Programs and Work Parties in 2025

Presidents’ Day Work Party

February 14 - 17, 2025
Help open Camp for the season - spend. time with nature as it starts to wake up from its winter rest!  Work in community with others to help get Camp ready for the year!

Spring Equinox Work Party

March 21 - 24, 2025
Help prepare Camp for the spring and summer season - and celebrate spring equinox!

Earth Day Work Party 2025

April 25 - 28, 2025
Last Work Party before programs begin! Celebrate Earth Day grounded at Indralaya

Nature Immersion: Reconnect, Rejuvenate, Renew

With Elizabeth Nelson

May 1 - 4, 2025
Join us to cultivate a deeper appreciation for the natural world and experience the profound peace it offers. 

Connecting to your Awe-thentic Divinity

With Nicole DeMent

May 8 - 11, 2025
Over this transformative weekend, we'll explore tools to help you reconnect with your inner voice and deepen your relationship with the greater spirit that connects all life.

Astrology and Tarot – Tools for Transformative Times

With Callie French and Stephanie Austin

May 15 - 18, 2025
Select a focus on Astrology as a tool for personal and spiritual growth, or Tarot for developing insight and intuition. Experience both aspects in the evening programs.

Memorial Day Work Party

May 23 - 26, 2025
Volunteer your efforts in preparation for the busy summer season that lies ahead. There’s work available for all ages and all skills — join us!

Practical Theosophy: Finding Our Purpose in the Confusion

With Douglas Keene

May 29 - June 1, 2025
This program will look at a few practical aspects of Theosophy that might lend some stability in our chaotic milieu.

TT Mentorship

With Mary Lou Trinkwon, Cordy Anderson, Kathy Arquette, Lin Bauer and Chery Ann Hoffmeyer Ph.D., QTTT, RTTT (she/her)

June 7 - 13, 2025
The intent of these programs is to provide a rich opportunity to deepen understanding and the practice of TT. All participants will have many opportunities to enhance their efficacy as TT practitioners within a supportive environment.

Foundations of Therapeutic Touch

With Peggy Frank and Sandy Revesz

June 7 - 11, 2025
This program provides a foundation in the theory and practice of Therapeutic Touch. It is designed for anyone new to the practice of TT or anyone wishing to refresh their practice.

Deep Singing

With Barbara Bellamy, Tiffany Stoker and Karen Goens

June 26 - July 2, 2025
Calling all music lovers, dreamers, and adventurers to the transformative Deep Singing Program. Let your light shine! No singing experience required.

Family Camp 1

With John Ackerman, Alice Pederson, Sarah Ackerman and Kimberly Peterson

July 6 - 12, 2025
Sunday Dinner July 6 through Saturday Breakfast July 12 Celebrate the spirit of Indralaya within the circle of family, when all ages gather to create a deeper experience of community. Each day begins with age-based centering circles, followed by a rich mix of art, music, dancing, games and workshops created within the diverse wisdom and interests of those attending. Highlights include a ceremony honoring the transition of children into their teenage years, campfire gatherings, a groovin’ sock hop, and a grand finale of all talents. This is truly a celebration of extended family within a playful, nurturing, and sacred environment…

Family Camp 2

July 26 - August 1, 2025
Saturday Dinner through Friday Breakfast WHO WE ARE Family Camp Week Two brings together an open, supportive, multigenerational community of new and familiar faces alike. Whether you have little ones, teens, or come without them, join us as we gather to build connections, take part in communal activities, and deepen our relationship with the beautiful sanctuary we call Indralaya. A DAY AT CAMP We begin each day with a camp circle, welcoming newcomers and singing songs. Then we break into smaller, age-based “centering circles” to explore the year’s theme and prepare for the initiation evening, where any camper turning 13…

Contemplative Art in Nature

With Kimberlee Hummel and Karen Dickinson

August 14 - 19, 2025
This program of presence in nature and expression in art will give inspiration to connect to our sense of playfulness and wonder. We’ll discover the forest and shoreline by observing with our senses and explore our creativity through print and watercolor.

Qigong for Health

With Bob Shapiro

August 22 - 25, 2025
 “Qi” means energy and “Gong” means skill or cultivation. So, Qi Gong is "the skill of cultivating your life-force energy." Through movements, deep breathing, and meditation, Qi Gong helps you cultivate positive, life-force energy and promote healing from within. Qigong can dramatically impact your health, whatever your age or background.  Easy to learn, a joy to perform, their regular practice will boost your play and work.  These movements are an ideal adjunct for health professionals wishing to enhance their performance, for martial artists, dancers, and other active people. They support other Healing Practices, including Reiki and Therapeutic Touch.  They work…

Labor Day Work Party

August 29 - September 1, 2025
An annual tradition! Help camp begin to greet the fall season – donate your labor on labor day!

Blessing Your Journey

With Hilarie Hauptman, Leeann Tourtillott and Karen Lohmann

September 11 - 15, 2025
You're invited to a supportive, experiential and reflective retreat in a uniquely beautiful setting to do deep work in the company of others; contemplate your own death and the death of significant others. 

Deep Singing – Long Weekend

With Barbara Bellamy, Karen Goens and Tiffany Stoker

September 18 - 21, 2025
Calling all music lovers, dreamers, and adventurers to the transformative Deep Singing Program. *Let your light shine!* No singing experience required.

Opening to Stillness: Silent Meditation Retreat

With Leonie Van Gelder and Tama Recker

September 25 - 28, 2025
Participating in intentional silence and meditation in community can help us open to deeper levels of stillness within ourselves.

Fall Harvest Work Party

October 10 - 13, 2025
An annual tradition! The emphasis is on harvesting and processing apples and other fruits of the garden & orchard, with plenty of other projects to tend to as well. There is fun work for all ages.

November Work Party

November 7 - 10, 2025
Help put camp to bed at the end of another long and fruitful season. Late fall is an excellent time to visit Indralaya and observe the forces of nature at work. The focus of this quieter work party is on preparing the camp for its winter rest.