Lila Familia ~ Neptunalia ~ A Midsummer Ecstatic Dance!

Dearest community ~ friends ! Join us for a joyful weekend of creativity, community, and celebration. Together we'll dance ecstatically, make beautiful crafts, share music and song, feast, exchange treasures at our clothing swap, and celebrate the creative spirit that flows through each of us. Neptunalia was an ancient Roman summer festival honoring Neptune, the deity of water, art, dreams, creativity spirituality, unity, and the life-giving forces that sustain the earth. Celebrated during the hottest time of the year, it was a time when people gathered outdoors beneath leafy shelters made from branches and gave thanks for the continued blessings for the land and harvest. Come for one night or the full weekend. Bring your tent, your dancing body, your open heart, and whatever simple offerings you feel called to share. 🌿 Schedule 🌿 Friday 🚗 4pm ~ Arrival 🥗 6pm ~ Potluck Dinner 🔥 8pm ~ Men & Women's Circles Saturday 🧘‍♀️ 10:30am ~ Morning Yoga 🌿 Afternoon ~ Free Time ~ River ~ Sauna ~ Nature ~ Hanging Out 🎨 3pm ~ "Let Your Creativity Flow" Stations 🌳 5pm ~ Nature Walk / Garden Tour 🍽️ 6pm ~ Potluck Dinner 💃 9pm ~ Ecstatic Dance 🎶 11:30pm ~ Sound Journey / Ambient Set Sunday 🌅 Morning ~ Slow Wake Up ~ Tea ~ River ~ Integration 🧘‍♀️ 11am ~ Gentle Yoga 🎸 3pm ~ Song Circle 🌿 The Flow 🌿 This is a shared weekend. Everyone contributes in small ways. Food is communal, people help cook, people help clean, and the beauty of the weekend comes from what each person brings into the field. The heart of the gathering is Saturday night’s dance. We’ll begin slowly as the evening settles, with earthy, organic, bass-driven sounds that invite the body to soften, open, and arrive. As the fire grows and the stars come out, the music will build into a fuller ecstatic dance journey ~ rooted, wild, spacious, and alive. This is not a performance space. It is a place to move honestly, to listen deeply, to be with the land, and to remember the simple joy of being human together. Sunday will be soft and spacious ~ river dips, tea, yoga, music, slow conversations, integration, wandering the gardens, and resting into the sweetness of midsummer. Nothing too rigid. Just a container, the land, the music, and what we create together. 🌿 Accommodation 🌿 Camping is fully open and the land is lush and alive. Bring a tent or vehicle setup if possible. Shared indoor crash space may also be available in the loft for those wanting something simple and communal. If you'd like to book a private accommodation, reach out to us! 🌿 Contribution 🌿 $50 per person per day $100 for Saturday to Sunday overnight $150 for Friday to Sunday Free for Children under 12 e-transfer: [email protected] mention “Neptunalia” If finances are tight, reach out and we’ll figure something out that feels fair and workable. 🌿 Music 🌿 Expect a blend of grounded, bass-driven, organic, global, and heart-opening sounds. The music starts slowly, opens gradually, becomes more expansive and rhythmic through the evening, then softens back into stillness late at night. A space to dance deeply ~ or simply listen beneath the trees. Previous mixes here: https://soundcloud.com/mulmur