WILD (WO)MAN

17-19 May 2019 To express what lies under the surface. The unmediated energy of the animal, the child, the uncivilised. We are not what we seem. What we show to the world are our civilised masks. The polite, curtailed, polished surface. But all of us have much more juicy, dark and powerful undercurrents running through…

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PRANA WORKSHOP with Dirk Gysels

4th of May 2019, 3-7pm FROM PRANA TO KUNDALINI: NOURISHING OUR ENERGY BODY THROUGH PRANIC AWARENESS AND FLOW. The field of prana or vitality is the template on which are minds and physical bodies function. Its deepest structures are the chakra’s and the streams and points of consciousness embedded in these centers.In India, there have…

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THE ART OF BREATHING with Anand Rudra

25-28 April 2019 Pranayam workshop for Tantriks and Yoga instructors, therapists, or people who work with the breath. We will work on different breathing techniques and the reasons why and when we use them. We develop cobra breathing, circular breathing, multi-body breathing, using different timing scores and techniques to shed light on the different uses…

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BE (A (WO)MAN) – beyond duality tantra workshop cycle

12-14 April 2019 This workshop is an invitation to just BE. Beyond the limits of what you have been taught you can be. What is it to be a man? Or a woman? All of us are made up of lively streams of wildly diverging energies, masculine and feminine, animal and spiritual, internal and external….

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BARDO STATES – ritual performance and exhibition

14 to 23 March, ZSenne Art Gallery Brussels (Anneessensstraat 2, 1000 Brussels) The Monastery invites you to dive into the Bardo States: liminal moments between living and dying, in or out of your body, where you balance on the edge of the unknown. The Monastery goes DIY (Do It Yourself): in the performative video installations,…

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TANTRA DAY(S)

20/1, 16/2, 6/4, 12/5, 23/6 – 10.30am – 5pm A Tantra day is an opportunity to practice tantra meditations together. A day usually starts with a couple yoga session, mantra and meditation, and continues with a longer Tantra ritual in the afternoon. The Days are open to beginning practitioners as well as experienced Tantriks, and…

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THE VITAL CONNECTION – beyond duality tantra workshop cycle

14-16 June 2019 To be or not to be. That is the spiritual quest that tickles a lot of spiritual practitioner’s minds. In this workshop we try to go beyond the difference. To connect the ‘small’ individual self to the greater Self that is both us and not just us. To connect to that enormous,…

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DEAD OR ALIVE – beyond duality tantra workshop cycle

1-3 March 2019 Exploring the Bardo States, these liminal moments between being dead or alive, between sleeping and waking, between being in or out of your body. That is the challenge we pose in this workshop. Dying practices are an important part of the Tantra work. In these meditations, we face our fears, and embrace…

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RED LUST – Sacred Union Rituals with Anand Rudra

For a long time humankind was connected to the co-creation and vital energy that comes out of sexuality to create, heal and awaken.This weekend we will experience the power of ancient proto-culture technologies that use sexual energy to enter into other realms of healing, magick and spirituality. In this workshop we dive deeper into techniques…

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