2024 Refuge Outdoor Festival

Session Capacity: 20

Attention attendees: Online registration does not guarantee session access. Please arrive at least 5 minutes before the session begins and check in with a volunteer to secure your spot. Thank you!

Intro games
Stretch and check in (name, pronoun, what you hope to get out of today)
Oshun Swim School intro - relationship to water, story of Oshun, listening to body, Draw card
Sensory Connection (45 min)
Sound: Sound map
Touch
A: Scavenger hunt for 5 different sensations
B: ½ the group creates a sensory museum for the other half, and try to guess which objects are which
Sight: Scavenger hunt for something of every color of the rainbow, 3 different types of movements, 3 interesting/beautiful sights
Smell/taste: Scavenger hunt for 3 different smells

*weather dependent swim break

Option A: Journaling (choose your own adventure) - 30 min
What elements of the river's story can you relate to?
Where do I resist flow in my life? Where am I able to embrace it?
“No [person] ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and [they] are not the same [person].” Marcus Aurelius
Option B: Offering to the river (choose your own adventure) 30 min
Altar builders: mandala, leaves, etc
Word smiths: poetry, appreciations, song

Closing Circle 15 min
Share offerings
Gratitudes/reflections for the day