ORANGE SPRINGS, FLORIDA
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APRIL 20-26, 2005

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The World Polyamory Association's Southeast Conference, Return To The Tribe: A Weeklong Polyamorous Community will be at Orange Springs Retreat Center, Orange Springs, FL in Central Florida.

Co-create The World Polyamory Association's Southeast Conference, Return To The Tribe, a six-day experiential Polyamorous Community at Orange Springs Retreat, Central Florida. Together, we enjoy interactive workshops on kind, authentic communication, pair-bonding, romantic love, multiple-partner sexuality and choreographing the dance of poly loving.

Participate in discussions and playshops on community building and maintenance, jealousy management, compersion, coming out, bisexuality, poly rights and polyamous childrearing challenges. Network, party, play, exchange massages, practice tantra and attend daily yoga classes.

Each day, Return to the Tribe begins, for early risers, with Sasha Lessin’s yoga and meditation class.  The first day, Monday, April 20, we join small (6 -12 person) groups (pods). Our pod support us getting what we want at the conference and in life.  Each morning, after yoga and breakfast, our pods meet and we each talk with our pod mates about what we're learn about poly loving.  Then, till 1PM, we enjoy Part 1 of the main interactive presentation of the day. 

After our pods meet Monday, Voice Dialogue facilitators Dr. Sasha and Janet Kira Lessin lead  Choreographing Your Inner Voices in Polyamorous Life, a powerful exploration of the subselves within us that influence how we do poly.  Then we eat lunch and shmooze, snooze or make love till 3 PM. 

After lunch, we return for Part 2 of the day’s community experience; the first day, we return for the second part of the Lessins'  Voice Dialogue presentation and learn how our inner voices interact with those of our poly partners, sour, and can be re-sweetened by sharing our vulnerabilities and embracing within us underdeveloped subselves our partners exhibit in soured communication. 

Evenings after dinner at "Return to the Tribe" involve fun, play, dance, ceremonies, celebrations and opportunities for connecting.  When the afternoon experience concludes, we dine and, after dinner, the same presenter, or another presenter (or entertainer), leads a joyous movement experience, guided massage or tantra ritual.

Drive forty minutes to Orange Springs from Ocala and Gainesville and ninety minutes from Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville. The Orange Springs center embraces 100 acres of hills edging Ocala National Forest. Cabins here--mostly doubles–share a bathroom. Some private rooms are also available.

     We're currently seeking presenters for this conference.  If you're interested in being a presenter, fill out our PRESENTER'S APPLICATION. 

APPROXIMATE DRIVING TIMES:
1 1/2 HOUR FROM TAMPA
1 1/2 HOURS FROM ORLANDO
1 1/2 HOUR FROM JACKSONVILLE
40 MINUTES FROM GAINESVILLE
35 MINUTES FROM OCALA

Phone: 1-800-279-0401 or 1-305-279-0401

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Orange Springs Retreat Center is a place where you can do just about everything under the sun. The home for our community is a magnificent 100 acre retreat site in the gentle rolling hills on the edge of Florida's Ocala National Forest and on the shores of a spring-fed lake available for year-round group rental.

Orange Springs Group Retreat Center, which is used as a camp during the summer, has climate controlled facilities for all the Floridian seasons. Each building is double "cabin" separated by large, clean formica bathrooms.

All groups stay in our rustic, yet comfortable cabins. Some private rooms are available. 

Facilities include a full size gymnasium with indoor basketball court, arts and craft rooms, theater and lecture room, four hardtop tennis courts, dining hall, ropes course, walking trails, pool, spring-fed lake, canoes and paddle boats, aqua range for golf, white sandy beach & outdoor pavilions.

01/01/04 - 01/31/05 $515
02/01/05 - 02/28/05 $535
03/01/05 - 03/31/05 $555
04/01/15 - 04/15/05 $575
after 04/15/05 $615

Click Non-Member's Registration Form to register.

Day Rate: $100 per day

CANCELLATION POLICY

No Refunds on Membership Fees

Refund Policy for Conferences & Events:
90 days or more - Refund fee is 25% of price
60 days or more - Refund fee is 50% of price
31-59 days - Refund fee is 75% of price
30 days or less - Refund fee is 100% of price
5 days or less - no credits or refunds

To Cancel send your request in writing to:
WorldPolyamory@aol.com or write to

World Polyamory Association
1371 Malaihi Road
Wailuku, Hawaii 96793
Be sure to include your name, address, email and phone.

After you register, and if you cannot attend the Conference or Event, you may:
1. Send a substitute or
2. Receive a credit memo to be applied in one year (12 months) toward another WPA event.

Returned checks will be charged a $25 bank service fee.

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Revised: March 01, 2011