The Northeast Naturist Festival at Empire Haven Nudist Park in upstate Awesome York:
Summer is when most people get out of town on weekends, making excursions to the nude beach and our favorite naturist places. But some of the greatest weekends are when a bunch of us take a trip to the same area such as to the Northeast Naturist Festival. This annual festival occurs at Empire Haven, a fkk resort / naturist campground in upstate NY that's been around for about 50 years. It was our first time at the NNF and at Empire Haven.
The festival was a wonderful uplifting time! Six days of nonstop action, with numerous eclectic workshops happening at every hour of the day (sessions more jam packed than at the TNS gathering). We tented (as usual) in their open back field, and Empire has a vast place of trailers and tenting space, with and without conveniences hook-up.
The primary area consists of a clubhouse with a snack-bar a large and small hot tub, wet sauna and heated pool. Another little building they call the &khaki shack& was a cozy room lined with shelves of books and games. Only nearby is a adorable and well-kept playground and two outdoor pavilions where meals were served. ( You don't have to construct your class from the ground upward. Chances are, there are communities that already exist that are waiting for you to start a naked yoga course. The words themselves Naked and Yoga describe two communities that are your primary potential participants. was mostly good, but expensive.)
In between is lots of grassy lawn used for workshop places. The facilities are all okay except for the toilet situation- no fine public bathrooms.
Northeast Naturist Festival at Empire Haven
We were there the last three days, and there was so much to do I found myself torn between workshops. But, we managed to do a lot! From African dance and drum classes to NAC / naturist topic discussions to meditation to a hike to Potters Falls, the activities were diverse and usually with 3 or 4 happening at any given time.
As a side note, I found that the TNS party in June was best suited to naturists who have a deep interest in associated matters, laws, politics, and in what's happening with naturists everywhere; whereas this holiday was more about fun leisure activities, learning awesome hobbies, therapeutic head workshops and physical naked fitness sessions.
Not that either one is superior to the other, as they both have different experiences to offer.
Empire Haven outside pool
Some of the festival activities offered new experiences to me, one of which was a sort of sound healing session. I lay down halfway inside a half-dome with my eyes closed and gongs hanging on each side emitting powerful sounds as 2 educators waved their instruments.
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The sound and vibrations filled the air around me and drowned out all the background noise until I felt separated from my surroundings. It was a bit loud, but an interesting number of minutes.
Each night was the infamous drum circle. We gathered around the fire pit with encompassed by a broad ring of sand for folks to shimmy and dance around the fire. Various kinds of drums were accessible along the border of the ring for people to join in the pounding.
The drum leader introduced the beats for everyone to drum in unison. On the sand a number of dancers swung their cloths, Poi (those light-up balls), or shook their bells to add to the music. The coordinated thumping and primitive air were soothing and exciting at the same time.
We also attended a workshop with an overview of NAC dilemmas. I believe it was too brief of a time period to discuss anything in depth and gain further insight into the issues brought up. But the top-free rights discussion was fairly useful for us, given my recent topless arrest that took place a few days before it.
The last action we attended before parting on Sunday was the traditional Pudding Toss. We met a group of 20 people or so in an enclosed little grass area. The cups and tin cans full of chocolate and vanilla pudding were lined up. After the children were given cups and free shots at the grown ups, the rest of us were handed an overflowing cup of pudding with a plastic spoon.
And the mayhem began! Wiener Proposes San Francisco Nudity Prohibition , cheers and gallons of pudding flung through the air until all bodies were canvases of dark brown and white splatters. Once the pudding ran out, we'd a mass group hug, bodies pressed together to smudge our artwork.. Dreamlike, wild mess! (To some outsiders, the nude thing is peculiar enough..imagine describing a nude pudding throw wink
So that was the festival! Coming up..the story of our weekend spent hanging out with naked and clothed biker dudes and a beer fountain.. - Our weekend at But I wasn't prepared to !
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