Tantra Meets Ecstatic Dance for Women
Co – facilitated by Nadia Nauss and Anna Bond (DJ Raven Rose)
1 June 2024, 6:30 pm – 10:30 pm
The Authentic Living Centre
Sydney Australia
Women, Tantra, and Ecstatic Dance are coming together for a first-of-its-kind immersive intro workshop connecting back to sacred sensuality, play, and eros!
On Sunday 5 May 1:30-5:30 pm at the Authentic Living Centre, we gather as women, joined with the union of our mind, body, and soul to transform the unknown into sacred remembrance. We dance, we play, we feel, we witness and be witnessed by ourselves, a community of women, and the great eros that run through us.
HAVE YOU BEEN FEELING THE INNATE CALLING?
- For tantra to be centered in play and feminine curiosity?
- For an expressive dance journey to evolve and embrace your authentic sensuality and femininity?
- To embrace the intuitive knowing that something incredible is possible when embodied women come together with full permission to express, connect, and share their potent magic?
This workshop is for you if:
- You’ve ever been at a group dance event and felt you had to stifle your emotions or sexual energy because it didn’t seem welcomed or if you were afraid to impact the experiences of others
- You are experienced in conscious/ecstatic dance and would love to experience the evolution of your practice to embrace sensuality and eros.
- You have a deep knowing that something incredibly potent is possible when embodied dancers have full permission and consent to share their magic and allow what naturally arises between them to be expressed.
- You may be experienced in tantra but want to explore how conscious dance can enhance your practice in a profoundly beautiful and transformational container.
- You are new to dance and Tantra and are curious and excited to dive in!
An outline of our 3-hour workshop
- Opening circle of intention
- Solo tantric breath work focused on the practice of energetic bandhas and mudras
- 1st wave of dance solo journey
- consent and boundaries discussion
- 2nd wave of dance journeying with witnessing and partner play
- Closing circle of wisdom and insights
A little bit more information for those curious about the details:
We will open the event with an intention-setting circle to curate a safe space for full self-expression of breath, movement, sound, emotions, and sexuality to be welcomed as expressions of divine life force energy.
We will then introduce you to tantric solo breath & bandha (energetic locks created by muscular contraction) practices to aid the mind-body-heart-eros connection in self.
After exploring our breath, we dive deeply into the first musical wave, where we’ll journey through the physical and emotional bodies to create the opportunity for any trapped or stuck emotions to surface, be fully felt, and released. Whether it’s the journey from Anger – Fear – Sadness – Guilt/Shame – Attraction – Desire – Eros – Love – Joy – Bliss, all expressions of emotion are welcome.
This is a container where you will be held in safety and empathy and encouraged to let go of any people-pleasing inhibitions so you can be fully self-expressed in your authentic truth, no matter how beautiful or how ugly, how magical or how messy – ALL of you is welcomed and celebrated. There is something magical and empowering about being witnessed in your fullest authentic expression. And within this time we can process the repressed emotions that block the flow of our sexual energy and creative life force Kundalini Shakti which connects us to Oneness Consciousness.
After our first wave of dance, we explore the embodied nonverbal boundaries and consent before introducing a partnered energetic transmission practice in the second wave of the dance. We discuss the merging of yin and yang energies in self and then shared between two bodies.
In the second wave, we explore how to maintain a sense of devotion and connection to the self even as we open to connection with each other. We will explore the tantric practice of journeying from the duality of two forms to merge into Oneness consciousness. During this time we deep dive into allowing our full expression of sexual energy rather than repression of it, encouraging sexual energy to be present without it having to mean anything or worrying whether it’ll encourage nonconsensual behavior or the pressure to have it lead to a specific outcome. The sexual energy in this space cultivated can simply be enjoyed for what it is: sensuality in its purity, innocence, and natural beauty.
What to bring:
- A water bottle
- A Towel
- A non-judgmental mind
- An open heart
Ticketing
Early Bird until 15 April: $55 for 1 ticket or Bring a Friend $100 for 2 tickets
Regular Price after 16 April: $65 for 1 ticket or Bring a Friend $120 for 2 tickets
Bundle Deal: Save an additional 10% off when you book in for the June 1st event too!
Please contact Nadia at nadia@nadianauss.com for more details.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Q: What is Tantra?
A: Tantra is a lifestyle and philosophy based on a diverse set of spiritual, ritualistic, meditative, and embodied practices originating from ancient Indian and Buddhist traditions. It often involves the cultivation of life force energies, sacred sexuality, and the union of opposites for spiritual enlightenment.
Q. Why learn Tantra?
A: Tantric practices can empower individuals to access the flowstate in which optimally aligns the body, heart, breath, sound, movement, and life force energy to cultivate a more attuned connection with themselves, others, and the cosmos.
Benefits of tantra for women may include
- increased self-awareness
- enhanced emotional well-being
- greater sense of self-love
- more fulfilling and meaningful experiences of spiritual sexuality
- improved intimate connections
- deeper understanding of one’s own sensuality and erotic nature
- profound connection to Oneness consciousness through mystical experience
Q: Will I have to do everything in the workshop?
A: You are always at choice re: whether you actively participate in any activity or choose to sit it out and observe – every exercise is merely an offering and alternatives may be requested at any time. You are invited to voice your needs, honor your own boundaries, and only participate at a level and pace that is authentic and appropriate for you. You always have the right to change your mind in any moment.
Q: What’s the vibe of this workshop?
A: We will be discussing key concepts and experiencing foundational embodiment practices in a safe, clothes-on, inclusive environment. All emotions that arise in the space, whether it is nervousness or excitement, happiness or sadness, erotic feelings or sexual desire, tiredness or full of vitality will be welcome without judgment. There won’t be a requirement to act upon them, and it’s not a problem if it happens to be how you’re feeling on the day.
Q: Can I bring or take substances to help me relax?
A: This is a drug and alcohol-free event and you are requested to abstain from substances for at least 48 hours before attending to honor the sacredness of this tradition and maintain clarity of intention and awareness.
ABOUT THE FACILITATORS
Nadia Nauss
Nadia Nauss is a Tantric Life Coach who specializes in Taoist Tantric Practices for self love, enhanced pleasure, and deeper intimacy as well as Inner Child Work for healing developmental trauma to support authentic relating. Born in Hong Kong and raised in the US, Nadia has practiced yoga and sacred sexuality since 2008. She is a certified Practitioner of Tantra and Chinese An Mo Tantric Massage with the Sanctuary of Ananda. Nadia has also trained in Lomi Lomi massage on the Big Island of Hawaii with Kumu Harry Uhane Jim as well as with other Heartworks/Kahuna teachers.
Nadia is a former US Navy officer, a certified Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and a Senior Yoga Teacher and Woke Yoga Academy faculty member with 1000+ hours in trauma-informed yoga training. She leverages her own lived experience and deep understanding of the human psyche, soma, and kundalini life force energy to empower women and men from all walks of life with tried-and-true self-actualization and healing practices to find their passion, follow their dharma (life purpose), and activate their source of sovereignty.
For more info visit: www.nadianauss.com; FB: www.facebook.com/tantriclifecoach; or Instagram: @tantric_life_coach
Contact: nadia@nadianauss.com
ANNA BOND ( DJ RAVEN ROSE)
Anna Bond is a skilled and empathetic space-holder with a deep passion for feminine embodiment. Both on the dance floor and off, she supports you in coming home to your body, while building your capacity to hold deep and fulfilling connections with others.
As a conscious dance facilitator, Anna (DJ Raven Rose), is known for her ability to craft hypnotic, deeply embodied journeys into the self. Her sets traverse wide musical terrain, from organic tribal beats and dirty basslines to latin-inspired rhythms. She weaves experiences that support you to discover your inner dance and express it with wild, embodied abandon.
Anna’s approach is collaborative and multi-modal. Her dance facilitation is influenced by both Dancing Freedom and Open Floor conscious dance frameworks, as well as her roots in the Sydney dance music scene, as a DJ, radio host and journalist.
She has also trained in multiple therapeutic disciplines, including psychotherapy, counselling, clinical hypnosis, Authentic Relating, Non-Linear Movement and trauma studies. Her embodied approach is informed by multiple lineages and experience as a conscious movement practitioner.
Insatiably curious, Anna is currently in the midst of Feldenkrais practitioner training, as well as participating in a year long Open Floor training.
As a facilitator, Anna is wildly passionate about creating experiences that support you in finding authentic expression and meaningful connection. In addition to conscious dance, Anna can be found leading Authentic Relating and embodied connection workshops in Sydney and beyond.
For more information please visit: https://www.embodiedself.com/; FB: https://www.facebook.com/embodiedselfco; Instagram: @embodiedselfco
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT WORKING WITH NADIA
“Nadia has a remarkable talent for holding a safe space which is charged with such divine energy, that I can only describe my lessons with her as Transcendental!”
~ Arwen J., Nelson Bay, NSW Australia (Taoist Tantric Massage & Women’s Sacred Practices)
“Nadia holds a beautiful sacred space, full of wisdom ready to be shared. Her grounded and nurturing nature helped me feel at ease, guiding me to dive deep into my own divine sensuality/sexuality. I now have more wonderful tools for my own inner journey, both for myself and to share with others. Thank you Nadia!”
~ Nathalie A., Alicante, Spain (Private Tantric Sessions)
“Nadia – yesterday was magical. I experienced so soo much Love when you touched and embraced me it shook and touched me to my core. It was so beautiful I cried. I still cry now whenever I think about the experience that we had. To me it was just pure Love and Union.
I wonder if it’s something that you’re meant to receive as a kid from your mother but I never did. Yesterday when I said I felt awakened I meant I felt that something was awakened within me. You opened and roused something within me that was so beautiful and powerful I still am at a loss for words when I try to describe it… I have noticed some big shift in my being, energy, and expression today too… I am sending so much love and gratitude your way.
I feel so lucky to have met you.”
~ Annaki N., Bondi, NSW Australia (Tantric Massage Meetup)