SOU’WESTER EVENTS!

Discover what’s happening during your next stay or plan a visit around our free live music, workshops, wellness offerings and more!

Nov
28
Thu
Thanksgiving Feast Potluck
Nov 28 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

All guests staying at the Sou’wester (and community members too) are invited to a Thanksgiving Feast Potluck at the Sou’wester in the Pavilion! (All guests bring your own plates and utensils.) Dinner starts at 5:30pm.

Please RSVP via souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or 360-642-2542 with number of people and what dish/drink/food you are bringing to the potluck.

Desserts after dinner at 7pm in the Main Lodge Living Room. Talent Show and Sing-a-along with Ivy Ross Ricci and Louis Ledford in the lodge in the evening around the fireplace as the kickoff for the 3rd Annual GRATITUNES Festival, a 3-day music fest, free and open to the public.

 

Dec
6
Fri
The Crucible: Feminist Art Weekend
Dec 6 – Dec 8 all-day

 

The Crucible: Feminist Art Weekend

A weekend of creative practice and feminist community, the Crucible makes space to write, read, draw, question, meditate, brainstorm, collaborate, support other women’s work, and replenish your artistic energy. Bring a project that’s already underway or start something totally new. We will offer “spark sessions” with writing prompts and discussion of creative process; there will also be dedicated time for participants to work independently. Our schedule includes communal potluck dinners and a public reading/music performance on Saturday evening. Also: naps, beach walks, sauna time, and tea by the fire.


Facilitators

Sophia Shalmiyev and Leni Zumas

 

 

Sophia Shalmiyev is the author of the memoir Mother Winter. She emigrated from Leningrad to United States in 1990. She lives in Portland with her two children.
sophiashalmiyev.com

 

 

Leni Zumas’s most recent novel is Red Clocks, which won the 2019 Oregon Book Award for Fiction. She directs the MFA in Creative Writing program at Portland State University.
lenizumas.com


December 6-8, 2019

Arrive 4:00 pm on Friday 12/6
Depart 11:00 am on Sunday 12/8

Limited to 20 participants.

Participants pay for their own lodging (2 nights) at a 20% discount.

There is no additional charge for Crucible events.

RSVP: souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or call 360-642-2542 between 9am-9pm and mention that you would like the 20% discount available to CRUCIBLE participants.

 

Dec
14
Sat
5th Annual Handmade Bazaar
Dec 14 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

5th Annual Handmade Bazaar at The Sou’wester

We are hosting our 5th Annual Handmade Bazaar. Free and open to the public. The sale is on Sat Dec 14th from noon-5pm at The Sou’wester in 3 spaces: our large heated Pavilion, the Lodge Living Room and the Lodge Velvet Lounge Guest Room. Come meet a lovely bunch of talented artists/makers!
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SaveSave

SaveSave

SaveSave

SaveSave

SaveSave

SaveSave

SaveSave

SaveSave

SaveSave

Dec
24
Tue
Formal Potluck Dinner & White Elephant Gift Exchange
Dec 24 @ 6:00 pm

Formal Potluck Dinner & White Elephant Gift Exchange

All guests staying at The Sou’wester (and community members too) are invited to a formal Christmas dinner potluck at The Sou’wester. After dinner we’ll have a White Elephant Gift Exchange. (Gift Price Range: $10) This always brings lotsa-laughs! Come celebrate togetherness at the Sou’wester!

Dinner starts at 6pm in the pavilion. Desserts & White Elephant Gift Exchange after dinner in the lodge living room around the fireplace.

(All guests please bring your own plates/utensils/drinkware. Bringing a dessert to the potluck? Please place desserts in the lodge velvet lounge/library/bar on the table. All gifts for the exchange can go on the table in the lodge.)

Please RSVP with  this link. Or email souwesterfrontdesk@gmail.com or call 360-642-2542 with number of people and what dish/drink/food you are bringing to the potluck.

Let us know if you are participating in the gift exchange as well. 

Dec
25
Wed
PJ Party and All Day Movies
Dec 25 @ 9:00 am – 9:00 pm

Wednesday December 25
9am – 9pm
PJ Party and All Day Movies

Bring your favorite slippers to the Sou’wester and join us for a PJ Party and All Day Movies! Help us select a handful of wonderful movies from our massive VHS collection! We will publish a schedule of movies along with times so you can either watch them ALL, or pop in for your favorite one! Plus the popcorn bar will be OPEN! 

Jan
10
Fri
Artist Reception “Shore / Lines” by artist Marcus Fischer
Jan 10 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Art Exhibit

Shore / Lines

by artist Marcus Fischer
November 8, 2019 through January 12, 2020

A new art exhibit in a vintage travel trailer turned into a permanent art gallery, at The Sou’wester Lodge

‘Shore / Lines’ is an exhibition featuring a multi-channel sculptural sound installation inspired by the coastal environment.

RECEPTION with the artist on Friday January 10, 6pm-9pm.

OPEN: Fri/Sat/Sun 9am-9pm (and by request: visit the lodge front desk and we’ll open the gallery for you)

Art Gallery & Opening Reception free and open to the public.

Marcus Fischer is a first generation American musician + interdisciplinary artist based in Portland, Oregon. His work typically centers around memory, geography + the manipulation of physical audio recording mediums. Slowly unfolding melodies and warm tape saturated drones have become a trademark of his recordings + live performances alike. These sounds have found their way into multimedia installations, short films, and even into the award winning public radio program Radiolab. Fischer has released a number of recordings on the widely respected 12k label including his photographic + sonic collaborations with label founder Taylor Deupree. In 2017 Marcus Fischer was an artist in residence at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation / Rauschenberg Residency where he completed “Loss”, his most recent solo album (released September, 2017)

Two of his sound works were on view in the 2019 Whitney Biennial May 17th-Sept 22nd, 2019.

Fischer performs solo, in collaborations, and as a member of unrecognizable now and wild card.

This trailer is a 1960’s Aloha made in Aloha, Oregon. It was rescued from a neglected RV park in the northern part of the Long Beach Peninsula. Now repaired and transformed into an art space, this art gallery is part of our Artist Residency Program and our non-profit organization, Sou’wester Arts.

 

Jan
17
Fri
Opening Reception “Water & Wood” artist Sam Montaña
Jan 17 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Art Exhibit, “Water and Wood”, by artist Sam Montaña
January 17 through April 5, 2020

A new art exhibit in a vintage travel trailer turned into a permanent art gallery, at The Sou’wester Lodge .

‘Water & Wood’ is an exhibition featuring wood sculptures and water themed photography by Portland based artist Sam Montaña.


OPENING RECEPTION on Friday January 17, 6pm-9pm.

OPEN: Fri/Sat/Sun 9am-9pm (and by request: visit the lodge front desk and we’ll open the gallery for you)

Art Gallery & Opening Reception free and open to the public.

This trailer is a 1960’s Aloha made in Aloha, Oregon. It was rescued from a neglected RV park in the northern part of the Long Beach Peninsula. Now repaired and transformed into an art space, this art gallery is part of our Artist Residency Program and our non-profit organization, Sou’wester Arts.

The Sou’wester Lodge, 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644
360-642-2542 9am-9pm, www.souwesterlodge.com, souwesterlodge@gmail.com

Feb
28
Fri
Steady & Clear: Kundalini Yoga & Meditation @ Sou'wester Lodge and Vintage Travel Trailer Resort
Feb 28 @ 6:00 pm – Mar 1 @ 12:00 pm
Winter/Spring 2020 Wellness Retreat Series

Steady & Clear:

Kundalini Yoga and Meditation for the Flow of
Your Life

with Laurel Clohessy

 

This retreat is an opportunity to immerse yourself in the joy, transformation, and rejuvenation of Kundalini Yoga, sacred chant, and creativity as you discover and return to the HOME that is your true self. Whether you are an experienced yogi, or this is your first time practicing Kundalini Yoga, you can benefit from this practice. Kundalini Yoga and meditation, as taught by Yogi Bhajan is for anyone and everyone. Just breathe, and lean in the right direction and you too will benefit! The best way to know it, is by doing it-so we will experience basic pranayam or breathwork, kriyas or yogic sets, meditations, and mantras that can become a part of your own daily toolbox. Tools to release stress, to unlock creativity, and be your best YOU. Kundalini yoga is often called “the yoga of awareness,” as it is a journey of self-mastery and one that activates all the systems of the body.

 

 

We will enjoy the blessings of community-in a few group meditations and exercises, as well as the natural world-taking time by the ocean to practice a walking meditation. There will be a couple of brief writing and art exercises explored post-yoga sets as a tool for self-reflection and awareness. In this weekend retreat, you will get to know the other participants as we share in community. This will also be a time to slow down and listen to yourself in the beauty of the setting on the Washington Penninsula. There will be free time to explore, soak, relax, and enjoy on your own. All parts of the retreat classes are by choice-if you need to rest or skip anything that is just fine. You will leave with handouts and a personal recipe for your own personal practice, as well as a group 40-day sadhana to continue after if you choose.

Kundalini Yoga is a tool to experience your birthright to happiness and greatness as the human being that you are. “Great challenges come to Great people.” -YB

I hope to see you there! Sat Nam

 

Laurel Clohessy (Deshpal Kaur) grew up with Kundalini Yoga sprinkled throughout her early childhood. She returned to the arms of this practice following the birth of her oldest son. In 2005 Laurel studied with Gurmukh to become a certified Khalsa Way Prenatal teacher. In 2007, she completed the Radiant Child teacher training with Shakta Kaur, and in 2014 Laurel completed her Level 1 KYTT with Sevak Singh Khalsa. She has loved bringing these healing teachings to humans of all ages through the years in Montessori schools, University, birth centers, detention centers, and studios. Laurel is a Cornerstone Childbirth Educator, mother to two boys, educator, and lover of all things ginger. Laurel often incorporates poetry and dance movement into her all-levels classes. It is her joy to share these teachings with others, and she sees the powerful practice of Kundalini Yoga as a compass that can always point us forward, as well as return us to the happiest, truest Self. Laurel teaches currently in Portland, Oregon and is a transplant from Flagstaff, AZ.

SCHEDULE: (subject to change)

FRIDAY

6-7pm

  • Check-in, logistics, welcome circle

SATURDAY

9am-12pm

  • Morning Kundalini Yoga and Meditation
  • Discussion-Sadhana/Developing Personal Practice/Morning Self-Care
  • Meditation & Mantra, Reflective Dialogue Practice

Lunch Break and Free to BE Time

2-5pm

  • Tune-In, Yogi Bhajan Short video 
  • Yoga with Self-Awareness Art/Drawing exercise
  • Dance Movement

Dinner Break and Free to BE Time

7-8:00pm      

  • Gong & Sound Relaxation. Goodnight

SUNDAY

4:45-6:45am

  • Aquarian Sadhana

8:30-10am

  • Walk to the beach
  • Group meditation
  • Closing circle/Farewell

 


BEGINS: Friday at 6pm

ENDS: Sunday at 10am

COST: $120 / Lodging separate

BRING: Comfortable clothing to move, Yoga mat (if do not have-there will be a few to loan) and cushion, walking shoes, towel or blanket to sit on at the beach, water bottle, journal or notebook and pen.

BOOK ONLINE by clicking BOOK NOW, enter the date range and the “promo code” STEADY

 


The Sou’wester Lodge at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644

 

Mar
8
Sun
Sou’wester ARTS WEEK: An Artist Residency Take-Over
Mar 8 @ 3:00 pm – Mar 16 @ 12:00 pm

SOU’WESTER ARTS WEEK: the Sou’wester will be given over to artists and art collectives for a week of residency work and a weekend of open houses and public performances.

The goal of this event is to highlight the creative process and the experiential nature of the Sou’wester Residency Program. Walking into an active creative process reveals valuable intersections among artists as well as with the public. Experience these living artifacts at the open studios and weekend performances. Visit HERE for more information.

 

 

Apr
1
Wed
INNER SPACE: Shamanic Hypnosis, Gathering Resources for Inner Healing @ Sou'wester Lodge and Vintage Travel Trailer Resort
Apr 1 @ 4:00 pm – Apr 3 @ 11:00 am

Spring 2020 Wellness Retreat Series

 

CANCELLED

INNER SPACE:

Shamanic Hypnosis / Gathering Resources for Inner Healing

with Mali Drexelius 

 

This retreat will explore tools that can help us to navigate the subconscious mind and our innate ability to self-heal. We will be learning practices from shamanic, hypnotherapy, and sound healing modalities to allow us to move into different states of consciousness. In these altered states, we can make beneficial changes, get in touch with our highest wisdom, and clear old belief systems and patterns that are no longer serving us. During the workshop, we will meet with some of your healing guides, as well as be learning practices for deepening our connection with spirit and our inner knowing. Breakfast will be provided Thursday and Friday, as well as dinner Thursday evening.

 

 

Mali Drexelius stumbled into the mysterious world of shamanism in 2010, when she was seeking help for anxiety and depression that had plagued her for years. She was surprised to find that it helped immensely, and so embarked on a long journey to train and study under many gifted healers, offering perspectives and techniques from many traditions. A later search led to a different, yet similarly framed processes found in Western culture — Clinical Hypnotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Repatterning. The synthesis of these different schools of thought have allowed for a reconcile between the profound metaphysical experiences with her inclination towards science, reason, and the biology of brain and body.

At current, Mali has been blessed with the opportunity to teach and see clients both privately and in groups, with the understanding that she is always a student. It is her hope to pass along the knowledge and resources she’s collected along the way so others may also find access to their own innate healing and self-care. It is her intention to always have a beginners mind, to follow an inner guidance, and to honor and adapt these ancient techniques to deepen our understanding of consciousness for ourselves and our planet.

 

WEDNESDAY

4-6pm

  • Check in/get settled

6-7pm

  • Meet and Greet with snacks

7-9pm

  • KAVA Ceremony and Calling in the Spirits & Introduction to working with allies and self-hypnosis

THURSDAY

9-10am

  • Spirit Plate, Simple Breakfast provided

10:30am-1:30pm

  • Learning to Journey
  • Guided Meditations/ breath work
  • Meeting your allies Ritual for Intention

1:30-5pm BREAK TIME

Feel free to grab lunch nearby, or bring something for yourself to snack on. Also free time to sauna, go to the beach, rest, or request private shamanic session, etc.

5:30 Prayer ties and flower mandala ceremony

7:00-8:30pm DINNER

  • Dinner will be provided and will be created to ensure that everyone can partake! (Please send us a list of allergies and food preferences!)
  • If you feel called to bring a dish, salad, or donation for food, it will be graciously accepted.

8:30pm

  • Burning our prayer ties and calling in ceremony on the beach nearby!

FRIDAY

9-11am Simple Breakfast

  • Including tea, closing ceremony and goodbyes

12:00pm Check out

 

COST: $165 / Lodging separate

BRING: A journal, comfortable clothes for the weekend, and any instruments, rattles, drums, chimes, etc that may call to you if you wish to make sound with. You may also choose to bring extra blankets for the beach and/or to be cozy during our sessions. Please bring anything else that may help you be more comfortable in the Pavilion space…pillows, meditation cushions, layers for clothing etc.

We will be outside on the last evening, so be sure to bring coastal weather gear. We will have some meals, but please bring some snacks if you feel called to satiate you during the weekend. Please let us know ahead of time any food allergies or food preferences so we can plan our meals accordingly.

BOOK ONLINE by clicking BOOK NOW, enter the date range and the access code 

 


The Sou’wester Lodge at 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA 98644

Visit www.souwesterlodge.com/wellness/retreats to see the full schedule of retreats.