Empowering Tantra Days

[Nederlandse vertaling beneden]

Updates may come any moments :)

Most people who have experienced tantra already know its positive, empowering, healing and liberating effects. In these difficult times for nature and humanity, like never before, we need solutions as tantra to be spread into wider groups of society.

How to get there? Why is it like it is now? Could we do more? How we can live better? How we can build a happy and save future full of love for all of us? Could we do things together? What? A tantra festival in Amsterdam? What about creating community? What about building and living in a conscious commune? What about Men and Women circles? How could we achieve our dreams? How to live together? How to help each other? Those and other questions, we will discuss during Empowering Tantra Days. We will provide the workshops, discussions and events that will not only empower us but also bring us together. In that way I believe we could do much more. Join the Tantra Movement. Together we are stronger! Are you in?



This is the plan for now:

Thursday 6th Nov (full moon)

Empowering Workshop 18.30 - 20.30 - Il Cielo Oostzaanstraat 46 Amsterdam - 15 E

At this workshop we would go for a journey for our vision to get to know our life mission. We will also do some exercises what will empower us to keep on going, whatever comes. Best of it that, you may continue, whenever you will need it again :)

Discussion 20.30-22.30 : Il Cielo Oostzaanstraat 46 Amsterdam - Free
How we can expand tantra in to the society ?

Full moon fire 23.00- ?? ADM Hornweg 6 - Free ( if you would like to go with us by bike, meet us on the end of the discussion - see above )

World wide full moon mediatation 23:18 - 23:28
- to continue empowering, connecting in the nature of beautiful ADM

Friday 7th Nov.

Lecture/workshop 17.00 - 19.30 - Il Cielo Oostzaanstraat 46 Amsterdam - 15 E
Theory about practice. Tips for improving relationship with yourself, with your partner,with others, with animals, whole nature and entire universe.
This exceptionally would be more lecture than workshop. If you're new in tantra and you would like to find out about it more, If you would like to feel and see ,what is there for you, this would be good event to participate. There would be also moments for questions and answers

Saturday 8th November

Love yourself workshop 20.30-23.30 - WG-terrein, Ketelhuisplein 41 Amsterdam - 25 Euro per person, 45 E per couple


Loving ourselves is the foundation of real love, when we love ourselves, we can truly love others. When we feel good about our self, we will have the self esteem needed to act in love towards another being. To truly love ourselves may increase the chance of amplifying love shared with our partners, family, animals, nature, whole planet and entire universe. So how you may notice, it have nothing to do with selfishness but rather with expanding love in healthy way...

Sunday 9th nov

Introduction to Tantric Massage workshop - 15.30-19.30 - Il Cielo Oostzaanstraat 46 Amsterdam - 45 E per person, 85 E per couple. This workshop is starting Tantric Massage course, what would include 7 workshops. The price may change depends from the amount of participants. etc. Amount of the people at that moment is up to 8, so to make sure better to book your place quickly.

The workshop is composed in such a way that you can get the best of it, that you could learn and feel what sacred touch is, that would make you allow the healing energy of love into your body and life.

Mastering the art of giving and receiving tantric massage is opening us on many levels:
- Helps us recover energy
- Teaches us sacred touch
- Raises awareness of the body
- Is a great introduction to tantric sex
- Develops our potential of love

It is not possible to mention all of the benefits gained from tantric massage, but first of all it is an experience of deep inner joy, bliss, cleansing, peace and ecstasy. It is the experience of being whole.

We will mainly focus on the feelings in the body and not only on the techniques. First of all, we want to ensure that participants will experience the touch, that they will open up for receiving and giving on the body level, that they will open up for fully feeling the pleasure of being a giver and a receiver of a massage.

We want to go deep into the levels of feeling pleasure, bliss, and the flow of love energy. We want to let go and release all the tension from our bodies, to let it go and open up for more space where, there were previously blockades, and allow a stronger flow of life energy.

Dance with Tantra workshop - 20.30-23.30 WG-terrein, Ketelhuisplein 41 Amsterdam
25 Euro per person, 45 E per couple

Like from all my invitations, you may already learn and experience something very useful from them. But only when you would read it also with your heart and follow with your body... only when you use it, not loose it :)

There are few passions in my life. One of course is tantra, so being love making love, giving and receiving love. The other passion is dancing, what is very connected to tantra. like making love, massage ( my other passion ) and dancing is best if I let my mind off. This is not time for thinking. It is time for feeling. To fall in dance, to follow the sound or even become a sound, to unite with the music. Being tuned as instrument fully harmonised with the music. Here and now. Letting go all your thoughts.When we are able to be in that state there is more space for our heart, for our body. Then is easier for the connection. Deepening in to ourselves... in to the others

This is my journey what I would like to share at this workshop with you. To get more connected we will use some tantric methods like shaking of the stress, dancing with the blindfolds, different music and movements activating different glands, hormones and different chakras. We will use various touches and approaches. We will awake ecstatic dance in you :)

Don't hesitate to ask the questions and send suggestions mgriks@gmail.com ,
Sending email means confirming your reservation.

You may check updates and invite your friends here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1457276141188147

For people who would participate all events and who would pay up front, there would be 10-20% of discount. For volunteers the discounts could be much bigger. If money is an issue for you, do not hesitate to contact and discuss other solution.

[Nederlandse vertaling]
Empowering Tantra Dagen

De meeste mensen die tantra hebben ervaren weten al van de positieve, empowering, genezende en bevrijdende effecten. In deze moeilijke tijden voor de natuur en mensheid, als nooit tevoren, moeten we oplossingen zoals tantra in grotere groepen van de maatschappij verspreiden.

Hoe komen we daar? Waarom is het zoals het nu is? Kunnen we meer doen? Hoe kunnen we beter leven? Hoe kunnen we een gelukkige en veilige toekomst vol liefde voor ons allemaal opbouwen? Kunnen we dingen samen doen? Wat dan? Een tantra festival in Amsterdam? Hoe zit het met community creëren? Hoe zit het met het bouwen van en leven in bewuste communes? Hoe kunnen we onze dromen bereiken? Hoe kunnen we samen leven? Hoe kunnen we elkaar helpen? Deze en andere vragen zullen we bespreken tijdens de Empowering Tantra Days. Wij zullen workshops, discussies en evenementen verzorgen die ons niet alleen meer kracht zullen geven, maar ons ook samen zullen brengen. Op die manier geloof ik dat we veel meer kunnen doen. Sluit je aan bij de Tantra Movement. Samen zijn we sterker! Doe je mee?

Dit is het plan voor nu:

Donderdag 6 november (Volle maan)

Empowering Workshop 18.30 - 20.30 Il Cielo Oostzaanstraat 46 Amsterdam - 15 E

At this workshop we would go for a journey for our vision to get to know our life mission. We will also do some exercises what will empower us to keep on going, whatever comes. Best of it that, you may continue, whenever you will need it again :)

Discussie 20.30-22.30 Il Cielo Oostzaanstraat 46 Amsterdam - Gratis

Hoe kunnen we tantra uitbreiden in de maatschappij?

Volle maan vuur 23.00- ?? ADM Hornweg 6 - Gratis ( if you would like to go with us by bike, meet us on the end of the discussion - see above )

Wereldijd volle maan mediatation 23:18 - 23:28
- to continue empowering, connecting in beautiful nature of ADM

Vrijdag 7de Nov.

Lezing/workshop 17.00 - 19.30 - Il Cielo Oostzaanstraat 46 Amsterdam - 15 E

Theorie over praktijk. Tips voor het verbeteren van je relatie met jezelf, met je partner, met anderen, met dieren, de hele natuur en het gehele universum.

Dit zal als uitzondering meer lezing dan workshop zijn. Als tantra nieuw voor je is en je er meer over wilt ontdekken, voelen en zien wat er voor jou is, zou dit goed zijn voor jou om aan mee te doen. Er zullen ook momenten zijn voor vragen en antwoorden.

Zaterdag 8de November

Love yourself workshop 20.30-23.30 - WG-terrein, Ketelhuisplein 41 Amsterdam - 25 Euro per person, 45 E per couple


Liefde hebben voor onszelf is de basis van echte liefde, wanneer we van onszelf houden, kunnen we pas echt van anderen houden. Wanneer we ons goed voelen over onszelf, zullen we het zelfvertrouwen hebben dat nodig is om in liefde naar anderen te handelen.
Om echt van onszelf te houden zal de liefde vergroten met onze partners, familie, dieren, natuur, de planeet en het hele universum.
Het heeft niets te maken met egoïsme, maar juist met de expansie van liefde op een gezonde manier.

Sunday 9th nov

Introduction to Tantric Massage workshop - 15.30-19.30 - Il Cielo Oostzaanstraat 46 Amsterdam - 45 E per person, 85 E per couple. This workshop is starting Tantric Massage course, what would include 7 workshops. The price may change depends from the amount of participants. etc. Amount of the people at that moment is up to 8, so to make sure better to book your place quickly.

The workshop is composed in such a way that you can get the best of it, that you could learn and feel what sacred touch is, that would make you allow the healing energy of love into your body and life.

Mastering the art of giving and receiving tantric massage is opening us on many levels:
- Helps us recover energy
- Teaches us sacred touch
- Raises awareness of the body
- Is a great introduction to tantric sex
- Develops our potential of love

It is not possible to mention all of the benefits gained from tantric massage, but first of all it is an experience of deep inner joy, bliss, cleansing, peace and ecstasy. It is the experience of being whole.

We will mainly focus on the feelings in the body and not only on the techniques. First of all, we want to ensure that participants will experience the touch, that they will open up for receiving and giving on the body level, that they will open up for fully feeling the pleasure of being a giver and a receiver of a massage.

We want to go deep into the levels of feeling pleasure, bliss, and the flow of love energy. We want to let go and release all the tension from our bodies, to let it go and open up for more space where, there were previously blockades, and allow a stronger flow of life energy.

Dans met Tantra workshop - 20.30-23.30 WG-terrein, Ketelhuisplein 41 Amsterdam
25 Euro per persoon, 45 E per paar

Zoals van al mijn uitnodigingen, kun je alvast iets heel nuttigs ervan leren en ervaren. Maar alleen wanneer je het ook met je hart leest en met je lichaam volgt… alleen wanneer je het gebruikt, niet verliest :)

Er zijn enkele passies in mijn leven. Eén daarvan is natuurlijk tantra, dus liefde zijn, liefde bedrijven, liefde geven en ontvangen. De andere passie is dansen, wat zeer verbonden is met tantra. Net zoals bij liefde bedrijven, massage (mijn andere passie) en dansen is het beste om mijn geest te laten gaan. Dit is geen tijd voor denken. Het is tijd voor voelen. Om in dans te vallen, het geluid te volgen of zelfs een geluid te worden, te verenigen met de muziek. Gestemd zijn als een instrument volledig geharmoniseerd met de muziek. Hier en nu. Al je gedachten laten gaan. Wanneer we in staat zijn om in die toestand te zijn is er meer ruimte voor ons hart, voor ons lichaam. Dan is de verbinding makkelijker. Verdieping in onszelf… in de anderen.

Dit is mijn reis die ik met jullie wil delen in deze workshop. Om meer verbonden te raken zullen we sommige tantrische methoden gebruiken zoals het afschudden van de stress, dansen met blinddoeken om, verschillende muziek en bewegingen die verschillende klieren, hormonen en chakras activeren. We zullen verscheidene aanrakingen en benaderingen gebruiken. We zullen ecstatische dans in jou ontwaken :)

Voor vragen schroom niet te mailen naar mgriks@gmail.com ,
Stuur een mailtje om je aanwezigheid bij de workshop te bevestigen

Voor meer actuele informatie ,en uitnodigen van je vrienden: https://www.facebook.com/events/1457276141188147

For people who would participate all events and who would pay up front, there would be 10-20% of discount. For volunteers the discounts could be much bigger. If money is an issue, do not hesitate to contact and discuss other solution.

Michal Marek Griks
http://tantramovement.blogspot.nl

PS: Thanks Caro and Myrthe for help with translating

NL vertalingen voor komende workshops

Liefde hebben voor onszelf is de basis van echte liefde, wanneer we van onszelf houden, kunnen we pas echt van anderen houden. Wanneer we ons goed voelen over onszelf, zullen we het zelfvertrouwen hebben dat nodig is om in liefde naar anderen te handelen.
Om echt van onszelf te houden zal de liefde vergroten met onze partners, familie, dieren, natuur, de planeet en het hele universum.
Het heeft niets te maken met egoïsme, maar juist met de expansie van liefde op een gezonde manier.

Wanneer:
Workshop voor iedereen op zaterdag 25.10.14, 20.30 ~ 23.30

Waar:
WG-terrein, Ketelhuisplein 41 Amsterdam

Prijs:
25 Euro per persoon, 45 per stel, 10 workshops maar 200 E
Voor vragen schroom niet te mailen naar mgriks@gmail.com ,
Stuur een mailtje om je aanwezigheid bij de workshop te bevestigen



4: Heilige energie. - Het aanbidden van je hele lichaam, je wilde ziel herkennen.
Samen creëren we een veilige ruimte en samen ervaren we transformatie processen. onthoud wel dat de echte verandering buiten je comfort zone ligt. We werken in de groep, in paren en individueel. Op deze dag gaan we focussen op de energie flow die door het lichaam stroomt, hoe we die ervaren en hoe we die kunnen inspireren en cultiveren. Wat blokkeert ons en hoe kunnen we die blokkades bewust doordringen?  
Het Tantrische pad opent ons om onze eigen, onze partners en de diepe energie levels van de groep te ervaren.
Dankbare Tantrische en seksuele Tao technieken, we worden ons bewust van de subtiele energieën die ons verbinden met het schijnbare tegenovergestelde: geest en materie, seksualiteit en spiritualiteit, licht en donker, bewust en onbewust, mannelijk en vrouwelijk.
Door de sleutels naar de deuren van verbindingen te gebruiken, krijgen wij onze innerlijke kracht terug, en geven we richting aan de flow van onze energie.   


Wanneer:
Workshop voor stelletjes of mensen die bereid zijn samen te werken ~ op Zondag 26.10.14, 20.30 ~ 23.30

Waar:
WG-terrein, Ketelhuisplein 41 Amsterdam

Prijs:
25 Euro per persoon, 45 per stel, 10 workshops maar 200 E
Voor vragen schroom niet te mailen naar mgriks@gmail.com ,
Stuur een mailtje om je aanwezigheid bij de workshop te bevestigen

Michal Marek Griks
http://tantramovement.blogspot.nl

Basis programma (1e niveau) in School of Tantra Movement:

Het programma van de cursus voor stelletjes zal vergelijkbaar zijn met de cursus voor iedereen. Het onderwerp is hetzelfde, alleen in deze cursus zullen de oefeningen vooral samen gedaan worden. In de uitgebreide versie van 5 of 10 intensieve dagen gaan we dieper in op de oefeningen en zullen we er meer doen. Afhangende van de energie en behoeftes van de groep kan ik het programma aanpassen. In de uitgebreide versie kan je je eerste en tweede level certificaat sneller krijgen. Hieronder kun je daar meer over lezen:

Deze cursus als geheel is gecreëerd om je te helpen op jouw weg naar innerlijke extase, gelukzaligheid en genezing.
Ben je klaar voor de grootste verandering in je leven? Ga voor intensieve transformatie van Sexualiteit en Liefde tot een hoger niveau.
Een lijst van wat er in de cursus meegenomen kan worden. De keuze zal afhangen van de energie en behoeftes van de groep.
1  Taste of Tantra. Introductie tot praktijk
2  Het bewustzijn verruimen. Hier en nu zijn.
3  Van jezelf houden. Herken je innerlijke geliefde.
4  Heilige energie. Aanbidden van je heilige lichaam, je wilde ziel herkennen.
5  Theorie over praktijk. Tips om je relaties te verbeteren met jezelf, je partner, met anderen, met dieren, de natuur en het hele universum.
6  Mannelijke en vrouwelijke energie.
7  Tantrische dans.
8  Heilige sexualiteit.
9  Journey to Awaken the Senses ceremonie.
10 Voorbereiden op Kundalini energie.
11 Introductie tot Tantrische massage.

Meer gedetailleerde beschrijving kun je hieronder lezen: http://tantramovement.blogspot.nl/2014/09/workshops-for-couples-or-people-who-are.html

Some inspiring pictures from Tantra Movement facebook pages ( like us! :)  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tantra-Movement

School of Tantra Movement on Tantra Festival in Rotterdam

Again I would give two workschops in Rotterdam, 1 november on the biggest Tantra event in Netherlands. Hopefully to see you there :)

"Taste of Tantra"- Introduction to practice 13.00

If you are new to tantra, if you would like to feel, see, experience what it is, what you may get from it, this workshop is good to start.
At this introduction workshop we give small examples of simple safe exercises, which you can continue practising later with your partner or on your own. Anyone who would follow instructions from this introduction may already dramatically improve her/his life. We let you get a taste of what tantra is and what we teach on whole course at the School of Tantra Movement.
There could be a little bit of everything from the things below:
- Theory; what tantra means to me and my practical use of it
- Shakti dance
- Feeling the energy of the hands
- Recognising and training the pc muscle
- Open tantric communication
- Awakening the senses meditation
- Eyes gazing
- Melting hug
- Godess touch massage

Male and Female energy 15.15

Nowadays not so many people are aware that within us exist male and female energy. Doesn't matter what sex we are, from balance of those energies depends our health, our contentment, our happiness and fulfilment in our relationships.
At this workshop we would met our inner woman and man within us. We would recognise their energies. We would hear from them how is to live with us, what are their needs, what are concerns. How we can improve their (our) life...

Besides of that we would get to know differences between male and female bodies. We would learn how to approach them in the way, that beautiful sexual energy of love would flow freely, would not be forced or imposed on someone and would not be blocked by some wrong behaviour.

And here about festival copied and pasted from here : http://www.tantratraining.nl

Zaterdag 1 november 2014: het elfde tantrafestival

Het tantrafestival is een jaarlijks terugkerende unieke kans om kennis te maken met de verschillende vormen van tantra, biodanza, e.d. zoals die op dit moment in Nederland gegeven worden. 

Het festival biedt kennismaking en inspiratie, maar ook op vernieuwing en verdieping. Een kans om te proeven van de verschillende vormen van tantra en dergelijke. Dat betekent ook dat de sfeer en de inhoud van de workshops heel verschillend kan zijn. Soms is het meer gericht op spiritualiteit en meditatie, soms meer op intimiteit en seksuele energie, soms beide. Wel houden alle begeleiders er rekening mee dat het een laagdrempelige dag is waar iedereen ontspannen mee kan doen met de activiteiten.

Er zijn 36 workshops in acht zalen. De afgelopen jaren was het festival uitverkocht met 220 deelnemers en 40 trainers. De inschrijving start om 11.45 uur, de eerste workshop is van 13.00 uur tot 14.45 uur, de tweede van 15.15 tot 17.00 uur. Van 17.00 uur tot 19.00 uur is het diner. De volgende workshops zijn van 19.00 uur tot 20.45 uur van 21.15 uur tot 23.00.

Het festival wordt georganiseerd door Jan den Boer en Caroline van Wijngaarden, Jan zal samen met Caroline ook twee workshops geven. Het programma wordt verder gevuld door zowel bekende als minder bekende namen uit de Nederlandse wereld van tantra, en mogelijk ook enkele buitenlandse tantratrainers.

Locatie: Djoj, Antony Duyklaan 5-7, 3051 HA Rotterdam.

Het festival kost € 45, een eventueel diner kost € 10 extra.

Als je je aanmeldt krijg je ongeveer een week tevoren het entreebewijs, het definitieve programma en de zaalindeling per mail.

Wil je je aanmelden voor het tantrafestival 2014? Dat kan via dit formulier

Hier vind je het voorlopige programma van het tantrafestival 2014.

Michal Marek Griks
http://tantramovement.blogspot.nl

Sacred energy. - worshiping your holy body, recognizing your wild soul. Workshop for couples.

Workshop for couples or people who are willing to work together

When:
~ in Sunday 26.10.14, 20.30 ~ 23.30

Where:
WG-terrein, Ketelhuisplein 41 Amsterdam

Price:
25 Euro per person, 45 per couple, 10 times card only 200 E
Don't hesitate to ask the questions mgriks@gmail.com ,
Sending email means confirming your reservation.

You may check updates and invite your friends here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1484991615093860

4: Sacred energy. - worshiping your holy body, recognizing your wild soul

Together we create at the workshops safe space and together we experience transformation processes, remembering, however, that the real change happens outside the comfort zone. We work in a group, in pairs and individually. This day we will focus on the flow of energy through the body, how we experience it and how to inspire and cultivate that. What is blocking us and how to be consciously permeable for those blocking energies.
Tantric path opens us to experience our own, our partners and groups deep energy levels. Thankful Tantric and sexual Tao techniques, we become aware of subtle energies which link the apparent opposites: spirit and matter, sexuality and spirituality, light and darkness, consciousness and unconscious, masculinity and femininity ..
By using the keys to the door of connections, to regain our inner strength, we are giving right direction to the flow of energy.

Love and Light

Michal Marek Griks
http://tantramovement.blogspot.nl

Love Yourself! Workshop for all

When:
Workshop for all in Saturday 25.10.14, 20.30 ~ 23.30

Where:
WG-terrein, Ketelhuisplein 41 Amsterdam

Price:
25 Euro per person, 45 per couple, 10 times card only 200 E
Don't hesitate to ask the questions mgriks@gmail.com ,
Sending email means confirming your reservation. .

You may check updates and invite your friends here: https://www.facebook.com/events/721676831233787

3: Love Yourself!


Loving ourselves is the foundation of real love, when we love ourselves, we can truly love others. When we feel good about our self, we will have the self esteem needed to act in love towards another being. To truly love ourselves may increase the chance of amplifying love shared with our partners, family, animals, nature, whole planet and entire universe. So how you may notice, it have nothing to do with selfishness but rather with expanding love in healthy way...

Michal Marek Griks
http://tantramovement.blogspot.nl

Tantra Movement on Rainbow Newsletter[1]

Content

1. Welcome home <3

2. Tantra Movement in Germany ? Israel ?

3. Tantra Movement on Rainbow FB group

4. Tantra Movement on Rainbow community FB page

5. Descriptions of the workshops (1 level)

6. Request for testimonies

7. Tantra Movement TV from Rainbow in Greece. Interview with me Michal Marek Griks

1. Welcome home <3

Here we are. To keep the connection.To spread the love. To inspire each other I make this newsletter. At the moment mainly German family would get it. I still didn't found time to rewrite all your names. So plz forward it to whole family. Also if you didn't get my fb friends invite yet it means i could not find you so better you will find me: Michal Marek Griks mgriks@gmail.com

2. Tantra Movement in Germany ? Israel ?

I rewrote mainly only German emails because from 17-19. oktober I would be in Berlin on ISTA conference. Would be great to arrange some workshops after(It doesn't have to be only Berlin) . If someone would like to host me it would be also nice. Not everyone from family as already a member of Tantra Movement on Rainbow so plz help me now to rich out to especially German family.

Also there was one sister, mother from Israel,(I'm sorry I'm bad with names ), who also gave massage buttocks workshops and who wanted to invite me to Rainbow in Israel. If any of you know her name, contact it will help me a lot.
Thanks <3 Let's make it happen. Together we are stronger !

3. Tantra Movement on Rainbow FB group

To connect to all you may join and like Tantra Movement on Rainbow group and community page

Join ! Invite !
https://www.facebook.com/groups/tantraonrainbow/
Intention of the group is continuing the connections,Love,liberation,healing & great energy of tantra & sacred sexuality what we had honor to experience during Rainbow gatherings. So let's inspire each other, lets share love, memories, experience... Let the Tantra Movement grow beyond the limits of time and space. Invite the others who are with us... To be continued... by me and you.

4. Tantra Movement on Rainbow community FB page

Like ! Invite ! Share !
https://www.facebook.com/tantraonrainbow
Continuation of Connections,Love,Liberation,Healing & great energy of tantra & sacred sexuality what we had honor to experience during Rainbow gatherings

5. Descriptions of the workshops (1 level)

Hello lovely people. May I have your attention please ? ;)
Hi dear students ... and others as well, slowly I will provide you with more and more information, what I promised you during the course. Here from the invitation info about the subjects, what you went through:

Basic program (1level) in School Of Tantra Movement:

The program of the course for couples would be similar than course for all. The subjects would be the same, just in this one the exercises would be mainly done together. In the extended version of 5 or 10 intensive days we would go deeper in to the exercises and there would be more of them. Depends from the energy and needs of the group I may change the program. At the intensive version you may get first and second level certificate earlier. Below you can read more about:

This Course as whole is created in the way that you would go deep in your inner ecstasy, bliss and healing.
Are you ready for the biggest change in your life ? Go for intensive transformation of Sexuality and Love to the higher levels.
List of the workshops what may be included in the course. The choice would depend from the needs and energy of the group
1. Taste of Tantra. Introduction to practice.
2. Expanding the consciousness. Being here and now.
3. Love yourself - recognising your inner lover
4. Sacred energy - worshiping your holy body, recognising your wild soul
5. Theory about practice. Tips for improving relationship with yourself, with your partner,with others, with animals, whole nature and entire universe.
6. Male and female energy
7. Dance with tantra
8. Sacred Sexuality
9. Journey to Awaken the Senses ceremony
10. Preparing for awakening the Kundalini energy
11.Secrets of tantric touch. Introduction to tantric massage

More detailed description of those workshops you could read below:

Ad 1: "Taste of Tantra" - Introduction to practice

At this introduction workshop we give small examples of simple safe exercises, which you can continue practising later with your partner or on your own. Anyone who would follow instructions from this introduction may already dramatically improve her/his life. We let you get a taste of what tantra is and what we teach as a whole course at the School of Tantra Movement.
A little bit of everything:

- Theory; what tantra means to us and our practical use of it
- Sexual meditation
- Recognising and training the pc muscle
- Open communication
- Recognising your Inner man and Inner woman
- Awakening the senses
- Breathing together in Shiva Shakti position

Ad 2: Expanding Consciousness.

We invite You to create the space for expanding consciousness.
You going to find out:
What is consciousness ?How to get ready to open Yourself for full consciousness ?
How in the conscious way dissolve blockages and open Yourself for a flow of energy of Love?
How in daily life we could develop and cultivate our inner consciousness?
Expanding consciousness that's one of the main purpose of tantra. At this workshop we going to awake, discover, explore and expand, consciousness of here and now, consciousness of female and male energy, consciousness of the witness, consciousness of energy... This workshop may open Your eyes, hart and mind in the way that You would never be the same

Ad 3: Love Yourself!

Loving ourselves is the foundation of real love, when we love ourselves we can truly love others. When we feel good about our self we will have the self esteem needed to act in love towards another being. To truly love ourselves may increase the chance of amplifying the love shared with our partners, family, animals, nature, whole planet and the universe. So how You may notice it have nothing to do with selfishness but rather with expanding love in healthyway...

Ad 4: Sacred energy. - worshiping your holy body, recognizing your wild soul

Together we create at the workshops safe space and together we experience transformation processes, remembering, however, that the real change happens outside the comfort zone. We work in a group, in pairs and individually. This day we will focus on the flow of energy through the body, how we experience it and how to inspire and cultivate that. What is blocking us and how to be consciously permeable for those blocking energies.
Tantric path opens us to experience our own, our partners and groups deep energy levels. Thankful Tantric and sexual Tao techniques, we become aware of subtle energies which link the apparent opposites: spirit and matter, sexuality and spirituality, light and darkness, consciousness and unconscious, masculinity and femininity ..
By using the keys to the door of connections, to regain our inner strength, we are giving right direction to the flow of energy.

Ad 5:
Theory about practice. Tips for improving relationship with yourself, with your partner,with others, with animals, whole nature and entire universe.
This exceptionally would be more lecture than workshop. If you're new in tantra and would you like to find out more, to feel and see what is there for you, this would be good for you to participate. There would be also the moments for questions and answers

Ad 6: Male and Female energy

Nowadays not so many people are aware that within us exist male and female energy. Doesn't matter what sex we are, from balance of those energies depends our health, our contentment, our happiness and fulfilment in our relationships.
At this workshop we would met our inner woman and man within us. We would recognise their energies. We would hear from them how is to live with us, what are their needs, what are concerns. How we can improve their (our) life...

Besides of that we would get to know differences between male and female bodies. We would learn how to approach them in the way, that beautiful sexual energy of love would flow freely, would not be forced or imposed on someone and would not be blocked by some wrong behaviour.

Ad 7: Dance with Tantra

Like from all my invitations, you may already learn and experience something very useful from them. But only when you would read it also with your heart and follow with your body... only when you use it, not loose it :)

There are few passions in my life. One of course is tantra, so being love making love, giving and receiving love. The other passion is dancing, what is very connected to tantra. like making love, massage ( my other passion ) and dancing is best if I let my mind off. This is not time for thinking. It is time for feeling. To fall in dance, to follow the sound or even become a sound, to unite with the music. Being tuned as instrument fully harmonised with the music. Here and now. Letting go all your thoughts.When we are able to be in that state there is more space for our heart, for our body. Then is easier for the connection. Deepening in to ourselves... in to the others

This is my journey what I would like to share at this workshop with you. To get more connected we will use some tantric methods like shaking of the stress, dancing with the blindfolds, different music and movements activating different glands, hormones and different chakras. We will use various touches and approaches. We will awake ecstatic dance in you :)

Ad 8: Sacred Sexuality

At this workshop we would go for a journey to the past to heal our memories mainly connected to our sexuality. We live in the society where very often sex is considered as something bad, dirty, what develop guild and shame in us. We going to heal our wounds in intention to bring sacredness and pride to not only to genital parts of our bodies but to whole concept of sex in our life. We going to free ourselves from stereotypes what are stopping our love.

According to tantra human sexuality is located in the centre of spirituality. Over the millennia, was pushed only to have role of procreating. The wider truth was available only to a few. At the present time the consciousness of humanity is mature enough that the truth of the sacred sexuality is revealed to all.
The consciousness of humanity at the present moment goes beyond the circle of material activities and experiences. It rises together with the energy of the Earth. Old Masters now revealing ancient mysteries , which before often were available only for the elites. Using those secrets could be solution for all sort of crisis what the humanity and individual people are facing nowadays.
On the other hand, we have at the present time wide available pornography , which massively distorts the image of human sexuality . On large scale , we are bombarded with sexuality ragged of beauty, holiness , power, and intimacy....

At the workshop You would have chance to deeply answer to Yourself for the questions below:
How sacred sexuality is different from the usual sexuality ?
How can I have access to sacred sexuality in my life?
In what way, based on sacred sexuality I can shape reactions with myself , with a partner , with other people, with nature and whole universe ?
These and other questions will not get ready answers , but in a series of our workshops we offer opportunity to experience the methods which can help you to expand your consciousness in the field of sacred sexuality.

On that workshop we will focus on the dissolution of the concepts and blockades, what had accumulated around the topic of sexuality. We will recognise patterns , which we toked over from family, from school ,society, Hollywood movies etc. To recognise the sacred sexuality, we will unfold veil of ignorance.
To achieve that we will use :
movement
meditation
touch, massage
breath
play
communication

You may establish an intimate relationship with yourself .
You may enrich , raise to the higher levels relationship with your partner.
You may attract into your life partner and lover of your dreams.
You may heal the wounds from your sexual life and those passed to you from generations to generations.

Ad 9: Journey to Awaken the Senses.

Listen to the quiet whispers of your own body. Shhhh.....

When we fully experience our senses, we enter into the heart, into love with existence. And instead of thinking about and analysing the world, we love it, we feel it, we become a part of it. We experience the bliss, ecstasy and deep fulfilment that can come to us through our senses.

To practise this, we do a ritual that awakens each sense in turn and allow ourselves to absorb this bliss in our hearts. This is a totally yummy, luscious and deep meditation that touches the body, heart and soul. For anyone who wants to expand the experience of their senses or use the body as a gateway to the self. Done to each other it is great way to connect and feel gratitude and more love, sympathy to Your partner. It bring a child in us, a child,who is playing in the adult games of love...

Ad 10: Preparing for Awakening Kundalini energy.

Kundalini Energy, serpent power, strongest energy possible to use for human body. By some cultures awakening the Kundalini energy is recognised as enlightenment, blessing and goal of live, biggest liberation...
Suddenly all your senses would be awaken on 1000%. You may see, feel, experience things what You never before was aware about. Your ecstasy would shift to other higher level. Intensity of life at that state may increase to the point that may scare You.
Be prepared. Be aware. Observe and accept.... or eve better permit Yourself to be. To be who You really are. Recognise god/goddess within - feel it and become one. Life would never be the same. You're not alone.

Ad 11: Introduction to tantric massage workshop

This workshop is composed in such a way that you can get the best of it, that you could learn and feel what is tantric touch, that you would allow healing energy of love into your body and life .

Mastering the art of giving and receiving tantric massage is opening us on many levels :
- Helps to recover energy
- Teaches us sacred touch
- Raise awareness of the body
- Is Introduction to tantric sex
- Developing our potential of love .

Is not possible to mention all benefits of tantric massage but first of all it is an experience of deep inner joy , bliss , cleansing , peace and ecstasy. It is the experience of being whole.

We will mainly focus on the feelings in the body and not only on the techniques . First of all, we want to ensure that participants would experience the touch, that they would open up for receiving and giving on the body level, that they would open up for feeling the pleasure of being a giver and receiver of a massage.

We want to go deep into the levels of feeling pleasure, bliss , flow of the love energy. We want to free all the tension out from our bodies, let them go away to make more space in the body, to make in the place of the blockades space for flow of life energy.

6. Request for testimonies

If you would like to help me, if you would like to let the energy flow and exchange I would really appreciate if you would write some testimonies from my workshops ( if you didn't yet ) THANKS <3

7. Tantra Movement TV from Rainbow in Greece. Interview with me, Michal Marek Griks

Rainbow Gathering 2013 Greece.Is Tantra Political?(part 1)
http://youtu.be/ZXpw1mJqcF4?list=PL8M5t5cY3plbI2kCzUfTerUlXcy8ID0ZB

I hope you enjoyed our first newsletter. You like to do it together let me know. Any feed back, questions, suggestion, help with correcting, any help . I'm here for you.

Love and Light

Michal Marek Griks
http://tantramovement.blogspot.nl

Tantric Sacred Sexuality vs dirty sexuality of porn industry

Nowadays sexuality experienced by most of the people, have more to do with dirty porn industry and big tits on billboards selling everything, than with sacred sexuality, what should be most close, most intimate, most healing, liberating, powerful and energising expression of Love. Through tantra I was lucky to shift from one to another. I wish to share that experience of sacred sexuality with the rest of the humanity.
 Tantric way of making sex to myself or/and to the partner is giving tremendous love, great energy (instead of loosing it), healing ( past, prejudices, resentments, painful memories, anger... ) liberation from conditioning and great connection to myself, to the partner but also to others, animals, whole nature and entire universe.

Because of that connection I feel great compassion to animals exploited by meat and other industries, compassion to hungry children who's food was taken away ( mostly for the same reason ), compassion for mother Earth, what is destroyed in the name of capitalism and over consumption, compassion to woman who's is beaten every night by her drunk husband, compassion for children who are bombed by other humans...

Thankful empowering and energising effect of tantra I'm not only feeling compassion. I'm transforming it in to the action, in to fully use of my life potential. I do my best to protect, defend and take care. For myself, for my lover, friends, family, whole humanity, animals, whole nature and entire universe. Then "We are all one" is not only empty slogan. My sacred sexuality is turning it in to deep truth inside of me, what is expanding outside as well. That's why tantra for me is one of the deepest way of spirituality. That's why this i feel is the most efficient way of my activism

21.9.2014 World Rainbow Gathering Hungary

Michal Marek Griks
http://tantramovement.blogspot.nl

4 workshops this weekend

Busy weekend. 4 workshops.... Just shortly with the links and dates:

1 and 2: "Taste of Tantra"- Introduction to practice this saturday or sunday

1. Free (or for donation) workshop for all in Saturday 11.10.14 17.00 ~ 18.30 at ADM 17 birthday festival Hornweg 6 Amsterdam - http://admfestival.nl/

2. Workshop for couples or people who are willing to work together ~ in Sunday 12.10.14, 20.30 ~ 23.30

More info under this link just be aware that date is different ( this above is actual)
http://tantramovement.blogspot.nl/2014/10/taste-of-tantra-introduction-to-practice.html

3. Expanding Consciousness
Workshop for all in Saturday 11.10.14 20.30 ~ 23.30
More info here:
http://tantramovement.blogspot.nl/2014/07/plans-for-new-school-year-in-school-of_23.html

4. Experiencing 7 chakras - Fire. Workshop by Kees Schenk this friday-today 10.10.14 20.30 ~ 23.30 for all
More info here: http://tantramovement.blogspot.nl/2014/10/experiencing-7-chakras-fire-workshop-by.html

Experiencing 7 chakras - Fire. Workshop by Kees Schenk

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Experience the Seven Chakra's - Fire

In this evening we will go through all of the seven chakra and you will learn to get in contact with these vital energetic portals in your body. Through meditation, yoga, sing, dancing and breathing exercises you will first learn how to connect to yourself and from there to connect to others.

This evening we will with the fire element, the place of the solar plexus and with the place in our body we get in contact with or own power. The themes that we will be exploring this night are collaboration, passion, trust and the release of tension.

''Experience the Seven Chakra is a workshop I have developed from my education as an energetic sound therapist. From a very young age I have been developing to become aware of my chakra's and in this inward journey I found out that you can perceive a lot of things be listening to what you chakras have to tell you. We are actually in constant interaction with our chakras through all of the day, we just are not always aware of it. Becoming aware of this, can give you an enormous advantage in life. It can enhance the quality of life and how you perceive, especially when you're highly sensitive. In this evening you will learn to accept you're own feeling and those of the people you meet. But above all this is a night to connect with the fire we have inside of ourselves and to learn about the energy we can create as a group.

When:
10.10.14 Friday 20.30 ~ 23.30 for all
Would follow ~ once a month 20.30 ~ 23.30 for all ( 10.10.14, 19.12.14, 29.12.14 )
Where:
WG-terrein, Ketelhuisplein 41 Amsterdam
Price:
15 Euro per person, our students can pay 10 euro
Sending email to mgriks@gmail.com means confirming Your reservation. Amount of the places are limited.
More about the workshop and School Of Tantra Movement you can find out here:
http://tantramovement.blogspot.nl/
...and about Kees Schenk here: http://blauweadelaar.nl/
Don't hesitate to ask the questions mgriks@gmail.com , keesjr@hotmail.com

You may check updates here  https://www.facebook.com/events/1552480474970498 ... and don't forget to invite your friends :)

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Ervaar de Zeven Chakra: Vuur

In deze avond verzorgd door Kees Schenk gaan we alle zeven chakra's door en leer jij in contact te komen met deze belangrijke energetische poorten in je lichaam. Door middel van meditatie, yoga, zang, dans en ademhalingsoefeningen leer jij hoe je in de eerste plaats meer verbinding met jezelf en vandaaruit ook meer verbinding met andere kan ervaren.

We zullen deze avond specifiek gaan werken met het element vuur, de plek van de solar plexus en daarmee de plaats in ons lichaam waar we in contact staan met onze eigen kracht. De thema's waar we ons deze avond mee gaan bezig houden zijn samenwerking, passie, vertrouwen en het loslaten van spanning.

Ervaar de Zeven Chakra's is een workshop die ik heb ontwikkeld vanuit de opleiding voor energetisch klanktherapeut en mijn eigen ervaring met de chakra's. Vanaf een vrij jonge leeftijd ben ik bezig gegaan met de bewustwording van mijn chakra's en in deze reis naar binnen ben ik erachter gekomen dat je veel kan waarnemen door te luisteren naar je eigen Chakra's. We doen en voelen deze energetische punten eigenlijk de hele dag door, alleen zijn we ons hier niet altijd bewust van. Je hier wel bewust van worden kan je veel voordelen geven en je leven echt verreiken, met name als je hoog gevoelig bent. Bij deze avond leer je je eigen en de gevoelens van anderen te accepteren en deze door je heen te laten stromen. Ook leer je hoe je je eigen energie kunt sturen en jezelf meer open kan zetten en juist kan afsluiten waardoor je je vitaler gaat voelen. Maar bovenal gaat deze avond om verbinden met je innerlijke vuur en de groepsenergie die we samen gaan creëren.

Wanneer:
10.10.14 vrijdag 20.30 ~ 23.30
Waar:
WG-terrein, Ketelhuisplein 41 Amsterdam
Prijs:
15 Euro per persoon, onze studenten betalen € 10

Het verzenden van een e-mail naar mgriks@gmail.com betekent bevestigen dat je komt. Het aantal plaatsen zijn beperkt.
Meer informatie over de workshop en School of Tantra Movement kun je hier vinden:
http://tantramovement.blogspot.nl/
... en over Kees Schenk: http://blauweadelaar.nl/
Aarzel ook niet om vragen aan ons te stellen mgriks@gmail.com , keesjr@hotmail.com

"Taste of Tantra"- Introduction to practice

If you are new to tantra, if you would like to feel, see, experience what it is, what you may get from it, this workshop is good to start.
At this introduction workshop we give small examples of simple safe exercises, which you can continue practising later with your partner or on your own. Anyone who would follow instructions from this introduction may already dramatically improve her/his life. We let you get a taste of what tantra is and what we teach on whole course at the School of Tantra Movement.

When:
Workshop for all in Saturday 4.10.14 20.30 ~ 23.30
Workshop for couples or people who are willing to work together ~ in Sunday 5.10.14, 20.30 ~ 23.30
Where:
WG-terrein, Ketelhuisplein 41 Amsterdam

Price:
25 Euro per person, 45 per couple, 10 times card only 200 E
Don't hesitate to ask the questions mgriks@gmail.com ,
Sending email means confirming your reservation. Amount of the places are limited.

Depends on what option you would choose there could be a little bit of everything from the things below:

- Theory; what tantra means to me and my practical use of it
- Shakti dance
- Feeliing the energy of the hands
- Recognising and training the pc muscle
- Open tantric communication
- Recognising your Inner man and Inner woman
- Awakening the senses meditation
- Eyes gazing
- Melting hug
- Godess touch massage
- Breathing together in Shiva Shakti position

The options for this workshop are:

1. Course for all in saturdays https://www.facebook.com/events/325781714250020/
2. Course for couples or people who are willing to work together in Sundays http://tantramovement.blogspot.nl/2014/09/workshops-for-couples-or-people-who-are.html

4. Intensive weekends of extended program of 1 and 2 (see the link above in point 1)
7. Intensive 10 days of extended program of 1 and 2 (see the link above in point 1)

You may check updates and invite your friends here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/329927320525499
Love and light

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Michal Marek Griks
http://tantramovement.blogspot.nl