04/01/2020, House of Wholeness
Tantra is perhaps one of the few paths of spiritual practice that isn’t shy of exploring physical touch and connection, and yet, does so in such deep reverence and appreciation to the divine within us all.
Come join us for a workshop of deep exploration into connecting and sensual gratitude. We will practice exercises from a set of 17 Tantric practices which lead us into a natural state of connection. These exercises were designed in a way which leads the practitioner into dropping deeper within their own experience and teach us how to have the aid of a partner in the process of self-exploration. At its core, Tantra is concerned with one thing helping you fall in love with yourself. No previous experience or knowledge is required to attend. Only an open heart and an inquisitive mind that is willing to ask questions, challenge assumptions and explore in a group setting.
TIME
Doors open at 19.00h (7pm). The workshop starts at 19.30h (7:30pm). Due to the nature of this workshop, you cannot come in later. Doors will close at 19.30h sharp. The event ends around 22.30h (10:30pm).
LOGISTICS
Optional: BRING NESTING if you want to be extra comfy! This venue has mattresses, pillows, and blankets, but it can be nice to bring your own sheets/sheepskins, anything soft and fuzzy to make yourself a personal nest on the floor WEAR what makes you feel comfortable during the workshops. Bring some layers, as you might get hot. For the evening you can play with what you want to embody or experience: maybe a hidden part that desires some unveiling? A part you’d like to celebrate? Something that makes you feel safe to be in an exciting environment? Your pajamas? Or do as I do and bring different options, so you can choose in the moment. Please EAT before you arrive. If the day comprises multiple workshops, we’ll share lunch or dinner with a potluck. To keep tickets at affordable pricing, we ask you to bring some (vegetarian) food to share if you come for both events. If you bring a bit more than just for yourself, we will end up with a luscious, abundant dinner. Made or bought with love is equally fine! We will provide tea, water, and snacks.
A WHITE WORKSHOP
An explanation of the colors:
White
This is an event for all levels of experience. Clothes stay on, there’s no sexuality or nudity.
Pink
This is a moderate event. partial nudity is allowed. There’s no sexual interaction during the workshop.
Red
Full nudity and sexual interactions are allowed (but never mandatory).
INCLUSIVITY
This event is explicitly all-inclusive. This means we welcome people of any gender, relationship constellations, and cultural background. We welcome spicy, juicy, spiritual, vanilla, non-vanilla, as well as down-to-earth intimacy. We want to include everyone, whatever your gender or identification is. That means there’s space for everyone, without one group getting over-represented. Therefore there are tickets for people who identify themselves as male, female and other. Please only buy a ticket that represents your (chosen) gender – and not any other ticket. Sold out = sold out. Couples may choose to stay together if that feels the most important for them.
FAQ
AM I EXPERIENCED ENOUGH TO COME TO THIS EVENT?
Check out the event descriptions carefully. Red events and Play Parties require you to have experience with at least workshops in Tantra, Kink, or other intimate workshops. You need to be comfortable with sex and nudity in the room. Be mindful that play parties work like a magnifying glass: when your interactions with people in daily life/workshops are hard, they probably will be so too in a Play Party. Can you hold yourself and have the courage to experiment? For other workshops, we trust you know. If you have doubts: send us a message and we’ll be honest with you.
WHAT IS NESTING / DO I BRING A MATTRESS?
Bring NESTING. The venue provides mattresses; you bring sheets, a blanket, and other soft things that you like for your comfort.
WHERE DO I PARK?
Please check www.prettigparkeren.nl. For public transport, please check www.9292ov.nl or Google Maps.
CAN I COME EARLY?
Only when there’s a potluck between the events of the day. Feel free to come earlier and bring some food to share. Don’t come before doors officially open.
SHOULD I BE NAKED?
Only in pink/red workshops, nudity is allowed, and only if you desire. Being naked is never an obligation – you decide how many clothes you do or don’t wear.
DO I INTERACT WITH OTHERS?
That’s completely your choice. Being a witness is a perfectly valid way of participating.
WHAT IF I DON'T WANT TO INTERACT WITH SOMEONE?
Then you don’t 😉
SHOULD I BRING FOOD?
When there are two events with a potluck in between, and/or when there’s a full-day workshop: YES. We provide tea and snacks. You bring food for the potluck lunch/dinner.
WHAT IF I CAN'T MAKE IT?
We don’t take tickets back and don’t mediate in selling tickets. (See Wilrieke’s
terms and conditions). You are free to sell your ticket to someone else. Please respect the gender of the ticket, and in case we send pre/aftercare emails, forward them to the person you sold your ticket to.
For questions: please read the above texts carefully, check out the website – if your question hasn’t been answered, send Wilrieke a message. For this event Exploring Deeper’s Terms and Conditions apply.
www.exploringdeeper.com/terms-and-conditions/FACILITATORS
Kai Karrel
Kai Karrel is a writer, a poet, a mystic, and a practicing medium. In recent years, Kai has been devoting his time to the study of plant medicine and the shamanic modalities of healing and awakening. He has been facilitating hundreds of workshops and retreats all around the world, including the Goddess Puja, a classic white Tantra event which has been his staple event for many years and has been brought to Europe by Monique Darling & Peter Petersen.
Wilrieke Sophia
She’s definitely a relationship and intimacy geek. From being a shy and insecure girl, the people she invited into her life took her on a wild ride through the realms of intimacy, non-monogamy, healing, shamanism, mindfulness, and meditation. Her horses taught her about empowered leadership and dynamics between individuals based on body language and charisma since she was a child. Now she feels like an empowered woman who is growing and unfolding every day.
She received Betty Martin’s blessings to use The Wheel of Consent in her workshops, and has followed countless trainings, workshops and retreats in everything she teaches. Wilrieke mixes this all together in her unique style of somatic experiencing (i.e. feeling in your body and using it as your personal guiding system), intuitive healing and deep empowerment using the pillars of Tantra, conscious intimacy, relating and shamanism.
Through her company Exploring Deeper, Wilrieke hosts a wide range of workshops, retreats and individual sessions in The Netherlands and the rest of the world. She loves bringing inspiring teachers from all around the world to The Netherlands. Wilrieke is also a passionate writer, writing for her own blog, as well as a guest writer for e.g. Elephant Journal, Postmodern Woman and Rebel Society.
She is the founder of Cuddle Workshops International, holding teacher trainings and master classes for practitioners and facilitators.
Besides all this, she’s a mother of three daughters and she holds a MSC degree in Forest & Nature Conservation.
Monique Darling
Author of Beyond Cuddle Party and workshop facilitator extraordinaire Monique Darling has led over 2000 workshops in the past decade. She is the founder of Everyday Tantra, an organization dedicated to empowering people who are questioning the assumptions of how their life should be and to offering tools for self expression that create trust, inner knowing and wisdom to enjoy the life they have.
Monique has taught at colleges across the US including Yale. She has been featured on TLC and The Doctors as well as various radio shows, podcasts and magazines across the globe.
She specializes in helping others reclaim their power and natural sensuality by transmuting fear and repression into courage, self-love and freedom. Her primary purpose is helping folks bring out their vulnerability, energetic embodiment and fearless relating.
YOU, you are the gift!
Peter Petersen
Peter Petersen has been a certified Sheng Zhen Qigong teacher for nearly 20 years. Peter is also a personal wellness coach. He has been teaching Qigong and wellness in health clubs, hospitals, retirement villas, and several different spas & resorts in Mexico and the United States, including Rancho La Puerta, Mayacamas Ranch, and Present Moment Retreat.
His Qigong practice helps people to ground themselves into their *Now*, to increase their present moment awareness of their behaviors, and to find solutions to personal difficulties or problematic habits such as: eating, moving, negative thinking, and sleeping. The result of this toolbox of healthy information is that clients become their own health advocates, incorporating a sense of stability, peace, and well-being into their everyday lives.
