Tag: meditation
Awakening the Ecstatic Body- Osho Afroz, Lesvos, Greece
“Ecstasy” is a term that is normally ascribed to sexual fulfilment or spiritual bliss. Most of us in the west have grown up in a culture that teaches that sexual fulfilment is ‘sinful’ and spiritual bliss is not possible without renunciation of the body.
In exact opposition to this view of life Taoist and Tantric traditions encourage us to live ecstatically through cultivation of our connection with our body and then to ‘embody’ that spirit by bringing this awareness to our daily lives. They tell us that ecstasy is a perfect word to describe the most natural and genuine way humans are meant to live, that the body is the way to reach fulfilment and bliss and that without our bodies we cannot truly experience ecstasy.
Awakening the Ecstatic Body is an exploration of the healing, vitalizing and creative force which often lays dormant within this beautiful and elegant vessel which this human life has gifted us. Ecstasy is alive, pulsing and waiting to be discovered and manifested as our truest personal expression. There is no greater tonic to the human spirit then when sexual energy is connected to the heart!
Humanity is in need of an awakening to its senses!!!
Moreover, Awakening the Ecstatic Body is a journey into the senses. Our 5 human senses of taste, touch, smell, hearing and seeing can be used as portals to deeper realms of self-knowing and will help to develop our ‘6th sense’ or intuition, which is invaluable when sensing into’ a partner or lover. The subtle awareness one develops through this work is a kind of ‘qi gong’ which one can continue to evolve in relationships with friends, family and even co-workers after the completion of the workshop.
This event will showcase techniques and rituals designed to help us, first, to feel more bodily connected to our senses and, second, to celebrate this beautiful, temporary gift we have been given without shame. We will remind ourselves of the longing and desire that is innate in us to experience ourselves and our world in bold, new ways and, eventually, to embody our love while manifesting our truest selves.
The focuses of this module are twofold: (1) to introduce the T&T precepts of focusing ourselves toward the importance of vitality/motive force, space/time, embodiment of experience, separation/ unification and sexuality all as healing forces of which we purposefully participate in; and (2) developing the ‘skill’ of sensitizing and ‘sensualizing’ the body through any and all emotional motivations which may express physically. Participants will be carefully guided not to become too deeply immersed or ‘stuck’ in the emotional body. While they must go completely into this shadow territory of transformation and growth, they must also be reminded that emotions should be treated like evanescent clouds passing in a windy upper atmosphere.
Our final purpose is to eventually integrate all of this in a way that allows each participant to share from a place of private and individual experience about the journey she/he experiences during this process.
The daily schedule will be from 10am to 5pm every day. There will also be two evening events from 9.30pm to 11pm.
Singles and couples are welcome. We are looking for equal numbers.
Atithi and Kalpita have been teaching, living and loving together for many years. Atithi is a certified Mogadao qigong Guide, yoga teacher and Sacred Taoist Sexuality instructor. For the last 25 years Kalpita has been teaching movement, dance, body awareness, somatics, meditation and more recently Tantra. Together they have completed the Soul Mate training for couples with Ma Ananda Sarita of Osho’s Tantra lineage. Their complimentary differences as individuals combined with their experience as teachers and as a couple on the path of Sacred Sexuality has proven to be a dynamic and sensitive force. They believe that a safe and sacred environment is the basis for personal transformation and spiritual evolution.
***Receive a 20% discount on group fee and accommodation/ food if you’ve participated in a Tao & Tantra event previously!***
Go to www.oshoafroz.com for more information and for booking.
On the Path of Sacred Sexuality Couples Intensive- Moscow, Russia
May 1-5, 2019
What stands in the way of my dreams of freedom or love? How do I prevent myself from experiencing ecstasy and intimacy? What is the force that urges me to seek my authentic sexual nature? These are questions one asks oneself on the Path of Sacred Sexuality!
On the Path of Sacred Sexuality is our signature event designed with everyone in mind! Whether you’re new to the idea of sex being ‘sacred’ or you’ve already been ‘walking your path’ for a while; whether you’re in a committed, long term relationship, newly single or even celibate; regardless of your age, experience or physical health, this workshop has something to offer you.
In an atmosphere of openness and warmth we work with the feminine and masculine polarities cherished by both Taoist and Tantric traditions. On the Path of Sacred Sexuality is a celebration of the human capacities of self-awareness, compassion, playfulness and authenticity. In this retreat you will:
~ learn methods to embody increased vital and healing sexual energy
~ explore means of connection through conscious and healing touch
~ develop the capacity for deeper intimacy with self and other
~ begin to drop masks and outdated self-perceptions
~ become aware of your longing for authentic expression
~ refine your ability to identify and attract a suitable partner
~ learn to create openness, depth and spaciousness in relationship
~ find the courage to step forward on your path to transformation
…and more!
Come and explore the rejuvenating and healing potential of sacred sexuality in a playful, safe and joyous environment. All are welcome regardless of prior experience, sexual orientation, age or any other designation.
For further information go to:
tantraforcouples.tilda.ws
For booking contact Svetlana or Asya:
Svetlana: +7 (909) 159-69-77
safibodywork@gmail.com
Asya: +7 (926) 233-79-98
asyaprimal@gmail.com
Awakening the Ecstatic Body- Osho Afroz, Lesvos, Greece
August 22nd-26th, 2020
“Ecstasy” is a term that is normally ascribed to sexual fulfilment or spiritual bliss. Most of us in the west have grown up in a culture that teaches that sexual fulfilment is ‘sinful’ and spiritual bliss is not possible without renunciation of the body.
In exact opposition to this view of life Taoist and Tantric traditions encourage us to live ecstatically through cultivation of our connection with our body and then to ‘embody’ that spirit by bringing this awareness to our daily lives. They tell us that ecstasy is a perfect word to describe the most natural and genuine way humans are meant to live, that the body is the way to reach fulfilment and bliss and that without our bodies we cannot truly experience ecstasy.
Awakening the Ecstatic Body is an exploration of the healing, vitalizing and creative force which often lays dormant within this beautiful and elegant vessel which this human life has gifted us. Ecstasy is alive, pulsing and waiting to be discovered and manifested as our truest personal expression. There is no greater tonic to the human spirit then when sexual energy is connected to the heart!
Humanity is in need of an awakening to its senses!!!
Moreover, Awakening the Ecstatic Body is a journey into the senses. Our 5 human senses of taste, touch, smell, hearing and seeing can be used as portals to deeper realms of self-knowing and will help to develop our ‘6th sense’ or intuition, which is invaluable when ‘sensing into’ a partner or lover. The subtle awareness one develops through this work is a kind of ‘qi gong’ which one can continue to evolve in relationships with friends, family and even co-workers after the completion of the workshop.
This event will showcase techniques and rituals designed to help us, first, to feel more bodily connected to our senses and, second, to celebrate this beautiful, temporary gift we have been given without shame. We will remind ourselves of the longing and desire that is innate in us to experience ourselves and our world in bold, new ways and, eventually, to embody our love while manifesting our truest selves.
Awakening the Ecstatic Body is an exploration of the healing, vitalizing and creative force which often lays dormant within this beautiful and elegant vessel which this human life has gifted us. Ecstasy is alive, pulsing and waiting to be discovered and manifested as our truest personal expression. There is no greater tonic to the human spirit then when sexual energy is connected to the heart!
Taoist Sexual Practices and Tantra are both founded in the understanding that the body is a sacred vessel- a vessel we use to experience ourselves as complete and eventually integrated beings. Taoist self- cultivation techniques include various physical and energetic practices, which purify and heal past traumas at the individual level. Tantric rituals and meditations nourish and cultivate the relationship with self, the other and world as the path toward wholeness and unity with the divine.
In an atmosphere of openness and warmth we work with the feminine and masculine polarities cherished by both Taoist and Tantric traditions. Come and explore Sacred Sexuality in a playful, safe and joyous environment. All are welcome regardless of prior experience, sexual orientation, age or any other designation.
***Receive a 20% discount on group fee and accommodation/ food if you’ve participated in a Tao & Tantra event previously!***
Go to www.oshoafroz.com for more information.
On the Path of Sacred Sexuality Couples Intensive- Moscow, Russia
May 1-5, 2019
What stands in the way of my dreams of freedom or love? How do I prevent myself from experiencing ecstasy and intimacy? What is the force that urges me to seek my authentic sexual nature? These are questions one asks oneself on the Path of Sacred Sexuality!
On the Path of Sacred Sexuality is our signature event designed with everyone in mind! Whether you’re new to the idea of sex being ‘sacred’ or you’ve already been ‘walking your path’ for a while; whether you’re in a committed, long term relationship, newly single or even celibate; regardless of your age, experience or physical health, this workshop has something to offer you.
In an atmosphere of openness and warmth we work with the feminine and masculine polarities cherished by both Taoist and Tantric traditions. On the Path of Sacred Sexuality is a celebration of the human capacities of self-awareness, compassion, playfulness and authenticity. In this retreat you will:
~ learn methods to embody increased vital and healing sexual energy
~ explore means of connection through conscious and healing touch
~ develop the capacity for deeper intimacy with self and other
~ begin to drop masks and outdated self-perceptions
~ become aware of your longing for authentic expression
~ refine your ability to identify and attract a suitable partner
~ learn to create openness, depth and spaciousness in relationship
~ find the courage to step forward on your path to transformation
…and more!
Come and explore the rejuvenating and healing potential of sacred sexuality in a playful, safe and joyous environment. All are welcome regardless of prior experience, sexual orientation, age or any other designation.
For further information go to:
tantraforcouples.tilda.ws
For booking contact Svetlana or Asya:
Svetlana: +7 (909) 159-69-77
safibodywork@gmail.com
Asya: +7 (926) 233-79-98
asyaprimal@gmail.com
Prague, Czech Republic- On the Path of Sacred Sexuality
May 17th – 19th, 2019
On the Path of Sacred Sexuality is our signature event designed with everyone in mind! Whether you’re new to the idea of sex being ‘sacred’ or you’ve already been ‘walking your path’ for a while; whether you’re in a committed, long term relationship, newly single or even celibate; regardless of your age, experience or physical health, this workshop has something to offer you.
Antique Taoist Sexual Practices and Ancient Tantric Rituals are both founded in the understanding that the body is a sacred vessel- a vessel we use to experience ourselves as complete and eventually integrated beings. Taoist self- cultivation techniques include various physical and energetic practices, which purify, revitalize and heal past traumas at the individual level. Tantric rituals and meditations nourish and cultivate the relationship with self, the other and world as the path toward wholeness and unity with the divine.
In an atmosphere of openness and warmth we work with the feminine and masculine polarities cherished by both Taoist and Tantric traditions. On the Path of Sacred Sexuality is a celebration of the human capacities of self-awareness, compassion, playfulness and authenticity. In this retreat you will:
~ learn to drop masks imposed by society
~ begin to accept and cherish your own limitations
~ learn to perceive weaknesses as strengths
~ become aware of your longing for authentic expression
~ learn how to reject outdated self- perceptions, on all levels
~ refine your ability to identify and attract a suitable mate
~ learn to create openness, depth and spaciousness in relationship
~ begin to live as love rather than to live for love
Come and explore the vitalizing and healing potential of sacred sexuality in a playful, safe and joyous environment. All are welcome regardless of prior experience, sexual orientation, age or any other designation.
For further information go to:
www.taoandtantra.cz
For booking contact Lu Neelam:
+420 774 447 781
sacredchantscz@gmail.com
Healing Touch Weekend
“Touch precedes consciousness” means that, in a certain sense, healing can begin before the moment of physical contact… and further, even before the intention has risen to the level of the consciousness. From where then does the intention arise?
In this event we are very excited to offer what are likely to be profoundly transformational tools to enliven and enrich your relationship to yourself, your lover or friend and beyond that to your family or professional life.
The weekend may include, but is not limited to…
~ meditations from Vigyan Bhairav Tantra (Book of Secrets)
~ sitting meditation for refining intention
~ tantric partner massage
~ tantric caress meditation
~ taoist self-massage techniques
~ healing qigong exercises
~ partner healing forms
Though the primary sense we’ll be working with is touch we will also explore practices which will enliven the senses of smell, hearing, vision and taste as well as intuition.
This workshop is open to couples and singles interested in creating a foundation for establishing trust and warmth in connection with a partner and accessing a deeper sense of harmony and connection as a basis for healing through lovemaking.
*Note that this event requires an equal number of participants as we will be working in pairs. It is therefore, recommended to come along with your spouse, lover or a friend whom you feel close to and trust. Otherwise we will need to find a suitable partner for the event.
Though the style of touch in this event may, at times be intimate, our intention is to create a space of trust and healing. Therefore, touch will not be explicitly sexual in nature.
Kalpita and Atithi are a Tantric couple on the path of Sacred Sexuality. Their complimentary differences as individuals combined with their experience as teachers and as a couple has proven to be a dynamic and sensitive force. Together they have completed Anand Sarita’s Soul Mate Couple’s Training where healing and intimate touch was a constant presence.
Kalpita’s experience as a dance teacher and choreographer for over 25 years along with her participation in many kinds of therapies (Reiki, Prana Healing, Tachyon, Join Release, Holistic Massage to name a few) has given her a unique and intuitive gift for healing touch.
Since 2003 Atithi has been on an increasingly committed spiritual path which has included yoga, qigong, taijichuan, Thai massage, Reiki and most recently Chinese Medicine. Healing touch is part of his daily personal practice and is often a feature in his style of teaching yoga and qigong.
There will be tea breaks and a lunch break.
Details:
When: Saturday and Sunday, February 23rd & 24th 2019
from 10.30-18.30
Where: Χοροχώρος, Ναυαρίνου 6, Χολαργός, 15562
τηλ. 210 654 3435
Cost: Early Bird (before February 12th): Couples: 220/ Singles: 150 Standard (after February 12th): Couples: 330/ Singles: 170 **There are a limited number of spaces for this event.
Once we have received your registration form a non- refundable deposit of 50 euros per person (100 per couple) is required to confirm your participation. To register please email info@taoandtantra.com or call the number above.
Healing Touch Weekend
“Touch precedes consciousness” means that, in a certain sense, healing can begin before the moment of physical contact… and further, even before the intention has risen to the level of the consciousness. From where then does the intention arise?
In this event we are very excited to offer what are likely to be profoundly transformational tools to enliven and enrich your relationship to yourself, your lover or friend and beyond that to your family or professional life.
The weekend may include, but is not limited to…
~ meditations from Vigyan Bhairav Tantra (Book of Secrets)
~ sitting meditation for refining intention
~ tantric partner massage
~ tantric caress meditation
~ taoist self-massage techniques
~ healing qigong exercises
~ partner healing forms
Though the primary sense we’ll be working with is touch we will also explore practices which will enliven the senses of smell, hearing, vision and taste as well as intuition.
This workshop is open to couples and singles interested in creating a foundation for establishing trust and warmth in connection with a partner and accessing a deeper sense of harmony and connection as a basis for healing through lovemaking.
*Note that this event requires an equal number of participants as we will be working in pairs. It is therefore, recommended to come along with your spouse, lover or a friend whom you feel close to and trust. Otherwise we will need to find a suitable partner for the event.
Though the style of touch in this event may, at times be intimate, our intention is to create a space of trust and healing. Therefore, touch will not be explicitly sexual in nature.
Kalpita and Atithi are a Tantric couple on the path of Sacred Sexuality. Their complimentary differences as individuals combined with their experience as teachers and as a couple has proven to be a dynamic and sensitive force. Together they have completed Anand Sarita’s Soul Mate Couple’s Training where healing and intimate touch was a constant presence.
Kalpita’s experience as a dance teacher and choreographer for over 25 years along with her participation in many kinds of therapies (Reiki, Prana Healing, Tachyon, Join Release, Holistic Massage to name a few) has given her a unique and intuitive gift for healing touch.
Since 2003 Atithi has been on an increasingly committed spiritual path which has included yoga, qigong, taijichuan, Thai massage, Reiki and most recently Chinese Medicine. Healing touch is part of his daily personal practice and is often a feature in his style of teaching yoga and qigong.
There will be tea breaks and a lunch break.
Details:
When: Saturday and Sunday, February 23rd & 24th 2019
from 10.30-18.30
Where: Χοροχώρος, Ναυαρίνου 6, Χολαργός, 15562
τηλ. 210 654 3435
Cost: Early Bird (until February 12th): Couples: 220/ Singles: 150 Standard (after February 12th): Couples: 330/ Singles: 170 **There are a limited number of spaces for this event.
Once we receive your registration form a non- refundable deposit of 50 euros per person (100 per couple) is required to confirm your participation. To register please email info@taoandtantra.com or call the number above.
On the Path of Sacred Sexuality- Warsaw, Poland
For location and contact information in Polish please scroll down.
Are you excited by the thought of connecting with someone deeply from the very first meeting… and then begin a sustainable relationship? Do you long for the confidence to live truly and freely in your sexual life?
In our world today there is little time or space for the kind of intimacy that most people need to feel really open in body, heart and mind. This kind of intimacy is what we all need to feel happy, alive and healthy and is a fundamental characteristic of sacred sexuality.
Nowadays it is not uncommon that when lovers meet there is a rush of emotion, passion and sex that flares out all too quickly leaving each person bewildered and confused and then, alone… again.
Humanity is in need of an awakening to its senses!
Imagine now that you grew up within a cultural context of sexuality existing in equal partnership alongside values such as love, freedom and truth. Envision yourself enjoying the sensual pleasure of living with an open mind and an open heart in an inclusive world where all forms of sexuality are celebrated naturally and shamelessly.
It is fortunate then that the Taoists, scientists of the human inner world, and Tantrikas, artists of human sensuality, were so keenly aware of the pitfalls of a life habituated by mass culture.
Antique Taoist Sexual Practices and Ancient Tantric Rituals are both grounded in the understanding that the body is a sacred vessel. Taoist self- cultivation techniques include various physical and energetic practices, which purify, revitalize and heal past traumas at the individual level. Tantric rituals and meditations nourish and cultivate the relationship with self, the other and world as the path toward wholeness and unity with the divine. In an atmosphere of openness and warmth we work with the feminine and masculine polarities cherished by both Taoist and Tantric traditions.
On the Path of Sacred Sexuality is a celebration of the human capacities of self-awareness, compassion, playfulness and authenticity. In this workshop participants will:
~ learn why sexuality is sacred
~ learn to drop masks imposed by society
~ get to know the truth about men’s and women’s orgasm
~ begin to accept and cherish one’s own limitations
~ learn techniques of self awareness and pleasure
~ feel a sense of openness and possibility
~ learn to perceive weaknesses as strengths
~ refine one’s ability to identify and attract a suitable mate
~ learn how to reject outdated self- perceptions
~ learn to create openness, depth and spaciousness in relationship
~ begin to live as love rather than to live for love
Come and explore the revitalizing and healing potential of sacred sexuality in a playful, safe and joyous environment. All are welcome regardless of prior experience, sexual orientation, age or any other designation. Participants need not be in a relationship to attend. Most importantly no one will ever be forced to go beyond one’s limits of what one feels is safe.
Atithi (from the U.S) and Kalpita (Greek) have been teaching Sacred Sexuality in the U.S, U.K, Poland and various countries of Europe, including many parts of Greece, where they make their home. Together and separately they have taught couples, men’s and women’s groups and private sessions. To the great benefit of their students and clients they have utilized each other as mirrors, working tirelessly to evolve their techniques as teachers, separately and as a couple. Their complimentary differences as individuals combined with their experience as teachers and as a couple on the path of Sacred Sexuality has proven to be a dynamic and sensitive force. They believe that a safe and sacred environment is the basis for personal transformation and spiritual evolution. Kalpita and Atithi have completed the Soul Mate training for couples with Ma Ananda Sarita of Osho’s Tantra lineage.
WAŻNE! Warsztat będzie prowadzony w języku angielskim, wymagana jest podstawowa znajomość j.angielskiego.
TERMIN: 25-26 listopada 2017
25.11 godz. 10.30-18.30
26.11 godz. 10.30-14.30
INWESTYCJA:
400 zł za osobę – przy wpłacie zaliczki w wysokości 200 zł do 10 listopada
450 zł za osobę- przy wpłacie zaliczki w wysokości 200 zł po 10 listopada lub w dniu rozpoczęcia warsztatu (w przypadku wolnych miejsc)
750 zł za parę – cena specjalna dla par
REZERWACJA MIEJSCA: Zgłoszenie poprzez wysłanie e-maila na adres: onthepath@wp.pl oraz wpłata zaliczki.
Uwaga – liczba miejsc ograniczona (tylko 12 osób), po wykorzystaniu limitu miejsc będzie tworzona lista oczekujących.
MIEJSCE WARSZTATU: CUD GROCHÓW – Studio Rozwoju i Edukacji, ul. Osowska 84a, Warszawa (Grochów), okolice ronda Wiatraczna
Qi Dance! in Cyprus
Qi Dance! Invoking Abundance
Saturday, March 11th from 6 pm to 9 pm
Karma studio B.M.S, Filanda Court, Larnaca, Cyprus
The session typically starts with a short set of archetypal qigong movements. Participants use these archetypes to attune themselves to achieve a deep sense of centeredness. To this authentic experience of oneself we incorporate carefully selected music. With gentle and attentive guidance participants begin to work with a transpersonal theme. The combination of qigong, inspirational music, gentle instruction and the theme forms a container within which participants safely explore themselves and their relationship with others.
At this time in the flowering of human consciousness there is a great need to connect with and to heed the call of abundance that flows through all of nature. Whether we observe the opening of a blossom in springtime or enjoy a relaxing meal with a close friend we must recognize these gifts of abundance with a grateful heart. Nature needs to give to us but are we open to receive?
In this event participants will have the opportunity to identify ways in which they block the natural flow of abundance and techniques for ‘attuning’ the physical body to the natural cycles of receiving and giving. And since abundance is attracted by energy, vitality, expression and movement, you can be sure we will Dance!
This event is open to all (men and women) regardless of level of experience, age or physical ability.
For more information and to book your place please contact Irini Pandeli at +357 99085559 or info@taoandtantra.com