TL;DR: The Freedom To Be.

Welcome to The worldwide affiliate network (alsa known as TWAN), where you can find updates, photos and other news related to THE GRAND BARN (TGB). Don't know what TGB is? Then, listen on my friend.

It's hard to describe what TGB is, because it is many different things to many different people. Also, labels don't always do a great job of encapsulating all that TGB is either, so here is an overview that should help.

Physically speaking, TGB is a resort consisting of a huge retrofitted barn sitting on 250 acres of beautiful eastern Ontario countryside. It offers a swimming pool, hot tub, garden plots, volleyball, badminton, ping-pong, games, The Loft clubhouse with fully equipped stage, general store, restaurant kitchen, 40+ acres of forest (aka the Back~40) with trails, Desire Lake, camp-sites, and trailer accommodations. Which is all very nice, but that really doesn't explain what to do with all of that stuff.

What we at TGB try to do is provide a Sanctuary for Freedom. It is about opening your mind to ideas, music, culture, art, science and other children of the mind while appreciating the virtues of the physical world, which of course includes the human body itself experiencing our 250 acres where you can enjoy the "Freedom to Be" in a clothing optional environment.

Wait a minute, what's with the clothing optional part you may ask? It's the cornerstone our philosophy to be "At Ease With Nudity." Its perhaps the biggest hurdle of social deprogramming. If you realize that lots of things are always nude, like animals (well under all that fur and feathers they are), trees and rocks which we generally are used to. Humans tend not to be nude and will have varying levels of dress. Depending on your creed, a human body totally unclothed can be a big deal. Some would say, that being nude is one or a combination of being immodest, removing status and dignity, being stupid (if frying bacon or skiing nude for example), being immoral, and/or being sexual. Now clothes have their place, (remember the frying bacon bit?). We at TGB feel that the human body, though integral to a person, does not constitute the person as a whole. It's really how you perceive a nude body that makes it an evil thing, or a shameful thing, or an ugly thing that's shameful, or something that should be hidden to prevent temptation. Your body is how you interact in this world, which is pretty important ... special even. No doubt it can take a giant leap to use self control to put aside any conceptions of a nude body and treat it with dignity, and furthermore moving past the fact that someone is even nude and just perceive the individual as they are. THE GRAND BARN is an excellent place to make that leap. If you have made that leap already, all the more reason to visit! Some people are nervous about going nude themselves and that's fine. TGB wouldn't be clothing optional if we had a dress code, or to be more exact, a non-dress code. Some people shed their clothes for the attention that it gets them from others, some do it for themselves. It's up to you to find what you want to get out of the experience. We understand it can be a culture shock, and since we advocate choice, your timetable to figure things out is up to you.

What about rules then? Simply put, there are no rules at THE GRAND BARN, other than the rules of conduct that you use to interact with people on a day to day basis, also known as common sense. Attendance at TGB is limited to Adults (18+) so that we ensure attendees will have had some experience using common sense. As long as you are respectful and courteous of all the people who are communally co-mingling then everyone's actions are self regulated and in no need of any explicit rules. Consensual etiquette, whether sexual, relational or communal is the key to harmonious social recreation. If you're not respectful of other people's consent, THE GRAND BARN is not for you.

THE GRAND BARN is also a great venue for special occasions, potlucks, concerts, excursions, workshops among other things. So if you think that you (with or without a group of friends) would want to find a place where you can gather and celebrate (be it an anniversary, a promotion, a wedding, etc...) and you want plenty of space to make the most of being together?? Then pay yourself a good time and your chance to feel connected with like-minded and potential new friends at THE GRAND BARN.


I am co-owner of THE Grand Barn.

Thaila Riden

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