WORKSHOPS

Battling The 8-Armed Octopus of Jealousy

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If you or loved ones struggle with jealousy, learn how to understand & tame it.

Did you know that jealousy is an octopus and that each tentacle holds clues to helping you neutralizing it's crushing hold? Did you know jealousy and envy aren't the same thing? When the Green-Eyed Monster rises from our emotional depths, most people find themselves powerless to stop its many arms from tearing our relationships apart. Join sex and relationship educator Reid Mihalko for this humorous & insightful workshop on how YOU can kick jealousy in the ass before it kicks you!

PRESSURE PLAY: Push, Pull & Squish = MORE Pleasure

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Up the Fun & Self-Confidence with Clothes-On Skills To Blow Your Lovers' Minds!

Boost your confidence and pleasure with playful, clothes-on skills that will amaze your lovers! Discover how our pelvic muscles unlock hidden pleasure and why so many of us love the weight of a partner pressing down or wrestling. Sex educator Reid Mihalko will help us explore how pressure, wrestling, & even biting activate pleasure pathways. Learn how to harness body weight, pushing & pulling, and squishing for deeper intimacy and more fun!

The Alchemy of Masculinity

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An all-genders playful exploration of masculinity

An all-genders playful exploration of masculinity in service to healing, wholeness, and collective evolution. In this ceremony you'll connect with your inner masculine, witness the masculine expression in others, and participate in group ritual to clear the wounds and uplift the life-affirming core of masculinity. Through intentional engagement with the masculine, you'll be supported to center in your sovereign essence.

Chocolate Body Paint Blessing

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Chocolate Body Painting as a Blessing. Nourishing and Powerful Connection.

Listen, play, deepen connection and honor each other. This guided experience connects us to our hearts and each other, playful warm up games, deepening our inner guide and speaking our boundaries. Bring a partner or find a friend at the workshop to paint your blessings on and then receive nourishing expression in the form of chocolate bodypaint in return. The exercise is deepening, heart expanding, nourishing, and relaxing. Clothing is optional and the whole body can be used as a canvas.

Spicy Speed Friending

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Edgy games that make you blush and connections that go beyond the surface.

Where real connections spark to life. Meet fellow SoulPlay adventurers for a journey through thought-provoking games that'll make you laugh, feel, and maybe even blush. Ready to transform strangers into conspirators? Welcoming both social butterflies and introverts. Practice your confident ""No"" and your flirty ""hell yes"". A combination of Tantra style dyad questions that allow us to meet multiple participants and authentic relating games to go deep and practice interoception and attunement.

Is there a "right way" to do non-monogamy?

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Come learn and explore all the amazing different ways we can be non-monogamous!

There's no shortage of people telling us how we should be loving and relating. These “shoulds” can lead us to feelings of deep shame & guilt around our own desires. We compare some of these “shoulds” to the real-life stories of over 500 people we’ve interviewed to dispel the myth that there's a “right way” to be non-monogamous. We briefly share our thoughts on each myth and then invite you to share your own experiences in small groups as we learn from each other that there are many ways to love!

Speed Friending

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Break the ice & make tons of new friends through guided small-group convos!

We always start with consent and safety and then dive into the action! We put everyone in small groups of 4 people and then ask a question like "What's something you've always wanted to try, but haven't? What's holding you back?" You talk about it for 6 minutes and then we scramble the groups and ask a new question. You'll laugh, you might even cry, and by the end you'll have met between 30-50 new people that you can continue building friendships and connections with all weekend!

Integration Vibration Sound Bath

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Breathe & be soothed in this gentle healing space.

Whether you're seeking clarity, renewal, or simply a moment of tranquility before departure, the Integration Vibration Sound Bath will offer a space to recalibrate and realign with your highest self. We'll seamlessly weave breathwork and bowls as we bathe in the healing vibrations of sound. Expect to leave feeling refreshed, rejuvenated, and ready to carry the magic of the festival into your everyday life.

Samba Yoga

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Move, Groove, and Free Your Body with Samba Yoga & Sound Healing!

Awaken your body with the vibrant rhythms of Brazilian samba with Samba Yoga! In this Vinyasa-Yin class, you'll enliven your mind, body, and spirit. Participants will also learn the rich cultural roots of samba and even have an opportunity for some free-flowing movement. Together, we'll finish with our hearts & bodies connecting to the earth and allow a soothing south bath to ground and prepare you for another fantastic day at SoulPlay. Perfect for beginner & advanced yogis alike!

Liquid Presence -The ALL QUEER Edition

PRESENTED BY:

An ALL QUEER space for the LGBTQIA+ Community to Gather in Aquatic Connection

Aquatic Dance. There’s magik in the water, a unique and profound gift of connection. A place to drop into Self and others as you build your embodied inner-standing of somatic consent and boundaries. Come deep dive into presence as you reconnect to your authentic expression, attuned awareness and presence. Come be, in your body, in community. No previous experience necessary, all those who identify as QUEER are welcome.

Liquid Presence Aquatic Dance

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Warm Water Aquatic Dance Workshop and Jam

Aquatic Dance. There’s magik in the water, a unique and profound gift of connection. A place to drop into Self and others as you build your embodied inner-standing of somatic consent and boundaries. Come deep dive into presence as you reconnect to your authentic expression, attuned awareness and presence. Come be, in your body, in community. No previous experience necessary, ALL are welcome.

Pleasure Alchemy

PRESENTED BY:

Come experience pleasure, sensuality & intimacy as healing modalities.

Embody more presence, purpose and personal power. Reframing and shifting trauma as we alchemize and move through it together in community. The content is designed for BIPOC, queer and trans folks who have experienced acts of exclusion and/or oppression. And all are welcome. We will play with sensory practices with large group, small group and individual exercises that are somatic and engage all the senses. Bring Journal & Sunscreen, hat, glasses.

Embodied Integration

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A SoulPlayful Body Heart & Soul Integration of Your Transformational Experience

How do you ground in the transformational experience of SoulPlay, as you prepare to leave the container and carry on into the rest of your life? In this Sunday session, we’ll give ourselves and each other space to explore, express, settle, reflect and integrate, using trauma-informed somatics, restorative touch, small group shares, and dance.

Poetry and Pose - a Qigong-inspired workshop

PRESENTED BY:

Exploration of "qi" through poetry and movement

This workshop brings you through archetypes or life themes you can embody that can become somatic bookmarks for you to remember throughout your day. Themes can include hope, determination, confidence, contentment, innocence, life/death, shadow/light, and setting boundaries, and a connection to nature. The movement meditation is a mostly solo practice, and will end with a cozy ""hangout discussion (feel free to bring snacks to share)"" after the shared experience.

The Art of Almost Kissing

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Explore the tension of the moment before the kiss, without actually kissing.

There's a certain deliciousness when a kiss is prolonged. The sweet, sweet longing and exploration can be deepened when you know you won't kiss someone, but ALMOST. Come explore the magic and electricity that playing with the edges can bring! You'll get a chance to give and receive rejection gracefully, ask for what you want, and explore connection with others. No partner necessary, and no kissing allowed. Please arrive early or on time, as this workshop is capped.

Queer & Trans Welcome, Celebration & Mixer

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Come Cherish Celebrate & Connect LGBTIAQ+ Mixer!

Hey Queer & Trans Fam! Come share snacks, stories & yourself. We will introduce ourselves, connect, play, listen & share. Let’s practice carrying belonging inside ourselves & sharing our hearts in community.

Dispelling the Binary

PRESENTED BY:

Reflection, Discussion & Exercises to free ourselves from binary conditioning

Connection is our life-source. We have all suffered the illusion of separation and othering. In this cauldron we expand our minds and language to dispel binary conditioning. We learn what it is, how to heal it, and how to accept and expand our idea of self while at the same time becoming more inclusive and understanding of the folx of the in-between. Includes historical research, contemporary references, Non-Dual Tantrik philosophy, and modern psychological views and practices.

Consent as Collaboration

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Explore what navigating consent can really look like.

Hey, wanna play? In this session, we’ll explore how much freedom, fun, and fulfillment are possible when we treat consent as a collaboration instead of mere permission-seeking. This will be an experiential and embodied dive into playing well with others.

Developing & Practicing Your Love Ethic

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Join us to imagine, reflect, embody, make mistakes and plan in community.

Love is a practice. Learn the first steps in moving from performative ally to active co-conspirator. Join us to imagine, reflect, embody, make mistakes and plan in community. We will visualize, meditate, share, and commit to showing up to do the work to transform your life to be in alignment with your values. Please bring a journal and an open mind and heart.

Queer Welcome, Celebration & Mixer

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Come Cherish Celebrate & Connect LGBTIAQ+ Mixer

Hey Queer Fam! Come and share snacks, stories, and yourself. We will introduce ourselves, connect, play, listen, and share the love. Let’s practice carrying belonging inside ourselves and sharing our hearts in community.

Writing Ourselves Alive: Poetry for the Journey

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“You are not alone, the poem said, in the dark tunnel.” – Louise Glück

Poems can transform & heal. Writing can help us feel less alone with grief, approach stuck parts of ourselves with curiosity, root more deeply into presence & joy. Join Emilie for an opportunity to slow down, reflect, & listen for the wisdom that sits just under the surface. We will read, write, & share poems in community. Bring a journal & a pencil. All levels of familiarity with poetry are welcome! We are all always beginners. Everyone is already experienced.

Resilient Body

PRESENTED BY:

Trauma-informed movement practice for the path to equitable, inclusive community

Recruit your body’s wisdom to help you show up better in the work towards diversity, equity and inclusion. Inequality and oppression are rooted in collective trauma. Trauma lives in our bodies as chronic states of fight, flight, and freeze. Through dance, movement, and somatic resourcing, discover how your body defends itself and expand your capacity to be in discomfort, a requirement for confronting oppressive structures within ourselves and healing towards more inclusion and belonging.

Experiencing Tantra

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Explanation, Experimentation & Myth Busting about Tantra

Come to this workshop to learn more about what Tantra is & more importantly, what it isn’t. We will do experiential exercises that will involve all of the five senses. A neo-Tantra inspired Heart Connection Ritual will be part of this workshop where you will develop deep connections with other people. Things will get juicy when we do a blindfolded meditation in movement with each other where you rely only on your sense of touch. You will leave feeling rejuvenated, connected & more alive!

The Church in Your Heart

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Come sing, chant & pray away the wounds of religion. Let's start a <3 revolution

Join us in a powerful, prayerful, joyful celebration of our innate divinity. No matter what religion or faith we come from (or none at all) we want to feel the connection to an energy greater than ourselves. How can we heal from the wounds of dogma and xenophobia? What beliefs can liberate, nurture and guide us to the highest vibration for our lives. We will meditate, pray, chant, dance and sing together and engage in a healing ritual that will release us from any shame and blame of the past.

Joygasm for the Earth

PRESENTED BY:

Build energy & sensation until it erupts into waves of joy filled orgasm!

Through breath, sound, self-touch, and movement, we will build energy and sensation in our bodies until it erupts into wave after wave of joyful orgasm, which we will dedicate out to the Earth and all beings everywhere. Solo erotic/energetic experience within a group field.

Leave An Impact On Your Lovers

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Explore the ways impact play - spanking, flogging, etc can enhance intimacy

Join us as we explore how playing with the sensations & feelings associated with impact can enliven intimate connection & bring us closer to our partners. We'll discuss consent, get to know our bodies, practice attunement, & get our blood pumping. This workshop can be enjoyed solo or with a partner.

Liquid Contact ~ A Warm Water Jam

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A zero gravity immersion of playful connection & fluid surrender

Come take a dip in the pool for Liquid Contact with John & Merrick! Together we’ll immerse ourselves in deep presence and fluid surrender, diving into the art of listening and mutual attunement in warm waters. Through platonic and joyful intimacy, we’ll gradually release layers, play, and open up to the water as a loving guide. All are welcome, seasoned water creatures and first-timers, to experience this otherworldly zero-gravity container of connection and exploration.

Dance Roulette

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Press your luck and open your heart in this dance journey like no other.

Imagine you pull a challenge or prompt randomly from a hat. You dance with that prompt with others, each with their own secret challenge. Each round goes a bit deeper. Everyone having a deeply personal experience in a communal container, leaning into our zone of proximal development, cultivating a field ripe for risk, play, and profound connection. Like sports, you play full on. Like prayer, you surrender control. Like therapy, you’re willing to grow. And like love, do it with an open heart.

Blindfolded Contact

PRESENTED BY:

Surrender to your inner sight in this blindfolded dance workshop

Blindfolded Contact Dance is a safe and gentle experience—great for both beginners and experienced dancers alike. Wearing blindfolds allows dancers to drop the fear and self-judgment that often inhibits spontaneous movement and authentic connection to self and others. These workshops take participants on a journey of somatic self-discovery and non-verbal consent via solo and group exercises before culminating in a freeform blindfolded jam. No late arrivals.

Integration Vibration Sound Bath

PRESENTED BY:

Breathe & be soothed in this gentle healing space.

Whether you're seeking clarity, renewal, or simply a moment of tranquility before departure, the Integration Vibration Sound Bath will offer a space to recalibrate and realign with your highest self. We'll seamlessly weave breathwork and bowls as we bathe in the healing vibrations of sound. Expect to leave feeling refreshed, rejuvenated, and ready to carry the magic of the festival into your everyday life.

Samba Yoga

PRESENTED BY:

Move, Groove, and Free Your Body with Samba Yoga & Sound Healing!

Awaken your body with the vibrant rhythms of Brazilian samba with Samba Yoga! In this Vinyasa-Yin class, you'll enliven your mind, body, and spirit. Participants will also learn the rich cultural roots of samba and even have an opportunity for some free-flowing movement. Together, we'll finish with our hearts & bodies connecting to the earth and allow a soothing south bath to ground and prepare you for another fantastic day at SoulPlay. Perfect for beginner & advanced yogis alike!

Liquid Presence -The ALL QUEER Edition

PRESENTED BY:

An ALL QUEER space for the LGBTQIA+ Community to Gather in Aquatic Connection

Aquatic Dance. There’s magik in the water, a unique and profound gift of connection. A place to drop into Self and others as you build your embodied inner-standing of somatic consent and boundaries. Come deep dive into presence as you reconnect to your authentic expression, attuned awareness and presence. Come be, in your body, in community. No previous experience necessary, all those who identify as QUEER are welcome.

Liquid Presence Aquatic Dance

PRESENTED BY:

Warm Water Aquatic Dance Workshop and Jam

Aquatic Dance. There’s magik in the water, a unique and profound gift of connection. A place to drop into Self and others as you build your embodied inner-standing of somatic consent and boundaries. Come deep dive into presence as you reconnect to your authentic expression, attuned awareness and presence. Come be, in your body, in community. No previous experience necessary, ALL are welcome.

Embodied Integration

PRESENTED BY:

A SoulPlayful Body Heart & Soul Integration of Your Transformational Experience

How do you ground in the transformational experience of SoulPlay, as you prepare to leave the container and carry on into the rest of your life? In this Sunday session, we’ll give ourselves and each other space to explore, express, settle, reflect and integrate, using trauma-informed somatics, restorative touch, small group shares, and dance.

Poetry and Pose - a Qigong-inspired workshop

PRESENTED BY:

Exploration of "qi" through poetry and movement

This workshop brings you through archetypes or life themes you can embody that can become somatic bookmarks for you to remember throughout your day. Themes can include hope, determination, confidence, contentment, innocence, life/death, shadow/light, and setting boundaries, and a connection to nature. The movement meditation is a mostly solo practice, and will end with a cozy ""hangout discussion (feel free to bring snacks to share)"" after the shared experience.

The Art of Almost Kissing

PRESENTED BY:

Explore the tension of the moment before the kiss, without actually kissing.

There's a certain deliciousness when a kiss is prolonged. The sweet, sweet longing and exploration can be deepened when you know you won't kiss someone, but ALMOST. Come explore the magic and electricity that playing with the edges can bring! You'll get a chance to give and receive rejection gracefully, ask for what you want, and explore connection with others. No partner necessary, and no kissing allowed. Please arrive early or on time, as this workshop is capped.

Queer & Trans Welcome, Celebration & Mixer

PRESENTED BY:

Come Cherish Celebrate & Connect LGBTIAQ+ Mixer!

Hey Queer & Trans Fam! Come share snacks, stories & yourself. We will introduce ourselves, connect, play, listen & share. Let’s practice carrying belonging inside ourselves & sharing our hearts in community.

Dispelling the Binary

PRESENTED BY:

Reflection, Discussion & Exercises to free ourselves from binary conditioning

Connection is our life-source. We have all suffered the illusion of separation and othering. In this cauldron we expand our minds and language to dispel binary conditioning. We learn what it is, how to heal it, and how to accept and expand our idea of self while at the same time becoming more inclusive and understanding of the folx of the in-between. Includes historical research, contemporary references, Non-Dual Tantrik philosophy, and modern psychological views and practices.

Resilient Body

PRESENTED BY:

Trauma-informed movement practice for the path to equitable, inclusive community

Recruit your body’s wisdom to help you show up better in the work towards diversity, equity and inclusion. Inequality and oppression are rooted in collective trauma. Trauma lives in our bodies as chronic states of fight, flight, and freeze. Through dance, movement, and somatic resourcing, discover how your body defends itself and expand your capacity to be in discomfort, a requirement for confronting oppressive structures within ourselves and healing towards more inclusion and belonging.

Liquid Contact ~ A Warm Water Jam

PRESENTED BY:

A zero gravity immersion of playful connection & fluid surrender

Come take a dip in the pool for Liquid Contact with John & Merrick! Together we’ll immerse ourselves in deep presence and fluid surrender, diving into the art of listening and mutual attunement in warm waters. Through platonic and joyful intimacy, we’ll gradually release layers, play, and open up to the water as a loving guide. All are welcome, seasoned water creatures and first-timers, to experience this otherworldly zero-gravity container of connection and exploration.

Dance Roulette

PRESENTED BY:

Press your luck and open your heart in this dance journey like no other.

Imagine you pull a challenge or prompt randomly from a hat. You dance with that prompt with others, each with their own secret challenge. Each round goes a bit deeper. Everyone having a deeply personal experience in a communal container, leaning into our zone of proximal development, cultivating a field ripe for risk, play, and profound connection. Like sports, you play full on. Like prayer, you surrender control. Like therapy, you’re willing to grow. And like love, do it with an open heart.

Blindfolded Contact

PRESENTED BY:

Surrender to your inner sight in this blindfolded dance workshop

Blindfolded Contact Dance is a safe and gentle experience—great for both beginners and experienced dancers alike. Wearing blindfolds allows dancers to drop the fear and self-judgment that often inhibits spontaneous movement and authentic connection to self and others. These workshops take participants on a journey of somatic self-discovery and non-verbal consent via solo and group exercises before culminating in a freeform blindfolded jam. No late arrivals.

Poetry and Pose - a Qigong-inspired workshop

PRESENTED BY:

Exploration of "qi" through poetry and movement

This workshop brings you through archetypes or life themes you can embody that can become somatic bookmarks for you to remember throughout your day. Themes can include hope, determination, confidence, contentment, innocence, life/death, shadow/light, and setting boundaries, and a connection to nature. The movement meditation is a mostly solo practice, and will end with a cozy ""hangout discussion (feel free to bring snacks to share)"" after the shared experience.

The Art of Almost Kissing

PRESENTED BY:

Explore the tension of the moment before the kiss, without actually kissing.

There's a certain deliciousness when a kiss is prolonged. The sweet, sweet longing and exploration can be deepened when you know you won't kiss someone, but ALMOST. Come explore the magic and electricity that playing with the edges can bring! You'll get a chance to give and receive rejection gracefully, ask for what you want, and explore connection with others. No partner necessary, and no kissing allowed. Please arrive early or on time, as this workshop is capped.

Queer & Trans Welcome, Celebration & Mixer

PRESENTED BY:

Come Cherish Celebrate & Connect LGBTIAQ+ Mixer!

Hey Queer & Trans Fam! Come share snacks, stories & yourself. We will introduce ourselves, connect, play, listen & share. Let’s practice carrying belonging inside ourselves & sharing our hearts in community.

Resilient Body

PRESENTED BY:

Trauma-informed movement practice for the path to equitable, inclusive community

Recruit your body’s wisdom to help you show up better in the work towards diversity, equity and inclusion. Inequality and oppression are rooted in collective trauma. Trauma lives in our bodies as chronic states of fight, flight, and freeze. Through dance, movement, and somatic resourcing, discover how your body defends itself and expand your capacity to be in discomfort, a requirement for confronting oppressive structures within ourselves and healing towards more inclusion and belonging.

Liquid Contact ~ A Warm Water Jam

PRESENTED BY:

A zero gravity immersion of playful connection & fluid surrender

Come take a dip in the pool for Liquid Contact with John & Merrick! Together we’ll immerse ourselves in deep presence and fluid surrender, diving into the art of listening and mutual attunement in warm waters. Through platonic and joyful intimacy, we’ll gradually release layers, play, and open up to the water as a loving guide. All are welcome, seasoned water creatures and first-timers, to experience this otherworldly zero-gravity container of connection and exploration.

The Alchemy of Masculinity

PRESENTED BY:

An all-genders playful exploration of masculinity

An all-genders playful exploration of masculinity in service to healing, wholeness, and collective evolution. In this ceremony you'll connect with your inner masculine, witness the masculine expression in others, and participate in group ritual to clear the wounds and uplift the life-affirming core of masculinity. Through intentional engagement with the masculine, you'll be supported to center in your sovereign essence.

Integration Vibration Sound Bath

PRESENTED BY:

Breathe & be soothed in this gentle healing space.

Whether you're seeking clarity, renewal, or simply a moment of tranquility before departure, the Integration Vibration Sound Bath will offer a space to recalibrate and realign with your highest self. We'll seamlessly weave breathwork and bowls as we bathe in the healing vibrations of sound. Expect to leave feeling refreshed, rejuvenated, and ready to carry the magic of the festival into your everyday life.

Writing Ourselves Alive: Poetry for the Journey

PRESENTED BY:

“You are not alone, the poem said, in the dark tunnel.” – Louise Glück

Poems can transform & heal. Writing can help us feel less alone with grief, approach stuck parts of ourselves with curiosity, root more deeply into presence & joy. Join Emilie for an opportunity to slow down, reflect, & listen for the wisdom that sits just under the surface. We will read, write, & share poems in community. Bring a journal & a pencil. All levels of familiarity with poetry are welcome! We are all always beginners. Everyone is already experienced.

The Church in Your Heart

PRESENTED BY:

Come sing, chant & pray away the wounds of religion. Let's start a <3 revolution

Join us in a powerful, prayerful, joyful celebration of our innate divinity. No matter what religion or faith we come from (or none at all) we want to feel the connection to an energy greater than ourselves. How can we heal from the wounds of dogma and xenophobia? What beliefs can liberate, nurture and guide us to the highest vibration for our lives. We will meditate, pray, chant, dance and sing together and engage in a healing ritual that will release us from any shame and blame of the past.

Samba Yoga

PRESENTED BY:

Move, Groove, and Free Your Body with Samba Yoga & Sound Healing!

Awaken your body with the vibrant rhythms of Brazilian samba with Samba Yoga! In this Vinyasa-Yin class, you'll enliven your mind, body, and spirit. Participants will also learn the rich cultural roots of samba and even have an opportunity for some free-flowing movement. Together, we'll finish with our hearts & bodies connecting to the earth and allow a soothing south bath to ground and prepare you for another fantastic day at SoulPlay. Perfect for beginner & advanced yogis alike!

Liquid Presence -The ALL QUEER Edition

PRESENTED BY:

An ALL QUEER space for the LGBTQIA+ Community to Gather in Aquatic Connection

Aquatic Dance. There’s magik in the water, a unique and profound gift of connection. A place to drop into Self and others as you build your embodied inner-standing of somatic consent and boundaries. Come deep dive into presence as you reconnect to your authentic expression, attuned awareness and presence. Come be, in your body, in community. No previous experience necessary, all those who identify as QUEER are welcome.

Liquid Presence Aquatic Dance

PRESENTED BY:

Warm Water Aquatic Dance Workshop and Jam

Aquatic Dance. There’s magik in the water, a unique and profound gift of connection. A place to drop into Self and others as you build your embodied inner-standing of somatic consent and boundaries. Come deep dive into presence as you reconnect to your authentic expression, attuned awareness and presence. Come be, in your body, in community. No previous experience necessary, ALL are welcome.

Poetry and Pose - a Qigong-inspired workshop

PRESENTED BY:

Exploration of "qi" through poetry and movement

This workshop brings you through archetypes or life themes you can embody that can become somatic bookmarks for you to remember throughout your day. Themes can include hope, determination, confidence, contentment, innocence, life/death, shadow/light, and setting boundaries, and a connection to nature. The movement meditation is a mostly solo practice, and will end with a cozy ""hangout discussion (feel free to bring snacks to share)"" after the shared experience.

Resilient Body

PRESENTED BY:

Trauma-informed movement practice for the path to equitable, inclusive community

Recruit your body’s wisdom to help you show up better in the work towards diversity, equity and inclusion. Inequality and oppression are rooted in collective trauma. Trauma lives in our bodies as chronic states of fight, flight, and freeze. Through dance, movement, and somatic resourcing, discover how your body defends itself and expand your capacity to be in discomfort, a requirement for confronting oppressive structures within ourselves and healing towards more inclusion and belonging.

Liquid Contact ~ A Warm Water Jam

PRESENTED BY:

A zero gravity immersion of playful connection & fluid surrender

Come take a dip in the pool for Liquid Contact with John & Merrick! Together we’ll immerse ourselves in deep presence and fluid surrender, diving into the art of listening and mutual attunement in warm waters. Through platonic and joyful intimacy, we’ll gradually release layers, play, and open up to the water as a loving guide. All are welcome, seasoned water creatures and first-timers, to experience this otherworldly zero-gravity container of connection and exploration.

Dance Roulette

PRESENTED BY:

Press your luck and open your heart in this dance journey like no other.

Imagine you pull a challenge or prompt randomly from a hat. You dance with that prompt with others, each with their own secret challenge. Each round goes a bit deeper. Everyone having a deeply personal experience in a communal container, leaning into our zone of proximal development, cultivating a field ripe for risk, play, and profound connection. Like sports, you play full on. Like prayer, you surrender control. Like therapy, you’re willing to grow. And like love, do it with an open heart.

Blindfolded Contact

PRESENTED BY:

Surrender to your inner sight in this blindfolded dance workshop

Blindfolded Contact Dance is a safe and gentle experience—great for both beginners and experienced dancers alike. Wearing blindfolds allows dancers to drop the fear and self-judgment that often inhibits spontaneous movement and authentic connection to self and others. These workshops take participants on a journey of somatic self-discovery and non-verbal consent via solo and group exercises before culminating in a freeform blindfolded jam. No late arrivals.

PRESSURE PLAY: Push, Pull & Squish = MORE Pleasure

PRESENTED BY:

Up the Fun & Self-Confidence with Clothes-On Skills To Blow Your Lovers' Minds!

Boost your confidence and pleasure with playful, clothes-on skills that will amaze your lovers! Discover how our pelvic muscles unlock hidden pleasure and why so many of us love the weight of a partner pressing down or wrestling. Sex educator Reid Mihalko will help us explore how pressure, wrestling, & even biting activate pleasure pathways. Learn how to harness body weight, pushing & pulling, and squishing for deeper intimacy and more fun!

Chocolate Body Paint Blessing

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Chocolate Body Painting as a Blessing. Nourishing and Powerful Connection.

Listen, play, deepen connection and honor each other. This guided experience connects us to our hearts and each other, playful warm up games, deepening our inner guide and speaking our boundaries. Bring a partner or find a friend at the workshop to paint your blessings on and then receive nourishing expression in the form of chocolate bodypaint in return. The exercise is deepening, heart expanding, nourishing, and relaxing. Clothing is optional and the whole body can be used as a canvas.

Pleasure Alchemy

PRESENTED BY:

Come experience pleasure, sensuality & intimacy as healing modalities.

Embody more presence, purpose and personal power. Reframing and shifting trauma as we alchemize and move through it together in community. The content is designed for BIPOC, queer and trans folks who have experienced acts of exclusion and/or oppression. And all are welcome. We will play with sensory practices with large group, small group and individual exercises that are somatic and engage all the senses. Bring Journal & Sunscreen, hat, glasses.

The Art of Almost Kissing

PRESENTED BY:

Explore the tension of the moment before the kiss, without actually kissing.

There's a certain deliciousness when a kiss is prolonged. The sweet, sweet longing and exploration can be deepened when you know you won't kiss someone, but ALMOST. Come explore the magic and electricity that playing with the edges can bring! You'll get a chance to give and receive rejection gracefully, ask for what you want, and explore connection with others. No partner necessary, and no kissing allowed. Please arrive early or on time, as this workshop is capped.

Experiencing Tantra

PRESENTED BY:

Explanation, Experimentation & Myth Busting about Tantra

Come to this workshop to learn more about what Tantra is & more importantly, what it isn’t. We will do experiential exercises that will involve all of the five senses. A neo-Tantra inspired Heart Connection Ritual will be part of this workshop where you will develop deep connections with other people. Things will get juicy when we do a blindfolded meditation in movement with each other where you rely only on your sense of touch. You will leave feeling rejuvenated, connected & more alive!

Joygasm for the Earth

PRESENTED BY:

Build energy & sensation until it erupts into waves of joy filled orgasm!

Through breath, sound, self-touch, and movement, we will build energy and sensation in our bodies until it erupts into wave after wave of joyful orgasm, which we will dedicate out to the Earth and all beings everywhere. Solo erotic/energetic experience within a group field.

Leave An Impact On Your Lovers

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Explore the ways impact play - spanking, flogging, etc can enhance intimacy

Join us as we explore how playing with the sensations & feelings associated with impact can enliven intimate connection & bring us closer to our partners. We'll discuss consent, get to know our bodies, practice attunement, & get our blood pumping. This workshop can be enjoyed solo or with a partner.

Blindfolded Contact

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Surrender to your inner sight in this blindfolded dance workshop

Blindfolded Contact Dance is a safe and gentle experience—great for both beginners and experienced dancers alike. Wearing blindfolds allows dancers to drop the fear and self-judgment that often inhibits spontaneous movement and authentic connection to self and others. These workshops take participants on a journey of somatic self-discovery and non-verbal consent via solo and group exercises before culminating in a freeform blindfolded jam. No late arrivals.

Battling The 8-Armed Octopus of Jealousy

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If you or loved ones struggle with jealousy, learn how to understand & tame it.

Did you know that jealousy is an octopus and that each tentacle holds clues to helping you neutralizing it's crushing hold? Did you know jealousy and envy aren't the same thing? When the Green-Eyed Monster rises from our emotional depths, most people find themselves powerless to stop its many arms from tearing our relationships apart. Join sex and relationship educator Reid Mihalko for this humorous & insightful workshop on how YOU can kick jealousy in the ass before it kicks you!

PRESSURE PLAY: Push, Pull & Squish = MORE Pleasure

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Up the Fun & Self-Confidence with Clothes-On Skills To Blow Your Lovers' Minds!

Boost your confidence and pleasure with playful, clothes-on skills that will amaze your lovers! Discover how our pelvic muscles unlock hidden pleasure and why so many of us love the weight of a partner pressing down or wrestling. Sex educator Reid Mihalko will help us explore how pressure, wrestling, & even biting activate pleasure pathways. Learn how to harness body weight, pushing & pulling, and squishing for deeper intimacy and more fun!

Chocolate Body Paint Blessing

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Chocolate Body Painting as a Blessing. Nourishing and Powerful Connection.

Listen, play, deepen connection and honor each other. This guided experience connects us to our hearts and each other, playful warm up games, deepening our inner guide and speaking our boundaries. Bring a partner or find a friend at the workshop to paint your blessings on and then receive nourishing expression in the form of chocolate bodypaint in return. The exercise is deepening, heart expanding, nourishing, and relaxing. Clothing is optional and the whole body can be used as a canvas.

Spicy Speed Friending

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Edgy games that make you blush and connections that go beyond the surface.

Where real connections spark to life. Meet fellow SoulPlay adventurers for a journey through thought-provoking games that'll make you laugh, feel, and maybe even blush. Ready to transform strangers into conspirators? Welcoming both social butterflies and introverts. Practice your confident ""No"" and your flirty ""hell yes"". A combination of Tantra style dyad questions that allow us to meet multiple participants and authentic relating games to go deep and practice interoception and attunement.

Is there a "right way" to do non-monogamy?

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Come learn and explore all the amazing different ways we can be non-monogamous!

There's no shortage of people telling us how we should be loving and relating. These “shoulds” can lead us to feelings of deep shame & guilt around our own desires. We compare some of these “shoulds” to the real-life stories of over 500 people we’ve interviewed to dispel the myth that there's a “right way” to be non-monogamous. We briefly share our thoughts on each myth and then invite you to share your own experiences in small groups as we learn from each other that there are many ways to love!

Speed Friending

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Break the ice & make tons of new friends through guided small-group convos!

We always start with consent and safety and then dive into the action! We put everyone in small groups of 4 people and then ask a question like "What's something you've always wanted to try, but haven't? What's holding you back?" You talk about it for 6 minutes and then we scramble the groups and ask a new question. You'll laugh, you might even cry, and by the end you'll have met between 30-50 new people that you can continue building friendships and connections with all weekend!

Pleasure Alchemy

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Come experience pleasure, sensuality & intimacy as healing modalities.

Embody more presence, purpose and personal power. Reframing and shifting trauma as we alchemize and move through it together in community. The content is designed for BIPOC, queer and trans folks who have experienced acts of exclusion and/or oppression. And all are welcome. We will play with sensory practices with large group, small group and individual exercises that are somatic and engage all the senses. Bring Journal & Sunscreen, hat, glasses.

Embodied Integration

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A SoulPlayful Body Heart & Soul Integration of Your Transformational Experience

How do you ground in the transformational experience of SoulPlay, as you prepare to leave the container and carry on into the rest of your life? In this Sunday session, we’ll give ourselves and each other space to explore, express, settle, reflect and integrate, using trauma-informed somatics, restorative touch, small group shares, and dance.

The Art of Almost Kissing

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Explore the tension of the moment before the kiss, without actually kissing.

There's a certain deliciousness when a kiss is prolonged. The sweet, sweet longing and exploration can be deepened when you know you won't kiss someone, but ALMOST. Come explore the magic and electricity that playing with the edges can bring! You'll get a chance to give and receive rejection gracefully, ask for what you want, and explore connection with others. No partner necessary, and no kissing allowed. Please arrive early or on time, as this workshop is capped.

Queer & Trans Welcome, Celebration & Mixer

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Come Cherish Celebrate & Connect LGBTIAQ+ Mixer!

Hey Queer & Trans Fam! Come share snacks, stories & yourself. We will introduce ourselves, connect, play, listen & share. Let’s practice carrying belonging inside ourselves & sharing our hearts in community.

Dispelling the Binary

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Reflection, Discussion & Exercises to free ourselves from binary conditioning

Connection is our life-source. We have all suffered the illusion of separation and othering. In this cauldron we expand our minds and language to dispel binary conditioning. We learn what it is, how to heal it, and how to accept and expand our idea of self while at the same time becoming more inclusive and understanding of the folx of the in-between. Includes historical research, contemporary references, Non-Dual Tantrik philosophy, and modern psychological views and practices.

Consent as Collaboration

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Explore what navigating consent can really look like.

Hey, wanna play? In this session, we’ll explore how much freedom, fun, and fulfillment are possible when we treat consent as a collaboration instead of mere permission-seeking. This will be an experiential and embodied dive into playing well with others.

Developing & Practicing Your Love Ethic

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Join us to imagine, reflect, embody, make mistakes and plan in community.

Love is a practice. Learn the first steps in moving from performative ally to active co-conspirator. Join us to imagine, reflect, embody, make mistakes and plan in community. We will visualize, meditate, share, and commit to showing up to do the work to transform your life to be in alignment with your values. Please bring a journal and an open mind and heart.

Queer Welcome, Celebration & Mixer

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Come Cherish Celebrate & Connect LGBTIAQ+ Mixer

Hey Queer Fam! Come and share snacks, stories, and yourself. We will introduce ourselves, connect, play, listen, and share the love. Let’s practice carrying belonging inside ourselves and sharing our hearts in community.

Experiencing Tantra

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Explanation, Experimentation & Myth Busting about Tantra

Come to this workshop to learn more about what Tantra is & more importantly, what it isn’t. We will do experiential exercises that will involve all of the five senses. A neo-Tantra inspired Heart Connection Ritual will be part of this workshop where you will develop deep connections with other people. Things will get juicy when we do a blindfolded meditation in movement with each other where you rely only on your sense of touch. You will leave feeling rejuvenated, connected & more alive!

The Church in Your Heart

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Come sing, chant & pray away the wounds of religion. Let's start a <3 revolution

Join us in a powerful, prayerful, joyful celebration of our innate divinity. No matter what religion or faith we come from (or none at all) we want to feel the connection to an energy greater than ourselves. How can we heal from the wounds of dogma and xenophobia? What beliefs can liberate, nurture and guide us to the highest vibration for our lives. We will meditate, pray, chant, dance and sing together and engage in a healing ritual that will release us from any shame and blame of the past.