Schedule for
Ecstatic Community Immersion
August 24-27, 2023
This schedule is subject to change at any time before or during the retreat
due to weather, covid, or other factors beyond our control.
due to weather, covid, or other factors beyond our control.
This retreat offers a menu of activities with many session options (sometimes concurrent), and therefore does not have a formal structure. Each participant will manage their own time and flow among retreat sessions and the rest of the Breitenbush facilities.
Goal: How can we make the retreat still feel "intimate and all-connected" with a larger group?
community check-in: announcements, a bit of integration, greet some people you haven't met yet
Slots still to fill:
2 x pre-breakfast movement
2 x Contact Improv Games or other movement
2 x Ecstatic Dance (Shallin? Kalyana? Isaac?)
2 x Late night Yurt sesh
1 x Sexy dress up dance
Thursday, August 24th
3pm: Check-in (get settled, relax, and soak)
6:00pm: Dinner
7:30pm: Welcome circle [front lawn]
8:00–9:30pm: Ecstatic Dance with Saffire [front lawn]
Friday, August 25th
7am–8am: TBD movement with TBD [North Wing]
7:15–8am: Symphonic Gong Bath Meditation with PJ [River Yurt]
8am: Breakfast
9:15–10:45am: Opening Ceremony & Orientation [front lawn]
11am–12:30pm: Dancey thing with Saffire [front lawn]
11am–12:30pm: Foundations of Contact Improv with Lisa Wells [North Wing]
1pm: Lunch
2:00–2:45pm: Singing Bowl Sound Bath with Arya Brown [Spiral Tubs]
3:00–4:15pm: TBD with AveryDeane [front lawn]
3:00–4:15pm: Contact Improv Games with TBD [North Wing]
4:30–5:45pm: TBD repeat with AveryDeane [front lawn]
4:30–5:45pm: Contact Improv Games repeat with TBD [North Wing]
6:00pm: Dinner
7:15pm: Community check-in
7:30–9:00pm: Outdoor Ecstatic Dance with TBD
9:30pm–late: Amoeba Dance with DJ Bonbon Spirit [North Wing]
9:30pm–late: ????? with TBD [River Yurt]
9:45pm: snack time!
Saturday, August 26th
7:00–8:00am: TBD movement with TBD [North Wing]
7:15–8:00am: Symphonic Gong Bath Meditation with PJ [River Yurt]
8am: Breakfast
9:30–11:00am: Tribal Ecstatic Dance with Bonbon Spirit [North Wing]
11:15am: Community check-in
11:30am–1:00pm: Heartfelt Contact Jam with Bonbon Spirit [North Wing]
11:30am–1:00pm: Presence & Improvisation with Lisa Wells [front lawn]
1pm: Lunch
2:00–2:45pm: Singing Bowl Sound Bath with Arya Brown [Spiral Tubs]
3:00–4:15pm: TBD with AveryDeane [front lawn]
3:00–4:15pm: TBD with Saffire Bouchelion [North Wing]
4:30–5:45pm: TBD repeat with AveryDeane [front lawn]
4:30–5:45pm: TBD repeat with Saffire Bouchelion [North Wing]
6:00pm: Dinner
7:15pm: Community check-in
7:30–9:00pm: Outdoor Ecstatic Dance with TBD
9:30pm–late: "Sexy Dress-Up Dance" with TBD [North Wing]
9:30pm–late: ????? with TBD [River Yurt]
9:45pm: snack time!
Sunday, August 27th
7am–8am: Contemplative movement with Lisa Wells [North Wing]
8am: Breakfast
9:30–10:15am: Live Handpan for movement & Contact Improv with Saffire [North Wing]
10:15am–11:45pm: Ecstatic Dance with DJ Bonbon Spirit [North Wing]
11:45am–12:30pm: Closing Ceremony & Integration [front lawn]
1pm: Lunch (with integration prompts)
3pm: Departure deadline (Note: Must be out of cabins and rooms by 1pm)
Goal: How can we make the retreat still feel "intimate and all-connected" with a larger group?
community check-in: announcements, a bit of integration, greet some people you haven't met yet
Slots still to fill:
2 x pre-breakfast movement
2 x Contact Improv Games or other movement
2 x Ecstatic Dance (Shallin? Kalyana? Isaac?)
2 x Late night Yurt sesh
1 x Sexy dress up dance
Thursday, August 24th
3pm: Check-in (get settled, relax, and soak)
6:00pm: Dinner
7:30pm: Welcome circle [front lawn]
8:00–9:30pm: Ecstatic Dance with Saffire [front lawn]
Friday, August 25th
7am–8am: TBD movement with TBD [North Wing]
7:15–8am: Symphonic Gong Bath Meditation with PJ [River Yurt]
8am: Breakfast
9:15–10:45am: Opening Ceremony & Orientation [front lawn]
11am–12:30pm: Dancey thing with Saffire [front lawn]
11am–12:30pm: Foundations of Contact Improv with Lisa Wells [North Wing]
1pm: Lunch
2:00–2:45pm: Singing Bowl Sound Bath with Arya Brown [Spiral Tubs]
3:00–4:15pm: TBD with AveryDeane [front lawn]
3:00–4:15pm: Contact Improv Games with TBD [North Wing]
4:30–5:45pm: TBD repeat with AveryDeane [front lawn]
4:30–5:45pm: Contact Improv Games repeat with TBD [North Wing]
6:00pm: Dinner
7:15pm: Community check-in
7:30–9:00pm: Outdoor Ecstatic Dance with TBD
9:30pm–late: Amoeba Dance with DJ Bonbon Spirit [North Wing]
9:30pm–late: ????? with TBD [River Yurt]
9:45pm: snack time!
Saturday, August 26th
7:00–8:00am: TBD movement with TBD [North Wing]
7:15–8:00am: Symphonic Gong Bath Meditation with PJ [River Yurt]
8am: Breakfast
9:30–11:00am: Tribal Ecstatic Dance with Bonbon Spirit [North Wing]
11:15am: Community check-in
11:30am–1:00pm: Heartfelt Contact Jam with Bonbon Spirit [North Wing]
11:30am–1:00pm: Presence & Improvisation with Lisa Wells [front lawn]
1pm: Lunch
2:00–2:45pm: Singing Bowl Sound Bath with Arya Brown [Spiral Tubs]
3:00–4:15pm: TBD with AveryDeane [front lawn]
3:00–4:15pm: TBD with Saffire Bouchelion [North Wing]
4:30–5:45pm: TBD repeat with AveryDeane [front lawn]
4:30–5:45pm: TBD repeat with Saffire Bouchelion [North Wing]
6:00pm: Dinner
7:15pm: Community check-in
7:30–9:00pm: Outdoor Ecstatic Dance with TBD
9:30pm–late: "Sexy Dress-Up Dance" with TBD [North Wing]
9:30pm–late: ????? with TBD [River Yurt]
9:45pm: snack time!
Sunday, August 27th
7am–8am: Contemplative movement with Lisa Wells [North Wing]
8am: Breakfast
9:30–10:15am: Live Handpan for movement & Contact Improv with Saffire [North Wing]
10:15am–11:45pm: Ecstatic Dance with DJ Bonbon Spirit [North Wing]
11:45am–12:30pm: Closing Ceremony & Integration [front lawn]
1pm: Lunch (with integration prompts)
3pm: Departure deadline (Note: Must be out of cabins and rooms by 1pm)
