As part of our Annual Singles Weekend, Moss Tidd will be presenting: Luminary Labyrinth: Walk for Your Soul. Participants will build a labyrinth out of white paper bags and tea lights. With the assistance of the genius sculptor, Moss Tidd, we will create a marvelous work or art together in community. We will have the opportunity to bring intention and connect with our soul. The labyrinth will use battery operated candles and it will be lit for …
Read MoreOne of the guest facilitators at our first retreat for Polyamorous Men Who Love Men in March, was Damon L. Jacobs. Damon is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and HIV prevention specialist who focuses his work on sexual health, polyamory, and harm-reduction. He also has a popular Youtube Channel featuring ‘Tub Talks” where he interviews people in his bathtub! While he was here, he took the opportunity to …
Read MoreBig thanks to Wolfyy at wolfyy.com for including Bear Your Soul events at Easton Mountain in this great list of Bear events around the world. The list in includes bear gatherings boht big and small in every season and every …
Read MoreHarry Faddis participated at the Han Wang International 2022 WorldWide Open Poomsae and Speed Kicking Championship held on September 27th, 2022, at Edinburgh, Scotland. He participated in the Under 85 category for 3rd Degree Black Belts…
Read MoreWe are almost finished with our Temple Expansion Project. Please help us complete and fund the work we have done. Visit the campaign page to see a video of Harry talking about his passion for temples, learn more and donate to help fund this project!
Read MoreHunter Reynolds and Jerry Burke were two beloved community members who passed away this year. On October 30 at 12:00 noon, engraved stones bearing their names will be added to our Easton Mountain Memorial Garden. Both of these men were long-term residents of Easton. We wish to honor thei …
Read More“Cider is the perfect taste of Autumn in the mountains!” Apple Harvest is a big event in our region, and we’re excited to announce that our neighbors, Amanda and Rodrigo are coming on Sunday, Oct 9, to give The Singles Weekend guests a taste of their hard cider. They have a beautiful apple orchard, just minutes away from us.
Read MoreWe sometimes play a game called “What if ?” It's a way to dream about the future, and imagine things that might not yet seem possible. It was an idea brought up by Harry when he and John were on the deck of Easton Mountain in the summer of 2000, when the place was in complete disarray and Harry lived in California and John lived in Boston. They were taking a bath with water heated on an electric stove and had a great conversation in …
Read MoreJerry Burke was a valued member of the Easton Community from 2006-2012. Jerry managed our Front Desk, and he built and designed the Concord House, donating it to Easton Mountain when he left. Jerry’s son Ezra shared his obitiuary with us and we wanted to share it with you. May he rest in peace and may his family find comfort at this difficult time.
Read MoreWe at Easton Mountain, like members of the LGBTQ+ community around the world, are conscious in a special way this month, of the many gains we have made over the years. We are grateful and we are aware that there is still work to be done. Pride is a wonderful word that captures the assertion of the dignity of all people across the LGBTQ+ spectrum and their allies. Some members our community remember back when we …
Read MoreWe at Easton Mountain were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Hunter Reynolds. Hunter had been In Hospice care in the company of his loving friends, and finally succumbed this past weekend. Hunter used his art, and drag, to make bold statements about gender, sexuality and the …
Read MoreMay is a very special time at Easton Mountain. Spring bursts with life and we take time as a community to remember our founding and to remember those who we have loved and those we have lost. The bookends of May start with a light shade of green on the sticks of the trees and by the end of the month it's bursting full of life, so green, you can no longer make out the branches. The Canadian geese return to their northern home in our pond, the flowers are in bloom, and we remind ourselves how grateful we are to be …
Read MoreWe are so grateful to the team of the Virtual Great Room. Please read thier letter of farewell below and join them for a final celebration next Wendnesday! Easton Mountain VGR Final Meeting is going to be Wednesday, May 25th, 2022! Nirmal Chandraratna and Jonathan Comisar initiated the Easton Mountain Virtual Great Room (EM VGR) in the early stages of the COVID19 pandemic and invited the Friends of Easton Moutain Retreat Center and anyone who looked at the Easton Mountain website to participate. Most of the original attendees were living alone in …
Read MoreHere at Easton Mountain we work to support LGBTQ folks in their healing and growth. We’d like to empower as many people as possible to make this world a better place. I am very interested in supporting LGBTQ writers: by buying the book, by reading the book, and by passing the book on.
Read MoreThe holidays are an important time for everyone here at Easton Mountain. So many of us grew up with the holidays being a time with family and close friends, that now, we’ve found ways to continue that theme, even if the group of people we spend that time with have changed. As things have changed so drastically with the way these past couple of years have gone, we thought it might be nice to reflect on some of the ways we have used the holidays to connect with those close to us, thinking forward to a time …
Read MoreHere at Easton Mountain we work to support LGBTQ folks in their healing and growth. We’d like to empower as many people as possible to make this world a better place. I am very interested in supporting LGBTQ writers: by buying the book, by reading the book, and by passing the book on.
Read MoreHere at Easton Mountain we work to support LGBTQ folks in their healing and growth. We’d like to empower as many people as possible to make this world a better place. I am very interested in supporting LGBTQ writers: by buying the book, by reading the book, and by passing the book on.
Read MoreHere at Easton Mountain we work to support LGBTQ folks in their healing and growth. We’d like to empower as many people as possible to make this world a better place. I am very interested in supporting LGBTQ writers: by buying the book, by reading the book, and by passing the book on.
Read More"I just got back to California after my 5 ½ weeks living at Easton Mountain Retreat Center. I was there to facilitate a umbner of Easton Camps and some Body Electric programs, and what a journey it was for me. What did I learn from my time at Easton? Well, I can tell you that the people who live and work at Easton are a family, a chosen family, who have dedicated themselves to this magical place. It felt so good to be part of the crew of magical beings. I got to see first hand how the volunteers are the backbone of the operations"
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