INTENSIVE FOR COUPLES | TIME FOR LOVE: Shall we meet to love each other in the present?

TANTRA FOR COUPLES

Sexual encounters have traditionally been conditioned either by biological impulses that drive reproduction, by romantic desires rooted in the need to project our inner feminine or masculine onto the external man or woman as a way to seek union, or by recreational sexual impulses that offer a momentary release of tension and pleasure but, for some reason, leave us feeling incomplete or unsatisfied.

Our sexuality is loaded with past beliefs and future expectations that prevent us from meeting each other in the present.

Tantra offers a vision of the sexual encounter that transcends the purely biological or emotional, turning it into a practice that unites the body, the heart, and the spirit.

These encounters stop depending on a “heat of the moment,” on fleeting arousal, on an erection, or on a hormonal urge pushing us together, and instead become a meditation practice, a yoga, a path of bringing awareness to the body, to vital energy, and to the spirit that inhabits it.

Sharing life as a couple is a wonderful opportunity to practice this form of union. Couples often get lost in the routines of daily life and rarely create the space of presence needed to rekindle the spark of vitality, love, and fusion.

Tantra brings a relaxed dimension to sexuality and intimacy in general. It adds the dimension of meditation rather than action, and it is not goal-oriented. In these slower, more sensitive encounters, free from pressure to “get somewhere,” an energetic bond is created between lovers. This allows vital energy to expand throughout the body, nourish the glands, and generate lasting states of well-being, pleasure, love, and mutual trust.

The focus turns inward — towards the flow of energy through the body and the inner sensations — rather than seeking arousal through friction or movement.

In a very simple way, this intensive will help you understand how to practice an intimacy with your partner that revitalizes you, opens you to feel more trust, and teaches you that sexual fire and emotion can be transformed into love and ecstasy.

The beginning of this practice is a surrender to a path that guides you through the following learnings:
We will practice breathing techniques, body and spinal awareness, and harmonization exercises so that the degree of energetic fusion becomes deeper and more fluid.

We will also create space to learn how to communicate with vulnerability and truth. Sometimes our encounters are so full of unspoken expectations and assumptions that they become frustrating and leave us feeling more separate than united. Allowing your lover to witness the most intimate aspects of your being — without hiding, without fear of being judged, open and without pressure — opens an infinite space for energy to move from sex to the heart, and from there to the bliss of loving and being loved.

Although the course description is general, each Couples Intensive deepens into the art of communication and intimacy through tantric teachings, adapting to the needs of where you are in your journey as individuals and as a couple.
We explore the whole spectrum: sometimes we emphasize creating vitality through breath or other charging and movement techniques; other times we focus on cultivating presence or giving space to emotional communication; and sometimes we slow down the sexual encounter to practice listening to each other’s bodies.
Each encounter is unique, held with the utmost respect and sensitivity, honoring each person’s process. You will work exclusively with your partner in your own sacred space, maintaining your intimacy in the way that feels right for you.

GUIDED BY ASTIKO & JORDI GATELL:

Astiko

My search led me to tantra at the age of 18 when, while studying philosophy and oriental studies, I came across a book by the mystic Osho and left everything behind to be close to that master who taught me how to die, yet still be blissfully alive, enjoying life in all its expressions.

In addition to her talks, I had the opportunity to participate for eight years in therapy and tantra groups where the work was purely experimental and the knowledge was integrated on a physical, emotional, and mental level, all crowned by meditation. Gestalt, bioenergetics, breathwork, Ericksonian hypnosis, NLP, tantra, meditations from multiple mystical currents, Jungian work, sex therapy, etc. were all techniques I learned to create the space I want to share: the absolute presence of the mind in the here and now, the relaxation of the heart, and trust in what Is.

Jordi Gatell

Through Astiko, she entered Tantra from a place of love. After working for eight years with her love, friend, teacher, and sister, the most important thing she learned was that from there, from love, is the only place from which this precious path: Tantra, can be taught. Tantra is love, Tantra is presence, Tantra is transformation; a quantum leap toward living from the heart.

TANTRA FOR COUPLES


 

 

 

 

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