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Mandala Yoga Ashram news;

Vigyana Bhairava Tantra: Spaciousness - Gateway to Insight with Swami Satya Daya, assisted by Tulsi and Swami Krishnapremananda

March 27th - April 1st 2024

Mandala Yoga Ashram, Pantypistyll, Llansadwrn, Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire SA19 8NR

£455

One of the fundamental purposes of the practices of Yoga is to open us up to the possibility of Insight – the revealing of the hitherto unknown depths of our very being. The practices of the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra are elegant and eminently practical techniques that lead us to that possibility.

More - www.mandalayogaashram.com/vigyana-bhairava-tantra


Sacred Feminine Retreat. Connect to the Sacred Feminine Within (women)

2nd - 6th October 2024

Mandala Yoga Ashram, Pantypistyll, Llansadwrn, Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire SA19 8NR

£355

Offering a rare gift to share deeply with each other and connect to the sacred feminine within, allowing more wholeness and balance to arise in our lives individually and collectively.

More - www.mandalayogaashram.com/residential-retreats-sacred-feminine-retreat
 

 

 

 


Spring Retreat

Caernarfon, Gwynedd

12th - 14th April

Somatic Yoga
Meditation
Pranayama
Ecstatic Dance
Cacao Ceremony
Wild Swimming
Relaxation And Sound Healing

More - www.lisa-middleton.com/spring-retreat

 


 



Orientating to the Heart: Relational Transformation (full)

Anglesey

Friday 10th May to Sunday 12th May

Arrivals for the retreat are from 4pm onwards on the Friday afternoon and the retreat finishes at 1.30pm after lunch on Sunday.

£290.

The weekend will focus upon the Heart and its ability to connect us with the wider world and our deeper selves; exploring how we can align our heart and minds to create new perspectives. We will also spend some time familiarising ourselves with the beautiful 'marriage' of Shiva and Shakti as an introduction to the wonderful Classical Tantra tradition. There will be asana, meditation, chanting, creative activities, and time spent in nature, as well as opportunities to connect with each other.

More - www.yoga-ayurveda.co.uk/retreats.html

 

 

 

 

Spirit Horse news;

Enlightenment Intensives

Wales

30th May - 4th June 2024
1st - 6th August 2024

Full Price: £400 - Community contributors: £300

These Enlightenment Intensives are aimed at breaking through to a profound state of awareness often called "enlightenment." There are many more correct, traditional and poetic ways of referring to this most precious and essential understanding. This naturally occurring state is read and talked about, usually, as if it lives at the end of a mystical rainbow and will never happen. That is a shame - it is the key to life and happiness and can be experienced by anyone who takes two to three days to look deeply within, earnestly and honestly, with complete attention. You need skillful support to do this. Going it alone is life wastingly slow.

More - www.spirithorse.co.uk/enlightenment-intensive 


Sacred Man Sacred Woman - Ceremonial war of beauty between men and women

Wales

20th - 24th June 2024

Arrival Time: 5pm - 7:30pm. There is a welcoming meal and tea at 7:30pm

Price: £350 - Couples: £600 - Community contributors: £200

(Includes food and accommodation)

Sacred Man Sacred Woman is: An honouring and a ceremonial "war of beauty" between men and women. The annual summer event of the last 30 years at our wild nature retreat. Come to explore yourself, the mystery of the other, to love and grow, to find home and to have some fantastic out of this world time. With much hilarity and yet with authentic depth, a traditional “war” between men and women is declared. Taking to their separate camps, they separate into women's and men's circles. Only after a long day and night in their own sacred lodges do they emerge to meet again - to ritually engage.

More - www.spirithorse.co.uk/sacred-man-sacred-woman


Women's Lodge

Wales

25th - 29th July 2024

Full Price: £200 - Community contributors: £170

Untangle our feet, free our Soul. Finding strength in simplicity. The flowering of the Heart, state of Gratitude. Connecting to Earthly and Celestial magnetism. Honouring life in everything, being an active force for good. Celebration of kinship to plants, animals, to the elements and to each other through stories, dance, song, and creating beauty in friendship and in riotous fun.

More - www.spirithorse.co.uk/women-s-lodge


August Full Immersion

Wales.

Whole month of August

£1175

Immerse in wild nature, tribal gatherings, meditation workshops and ceremonial retreats at our off-grid retreat centre. Includes food, camping accommodation, and full participation in our very busy August program of events and Workshops.

More - www.spirithorse.co.uk/august-immersion


Yeshé Tsogyel Empowerment and Dzogchen Transmissions with Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen

16th - 18th August

Wales

Price: £220
Community Contributors: £175
Concession: £190

Prices include all meals, teas and accommodation.

The nondual enlivening power of Yeshé Tsogyel, is beyond measure or comparison. As Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) was the male Vajrayana Buddha of Himalayan Buddhas — likewise his consort Yeshé Tsogyel was the female Buddha. Her Dzogchen lineage is a path of liberation from the pathology of duality.

More - www.spirithorse.co.uk/yeshe-tsogyel-empowerment

Note by UK Tantra News editor - the topic of Yeshe Tsogyel (aka Yeshe Tsogyal) is controversial in modern (Tantric) Buddhism - one text says that she was gang raped in a remote area in ancient times, but Enlightened all of the men via that act. i.e. that the Yoni can do that even during rape and that rape is wrong chiefly due to it being a wrong form of sex for men to aspire to re bringing Enlightenment (so irrespective of the effect of rape on women) - and that is cited even by some modern Buddhist lamas. Bear in mind that Buddhism is far older than organised law and order, and so had to account for situations involving banditry etc when first devised. I don't know exactly what this class will teach about her though.

Article - The Rape of Yeshe Tsogyel by Keith Dowman - http://keithdowman.net/vajralove/rape-of-yeshe-tsogyel.html

 

 

 




Out And Wild Festival

Festival for lesbian, bi, trans, and queer women and those who are non-binary.

31st May to 2nd June

Lawrenny, Pembrokeshire (Wales)

Our research told us that the audience wanted a festival where they could connect through shared experiences, with a real focus on wellness.

More - www.outandwild.co.uk

 

 

 

 



Heart of Eros news;

Earth My Lover/Day Temple

Wales

Sunday 2/6

More - heartoferostemple@gmail.com

 

 



 


Temple - Embodied bliss nature retreat

North Wales

June 21/22/23

Shared bell tents up to 3 ppl £440

Private double (booked with a friend) £495 each

50% deposit paid to secure your space with the remaining paid 2 weeks in advance of your stay.

Join us for a weekend of community, healing and celebration with the Temple event facilitators. We have developed an extended yet intimate version of the Temple experience where a journey of inner work and release allows for a celebration of bliss.

As we move into summer we traditionally celebrate the Solstice, the days where the Sun shines its light on the Earth for the most continuous moments.

A time where expression and beauty are at their most prevalent in nature. Come witness the abundant offerings that the welsh countryside has to offer under the guidance of our Ecologist David. Access States of depth and Bliss in the body with Nikki and her vast experience of the holistic arts. Joining us is embodiment facilitator Natalie who will guide you to reclaim the primal essence of our bodies and inner radiance. Together we channel that bliss through expression as we dance and sing under the stars in the evening.

More - www.manchesteryogacentral.co.uk/templeretreats

 

 

 

 

Shakti Tantra news;

Couples – Awakening To Sacred Union

Start: Jul 5 @ 6pm
End: Jul 7 @ 2pm

£350.

Fforest Barn, Forest Coal Pit, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire NP7 7LL

A gentle introduction to intimacy, learning tools to promote clear communication and Tantra massage techniques. Fun, connection and love, clearing away the dross of everyday life to see and feel the heartfelt honesty in your beloved.

More - https://shaktitantra.co.uk/event/couplesjuly2024/

 

 

 

Deep Darkness retreats;

Near Swansea.

Deep Darkness retreat allows you to access the immersive experience practiced for centuries by Native Americans, Tibetans, Aztecs, Egyptians, Yogis, Buddhists, Tantrists, Taoists, Lucid Dreamers and Creatives into the depth of the luminescence of your true essence.

October 5th to 11th 2024 - single room £1234/en-suite shared room £888.

More - https://sacredtree.co/deep-darkness

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