Summer Gay Spirit Camp
Monday, August 12
6:30 PM - 7:15 PM - Dinner (Circle at 6:20 in the Great Room)
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM - Opening Circle - Great Room
We will gather together to introduce ourselves. We will also learn about being at Easton Mountain, set intentions, meet our lodge groups and presenters and go over the schedule!9:30 PM - 10:30 PM - Puppy Pile with Jay Freeman - Temple
A clothing on, non-erotic guided group snuggle and relaxation experience. A great way to ease into the retreat with some connection and warmth!10:00 PM - ? - Evening Activities
Enjoy our Hot Tub & Games
Tuesday, August 13th
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM - Morning Yoga with Tim Cooley - Great Room
Join our resident yogi for morning yoga. Tim is very skilled at making it accessible for all levels from beginners to experts. Wear loose comfortable clothing, or nothing at all.OR - Partner Meditation with Sunfire - Temple
Feeling one with a partner is a door-way to feeling one with the universe. Here different types of touch are used to enhance our focus during meditation. You will be encouraged to do these meditations without clothing.8:30 AM - 9:30 AM - Breakfast
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM - Lodge Groups - Various Locations
Please attend your lodge group!11:00 AM - 12:30 PM - Breaking the Ice with JV Hampton Van Sant - Great Room
Come deepen your connection with your fellow campers using the well-known profound technique of: "asking questions and listening to the answers." It sounds simple, because it is! Each small group will be given randomized questions to take turns answering honestly and openly. We encourage everyone to attend!1:00 PM - 2:00 PM - Lunch
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM - Ennea-what? A Journey of Spiritual Discovery with Gentle Pup - Great Room
The Enneagram is a powerful gateway to self-awareness and understanding of others. Grounded in ancient wisdom and adapted for present-day applications, Enneagram philosophy offers us language for describing the structure and dynamics of nine personality types, opening a path to a more integrated and rewarding life. This interactive workshop promises to be edifying for beginners and experienced enneagrammers alike. Open to practitioners of any faith tradition or none. All materials provided; just bring an open mind!OR - Shamanic Journeying & Self-Reiki with David Ito - Temple
This workshop combines spiritual and energy healing practices for holistic well-being. Participants engage in guided shamanic journeys to connect with their inner selves and spiritual guides, seeking insight and healing. They also practice Self Reiki to channel life force energy for stress reduction and self-healing, aiming to enhance spiritual connection and balance.5:00 PM - 6:30 PM - Free Time and Pop Ups!
Each afternoon, there will be time for pop up workshops and activities like nature hikes, body painting and more! See a host if you would like to offer something!5:00 PM - 6:00 PM - 12 Step Meeting - Hunter Reynolds Room
All traditions welcome7:00 PM - 7:45 PM - Dinner (Circle at 6:50 in the Great Room)
8:00 PM - 8:30 PM - Screening of “Lights Camera, Action” - Great Room
See short films made by Vito Abate and Gay Spirit Camp 2022 and 2023 attendees!8:30 PM - 10:00 PM - Camp Classics Pub Quiz - with Jayde Violet - Great Room
Join a fun community trivia game about those camp classic films, such as Mommy Dearest, Rocky Horror, and more!10:00 PM - ? - Evening Activities
Enjoy our Wood Fired Sauna, Hot Tub, Adult Cuddle Zone & Games
Wednesday, August 14th
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM - Morning Yoga with Tim Cooley - Great Room
See TuesdayOR - Intentional Self Pleasuring with Etienne - Temple
Join others as we begin this experience with Betty Martin’s “Waking Up the Hands” exercise. Did you ever consider or feel the pleasure your genitals give to your hands? Do you mostly self pleasure with the visual stimulus of porn? Sitting in a circle, we will use eye masks to go deeper into the experience of our own bodies, sensations sharing the erotic energy we generate without any visual stimulus: a “medibation.” After a while we will remove the blindfolds as we continue, noticing the difference in our own experience as we connect with others visually around the circle. The invitation is to not have “completion” as the ultimate goal. If it happens, go for it. When the experience is complete, those that wish to continue with that being the goal are welcome to stay, going further together.8:30 AM - 9:30 AM - Breakfast
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM - Lodge Groups - Various Locations
Please attend your lodge group!11:00 AM - 12:30 PM - Intuition Ignition: Building Trust in your 6th Sense with Michael R. Smith - Great Room
Wanting to juice up your intuitive perception and strengthen your gifts and abilities? Wanting a deeper clarity on the questions of your life and how to create the things you want? In this 90-minute experiential workshop, we will be engaging in multiple unique and fun exercises, including with partners, to help you more confidently trust your intuition, rather than doubt. We will be exploring the two most important levels of the mental body and how to work with each so that you can accurately and confidently interpret messages your intuition is offering. Come prepared to experiment, play, and most importantly, have fun in a relaxed and no-pressure environment.OR - Sex Through the Ages with Vito Abate -Temple
Early in our lives, each of us, in our own way, imagines, discovers, hears about, thinks about, talks about, guesses at, fantasizes about, and learns about sex—and eventually experiences it for ourselves. Then what? Our relationship and point of view towards sex have likely changed or evolved as we travel through life. Sex Through Our Ages. How, if at all, have changes in societal norms, advances in medicine, changing laws and technology affected our sex lives? As time marches on how important is sex to us? How can we feel fulfilled as we transition from one decade to another? In this workshop we’ll ask these questions and more as we share our thoughts, wisdom, and experiences with each other in a safe and open space.1:00 PM - 2:00 PM - Lunch
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM - Lights, Camera, Easton! with Vito Abate - Great Room
This is a workshop that is about having fun, being silly, spontaneous collaboration and a leap of faith to see how it all comes together. We may come up with some basic storyline, vignettes, or create bits for a music video, but mostly it’s about the camera rolling and us playing. While it’s open to what the group would like to do, as the director I’ll have ideas to put out there as well. There’s no sign up so much depends on who shows up. Other than breathing and having a pulse no experience necessary! In addition to being in front of the camera, participants will be encouraged to collect some video or still photos on their own with their phones to add to the mix. In the months that follow, I’ll edit the footage to showcase the work. We’ve got two Gay Summer Camp videos already and this summer will make three. While this workshop is certainly a time to ham it up, maybe dress up and have some laughs, it’s also an opportunity to let go of expectations, perceived limitations, to take chances and create a unique bond with your fellow players.OR - Somatic Healing with Cator Sparks - Temple
The longest road men have to travel is from their head to their heart’- Somatic healing is all about getting out of your head and into your body to better connect to emotions and process trauma. How often do you react instead of respond to a situation? Does social media and all of those alerts on your phone have you tense, irritable, and on edge? In this workshop we will be learning more about how to regulate our nervous system, and how we can connect deeper to our body and ourselves on a daily basis to deal with triggers and whatever life brings our way.5:00 PM - 6:30 PM - Free Time and Pop Ups!
Each afternoon, there will be time for pop up workshops and activities like nature hikes, body painting and more! See a host if you would like to offer something!5:00 PM - 6:00 PM - 12 Step Meeting - Hunter Reynolds Room
All traditions welcome7:00 PM - 7:45 PM - Dinner (Circle at 6:50 in the Great Room)
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM - Author’s Night - Great Room
We are excited and honored to have Carl Siciliano, author, and founder of the Ali Forney Center along with fellow authors, Jendi Reiter and Mike De Socio joining us to read from their books and do a Q & A! Hear their thoughts, ask questions and engage with them about their work. We are inviting locals to join us for this evening and streaming it on ZOOM! Refreshments will be served!10:00 PM - ? - Evening Activities
Enjoy our Wood Fired Sauna, Hot Tub, Adult Cuddle Zone & Games
Thursday, Aug 15th
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM - Morning Yoga with Tim Cooley - Great Room
See TuesdayOR - Walking Meditation with Sunfire Thunderbird - Meet at the Temple
As you walk on the earth you sense your oneness with all that is. This will be done outdoors or, if it is raining, in the Temple.8:30 AM - 9:30 AM - Breakfast
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM - Lodge Groups - Various Locations
Please attend your lodge group!11:00 AM 12:30 PM - Death Cafe with Harry Faddis - Sun Room
Starting in the U.K. in 2010, the Death Cafe provides a space for people, often strangers, to gather and eat cake, drink tea, and discuss death. It's very simple. The Death Cafe is a social franchise, in that we agree to host the gathering to follow the guidelines outlined in the website: www.deathcafe.com. It is important to notice that the Death Cafe is about our deaths: our awareness of it, our fears and ideas, our struggles and beliefs, etc. The Death Cafe is not about grief over the deaths of others. (That's another topic). Rather than becoming glum after a Death Cafe, people report being energized and positive about life; they find the discussion refreshing, speaking and hearing others talk simply about a taboo topic.OR - Fiction-Writing Techniques for Personal Healing with Jendi Reiter - Great Room
Learn to displace and transform your intense memories through character creation! We all have formative incidents in our past that sometimes constrain who we can become in the present. We have intense memories that we keep returning to, but have trouble approaching head-on. In this workshop, we'll use some fiction-writing techniques to free these stuck emotions from the facts of our lives so they can flow into new patterns. We'll make up characters who are very different from ourselves, retell a crucial memory with that character as the protagonist, and find out what advice or support that character can give us. Sharing our writing with the group is always optional.1:00 PM - 2:00 PM - Lunch
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM - Sensuous Massage with Tim Cooley - Great Room
An opportunity to exchange conscious touch. There will be a brief tutorial demonstrating possible techniques and safety issues. No prior experience necessary. This is intended to be a sensual rather than an erotically centered experience. (Signup required)OR - The River of Life with David Ito - Temple
In this group coaching workshop, participants are invited to sketch the story of their own lives and careers in the form of a river. Through self-reflection and group sharing, participants gain clarity, perspective, emotional release, develop strategies to address recurring challenges and make better decisions in life.5:15 PM - 6:30 PM - Free Time and Pop Ups!
Each afternoon, there will be time for pop up workshops and activities like nature hikes, body painting and more! See a host if you would like to offer something!5:00 PM - 6:00 PM - 12 Step Meeting - Hunter Reynolds Room
All traditions welcome7:00 PM - 8:00 PM - Dinner (Circle at 6:50 in the Great Room)
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM - Contra Dancing with Kathryn Wedderburn & Her Eclectic Orchestra - Great Room
Join Kathryn and her band as you learn the basics of group Contra dancing!10:00 PM - ? - Evening Activities
Enjoy our Wood Fired Sauna, Hot Tub, Adult Cuddle Zone & Games
Friday, Aug 16th
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM - Morning Yoga with Tim Cooley - Great Room
See TuesdayOR - Intentional Self Pleasuring with Etienne - Temple
See Wednesday8:30 AM - 9:30 AM - Breakfast
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM - Lodge Groups - Various Locations
Please attend your lodge group!11:00 AM 12:30 PM - Pre-Tantra: Reconnect Body/Mind/Spirit with David Ito - Great Room
This workshop combines gentle floor-based movements, breathwork and meditation. The goal is to remove physical and energetic tightness in the body in order to open up our energy flow and be able to connect to our divine energy. All body types and mobility levels welcome.OR - Crystal Bowl Sound Bath with Rod Love - Temple
Experience the powerful vibrations of a "sound bath" as Rod Love plays a set of 7 chakra-tuned quartz crystal singing bowls. The crystalline vibrations wash over you, clearing energetic blockages, releasing tension, and restoring a sense of harmony and well-being. Allow yourself to be cradled by the embrace of these sacred sounds, as they guide you towards a state of deep serenity and inner bliss.1:00 PM - 2:00 PM - Lunch
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM - LTRs: What makes them Long? with Vito Abate - Great Room
Many of us are part of a couple in what we might call an LTR, marriage, partnership, polyamorous—or something else. Often on the news you’ll see a couple that’s been together 50 or more years, and they’re inevitably asked, “What’s the secret to staying together?” Is there a secret formula or “tricks” of the trade? Are we committed, open, monogamous or play together with others? What might support or sabotage a relationship. As gay men, are the rules different for us? We’ll come together and share our common and different experiences without judgment. We’ll share what we may have discovered or learned from each other and hopefully reveal some of those secrets. This workshop is open to everyone, whether you're in a relationship, out of one, or seeking one.OR - Inner Child Work with Cator Sparks - Temple
Healing the younger self is paramount to living fully and freely as the adult you. Most of our trauma comes from childhood, and often times it is never addressed. Here we will connect to our younger self, and learn how to take care of that little boy so that the adult you can show up more fully and authentically. Please bring a picture of your younger self that you would like to connect with if you have one available! Sharing one from your phone is fine.5:00 PM - 6:30 PM - Free Time and Pop Ups!
Each afternoon, there will be time for pop up workshops and activities like nature hikes, body painting and more! See a host if you would like to offer something!5:00 PM - 6:00 PM - 12 Step Meeting - Hunter Reynolds Room
All traditions welcome7:00 PM - 8:00 PM - Dinner (Circle at 6:50 in the Great Room)
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM - Easton’s Got Talent hosted by Jayde Violet - Great Room
This Easton Mountain tradition is about being yourself and offering something from your heart in a supportive judgment free zone! Everyone has something to share! You can sing, dance, juggle, read, or whatever! Signup required10:00 PM - ? - Evening Activities
Enjoy our Wood Fired Sauna, Hot Tub, Adult Cuddle Zone & Games mes
Saturday, Aug 17th
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM - Morning Yoga with Tim Cooley - Great Room
See TuesdayOR - Partner Meditation with Sunfire Thunderbird - Temple
See Tuesday8:30 AM - 9:30 AM - Breakfast
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM - Lodge Groups - Various Locations
Please attend your lodge group!11:00 AM 12:30 PM - Japanese Calligraphy with Harry Faddis - Great Room
We will learn the basic strokes and techniques for Sho-do (Japanese Brush Painting). Using sumi-e (charcoal ink), rice paper, and brushes we will practice the fundamental strokes of Kanji (Japanese characters). No experience is required. All are welcome.OR - Sew Runway Ready: Sewing 101 with JV Hampton Van Sant - Sun Room
Let's learn the basics of sewing! Whether you want to learn for sustainability reasons, or just have always wanted to learn, this is the best way to start! By the end of the lesson, each of us shall have made an item! You'll learn about both machine stitching and hand stitching!1:00 PM - 2:00 PM - Lunch
SUMMER SPIRIT CELEBRATION
In addition to the scheduled items below, you can hit the pool, start a yard game, do some body painting, and more!2:30 PM - 4:00 PM - Slippy Slide with Moss Tidd - Yard
Find out why Moss’s Slippy Slide is one of the most beloved experiences at Easton Mountain!4:00 - PM - 5:00 PM - Cornhole Finals - Deck
5:30 PM - 6:45 PM - Gay Spirit Deck Party
Join us on the deck for a celebration with wine and non alcoholic beverages, cheese and crackers, music and special surprises !7:00 PM - 7:45 PM - Dinner (Circle at 6:50 in the Great Room)
8:15 PM - Fire of Gay Spirit with your facilitator team - Yard
Join us in the yard for a celebratory fire ritual designed by your facilitation team!9:00 PM - Spirit Dance Party - with DJ Synes.- Great Room
10:00 PM - ? - Evening Activities
Enjoy our Wood Fired Sauna, Hot Tub, Adult Cuddle Zone & Games
Sunday, Aug 18th
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM - Morning Yoga with Tim Cooley - Great Room
See Tuesday8:30 AM - 9:30 AM - Continental Breakfast
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM - Lodge Groups - Various Locations
Please attend your lodge group!11:00 AM - Noon - Closing Circle - Great Room
A time to affirm, appreciate, and bid farewell to one another before heading homeNoon - Farewell Brunch