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Retreat in Algarve: The Sacred Dance of Shiva & Shakti with Peter Bampton 8 - 15 August 2023 | Monte Mariposa Retreat Center, Algarve Portugal During this 7 day journey with Peter you will be immersed in guided meditations and profound explorations into the art of sacred intimacy, the "true tantra" of awakened embodiment, including the principles of regenerative sexual yoga and the authentic actualisation of the Shiva & Shakti polarity. This retreat also includes morning qi gong sessions, dynamic meditations, ritual trance dance and much more. This retreat will be a shared experiment in the evolution of consciousness and culture, and its transformative impact depends on the commitment and passion of everyone involved. Only open-minded and adventurous souls need apply! |
8-15 August 2023 Location: Monte Mariposa Retreat Center in Tavira, Algarve Portugal Price: Camping 590€ | 720€ Single bed in 2 person cabin | 750€ double bed cabin |
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Discounts
We offer discounted rates for Portuguese and Spanish to reflect the different economic reality here compared with Northern Europe and America.
We offer a 50 euro discount for those who can help us accommodate more people by bringing their own tent.
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Financial help (limited offer)
If you would like to come to the retreat but can't afford the full price please write to us and tell us why you want to come to the retreat and what you would like to pay. There is a right price for each situation so please look at your situation and don't offer too much but don't offer too little. If we receive more inquiries than available gift spaces then we will select an individual based on the words that inspire us as we believe that giving inspires giving. To apply for financial help, please fill in the form below. Let your heart sing!
We offer discounted rates for Portuguese and Spanish to reflect the different economic reality here compared with Northern Europe and America.
We offer a 50 euro discount for those who can help us accommodate more people by bringing their own tent.
Go to Retreat Registration Form
Financial help (limited offer)
If you would like to come to the retreat but can't afford the full price please write to us and tell us why you want to come to the retreat and what you would like to pay. There is a right price for each situation so please look at your situation and don't offer too much but don't offer too little. If we receive more inquiries than available gift spaces then we will select an individual based on the words that inspire us as we believe that giving inspires giving. To apply for financial help, please fill in the form below. Let your heart sing!
Guided by Peter Bampton Peter is a co-founder of the Awakened Life Project, spiritual teacher and author of The Fire of the Heart. Peter's approach to the theme of this retreat will be not theoretical or merely philosophical, but will be sourced in the groundbreaking insights, revelations and embodied discoveries of the Awakened Life Men's Collective and the Awakened Life Women's Creative, which he will draw upon to fuel the shared exploration. |
What to expect For Shiva - the Masculine: Learn to transmit the forces of love and consciousness in ways that evoke your partner's most playful and ecstatic bliss Learn how to make your partner your ally in your eternal quest for freedom Practice penetrating your relationships and the world from a place of embodied depth and presence. Learn how to cultivate the meditative practice that will allow your nervous system to hold massive amounts of sexual and emotional energy For Shakti - the Feminine: Learn to offer the subtle energetics of nature through your body in a way that enlivens and nourishes your partner and the world Communicate and master the full embodied pleasure of your most sacred desires in a way that evokes presence, passion and fierce love in your partner Practice filling your body with the pleasure and yearning that occurs as an irresistible gift ️Cultivate your ability to feel what is trustable and what is NOT trustable in a man, so you can open your heart fully without betraying your feminine wisdom For Shiva & Shakti: Understand the three stages of spiritual-sexual evolution and how to grow from co-dependent, to independent, to devotionally-in-service-to-each-others-awakening in relationship. Learn to approach your relationship as a spiritual practice--a space to soften the grip of ego and experience your true nature as Love |
The Sacred Dance of Shiva & Shakti
* Meditation * Non-Duality * True Tantra * Dancing Down The Light * Qi Gong * Restorative Yoga *
In this retreat Peter will first lead participants on a journey of Awakening into the Eternal, Transcendent Consciousness, Being or Heart, that is radically Free and untouched by all that arises and passes away.
Once that ground is significantly established, the collective journey will expand to embrace Awakening - as unique gendered individuals - to a Creative Process of Spirit-in-Action. Through Meditation, Dialogue, Qi Gong, Dancing Down the Light and other modalities Peter will facilitate a living exploration of "The Sacred Dance of Shiva & Shakti".
This dynamic potential emerges when men and women discover, surrender to and embody their masculine and feminine poles with a depth that radically transcends all the reactivity and drama of social conditioning, and especially the postmodern 'war of the sexes' and its depolarization of the genders.
There is an increasing interest in alternative spiritual culture in 'Tantra', the 'Divine Feminine' and 'Sacred Masculine', however as broadly positive as these developments may be, it is Peter's conviction that Tantra and an Awakened embodiment of the dynamic polarity of Shiva & Shakti, are rarely understood and actualized with true ego-transcending depth and authenticity in western alternative culture.
Peter's approach to this theme will be not theoretical, but is sourced in the groundbreaking insights, revelations and embodied discoveries of the Awakened Life Men's Collective and the Awakened Life Women's Creative, which he will draw upon to fuel the shared exploration.
As a participant this retreat will demand that you bring an open mind and heart together with a real willingness to be challenged, to take risks and to transform. This retreat will be a shared experiment in the evolution of consciousness and culture, and its transformative impact depends on the commitment and passion of everyone involved.
In this retreat Peter will first lead participants on a journey of Awakening into the Eternal, Transcendent Consciousness, Being or Heart, that is radically Free and untouched by all that arises and passes away.
Once that ground is significantly established, the collective journey will expand to embrace Awakening - as unique gendered individuals - to a Creative Process of Spirit-in-Action. Through Meditation, Dialogue, Qi Gong, Dancing Down the Light and other modalities Peter will facilitate a living exploration of "The Sacred Dance of Shiva & Shakti".
This dynamic potential emerges when men and women discover, surrender to and embody their masculine and feminine poles with a depth that radically transcends all the reactivity and drama of social conditioning, and especially the postmodern 'war of the sexes' and its depolarization of the genders.
There is an increasing interest in alternative spiritual culture in 'Tantra', the 'Divine Feminine' and 'Sacred Masculine', however as broadly positive as these developments may be, it is Peter's conviction that Tantra and an Awakened embodiment of the dynamic polarity of Shiva & Shakti, are rarely understood and actualized with true ego-transcending depth and authenticity in western alternative culture.
Peter's approach to this theme will be not theoretical, but is sourced in the groundbreaking insights, revelations and embodied discoveries of the Awakened Life Men's Collective and the Awakened Life Women's Creative, which he will draw upon to fuel the shared exploration.
As a participant this retreat will demand that you bring an open mind and heart together with a real willingness to be challenged, to take risks and to transform. This retreat will be a shared experiment in the evolution of consciousness and culture, and its transformative impact depends on the commitment and passion of everyone involved.
Where is it The retreat will be held at Monte Mariposa Retreat Center, a beautiful location near Tavira in Algarve, the south of Portugal. |
On this Retreat
you will explore and experience:
you will explore and experience:
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Guided Meditation and Q&A sessions on Awakening to Transcendent Consciousness here and now
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Exploration through dialogue and practice into Awakened Embodiment and the actualisation of the Sacred Masculine (Shiva) & Divine Feminine (Shakti)
●
Exploration of the principles of ego-transcending regenerative sexual yoga (this doesn't include live sexual practice)
●
Qi Gong Sessions
●
Ritual Trance Dance
●
Delicious Vegetarian Meals
Guided Meditation and Q&A sessions on Awakening to Transcendent Consciousness here and now
●
Exploration through dialogue and practice into Awakened Embodiment and the actualisation of the Sacred Masculine (Shiva) & Divine Feminine (Shakti)
●
Exploration of the principles of ego-transcending regenerative sexual yoga (this doesn't include live sexual practice)
●
Qi Gong Sessions
●
Ritual Trance Dance
●
Delicious Vegetarian Meals