A Sampling of Workshops
from 2013
THURSDAY
GATE OPENS at 12 noon
( Please note that we cannot allow anyone entry before this time unless otherwise arranged)
12:00 - 11:00pm
Red Tent Open
1:30 - 2:30
Maiden's Lair Opens: Silk Banner Painting
Area: Maiden's Lair
2:00 - 5:00
GyrlSpace Open House & Registration
Area: GyrlSpace
2:15 - 4:30
Lakota Inipi
Beverly Little Thunder
Please arrive 15 minutes before the time of your sweat. Please carry logs or rocks on the way to the Lodge. Drink water to keep hydrated, but make a restroom stop before coming down to the Lodge. Please don't wear any jewelry. Bring a towel to sit on or dry off with. If you need to cancel or change your time slot, please inform Communications as soon as possible.
Area: Sweat Lodge
2:30 - 4:00
Mermaid Hair: Salt Hair Don't Care & Mermaid Colors
Dust & Holly
Ever wanted to become a new you? Join us for some fun and festival colors.
Salt Hair: Concoct a potion to give you the salty waves of a day in the water.
Mermaid Hair: permanent or temporary colors of blues, turquoise and purples.
Area: Maidens Lair
4:00 - 5:00
Glitterize & Decorate Mermaid Style
Dust & Nikita
Come get your Mermaid Festival Glam on. We will Glitterize ourselves, Face & Body paint and sequins, Mani & Pedi in Mermaid colors and Bejewel ourselves for the Festivals opening night. If you have favorite colors of nail polish, glitter and body jewels please feel free to bring them and share!
Area: Maiden's Lair
4:30 - 5:30
Presenters Meeting
Liz Stehle, Kam & Diane
It is important that all Presenters attend this meeting to get any updates for the festival. Thank you.
Area: Tell-A-Path Cottage
4:30 - 6:00
Open Creative Time
Samantha Vinke
Come check us out, maybe embellish yourself for opening ritual, or give or get some inspiration!
Area: Brigid's Forge
DINNER 5:00 - 7:30
5:15 - 7:30
Lakota Inipi
Beverly Little Thunder
Please arrive 15 minutes before the time of your sweat. Please carry logs or rocks on the way to the Lodge. Drink water to keep hydrated, but make a restroom stop before coming down to the Lodge. Please don't wear any jewelry. Bring a towel to sit on or dry off with. If you need to cancel or change your time slot, please inform Communications as soon as possible.
Area: Sweat Lodge
6:00 - 7:15
Newcomers Orientation
Mary Boehnlein
Are you new to WWG? Ease those first time jitters, familiarize yourself with the camp and get to know the "inside scoop" on what you need to know to have the best festival experience you can!
Area: Joyful Sound
6:15 - 7:15
Flowing Through the Songs of Our Lives
Shelly Graff
Water, like songs, has the power to connect, create, and reshape our lives as changing womyn. Please join us each evening as we sing a river of songs that will fill our heart, replenish our souls, and flow through our WWG community of past, present and future. Bring songs, chants, stories, water, journal, pen.
Area: Singing Circle Rain: Priestess Porch
12 Step Meeting
Area: Tell-A-Path Cottage
6:30 - 7:15
Mothers' Council
Britt Bolnick
Setting intentions for Mothers: A welcome to WWG for womyn who care for others - whether biological moms or caring for others in other ways in our lives, a space to talk about why we've made space for WWG in our lives, what we've come to receive, and our intentions for the weekend.
Area: Mothers Den
Crones' Council
Bonnie Fewtrell
Crones! Celebrate our year! Come and share the fun of Crone-hood. Do you no longer identify as a Maiden or Mother? Have you started the path to embracing your own truth? Are you ready to honor our elders and this stage of our lives? Thinking about becoming a Crone? Have you already been Croned? Come join us!!
Area: Crones' Cave
6:30 - 7:30
Maidens' Council
Melisca Klisanan & TigerLily
All Maidens, please meet at Maidens' Lair. There is lots to talk about, plans to make, old friends to see and new ones to meet. Secret planning is afoot!
Area: Maidens' Lair
8:00 - ?
Opening Ritual
Elizabeth Nahum
Area: Celtic Field Rain: Blvd of Goddess
9:30 - ?
Things We Don’t Talk About: Women's Stories From the Red Tent - WWG Premier
Isadora Gabrielle Leidenfrost, PhD
A groundbreaking 72-minute documentary film by award winning filmmaker Dr. Isadora Gabrielle Leidenfrost. Spontaneous and organic, a Red Tent is a red textile space where women gather to rest, renew, and often share deep and powerful stories about their lives. The Red Tent movement is changing the way that women interact and support each other by providing a place that honors and celebrates women, and by enabling open conversations about the things that women don’t want to talk about in other venues. Things We Don't Talk About weaves together healing narratives from inside the Red Tent to shine a spotlight on this vital, emergent women’s tradition.
There will also be a showing Friday evening.
Area: Tell-A-Path Cottage
Drumming after Opening in Joyful Sound
FRIDAY
FRIDAY
4:30 - 5:15
Drum Wake up
Early Rise Drummers
Area: Camp Wide
5:35am - ?
Lighting the SacredFire
Sappho Morissette
Join us in lighting the Festival SacredFire that will sustain us throughout our time here and beyond.
Area: Sacred Fire
7:00 - 8:00
Yoga
Shannon Mostafiz
This is a three part yoga class, dedicated to your physical, spiritual and emotional development to honor yourself, challenge and awaken your Inner Womyn. Each class will progress from Maiden to Mother to Crone. Come each morning, or just once. All are welcome. Wear comfortable clothing, bring water & a towel, yoga mat if you have one.
Area: Lake Haven Pavilion
7:15 - 9:30
Lakota Inipi
Please arrive 15 minutes before the time of your sweat. Please carry logs or rocks on the way to the Lodge. Drink water to keep hydrated, but make a restroom stop before coming down to the Lodge. Please don't wear any jewelry. Bring a towel to sit on or dry off with. If you need to cancel or change your time slot, please inform Communications as soon as possible
Area: Sweat Lodge
8:30 - 10:30
Silk Ribbon Embroidery
Susan Minyard
Using silk, ribbons, threads and beads we will embroider a small velvet bag for your treasures. You will be amazed and empowered at what you can do!
This class is limited to 20 womyn. Sign up at Communications. $10 material fee payable at the workshop.
Area: Brigid's Forge
The Wise Woman In Your Birth Chart
Jenny Yates
The inner Wise Woman is both a universal and a very personal figure & you have your own unique relationship with her. In this workshop, we'll look for her in our birth charts. No astrological knowledge is necessary. Please sign up at Communication ASAP with your birth data. Bring pad & pen.
Area: Priestess Porch
8:45 - 9:15
GyrlSpace Opens - Coloring
Amber & Kim
Area: GyrlSpace
9:00 - 10:30
Waves of Rhythm - Beginner/Intermediate African Drumming
Elizabeth Orleski
In this workshop you will learn proper technique and how to improve your sound quality over time on the Djembe & Bougarabou. We will explore how to use the drum as a tool for healing/self care, and play unique and traditional rhythms. All are welcome, no experience necessary. What's a festival without waves of rhythm flowing around camp? Come join the fun! Bring your hand drum, if you have one, notepad, pen, tape recorders are welcome. Some drums will be provided by the Drumzzone.
Area: Joyful Sound
9:00 - 12:00
Essential Reiki 1st Degree - Part 1
Francena Marie Hancock
Reiki! It will change your life! Ground yourself in the West and open this door! Easy to learn. A gift to yourself and a gentle powerful healing tool. Be the healer you know you are! Do it for yourself and our planet. Bring an open mind & heart. A crystal, stone or item of personal significance to have nearby during Part 1 and your attunement (Part 2). The book, " Essential Reiki" by Diane Stein. Water, pad & pen, blanket, cushion and comfortable chair.
Area: Witchs' Cavern
9:15 - 10:30
Duct Tape Flower Wands
Amber & Kim
Area: Gyrlspace
9:30 - 10:30
The Sacred Bath: Ritual Water Work
Rachel Ginther
Using the ancient cleansing principle of the Ritual Bath we will explore the element of water and it's necessity in our lives. Each will make her own Bath with alchemical ingredients - salt essences, essential oils and Divine Energy of our Sacred Selves. Bring a notebook, pen, open mind & heart.
Area: Tell-A-Path Cottage
10:00 - 12:00
Singing Deeply Into Our Wise Womon Years
Shelly Graff
Our chants will become like roots that dive deeply into the underworld as we embrace our precious wise womyn selves. Womyn of all ages are welcome to come celebrate our Crones who will receive our special song blessings to honor the journey through their third destiny. Bring song, chants, stories, water, journal, pen.
Area: Singing Circle Rain: Muses D: Kleio
10:00am - 11:00pm
Red Tent Open
Red Tent Priestesses
Please note that the Red Tent is closed during scheduled workshops.
Area: Red Tent
10:30 - 12:00
Yoga Dance Fusion
Nita Keesler
A gentle and fun combination of soft flowing movements focusing on celebrating the fluidity of the body and Kundalini and Hatha Yoga inspired movements and stretches. Completed with a gentle relaxation and meditation infused with a variety of world music. Bring a mat or thick towel/blanket for floor stretches.
Area: Lake Haven Pavilion
10:45 - 11:15
Goddess Trading Cards
Samantha Vinke
An annual favorite! Make mini-art inspired by your patron Goddess or draw your inspiration from this year's festival focus: water, west or the Archetype Crone.
Area: Brigid's Forge
10:45 - 12:00
Gyrls Drumming Wave
Elizabeth Orleski
A drumming workshop for the GyrlSpace Gyrls. Drums will be provided.
Area: Joyful Sound
10:30 - 12:45
Lakota Inipi
Please arrive 15 minutes before the time of your sweat. Please carry logs or rocks on the way to the Lodge. Drink water to keep hydrated, but make a restroom stop before coming down to the Lodge. Please don't wear any jewelry. Bring a towel to sit on or dry off with. If you need to cancel or change your time slot, please inform Communications as soon as possible
Area: Sweat Lodge
11:00 - 12:00
La Serena Shredded T
Dust & Wolfie
Create your customized WWG Maidens T. We will silkscreen, tear it, shred it, embellish it with pearls and jewels (if you wish) your own favorite T to renew or swap. Bring a T. We will have a limited number available.
11:00 - 12:00
GyrlSpace Story Time - Crone
Bonnie Fewtrell
Area: Crone's Cave
MIDDAY FEAST 12:00 - 1:30
1:00 - 2:00
Speculum Puppets: GyrlSpace Gyrls
Amber & Kim
Area: Red Tent
1:00 - 3:00
Breast Casting
Samantha Vinke
Love 'em? Hate 'em? Wonder where they went? Well, make a breast cast! Paint, decorate your cast at WWG and put your gyrls on display! There is a $5 material fee. Pre- registration is required. Sign up at Communications. 15 participant limit.
1:30 - 3:00
Water, I Can't Live Without It
Mary Boehnlein
One womyn's journey from existing, to being an active participant in her life. I wasn't sick, I was just thirsty. The workshop will discuss the health benefits of proper hydration. Without proper daily hydration, our body cannot filter out toxins and starts to manifest in disease that can be quickly rectified by ingesting water. Bring a notepad, pen.
Area: Muses D: Kleio
1:30 - 3:30
Salt Silk Dye
Kerri Hirsch
Silk Salt Dye is super fun and super easy. Here is the chance for everyone, whatever your age, to feel like an artist. Come and create a beautiful piece that you will cherish forever. Wear clothing you don't mind getting dye on. Material fee starting at $5, with higher fees for sarongs, scarves, fans & hats.
Area: GyrlSpace Field Rain: rescheduled for Saturday at same time
1:30 - 4:30
Death: The Not So Final and Most Amazing Journey
Elizabeth Nahum
Learn what occurs at the moment of death and between lives on a spiritual level - about the Great Spiritual Openings at the time of death-how one prepares for the most optimum afterlife experience - how karmic issues come into play - how to decide between burial or cremation and how long after death to proceed. With this new information you will re-vision your death experience to benefit your next life. Healing old wounds- It's never too late. Bring mat, pad & pen.
Area: Tell-A-Path Cottage
2:00 - 3:00
Essential Reiki 1st Degree - Part 2: The Attunement
Francena Marie Hancock
You must have taken Essential Reiki 1st Degree - Part 1. This is where you complete the work you started this morning. Your 1st Degree Attunement! Bring the book " Essential Reiki" by Diane Stein. Pen, pad, water, blanket, cushion, comfortable chair.
Area: Witchs' Cavern
2:00 - 4:00
The Crone & Your Intuition: Reading the Bones
Vanessa Codorniu
Join us as we go deep in our own heroine's journey to explore our myth, our "loss" of innocence or "awakening" and the Crone that teaches us to see things not as we would have them be...but as they are. Learn to "read the bones" of the wisdom that you receive and make changes in areas that you can and release what does not serve you. Bring journal and pen, something dark to cover your head/shoulders.
Area: Lake Joyful Sound
Sacred Serpent of Womyn in The Year of Water Snakes
Serpentessa
Due to circumstances beyond her control. Serpentessa will not be able to join us this year. Please keep her in your thoughts and send healing energy that her arm will heal in the best possible and healthiest way.
2:15 - 4:00
Scavenger Hunt - GyrlSpace
Amber & Kim
Area: GyrlSpace
2:30 - 5:30
A Queen's Quest: In Search of Our Selkie Selves
Tracey Baum-Wicks
Come Sister Queens...Let us immerse ourselves in ecstatic initiation; into the mysteries of Mid-Life...One that weaves together a rich tapestry of storytelling, song, poetry, guided meditation, movement, breathwork and journaling, as we return to our deepest longings, richest gifts and truest wild selves. Bring blanket, pillow , journals, sea colored scarf or veil (optional). PLEASE arrive on time the doors will not open once the workshop has begun!
Area: Lake Haven Pavilion
3:00 - 3:45
My Many Colored Days
Samantha Vinke
What emotion do you associate with blue? What about red or yellow? We will explore the relationships between emotion and color to create paintings full of color and emotion.
Area: Brigid's Forge
3:15 - 5:30
Lakota Inipi
Please arrive 15 minutes before the time of your sweat. Please carry logs or rocks on the way to the Lodge. Drink water to keep hydrated, but make a restroom stop before coming down to the Lodge. Please don't wear any jewelry. Bring a towel to sit on or dry off with. If you need to cancel or change your time slot, please inform Communications as soon as possible
Area: Sweat Lodge
3:15 - 4:30
Essential Oils - Maidens
Guita Behbin & Christa Behbin-Guirand
You will experience and learn the various ways Therapeutic Essential Oils are used and their health benefits in all aspects of life. There will be many hands on opportunities throughout the workshop to experience the oils and best of all… You will create a custom blend of oils for your personal aromatherapy use.
Area: Maiden's Lair
3:30 - 5:30
A Woman’s Tears are Sacred, a Red Tent Grieving Circle
Cherie Ackerson
Come sisters, join the Red Tent priestesses as we step gently into the river of grief that flows deep within so many of us and let's allow our sacred tears to bless and heal us. We will speak our stories and through chanting, drumming and ritual, open our hearts so our grief can be witnessed and flow through us - cleansing and healing. Grief expressed leads us forward in our lives - in a circle of women we find we are no longer alone in our pain, and falling into the loving embrace of our sisters we are led directly into our own wisdom.
Area: Red Tent
3:45 - 4:30
Photo Walk
Samantha Vinke
Like to take photos? We'll discuss the basics of nature and landscape photography then take a walk around camp to capture ( on film/memory card, of course)some of the Goddess's work.
Area: Brigid's Forge
4:00 - 5:30
Tara: Manifestation of Ancient Feminine Wisdom Around the World
Esyule Gamache
Goddess Tara presents Herself in a multitude of forms, standing up for feminine power & commitment to transcend ordinary human existence, ascending to the heights of spiritual awareness & ability. Ancient matriarchal Tara offers teachings on how we can manifest our wisdom. Bring a pad, pen.
Area: Priestess Porch
4:00 - 5:00
Quartz Crystal Bowls Healing Concert
Dana Helber
Quartz Crystal Bowl vibrations promote many health benefits for the body, mind and spirit. Allow the "waves" of pure quartz crystal energy, light and sound to take you on your own personal journey to relaxation, balance and healing. Bring a mat/pillow/blanket, a special crystal/stone/personal object of inner healing, water & wear comfortable clothing
Area: Muses: D Kleio
GyrlSpace Story Time - Mother
Britt Bolnick
Area: Mother's Den
DINNER 5:30 - 7:00
6:15 - 8:30
Lakota Inipi
Please arrive 15 minutes before the time of your sweat. Please carry logs or rocks on the way to the Lodge. Drink water to keep hydrated, but make a restroom stop before coming down to the Lodge. Please don't wear any jewelry. Bring a towel to sit on or dry off with. If you need to cancel or change your time slot, please inform Communications as soon as possible
Area: Sweat Lodge
6:30 - 7:45
Mothers' Council
Britt Bolnick
A nurturing circle - talk about how we nurture ourselves as momas, what we need, obstacles to getting nurturing. Then Massage! Where everyone gets a chance to nurture another mama and be nurtured by healing, fully-clothed touch.
Area: Mothers Den
Crones' Council
Bonnie Fewtrell
Crones! Celebrate our year! Come and share the fun of Crone-hood. Do you no longer identify as a Maiden or Mother? Have you started the path to embracing your own truth? Are you ready to honor our elders and this stage of our lives? Thinking about becoming a Crone? Have you already been Croned? Come join us!!
Area: Crones' Cave
6:30 - 8:30
Reiki Shares
Francena Marie Hancock
New Reiki Practitioners get the experience of 'giving and receiving' reiki with a variety of people. Other Reiki Practitioners are also invited to join in. Open to ALL womyn at the festival. Come and receive a Reiki treatment.
Area: Muses D: Kleio
7:00 - 8:00
Moon Maiden Ritual
MoonShadow, Dust & Jessica
Celebrate you period! Name it, define it and embrace it... It is your Power!
Imagine your period as a gift, a portal to your dreams, creativity, and your inner heart magic. Let's embrace this new gift and receive a gift at the Moon Maiden Ritual. Mom's come too and be part of your Moon Maiden's Initiation Ceremony.
Area: Red Tent
7:00 - 8:00
Flowing Through the Songs of Our Lives
Shelly Graff
Water, like songs, has the power to connect, create, and reshape our lives as changing womyn. Please join us each evening as we sing a river of songs that will fill our heart, replenish our souls, and flow through our WWG community of past, present and future. Bring songs, chants, stories, water, journal, pen.
Area: Singing Circle Rain: Joyful Sound
8:15 - ?
Things We Don’t Talk About: Women's Stories From the Red Tent - WWG Premier
Isadora Gabrielle Leidenfrost, PhD
See Thursdays description.
Area: Tell-A-Path Cottage
10:00 - ?
Community Drum & Dance
Area: Joyful Sound
