Join this ever-deepening community of women bonding in
sacred heart space.
Open your heart and embody your soul.
Deep changes ensue.
Six powerful and transformative weekends practicing
ancient arts of intimacy and passion in an on-going, ever-deepening
group. Enjoy the delights of energy-moving breathwork, imagery,
movement, and of improving your body image. Awaken your
sensuality through sexual healing, sacred temple dancing,
and erotic massage.
Women couples broaden their range of connecting, work through
power struggles, clear stuck places, and revitalize romance.
Single women and women with partners that are not present
become more self-loving, open to higher levels of relationship,
and safely fulfill their sensual and erotic needs. Together,
we celebrate ourselves in deeply fulfilling, heart-centered
rituals.
Why
an on-going group?
An on-going group offers the continuity of contact that
helps you integrate these tools from many spiritual paths
into your life, a process that takes time. Solid, sustainable
growth comes from using the practices regularly, so we recommend
daily and weekly practice. Women meet outside the workshop
to breathe together and explore sacred, sensual exchanges
within safe boundaries.
What
do we actually do in a Tantra Workshop?
We explore movement and do inner work that helps
you fully inhabit your cells. We practice the elements of
Tantric breath work, learning how to move kundalini through
the body in ways that create ecstatic states. We celebrate
ourselves in song and sacred dance as well as ritual.
We
create sweet, heart-centered ways of connecting and getting
to know each other, both verbally and energetically through
a variety of interactions and exercises. We study boundaries,
both verbal and energetic, learning how we do them now and
ways that make intimacy safer and easier. We delve into
healthy communication skills, demonstrate and practice ways
to work through relationship issues and speak your truth
in ways you are heard and respected.
Six
assistants can give each woman individual attention to free
up and reclaim her body, to learn the undulations that move
kundalini, and to work through any emotions that come up.
Floor work helps retrain your body to remember these natural
movements.
In
preparing for deeper exchanges such as in the Puja, we thoughtfully
discuss ways to take care of yourself while respecting and
honoring boundaries so every woman can enjoy these celebrations
of pleasure using the skills we're learning.
The
Puja, each Sat. evening from 7:30 -10, provides opportunities
for the sweetest, kindest, most nurturing connections you
could possibly imagine. Each interaction deepens your connection
with yourself, and opens possibilities for truly meeting
others "essence to essence". Women find themselves
feeling happy, nourished, fed, honored, accepted, and appreciated,
often laughing with delight, sometimes crying out old wounds,
and almost universally ending up feeling satiated and satisfied.
“Under the loving guidance of Evalena I learned to be
receptive and open myself to ecstasy like I have never
experienced before. In the course of the 6 months I broke
through emotional blocks and fully opened to my full erotic
potential”
On
Sunday, we often do deep meditative work of reclaiming our
sexuality and our passion, then women share their amazing
experiences from the Puja. We may do sacred or erotic touch
or some deeply healing internal work about coming into a
loving relationship with our own sexual nature. Guest teachers
may share their advanced work and teach erotic dance that
makes you simply fall in love with your own body.
Each
month we learn more about the art of sustaining relationships
and romance as well as breath practices, some fun and playful,
some deeply connecting, and some designed to clear ancient
blocks to ecstasy. We complete with one on one exchanges
that help us appreciate and honor all we've risked and gained
then share a spiral dance celebrating our growing community.
Women
say repeatedly how I create a very safe space and really
uphold the sacredness of the work. Many come scared, but
quickly relax into the supportive sisterhood.
"Yummy,
insightful, clearing, fulfilling, healing, playful, explorative,
helpful, informative, loving, utterly great and exactly
what I needed!!"
"This
work has made a huge shift in my life and allowed me to
open to a grander love than I have ever experienced."
Who
attends these workshops:
Some
women have thought this group only for lesbians, but it's
broader than that. Over a third of the women are lesbian,
nearly a third bisexual, a couple mysexual (my sexuality
is my own and I choose who to be sexual with regardless
of gender), and several heterosexual women. About three
fourths are singles and a fourth are couples, tho a few
singles are in relationship with women or men outside the
group. The same spread is true of the assistants.
Women
are coming from the East Bay, San Francisco, all over Sonoma
County, and a couple other states. We arrange car pools
for those who'd like to ride with another.
“This
was an incredible 6 month journey. Evalena and the assistants
are deeply grounded in their humanity and each seems to
have made peace with the pain of her own life, creating
a clear path for the rest of us to follow on our journeys
toward bliss! A totally safe and supportive place to re-discover
your passion and your joy!”
Open
your heart and embody your soul
Schedule:
To
see current years schedule, click
here.
Saturdays 10:30 am - 10:00 pm, Sundays 10:30 am -5:30 pm
Overnight
lodging and breakfast: $35 per person per night. Work exchange
is available for cooking, set-up and cleanup, promotion
and gardening. Payment plans can be arranged. Scholarships
available for women with demonstrated financial need.
Held
in Sebastopol, just 15 minutes west of Santa Rosa, CA, (75
minutes north of San Francisco) in a lovely private retreat
center in a rural setting with a hot tub, gardens and private
decks.
Call or e-mail
for details and information about airport transportation
and/or lodging.
For information on lodging available on the property - Click
here
You
must commit to attending all six meetings and to paying
for all, even if you miss one or discontinue the group and
regardless of the reason. Only you can fill your space.
You
may attend the first weekend before committing to the entire
series to explore if you want to participate in the remaining
five weekends.
"Very, very special. Surprising, mysterious, connected,
spiritual, high-spirited, well-grounded, SAFE, exciting,
quite amazing and satisfying"
- L. M., participant
"What
an opportunity to truly relate to other women in a deep,
loving sensual way with such full support from the leaders
and assistants. My heart has opened more fully and my
community has expanded."
- J. P., participant in two 6-month groups
This
group truly changed my life. I am more open, loving, more
willing to be authentic.
- M. C., participant
"I
love experiencing the aliveness and vitality of being
truly present when intimate. Evalena skillfully helps
you move past the fear and vulnerability of being authentic
."
- T. D., participant
"This
group has changed how I move through the world, opening
a capacity for ecstatic living and for being very present
as I engage with others and with life."
-T.O., participant
