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EXPERIENCE

Lotus Gathering isn't a festival. And it isn't a retreat. It's a sacred container for doing deep, inner healing work while surrounded by beauty and combining conscious connection with commUnity and pure, joyful fun. This carefully curated experience won't just heal your inner child; it'll also invite them to come out to play. We are still adding to our offerings, so check back soon for more. We'll also add days and times here as we finalize our schedule. 

Workshops

WORKSHOPS

Into-Me-I-See: Eye-Gazing Meditation 

This powerful guided meditative technique is a way to see our interconnectedness to one another by seeing ourselves in another and allowing another being to see themself in us. We are all one, and in that spirit of unity, you'll make a new friend while learning exactly just how true this statement really is. This isn't just about fostering connection, but also about demonstrating the power that using our fellow human beings as mirrors for our own personal development work can accelerate growth. 

Meditation 101: The Easy Yogi Way 

Find your center with ease, regardless of the external chaos. Join us for a chat on the myriad benefits of making meditation a regular part of your life, from a sense of calm bliss and clarity to improved physical health, and learn practical tips and strategies for making meditation easy.

Anchoring Gratitude

Learn how gratitude literally rewires us, creating not just a more positive way of experiencing the world, but also setting you up to receive more of the things for which we express gratitude. This is a workshop about the power of perception to help gain from every experience through reframing. We'll end with a neurolinguistic programming visualization exercise designed to help us tap into feelings of deep, joyous gratitude on command. 

Intro to Ayurveda: The Nature of Your Nature 

While it is true that our inner state is paramount in shaping our experience in this physical world, understanding ourselves requires exploring our interrelationship with the five elements. We affect them, and they in turn affect us. How do the five elements impact our physical, mental, and emotional makeup? And what practices, from diet to physical care, can we use to heal our relationship with the five elements to reach new levels of physical wellness and spiritual wholeness? Ayurveda, which translates into "the science of life," offers us wisdom for living in balance with our unique, elemental constitutions. 

Forgiveness by the Fire 

Self-care isn’t just about treating ourselves well, but also about doing the hard work of being present with challenging feelings so we can move past them to align with the highest version of ourselves. We'll then talk about the power of forgiveness and use an impactful guided meditation to free ourselves from anger, shame, and resentment towards ourselves and others, allowing ourselves to feel lighter and freer than ever. Finally, we'll release both intentions and that which no longer serves us into the universe by way of air and fire. Take time to write what you’d like to release on our flame-shaped effigy, as well as your intentions for your life, and watch them be carried up in smoke during this very special burn.

Consent Paint Party 

We are all works of art. This workshop takes that a little literally. Join us for a fun and instructive exploration of consent with body paint. We'll get a little messy (in a good way!) as we partner off and decorate each other in glow-in-the-dark body paint, while simultaneously learning about consent, setting boundaries, and getting comfortable expressing those boundaries in positive and constructive ways. This isn't just a paint party; it's skill-building for life. 

Conscious Cuddle 

The science of the snuggle is real: Cuddling creates a biochemical reaction in the body that make us feel safe and loved, but also can decrease depression, blood pressure, and heart rate. Here, we break down taboos around platonic, non-sexual intimacy, and explore how to engage in conscious and consent-based cuddling with our friends and soon-to-be-friends. This is an opportunity to practice empowered consent and boundary setting and expression. 

Activites

ACTIVITIES

Opening Ceremony & Sound Bath

This is a time to get settled into the weekend, make new friends, set intentions for your own healing and growth, and connect with yourself and the nature around you with an immersive sound bath. 

Yin Yoga 

Start each day with a dose of gentle, meditative yin yoga, focusing on stretching and breathing to bring you into a feeling of relaxed and peaceful bliss. 

Nightly Drum Circle

Bring your drum for our nightly drum circle by the fire, or borrow one from our drum circle facilitator. If you're not into drumming, simply come and allow the beat to transport you to a place deeper within yourself. 

Silent Disco Ecstatic Dance 

Ecstatic dance is an inner journey through freeform movement, facilitated by a deejay, where you're free to express yourself uniquely as others dance to the beat of their own drums as well. DJ Dharmadrum will take you through a deeply meditative, slightly tribal sound journey, perfect for moving through anything you may be holding on to that doesn't serve your highest good.

Gong Wash 

Enter a portal to relaxation and connection to our higher selves during this meditative gong wash. This journey inward isn't just about relaxation; gong washes have been used since ancient times to remove emotional blockages and open the channels to deeper spiritual connection. 

Cacao Ceremony

Aside from having a ton of health benefits, ceremonial cacao is a powerful heart opener traditionally used by ancient tribes elders in the Amazon during times of conflict to help reduce otherness and achieve compromise. Here, we'll be using cacao as part of two larger ceremonies—one to ground intention for the weekend, and another as part of a forgiveness ceremony designed to cultivate compassion for both the self and others and gift ourselves forgiveness.

Effigy Burn

A large, three-dimensional wooden flame will go up in flames, the smoke carrying up to the universe that which we want to surrender, release and transmute for ourselves, along with our good intentions, so be sure to take time prior to this effigy burn to grab a marker and write on its very special effigy prior to the burn.

Kirtan

Kirtan is a rhythmic, collective performance in which words and mantras holding a high spiritual vibration, usually in the Sanskrit language, are repeated in a call-and-response musical format. This is a powerful way to step into present mindfulness and tap into the power of the universe, the unified field, or source energy. 

Music

MUSIC

High-vibrational live music across multiple genres (e.g., electronic, conscious rap, and soulful jam) will run nightly starting after the last workshop of the day, and will be followed by a drum circle and silent disco ecstatic dance. We are so excited to welcome back some of the amazing artists who joined us last year. And this lineup is just the beginning, so stay tuned for more!
 

DJ Dharmadrum

A vibrational therapist of the most fun kind and Lotus Gathering's resident DJ, Dharmadrum spins deep ethnic downtempo, house, and a wide variety of electronic music grounded in spirituality and mindful movement.

TELOS369

Fusing futuristic bass frequencies with ancient primal roots, TELOS369 creates sonic vibrational journeys that are heavily inspired by meditation, metaphysics, mythology, and plant medicine. Tapping into the true power of sound, TELOS369 brings the energy of an erupting volcano and a crashing tsunami meeting in alchemical synergy, taking listeners into the depths of the heart and spirit. expanding consciousness, and invoking a sense of soul remembrance on the highest of levels.
 

Türen
Türen is a psychedelic trance artist from Saginaw, Michigan. After moving to Denver, Colorado in 2021, he started collaborating with his brother DJ EYEawake and released their first track on Goa Records that same year. His sound is influenced by music around the world, creating a unique deep, textured, and tribal psychedelic electronic dance experience.

Be

Since his awakening began, Be has been spreading light and sharing about journey as a multidimensional being having a human experience through his rap lyrics, recorded at 432 hertz, the natural frequency of the universe.

Hiburu

Hiburu means "language of light," and this electronic producer's music is a representation of his life's purpose: helping listeners along their journey of self-realization with infinite love through sound journeys that are simultaneously meditative, psychedelic, and primal.

Vejji King

Vejji has described his music as "vegan hippy shit," but his fun approach to music contrasts his deep and poetic messages about personal transformation and growth with endearing authenticity.

Chords & Arrows

Multi-instrumentalist Fuentes Dany is the musical genius behind Chords & Arrows. He has been creating and experimenting with various genres of music for 20 years, with the intention to create a new style that can perhaps be best described as psychedelic storytelling electronica. His music is a seamless blend of downtempo, healing soundscapes with a tribal vibe.

Killam with Kindness

Killam turned to yoga, breathwork, meditation, plant medicine, and Sanskrit and music to come back from debilitating grief, injuries, and addiction. He now performs kirtan like you've never heard before, deeply resonant, moving, and magical, to help others grow through their challenges times and embody their fullest potential despite any obstacles. 

2022 Lineup & Schedule

2022 Lineup & Schedule
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