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WELCOME
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OCTOBER
2004 LAGUNA BEACH, CA
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APRIL 2005 ORANGE
SPRINGS, FL
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JUNE 2005 HARBIN HOT SPRINGS, CA
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SEPTEMBER
2005 BRYN MAWR, PA
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OCTOBER 5-7, 2007
HARBIN HOT SPRINGS, CA
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Welcome to the World Polyamory Association
Investigate the possibilities of a polyamorous (more than one love) lifestyle. Ask us how you can make more love in your life, relate from your highest self with your lovers and housemates, uplevel jealousy into compersion (joy at your lovers' joy), and give them each the attention, companionship, touch and sexual-loving they need. The World Polyamory Association's
(WPA) CONFERENCES
and workshops feature speakers and
facilitators (PRESENTER
REGISTRATION FORM) who present workshops on: empathetic active listening,
poly relationship styles and systems, imago healing, relationship imaging,
non-violent compassionate communications, Voice Dialogue centering, tantric activation,
sex magic for your lovelife, chakra balancing, energy
clearing, communication skills, poly relating and
dating, poly childrearing, poly activism and much,
much more.
Poly amory , loving more than one person at the same time, is always a good choice. No problem, love many.
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But Poly sexuality, more than one lover? Polyamory with
polysexuality-one of several relationship options-works well for some people some of the time. But so, too, do any of the other relationship options--monogamy,
singlehood, even celibacy works for other people some of the time. |
Choose. World Polyamory Association advocates CHOICE. Be the chooser, decider, author of this chapter of your life. WPA wants you to make discerning choices that serve you. Make choices that facilitate your personal growth and evolution and at the same time honor and respect the people you commit to love.
You have relationship options - monogamy, celibacy, open marriage, pair-bonded inclusive relating, triads (man-woman-man, woman-man-woman, man-man-man, woman-woman-woman) polyfidelity, loving networks, group marriage, multi-generational line marriage, and more. You have heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, pansexual alternatives within each.
You have many spiritual practices and value systems to
chose--to mix and match with your relationship
options, styles and sexual orientation. What is
most important is that you are the chooser and that
you come from choice.
Though you consult others, ultimately, you make your own choices - choices consonant with your stage of life, experience, needs at the time.
Same sex marriages are sanctioned in open-minded, progressive areas worldwide. Debates abound. Laws are launched. Legislation's lobbied. Madonna tongues Brittany Spears, live, in front of millions. Swinger Clubs open everywhere, around the globe. Ladies at the clubs embrace bisexuality openly, willingly. Men curious, lag behind, but how far?
Society, sick of infidelity, longs for honesty and openness. When will we at last free to be who we really are instead of hiding our thoughts, wants, desires and longings from everyone, including our mates?
Time for play. The sun's shining, rainbow's bright. A new day is dawning. The past becomes the now. We come full circle into the Golden Age.
Bonobo "chimps," our biologically closest cousins, show us the eroticism of our natural, animal natures. No longer fooled by domination programming, we free ourselves from "sin" and cultural inhibitions that served the Piscean age of patriarchy. Free, we realize we've outgrown ancient, restrictive ideas that no longer serve our new, centered, balanced male to female, yinyang, Aquarian partnership society. As we make love not war with renewed enthusiasm, we embrace a more civilized civilization that honors the uniqueness and special qualities of one and all and recognize sexual freedom as a healthy expressions of our true nature.
We move into an era of new awareness and freedom while
we simultaneously experience the pressure of
increasing potential restrictions imposed upon us by
those who feel threatened by our ability to be
free. Unchallenged, they would rob us of our
choice to be who we truly are.
In 1816 Thomas Jefferson wrote to Mrs. H. Harrison
Smith the following:
"I never told my own religion nor scrutinized
that of another. I never attempted to make a
convert, nor wished to change another's creed. I
am satisfied that yours must be an excellent religion
to have produced a life of such exemplary virtue and
correctness. For it is in our lives, and not
from our words, that our religion must be
judged."
Stand tall and firm, proud to be who you are.
You are wise enough to decide for yourself what suits
you in each moment as you journey through
life.
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Celebrate this delightful,
informative, stimulating and growth-inducing conference at
Harbin Hot Springs, in Middletown, California
(2 hours north of San Francisco)
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Pay, 2011,
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Single Woman
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Single Man
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Pair
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Before March 1
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$300
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$330
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$575
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Before May 1
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$340
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$370
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$625
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Before July 20
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$400
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$450
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$700
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After July 20
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$425
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$475
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$725
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PRESENT AN
EXPERIENTIAL at
HARBIN (CA)
POLYAMORY CONFERENCE
July 29, Noon -July
31, 10PM, 2011 |
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Celebrate this delightful,
informative, stimulating and growth-inducing conference at
Harbin Hot Springs, in Middletown, California
(2 hours north of San Francisco)
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SHARE WITH
OTHER POLYAMOROUS FOLKS:
* What Works for
You!
* What's Fun for You!
* What's New and Interesting in the
Poly world!
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Lead a discussion
* Present Tantra experiential
exercises geared to polys
* Demonstrate communication techniques
that facilitate polyamory
*Jealousy Management
* Negotiation methods
* Perform poly-oriented music or dance
or artistry
* Intimacy enhancement methods.
* Polyactism
* Explore what's worked and what
hasn't ...
... or whatever else your creative
brilliant mind can come up with
that other polys might find fun,
illuminating, inspiring, uplifting,
healing, fun, informative,
instructive, entertaining or fun. (Did we
mention FUN?)
Note: Lecture-style events or
abstract/theoretical presentations do
NOT go over well, while audience participation/
interactive events are usually
MUCH MORE popular.
All events should
directly relate to polyamory, polyfidelity, triading, sexual poding, open
relationships or other forms of
consensual non-monogamy.
Application
Deadline: Send your presenter application before May 15, 2011.
The organizing committee will get back to you within a few days later.
See a two-minute
video about the conference
on the link below:
http://video. google.com/ videoplay?
docid=4213542623 747936859& q=polyamory+
conference&total=55& start=0&num=
10&so=0&type= search&plindex= 1
Link to
Presenters Form for the Harbin CA PolyCon11, Come aboard. July
29 -31
http://www.schooloftantra.net/worldpolyamoryassociation/forms/Harbin20
In case you've never been there before, you'll love Harbin. Harbin
Hot Springs, CA near Middleton (two
hours from both San Francisco),
nestles on 1200 acres of beautiful
canyon land. It offers natural
healing waters (hot, warm and cold
pools), miles of hiking trails.
The Poly Conference's area is totally
private within Harbin; in our
area, we can be openly affectionate
and even sexual. Harbin is a
clothes-optional facility.
Presenters who wish
are listed as Faculty of the World Polyamory
Association. As one of our presenters,
your listing on our web site
links to a your description of the
workshops you present for the
WPA. Your presentation will be
archived and permanently listed on the
WPA. Your listing includes a link to
your web site, your
biography and a link to your products page on
your site.
Presenters
get:
*A partial waiver
of fees for the conference.
We pay a Harbin Admin Fee per
person and the Harbin caterer that
comes with the Conference Center a meals cost. Our presenters, as an act of
generosity for the polyamory movement, actually pay these fees to help the
poly movement. For the last 6 years we've collected less money than we spent
to put on the Harbin conferences. WPA charges as little as it can.
*Free space to sell
their products and display promotional
literature.
*Free World
Polyamory Association Membership for one year.
Presentations are a
minimum of 1 hour. Workshops are usually 60-90
minutes.
http://www.worldpol
yamoryassociation.com
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POLYAMOROUS POWOWS
by Sasha Lessin, www.worldpolyamory@ aol.com
Poly Conferences
provide participants perfect places to contact potential lovers.
At conferences like the "Create and
Enhance Conscious Polyamorous
Relationships" at Harbin Hot Springs
California this July 29-31, you can meet and
quickly get to know people with whom
you might fall in love--or at least in
attraction enough to know if you want
to consider as possible intimates.
Some polys get
together in these conferences every year with lovers from other
parts of the country, meet new lovers,
learn techniques to make multiple
intimacies ever-more satisfying.
Poly newbies learn
in the conferences from us old-timers what works well as wewean ourselves
from the monogamous matrix and find freedom and fulfillment with
new soulmates and pod participants.
Some folks are
monogamous most of the year but celebrate polyamory at conference
time. Others make contacts and make
arrangements to get together beyond the
conference, even to create
polyfidelous families or ongoing poly pods.
The seminars at a
conference like the Harbin World Polyamory Conference offer
structured relating exercises,
discussions of pair dating, open marriage, triad
formation and maintenance, as well as
cuddle parties, group massage and yoga
classes where you can talk to, touch
and interview like-minded folk who, like
you, seek multiple
lovers and a community that supports the polyamorous
lifestyles.
The seminars teach
you how to advertise yourselves on the internet, deal with
straight relatives, employers and
Sarah Palins.
Conferences like these, springing up
all over the U.S. and Europe, let you know
you are not alone. You can love more
and have more love for yourself and enjoy
your lovers loving more. You learn
there are techniques to keep loving more
pleasurable and growthful and
transform potentially painful interaction
into ecstatic multiperson loving.
This year we move again into our favorite venue, Harbin's Conference
Center.
It's our private, gated, sex-positive celebrative
community, complete with its own huge group room, breakaway areas, two hot
pools and camping area. Harbin
Caterers dish up yummy food.
Camp, sleep in a group room or your rv.
I’ll be there to welcome newbies, M.C. the program
and facilitate your experience living in this real-life poly community for
three days.
Sasha Lessin, Ph.D.
sashalessinphd@aol.com
Want to
help Janet with logistics? 808 244-4103 janetlessin@gmail.com.
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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.
Copyright © 2004 [WorldPolyamoryAssociation]. All
rights reserved.
Revised:
July 22, 2011
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