Spring Celebration: Tantric Puja, Potluck, & Cuddles!

♡ It’s Spring Time! Let’s celebrate! ♡

Join us for this evening of delight: Tantric Practices, a Potluck, and a Cuddle Party!

Come to meet new people! Come to deepen relationships with those you already know! Come be with community. Be nurtured and nourished.

Connect • Cuddle • Play • Breathe • Laugh! Be you. ♡

Gift yourself the time and space to relax and reflect on winter, as you blossom into spring. Take this opportunity to appreciate yourself for all that you have experienced so far, and to lovingly welcome in what's coming next with a clear vision, a set intention, and an open heart - all while being supported by an incredible community.

All are welcome • No experience needed!

This evening is for everyone:
✶ Those who have never been before!
✶ Those who just started coming!
✶ Those who have been here for years!

You can come with a date, friends, or by yourself! It is time for us to reconnect and be in community!

Save your spot now: Register online

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~✶~ What is a Tantric Puja? ~✶~

Tantra is a spiritual path that integrates body, mind and soul. It’s a path of deep awareness. A path that weaves together humanity with divinity.

A Puja is a ceremony to practice the path of tantra. In the East, a Puja is a celebration of the Divine, an honouring ceremony for a God or a Goddess. In the West, we also celebrate the Divine, the divine in each of us.

During a Puja we pair up with partners and practice different exercises, designed to open our hearts, and deeper connect with ourselves and with others.

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~✶~What is a Cuddle Party?~✶~

Cuddle Party is a workshop experience where participants engage in communication exercises, explore touch in a non-sexual space, experience personal exploration and intimacy, and have fun with like minded friends from the community.

You can come to a Cuddle Party to meet new people, to enjoy amazing conversations, to touch, to be touched, to have fun, to practice asking for what you want, to practice saying “no” to what you don’t want — all in a setting structured to be a safe place for exploration and enjoyment.

The skills you learn at Cuddle Party translate into every day life, right from the start. When boundaries and consent are clear, every relationship is easier.

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~✶~What the evening looks like~✶~

6-7:30: We will start the evening with a Puja (an honouring ceremony) - where you will be guided in exercises to connect with others, and with yourself. You will have a chance to reflect on the past few months, release what no longer serves, and get in touch with your intention for the rest of the year. If you are coming with a date or your partner, you are welcome to stay together and do all the practices together. Or you can rotate and practice with others too! Whatever feels most nourishing to you. ♡

7:30-8:30: For the next hour we will join together as a group, and enjoy conversations over a potluck feast! Please bring some delicious food and/or drinks to share with everyone • perhaps your favourite recipe. Finger foods are always a hit!

8:30-9:45: Once we are all fed, nourished, and feeling connected, we will gather in the cuddle space together to be led into a short Cuddle Party. We will very briefly review the 11 Cuddle Party rules, do an exercise or two, and then enjoy the embrace of our friends – new and old – as we relax, enjoy conversation, and share affectionate nurturing touch (if desired). If you don't want to cuddle - that is perfectly okay - are welcome to simply relax and enjoy the loving space.

Then, around 9:45pm we will bring the evening to a close with a short closing circle. ♡

Register online
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~✶~Details~✶~

TIME: Doors will open at 5:30pm. The event will begin at 6pm and will come to a close around 10-10:30pm.

LOCATION: We will be hosting the celebration in a private home in Strathcona • SW Calgary, Alberta. The address will be provided to all who register.

WHAT TO WEAR: Wear something that is a true expression of who you are: something that makes you feel good, and is comfortable to touch. You might want to bring something comfy to wear for during the Cuddle part of the evening: comfortable, non-binding, clothing (sweat pants, loose cotton, pajamas, onesies: think comfy, not sexy). You are welcome to change clothes part way through the evening if that feels good to you. This will be a shoe-free environment, so please bring and wear clean socks to keep your feet warm.

WHAT TO BRING: Please bring a cushion or pillow to sit on, and blanket to contribute to our cuddle space for the evening! Please also bring delicious food and/or drinks to share with everyone for the potluck.

✶ CONSCIOUS INVESTMENT & LOVE EXCHANGE ✶

• $44 Early Bird • Entry for 1
• $55 Regular • Entry for 1
• $99 Couple/Pair • Entry for 2

You MUST REGISTER in advance - 33 people max. Please get your ticket early • This event WILL sell out.

Save your spot! Register online:
https://Spring-Celebration-2023.eventbrite.ca

To save on fees you can send an E-transfer ($55):

• angela.bladon@gmail.com

Please add a comment to the e-transfer stating your name, the date of the event you plan to attend, and your email address (I will send you a confirmation email).

Facebook Event Page: https://fb.me/e/VRmBPJYZ

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~✶~ IMPORTANT NOTES ~✶~
✶ During the opening circle, we will establish intention, guidelines and boundaries so that every person feels fully honoured and supported in moving only as fast and as far as their own sense of safety permits. No one is required to do anything they don’t want to do. Personal boundaries are honoured and respected. Each person is encouraged to only participate at the level that feels most nourishing to them.
✶ This is a drug & alcohol free event.
✶ The event won't include nudity or any sexual activity.

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~✶~ FAQ ~✶~

WHAT IF I DON'T WANT TO DO A PRACTICE OR CUDDLE?
Thank you for taking care of yourself. The exercises are only an invitation. You always have the option to modify, or completely opt out of any practice. This is a space of “get to” not “have to”. ♡

DO YOU ACCEPT PAYMENT AT THE DOOR?
Not for this event. No.

WHAT HAPPENS IF I CANCEL, DON'T SHOW UP, ARRIVE LATE, OR LEAVE THE EVENT EARLY?
Please be advised that just like any event ticket purchase, there are NO refunds or credits of any kind if you choose not to attend, lose your spot due to arriving late, or leave the event early. All registrations are final.

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~✶~ About the Facilitator ~✶~
Angela Bladon is an Empowerment Practitioner: A Conscious Living & Relationship Coach, Community Builder, Tantra Facilitator and mom of 3 children from Calgary, Alberta. She offers guidance and support to people who want to live fully and love deeply from a place of pleasure, power, and ease. Angela builds conscious loving communities, and is known for her ability to hold space for authenticity and vulnerability.

Angela’s educational background is in Psychology and Philosophy. She has over a decade of experience in Mental Health, Social Work, and Crisis Counselling. Angela has also been trained and mentored by expert/master level Relationship Coaches, Sex Educators, Energy Practitioners, and Tantra Teachers from all over the world.

As a leader in the Calgary Tantra community since 2014, Angela has been inspiring and empowering people by teaching skills, tools, and insights that make room for healing, connection, and growth. She does this in her everyday life, through the transformative experiential group workshops and events she facilitates, with the high vibrational products she creates, and in the one-on-one sessions she offers to individuals and couples.

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~✶~ Testimonials ~✶~
“This was my first Cuddle Party. It went completely beyond my expectations. Angela created such a safe and warm environment that I was totally comfortable asking for hugs, cuddles, physical touch. Knowing that people would honestly say no or yes to me gave me the freedom to comfortably approach anyone in the group. Being able to give and receive physical affection without any other expectations was incredible. At the end of the meetup I realized that I’d bonded with people in a very special and unique way. I experienced deep contentment and joy. I am definitely coming back.”

"Angela is an incredibly giving person. She is a consummate professional, deeply caring, and genuinely interested in your success. I recommend you take every class you can from her.”

“This is a place to not only to be with a partner but to share beautiful loving energy from all. I felt wrapped in a shining embrace. “

“What stood out the most is the caring and calm effect of Angela’s voice. I love how she encourages and that it is ok to have wants and desires or to say “no” without being ashamed of it”

“The Cuddle Party has been life changing for me in many aspects of my life. I have learned to say no to others and to honor myself. It has been very self empowering.”