Listening to Yoni 11 July Workshop

Listening to Yoni*
Women's Workshop Saturday 11 July 1 - 4pm
Green Point
Women's Workshop Saturday 11 July 1 - 4pm
Green Point
Yoni is the Tantric word for the vulva. The yoni holds qualities of awareness that are so vital that Buddha called the yoni the gateway to nirvana (see picture above). And yet, many of us have grown up to be suspicious of the yoni. The word "cunt" is used as a derogatory term, and yet its original meaning, "kund", is that of the sacred container into which all the rivers of life flow. In this workshop, we will use movement, visualization, inner dialogue and breath work to access the wisdom and beauty that comes so us through our yonis.
Cost: R350
Bookings: First, let me know if you wish to come to this event. Please pay the full course fee into the following account, and email me proof of payment:
Dr. S. Malan
Standard Bank current account
Merriman Square branch (02-11-09-00)
Account number: 073152811
Place: Jing-an Studio, 1st Floor,Satbel centre ,2 De Smidt st (corner Main Road, just after Boardmans on the left),Green-Point
This workshop forms part of a larger series; see details below
Tantra, the art of conscious sexuality, is a practice that has since ancient times been led by women. What has been a secret and mystical practice has now become accessible to seekers who are on a committed path of awareness. It is a special calling in my life to support women into the full flowering of where our sexuality can take us. The main elements of this work are:
• Understanding the unique qualities of female sexuality
• Opening to the flow of sexual energy/ kundalini through meditation, dance and breath work
• Unleashing blocks or integrating what has prevented this full flow through the chakras.
Tantra is a practice that cultivates awareness of our oneness with existence through sexual awakening. This happens through the opening of the chakras. Chakras are energy centers in the body where consciousness collects around particular patterns. Typically in sexual encounter, we send our sexual energy outwards. We may experience deep bliss for a while, but generally this does not last. With Tantric awareness, our sexual vitality starts to move up our bodies like a snake that uncoils, from the root or base of the body all the way up through the crown. Sexual energy moves from the first chakra up. This process is often known at the Uncoiling of the Snake (sexual energy or kundalini). For more on the unique qualities of each chakra, see http://shakti.co.za/blog/2008/04/tantra-and-chakras_14.html
Many women have negative body memories from sexual experience. These can be from a range of sources, including direct invasion, inappropriate contact, painful or insensitive sex and judgments about the realm of the sexual. While engaging your personal healing journey in this realm will be intensified by private sessions with me, the continuous course will create a space for us to collectively and individually release and integrate past inhibiting memories. For more on my approach to this work, see http://totalitytherapy.com/blog/2009/02/sexual-healing-copyright-shakti-malan.html
From April this year, I have been running an ongoing course on Tantra for women. The course consists of regular mini workshops in which we will systematically work through the chakras. There will be three or four workshops per chakra. Each workshop will be an exploration of a specific element of women’s sexuality related to that chakra.
You will benefit most from the mini workshops if you attend them consistently. However, the workshops are structured in such a way that you can attend any workshop at any stage (that is, you can enter and exit the process as it suits you.)
This continuous course will create a space for fluid community and support amongst women. We learn from each other and share in our experiences. The unfolding of our personal awareness can be deepened significantly through regular practice in a conscious group context.
The methods will be an encouragement of the subtlety in women’s sexuality. The focus is on the movement of sexual energy in your own body; on getting to know your own body, and becoming attuned to how energy moves through you.
Dates: Saturdays 1 - 4pm
Place: Jing-an Studio, 1st Floor,Satbel centre ,2 De Smidt st,Green-Point
Cost: R350pp per workshop
To book a place on one or more of these workshops, fist let me know that you would like to come, and then deposit the workshop fee into the following account:
Dr. S. Malan
Standard Bank current account
Merriman Square branch (02-11-09-00)
Account number: 073152811
To find out more about me, see shakti.co.za and totalitytherapy.com. The website of the Advait Tantraschool, of which I am a member, is tantraschool.co.za.
Venue: Satbel building, c/o Green Point Main Road and De Smit Avenue (Just past Boardmans on the left.). Ring the bell for Dr Lin (Jing-an studio)
Love
Shakti
Cost: R350
Bookings: First, let me know if you wish to come to this event. Please pay the full course fee into the following account, and email me proof of payment:
Dr. S. Malan
Standard Bank current account
Merriman Square branch (02-11-09-00)
Account number: 073152811
Place: Jing-an Studio, 1st Floor,Satbel centre ,2 De Smidt st (corner Main Road, just after Boardmans on the left),Green-Point
This workshop forms part of a larger series; see details below
Tantric Practice for Women
Sacral Chakra Courses
June and July 2009
Sacral Chakra Courses
June and July 2009

Tantric Practice for Women
Tantra, the art of conscious sexuality, is a practice that has since ancient times been led by women. What has been a secret and mystical practice has now become accessible to seekers who are on a committed path of awareness. It is a special calling in my life to support women into the full flowering of where our sexuality can take us. The main elements of this work are:
• Understanding the unique qualities of female sexuality
• Opening to the flow of sexual energy/ kundalini through meditation, dance and breath work
• Unleashing blocks or integrating what has prevented this full flow through the chakras.
Working with the chakras
Tantra is a practice that cultivates awareness of our oneness with existence through sexual awakening. This happens through the opening of the chakras. Chakras are energy centers in the body where consciousness collects around particular patterns. Typically in sexual encounter, we send our sexual energy outwards. We may experience deep bliss for a while, but generally this does not last. With Tantric awareness, our sexual vitality starts to move up our bodies like a snake that uncoils, from the root or base of the body all the way up through the crown. Sexual energy moves from the first chakra up. This process is often known at the Uncoiling of the Snake (sexual energy or kundalini). For more on the unique qualities of each chakra, see http://shakti.co.za/blog/2008/
Many women have negative body memories from sexual experience. These can be from a range of sources, including direct invasion, inappropriate contact, painful or insensitive sex and judgments about the realm of the sexual. While engaging your personal healing journey in this realm will be intensified by private sessions with me, the continuous course will create a space for us to collectively and individually release and integrate past inhibiting memories. For more on my approach to this work, see http://totalitytherapy.com/
A continuous course
From April this year, I have been running an ongoing course on Tantra for women. The course consists of regular mini workshops in which we will systematically work through the chakras. There will be three or four workshops per chakra. Each workshop will be an exploration of a specific element of women’s sexuality related to that chakra.
You will benefit most from the mini workshops if you attend them consistently. However, the workshops are structured in such a way that you can attend any workshop at any stage (that is, you can enter and exit the process as it suits you.)
Growing with other women
This continuous course will create a space for fluid community and support amongst women. We learn from each other and share in our experiences. The unfolding of our personal awareness can be deepened significantly through regular practice in a conscious group context.
Method
The kinds of methods I use are:
Breath work
Guided meditations
Group discussions and sharing
Shamanic journeywork
Body tracking
Collaging, journaling and other creative expressions
Movement and dance
Breath work
Guided meditations
Group discussions and sharing
Shamanic journeywork
Body tracking
Collaging, journaling and other creative expressions
Movement and dance
The methods will be an encouragement of the subtlety in women’s sexuality. The focus is on the movement of sexual energy in your own body; on getting to know your own body, and becoming attuned to how energy moves through you.
The Sacral Chakra
The second chakra is often called the sacral chakra. It is the home of our sexuality and our sense of belonging with other people. When the sacral chakra is open, healthy and luminous in us, we find a deep belonging in ourselves and in the world, without the neediness and co-dependency that often accompanies belonging. As we come to fully embrace, to treasure and to cultivate, the flowering beauty of our sexuality, then we have this flowering to share with others.Time, place and cost
Dates: Saturdays 1 - 4pm
Place: Jing-an Studio, 1st Floor,Satbel centre ,2 De Smidt st,Green-Point
Cost: R350pp per workshop
To book a place on one or more of these workshops, fist let me know that you would like to come, and then deposit the workshop fee into the following account:
Dr. S. Malan
Standard Bank current account
Merriman Square branch (02-11-09-00)
Account number: 073152811
To find out more about me, see shakti.co.za and totalitytherapy.com. The website of the Advait Tantraschool, of which I am a member, is tantraschool.co.za.
Venue: Satbel building, c/o Green Point Main Road and De Smit Avenue (Just past Boardmans on the left.). Ring the bell for Dr Lin (Jing-an studio)
Love
Shakti
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