(Early Bird until May 7, hope you will join us)
— Do you find yourself doing the same exercises again and again at the different events you attend?
— Are you a curious soul who wants to dive in deeper, explore a little further?
— Do you feel an urge to listen deeply to a wisdom that comes from an embodied place of presence within?
This retreat is for those who wish to move beyond the physical act of ‘love-making’ and instead learn how to ‘Make’ more ‘Love’. A wondrous act. An art in which the collision of polarities transforms this sexual energy, that births cells and stars, into an energetic orgasm which expands our conscious state, and allows us to manifest love into material reality from an ecstatic quiet of deep listening.
It is for those who feel the urge to step out of the patterns which hold them small, to forge new paths to places where their lives are moved by meaning. Where energy flows freely. Where simple things, such as the feel of rain or the smell of earth, fill the body with pleasure.
It is for those who wish to learn to work with their Qi/Chi to enter a quiet place. A place where we feel safe and able to channel. A place where we are guided by greater wisdom on what is necessary for each of us to feel, to heal, to expand, to play and to integrate fundamental shifts which we can take back out into our daily lives.
Join us from June 7-9 in Amsterdam for a unique tantric retreat, to sign up please fill in the application form:
https://forms.gle/4AHfX9GWK6NFeCYw8
OUR INTENTION
This is not just another intense or fun experience.
The kind that, once done, we just go home and return to the same old unhelpful life patterns until the next workshop/retreat/healing session, the next ‘fix’ of ‘intense spiritual’ experience.
We will work with ancient wisdoms from both Eastern and Western traditions and with Nature. We will invite in our unique and yet collective gifts, allowing space for the emergence to evolve. We will together step away from the noise and immerse ourselves in a well-held, sacred and connected space where you can experience deep nourishing breath and rest, insights, and growth, as well as the courage to truly look into shadows, feel intense emotions and let go of what no longer serves.
We will learn to feel, to release, to listen, to return into the body, again and again, for life energy to flow, for pain to transmute into the ecstasy of love, into pleasure and orgasm, into this beautiful quiet state where we will understand, profoundly.
THE JOURNEY
Together, we will explore the profound depths of presence within. What it is to be in an inner silent state. We will dance with the deep intimacy that can arise within ourselves and with each other when we are in presence. This is a co-created journey where everything can happen but nothing has to happen. We welcome curious and brave souls of all shapes and backgrounds.
The journey will likely:
- Include Temple Arts, Energetic and Physical Bodywork, optional Plant Medicine (Mappacho & Blue Lotus), Shabari, Art Integration, Play, Live Music, Slow Movement, Ecstatic Dance, Rituals and Nature...
– Work with your life-force so you can begin to sense, move, release and circulate your Qi/Chi and experience energetic full-body orgasms which have the power to transform your ‘love-making’ enabling deeper connection, creativity and magic
– Support you to shift towards a sense of peace and alignment, an appreciation of the quietness, how to allow, trust and work with the different forms of ‘knowing’ that can emerge from this deeply silent space.
– Explore in depth the Tantric principles of Contraction and Expansion and the Dance of Polarity so that we can arrive at deep, meaningful, bodily consent, energetic boundaries, true presence and true surrender, enabling energy to flow
– Provide methods which support you to release contractions and blockages so energy can flow again
– Provide methods which support you to find presence, grounding and inner peace so that you can breathe again
– Increase your capacity to engage in intimacy and deeper connection with yourself and with others
– Enable you to integrate these wisdoms, profound experiences, understandings and insights back into your daily lives after you leave the retreat so you can benefit from these profound experiences and teachings and continue to grow and heal
Elements we may play with…
TEMPLE NIGHTS & PRACTICE:
- 2 Guided & Themed Temple Nights with free play and practice of all that was learned
– Ancient Blue Lotus Tea Ceremony and the world of sensuality
THE TANTRIC BASICS:
– Deep dive into Contractions and Expansion of Consent
– Shibari and the dance of Polarity, the awakening into surrender and presence
– Playfulness into energetic bodily boundaries and desires
– The meaning, magic and creation of Ritual
ENERGY BODY:
– Transmuting sexual energy into full body Energy Orgasm
– Sensitisation to energy fields and our energy bodies
BODY, RITUAL & RELEASE:
– A Taste of Self-Massage and Self-Pleasure
– De-armouring
– Cathartic Meditations
– Ritual & Celebration: Forgiving & Releasing the Wounds of Lingam/Yoni
– Plant Medicine Ceremony (optional) - Mappacho
GROUNDING:
– Journey deeper into joy and playfulness with live DJ and music
– Grounding through slow movements
– Silent and Mindful Eating and Walk
INTEGRATIONS:
– Integration through Art Expressions, Nature, Reflection, Ritual and silence
– Ecstatic Movements & Co-created Arts
………(more)
OUR PRAYER
We hope to share with you some of the benefits we have experienced by working with teachers of great wisdom and power. We want to do this by creating shorter more affordable events so that these vital teachings are accessible more widely. We believe the power of a deeper dive into tantra should be for the many, not the privileged few. Whatever your background, ethnicity, sexuality or gender you are welcome to travel with us. As a collective group, we will come together, in our authenticity and in our trust. We will humbly ask the wisdom to move us.
TO SIGN UP
- If you wish to join us please fill in this application form:
https://forms.gle/4AHfX9GWK6NFeCYw8
- If you have any financial difficulty, feel free to reach out. We will try our best to find a way.
ALL-INCLUSIVE 3 DAYS:
– 3-day deep dive program and flow with an experienced and passionate facilitating and space-holding team
– 2 nights of shared accommodation, just 10 minutes from the centre of Amsterdam at the Farm of Inspiration, in the nature area yet close enough to the city
– Healthy and delicious vegetarian/vegan food by Chef
– Journey deeper into joy with live DJ and music by Musician Leela
– Beautiful nature around for hiking and grounding, e.g. a natural lake for swimming.
(Note: this experience will be guided in English)
YOUR FACILITATORS:
Wave Davis
Wave has undertaken many years of extensive tantric training. His teachers have included Alan Lowen (Art Of Being) and Pema (Wild Tantra). He has years of experience in healing modalities from non-Western and Western traditions such as De-armouring (Gaia Method), Zen Buddism (Thich Nhat Hanh), CBT, EMDR, and NVC. You can often find him facilitating and co-creating at temple spaces.
He is deeply connected with several plant medicines including Mappacho and Ayuashsca having spent months in the Lareto region of the Amazon rainforest learning from Maestro Heberto Garcia. Wave is also a writer, facilitator and activist. He is also the founder of Organising from Elsewhere which aims to listen in radically new ways to people whose ways of knowing and being together are fundamentally different from ours to help new forms of collective organising emerge.
“The workshop was extremely powerful and with his guidance, we felt very safe and committed. On a technical level, there's a lot to take in, understand and keep in mind, and still, Wave made it much easier with how he guided us and helped us focus on the crucial parts” - Space Monkey
“Loved it. I felt safe, connected. The best temple I've experienced in terms of truly bringing together sacredness & sexuality. I want to join every future temple by them” - Ariana Lara Norcia
LEILA LI
Leila = Sanskrit for The Dance of Life. And the Night/Darkness in Arabic. It is an invitation to, with a playful attitude, meet both the dark and bright sides of life’s waves. World Wanderer and Life Artist Leila is rooted in both East and West learning from various ancient traditions and sharing wisdoms in her own unique ways. She passionately loves to be inspired and inspire people to share their own aliveness and gifts, and to co-create that juice of life together. She believes in co-creating the Art of Living in harmony with (our own) Nature, via 1:1, group ceremonies and retreats.
She practices the flow of the Tao (The Way of Nature), Tea Ceremony & Plant Medicine, and Ecstatic Arts and Movements. She enjoys bringing all forms of arts together into the Temple of Life through Tantra and Temple Arts (inspired by ISTA and other mystery schools), and being in service of the divine through Sacred Bodywork. She loves putting her feet on the ground helping people integrate those profound ritual moments into daily life. Check out the website: www.leilarts.com
CONTACT
Feel free to contact us via email hello@leilarts.con or WhatsApp +31 613596848 (Leila) / +447723018520 (Wave)
Vrijdag 07 juni 2024 om 10:00 tot zondag 09 juni 2024 om 21:00
Overdiemerweg 13, 1111 PN Diemen, Netherlands