November 25

It’s time for our annual look forward to programs for the coming year. We’ve got a great mix of both traditional and new offerings and invite you to begin your planning now. Registration for all of our 2014 programs and work parties will open in mid to late January.

Let’s begin with the Spring and Fall Work parties: The first work weekend will be President’s Day weekend, February 14-17, which this year includes Valentine’s Day. The Easter work weekend (April 18-20) includes the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Vernal Equinox. The last Spring work party will be over Memorial Day, May 23-26. There are also three Fall work parties: Labor Day, August 29-September 1; Fall Harvest, October 10-13, and the End of the Season work party, November 7-9.

The Spring schedule will offer three ‘first time at Indralaya’ programs. Jason Siff, a highly regarded meditation teacher, will be here April 24-27 to lead a Recollective Awareness Meditation weekend. Kim Ivy, the founder of the Embrace the Moon School of Taijiquan and Qigong, will be here to lead a QiGong weekend May 15-18, and Christine Downing, an Orcas Island resident and Professor of Mythological Studies at the Pacifica Graduate Institute, will offer a program (May 29-June 1) exploring the mythology surrounding journeys to the underworld.

Spring will also see the return of Pablo Sender, one of the Theosophical Society’s most compelling contemporary speakers, who will be here June 5-8 for a program exploring the Theosophical Path of Meditation.

The last half of June will be devoted to Therapeutic Touch, as it has been for over thirty years. Basic Therapeutic Touch (June 14-17) is for those beginning their practice, while Mentorship (June 14-20) is for those who are looking to deepen their practice. Those attending the following week (June 22-28) will explore Therapeutic Touch as a Path of Service. This program is intended for intermediate and advanced level practitioners.

We have a great line-up for summer beginning with the two traditional family weeks (July 2-8 and July 10-16), followed by Deep Singing (July 19-24), and Yoga (July 26-31). Joel and Michelle Levey will return for the week of August 2-7, followed by Connections (August 9-15). There will be two complementary programs in the final week of the summer season. First up is a three day drumming workshop with Patty Hatfield (August 18-21), followed immediately by Sacred Sound and Music (August 21-24) with Pat Moffitt-Cook.

Fall will begin with our second Deep Singing Weekend (September 4-7), led by Barbara Bellamy and Helen Bee, continue with the 4th autumnal equinox weekend with R.J. Stewart and Anastacia Nutt, this year exploring The Seven Aptitudes of Faery Healing (September 18-21), and conclude with the annual silent meditation retreat (October 2-5) with Minor Lile and Leonie Van Gelder.