Moon Lodge Summer Retreat - Annual Fundraiser for the Miami Indians of Indiana
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Moon Lodge JUNE RETREAT 2026
Thursday, June 25th through Sunday, June 28th - Annual Fundraiser for the Miami Indians of Indiana
Share this event with anyone you feel would be interested in attending. Thanks for spreading the word.
RSVP: Let's use the RSVP of this event page to accurately show who is coming to the retreat. It helps us get an idea of our numbers. In addition, send me (Shakti Penelope) a private message with your RSVP.
LOCATION: Miami Indians Seven Pillars Campground
https://goo.gl/maps/PKnfcZ1wtK8XEAfy6
*** There is a call for donations for your participation in this retreat, and all of the funds collected will go directly to the Miami Nation of Indians of Indiana as a donation toward their capital campaign (For more info, visit this link: http://www.miamiindians.org/).
If you are only able to participate for a day or two, best to focus on the weekend. Thursday and Friday will be low key as we set up the space, get to know each other, and enjoy connecting with honor to the land.
As always we will share our talents and skills so let us know ahead of time if there's a workshop or activity you'd like to lead or any other way in particular you'd like to contribute.
Upon registration, please tell me:
1. Whether you are a day visitor (and which days/times you will be visiting) or a camper (and which days/nights you will be staying over)
2. Whether you'd like to fill a volunteer position and which one
3. Whether you'd like to offer a workshop or activity to the group and which day/time you'd prefer
4. Whether you have any food preferences
SCHEDULE
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
THURSDAY & FRIDAY ALL DAY: Arrival and setting up starting anytime. The gate will be unlocked for us to enter and unload, However, please take note that the Miami prefer us to park our vehicles outside of the gate or at the parking lot across the street. If you need help carrying your stuff, do let one of us know and we can enlist help.
*** Please note that all activities are optional. Listen to your own intuition to see in which activities you wish to participate. ***
FRIDAY DINNER --> 6 PM: PITCH-IN MEAL - All will contribute
The first group meal will be Friday dinner.
We will have our OPENING CIRCLE after dinner at about 7 pm.
Opening circle is when we honor and greet this land and talk about our intentions for our special time together.
FRIDAY EVENING ACTIVITY, after circle (about 8 or 8:30 pm):
_______________ led by ________________
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
SATURDAY MORNING:
9 am yoga or movement led by ________________
10:30 am circle afterwards to start the day together
BREAKFAST AND LUNCH we will eat from our own food we bring from home.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACTIVITY:
1:00 pm - ______________ led by _______________
4:00 pm - ______________ led by _______________
SATURDAY DINNER --> 6 PM:
Dinner lead cook: ___________
Dinner helper: _____________
For cleanup it's "all hands on deck".
SATURDAY EVENING ACTIVITY, about 7:30 pm:
_______________ led by ________________
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
SUNDAY MORNING SESSION:
9 am yoga or movement led by ________________
10:30 am circle afterwards to start the day together
BREAKFAST AND LUNCH we will eat from our own food we bring from home.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACTIVITY:
1:00 pm - ______________ led by _______________
4:00 pm - ______________ led by _______________
Packing up our campsites...
FINAL MEAL- SUNDAY DINNER --> 6 PM:
Dinner lead cook: ___________
Dinner helper: _____________
We will eat the main dish PLUS a pitch in of various snack foods, leftovers, and other food contributions.
For cleanup it's "all hands on deck".
CLOSING CIRCLE AFTER DINNER. If you can't stay all the way until Sunday evening closing circle after dinner, let us know earlier in the retreat, so we can have a closing for you in an earlier circle that day.
As always, we leave the land better than how we found it, thanking her for holding us so beautifully, thanking the Miami, the first people of this land.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Please consider volunteering to make this year's retreat a beautiful success! You are invited to hold more than one volunteer position if you are so called. You are welcome to attend as a day visitor or as a camper.
VOLUNTEER POSITIONS AVAILABLE:
1. FIRST AID SUPPLY PERSON
2. FIREWOOD DUTY - ordering the wood, having it delivered, storing it near to the fire and keeping it dry. This person will also bring necessary firestarter or kindling. This person also will make sure our wood is dry. That means covering the wood with a tarp if it rains and opening the tarp in a bright hot sunny day.
3. SETTING UP AND MANAGING THE DISHWASH AREA near to where we eat
4. THE KEEPER OF QUIET SPACE - setting up a beautiful place where women can go to be quiet or take some space away from the group energy. Some ideas include a large tent away from the main gathering area filled with pillows and books or other relaxing things. If needed, this is also a place to process big emotions in this quiet, private space either alone or in the company of someone holding space for you. This designated space for processing big emotions helps the public, shared spaces feel neutral for more sensitive people.
5. SATURDAY DINNER, prep and serve to the group
6. SATURDAY DINNER HELPER, assist main cook
7. SUNDAY DINNER, prep and serve to the group
8. SUNDAY DINNER HELPER, assist main cook
9. (Penelope will do this) THE GODDESS OF SCHEDULING ACTIVITIES AND WORKSHOPS - coordinating who is giving a workshop/leading an activity, also what the facilitators' needs may be and their preferred time.
10. PRINTING AND POSTING PAL - This person prints and posts the schedule and has some extra copies for women who want their own.
11. CAMPING SUPPLIES COORDINATOR - You create a list of any spare camping supplies that people may have available to share and also create a list of what others may need, sharing that with the group to see who can help out with that. You also coordinate who has pop-up tents available to donate to our common cooking/meal/hanging out area.
12. THE KEEPER OF THE FIRE - She makes sure the fire is hot when we need it like first thing in the morning for coffee/tea and before meals for cooking and for late evening hanging out.
13. CLEAN UP DUTY - She makes sure our common areas stay tidy throughout the retreat and also is the last one to leave the retreat on Sunday, ensuring we have not left anything behind and that we are leaving the Miami Campground better than how we found it at the start. Rather than doing it alone, this person may also ask others if they can help and coordinate a crew. This person also ensures we lock the gate upon leaving.
14. RECYCLING AND TRASH AND FOOD COMPOST QUEEN - This person has several large trash cans and lids that lock well and liner bags all set up in our common area. Compost can be a sealing bucket. What gets recycled in Peru? Plastics labeled 1 and 2 on the bottom, cardboard, paper, all glass, all metal tins, clean aluminum foil. What can be composted? All food scraps but not much dairy or oil and certainly no produce stickers stuck to the peels. This person makes sure trash bins are closed tight before we retire for sleep. Also makes sure bins aren't overflowing and the area kept tidy.
________________________________
You are so welcome to join us on this 2026 Moon Lodge Retreat!!! It is such a beautiful time to connect to nature and to each other in the atmosphere of supportive, loving sisterhood. We attend with a kind, open heart, curious about this wonderful adventure we experience together. Come in your authenticity, ready to weave a loving safety net for the wonderfully refreshing authenticity of all the sistars present.
We will make fires, sing songs, play our drums and percussion instruments, enjoy great conversation, and delight in this amazing time of year. We shall celebrate and dance in the Glory of Life!
*** We will be turning off our phones for the majority of the retreat, turning them on just rarely to check on kiddos and family as needed. The focus will be on who is there with us and on the land where we will gather. If you'd like to use your phone to take pictures, just have the phone on AIRPLANE MODE if that's OK with you. ***
*** Bras, makeup, and shaving are optional! ***
_____________________________
***TO BRING***:
All you need for camping comfortably:
1. Donations. The camping reservation was $65. Please bring with you a donation for the Miami Indians of Indiana. Day visitors can give their donation upon arrival.
2. tent with a good rain fly and a tarp that you tuck underneath so the tent floor doesn't get wet from the ground. I suggest scanning the landscape for slightly higher ground for pitching your tent. The ground there is quite soggy if it's been raining.
3. sleeping soft pad under you
4. warm enough sleeping bag/blankets. Bring extra blankets just in case it's cool.
5. one gallon of water for each day you will stay (All days would be 3 gallons). It's suggested to store them in a cool shady place. Optional to bring one extra gallon of tap water for the final rinse of your dishes after we wash them. Also have some water bottles to fill and take with you for short day hikes.
6. toilet paper, (optional: a bucket and lid for having to pee in the night)
7. a headlamp or flashlight
8. your own snacks, breakfast, and lunch for all days in a cooler, if necessary. (optional is to bring snacks to share)
9. your own plate bowl cup mug utensils that you will wash and reuse throughout the retreat. I suggest using drinking water for the final rinse of your dishes, utensils, and cup.
10. drums, percussion instruments, or any other musical instruments you would like to bring
11. songs that are easy to learn that you'd like to teach us
12. any special talent you'd like to share like a poem or song written by you or another or some of your art/crafts
13. dry newspapers, kindling, and firewood to contribute if we haven't found a Firewood Duty person by the time the retreat starts.
14. any special mementos or seasonal decorations that you'd like to put on our center area
15. A folding chair
16. comfortable shoes - some shoes that can get wet and perhaps an extra dry pair in a plastic bag
17. layered clothing for warm or cool weather. Also optional but encouraged is to bring some outfits, dresses, and jewelry that make you feel beautiful and like a goddess! Bring a bathing suit and a towel.
18. rain coat (plus optional rain pants) and rain hat as well as large plastic bags in case you have to bag your stuff to protect it from the rain
19. sun protection including hat
20. natural bug repellant or whatever bug repellent works well for you [contact our sister Ashley Back of Back's Panacea (https://www.facebook.com/BacksPanaceaFarm) and also Bear Woman Herbs (https://www.facebook.com/lori.bearwomanherbs) for this since they provide natural bug spray through their businesses. YAY for supporting each other!]
21. WARM PAJAMAS (suggestion with cozy soft socks and a sock cap) since the nights can be cool with temps in the 50s.
22. clothes you don't mind getting dirty
23. extra towels and a dish towel
24. a yoga mat. Even if not doing yoga it's nice to sit or lay on.
25. your favorite cutting board and knife, large bowl, large pot and serving spoon. Some of this may stay in your car but it's useful to have on hand just in case.
26. Long rope and a pair of scissors to help hang some tarps.
27. Any extra tarps you happen to have laying around at home. These are handy to go under tents, to go over stuff in the rain, to create shade, and to sit on and lay on... DO YOU HAVE A LARGE POP-UP TENT TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR MAIN GATHERING AND FOOD PREP AREA?
28. an open heart and a smile and a willingness to try new things and make new friends!
_______________________________________
***FOOD***
To make things simple, we will have everyone bring their own breakfast and lunch (lunch can also be leftovers from dinner the day before). Surely we can do our best to have a fire every morning for people to have hot water to make their beverages (rainy mornings might make this a tad bit challenging to have hot water...). Those who love coffee may be able to bring some instant coffee to mix with hot water.
** Please do register with me so I know if you'd like to participate, so I can add you to the private FB group we've created for coordinating.
Thank you so much in advance for your participation in this year's retreat! Come on out to show your support for our local tribe! If you'd like to make a donation to the Miami but aren't able to attend the retreat, just get in contact with me, Shakti Penelope.
We are looking forward to a wonderful adventure together. Please let me know if you have any concerns or questions.
Love to all of you!
Thursday, June 25th through Sunday, June 28th - Annual Fundraiser for the Miami Indians of Indiana
Share this event with anyone you feel would be interested in attending. Thanks for spreading the word.
RSVP: Let's use the RSVP of this event page to accurately show who is coming to the retreat. It helps us get an idea of our numbers. In addition, send me (Shakti Penelope) a private message with your RSVP.
LOCATION: Miami Indians Seven Pillars Campground
https://goo.gl/maps/PKnfcZ1wtK8XEAfy6
*** There is a call for donations for your participation in this retreat, and all of the funds collected will go directly to the Miami Nation of Indians of Indiana as a donation toward their capital campaign (For more info, visit this link: http://www.miamiindians.org/).
If you are only able to participate for a day or two, best to focus on the weekend. Thursday and Friday will be low key as we set up the space, get to know each other, and enjoy connecting with honor to the land.
As always we will share our talents and skills so let us know ahead of time if there's a workshop or activity you'd like to lead or any other way in particular you'd like to contribute.
Upon registration, please tell me:
1. Whether you are a day visitor (and which days/times you will be visiting) or a camper (and which days/nights you will be staying over)
2. Whether you'd like to fill a volunteer position and which one
3. Whether you'd like to offer a workshop or activity to the group and which day/time you'd prefer
4. Whether you have any food preferences
SCHEDULE
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
THURSDAY & FRIDAY ALL DAY: Arrival and setting up starting anytime. The gate will be unlocked for us to enter and unload, However, please take note that the Miami prefer us to park our vehicles outside of the gate or at the parking lot across the street. If you need help carrying your stuff, do let one of us know and we can enlist help.
*** Please note that all activities are optional. Listen to your own intuition to see in which activities you wish to participate. ***
FRIDAY DINNER --> 6 PM: PITCH-IN MEAL - All will contribute
The first group meal will be Friday dinner.
We will have our OPENING CIRCLE after dinner at about 7 pm.
Opening circle is when we honor and greet this land and talk about our intentions for our special time together.
FRIDAY EVENING ACTIVITY, after circle (about 8 or 8:30 pm):
_______________ led by ________________
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
SATURDAY MORNING:
9 am yoga or movement led by ________________
10:30 am circle afterwards to start the day together
BREAKFAST AND LUNCH we will eat from our own food we bring from home.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACTIVITY:
1:00 pm - ______________ led by _______________
4:00 pm - ______________ led by _______________
SATURDAY DINNER --> 6 PM:
Dinner lead cook: ___________
Dinner helper: _____________
For cleanup it's "all hands on deck".
SATURDAY EVENING ACTIVITY, about 7:30 pm:
_______________ led by ________________
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
SUNDAY MORNING SESSION:
9 am yoga or movement led by ________________
10:30 am circle afterwards to start the day together
BREAKFAST AND LUNCH we will eat from our own food we bring from home.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACTIVITY:
1:00 pm - ______________ led by _______________
4:00 pm - ______________ led by _______________
Packing up our campsites...
FINAL MEAL- SUNDAY DINNER --> 6 PM:
Dinner lead cook: ___________
Dinner helper: _____________
We will eat the main dish PLUS a pitch in of various snack foods, leftovers, and other food contributions.
For cleanup it's "all hands on deck".
CLOSING CIRCLE AFTER DINNER. If you can't stay all the way until Sunday evening closing circle after dinner, let us know earlier in the retreat, so we can have a closing for you in an earlier circle that day.
As always, we leave the land better than how we found it, thanking her for holding us so beautifully, thanking the Miami, the first people of this land.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Please consider volunteering to make this year's retreat a beautiful success! You are invited to hold more than one volunteer position if you are so called. You are welcome to attend as a day visitor or as a camper.
VOLUNTEER POSITIONS AVAILABLE:
1. FIRST AID SUPPLY PERSON
2. FIREWOOD DUTY - ordering the wood, having it delivered, storing it near to the fire and keeping it dry. This person will also bring necessary firestarter or kindling. This person also will make sure our wood is dry. That means covering the wood with a tarp if it rains and opening the tarp in a bright hot sunny day.
3. SETTING UP AND MANAGING THE DISHWASH AREA near to where we eat
4. THE KEEPER OF QUIET SPACE - setting up a beautiful place where women can go to be quiet or take some space away from the group energy. Some ideas include a large tent away from the main gathering area filled with pillows and books or other relaxing things. If needed, this is also a place to process big emotions in this quiet, private space either alone or in the company of someone holding space for you. This designated space for processing big emotions helps the public, shared spaces feel neutral for more sensitive people.
5. SATURDAY DINNER, prep and serve to the group
6. SATURDAY DINNER HELPER, assist main cook
7. SUNDAY DINNER, prep and serve to the group
8. SUNDAY DINNER HELPER, assist main cook
9. (Penelope will do this) THE GODDESS OF SCHEDULING ACTIVITIES AND WORKSHOPS - coordinating who is giving a workshop/leading an activity, also what the facilitators' needs may be and their preferred time.
10. PRINTING AND POSTING PAL - This person prints and posts the schedule and has some extra copies for women who want their own.
11. CAMPING SUPPLIES COORDINATOR - You create a list of any spare camping supplies that people may have available to share and also create a list of what others may need, sharing that with the group to see who can help out with that. You also coordinate who has pop-up tents available to donate to our common cooking/meal/hanging out area.
12. THE KEEPER OF THE FIRE - She makes sure the fire is hot when we need it like first thing in the morning for coffee/tea and before meals for cooking and for late evening hanging out.
13. CLEAN UP DUTY - She makes sure our common areas stay tidy throughout the retreat and also is the last one to leave the retreat on Sunday, ensuring we have not left anything behind and that we are leaving the Miami Campground better than how we found it at the start. Rather than doing it alone, this person may also ask others if they can help and coordinate a crew. This person also ensures we lock the gate upon leaving.
14. RECYCLING AND TRASH AND FOOD COMPOST QUEEN - This person has several large trash cans and lids that lock well and liner bags all set up in our common area. Compost can be a sealing bucket. What gets recycled in Peru? Plastics labeled 1 and 2 on the bottom, cardboard, paper, all glass, all metal tins, clean aluminum foil. What can be composted? All food scraps but not much dairy or oil and certainly no produce stickers stuck to the peels. This person makes sure trash bins are closed tight before we retire for sleep. Also makes sure bins aren't overflowing and the area kept tidy.
________________________________
You are so welcome to join us on this 2026 Moon Lodge Retreat!!! It is such a beautiful time to connect to nature and to each other in the atmosphere of supportive, loving sisterhood. We attend with a kind, open heart, curious about this wonderful adventure we experience together. Come in your authenticity, ready to weave a loving safety net for the wonderfully refreshing authenticity of all the sistars present.
We will make fires, sing songs, play our drums and percussion instruments, enjoy great conversation, and delight in this amazing time of year. We shall celebrate and dance in the Glory of Life!
*** We will be turning off our phones for the majority of the retreat, turning them on just rarely to check on kiddos and family as needed. The focus will be on who is there with us and on the land where we will gather. If you'd like to use your phone to take pictures, just have the phone on AIRPLANE MODE if that's OK with you. ***
*** Bras, makeup, and shaving are optional! ***
_____________________________
***TO BRING***:
All you need for camping comfortably:
1. Donations. The camping reservation was $65. Please bring with you a donation for the Miami Indians of Indiana. Day visitors can give their donation upon arrival.
2. tent with a good rain fly and a tarp that you tuck underneath so the tent floor doesn't get wet from the ground. I suggest scanning the landscape for slightly higher ground for pitching your tent. The ground there is quite soggy if it's been raining.
3. sleeping soft pad under you
4. warm enough sleeping bag/blankets. Bring extra blankets just in case it's cool.
5. one gallon of water for each day you will stay (All days would be 3 gallons). It's suggested to store them in a cool shady place. Optional to bring one extra gallon of tap water for the final rinse of your dishes after we wash them. Also have some water bottles to fill and take with you for short day hikes.
6. toilet paper, (optional: a bucket and lid for having to pee in the night)
7. a headlamp or flashlight
8. your own snacks, breakfast, and lunch for all days in a cooler, if necessary. (optional is to bring snacks to share)
9. your own plate bowl cup mug utensils that you will wash and reuse throughout the retreat. I suggest using drinking water for the final rinse of your dishes, utensils, and cup.
10. drums, percussion instruments, or any other musical instruments you would like to bring
11. songs that are easy to learn that you'd like to teach us
12. any special talent you'd like to share like a poem or song written by you or another or some of your art/crafts
13. dry newspapers, kindling, and firewood to contribute if we haven't found a Firewood Duty person by the time the retreat starts.
14. any special mementos or seasonal decorations that you'd like to put on our center area
15. A folding chair
16. comfortable shoes - some shoes that can get wet and perhaps an extra dry pair in a plastic bag
17. layered clothing for warm or cool weather. Also optional but encouraged is to bring some outfits, dresses, and jewelry that make you feel beautiful and like a goddess! Bring a bathing suit and a towel.
18. rain coat (plus optional rain pants) and rain hat as well as large plastic bags in case you have to bag your stuff to protect it from the rain
19. sun protection including hat
20. natural bug repellant or whatever bug repellent works well for you [contact our sister Ashley Back of Back's Panacea (https://www.facebook.com/BacksPanaceaFarm) and also Bear Woman Herbs (https://www.facebook.com/lori.bearwomanherbs) for this since they provide natural bug spray through their businesses. YAY for supporting each other!]
21. WARM PAJAMAS (suggestion with cozy soft socks and a sock cap) since the nights can be cool with temps in the 50s.
22. clothes you don't mind getting dirty
23. extra towels and a dish towel
24. a yoga mat. Even if not doing yoga it's nice to sit or lay on.
25. your favorite cutting board and knife, large bowl, large pot and serving spoon. Some of this may stay in your car but it's useful to have on hand just in case.
26. Long rope and a pair of scissors to help hang some tarps.
27. Any extra tarps you happen to have laying around at home. These are handy to go under tents, to go over stuff in the rain, to create shade, and to sit on and lay on... DO YOU HAVE A LARGE POP-UP TENT TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR MAIN GATHERING AND FOOD PREP AREA?
28. an open heart and a smile and a willingness to try new things and make new friends!
_______________________________________
***FOOD***
To make things simple, we will have everyone bring their own breakfast and lunch (lunch can also be leftovers from dinner the day before). Surely we can do our best to have a fire every morning for people to have hot water to make their beverages (rainy mornings might make this a tad bit challenging to have hot water...). Those who love coffee may be able to bring some instant coffee to mix with hot water.
** Please do register with me so I know if you'd like to participate, so I can add you to the private FB group we've created for coordinating.
Thank you so much in advance for your participation in this year's retreat! Come on out to show your support for our local tribe! If you'd like to make a donation to the Miami but aren't able to attend the retreat, just get in contact with me, Shakti Penelope.
We are looking forward to a wonderful adventure together. Please let me know if you have any concerns or questions.
Love to all of you!
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