Shiva Rea and Demetri Velisarius will teach sacred sensuality through Tantric Yoga and meditation. This retreat explores the union of skillful means, the masculine, and wisdom, the feminine, as the heart of the mandala, inspiring bliss and emptiness, through moving deeper into intimacy by connecting with the subtle body.

Centuries of disconnected sensuality has resulted in sexual experience dominated by habit, desire and fear of deep intimacy. Tantra is continuity of awareness, and works with all the senses to wake up and create a non-dual relationship with the phenomenal world. Whether one is solo or with a partner, Shiva and Demetri will initiate us into the exquisite Yab-Yum mandala through inner consort practice within the matrix of the five Buddha families. They will offer ways of embodying the primordial union of Yab-Yum in natural and sublime forms of yoga sadhana. Participants will experience an embodied connection to their sexual energy as the creative force of union within themselves, their partner, and the world.

Saturday will include the Global Mala Ritual from 3-6 pm and will be open to the public. This celebration unites the global yoga community in a collaborative practice for peace based on the confluence of the fall equinox and UN International Peace Day.

The retreat teachings will begin on Friday evening and run through Sunday evening. Monday - Wednesday will be days for silent practice and retreat, an opportunity to deepen one's understanding of the teachings. Shiva Rea will meet with the group once daily during this time.

Fees: Sliding scale fees allow participants to pay according to individual means. Your payment above the low end directly benefits our scholarship fund.

FULL RETREAT (check in between 2-4pm on the 17th, depart after lunch on the 22nd)
Double: $1,025 - $700
Queen Double: $1,295 - $815
Queen Single: $1,410 - $925
Camping: $575 - $425
Suggested Dana: $100 - $200

SEPTEMBER 17-20 (check in between 2-4pm on the 17th, depart after breakfast on the 20th)
Double: $705 - $500
Queen Double: $870 - $580
Queen Single: $935 - $610
Camping: $405 - $315
Suggested Dana: $60 - $120

Accommodation descriptions can be found here.

Sustaining Sangha discounts range from 10%-20% based on your membership level and are calculated at registration.

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Shiva Rea, M.A. is a yogini firekeeper, sacred activist, and leading innovator in the evolution of vinyasa flow yoga integrating the tantric bhakti roots of yoga, Krishnamacharya’s teachings and a universal, quantum approach to the body since she began teaching twenty years ago. She leads retreats and pilgrimages worldwide and has served as a creative catalyst to bring community together including Yoga Trance Dance for Life, Moving Activism for 1,008,000 Trees, Yogini Conferences and the worldwide Global Mala Project.