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Notes from the 2004 Vision Circle for the Future of Yoga Healing Arts Camp:

--Get the largest and strongest tarps to the site as early as possible (Freedom)

--Enjoyed being far from loud drum circles so sacred music could be heard (Xylem)

--Suggestion: Have focalizer for healing arts space for massage, etc. (Indrea)

--Loved Chai Kitchen (Gaia)

--Be more cognizant of time and space (John)

--Suggestion: Run on sun time with sun dial (Freedom)

--Liked ground cover on open space being welcoming for personal practice and freestyle. Adored homa and puja. (Rangama)

--More space for contact improv

--Kitchen great addition

--Consider noise factor in scheduling classes

--Food bill in kitchen was $2,000

--Sid is faucet guy, he will arrange a better dish wash station next year

--More Yoga mats are needed

--Freedom hosts site: www.yogahealingarts.org

--Yoga Camp is “Like heaven”

--Where do the Yogis go at night? Discussion between keeping yoga camp a day time camp verse having evening events. Decided to have “Just one night out of the week be a Yoga Camp Party Night”

--Joji: Everyone came to kitchen for info on classes/shitter, suggest set up info board

--Joji would like more help as key people that he was the only key person in kitchen

--More Tai Chi (Sung)

--More networking to diversify teaching

--Discussion about Sung being Asian Arts Focalizer, “he will consider”

--“Tribe.net” Yoga Healing Arts camp tribe being a good way for us to connect (Freedom)

--Idea for Yoga Camp come together another time of year for people to come (Mark)

--Suggestion for 1 st two weeks of June for private Yoga Camp next year (Freedom)

--Raw food camp next to us suggested by Sid

--“It would be nice if people came earlier” (Mark)

--Camp was here from the 21st this year

--If Rainbow Gathering is in Vermont next year, Freedom has connection with Native Americans there and could possibly arrange their involvement.

--Question on whether Freedom will come back from India next year.

--Ramesh was able to be creative around making time work in class start times.

--“We are the ones that need to embody the heart.” (Ramesh)

--Encouragement for bringing sacred teachers here, special guest spots.

--“I am home, this is my heart.” (Ramesh)

--Zendo and Yurt spaces worked well for sacred talks/satsang

--Joji brought canopy zendo because he wanted a bugfree zone for meditation.

--Joji invites others to bring more mosquito netting etc. for more bug free zones.

--A big open altar suggested

--“Move meditation spaces a little distance away” (Cedar)

--Thanks to those who helped with the yurt (Sherri)

--Would like more live music at night

--Applause to the Yurt

--Suggestion for Yoga Kidspace (Mark and Xylem)

--Suggestion for ‘Yogini Space' for Women (Rangama, Lisa, and Xylem)

Notes from 2003 Vision Circle:

 

1. John Perry is staying till July 11th and insuring the Yoga Camp (and Gathering) clean-up

2. There is a need for a new message board on the web page

3. We need a better way to collect donations, as the camp grows the need for supplies has been growing

4. JoJi will be helping in focalizing a tea space at the camp next year

5. Discusion about ways of creating a smoke free space around the Yoga Camp

6. Discussion about being close to Kid Villiage, but not too close (because of noise factor)

7. Discussion about being a little farther off of main trail next year (but not as far as Jerusalem Camp), there was a debate between the need to be far and shanti verse the need to be in the gathering to be easliy accessable while also taking in the factors of the Earth to locate an appropriate spot

 

Notes from 2001 Vision Circle:

1. Tents numbered and listed for classes

2. Smaller circles to meet all the other teachers and healers

3. Teepee for pranayam, meditation and classes

4. Bhagan space

5. Pujas

6. Mark Highlove is Treasurer

7. Magic hat for yoga camp to manifest supplies? (in charge by Ariana)

8. Website

9. More showers so even the dedicated students can have one after class

10. Big tarps, canvas vs. plastic

11. Signs-Yoga in progress

12. Simply Wonderful nearby again

13. Clock on mainboard

14. Pad of paper atttached to main board for notes, ideas, comments

15. Waiting space, and space after class to hang out

16. More rugs, blankets, yoga mats

17. Next's years scouting

18. Structure for hanging sirsasana

19. Creating more sacred space; ribboning off camping area, session space, and more class space

20. Name of the camp, do we like it or should we change it?