Previous Conference Schedule

conference schedule (from 2006)

For those men who have not experienced the Conference before and are curious about what goes on (and for those men who have and want to be reminded of the depth of their experience and connection to the other men,) below is the schedule of activities at the previous Gualala Men's Conference in 2006.

Previous Conference Schedule (2006 Conference - This is NOT the current schedule.)

Friday night:

  • 6:00 dinner
  • 7:00 welcoming drumming, singing, and poetry.
    Introduction of theme for weekend + staff
    Trust building mixers leading to formation of Small Groups for weekend
    Individual introductions in Small Groups
    Walk to meadow, beginning of an ancient tale followed by opening ritual under the stars.

Saturday:

  • 7:00 Temple of Melodious Sound: optional singing
  • 8:00 Breakfast
  • 9:00 Somatic experience of old wounds/healings in our bodies
  • 10:00 Silence while individuals wander in Nature
  • 11:00 Introduction to "beliefs we hold" exercise Small Groups meet to discuss
  • 12:30 Box lunches in Small Groups in meadow
  • Afternoon free
  • 4:30 Community meeting: issues and personal sharing
  • 6:30 Dinner
  • 8:00 Guided work in journals regarding defining moments in our lives how have we been defined? how might we live without old definitions?
  • 9:15 Ritual closure of evening: self affirmations and offerings of beauty to the Gualala River

Sunday:

  • 7:00 Temple of Melodious Sound: optional singing
  • 8:00 Breakfast
  • 9:00 Drumming, dancing, singing, poetry, community meeting: issues and personal sharing
  • 11:00 Story telling, poetry followed by Small Groups
  • 12:30 Lunch
  • Afternoon free
  • 4:00 The meaning of knight's shields art experience: creating one's own shield with symbols and motto, placing them on community altar
  • 6:00 Drumming and dancing
  • 6:30 Dinner
  • 7:30 Telling of a dramatic story but with unfinished ending. Small Groups create and present alternate endings in movement, song, and pantomime, drumming and dancing

Monday:

  • 7:00 Temple of Melodious Sound: optional singing
  • 8:00 Breakfast
  • 9:00 Community meeting honoring of Memorial Day issues and personal sharing
  • 11:00 Small Groups meet for closure
  • 12:00 Ritual closure of workshop on beach, thank you's, singing, farewells
  • 12:30 Lunch
  • Departure.