Bethany Beach — Schedule
Retreat Menu:
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FRIDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING
3:00 pm - 6:30 pm Arrival
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Dinner
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Friday Evening Session
Elements: Land and soul movement/feeling into what’s there, atmosphere prayer and movement session, sounding, introductions.
Theme: How masking shows up, through projection
SATURDAY
7:00 pm - 8:00 am Bonus Early Session
Elements: get in your body contemplative movement, atmosphere prayer
8:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Saturday Morning Session
Elements: Seminar about body guidelines/overview/consent/touch/how to listen to your body, etc.
Theme: What agreements did you make around masking your body?
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Beach Lunch
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Saturday Afternoon
Elements: Mask Making on Beach. Post-making discussion
Theme: Building the mask. What were those elements you built it with?
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Discretionary time
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Dinner on canal patio
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Discretionary time w/ planned activities, I.e. Assateague for bonfire, etc
Note: People who stay behind may do contact improv or other touch-based games w/ live or recorded music
SUNDAY
7:00 am - 8:00 am Bonus Early Session (optional)
Elements: get in your body contemplative movement; atmosphere prayer
8:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Sunday Morning Session
Elements: Further welcoming the mask, movement into thanking and honoring mask/touch/partner, discussion
Theme: How have I neglected the needs that the mask upheld? What is a different way to meet those needs? Come Holy Spirit
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch at canal patio
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Sunday Afternoon
Elements: Dance of gradual mask removal/movement, funeral at beach, dance of removal/destruction/falling away, prayer of removal
Theme: Why don't I want to remove the mask? Why is it unsafe? Who would judge me?
4:30 pm - 6 30 pm Discretionary time
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Dinner on canal patio (alternate field trip w/ dinner and discretionary time
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Discrectionary time w/ planned activities, i.e. Assateague bonfire, etc
MONDAY
7:00 am - 8:00 am Bonus Early Session
Elements: get in your body contemplative movement; touch; ground/floor work;
8:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Monday Morning Session
Elements: Meet and articulate authentic self, movement into authentic self, group witnessing, discussion
Theme: What are the authentic selves saying? How can we welcome them?
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch at canal patio
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Monday Afternoon Session
Elements: Blessing of each person with laying on of hands prayer on the ground.
Theme: Bringing forth the authentic self. Honoring all parts of the self, even past masks.
Blessings over all parts -- spirit, soul, body. Prophetic and physical activation.
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm Departure
