Winter Gay Spirit Camp 24

About the Community Share

On Saturday and Sunday morning, we will gather in groups to discuss a topic. (The topics are listed at the end of this schedule). The group leader will introduce the topic, and each member will have a few minutes to share their thoughts and feelings about it. We encourage everyone to participate, as this activity fosters bonds among participants and provides an opportunity to explore and learn about topics that may not typically be discussed in our daily lives. If you are unable to attend, please inform your group leader. Your group number and leader's name will be announced during the opening circle, along with the meeting location.

Schedule

Friday, February 16

  • 6:20 pm Dinner Circle (Great Room)

  • 6:30 pm Dinner

  • 7:30 pm Opening Circle (Great Room)

  • 9:00 pm “Dillon’s Rodeo” with Dillon Diaz (Temple)

    This workshop is designed to be an icebreaker, allowing you to get comfortable in this space with the other cowboys thereby setting the tone for the rest of our time together. Everyone will be asked to sit in a single file circle after they enter the room. I’ll give a little talk about boundaries and consent. Then I will ask you to look to your right and tell the person there how you’re feeling in this moment and allow them to do the same. As you start to feel more comfortable remove an article of clothing and help your new friend remove theirs. Look to your left and tell the person there what you’re hoping to gain from this weekend and allow them to do the same. As you start to feel even more comfortable, remove even more articles of clothes until we are all totally nude. You may choose to walk around and get to know some of the other cowboys while listening to a playlist curated for the occasion.

    • or - “Crystal Bowl Concert/Sound Bath” with Rod Love Schichtel (Great Room)

      Experience the powerful vibrations of a "sound bath" as Rod Love plays a set of 7 chakra-tuned quartz crystal singing bowls. As the ethereal tones reverberate through the air, they envelop you, creating a harmonious resonance that resonates deep within your being. These bowls are crafted from quartz crystal, and tuned to resonate with the chakras, aligning and balancing the energy centers within your body. 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.

  • 10:30 pm Hot tub, Sauna, Erotic Space Opens

Saturday, February 17

  • 8:00- 9:00 am “Qigong for Sexual Healing and Vitality” with Anthony Dissen (Great Room)

    Qigong is a beautiful system of healing that unites body, mind, and breath for physical, emotional, and spiritual health and wellbeing. And it can also be an amazing practice for cultivating better sexual health for yourself and when engaging with others! This fun and interactive workshop will introduce you to the foundational practices of Qigong that can be used to promote and sustain your health and vitality while also gaining deeper insight into your own sexual energy body. We will start with a gentle and easy Qigong practice that can help you awaken your sexual energies for personal health and wellbeing and circulate this energy throughout the body. Next, we will partner up and learn ways to exchange this beautiful energy with other people so that we can exchange our sexual energy with our partner or partners during intimate play to deepen our connections and heighten our ecstatic experiences. This practice is open to all levels of experience and physical ability status, and accommodations can be easily adapted as needed to suite everyone’s individual needs.

    • or - “Erotic Flow” with Ed Barron (Temple)

      'Erotic Flow' is about consciously generating and experiencing the flow of erotic energy within us. We all were created out of erotic energy. It is the energy of creation. When you were conceived, the driving force behind the passion was erotic energy. The pleasure that drives this passion is our birthright.  Using the tools of Mindfulness and Meditation we will awaken and explore our erotic energy as it builds and flows through our bodies. By focusing sensations, you can enter the flow and ride the waves of erotic energy.

  • 9:00-10: 00 am Breakfast

  • 10:00-11:00 am “Community Share” - Today’s Topic: Why We Need Pride! - (Different locations)

  • 11:30-12:45 am “Beginners Ballet” with John Ollom (Great Room)

    Do you ever remember being a little boy and not being encouraged to dance? This was the story of John Ollom in his childhood. He had to fight his abusive parents to be able to dance and here he will share his love of dance with you. This beginner class is open to all levels, all body types, all ages, all forms of abilities are welcome to our ballet studio. John will guide you into anatomical correct forms to understand the principles of ballet. Not embracing an elitist model, John will encourage you to move across the floor in ballet adagio and petit allegro and allegro expressions. Come join this beautiful form of dance for all men.

    • or - “Roping Rascals: A Bondage Experience” with Jay Rood (Temple)

      We will cover the basics of negotiation & consent, tying safely, rope preferences, plus some practical knots and binding techniques, then we'll explore various ways to interact using rope, and we'll learn how our intention influences our technique. This workshop is clothing optional

  • 1:00 pm Lunch

  • 2:30-4:30 pm “The Body Canvas (Sensual Massage Exchange)” with Joe Austin (Great Room)

    In this workshop, our canvas will be the body. Through the use of pressure, rhythm, vibration, and gliding strokes, givers will use the canvas of several random partners to freely express themselves through touch, and create a work of art. This workshop is designed to allow participants to enjoy giving massage as much as receiving. Every creation will be a masterpiece that lives in the imagination of each participant, and which only their partners can feel.

    • or - “Jewelry Making (Chakra Bracelets)” with Rod Love Schichtel (Sun Room)

      In this fun workshop, each participant makes a rainbow chakra bracelet.
      We will be using gemstone beads in the 7 colors of the spectrum and learning about the properties of the stones. We will also review the 7 chakras (energy centers of the body) and learn some affirmations that pair with each center. The bracelets will be strung on clear elastic jewelry cord. Everyone leaves the workshop with a new bracelet!

  • 5:00-6:00 pm “What’s the T? Unpacking Gender Identity” with JV (Great Room)

    With everything going on in the world, it is important that we understand our trans and non-binary siblings in the LGBTQ community. Let's unpack gender stereotypes, moving beyond the binary, and what needs exist within our own communities back home. Easton is all about self-discovery, so let's learn together and make the world a little better and safer for our siblings

    • or - Healing with Sound, The Universal Vibration - with Isaac Supernovich (Temple)

      In this workshop, we will discuss the spiritual meaning and purpose of sound. We will examine the way that healers and artists have used sound in many cultures and traditions to uplift humanity. There will be an opportunity to play different instruments that many sound healers use. The workshop will conclude with a personalized meditation and sound bath. This is valuable for Easton because it will help participants relax and connect with spirit.

  • 5:00-5:45 pm “12 Step Meeting” (Hunter Reynolds Room in the Temple)

  • 6:20 pm Dinner Circle (Great Room)

  • 6:30-7:30 pm Dinner

  • 7:45-9:15 pm “Beginners Two Step and Country Waltz” with Billy Ward (Great Room)

    We will start right at the BEGINNING, so if you have never danced two-step before, give it a try! Cowboy Boots (and hats!) are welcome, but not required. Just bring your willingness, ease, and (hopefully, a bit of) a sense of rhythm.

  • 9:30-? pm “Dillon Tantric Experience” with Dillon Diaz (Temple)

    This workshop is designed to teach and provide tantric mindfulness and sensations. Half the room will wear a blindfold and be the receivers of various forms of stimulation. The other half of the room will be givers. Every 5 minutes or so the givers will be asked to circulate around the room to the next receiver providing a new sensation. The time for this workshop will be divided in half so that the givers can experience being receivers too. I encourage people to step out side of their comfort zone and make space for some role reversal. If you consider yourself a giver in life then allow yourself to start this workshop as a receiver. Likewise if you consider yourself a receiver in life then start this workshop as a giver. We’ll end the workshop in a Tantric puppy pile cuddled and snuggled.

  • 10:30 pm Board Games,Hot Tub, Sauna, Erotic Space.

Sunday, February 18

  • 8:00 am “Yoga” with River (Great Room)

    • Or “Erotic Flow” with Ed Barron (Temple)

  • 9:00-10: 00 am Breakfast

  • 10:00-11:00 am “Community Share” - Today’s Topic: Queer as a Verb - (Different locations)

  • 11:30 - 12:45 pm “Contact Improvisation” with John Ollom (Great Room)

    This workshop is about coming to let your body guide you into creative forms you did not know were inside you. John will start with you on the floor through a series of stretches and warm ups to find out where your body responds to movement. As we come to standing, we will listen to energetic and internal landscapes inside us that guide our movement. We will then flow into a free expression that encourages us to touch, move and flow in and with other men. This helps us find how connection and or lack of connection speak to us. No words are spoken through our mouths, but our bodies will embody our energy and our authentic expressions. Come join our contact and let improvisation guide your explorations with other men

    • or - “Ready to Ride” with Kell Arbor (Temple)

      This workshop explores the use of adult play toys and a variety of other approaches to enhance your sensations. Whether you're new or experienced, accessories can bring variety to intimacy and ease expectations no matter what role you are playing. Join us to learn about the anatomy of pleasure, as well as tips and techniques. See and touch different items to learn about their features. This session emphasizes comfort, preparation, starting slowly, and exploring new territory!

  • 1:00 pm Lunch

  • 2:30-3:45 pm “The Liberated Cowboy-Moving Beyond Toxic Masculinity” with Anthony Dissen (Great Room)

    What does it mean to be a liberated man? What does it mean to be free of toxic masculinity, and what exactly is toxic masculinity in the first place? This workshop will be an open discussion and dialogue on the subjects of exploring what masculinity means to us all, and what healthy masculinity looks like as opposed to toxic masculinity, especially in the gay and queer male community. This will include exploring common words and phrases often used by gay and queer men like Top and Bottom, Masc and Femme, and how these can be terms that both help us as well as force us into boxes that prevent us from really discovering who we are. Come and listen, come and share, and most importantly, come and learn what it is to move through life as a liberated and free man. Our goal is to create a space where we all can walk away more curious and excited to discover who we are and how we can unlearn those toxic and harmful messages and behaviors that prevent us from being fully confident and comfortable.

  • 4:00-5:30 pm “Cowtheys and Cowbois” with Kell Arbor (Temple)

    Join Kell for this educational dialogue exploring who is a "man" and how do we be more inclusive in men's spaces for trans/non-binary/gender non-conforming people. This talk will unpack trans inclusive language and address ways we can create inclusive practices. Come with your questions. This is a safer space to ask a trans/gender non-conforming person those questions you may have. This is valuable to Easton participants because the world is shifting into practices to be trans/gender non-conforming/non-binary inclusive. Having space to talk about trans identities and create welcoming spaces is important for all groups to think about, especially ones that have been gender specific

    • or - 4:00-6:00 pm “Great Room is available for rehearsals for the Talent Show”

  • 5:30-6:15 pm “12 Step Meeting” (Hunter Reynolds Room in the Temple)

  • 6:20 pm Dinner Circle (Great Room)

  • 6:30-7:30 pm Dinner

  • 7:30 pm “Cowboys Reception” Wine and Soft Drinks (Great Room)

  • 8:45 pm “Talent Show and Madonna Impersonator Contest” - Hosted by Miranda Moirai (Great Room)

  • 10:30-? pm “Breaking All Stereotypes” Dance Hosted by DJ Sean (Great Room)

  • 10 pm Hot Tub, Sauna, Erotic Space

Monday, February 19

  • 8:00 am “Yoga” with River (Great Room)

    • Or “Erotic Flow” with Ed Barron (Temple)

  • 9:00-10: 00 am Continental Breakfast

  • 10:00-11:00 am “Motivational Interview” with Isaac Supernovich (Great Room)

    Participants of this workshop will learn the communication technique of Motivational Interviewing. This is a method of communication that is a powerful tool. Participants will learn how to effectively listen to others and respond with appropriate questions to help motivate other participants to achieve their goals. This is a tool that is used by social workers and therapists. This communication tool improves relationships as well as helps guide other people to a more satisfying life.

  • 11:30 am Closing Circle (Great Room)

  • 12:30 Brunch

 River will be giving massages for 1 hr. for $120. He will be using hot stones and cold towels. There will be a sign-up sheet the day of the event.

 John Ollom will be offering Internal Landscapes one on one sessions, 90 mins for $75. For details click: https://www.johnollom.com/privates.html - A sign-up sheet will be available the day of the event.

Community Share Topics

Saturday - Why We Need Pride
What does pride mean to you? What is it to live a life that is full of pride? How can pride help us heal as individuals and as a larger community of brothers? This reflective discussion will focus on what pride means, what it means to liberate ourselves from heteronormativity and discover who we are as gay men in the world today. Our time together will focus on the wonderful importance of cultivating a prideful heart. (written by Anthony Dissen)

Sunday - Queer as a Verb
We have been bombarded with images and messages about toxic masculinity. Here, we are challenging stereotypes. We are looking to queer ourselves, seeing queer as a verb. Not being trapped in “male” or ‘female” boxes, but queering our expressions, to support our most authentic selves. (written by John Ollom)