Saturday, December 20th
6:00 - 10:00 PM
Dancing Shiva Tantra Monastery - Black Mountain, NC
This event is offered through the Temple of Living Eros - a community group that is currently in the process of organizing itself as a Church. (Scroll down to read the preamble to the Church charter document). This group offers events, gatherings and education that promote living a Tantric lifestyle both as individuals and within community through the cultivation of love, eros, healing, and union. This year, the group has been gathering on the third Saturday of each month for a "sensual cuddle", so this is the December gathering for this growing community.
During this event, we'll be exploring the theme of "Pleasure as Transformation", facilitated by Damon Sean. Based on Jaya's erotic blueprint system, we will explore mapping the territory of our bodies and beings for maximum pleasure in small groups before coming together for our larger group cuddle. In preparation, it can be supportive to complete Jaya's erotic blueprint quiz to learn more about your erotic type.
The rough outline for the evening:
- 6 - 8 pm - Consent skill building exercises & pleasure mapping
- 8 - 10 pm - Open cuddle and play time
This event is part of a weekend Winter Solstice Celebration, which also includes a 24 hour Vedic Fire Ceremony. If you are just planning to attend the Cuddle event, please plan to contribute $25-$45 to Dancing Shiva. If you would like to stay overnight, please communicate directly with Garrell about accommodations (email dancingshivatantra AT gmail).
FAQ
How sexy will this get?
This event is designated as a "pink tantra" event. This means that nudity is welcome, but underwear will stay on, and genital touch is not welcome during the exercises.
What if I am attending with a partner?
You are welcome to work with your partner during the exercises, or you may choose to work separately. Totally up to you.
What if I am attending as a single person?
That's great. You'll be paired up with practice partners - you can either choose who you want to work with or the facilitator can help you find a partner.
Temple of Living Eros - Church Charter Preamble (still in draft form)
We, as free and sovereign people, choosing connection with God, the Earth, and one another, do hereby constitute a free church (hereafter referred to as the Temple) and organize a social body (the Congregation) to support our exploration and expression of life force, and to strengthen our individual and collective commitment to — and capacity for — Divine Union: the inner marriage of consciousness and form.
We are people who have been the "odd ones out" in other spiritual spaces and choose to fully express ourSelves as a tribe of magicians, healing conduits, Tantrikas and medicine workers holding space for transformation and healing on a Christ-like level.
As ever-evolving, integrated beings who see all of life as sacred, we are committed to human liberation and embodied spirituality. Through the principles of Tantra, erotic practice, the cultivation of ecstatic aliveness, and the full honoring and integration of all parts of our being, we create Heaven on Earth.
We are a circle of peers, not a hierarchy — leadership emerges through inspired initiative, trust, relationships and community.
We now reclaim our sovereignty on spiritual and practical levels as free sovereign people, incarnated and living on the soil of GrandMother Earth.
A spiritual body that honors both individual sovereignty and collective practice.
