This was the second year staging this "big" event! Lupin Lodge, California, was again a great location for us. We repeated and built upon the activities of the previous year: Yoga, butoh, massage, tantra, raw food workshops. Did I mention the live (and naked) performers? And time for play with bodypaint, water sprayers, and giant bubbles. We even had an afterparty a few days later.
On-camera: 102 people throughout the weekend
Photos: Audry, Frank, Spencer, Nomad
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Bodyfest 2014
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Bodyfest 2014
gallery-1 100 photos Back to Lupin Lodge and our yearly Bodyfest! Early arrivals prepare for the festivities.
gallery-2 106 photos We start the day early with a yoga warmup for those already arrived.
gallery-3 120 photos Butoh Bob is back with another morning movement seminar with Japanese origins.
gallery-4 100 photos Maris presented some natural raw food preparation tips for natural people.
gallery-5 128 photos The afternoon contests started with some balloon popping! Things just inflated from there!
gallery-6 114 photos Everyone gets a turn to see who can toss the frisbee closes to a target out on the lawn.
gallery-7 123 photos In this game a swimming noodle is used to tag as many people as possible.
gallery-8 137 photos Competing groups try to create the most inventive body sculptures.
gallery-9 107 photos Nomad leads everyone in a long chain of connected bodies.
gallery-10 127 photos It's playtime, with waterspraying, giant bubbles, and hula hoops!.
gallery-11 110 photos A rainbow of colored paints appear and it's time to change our skins into something bursting with creativity.
gallery-12 100 photos The human canvases come to completion! Then, after dinner we have an amateur talent contest.
gallery-13 117 photos That evening we had a party around the fire, then next morning our tired bodies rejuvinated with some yoga!
gallery-14 127 photos A few days after Bodyfest, we had an afterparty at Little Boxes in San Francisco.
gallery-15 81 photos The studio owners demonstrate some yoga principles.
video-1 5:36 Here is some video shot on the night of the afterparty with a cheap camera!
video-2 4:42 Here is some video shot on the night of the afterparty with a cheap camera!
video-3 4:38 Here is some video shot on the night of the afterparty with a cheap camera!
nomad-notes
I can't say that I have anything special to report from this year. Everything happened as planned and as far as I can tell everyone had a great time. I added a bunch of contests involving balloons - an easy and colorful way to have activities anyone can do. I still did not break even with costs, paying about $1000 out-of-pocket for various expenses.
