EXACTLY. that is exactly how a No is the kindest, most honest & humane thing to say when it's what's real. it opens so much possibility for deep, authentic connection.
how did i get into Tantra. i am an initate of a wiccan tradition that gives a person the opportunity to dedicate oneself to a particular deity. i chose Aphrodite, because of my relationship to the concept and practice of Love as a healer, explorer, and guide. as a dedicant to Aphrodite, i found my relationship to those things deepening, and i started wanting a more structured, and much deeper, guide into that practice than i could find in the pagan community. a friend who is a sex worker pointed me toward some books, including Reclaiming Eros. that book was hugely influential for me. it is a book of interviews of & essays by people in the School of Body Electric and similar erotic/somatic practice.
around the same time i was reading this and related works, i met Dillon, who came to my farm to be a volunteer for a week - fresh from a BE 5-day workhop in the Jemez. it was one of those amazing synchronicities that are so good it doesn't even feel real. Dillon agreed to tell me in detail about the intro workshops, and with that information under me, i took a huge risk and flew to Seattle (where i knew no one - i had never in my life flown somewhere where i knew no one) to take a Celebrating the Body Erotic workshop.
my friend/mentor in this community, Zed, calls the work "educational erotic experiencing" and that about sums it up. it was exactly what i was looking for; it was more than i was looking for; it gave my life a hard left turn that i desperately needed. i not only stuck with it, i dove deeper.
over the years, BE & its spinoff queer Tantra organization, Body Trust, have absolutely changed my life, and given me tools to keep changing it. i miss it like crazy; the pandemic of course changed everything. from 2012 to 2017, i attended the 5-day intensive every year. in 2017 i had a rocky experience; in 2018 i took a break, and then the event took a break, and then the pandemic happened. now the organization is something new - https://erosomatics.com/about/ - when they start having workshops again, i'll have to see if it fits where i'm at right now and whether it makes sense to attend. i am hoping it does.
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how did i get into Tantra. i am an initate of a wiccan tradition that gives a person the opportunity to dedicate oneself to a particular deity. i chose Aphrodite, because of my relationship to the concept and practice of Love as a healer, explorer, and guide. as a dedicant to Aphrodite, i found my relationship to those things deepening, and i started wanting a more structured, and much deeper, guide into that practice than i could find in the pagan community. a friend who is a sex worker pointed me toward some books, including Reclaiming Eros. that book was hugely influential for me. it is a book of interviews of & essays by people in the School of Body Electric and similar erotic/somatic practice.
around the same time i was reading this and related works, i met Dillon, who came to my farm to be a volunteer for a week - fresh from a BE 5-day workhop in the Jemez. it was one of those amazing synchronicities that are so good it doesn't even feel real. Dillon agreed to tell me in detail about the intro workshops, and with that information under me, i took a huge risk and flew to Seattle (where i knew no one - i had never in my life flown somewhere where i knew no one) to take a Celebrating the Body Erotic workshop.
my friend/mentor in this community, Zed, calls the work "educational erotic experiencing" and that about sums it up. it was exactly what i was looking for; it was more than i was looking for; it gave my life a hard left turn that i desperately needed. i not only stuck with it, i dove deeper.
over the years, BE & its spinoff queer Tantra organization, Body Trust, have absolutely changed my life, and given me tools to keep changing it. i miss it like crazy; the pandemic of course changed everything. from 2012 to 2017, i attended the 5-day intensive every year. in 2017 i had a rocky experience; in 2018 i took a break, and then the event took a break, and then the pandemic happened. now the organization is something new - https://erosomatics.com/about/ - when they start having workshops again, i'll have to see if it fits where i'm at right now and whether it makes sense to attend. i am hoping it does.