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Tantra for Every Body (also known as Queer Tantra) is a modern, inclusive form of neo-Tantra. It embraces diversity beyond the traditional cisgender, straight, slender, neurotypical, or young body, welcoming everyone to experience its transformative potential.
Tantra is an ancient philosophy from the East that promotes spiritual transformation and a fulfilling life. It teaches that inner peace and freedom don't come from abstinence or isolation, but through embracing the pleasures and challenges of the human body. Tantra has always been a rebellion against rigid moral codes and asceticism, encouraging practitioners to use their bodies and desires as tools for personal growth and enjoyment.
In this inclusive approach to Tantra, we'll explore our inner selves through solo, partnered, and group exercises. By slowing down, practicing mindful awareness, using breathwork, touch, movement, and sharing, you'll connect more deeply with your body and spirit.
This workshop offers:
- A chance to slow down from daily life and focus on what truly serves you, beyond attachment, avoidance, or the mind’s ideas.
- Opportunities to learn and practice various Tantric techniques.
- Meditations drawn from traditional Tantra as well as modern neo-Tantra practices.
- A full-body Tantric massage (with undies on, but guidance on how to practice unclothed at home if desired).
- The creation of personalized rituals (instead of stealing rituals from other cultures), blending the hedonistic with the sacred, based on the principle that rituals are meant to support humans—not the other way around.
This workshop invites you to explore the balance of pleasure, connection, and spiritual growth in a welcoming and inclusive environment.
This is a white workshop with pink elements and therefore classified as a pink workshop.*
*Questions? Check our FAQ via www.exploringdeeper(dot)com for elaborate explanations to most of the questions we usually get!
FOR WHO IS THIS WEEKEND?
This workshop is beginner-friendly, although those with (a lot of) experience in Tantra are equally welcome.
All our workshops are queer-centered and straight-friendly. That means, to us, that our workshops embrace diversity beyond the traditional cisgender, straight, slender, neurotypical, or young body. Partnering for exercises is never based on (assumed) gender.
You can come alone (many people do), with your partner/s or friend/s. If you come with a partner you are welcome to stay together for the whole workshop, or play with others too.
The weekend consists of exercises that you can do on your own, in two’s, or in larger groups. There will be sharings in smaller groups and in the whole group. Towards the end of the weekend there is a short play party: a contained amount of time where you get to practice what you’ve learned freely with our support and guidance.
As in all of our workshops, you are encouraged to sit out of anything. Witnessing is valid participation.
A NOTE ON THE THE TANTRA I TEACH
There are many flavours of tantra. The tantra I teach can be considered ‘eclectic neo-Tantra’: Tantra that is a mixture of different lineages and styles of Tantra, brought to you through the lens of a white, queer, Dutch person raised and socialized as a woman.
There were great masters who brought the original tantra to the Western world. I haven’t learned from these masters directly but from their students (or their student’s students). Some of these lineages: Osho/Bhagwan Rashneesh, Chogyam Rinpoche, Crazy Wisdom, Tao Tantra, and Kashmiri Shaivism.
From these lineages come masters with lots of wisdom, but also lineages that are often not free from abusive practices. That’s why I weave neuroscience and a lot of consent practices into my teachings.
SOME PRACTICAL INFORMATION
In the week before the event, you will receive an email with detailed information for this day including the address and what to bring. Make sure you sign up with the email address that you use. Check your spam filter if you did not receive an email seven days before the event (if you have unsubscribed from our newsletter, these emails cannot reach you!).
On this page you find elaborate information about play parties, and many frequently asked questions >>> www.exploringdeeper.com/FAQ
This is a page that speaks more explicitly about rules of conduct during our workshops >>>
https://www.exploringdeeper.com/conduct/
Timings:
Saturday: 10.00h – 18.00h (doors open at 9.30h)
Sunday: 10.00h – 18.00h (doors open at 9.30h)
ACCESSIBILITY
This workshop space is called Awananda. The elevators in this building are out of function - the owner won’t fix this to our regret. There are stairs to enter the building. On the ground floor is an all-access bathroom. The workshop is on the first floor. There are two stairs to get there. There are several bathrooms on the first floor (no all-access bathrooms), and a kitchen with lunch facilities, including a fridge and a microwave. There are mattresses in the workshop space. There is no shower.
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http://exploringdeeper.com/ethics
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http://www.exploringdeeper.com/terms-and-conditions/.
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ABOUT WILRIEKE SOPHIA
Wilrieke Sophia (they/them) is a sex & intimacy educator, (TEDx) speaker, advisor & coach for creative makers and scientists, author, and founder of Exploring Deeper and Cuddle Workshops International.
The main focus of their work is empowerment through self-knowledge and understanding, radical self-inclusion, the embodied experiencing of boundaries and desires, and an extensive practice of consent – all based on a foundation of trauma awareness and neuroscience, embedded in experiential spaces based on interpersonal connective practices. They collaborate with artists and scientists, and are a supervisor and mentor.
With their project Red Flags in Workshops, Wilrieke creates zines and other free materials on e.g. accountability, abuse, and power dynamics in the intimacy and wellness communities.
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