Let me be like water
Week of May 19
Online
Monday 7 pm Eastern, Saturday 12 PM Eastern
Sessions will be recorded.
By donation
Week of May 19
Online
Monday 7 pm Eastern, Saturday 12 PM Eastern
Sessions will be recorded.
By donation
Ready to come to camp?
- Fill out the registration form.
- Make payment via Venmo: @pavini-moray
Camp Lightheart is a five-week joyful rebellion against burnout and boredom—join for one week or all, pay what you can, and spritz rosewater on our revolution.
- Think crafts, games, potions, silly songs.
- But also reverence, depth and care
Let me clarify just how crucial this work is—Since I received feedback that it reads as light, fluffy, maybe even frivolous.
But here’s the truth: pleasure is not fluff.
Joy is not a luxury.
Beauty is not an escape.
This work is serious because it uplifts.
This work matters because it allows us to remember who we are beneath the systems trying to grind us down.
You’ve seen the offerings out there.
So many classes and groups are focused on trauma and grief.
And don’t get me wrong—that is an essential level of the work.
But.
It doesn't get you to the kind of aliveness that sings in your cells.
My friend Barbara Carrellas wrote a book called Ecstasy is Necessary.
She teaches that cultivating the capacity to feel beyond good is neurologically essential—it strengthens our full capacity to live, love, and lead.
The leaders and visionaries I trust say the same thing: joy is the medicine for these times.
If we can’t laugh, we’ll cry—if we’re lucky.
If not, we numb out, dissociate, and lose ourselves.
Earnestness and commitment to grief work can only take us so far.
So I’m circling back.
To pleasure.
To joy.
To the beauty that nourishes revolution.
But here’s the truth: pleasure is not fluff.
Joy is not a luxury.
Beauty is not an escape.
This work is serious because it uplifts.
This work matters because it allows us to remember who we are beneath the systems trying to grind us down.
You’ve seen the offerings out there.
So many classes and groups are focused on trauma and grief.
And don’t get me wrong—that is an essential level of the work.
But.
It doesn't get you to the kind of aliveness that sings in your cells.
My friend Barbara Carrellas wrote a book called Ecstasy is Necessary.
She teaches that cultivating the capacity to feel beyond good is neurologically essential—it strengthens our full capacity to live, love, and lead.
The leaders and visionaries I trust say the same thing: joy is the medicine for these times.
If we can’t laugh, we’ll cry—if we’re lucky.
If not, we numb out, dissociate, and lose ourselves.
Earnestness and commitment to grief work can only take us so far.
So I’m circling back.
To pleasure.
To joy.
To the beauty that nourishes revolution.
The theme of this week is Dissolving, Flowing, & Sparkling.
Can water teach us how to soften, dissolve, and move again?
This week, we hydrate like mystics.
We make potions. We put our bodies in water. We play like dolphins and manatees.
A soft return to feeling good.
Especially for those who feel too heavy to float right now.
Can water teach us how to soften, dissolve, and move again?
This week, we hydrate like mystics.
We make potions. We put our bodies in water. We play like dolphins and manatees.
A soft return to feeling good.
Especially for those who feel too heavy to float right now.
Camp LightHeart isn’t therapy, and it isn’t entertainment.
It’s a remembering space—a devotional, playful, sacred place to reconnect with your body, your joy,
If you have a relationship with water—or want to deepen one…
If you’re longing for softness, spaciousness, and sweetness…
If you want to root into beauty to stay strong in your resistance…
If you are a water mystic…
Then come.
It’s a remembering space—a devotional, playful, sacred place to reconnect with your body, your joy,
If you have a relationship with water—or want to deepen one…
If you’re longing for softness, spaciousness, and sweetness…
If you want to root into beauty to stay strong in your resistance…
If you are a water mystic…
Then come.
About the Financial Exchange for Camp LightHeart
I'm continually exploring anti-capitalist practices—how can we help each other meet all our collective needs?
I practice trusting that when I share my gifts generously in service of our shared joy and healing, my own needs will be met.
Not only that, but if you come and play with me, your needs will also be met.
I'm continually exploring anti-capitalist practices—how can we help each other meet all our collective needs?
I practice trusting that when I share my gifts generously in service of our shared joy and healing, my own needs will be met.
Not only that, but if you come and play with me, your needs will also be met.
All camps are by donation.
There are no barriers to access.
The financial model is GAYBAGS: Give as you are able, but always give something.
If you cannot spare any cash, let me know what you’ve got to trade!
There are no barriers to access.
The financial model is GAYBAGS: Give as you are able, but always give something.
If you cannot spare any cash, let me know what you’ve got to trade!
Is Camp Lightheart for you?
You’re welcome if you’re feeling too heavy, tired, or serious even to imagine joy.
You’re welcome if you long to feel good, on purpose, without apology.
You’re welcome if you want to wear a ridiculous hat, sip rose tea from a chipped cup, and remember what it feels like to be a real, live person again.
Camp LightHeart is made for the tender-hearted and the wild ones—queer folks, artists, healers, weirdos.
You know who you are: the too-much ones, too sparkly, too strange.
All genders, all bodies, all backgrounds: come as you are.
Biodegradable glitter encouraged. Capitalist despair not required.
You’re welcome if you’re feeling too heavy, tired, or serious even to imagine joy.
You’re welcome if you long to feel good, on purpose, without apology.
You’re welcome if you want to wear a ridiculous hat, sip rose tea from a chipped cup, and remember what it feels like to be a real, live person again.
Camp LightHeart is made for the tender-hearted and the wild ones—queer folks, artists, healers, weirdos.
You know who you are: the too-much ones, too sparkly, too strange.
All genders, all bodies, all backgrounds: come as you are.
Biodegradable glitter encouraged. Capitalist despair not required.
Vibe for this week: Let me be like water by Lo Wolf
