The ABC's of Tantra Relationship - To Self and Others

This is the sixth of a nine-class series exploring various elements of collaborative relationships. As we move through the classes, we'll discuss how to cultivate your garden of relations, how attachment and trauma affect and interfere with relationships, and practice H.E.A.R.T.(s) opening exercises to create sustainable fulfilling relationship(s) with yourself and others.

Each class will progress as follows:
7:00 pm - Introductions and Container Building
7:15 pm - Brief intro to tantra for newcomers
7:30 pm - Topic presentation, discussion, experiential exploration / energy exchange
8:45 pm - Social time

Who is this for?
Tantra class is suitable for beginning and experienced tantric practitioners interested in the full range of tantric teaching, including meditation, breath, visualization, yoga, diet, philosophy, and sexuality. This class is open to absolutely everyone regardless of gender, ethnic background, levels of fitness, sexual orientation, and religious or spiritual framework.

If you have an airborn-communicable illness, please wait until you are better and do not share! We love your energy, we don't want your cold.

Do I need to have a partner for tantra?
No! Singles are welcome and encouraged at this event.

Is this a dating event? A singles event? A way to meet prospective lovers?
This is not a hookup event, and is not structured as a dating experience. But you never know where you might meet a partner ....

Is Tantra actually friendly to non-hetero sexuality?
A key principle in Tantra is the polarity of masculine and feminine energy. In many exercises we do pair male and female for this purpose. However, each of us has masculine and feminine energies within us, and there is no assumption that the dominant energy coincides with biological gender. Everyone will work with all genders from time to time. The teachings of tantra are applicable to any expression of human sexuality. All sexual orientations are welcomed and honored as legitimate pathways to the divine.

Are there rules?
Even without sexual activity, this can be energetically intimate work. We expect everyone to be extremely respectful and compassionate towards each other at all times. This may seem like a fuzzy area, but we have a zero tolerance policy for any words or actions that do not fully respect the other. Consent is mandatory. Violators will be asked to leave and banned from future events.

How to prepare?
Dress comfortably, as if for yoga class.

Please don't wear any strong perfumes or aromas! Help out our scent-sensitive members!

Do I have to go to every class?
No.

I'm running late, can I still show up?
We ask that everyone do their best to arrive by 7pm. We meet in the building lobby and then go up the elevator together. If you arrive late you won't have a means to get up and we'll have already started. Your late arrival interrupts the opening circle and container building portion of the evening. Please arrive on time. If it's your first time, plan to arrive early, use the bathroom, get prepared, and allow a little extra time to find the place. It's ok to arrive a little early your first time!

How much does it cost?
These classes are offered on a donation basis. Your gift of any amount helps sustain the instructor, cover costs, extend and expand this Meetup.

What to expect!
This is clothes-on teaching. The experiential exploration portion may include physical interaction with other students. All exercises are optional. You are never asked or expected to do anything you are not comfortable with, or with a person you are not comfortable with. Still, tantra is an adventurous path so within this framework, be prepared for anything!