Bear Your Soul: Winter Hibernation
With Freddy Freeman, Jay Freeman, JoJo Bear, Adam Shapiro, David Phillips, Fred Cicerelli, Jay Cummings and Rev. Glen Morton Ganaway CIM
January 18 - 21, 2019
THEATER EDITION!
Break the cold and lonely spell of winter! Bear Your Soul brings together men of all shapes, colors, ages, and sizes, to have fun and celebrate ourselves. Like most Bear events, we have great food, dance parties, hot tub, sauna, and opportunities for erotic connection, but we also focus on helping guys connect more deeply than they usually can. We create real community by offering workshops and activities that help you to Connect, Play, & Discover!
Some guys need more personal growth and spiritual experiences, some want to unleash hidden talents, while others may want to explore their erotic sides. That’s why we provide a wide spectrum of experiences! You can do what’s comfortable for you or you can challenge yourself! Our goal is to create a shame-free zone that fosters a sense of radical acceptance that helps us to embrace our full and true selves. We honor the body, mind, and spirit of all of our brothers, heart-centered interaction, authenticity, respect for ourselves and others, healthy sex positivity and inclusion.
Join us for our Theater Edition! We are using the themes of storytelling and theatricality to create a schedule of workshops and activities that will use theater games, improvisation, storytelling, and drama as tools to help us CONNECT, PLAY. and DISCOVER! Take a workshop in Improv or Comedy Skit Writing. Join Yolanda for Drag Queen Story Hour. Be a kid again with Saturday morning cartoons. Learn to tell yourself new stories about your body in Loving Our Bear Bodies or find your inner adventurer in Heroes Journey. Write new healthy scripts for your life with Coach Cub. Release Emotion and Stress in Shake it Off. Pamper your inner diva with Hypno Massage, Journey of the Senses, Body Scrubs and Essential Oils. Be a Snow Bear, by tubing on the slopes of Willard Mountain. Join Rev Glen to tell new stories of joy and peace about your life. Let your light shine in the talent salon! Then, get ready for our Sunday Spectacular, with Dinner Theater hosted by Frank Borelli (featuring improv, skits, and the premiere of Beary Poppins); followed by the grand theater of our Naming Ritual, and topping it all off with our Red Carpet Party Dance Party. After ending your evening relaxing in the sauna, hot tub or bear den, join us Monday morning for a Farewell Brunch, where Yolanda and Goldenheart take you on a journey through their musical and spiritual history together! All this and lots of old favorites, small groups, delicious meals and that unique Bear Your Soul sense of community that so many have come to love!
On with the Show!
BEAR YOUR SOUL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO ALL MEN, INCLUDING OUR TRANS BROTHERS LIVING AND IDENTIFYING AS MALE
About the Facilitators
Freddy Freeman
Freddy Freeman, AKA Goldenheart, is an award winning Singer-Songwriter, music producer, festival organizer and workshop facilitator. After over a decade of going to Bear events, he wanted one that fostered deeper interactions and real community, so he created Bear Your Soul at Easton Mountain. He is also the facilitator of Bear Your Soul's core workshop Loving […]
Learn more about Freddy FreemanJay Freeman
Jay Freeman AKA Laniakea is a graphic designer, musician, dancer, introvert, nature-lover, and anosmic. Along with his husband Freddy Freeman, he is a co-host and organizer of Bear Your Soul retreats at Easton Mountain. He is a co-leader of Loving Our Bear Bodies workshops and leads cuddle parties at Bear Your Soul events, and at […]
Learn more about Jay FreemanJoJo Bear
JoJo Bear is a Somatic Sex & intimacy Educator located in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a certified Sexological Bodyworker, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Somatic Coach. JoJo’s passion is teaching the Wheel of Consent™ and Belly2Belly Embodiment. JoJo is currently training as one of the future Body Electric School teachers. Check out his website […]
Learn more about JoJo BearAdam Shapiro
BYS HOST - [PRESENTING: THE ART OF THE TEASE and NAKED IMPROV] *The Art of the Tease* - So much these days is so overt. Over time, we’ve gone from saying and doing too little to saying and doing too much. With the advent of the apps, first meetings have gone from a handshake to a […]
Learn more about Adam ShapiroDavid Phillips
David Phillips is the Founder and President of Energetic Awakenings. He is a leader in mind, body, and spirit healing. David works with clients to identify root causes that prevent them from being their full selves and to take action to achieve personal transformation. His main goal is to help each client Live Life Fully! David holds his Master's […]
Learn more about David PhillipsFred Cicerelli
BYS LOGISTICS COORDINATOR ABOUT FRED: Fred Cicerelli is a community activist who began as a volunteer for the Gay and Lesbian Switchboard of Long Island for 16 years. He began as a phone volunteer doing peer counseling and outreach. During this time he assisted with fundraising and also held the position of executive chairperson for 2 […]
Learn more about Fred CicerelliJay Cummings
Jay is a therapist with a thriving private practice in Stratford, Connecticut. His journeys through Easton, Buddhist, Catholic, and Faerie communities have informed his life and practice deeply.
Learn more about Jay CummingsRev. Glen Morton Ganaway CIM
BYS PRESENTER - [PRESENTING: MORNING MEDITATION and LAWS OF CHAOS] *Morning Meditation* - Get centered for the day and connect your spirit! [with Rev Yolanda] *Laws of Chaos* - 5 Reasons Relationships Fail! Our belief in Chaos is keeping us lonely and afraid. Building Community one relationship at a time! [with Rev Yolanda] ABOUT Rev Glen: Interfaith Minister, Integral Mentor, […]
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