Thoughts on life, healing, and wholeness
New Massage Therapist at Somatic Center
"Those who work with their hands, head and heart are artists." Meet Gary Einsidler the latest addition to Somatic Center's team of artists. "When I need some repair work to help with my injuries, Gary is my go to guy" ~ Daniel Trenner, Tango Dance Teacher...
Tantric Soul Dance
To dance is to touch soul - where hearts soar and everything's possible. An opportunity to dance from the inside out like you've never danced before. We'll start slowly, with a meditative, tantric movement practice, from southern India. Gradually moving into a dance...
Touch & Play Asheville
Fertile Ground The upcoming (April 2018) Touch & Play-Asheville will explore the Fertile Ground cultivated in our lives and community when we embrace our primal nature –what it really means to be alive, free and connected. We build tools for conscious consent,...
Mapping the Body Through Consent
Mapping the Body Through Consent Studio Helix, 150 Main St., Northampton, MA May 18th, 2018 6:30-10pm An evening of experimenting with conscious touch. As humans, we need touch in order to really thrive in our lives. Yet, culturally, we are offered so little guidance...
Our Erotic Nature Story Swap
March 24th, 2018 2-5:30pm Northampton, MA ’Everyone thinks we’re going to hear all kinds of lascivious stories about sex in the wild. In the end, its a whole range of beautiful and profound stories — the telling and listening of which cracks us open to our humanity,...
Sexuality & Spirituality Costa Rica
February 25th - March 3rd, 2018 Big Tree Family & Retreat Center Punta Uva, Costa Rica Are you: Looking to find a deep loving connection with another and with yourself? Wondering if you can find a lover who will openly explore sexuality? Longing to meet others...
Sensory Palace
In Tantric study, the body is the temple. The Sensory Palace is ‘temple time’, set aside for 'awakening the senses' . Sensory Palace Studio Helix 150 Main St., 3rd floor Thornes Market Northampton, MA 01060 April 27th, 2018 6:30-10pm [button...
Our Erotic Nature Series
Our Erotic Nature Series an embodied, journey of play, joy and discovery in nature 4 part summer series - 2017 Sponsored by the Somatic Center's 'Tantric Ground' Workshop Description: In this series, we'll expand on two core truths of Himalayan Tantra: Play is central...
Alchemy of Eros: Creativity, Sexuality and Power
November 11th, 2017 Hartford, CT As westerners, we’re steeped in conversations about power. How to find it, use it, lose it or abuse it. In tantra, there is only one source of power – the energy that animates life and all of creation. It’s creative, powerful and...
Two Intro to Tantra Events in Maine
What better way to settle into the fall than to open your life to exploring Tantra, expanding your capacity for living life wide awake, with deep purpose and passion. But what is it and what does it look like? 'Tantra' in the U.S. has become a counter-cultural...
Living Tantra: the next step
Living Tantra: the next step A 5-wk Intermediate Tantra Training 4 Sundays 3-6:00pm May 21, 28, Jun 4, 18 + one full day, Jun 25th Limited to 8 participants: $410 So you’ve gotten a taste of Himalayan Tantra and want to take it ‘the next step’. Yeah!! This is going...
Contact Kirtan at DNE
CKQ Contact Kirtan Dance New England's Summer Dance Camp, Camp Timber Trails, Tolland, MA Aug 12th, 2019 3:30-5:30pm As a soulful practice of sound and rhythm, rooted in eastern spiritual traditions, kirtan creates a palpable, ‘soul-scape’ that invites our hearts to...
Wake Up Your Life!
Wake Up Your Life! an intro to Tantra sampler weekend Maine Center for Taijquan and Qigong 500 Forest Ave., Portland, ME April 28-30, 2017 Sponsored by the Somatic Center's 'Tantric Ground' Workshop Description: What better way to welcome in the spring than to open...
2019 on Being Human: opening the senses in movement and nature
OPENING YOUR SENSES WITH MOVEMENT AND BEAUTY IN THE NATURAL WORLD Jan. 19-25, 2019, Goddess Garden, Cahuita, COSTA RICA We invite you on a joyful journey back to the body in nature, discovering who we are as human beings. In this retreat, two passionate teachers...
Embodying Radical Intimacy
Embodying Radical Intimacy: Kink, Spirit, Sex and the Primal Body Feb 17-19, 2017 (6pm Fri - 4pm Sun) Sirius Eco-Village, 72 Baker Rd., Shutesbury, MA 01072 $525 Tuition includes 6 meals and Indoor Camping option (private/shared rooms available for additional fee)...
What is Conscious Kink?
Whether '50 Shades of Gray' rode the wave or created it, you may have noticed, there's more kink around. But what is it? And what does it mean to be 'conscious' about it? Among my body-awareness-practitioner-friends, we regularly talk about the body's wisdom. And...
A Tantric Journey in Costa Rica
on Being Human: opening the senses in movement and nature Testimonials from previous retreats: for Kristen - 'life altering, truly amazing - one of the most powerful life-changing experiences of my life' Jan 21-28, 2017, Goddess Garden, Cahuita, COSTA RICA...
A Mythical Dance with Snakes
Every summer I work at a family summer camp where Serpentessa brings her Red-tailed Boa's for adults and kids to play with. At first, I didn't know what to think about them. It's definitely different. But an adventurous spirit took over me and I decided to give it...