holistic and ethical spirituality. Through somatic exercises, partner and group processing, and with compassionate curiosity, we’ll invite our shadows to be seen.
The most powerful relational tool there is.
A powerful restoration practice can give you the confidence to take risks. The Gold Standard Apology is a six-step process informed by the best minds in restorative and transformative justice and centers on individual integrity, not societal expectations. Activities include dyad story shares, practice sessions and discussion. Participants emerge with an elevated understanding of what real accountability looks like, and a concrete practice for conducting restoration in their own lives.
This trauma-informed, pleasure-focused technique will make you a sexual hero!
“Rolling out the red carpet for No” is not a consent technique; it's a way of BEING. Heralded by many as a game-changer in the consent field, it directly addresses the realities of social power dynamics and will transform even the most advanced practitioner's sexual practice! Activities include partner shares, rejection experiences, and powerful “NO” exercises. Participants emerge with a new language for navigating sexual encounters that is both fun, trauma-informed, and universally welcomed.
Practice asking for what you REALLY want in bed AND feel confident exploring it!
If you knew no one would be hurt or angry with you, what would you give yourself permission to explore sexually? Open to singles, couples, thruples of all genders and orientations. Join our closed container as we learn how to use shame, insecurity, & humor to guide us safely towards unlocking our wildest fantasies, unleashing greater self-esteem & sexual self-confidence, & help us take baby steps (or huge leaps!) towards manifesting the pleasure & erotic joys that we've only dreamt of.
Exquisite Following is a role of power & artistry *essential* to your toolbox.
This dance/embodiment-focused workshop hones the skills of Following, honoring first the body and inner authority, then touching on orienting toward, receiving, & responding to exquisite leadership. Following is largely misunderstood in a culture where much of what passes for leadership is tyranny. True Following is an empowered, artistic choice which opens new optionality in even the most challenging & stuck situations. Bring ease & play into relationships & life with Follow School.
Embody & express your grief in this powerful ritual of witnessing & release.
Grief is guaranteed. So why do we hide it in the shadows? This ritual brings our expressions of grief to our loving community where we can be witnessed & witness others in a cathartic & healing way. The format of the ritual is based on Joanna Macy's Truth Mandala, but this particular expression is meant to be largely non-verbal. Participants sit tightly packed in a circle & one by one enter the circle to embody a wave of grief. When the wave has passed, they rejoin the outer circle.
Unleash your primal side and step into your animal body.
Unleash your primal side and step into your animal body. Through a series of partner-based playful exercises, you will practice embodied consent focusing on honoring the BODY'S wisdom. Explorations include: prey & predator, smelling, petting, biting, rough and gentle play. No partner required. Combines Authentic relating, trauma aware skills & wheel of consent.
Nourish your body & heart through embodied consent connection exercises.
Explore nourishment through a series of partner-based exercises allowing you to dive deeply into the layers of embodied consent, claiming desires, and exploring sensations. The focus is honoring the BODY'S wisdom and practicing asking for what you want, celebrating your Yes and No's, and receiving attention or touch in a way that leaves you feeling empowered and centered. No partner required. Combines: Authentic Relating, Trauma informed skills, & Wheel of Consent
Slowing the Dance Way Way Down
In this class, we will simplify the dance and slow everything down. This is intended to create a meditative state of hyper awareness. After that, we will partner up and try to sense not just our own dance, but follow someone else’s. This requires relaxation and an empty mind. You will experience the boundaries between you and the other person disappearing as you create your own unique dance together, that nobody else can see because it’s so small. No partner needed, you can find one here.
Calming Your Fight or Flight Reflexes
Push Hands is the improvised application of Taichi. We start with solo warm-ups, then move into partnered work that creates an adversary. The container of Push Hands will give your body immediate feedback to your reactions. Use this practice to access your mental and emotional reactions through observing your physical responses. From there, you can choose to extrapolate these lessons to the rest of your life. No partner needed, you can find one here.
Pleasure, sensuality & intimacy for healing through ritual, rhythm & reverence.
Come experience pleasure, sensuality & intimacy as healing modalities. Learn to navigate your relationship(s) and life with more presence, purpose and personal power. Using ritual, rhythm & reverence to balance body, mind, spirit and emotions to reframe trauma and shift it. We will play with sensory practices. Large group, small group and individual exercises that are somatic and engage the senses (sound, smell, taste and touch).
Rise Into Ever Higher Peaks of Love & Gratitude with Theta waves
Experience a sound bath of binaural beats, harmony, and bass that will be used to help us release pain and relax the body. Melodic Rav Drum rhythms and deep theta tones in A minor will be used to heal our souls and open our hearts.
An Introduction to Binaural Beats and Lucid Dreaming
Synchronized vibrations are at the heart of human consciousness. Mastering the brains relationship with vibration can help unlock our ability to focus, relax, and even lucid dream. In this live demonstration, we'll explore how isochronic tones and binaural beats can be used to master the mind and lucid dream.
Jumpstart a connected, juicy, bold, and kind experience at SoulPlay!
A workshop to welcome YOU to SoulPlay! Feeling excited, nervous, curious, hopeful, & ready to connect? This workshop is an intimate on-ramp to an extraordinary weekend. We’ll reflect on on our hopes/fears/wildest dreams, practice extending & receiving bold and yummy invitations, deal with our fears of rejection & *gasp* awkwardness (!!), & start building a web of honest, earnest, juicy, & intimate relationships. It’s a set-up for self-care, community-care, & a fantastic SoulPlay 2023.
A Community Is A Garden In Which To Grow People
Community As Medicine” is a joyful and tender journey using play, desire, and vulnerability to connect authentically around what matters most. We travel together through an arc of experiences that traverse physical play, truth-telling, desire sourcing, deep self-compassion, direction-setting, and charting a clear and committed course for a life deeply aligned with our values. Methodology sourced from Open Source Wellness. Expect laughter, tears, new friends, and new actions!
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Learn to engage with other men in a way that feels safe, perfect, and connected
Men are told in our culture that independence is key and needs are a weakness. The truth is that needs are normal and how human beings bond. The first step is to recognize that needs exist to be met without shame, and this applies to needs they may have sublimated because of patriarchy and sexism. This work requires that they develop the skill of nurturance -- being attuned, available, responsive, and engaged -- and apply it in their lives and with everyone else including other men.
Unleash the inner cat that lives inside of you. Learn to speak their language!
The language of cats is renowned for its nuance and diversity, so that it can take years for humans to master this beautiful art. Indeed, it is a language familiar to humans, often much more than actual humans non-verbal language. But this cat language is similar enough to human’s that it is easy to learn for those who are still in the dark. In fact, many people interact non-verbally more often and in more complex ways with pets than they do with other human beings.
Playfully embody and follow the intelligence of your darkness into the light
There is wisdom within our darkness. When we look to our edges, our conflicts, and where we are stuck we ironically find new opportunities for connection and movement. Shadow Play uses connection, embodiment, and playfulness to help you follow the intelligence of your darkness into the light, to move beyond our one-sidedness and find the gifts we’ve been hiding from ourselves.
Let go of who you think you are! A process of surrender, reflection, and choice
Let go of who you think you are. Identity Alchemy is a powerful process of surrender, reflection, and choice: an opportunity to take off your masks and rediscover your authority over who you choose to be, with connection and community as the safe space and a mirror for your exploration.
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A mythopoetic celebration of all genders for collective liberation
Come playfully re-enact myths of masculinity, femininity, and androgyny to embody these divine archetypes. In this space we will heal our divides, celebrate our diversity, and liberate our sexual essences. Expect drama, comedy, and profanity - and most of all, fun!
A hero's quest with questions in a guided integrative dance journey.
A guided dance journey that takes you through your own hero's journey with reflective questions to support your process of integrating your time over the weekend as well as life. Leave feeling more connected in your body, with grounding tools and deep reflections from your dance. We'll play with mindful dance, shape exploring, visualization & meditation, breathing & grounding exercises, personal mythology & archetypal exploration, journaling, and sounds.
Guided dance journey with play, archetypal exploration and story embodiment.
A guided dance journey with a curated playlist to go with you own hero's journey. You'll receive reflective questions and playful prompts to support your process of integrating or tracking. You will leave feeling more connected to your body and walk away with some deep reflections and new experiences from your dance journey. We'll play with mindful dance, shape exploring, visualization, grounding exercises, personal mythology & archetypal exploration, a kind of play your soul is yearning for.
Explore what navigating consent can really look like.
Hey, wanna play? In this session, we’ll explore how much freedom, fun, and fulfillment are possible when we treat consent as a collaboration instead of mere permission-seeking. This will be an experiential and embodied dive into playing well with others.
Activate, rejuvenate, and heal with water & sound in this immersive experience.
Return to the water in this sacred & transformative journey. We will enter the water with intention as the resonant sounds of ancient Tibetan bowls fill the pool, sending potent sound healing vibrations deep into the body. The experience can be transformative, sensual, and deeply emotional. You will leave feeling refreshed, activated, & rejuvenated.
Explore putting your white privilege to work by developing a personalized plan.
Love is a practice. Learn how to move from performative ally to active co-conspirator. We will start to develop and design an individualized practice to put your white privilege to work. Learn how to show up and transform your life to be in alignment with your values. A love ethic is founded in care, commitment, trust, responsibility, respect, healing & knowledge. Come plan, reflect, embody & practice these in community. Profound changes must take place if we are to create a loving culture.
Come Cherish Celebrate & Connect LGBTIAQ+ Mixer
Hey Queer Fam! Come and share snacks, stories, and yourself. We will introduce ourselves, connect, play, listen, and share the love. Let’s practice carrying belonging inside ourselves and sharing our hearts in community.
Deepen your relationship with the living world for personal & planetary healing
Spiritual Ecology is an emergent framework that recognizes the sacred nature of environmental stewardship. Explore “(re)membering” your relationship with the living world as a process of reciprocal healing for both yourself and the Earth. Together we will co-create guided relational experiences with the more-than-human world in order to drop into the intimate connection we have to all life. From here we cultivate a greater sense of belonging and more meaningful environmental and social activism.
A Co-Created Sanctuary For BIPoC Folx
Body Bliss for BIPoC Folx will utilize small group, large group, and one on one exercises designed to help BIPoC Peeps Psychosomatically 'empty out' trauma, baggage and fatigue from holding space and laboring for themselves and their communities. Participants will empty their vessels and fill their cups in order to be able to serve their 'gold' to a world that desperately needs it. We will use gentle yoga, quantum indigenous practices and facilitation to weave a strong Sanctuary.
Practicing on the dance floor as in life, coming in & out of relationships.
Using dance and connection exercises to practice the awareness of ourself and others as we enter and exit relationships. We will follow the map of the 5Rhythms® and discover staying present in our body while continuing to move with others one-on-one and in a group setting. This workshop will be playful and fun and might even illuminate your patterns that exist even off the dance floor. You will sweat. No partnership required.
Use dance and dance partnerships to take pleasure in connection.
Dare step on to the dance floor and luxuriate in the pleasure of being in motion. There’s been some unrelenting stress lately. Pair that with age-old programming and we often default to struggle and fixing, hardening and numbing. This is an invitation to move toward ease, an invitation to tenderness, to softening. Let's move together and take some pleasure. There will be exercises in connection and taking pleasure in moving with others. Come alone or come with others. No partner required.
Refresh and recharge yourself with a delightful, invigorating morning practice.
This yoga class will be a gently flowing practice, with plenty of pauses to integrate and deepen. Settle into your breath, reconnect to the incredible strength, flexibility, and vitality already alive within you, and blossom that energy throughout your body. Leave feeling relaxed, vibrant, flexible, powerful, and full of love.
Practice inclusion through taking in feedback with an open heart.
If you’ve caused harm, what can it look like to receive feedback with grace? This is an important skill, particularly in conversations about race. In this participant-centered workshop, we will reflect on what gets in the way of being receptive to feedback, engage with practices for staying somatically and emotionally present in a feedback conversation, and discuss how to bring Soulplay Inclusion and Belonging Values to life in our interactions at and beyond the festival.
Use contact improv & Thai massage to become an agent in cultivating presence.
Awaken your curious and sensual spine through yoga shapes, fluid-flow dance and conscious touch.This somatic-based movement and connection ceremony is an opportunity to let the veils of separation fall away, to shift from the place of you and me into we, and to access the all pervading consciousness we can sense on a cellular level both within and without.
Trauma-informed movement practice for confronting privilege
Recruit your body’s wisdom to help you show up better in the work towards diversity, equity and inclusion. Inequality and oppression are rooted in collective trauma. Trauma lives in our bodies as chronic states of fight, flight, and freeze. Through dance, movement, and somatic resourcing, discover how your body defends itself and expand your capacity to be in discomfort, a requirement for confronting oppressive structures within ourselves and healing towards more inclusion and belonging.
Create secure connections in all your relationships no matter how short or long.
Are you finding yourself in over your head trying to balance this world of relationship, sluttiness, sexy possibility, love chemicals, and secure attachment? You can have all the amazing & yummy things you’re wishing for in your relationships. Have all the sex, have all the friendships, and have all the love with all the ease. Mitigate the hard feelings, the presumptions, the premature attachment woes as you hone and celebrate your sex & intimacy superpowers!
Learn about what Tantra is and isn't through experiential exercises
Learn about what Tantra is and isn't in this educational and experiential workshop. Tantra is an ancient Indian philosophy that illuminates the path to liberation where everything is sacred including sexuality. You will experience a heart connection ritual (sometimes called a puja) where you will get to close out your festival experience with depthful connection, experiencing oneness and intimacy in a profound way. Come with a partner or rotate with new loves throughout the experience.
Experiential workshop with fun exercises to really experience your energy body.
Have you ever wondered what people mean when they use the term “energy”? Or have you had an experience of energy? If you're curious, come and learn about the science behind human energy, what the different energy bodies are and how to tap into your and other people’s energy. You will get to do energy exercises and experiment in a safe and fun environment. All exercises will be clothed with no sexual touch. All you need to do is bring an open mind and heart!
Explore deeper connection with music & a dance buddy through partner dancing!
Find a deeper connection with music and a dance buddy through partner dancing. You’ll learn how to maintain connection, communicate steps clearly, and listen to your partner. Learn how to lead, follow, and switch roles—it's easier than you think! We will tackle pulses, weight shifts, momentum, and musicality via the blues dance format. Composed of two step movements, blues focuses on improvisation and a close connection to one's partner. No dance experience or partner is needed.
Come sing, chant & pray away the wounds of religion. Let's start a <3 revolution
Join us in a powerful, prayerful, joyful celebration of our innate divinity. No matter what religion or faith we come from (or none at all) we want to feel the connection to an energy greater than ourselves. How can we heal from the wounds of dogma and xenophobia? What beliefs can liberate, nurture and guide us to the highest vibration for our lives. We will meditate, pray, chant, dance and sing together and engage in a healing ritual that will release us from any shame and blame of the past.
An invitation to disrobe in a vulnerable, playful, and safe space.
As we grow up, we can take on beliefs about nudity as shameful. Naked Authentic Relating is an unforgettable, liberating, non-sexual playshop where you can remember the joy of nudity in an inclusive and safe space. Together we’ll connect as a group, practice boundaries, disrobe in a fun welcoming way, talk in triads about our relationship with our bodies, and play some nonphysical connection games. No partner needed. Playshop will seek gender balance and will be closed once started.
Come play fun connection games designed to lighten & feed our hearts.
As adults, it's easy to forget how invigorating, nourishing, and healing play and authenticity can be. Through a collection of large and small group experiences in a safe and intentional space, you're invited to deeply connect with yourself and others. The games will range from more playful to more vulnerable, with a focus on creating a space for loving connection. No partners needed. Just bring yourself as you are. Please arrive on time.
Guided breathwork journey into expanded states of consciousness
In this guided breathwork journey, you will expand body, energy, and spirit to welcome in more vitality and release anything holding you back. The journey will include evocative recorded music, breath technique, sound and somatic release, and hands-on trauma-aware support as needed. It will be an individual experience within a group field, with a sharing circle at the end.
Explore the ways impact play - spanking, flogging, etc can enhance intimacy
Join us as we explore how playing with the sensations and feelings associated with impact can enliven intimate connection and bring us closer to our partners. We'll discuss consent, get to know our bodies, practice attunement, and get our blood pumping. This workshop can be enjoyed solo or with a partner.
Receive the seeds of possibility to widen your spectrum of playful activities
This evening we’ll be exploring all the ways you can play with sensation from the lightest of tickles to rough wrestling. If you’d like to explore, this is your place. Playful activities with other humans & delightful creatures. Leave your expectations at the door, release your fears, & open your heart. You will be at choice every step of the way so if something feels out of bounds we will happily thank you for taking care of yourself, & as soon as you want to jump back in, you will be welcomed.
Practical skills for bedroom communication
In this workshop, we unravel and discuss the murky & mysterious issues around desire, intimacy, & communication, including: Why we don't ask & what we do instead. Desire smuggling: what it is & why it matters. Why "Is this okay?" is NOT the question to ask . Why "Do you want to ___?" is only a small part of asking what to do when you don't know how to describe what you want. Using real-world examples, you will learn immediately-useful tools to find your way to easier asking & hotter sex.
Contact Improv meets Ecstatic Dance meets Zero Gravity…Contained in Liquid
Dive deep into connection, presence, & somatic communication as we explore the various configurations of Self, Other, & We. Through authentic expression, listening, & acute awareness we will explore platonic intimacy in warm waters embrace. While using suggestions & boundaries to bring you into a place of consent, deepened trust, surrender, & playfulness. Expect epic soundtracks both above & underwater in a womb temperature pool.
Contact improv & Thai massage to become an active agent in cultivating presence
Join James on a journey to awaken your curious and sensual spine through yoga shapes, fluid-flow dance and conscious touch. Discover a deep, felt sense of life as relational through consensual and authentic engagement, using the inroads of contact improv and Thai massage to become an active agent in cultivating presence. This somatic-based movement and connection ceremony is an opportunity to let the veils of separation fall away.
Communication to increase your ability to express & experience love & connection
Everyone wants & deserves to love & be loved! Increasing our communication skills increases our ability to both express & experience connection & love. In this workshop we will learn & practice tools & techniques that help individuals & couples communicate cleanly & clearly in ways that help them grow & evolve.
Expand & transform your expression through freestyle. Trust, share, & have fun!
Trust, share, & have fun! Transformational, powerful, & incredibly healing on multiple levels. Experience the art of freestyle as a tool for personal self development & connection. Kiyoshi uses methods that have helped him in his 20+ years of performing raps to inspire others in reaching their fullest expression. With a background studying Hatha Yoga & Reiki, he incorporates holistic practices into his coaching. Come to learn, share, expand and tap into rhythm & rhyme.
Press Your Luck & Open Your Heart in this dance journey with an agenda.
In dance we are often encouraged to "have no agenda," but what would it be like to purposefully dance with agenda? Participants will randomly pick a challenge from a variety of prompts—ranging from funny/playful to emotional/interpersonal—each one designed to disrupt patterns of movement & engagement on the dance floor. Discover what alchemy arises when seemingly conflicting agendas interweave into comic mishaps & soulful healings. Please be on time for this unforgettable dance adventure.
Tap into the power of your breath to create conditions for healing in your body.
Engage an active deep breathing technique with a relaxed exhale to reclaim the fullness of your breath & open your body to discharge energetic holdings ~ from daily stress, trauma, undigested emotional experiences & looping thoughts ~ that consume your energy & limit your capacity to experience clarity, joy, love & power. Create conditions for healing in your body to reconnect you to the wisdom that lies beyond confusion & self-doubt. Transcendent states of consciousness are possible.
Do you find yourself holding back your voice? Liberate through connection!
Do you want to share your voice, but find yourself holding back time after time? Fears around judgement, criticism, & the belief of a lack of ability keep too many of us silent... but all your heart wants is to feel comfortable SINGING! We can all be liberated in our voice through exploring the fear & shame we hold, inviting it to the table, breathing love & acceptance into it, & slowly unpeeling the layers of gunk to get to our shining authentic voices.
What does your soul sound like? Come have fun & find out.
Our inner & outer worlds are full of sound - from beautiful angelic choirs to dissonant choppy expressions. Lean into your soul & listen to the unique way your being wishes to express itself in all moments! We will be utilizing toning, sounding, movement, somatic explorations, improvisation, harmonization & total expression while being witnessed in a safe, held container. Come play & open up the gates of your voice!
Open your heart, expand acceptance, & deepen your connections with others.
Experience the possibility of profound & deep intimacy. Find how the tools taught through the Human Awareness Institute (HAI) can allow you to open your heart & deepen your connections. You will be introduced, through words & short exercises, to this life-changing work. HAI has developed a process that connects people to their hearts & to one another, in a way rarely encountered. The process can give you a direct experience of your own beauty & help overcome blocks to closeness with others.
Come connect through energetic breathing, partner yin & Thai yoga massage.
Deepen your energetic awareness through breath connection, partner yin yoga and Thai Yoga massage. Experience the bliss of being in service through the healing act of conscious contact. Join James to confidently and intuitively connect with others through witnessing, compassionate touch and active listening. Together we co-create a safe environment and cultivate trust to experience playfulness and healing, by seeing and supporting the goodness in one another.
If you were to make a sign revealing what you want to hide, what would it say?
If you were to make a sign that reveals something about yourself you want to hide from the world and hold it in public, what would it say? That’s the question Vulnerable Rally asks of its participants. Our fears, our shames, our prejudices—when these shadow parts of ourselves come to light, they not only have the chance to free us, they can also free those who witness us by and create powerful healing connections between people.
Surrendering to our Inner Sight in this freeform blindfolded jam.
Blindfolded Contact Dance is a safe and gentle experience—great for both beginners and experienced dancers alike. Wearing blindfolds allows dancers to drop the fear and self-judgment that often inhibits spontaneous movement and authentic connection to self and others. These workshops take participants on a journey of somatic self-discovery and non-verbal consent via solo and group exercises before culminating in a freeform blindfolded jam. No late arrivals.
Get your energy flowing & your inner child glowing!
Breath-Play! Laughter Yoga helps you to enrich your vitality by eliminating the stagnant air (Xi) in the bottom ⅓ of your lungs through childlike & silly laughter exercises paired with gentle breathing whilst in connection with yourself & others. Laughter that begins as “artificial” often turns genuine. Expect to feel revitalized & re-centered as well as having an open & joyous heart full & ready to receive others through group exercises & visualizations. Come join in the fun at any time!
An opportunity to explore your inner landscape.
Yin Within is an introspective practice that offers a chance to turn inward & nurture the calm, quiet center that is innate in all of us. It is a practice in stillness, patience, & non-reactivity with passive poses & breathwork. Through yin yoga we become adept at self-care. Expect passive poses held for 3-5 minutes.
A focus on the feminine energies from our maternal ancient ancestors.
In this in depth Womb Yoga class, we focus on the feminine energies from our ancient ancestors who were cosmic forces & Goddesses. These Goddesses presented as mothers, nurturers, warriors, animals, elements & spirits. We will utilize sacred meditation & word vibrations, breathwork & affirmations, with healing, energizing & balancing postures. This practice will be dedicated to the Goddess Power that lives in us through herstorical channels. Rooted in our cellular structure, our DNA.
Refresh and recharge yourself with a delightful, invigorating morning practice.
This yoga class will be a gently flowing practice, with plenty of pauses to integrate and deepen. Settle into your breath, reconnect to the incredible strength, flexibility, and vitality already alive within you, and blossom that energy throughout your body. Leave feeling relaxed, vibrant, flexible, powerful, and full of love.
Use contact improv & Thai massage to become an agent in cultivating presence.
Awaken your curious and sensual spine through yoga shapes, fluid-flow dance and conscious touch.This somatic-based movement and connection ceremony is an opportunity to let the veils of separation fall away, to shift from the place of you and me into we, and to access the all pervading consciousness we can sense on a cellular level both within and without.
Come sing, chant & pray away the wounds of religion. Let's start a <3 revolution
Join us in a powerful, prayerful, joyful celebration of our innate divinity. No matter what religion or faith we come from (or none at all) we want to feel the connection to an energy greater than ourselves. How can we heal from the wounds of dogma and xenophobia? What beliefs can liberate, nurture and guide us to the highest vibration for our lives. We will meditate, pray, chant, dance and sing together and engage in a healing ritual that will release us from any shame and blame of the past.
Come play fun connection games designed to lighten & feed our hearts.
As adults, it's easy to forget how invigorating, nourishing, and healing play and authenticity can be. Through a collection of large and small group experiences in a safe and intentional space, you're invited to deeply connect with yourself and others. The games will range from more playful to more vulnerable, with a focus on creating a space for loving connection. No partners needed. Just bring yourself as you are. Please arrive on time.
Receive the seeds of possibility to widen your spectrum of playful activities
This evening we’ll be exploring all the ways you can play with sensation from the lightest of tickles to rough wrestling. If you’d like to explore, this is your place. Playful activities with other humans & delightful creatures. Leave your expectations at the door, release your fears, & open your heart. You will be at choice every step of the way so if something feels out of bounds we will happily thank you for taking care of yourself, & as soon as you want to jump back in, you will be welcomed.
Contact Improv meets Ecstatic Dance meets Zero Gravity…Contained in Liquid
Dive deep into connection, presence, & somatic communication as we explore the various configurations of Self, Other, & We. Through authentic expression, listening, & acute awareness we will explore platonic intimacy in warm waters embrace. While using suggestions & boundaries to bring you into a place of consent, deepened trust, surrender, & playfulness. Expect epic soundtracks both above & underwater in a womb temperature pool.
Expand & transform your expression through freestyle. Trust, share, & have fun!
Trust, share, & have fun! Transformational, powerful, & incredibly healing on multiple levels. Experience the art of freestyle as a tool for personal self development & connection. Kiyoshi uses methods that have helped him in his 20+ years of performing raps to inspire others in reaching their fullest expression. With a background studying Hatha Yoga & Reiki, he incorporates holistic practices into his coaching. Come to learn, share, expand and tap into rhythm & rhyme.
Do you find yourself holding back your voice? Liberate through connection!
Do you want to share your voice, but find yourself holding back time after time? Fears around judgement, criticism, & the belief of a lack of ability keep too many of us silent... but all your heart wants is to feel comfortable SINGING! We can all be liberated in our voice through exploring the fear & shame we hold, inviting it to the table, breathing love & acceptance into it, & slowly unpeeling the layers of gunk to get to our shining authentic voices.
What does your soul sound like? Come have fun & find out.
Our inner & outer worlds are full of sound - from beautiful angelic choirs to dissonant choppy expressions. Lean into your soul & listen to the unique way your being wishes to express itself in all moments! We will be utilizing toning, sounding, movement, somatic explorations, improvisation, harmonization & total expression while being witnessed in a safe, held container. Come play & open up the gates of your voice!
Come connect through energetic breathing, partner yin & Thai yoga massage.
Deepen your energetic awareness through breath connection, partner yin yoga and Thai Yoga massage. Experience the bliss of being in service through the healing act of conscious contact. Join James to confidently and intuitively connect with others through witnessing, compassionate touch and active listening. Together we co-create a safe environment and cultivate trust to experience playfulness and healing, by seeing and supporting the goodness in one another.
Exploring the Female Pelvis for Deeper Pleasure, Healing & Vitality
Mapping Your Wild Terrain is a hands-on experiential workshop where you will learn a deeper understanding of your physical & sexual anatomy, as well as tools for reproductive health & deeper self-care. We will explore the anatomy of arousal in the Female body, practice self-massage & pelvic mapping for releasing tension & increasing pleasure & be given the space to explore your pelvis & erotic expression just for you! This is a trauma-informed space for folks who are pussy-owners.
Explore how to live into your spirituality with both ethics and responsibility.
Spiritual Bypass manifests in the shadow of spirituality, preventing integration of the darker, more painful realities of our personal and collective experiences. This results in one-sided spirituality that perpetuates gaslighting of social issues. In this workshop we’ll explore spiritual bypass on micro and macro levels, toward more holistic and ethical spirituality. Through somatic exercises, partner and group processing, and with compassionate curiosity, we’ll invite our shadows to be seen.
Embody & express your grief in this powerful ritual of witnessing & release.
Grief is guaranteed. So why do we hide it in the shadows? This ritual brings our expressions of grief to our loving community where we can be witnessed & witness others in a cathartic & healing way. The format of the ritual is based on Joanna Macy's Truth Mandala, but this particular expression is meant to be largely non-verbal. Participants sit tightly packed in a circle & one by one enter the circle to embody a wave of grief. When the wave has passed, they rejoin the outer circle.
An Introduction to Binaural Beats and Lucid Dreaming
Synchronized vibrations are at the heart of human consciousness. Mastering the brains relationship with vibration can help unlock our ability to focus, relax, and even lucid dream. In this live demonstration, we'll explore how isochronic tones and binaural beats can be used to master the mind and lucid dream.
Explore putting your white privilege to work by developing a personalized plan.
Love is a practice. Learn how to move from performative ally to active co-conspirator. We will start to develop and design an individualized practice to put your white privilege to work. Learn how to show up and transform your life to be in alignment with your values. A love ethic is founded in care, commitment, trust, responsibility, respect, healing & knowledge. Come plan, reflect, embody & practice these in community. Profound changes must take place if we are to create a loving culture.
Deepen your relationship with the living world for personal & planetary healing
Spiritual Ecology is an emergent framework that recognizes the sacred nature of environmental stewardship. Explore “(re)membering” your relationship with the living world as a process of reciprocal healing for both yourself and the Earth. Together we will co-create guided relational experiences with the more-than-human world in order to drop into the intimate connection we have to all life. From here we cultivate a greater sense of belonging and more meaningful environmental and social activism.
Practice inclusion through taking in feedback with an open heart.
If you’ve caused harm, what can it look like to receive feedback with grace? This is an important skill, particularly in conversations about race. In this participant-centered workshop, we will reflect on what gets in the way of being receptive to feedback, engage with practices for staying somatically and emotionally present in a feedback conversation, and discuss how to bring Soulplay Inclusion and Belonging Values to life in our interactions at and beyond the festival.
Create secure connections in all your relationships no matter how short or long.
Are you finding yourself in over your head trying to balance this world of relationship, sluttiness, sexy possibility, love chemicals, and secure attachment? You can have all the amazing & yummy things you’re wishing for in your relationships. Have all the sex, have all the friendships, and have all the love with all the ease. Mitigate the hard feelings, the presumptions, the premature attachment woes as you hone and celebrate your sex & intimacy superpowers!
Come sing, chant & pray away the wounds of religion. Let's start a <3 revolution
Join us in a powerful, prayerful, joyful celebration of our innate divinity. No matter what religion or faith we come from (or none at all) we want to feel the connection to an energy greater than ourselves. How can we heal from the wounds of dogma and xenophobia? What beliefs can liberate, nurture and guide us to the highest vibration for our lives. We will meditate, pray, chant, dance and sing together and engage in a healing ritual that will release us from any shame and blame of the past.
See through your heart & receive the gifts of this weekend in a wondrous way.
The imagination is the greatest tool for a shaman. As we all descend from shamans, their wisdom is readily available for us to access! Allow yourself to be transported into extraordinary reality in a safe & closed container to receive the gifts of your spirit guides & healed ancestors for your blossoming. Grace Tzofia will be your guide to visualize a pathway to integrate the medicine you’ve come to harvest. Expect to feel activated, transformed & connected to your own inner divine knowing.
Get your energy flowing & your inner child glowing!
Breath-Play! Laughter Yoga helps you to enrich your vitality by eliminating the stagnant air (Xi) in the bottom ⅓ of your lungs through childlike & silly laughter exercises paired with gentle breathing whilst in connection with yourself & others. Laughter that begins as “artificial” often turns genuine. Expect to feel revitalized & re-centered as well as having an open & joyous heart full & ready to receive others through group exercises & visualizations. Come join in the fun at any time!
Positively alter your somatic experience.
A sonic guided meditation designed to create awareness of how integrated our biology is to the planet’s evolution. Focusing on our cellular systems and breath. Enjoy healing sound frequencies that regenerate the psyche and our cellular matrix. A hybrid soundscape of digital, nature recordings, live voice and instruments, you'll be guided on a journey through the evolution of Life on our Planet, from single cell organism to who we are today.
Cultivate Harmony with Sacred Geometry and Intentional Connection
Learn how to use sacred geometric connection to sync with others and nature for group cohesion, intention setting and energy healing. You will connect in guided group meditations, exploring bio-energetic cultivation and the power of intention. A partner is not required as you will connect with different people throughout the workshop. This is an open container, so you can join or leave the workshop at any time. This workshop is suitable for anyone who wants to have fun, learn, and connect.
Come explore poetry in movement. No partner required.
We'll begin with a poetic Qigong form to prime ourselves emotionally, physically, and artistically. You'll get to experience a coming into your bodies with archetypal poses which you'll be able to draw from after this workshop. Then, we'll transition into partner movement practices that involve deep listening, attunement, and increasing body awareness. This activity can sometimes feel like a meditation and a workout. Partners will rotate periodically.
Awaken the power of your heart
Use your breath to shed heartache from the past & activate expanded states of grace, power, resilience & Self Love. Because no matter how much dominant culture might allude us with 'not enough' messaging, the truth is, your nature is BIG & BEAUTIFUL & the path to reclaiming it is through compassion & Love.
Activate your bliss chemistry with the powerful technology of breathwork
A soul-filling breathwork journey where you’ll be deeply nourished & BLISSED UP from the inside out! - where you can JOY, laugh & rage-cry simultaneously - where you can feel the BLISS of your WHOLENESS (including parts of comparison, shame or self-judgment) & surrender into your true POWER - where you're truly HELD so you can release the bricks of stress from responsibilities & care taking - where you'll taste a soul-level sweetness that arises in the deep knowing of, “I belong"
Embody & express your grief in this powerful ritual of witnessing & release.
Grief is guaranteed. So why do we hide it in the shadows? This ritual brings our expressions of grief to our loving community where we can be witnessed & witness others in a cathartic & healing way. The format of the ritual is based on Joanna Macy's Truth Mandala, but this particular expression is meant to be largely non-verbal. Participants sit tightly packed in a circle & one by one enter the circle to embody a wave of grief. When the wave has passed, they rejoin the outer circle.
Calming Your Fight or Flight Reflexes
Push Hands is the improvised application of Taichi. We start with solo warm-ups, then move into partnered work that creates an adversary. The container of Push Hands will give your body immediate feedback to your reactions. Use this practice to access your mental and emotional reactions through observing your physical responses. From there, you can choose to extrapolate these lessons to the rest of your life. No partner needed, you can find one here.
Rise Into Ever Higher Peaks of Love & Gratitude with Theta waves
Experience a sound bath of binaural beats, harmony, and bass that will be used to help us release pain and relax the body. Melodic Rav Drum rhythms and deep theta tones in A minor will be used to heal our souls and open our hearts.
An Introduction to Binaural Beats and Lucid Dreaming
Synchronized vibrations are at the heart of human consciousness. Mastering the brains relationship with vibration can help unlock our ability to focus, relax, and even lucid dream. In this live demonstration, we'll explore how isochronic tones and binaural beats can be used to master the mind and lucid dream.
A hero's quest with questions in a guided integrative dance journey.
A guided dance journey that takes you through your own hero's journey with reflective questions to support your process of integrating your time over the weekend as well as life. Leave feeling more connected in your body, with grounding tools and deep reflections from your dance. We'll play with mindful dance, shape exploring, visualization & meditation, breathing & grounding exercises, personal mythology & archetypal exploration, journaling, and sounds.
Guided dance journey with play, archetypal exploration and story embodiment.
A guided dance journey with a curated playlist to go with you own hero's journey. You'll receive reflective questions and playful prompts to support your process of integrating or tracking. You will leave feeling more connected to your body and walk away with some deep reflections and new experiences from your dance journey. We'll play with mindful dance, shape exploring, visualization, grounding exercises, personal mythology & archetypal exploration, a kind of play your soul is yearning for.
Activate, rejuvenate, and heal with water & sound in this immersive experience.
Return to the water in this sacred & transformative journey. We will enter the water with intention as the resonant sounds of ancient Tibetan bowls fill the pool, sending potent sound healing vibrations deep into the body. The experience can be transformative, sensual, and deeply emotional. You will leave feeling refreshed, activated, & rejuvenated.
Deepen your relationship with the living world for personal & planetary healing
Spiritual Ecology is an emergent framework that recognizes the sacred nature of environmental stewardship. Explore “(re)membering” your relationship with the living world as a process of reciprocal healing for both yourself and the Earth. Together we will co-create guided relational experiences with the more-than-human world in order to drop into the intimate connection we have to all life. From here we cultivate a greater sense of belonging and more meaningful environmental and social activism.
Practice inclusion through taking in feedback with an open heart.
If you’ve caused harm, what can it look like to receive feedback with grace? This is an important skill, particularly in conversations about race. In this participant-centered workshop, we will reflect on what gets in the way of being receptive to feedback, engage with practices for staying somatically and emotionally present in a feedback conversation, and discuss how to bring Soulplay Inclusion and Belonging Values to life in our interactions at and beyond the festival.
Trauma-informed movement practice for confronting privilege
Recruit your body’s wisdom to help you show up better in the work towards diversity, equity and inclusion. Inequality and oppression are rooted in collective trauma. Trauma lives in our bodies as chronic states of fight, flight, and freeze. Through dance, movement, and somatic resourcing, discover how your body defends itself and expand your capacity to be in discomfort, a requirement for confronting oppressive structures within ourselves and healing towards more inclusion and belonging.
Guided breathwork journey into expanded states of consciousness
In this guided breathwork journey, you will expand body, energy, and spirit to welcome in more vitality and release anything holding you back. The journey will include evocative recorded music, breath technique, sound and somatic release, and hands-on trauma-aware support as needed. It will be an individual experience within a group field, with a sharing circle at the end.
Expand & transform your expression through freestyle. Trust, share, & have fun!
Trust, share, & have fun! Transformational, powerful, & incredibly healing on multiple levels. Experience the art of freestyle as a tool for personal self development & connection. Kiyoshi uses methods that have helped him in his 20+ years of performing raps to inspire others in reaching their fullest expression. With a background studying Hatha Yoga & Reiki, he incorporates holistic practices into his coaching. Come to learn, share, expand and tap into rhythm & rhyme.
Tap into the power of your breath to create conditions for healing in your body.
Engage an active deep breathing technique with a relaxed exhale to reclaim the fullness of your breath & open your body to discharge energetic holdings ~ from daily stress, trauma, undigested emotional experiences & looping thoughts ~ that consume your energy & limit your capacity to experience clarity, joy, love & power. Create conditions for healing in your body to reconnect you to the wisdom that lies beyond confusion & self-doubt. Transcendent states of consciousness are possible.
Do you find yourself holding back your voice? Liberate through connection!
Do you want to share your voice, but find yourself holding back time after time? Fears around judgement, criticism, & the belief of a lack of ability keep too many of us silent... but all your heart wants is to feel comfortable SINGING! We can all be liberated in our voice through exploring the fear & shame we hold, inviting it to the table, breathing love & acceptance into it, & slowly unpeeling the layers of gunk to get to our shining authentic voices.
If you were to make a sign revealing what you want to hide, what would it say?
If you were to make a sign that reveals something about yourself you want to hide from the world and hold it in public, what would it say? That’s the question Vulnerable Rally asks of its participants. Our fears, our shames, our prejudices—when these shadow parts of ourselves come to light, they not only have the chance to free us, they can also free those who witness us by and create powerful healing connections between people.
Surrendering to our Inner Sight in this freeform blindfolded jam.
Blindfolded Contact Dance is a safe and gentle experience—great for both beginners and experienced dancers alike. Wearing blindfolds allows dancers to drop the fear and self-judgment that often inhibits spontaneous movement and authentic connection to self and others. These workshops take participants on a journey of somatic self-discovery and non-verbal consent via solo and group exercises before culminating in a freeform blindfolded jam. No late arrivals.
The practice of giving and receiving massage through contact improv.
ContactSage is about giving/receiving massage while doing contact improv. It's really all about getting squishy! The playshop will start with some fundamentals of CI: rolling point of contact, weight sharing & finding a sense of leading/giving vs. following/receiving (or letting them merge). We'll practice non-verbal sounds (verbal also encouraged) then will introduce exercises that apply the concepts of compression, pressure points & assisted stretching to integrate into your dance.
An embodied practice of merging Contact Improv & rope bondage in a playful way!
Rope Dance is a practice full of exploration, playfulness, curiosity, creativity & spontaneity. It can be a supportive foundation for presence & connection in a rope scene and/or just more possibilities to explore with dance and movement. We'll start with the fundamentals of contact improv & then move into exercises that introduce rope into the dance. No experience needed of either CI or rope to join and rope will be provided.
Embrace your Truth, Decolonize your Body, Be your Sexiest Self, Free Yourself
In this intuitive movement class, you will learn about Trinidadian culture, and how Trinidadians have used authentic sensual movement as a tool for liberation from the White Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy. You will be invited to connect with your own bodies and drop into an authentic experience of pleasure and flow. Moving to Trinidadian soca & calypso music, you are invited to discover and express your own flavor of sexiness through movement and play.
Ease into morning movement & connection by sharing weight, touch, & awareness.
Move into the morning slooow like molasses, stretchhh into connection with senses still soft, & play to start the day! Contact Improv is an improvised dance practice that encourages beginners mind & the exploration of one’s body in relationship to others through sharing weight, touch, & awareness. We will begin with a gently guided warm up & then flow like honey into an open jam. All levels welcome.
Live mantra bass music & yoga based movement to bridge body & soul
This workshop consists of live mantra music paired with a guided dance experience that provides an inner activation, an awakening to self, & bridges the body mind connection through the mantra, & movement. This guided dance experience moves the participant through various dance exercises, mudras & yoga inspired poses. Each song represents an element & spiritual concept to help release & activate through yoga based wisdom.
A yin based hip opening warm up that culminates in sexy floor & leg work.
A workshop dedicated to opening your hips & hamstrings & activating your root & sacral chakra with yoga asana & yin focused stretching. Once you've warmed up we step into fun sensual floor movement that includes pole based exotic leg work & more. Walk away feeling flexy, sexy, relaxed, & ready to play.
Come explore poetry in movement. No partner required.
We'll begin with a poetic Qigong form to prime ourselves emotionally, physically, and artistically. You'll get to experience a coming into your bodies with archetypal poses which you'll be able to draw from after this workshop. Then, we'll transition into partner movement practices that involve deep listening, attunement, and increasing body awareness. This activity can sometimes feel like a meditation and a workout. Partners will rotate periodically.
Embodied Boundaries, Consent & Navigating Eros in Ecstatic Dance
In many dance spaces, the Erotic is present but is often relegated into shadow; disowned or unwelcome, only to show up in ways that cross boundaries & undermine community safety. In DanceEros we will invite Eros into the dance as an honored guest & community benefit. In this consent based experience come prepared to discover your sovereign erotic truth in body-centered safety. Though Eros is invited, no overt sexuality or nudity will be part of the experience. Come solo or partnered.
Exquisite Following is a role of power & artistry *essential* to your toolbox.
This dance/embodiment-focused workshop hones the skills of Following, honoring first the body and inner authority, then touching on orienting toward, receiving, & responding to exquisite leadership. Following is largely misunderstood in a culture where much of what passes for leadership is tyranny. True Following is an empowered, artistic choice which opens new optionality in even the most challenging & stuck situations. Bring ease & play into relationships & life with Follow School.
Slowing the Dance Way Way Down
In this class, we will simplify the dance and slow everything down. This is intended to create a meditative state of hyper awareness. After that, we will partner up and try to sense not just our own dance, but follow someone else’s. This requires relaxation and an empty mind. You will experience the boundaries between you and the other person disappearing as you create your own unique dance together, that nobody else can see because it’s so small. No partner needed, you can find one here.
Calming Your Fight or Flight Reflexes
Push Hands is the improvised application of Taichi. We start with solo warm-ups, then move into partnered work that creates an adversary. The container of Push Hands will give your body immediate feedback to your reactions. Use this practice to access your mental and emotional reactions through observing your physical responses. From there, you can choose to extrapolate these lessons to the rest of your life. No partner needed, you can find one here.
A hero's quest with questions in a guided integrative dance journey.
A guided dance journey that takes you through your own hero's journey with reflective questions to support your process of integrating your time over the weekend as well as life. Leave feeling more connected in your body, with grounding tools and deep reflections from your dance. We'll play with mindful dance, shape exploring, visualization & meditation, breathing & grounding exercises, personal mythology & archetypal exploration, journaling, and sounds.
Guided dance journey with play, archetypal exploration and story embodiment.
A guided dance journey with a curated playlist to go with you own hero's journey. You'll receive reflective questions and playful prompts to support your process of integrating or tracking. You will leave feeling more connected to your body and walk away with some deep reflections and new experiences from your dance journey. We'll play with mindful dance, shape exploring, visualization, grounding exercises, personal mythology & archetypal exploration, a kind of play your soul is yearning for.
Practicing on the dance floor as in life, coming in & out of relationships.
Using dance and connection exercises to practice the awareness of ourself and others as we enter and exit relationships. We will follow the map of the 5Rhythms® and discover staying present in our body while continuing to move with others one-on-one and in a group setting. This workshop will be playful and fun and might even illuminate your patterns that exist even off the dance floor. You will sweat. No partnership required.
Use dance and dance partnerships to take pleasure in connection.
Dare step on to the dance floor and luxuriate in the pleasure of being in motion. There’s been some unrelenting stress lately. Pair that with age-old programming and we often default to struggle and fixing, hardening and numbing. This is an invitation to move toward ease, an invitation to tenderness, to softening. Let's move together and take some pleasure. There will be exercises in connection and taking pleasure in moving with others. Come alone or come with others. No partner required.
Use contact improv & Thai massage to become an agent in cultivating presence.
Awaken your curious and sensual spine through yoga shapes, fluid-flow dance and conscious touch.This somatic-based movement and connection ceremony is an opportunity to let the veils of separation fall away, to shift from the place of you and me into we, and to access the all pervading consciousness we can sense on a cellular level both within and without.
Trauma-informed movement practice for confronting privilege
Recruit your body’s wisdom to help you show up better in the work towards diversity, equity and inclusion. Inequality and oppression are rooted in collective trauma. Trauma lives in our bodies as chronic states of fight, flight, and freeze. Through dance, movement, and somatic resourcing, discover how your body defends itself and expand your capacity to be in discomfort, a requirement for confronting oppressive structures within ourselves and healing towards more inclusion and belonging.
Explore deeper connection with music & a dance buddy through partner dancing!
Find a deeper connection with music and a dance buddy through partner dancing. You’ll learn how to maintain connection, communicate steps clearly, and listen to your partner. Learn how to lead, follow, and switch roles—it's easier than you think! We will tackle pulses, weight shifts, momentum, and musicality via the blues dance format. Composed of two step movements, blues focuses on improvisation and a close connection to one's partner. No dance experience or partner is needed.
Come sing, chant & pray away the wounds of religion. Let's start a <3 revolution
Join us in a powerful, prayerful, joyful celebration of our innate divinity. No matter what religion or faith we come from (or none at all) we want to feel the connection to an energy greater than ourselves. How can we heal from the wounds of dogma and xenophobia? What beliefs can liberate, nurture and guide us to the highest vibration for our lives. We will meditate, pray, chant, dance and sing together and engage in a healing ritual that will release us from any shame and blame of the past.
Contact Improv meets Ecstatic Dance meets Zero Gravity…Contained in Liquid
Dive deep into connection, presence, & somatic communication as we explore the various configurations of Self, Other, & We. Through authentic expression, listening, & acute awareness we will explore platonic intimacy in warm waters embrace. While using suggestions & boundaries to bring you into a place of consent, deepened trust, surrender, & playfulness. Expect epic soundtracks both above & underwater in a womb temperature pool.
Contact improv & Thai massage to become an active agent in cultivating presence
Join James on a journey to awaken your curious and sensual spine through yoga shapes, fluid-flow dance and conscious touch. Discover a deep, felt sense of life as relational through consensual and authentic engagement, using the inroads of contact improv and Thai massage to become an active agent in cultivating presence. This somatic-based movement and connection ceremony is an opportunity to let the veils of separation fall away.
Press Your Luck & Open Your Heart in this dance journey with an agenda.
In dance we are often encouraged to "have no agenda," but what would it be like to purposefully dance with agenda? Participants will randomly pick a challenge from a variety of prompts—ranging from funny/playful to emotional/interpersonal—each one designed to disrupt patterns of movement & engagement on the dance floor. Discover what alchemy arises when seemingly conflicting agendas interweave into comic mishaps & soulful healings. Please be on time for this unforgettable dance adventure.
Come connect through energetic breathing, partner yin & Thai yoga massage.
Deepen your energetic awareness through breath connection, partner yin yoga and Thai Yoga massage. Experience the bliss of being in service through the healing act of conscious contact. Join James to confidently and intuitively connect with others through witnessing, compassionate touch and active listening. Together we co-create a safe environment and cultivate trust to experience playfulness and healing, by seeing and supporting the goodness in one another.
Surrendering to our Inner Sight in this freeform blindfolded jam.
Blindfolded Contact Dance is a safe and gentle experience—great for both beginners and experienced dancers alike. Wearing blindfolds allows dancers to drop the fear and self-judgment that often inhibits spontaneous movement and authentic connection to self and others. These workshops take participants on a journey of somatic self-discovery and non-verbal consent via solo and group exercises before culminating in a freeform blindfolded jam. No late arrivals.
The practice of giving and receiving massage through contact improv.
ContactSage is about giving/receiving massage while doing contact improv. It's really all about getting squishy! The playshop will start with some fundamentals of CI: rolling point of contact, weight sharing & finding a sense of leading/giving vs. following/receiving (or letting them merge). We'll practice non-verbal sounds (verbal also encouraged) then will introduce exercises that apply the concepts of compression, pressure points & assisted stretching to integrate into your dance.
A playful exploration of touch, sensory pleasure and what feels good.
Touch Lab is a playful exploration of comforting self-touch, sensuality, slowing down to experience sensory pleasure and the sensual tools already available to you. Using curious, slow rounds of touch experimentation, you’ll discover what kinds of touch you really like, tools for communicating what you like, and ideas for fun touch games to play with others. You’ll leave feeling more relaxed and connected to yourself and other people.
Learn how to exchange sexual energy in heart-centered ways without "the sex"
How do you keep erotic encounters heart-centered & hawt at the same time? Did you know that you can get sexual with your third eye? Or how to keep your pelvis from always slipping into (cue the porn music) groinal grinding energy mode? If you'd like to expand your concepts of how to play with attraction & sexual energy & learn how to get it on with any & all of your chakras, come join this closed container open to singles, couples, & thruples of all orientations.
Come explore the nuances of the exciting space BEFORE the kiss.
There's a certain deliciousness when a kiss is prolonged. The sweet, sweet longing and exploration can be deepened when you know you won't kiss someone, but ALMOST. Come explore the magic and electricity that playing with the edges can bring! Past participants have found the Almost-Kiss to be a huge part of connecting with romantic and non-romantic strangers at festivals, Burning Man, and ISTAs.
The Art of Non-Goal Oriented Touch for Deep Healing & Connection
Participants will learn the foundations of non-goal oriented touch & how to deeply connect as both the giver & receiver. They will be shown "Elemental Touch" techniques for grounding, creating sensation, expressing sensuality + fluidity, experiencing energetic connection & have a space to practice touch that is connected to the Heart. This workshop is a space for developing deeper presence, receptivity, intuition & care when we are offering consensual, sensual, caring touch.
Exploring the Female Pelvis for Deeper Pleasure, Healing & Vitality
Mapping Your Wild Terrain is a hands-on experiential workshop where you will learn a deeper understanding of your physical & sexual anatomy, as well as tools for reproductive health & deeper self-care. We will explore the anatomy of arousal in the Female body, practice self-massage & pelvic mapping for releasing tension & increasing pleasure & be given the space to explore your pelvis & erotic expression just for you! This is a trauma-informed space for folks who are pussy-owners.
Becoming an Erotic Primate in the Age of Domestication
In this presentation & mini-workshop we will explore Erotic ReWilding & what it means to be Erotically Sovereign in culture that demands relational enmeshment & domestication. With an anthropological/evolutionary understanding of our human sexual lineage we will explore the modern social & internalized structures that interfere with our erotic brilliance. You will leave with a better understanding of yourself as an erotic being & with a few tools to reclaim your erotic aliveness!
Embodied Boundaries, Consent & Navigating Eros in Ecstatic Dance
In many dance spaces, the Erotic is present but is often relegated into shadow; disowned or unwelcome, only to show up in ways that cross boundaries & undermine community safety. In DanceEros we will invite Eros into the dance as an honored guest & community benefit. In this consent based experience come prepared to discover your sovereign erotic truth in body-centered safety. Though Eros is invited, no overt sexuality or nudity will be part of the experience. Come solo or partnered.
Liberate the power of true connection with Attuned Dominance.
Counter to pop-culture dominance, which tends to be rooted in insecurity & control; Attuned Dominance allows everyone involved to engage with mutual trust & understanding. Learn skills to cultivate stronger empathy, safety protocols, & emotional hygiene in your D/s Play. You will understand your agenda through self-reflection & small group shares & learn how to positively - & safely - impact your partners without losing "control." This class is for everyone curious or experienced.
Take your sensual touch skills to the next level & communicate like a sexpert!
Whether you're a seasoned player or a rookie, when it comes to the skills & strategies that take your sensual connections from ho-hum to holy wow, there's something for you here! Because while it's true that intimacy is an art form, you still need to refine your craft. We'll get heart & hands on in a variety of configurations (solo, pairs, small group) exploring consensual & compelling ways to create soulful & sensuous encounters. FYI Pleasure is on the menu. Overt sexual touch is not.
Practice asking for what you REALLY want in bed AND feel confident exploring it!
If you knew no one would be hurt or angry with you, what would you give yourself permission to explore sexually? Open to singles, couples, thruples of all genders and orientations. Join our closed container as we learn how to use shame, insecurity, & humor to guide us safely towards unlocking our wildest fantasies, unleashing greater self-esteem & sexual self-confidence, & help us take baby steps (or huge leaps!) towards manifesting the pleasure & erotic joys that we've only dreamt of.
Unleash your primal side and step into your animal body.
Unleash your primal side and step into your animal body. Through a series of partner-based playful exercises, you will practice embodied consent focusing on honoring the BODY'S wisdom. Explorations include: prey & predator, smelling, petting, biting, rough and gentle play. No partner required. Combines Authentic relating, trauma aware skills & wheel of consent.
Nourish your body & heart through embodied consent connection exercises.
Explore nourishment through a series of partner-based exercises allowing you to dive deeply into the layers of embodied consent, claiming desires, and exploring sensations. The focus is honoring the BODY'S wisdom and practicing asking for what you want, celebrating your Yes and No's, and receiving attention or touch in a way that leaves you feeling empowered and centered. No partner required. Combines: Authentic Relating, Trauma informed skills, & Wheel of Consent
Pleasure, sensuality & intimacy for healing through ritual, rhythm & reverence.
Come experience pleasure, sensuality & intimacy as healing modalities. Learn to navigate your relationship(s) and life with more presence, purpose and personal power. Using ritual, rhythm & reverence to balance body, mind, spirit and emotions to reframe trauma and shift it. We will play with sensory practices. Large group, small group and individual exercises that are somatic and engage the senses (sound, smell, taste and touch).
Unleash the inner cat that lives inside of you. Learn to speak their language!
The language of cats is renowned for its nuance and diversity, so that it can take years for humans to master this beautiful art. Indeed, it is a language familiar to humans, often much more than actual humans non-verbal language. But this cat language is similar enough to human’s that it is easy to learn for those who are still in the dark. In fact, many people interact non-verbally more often and in more complex ways with pets than they do with other human beings.
A Co-Created Sanctuary For BIPoC Folx
Body Bliss for BIPoC Folx will utilize small group, large group, and one on one exercises designed to help BIPoC Peeps Psychosomatically 'empty out' trauma, baggage and fatigue from holding space and laboring for themselves and their communities. Participants will empty their vessels and fill their cups in order to be able to serve their 'gold' to a world that desperately needs it. We will use gentle yoga, quantum indigenous practices and facilitation to weave a strong Sanctuary.
Learn about what Tantra is and isn't through experiential exercises
Learn about what Tantra is and isn't in this educational and experiential workshop. Tantra is an ancient Indian philosophy that illuminates the path to liberation where everything is sacred including sexuality. You will experience a heart connection ritual (sometimes called a puja) where you will get to close out your festival experience with depthful connection, experiencing oneness and intimacy in a profound way. Come with a partner or rotate with new loves throughout the experience.
Explore the ways impact play - spanking, flogging, etc can enhance intimacy
Join us as we explore how playing with the sensations and feelings associated with impact can enliven intimate connection and bring us closer to our partners. We'll discuss consent, get to know our bodies, practice attunement, and get our blood pumping. This workshop can be enjoyed solo or with a partner.
Receive the seeds of possibility to widen your spectrum of playful activities
This evening we’ll be exploring all the ways you can play with sensation from the lightest of tickles to rough wrestling. If you’d like to explore, this is your place. Playful activities with other humans & delightful creatures. Leave your expectations at the door, release your fears, & open your heart. You will be at choice every step of the way so if something feels out of bounds we will happily thank you for taking care of yourself, & as soon as you want to jump back in, you will be welcomed.
Contact improv & Thai massage to become an active agent in cultivating presence
Join James on a journey to awaken your curious and sensual spine through yoga shapes, fluid-flow dance and conscious touch. Discover a deep, felt sense of life as relational through consensual and authentic engagement, using the inroads of contact improv and Thai massage to become an active agent in cultivating presence. This somatic-based movement and connection ceremony is an opportunity to let the veils of separation fall away.
Open your heart, expand acceptance, & deepen your connections with others.
Experience the possibility of profound & deep intimacy. Find how the tools taught through the Human Awareness Institute (HAI) can allow you to open your heart & deepen your connections. You will be introduced, through words & short exercises, to this life-changing work. HAI has developed a process that connects people to their hearts & to one another, in a way rarely encountered. The process can give you a direct experience of your own beauty & help overcome blocks to closeness with others.
Surrendering to our Inner Sight in this freeform blindfolded jam.
Blindfolded Contact Dance is a safe and gentle experience—great for both beginners and experienced dancers alike. Wearing blindfolds allows dancers to drop the fear and self-judgment that often inhibits spontaneous movement and authentic connection to self and others. These workshops take participants on a journey of somatic self-discovery and non-verbal consent via solo and group exercises before culminating in a freeform blindfolded jam. No late arrivals.
A SoulPlayful Body Heart & Soul Integration of Your Transformational Experience
How do you ground in the transformational experience of SoulPlay, as you prepare to leave the container and carry on into the rest of your life? In this Sunday session, we’ll give ourselves and each other space to explore, express, settle, reflect and integrate, using trauma-informed somatics, restorative touch, small group shares, and dance.
Cultivate Harmony with Sacred Geometry and Intentional Connection
Learn how to use sacred geometric connection to sync with others and nature for group cohesion, intention setting and energy healing. You will connect in guided group meditations, exploring bio-energetic cultivation and the power of intention. A partner is not required as you will connect with different people throughout the workshop. This is an open container, so you can join or leave the workshop at any time. This workshop is suitable for anyone who wants to have fun, learn, and connect.
Learn how to exchange sexual energy in heart-centered ways without "the sex"
How do you keep erotic encounters heart-centered & hawt at the same time? Did you know that you can get sexual with your third eye? Or how to keep your pelvis from always slipping into (cue the porn music) groinal grinding energy mode? If you'd like to expand your concepts of how to play with attraction & sexual energy & learn how to get it on with any & all of your chakras, come join this closed container open to singles, couples, & thruples of all orientations.
Learn new ways to love yourself & raise your self-esteem & confidence.
This workshop is an opportunity to deeply & passionately love yourself. Join self-confidence & self-esteem expert Trixie Lamonte in a fun, interactive, playful workshop designed to inspire you to love yourself fully. Coming from a new place of loving yourself will allow you to give & receive love from others with a more open heart. This workshop will be experiential & creative. Be prepared to open your heart & mind to a new way of beating & thinking
Explore your own desire & connect to your sensuality while making new friends.
Come & explore deep connection, sensuality, & stepping into your own desire. This will be an opportunity for interactivity, fun games, & a chance to get to know ourselves & each other even better. This workshop will increase your self expression, ability to connect with others, & creativity. Come with an open mind & leave with new insights & connections. You do not need a partner to attend. All are welcome.
Come explore the nuances of the exciting space BEFORE the kiss.
There's a certain deliciousness when a kiss is prolonged. The sweet, sweet longing and exploration can be deepened when you know you won't kiss someone, but ALMOST. Come explore the magic and electricity that playing with the edges can bring! Past participants have found the Almost-Kiss to be a huge part of connecting with romantic and non-romantic strangers at festivals, Burning Man, and ISTAs.
Energizers to keep your body moving & heart open.
Come join us for fun icebreakers and energizers to meet new people, deepen relationships and build more connections. Together we’ll laugh, be silly and let our little kids out to play! We will move around engaged in several activities and will end our time with a sweet story.
Drop assumptions to drop in with yourself and others.
Through activities and small group shares, you will have an opportunity to safely drop in and look beyond assumptions, labels, and judgments to see the good in another, while having the good reflected back to you. Walk away feeling seen and connected!
Becoming an Erotic Primate in the Age of Domestication
In this presentation & mini-workshop we will explore Erotic ReWilding & what it means to be Erotically Sovereign in culture that demands relational enmeshment & domestication. With an anthropological/evolutionary understanding of our human sexual lineage we will explore the modern social & internalized structures that interfere with our erotic brilliance. You will leave with a better understanding of yourself as an erotic being & with a few tools to reclaim your erotic aliveness!
Liberate the power of true connection with Attuned Dominance.
Counter to pop-culture dominance, which tends to be rooted in insecurity & control; Attuned Dominance allows everyone involved to engage with mutual trust & understanding. Learn skills to cultivate stronger empathy, safety protocols, & emotional hygiene in your D/s Play. You will understand your agenda through self-reflection & small group shares & learn how to positively - & safely - impact your partners without losing "control." This class is for everyone curious or experienced.
Spark your Soul with Safe & Intentional Connections
Soul Players are invited to join a courageous & intimate space to build meaningful connections. Through facilitated conversations & connection rituals, we explore our inner world, allowing us to get up close & intimate with our true nature while building safe, supportive bonds. Meet, explore each other's inner worlds, & make lasting soul friends through dance, breath, sound, & words. Dive deep into your heart & embrace the possibility of creating courageous relationships.
Take your sensual touch skills to the next level & communicate like a sexpert!
Whether you're a seasoned player or a rookie, when it comes to the skills & strategies that take your sensual connections from ho-hum to holy wow, there's something for you here! Because while it's true that intimacy is an art form, you still need to refine your craft. We'll get heart & hands on in a variety of configurations (solo, pairs, small group) exploring consensual & compelling ways to create soulful & sensuous encounters. FYI Pleasure is on the menu. Overt sexual touch is not.
Explore how to live into your spirituality with both ethics and responsibility.
Spiritual Bypass manifests in the shadow of spirituality, preventing integration of the darker, more painful realities of our personal and collective experiences. This results in one-sided spirituality that perpetuates gaslighting of social issues. In this workshop we’ll explore spiritual bypass on micro and macro levels, toward more holistic and ethical spirituality. Through somatic exercises, partner and group processing, and with compassionate curiosity, we’ll invite our shadows to be seen.
The most powerful relational tool there is.
A powerful restoration practice can give you the confidence to take risks. The Gold Standard Apology is a six-step process informed by the best minds in restorative and transformative justice and centers on individual integrity, not societal expectations. Activities include dyad story shares, practice sessions and discussion. Participants emerge with an elevated understanding of what real accountability looks like, and a concrete practice for conducting restoration in their own lives.
This trauma-informed, pleasure-focused technique will make you a sexual hero!
“Rolling out the red carpet for No” is not a consent technique; it's a way of BEING. Heralded by many as a game-changer in the consent field, it directly addresses the realities of social power dynamics and will transform even the most advanced practitioner's sexual practice! Activities include partner shares, rejection experiences, and powerful “NO” exercises. Participants emerge with a new language for navigating sexual encounters that is both fun, trauma-informed, and universally welcomed.
Practice asking for what you REALLY want in bed AND feel confident exploring it!
If you knew no one would be hurt or angry with you, what would you give yourself permission to explore sexually? Open to singles, couples, thruples of all genders and orientations. Join our closed container as we learn how to use shame, insecurity, & humor to guide us safely towards unlocking our wildest fantasies, unleashing greater self-esteem & sexual self-confidence, & help us take baby steps (or huge leaps!) towards manifesting the pleasure & erotic joys that we've only dreamt of.
Unleash your primal side and step into your animal body.
Unleash your primal side and step into your animal body. Through a series of partner-based playful exercises, you will practice embodied consent focusing on honoring the BODY'S wisdom. Explorations include: prey & predator, smelling, petting, biting, rough and gentle play. No partner required. Combines Authentic relating, trauma aware skills & wheel of consent.
Nourish your body & heart through embodied consent connection exercises.
Explore nourishment through a series of partner-based exercises allowing you to dive deeply into the layers of embodied consent, claiming desires, and exploring sensations. The focus is honoring the BODY'S wisdom and practicing asking for what you want, celebrating your Yes and No's, and receiving attention or touch in a way that leaves you feeling empowered and centered. No partner required. Combines: Authentic Relating, Trauma informed skills, & Wheel of Consent
Pleasure, sensuality & intimacy for healing through ritual, rhythm & reverence.
Come experience pleasure, sensuality & intimacy as healing modalities. Learn to navigate your relationship(s) and life with more presence, purpose and personal power. Using ritual, rhythm & reverence to balance body, mind, spirit and emotions to reframe trauma and shift it. We will play with sensory practices. Large group, small group and individual exercises that are somatic and engage the senses (sound, smell, taste and touch).
Jumpstart a connected, juicy, bold, and kind experience at SoulPlay!
A workshop to welcome YOU to SoulPlay! Feeling excited, nervous, curious, hopeful, & ready to connect? This workshop is an intimate on-ramp to an extraordinary weekend. We’ll reflect on on our hopes/fears/wildest dreams, practice extending & receiving bold and yummy invitations, deal with our fears of rejection & *gasp* awkwardness (!!), & start building a web of honest, earnest, juicy, & intimate relationships. It’s a set-up for self-care, community-care, & a fantastic SoulPlay 2023.
A Community Is A Garden In Which To Grow People
Community As Medicine” is a joyful and tender journey using play, desire, and vulnerability to connect authentically around what matters most. We travel together through an arc of experiences that traverse physical play, truth-telling, desire sourcing, deep self-compassion, direction-setting, and charting a clear and committed course for a life deeply aligned with our values. Methodology sourced from Open Source Wellness. Expect laughter, tears, new friends, and new actions!
Learn to engage with other men in a way that feels safe, perfect, and connected
Men are told in our culture that independence is key and needs are a weakness. The truth is that needs are normal and how human beings bond. The first step is to recognize that needs exist to be met without shame, and this applies to needs they may have sublimated because of patriarchy and sexism. This work requires that they develop the skill of nurturance -- being attuned, available, responsive, and engaged -- and apply it in their lives and with everyone else including other men.
Unleash the inner cat that lives inside of you. Learn to speak their language!
The language of cats is renowned for its nuance and diversity, so that it can take years for humans to master this beautiful art. Indeed, it is a language familiar to humans, often much more than actual humans non-verbal language. But this cat language is similar enough to human’s that it is easy to learn for those who are still in the dark. In fact, many people interact non-verbally more often and in more complex ways with pets than they do with other human beings.
Playfully embody and follow the intelligence of your darkness into the light
There is wisdom within our darkness. When we look to our edges, our conflicts, and where we are stuck we ironically find new opportunities for connection and movement. Shadow Play uses connection, embodiment, and playfulness to help you follow the intelligence of your darkness into the light, to move beyond our one-sidedness and find the gifts we’ve been hiding from ourselves.
Let go of who you think you are! A process of surrender, reflection, and choice
Let go of who you think you are. Identity Alchemy is a powerful process of surrender, reflection, and choice: an opportunity to take off your masks and rediscover your authority over who you choose to be, with connection and community as the safe space and a mirror for your exploration.
A mythopoetic celebration of all genders for collective liberation
Come playfully re-enact myths of masculinity, femininity, and androgyny to embody these divine archetypes. In this space we will heal our divides, celebrate our diversity, and liberate our sexual essences. Expect drama, comedy, and profanity - and most of all, fun!
Explore what navigating consent can really look like.
Hey, wanna play? In this session, we’ll explore how much freedom, fun, and fulfillment are possible when we treat consent as a collaboration instead of mere permission-seeking. This will be an experiential and embodied dive into playing well with others.
Come Cherish Celebrate & Connect LGBTIAQ+ Mixer
Hey Queer Fam! Come and share snacks, stories, and yourself. We will introduce ourselves, connect, play, listen, and share the love. Let’s practice carrying belonging inside ourselves and sharing our hearts in community.
Create secure connections in all your relationships no matter how short or long.
Are you finding yourself in over your head trying to balance this world of relationship, sluttiness, sexy possibility, love chemicals, and secure attachment? You can have all the amazing & yummy things you’re wishing for in your relationships. Have all the sex, have all the friendships, and have all the love with all the ease. Mitigate the hard feelings, the presumptions, the premature attachment woes as you hone and celebrate your sex & intimacy superpowers!
Learn about what Tantra is and isn't through experiential exercises
Learn about what Tantra is and isn't in this educational and experiential workshop. Tantra is an ancient Indian philosophy that illuminates the path to liberation where everything is sacred including sexuality. You will experience a heart connection ritual (sometimes called a puja) where you will get to close out your festival experience with depthful connection, experiencing oneness and intimacy in a profound way. Come with a partner or rotate with new loves throughout the experience.
Experiential workshop with fun exercises to really experience your energy body.
Have you ever wondered what people mean when they use the term “energy”? Or have you had an experience of energy? If you're curious, come and learn about the science behind human energy, what the different energy bodies are and how to tap into your and other people’s energy. You will get to do energy exercises and experiment in a safe and fun environment. All exercises will be clothed with no sexual touch. All you need to do is bring an open mind and heart!
An invitation to disrobe in a vulnerable, playful, and safe space.
As we grow up, we can take on beliefs about nudity as shameful. Naked Authentic Relating is an unforgettable, liberating, non-sexual playshop where you can remember the joy of nudity in an inclusive and safe space. Together we’ll connect as a group, practice boundaries, disrobe in a fun welcoming way, talk in triads about our relationship with our bodies, and play some nonphysical connection games. No partner needed. Playshop will seek gender balance and will be closed once started.
Come play fun connection games designed to lighten & feed our hearts.
As adults, it's easy to forget how invigorating, nourishing, and healing play and authenticity can be. Through a collection of large and small group experiences in a safe and intentional space, you're invited to deeply connect with yourself and others. The games will range from more playful to more vulnerable, with a focus on creating a space for loving connection. No partners needed. Just bring yourself as you are. Please arrive on time.
Receive the seeds of possibility to widen your spectrum of playful activities
This evening we’ll be exploring all the ways you can play with sensation from the lightest of tickles to rough wrestling. If you’d like to explore, this is your place. Playful activities with other humans & delightful creatures. Leave your expectations at the door, release your fears, & open your heart. You will be at choice every step of the way so if something feels out of bounds we will happily thank you for taking care of yourself, & as soon as you want to jump back in, you will be welcomed.
Practical skills for bedroom communication
In this workshop, we unravel and discuss the murky & mysterious issues around desire, intimacy, & communication, including: Why we don't ask & what we do instead. Desire smuggling: what it is & why it matters. Why "Is this okay?" is NOT the question to ask . Why "Do you want to ___?" is only a small part of asking what to do when you don't know how to describe what you want. Using real-world examples, you will learn immediately-useful tools to find your way to easier asking & hotter sex.
Communication to increase your ability to express & experience love & connection
Everyone wants & deserves to love & be loved! Increasing our communication skills increases our ability to both express & experience connection & love. In this workshop we will learn & practice tools & techniques that help individuals & couples communicate cleanly & clearly in ways that help them grow & evolve.
Expand & transform your expression through freestyle. Trust, share, & have fun!
Trust, share, & have fun! Transformational, powerful, & incredibly healing on multiple levels. Experience the art of freestyle as a tool for personal self development & connection. Kiyoshi uses methods that have helped him in his 20+ years of performing raps to inspire others in reaching their fullest expression. With a background studying Hatha Yoga & Reiki, he incorporates holistic practices into his coaching. Come to learn, share, expand and tap into rhythm & rhyme.
Do you find yourself holding back your voice? Liberate through connection!
Do you want to share your voice, but find yourself holding back time after time? Fears around judgement, criticism, & the belief of a lack of ability keep too many of us silent... but all your heart wants is to feel comfortable SINGING! We can all be liberated in our voice through exploring the fear & shame we hold, inviting it to the table, breathing love & acceptance into it, & slowly unpeeling the layers of gunk to get to our shining authentic voices.
What does your soul sound like? Come have fun & find out.
Our inner & outer worlds are full of sound - from beautiful angelic choirs to dissonant choppy expressions. Lean into your soul & listen to the unique way your being wishes to express itself in all moments! We will be utilizing toning, sounding, movement, somatic explorations, improvisation, harmonization & total expression while being witnessed in a safe, held container. Come play & open up the gates of your voice!
Open your heart, expand acceptance, & deepen your connections with others.
Experience the possibility of profound & deep intimacy. Find how the tools taught through the Human Awareness Institute (HAI) can allow you to open your heart & deepen your connections. You will be introduced, through words & short exercises, to this life-changing work. HAI has developed a process that connects people to their hearts & to one another, in a way rarely encountered. The process can give you a direct experience of your own beauty & help overcome blocks to closeness with others.
If you were to make a sign revealing what you want to hide, what would it say?
If you were to make a sign that reveals something about yourself you want to hide from the world and hold it in public, what would it say? That’s the question Vulnerable Rally asks of its participants. Our fears, our shames, our prejudices—when these shadow parts of ourselves come to light, they not only have the chance to free us, they can also free those who witness us by and create powerful healing connections between people.