Master the Power of Pleasure
A
7-day Body-Mind-Spirit Retreat in the Canary Islands
March 5-12, 2016 at a Lovely Retreat Center in Lanzarote
In this week-long retreat you
will learn how pleasure can enhance your sense of well-being and bring more ease
and bliss into your life and relationships.
Contact Elaine Young: tantraey@gmail.com
Why
should I attend and what will I gain?
- At the end of this week your relationship to your pleasure and your capacity to experience pleasure will be formed, reformed or reconnected.
- The week will take you to meet your current pleasure limit or pleasure ceiling, it will then support you to expand your capacity to hold and experience pleasure in al its forms.
- You will have the new experience of holding pleasure at a heightened state for a prolonged experience of time and you will know how to effectively reconnect to pleasure when you move away from it, when something external in life takes you out of it, when you forget, shut down or feel fear.
- You will then take this new reality back into your everyday life. You will have gained a deep reference point in your being and body as to what pleasure is for you.
- You will understand and appreciate how crucial this is to your wellbeing and therefore you will give it attention and priority.
- You will be confident in understanding and speaking out your boundaries and therefore you will be more willing to allow it.
- You will have learned a number of techniques and skills to masterfully reconnect yourself to pleasure whenever you choose to.
Is this simply a week of pleasure
& fun?
Sure
this week will offer you the opportunity to have fun and pleasure, but the
purpose of this week is much deeper and more powerful than that alone.
What experience are we offering you?
- This retreat is an opportunity to immerse yourself in, to be held and guided in a strong safe container for 7 days.
- This container will move you through the many different forms and intensities of pleasure so that your mind, body and soul can reset, rewire, learn or re learn what pleasure is for you and how it feels.
- In the process your relationship to pleasure will be changed, reset and will have expanded on a neurological, cellular, somatic and mind level.
- You will have increased and heightened your pleasure limit or pleasure ceiling.
Why Pleasure?
Certain
things in life are really important to our quality of life and our physical and
emotional wellbeing. Our nutrition, our physical fitness and our ability
to experience, feel and receive pleasure are all essential nurturing aspects of
living life as a human being.
Pleasure
can be gained from our intimate and casual relationships with others, our work,
food, sports, hobbies, passions in life, dancing, music, singing, touch,
sexuality and relaxation. Pleasure keeps us engaged in life, it keeps us
young and healthy and it changes the state of our mental and physical
wellbeing. Pleasure floods our systems with happy and healing hormones
and other substances. Pleasure is medicine for the body, mind and soul.
Why this Retreat?
If
you want to explore your relationship to food and nutrition you may choose to
go on a healthy eating or detox retreat or you may explore fasting. If you want
to improve your physical health you might attend a wellbeing retreat or a fitness
bootcamp. This is week long is the pleasure equivalent your very own ‘Pleasure
Bootcamp’ or ‘Pleasure Retox Retreat’.
This sounds exciting or scary, or
both?
Yes,
the idea of plentiful pleasure is both exciting and scary for many of us. Our
fears and desires in life are so closely related and interlinked that we often
desire what we fear and fear what we desire…. so yes it can bring up fear and
doubt to of step forward and commit to really allowing and exploring your own
pleasure. It can also bring up feelings or thoughts of shame, guilt,
selfishness and unworthiness. It can feel scary to take full responsibility for
our own pleasure.
We
understand that to feel this fear and excitement in around pleasure is ‘normal’
for many of us and we are able to offer you full support as and when you may
need it. If difficulties arise for you we invite this as a part of the process
and both of us have the skills and knowledge to coach and hold you in a way
that allows you to move forward at your own pace. We commit to holding
you with love, admiration for your courage and compassion for all of our
humanness
So
whether this scares or excites you, this week is for you.
Why do I need to learn how to feel
pleasure, shouldn’t that come naturally to me?
Amazingly
in life, most if not all, of us are born with a wonderful natural sense of
innocence and pleasure. For many of us sadly the experiences we have in life
move us away from pleasure.
We
may judge it as wrong, we are afraid of it, others judge or disapprove when we express
pleasure, my church, family or culture tells me its wrong, we are punished for
feeling pleasure, because of particular life experiences we sometimes are
dramatically disconnected from or forget/block out how to feel pleasure. For
all or any of these reasons we move away from pleasure, choose not to allow it
or disconnect from it. We therefore need to learn or relearn how to allow,
invite and welcome pleasure back into our life.
Who is the week long suitable for?
- You find it difficult or impossible to experience pleasure with some external stimulus, another person, toys, imagery.
- You have a desire for more pleasure in your life.
- Your life may be good, great even, but you are missing pleasure in certain parts of your life, for example your mind may be a place that has plenty of pleasure but you may be lacking it in your body or vice versa.
- You are aware of addictive patterns around how you experience pleasure.
- You have a knowing that you do not allow yourself to experience pleasure.
- You have knowing that there is more pleasure possible .
- You have a good level of pleasure but you want to experience the maximum pleasure possible for yourself in this life, in this body.
- You are afraid of pleasure or you feel guilty about experiencing pleasure.
- You are great at giving pleasure to others but struggle to allow yourself to receive pleasure.
- You are a curious adventurer.
- You have always put the needs of others above your own needs.
- You have healed and moved on from many of your life challenges, you are no longer in pain or suffering but you are still a long way away from pleasure.
- You are trapped in pain and suffering and learning to experience pleasure could be very healing for you.
Is this week for singles or couples?
This
week is suitable for singles, couples including those of all genders and all
sexual orientations. Couples if you wish to attend you can work with your
partner only or choose to work with others. This is great container for couples
to regain the relationship with pleasure as individuals and as part of your
relationship. You can choose not to interact with others at all.
What will we do?
We
will have group sessions during the day and sometimes in the evenings. We
will take this journey with pleasure using a different number of exercises,
rituals and meditations based on some modern day specialities like sexological
bodywork, conscious communication and consent and we will dive into a number of
ancient wise temple arts including Tantra, Meditation and Shamanism.
Techniques & Rituals
- Mindfulness/Presence/Embodiment Exercises
- Conscious Communication, Boundaries & Consent
- Self love Meditations
- Orgasmic Yoga
- Core Erotic Theme Analysis
- Body Energy Orgasm
- Shamanic Breathwork Journeying
- Masculine/Feminine Integration Exercises
- Shadow Exploration
- Tantric Puga Ritual
- Sensory Awakening Ritual
- Divinity Meditations
- Sex Magic Rituals
- Healthy Relationship Modelling
- (exploring attachment, longing & neediness)
Will there be opportunity to interact with others?
This
week will other valuable opportunities to learn from and interact with others
in the group. However, you do not need to engage with anyone to take part fully
and gain the core gifts and learning of this intensive. You are always at
choice.
What will I have to do ?
There
is nothing you need to do, during this week you will be invited to exercise
your self empowerment and sovereignty to the fullest. We will make offerings
and invite you to explore, but you will always in at choice. There may be
optional nudity at times, but you can choose to remained clothed for the whole
week if that is our truth.
What do I need to know?
You
do not need any previous experience of similar or related work to attend this
retreat. All the information, skills and knowledge you require will be
taught during this week. If you have attended other trainings based on
meditation, sacred/conscious sexuality, tantra or shamanism this retreat will
compliment and work well to build on those skills.
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