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Presenters so far
Dr. Sasha Lessin, Janet
Kira Lessin, Jana Jones
Dr. Dave Doleshal, Kirsten Rose
Dr. Harold Haridas Kornylak & Amber Seitz
Master Rex & Miss Jane, Scott Longwell
Bill Benson, Evalena Rose, Keith Brown
Dr. Anastas Harris & Dr. Steven Vogue
Terry & Paul Brussell-Gibbons & Laura Fiechter
Kamala Devi & Michael McClure
Polys have a private,
two-pool sanctuary for weekend workshops and panels on
| * FINDING POTENTIAL POLY PARTNERS AT
THIS CONFERENCE |
| * pair-dating |
| * COMPERSION TRAINING |
| * romantic polyamorous love |
| * multiple-partner sexuality |
| * the dance of poly loving |
| * TANTRA FOR POLYS |
| * POWER EXCHANGE & KINK-WORLD TOOLS FOR
POLYS |
| * Learning to Love in a Foursome
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| * Bisexual Polyamorous Group Marriage
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| * HOW YOU DO POLY |
Panel discussions, jealousy management experiments,
fun party and opportunities to opportunities to network.
Camp, get a room, or sleep in the group area
****
We at The World Polyamory Association (WPA)
facilitate global healing. We contribute to healing the world when we
help individuals feel good about themselves and honor their gender,
relationship choices, sexual preferences and sexual orientation.
Polyamory means loving more than one
person in an intimate relationship without deceit. We're all polyamorous,
meaning we love more than one. Most of us have intimate relationships
in our lives; we love our families and friends as well as our lovers.
Intimates help us see and love ourselves, share love and be loved. The
media confounds polyamory–multiple loving with
poly-sex–sexual intercourse with contemporary multiple partners.
While some of us are poly-coital and some not, we all need to be
polyamorous for the intimacy that sustains us and the world. WPA supports
love, amory and your search for love through your freedom to choose
the relationships that work for you now, at this stage of your life.
The World Polyamory Association conferences
strive to shift the planet to more loving, to create a civilized
civilization free of personal, inter-personal and global strife. We
play, sing, dance, network and also heal at our conferences. We offer
workshops, panel discussions, seminars, dance, song, movement, massage
experiences; workshops that educate, let you play, create networking
opportunities and for you.
Namaste and Shaloha,
Janet Kira Lessin,
President, World Polyamory Association janetkiralessin@aol.com
http://www.worldpolyamoryassociation.com/conferences.html for more
information or call 808-244-4103 (Janet & Sasha ) or 415-577-6015 (Dave).
We'd love to chat with you and answer all your questions. We're very excited
to bring you these conferences.
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MAY 12
-14 2006,
PROGRAM
HARBIN HOT SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA |
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The schedule below is tentative, subject to
change. Locales are abbreviated as follows Conference Center = CC;
Lower Pool = LP; Upper Pool = UP; Back Patio = BP |
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Friday
mAY 12
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4:00 PM |
Registration Desk Opens BP
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4:00 - 4:20PM
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Newcomer’s Circle: Orienting to Polyamory-
Dave Doleshal CC
Dave and oldtimers gather in a corner of the conference room.
Oldtimers and newcomers question each other and share experiences. This
orientation is especially designed for those new to polyamory and/or for
those attending their first polyamory conference, - but all are welcome.
It's a good place to begin getting your burning questions answered, get
your feet wet and begin to get to know your fellow participants at the
conference. |
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4:20-4:30PM
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Opening Song
Jana Jones
(introduced by Master of Ceremonies, Sasha Lessin) CC |
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4:30-PM
-4:40
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Welcome, Logistics,
Schedule -
Janet Kira Lessin,
Dave
Doleshal
CC
Etiquette of contact, nudity, quiet areas in Harbin, areas
where noise and sexuality's ok, no smoking or fires, signup
for cups, etc. outlined. |
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4:40 - 4:55 |
The Poly Chant: More Love, Conference Theme Song -
Jana Jones CC
Composed this week by tantric composer Jaiia,
Official Bard of the Lessin clan of Maui. Her poly chant
may become an anthem, a theme for the relationship
choice movement, and we are the first public
gathering to sing it.
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4:55 - 6:30PM
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Icebreakers &
Pods
for Intimate Community, Part 1
-
Sasha
Lessin,
Janet Kira Lessin
CC
Mill around the big conference room,
shake each others' hands and gaze in one another's eyes.
Feel
attractions that arise. Then, based on your attractions sit with six to twelve other folks.
The group you choose is your POD. It's the group you tell who
you are and what we want. Your pod's the sacred circle of
souls who encourage
you to get what you want at the conference and in life.
You talk now, and will talk tomorrow morning and Sunday, just
before the
conference ends. You talk with your pod mates about what
you learn about yourselves as you explore poly loving.
Pods, then, are small face-to-face primary groups for conference
integration. Your pod's a safe space to nourish community
consciousness, create intimate, relationships us and our podners––the people in
your pod––-can open-up, share what you
deeply value and, most importantly, experience loving
support for who you are and what you do. |
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6:30-7:30PM |
Dinner CC |
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7:30-8PM |
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Poly Songs -
Jana Jones CC
Music that celebrates relationship choice and loving
more. |
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8-9PM
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How We Do Poly -
Janet Kira Lessin,
Panel, Participants CC
Panel led by Janet Kira Lessin includes polys of several varieties and everyone else who
wishes to share how they make polyamory work for
them. The audience gets to ask questions, so
everyone's included. Newbies get valuable answers to
begin their poly lives.
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9-10:30PM
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Poly Playshop: Exercises in Authentic Loving
- Kamala
Devi and Michael McClure CC
This is a hands-on
exploration of authentic love to help reveal
your limiting beliefs and direct experiences.
It's all too easy to sit back at a
conference and listen to someone else talk about
issues of ego, insecurity, abundance, and
ultimate Truth, but it takes courage to open
your mouth, and perhaps even your heart.
This experiential playshop will use
provocative inquiry and small group games. Ready
to come out and Play? |
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SATURDAY,
MAY 13 |
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8 - 9AM |
Breakfast
CC |
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9 - 9:35AM
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Pods:
Intimate
Community, Part 2 -
Sasha Lessin,
Janet Kira Lessin
CC
You share your name and a motion that the group to imitates
to get a feeling of what it's like to be you this morning.
Then you rejoin your pod (or shift pods) and review what you
wanted to get out of this conference, what's happened so
far, how you're doing getting what you said you wanted, what
you want now and what steps you can take today to get what
you want. |
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9:35 - 9:45AM |
Morning
Presenters' Previews
(CC)
Anastas Harris, Steven Vogue and Scott Longwell
preview the workshops they give this morning.
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9:50 - 12:50
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Living Compersion: An Experiential
and Tantric Workshop
- Anastas Harris & Steven Vogue
CC
Compersion is an experience where I am uplifted when my
partner is uplifted through experiences that he or she
shares with others, including when those experiences involve
love and sexuality. It is the acceptance that those you love
can love others and the capacity to experience pleasure, and
even joy and turn-on, when this occurs. Compersion is
essential to Polyamory.
Tantra is a spiritual path that is conducive to compersion and
which, if truly lived, flows seamlessly into Polyamory. In
this workshop, we begin by revealing how this is so.
Then, in twos, fours and small groups, we move into compersion,
Tantra and Poly in a dance that may be playful or soulful,
mental or sensual, and that stretch boundaries or provide
the opportunity to stretch into already extended boundaries
with a variety of individuals or couples. We place you in
situations in which you have the opportunity to experience
or develop your compersionate nature in an enriching and
supportive atmosphere.
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9:50 - 12:50 |
Beyond Boundaries -
Scott Longwell
(Lower Dining Room)
Have you experienced how the rigidity of
boundaries can sometimes get in the way of your connecting
and accomplishing things with others? In a healthy,
intimate, poly relationship you express your interests --
what lies underneath your boundaries. When you identify and
share those interests you invite your lovers to collaborate
on your success. In this workshop, we improve our ability
to openly and compellingly share our full self with
another.
We practice expressing the desires, pain and interests of
our heart, mind, intuition, and sexuality. By sharing the
richness of the often conflicting truths that we try to
protect rather than state a boundary we let our lovers see
us more deeply and they are more inspired to partner with us
on our self-care.
In this experiential workshop we practice communicating from
the integrity of our WholeBody. We use WholeBody Learning
that engages, empowers, and integrates the heart, mind and
body.
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1 - 2PM
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Lunch
CC |
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2 - 2:15PM
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Afternoon Presenters' Preview
Dave Doleshal,
Harold Kornylak, Amber Seitz, Keith Brown, Sasha and
Janet, Terry and
Paul Brussel-Gibbons and Laura Fiecher rap about the
workshops and playshops they offer in the next three
hours. |
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2:20 - 3:50PM |
Polyamory 101: What
You Did/'t Know You Did/'t Know -
Keith Brown
LP
Group discussion, "From
The Trenches" on what we've found that works and
doesn't work. Resource sharing.
Participants explore their own ideas, feelings and
desires to discover what works for themselves. |
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2:20 - 3:50PM |
Three or More in Love-
Harold Kornylak,
Amber Seitz
CC
An enduring, fulfilling
two person partnership is rare enough. Even most
animals tend to pair-bond. It’s totally impractical
to think of expanding beyond the dyad, perhaps to 3,
or 4? In Three or More in Love, we explore
the unique dynamics when more than two relate. We
explore how to keep a triad from being a pair plus
one. Gain insight into your relating style and how
compatible it is for going beyond the dyad.
(Discussion and experiential exercises). |
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4 - 5:30PM |
Bisexual Polyamourous Couple Building a Group
Marriage -
Terry
and Paul Brussel-Gibbons and Laura Fiecher
LP
Terry and Paul Brussel-Gibbons
are a bisexual married couple. They have been
involved in the polyamourous lifestyle of multiply
committed relationships since their teens. They will
share how each of them discovered their bisexuality
and how it has affected their experiences in
relating to outside lovers together and
separately...in bringing special people closer. On
June 2, 2001 Terry and Paul were handfasted with
Marcus Brussel-Jenkins, and then on November 27,
2005 Laura Brussel-Fiechter joined
the Triad in a four-way handfasting ceremony to
create a Quad. Laura will present with them here.
They will all be happy to answer questions about how
triads/quads work and the effect bisexuality has in
this relationship. |
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4 - 5:30PM
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Rapid Techniques for Jealousy
Management -
Dave Doleshal
LP
There are many good ideas and effective
techniques that can be used to manage jealousy. All
of them work at least to some extent. This
workshop will include two others that are very
powerful, easy to learn, but not yet widely known
within the polyamory community. These are the
methods originally pioneered by psychologist Roger
Callahan and methods invented by Dr. Edward Bach, a
British Homeopathic physician.
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5:30 - 6:30PM |
Honor Your & Others'
Compersive and Jealous Voices -
Sasha, Janet Kira Lessin
CC
Experience basics of Centering to balance Jealous
and Compersive voices in yourself and others. Hear
and satisfy both Jealous and Compersive impulses;
teach others to satisfy both too. Learn how to
simultaneously value the Inner Kids within you and
your lovers. Jealous voices remind you and
your sweethearts to protect your vulnerable
Inner Kids. Jealous voices give you chances to
stop neurotic self- criticism from unfavorable
comparisons. You reprogram yourself and your
lovers to instead enjoy the empathy of your
Compersive Voice. Future-pace applying Centering
when Jealousy arises within you or your intimates. |
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6:30- 7:30PM
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Dinner
CC |
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7:30-8PM |
Poly Sing-Along
- Jana Jones
and Everyone CC |
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8-9:30PM
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Compassionate Communication, Conscious Cuddling
-
Bill Benson
CC
We use original music and tantra-like puja
connecting exercises to create a conscious space.
Then Kelly leads an experiential conversation about
how to not compromise any of your relationship
needs. (because compromise is where you share).
Get into sweet connection with each other’'s needs,
instead of polarized by each other's strategies.
Learn consensual morality & transparency to support
everyone’s choice for how they need to be loved & to
create their own designer relationship.
Practice simple tools to QTIP (Quit taking it
personally)& to deliver difficult messages
compassionately and without criticism. Recovering
your lovejoy when buttons have been pushed.
Recognize and transform the core beliefs that
disconnect us from our lovejoy. Recover and
sustain the lovejoy in all your relationships
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9:30-11PM |
Tantra
Ecstacy for Polys -
Evelena Rose CC
Learn ancient arts of connection and conscious sensuality
that deepen connection with yourself, others, and all of
life. Enhance your capacity for intimacy through safe,
sacred, heart-centered interactions. Discover how breath
practices, movement, imagery, and ritual deepen connections,
enhance pleasure,
and help you move kundalini through the body. Open to your
full sexual aliveness. An opportunity to experience the
depths our breath can open within us. Brief lecture followed
by breathing practice, dyad exercises, and a brief tantric
ritual. |
SUNDAY,
MAY 14 |
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8-9AM |
Breakfast
CC |
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9-9:15AM |
Presenters' Previews -
Terry & Paul Brussel-Gibbons,
Dave Doleshal,
Kirsten Rose, Rafael Aisner,
Master Rex, Miss Jane preview
presentations they present this morning. CC
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| 9:15-10:45AM
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Power Exchange for Polys & Useful Skills from the
Kink World
-
Master Rex
& Miss Jane
CC
This workshop deals with the skills and etiquette
required for BDSM power exchange and how they can be
applied in the real world to make life a simple
pleasure. The approaches to negotiation and conflict
resolution essential to successfully navigate the
world of fetish and kink have direct benefits if
properly and discretely applied in the world of
relationship and business. With his submissive sex
slave Jane as a demo helper, Rex covers the basic
tools we can use while he gives a gentle and
appetizing introduction to the world of Slaves and
Masters. Fun and enjoyable. |
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10:45AM-12:15PM |
The Myth of Having A Separate Relationship
-
Kirsten Rose CC
Polyamory is often defined as several separate
relationships going on simultaneously. However, an
alternative perspective, inspired by shamanism,
tantra and family systems theory, is to view
polyamory all as one single relationship that
encompasses multiple persons and multiple points of
responsibility. Viewing relationships this way
resolves a number of practical "problems" often
confronting people wishing to create and sustain
non-monogamous lifestyles. |
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10:45AM-12:15PM |
A Holistic Model for
Natural Polyamory -
Rafael Aisner LP
Hear the physiological, psychological and
metaphysical evidence that polyamory is a balanced,
natural way for us to relate with ourselves, other
people and our environment. Rafael shares personal
and transpersonal experiences from his ten years as
an urban shaman, counselor and hypnotherapist, then
leads a visualization to facilitate our natural
experience of polyamory. |
| 12:15 - 1:15 PM
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Pod Retrospective & Parting Puja -
Sasha Lessin,
Janet Kira Lessin
CC
We gaze into the eyes
of each person in our Harbin poly community, return
to our pods to review to what degree we got what we
sought here and what we learned. Then the
whole community participates in a ceremony of
honoring and appreciation.
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| 1:15
-2:15PM |
Lunch
CC |
| 2:15 - 3PM |
Networking
Time
CC.
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| 5 -10PM |
Enjoy Harbin till 10PM |
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