The Five Faces of Human Evolution

The Five Faces of Human Evolution

A weekend workshop of self-discovery and personal transformation!

Our life is a sacred journey of searching for the truth of who we are and who we came here to be. The soul hungers for us to evolve. Our evolution in turn becomes our gift to the universe. Our shining radiates a beacon of light that enriches the tapestry of the universe. This is the great work we have come to perform. It is our inevitable destiny.

There are 5 faces to human evolution. They are the themes that motivate the actions we take in our lives. In other words everything we experience is directly impacted by them. They occur and move in a successive order. They are known as; The rewriting of our past; The acceptance of change; Presence; Dreaming and Self authority.

This weekend workshop will be a blend of Shamanic teachings and ceremonies designed to bring these faces into focus. You will awaken and enhance your relationship with the faces. This will empower you to make decisions and choices that will bring growth into your life. You will have the knowledge and tools to more effectively deal with the challenges and issues you encounter in your life. And you will experience more balance and peace with yourself, life and those around you.

LOU "WORLDWEAVER" WILL BE BACK IN SOUTH AFRICA IN NOVEMBER 2009 TO PRESENT THE FOLLOWING WORKSHOPS, TALKS AND WEEK DAY SWEAT LODGES
WEEKEND WORKSHOPS VENUE: MOKOYA LODGE MAGALIESBURG COST: R2 500 PER PERSON (this includes all accommodation, meals and handouts) DATES: 13TH - 15TH NOVEMBER 20TH - 22ND NOVEMBER	TALKS VENUE: ZENATUDE RIVONIA COST: R100 PER PERSON DATES: 10TH NOV & 17TH NOV WEEK DAY SWEAT LODGES VENUE: TOWERBY PRE PRIMARY TOWERBY COST: R300 PER PERSON DATES: 11TH NOV & 18TH NOV

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First Annual African Conference of Sacred Sexual Educators

http://www.sedonatemple.com/event/1052/First-Annual-African-Conference-of-Sacred-Sexual-Educators/ First Annual African Conference of Sacred Sexual Educators
From Friday, November 27 2009 To Sunday, November 29 2009
Sedona Temple and the International School of Temple Arts reserves the right to audio and visually record and document all classes, events, and conferences. Please click here for rapid registration! First Annual African Conference & Gathering for Sacred Sexuality Healers, Teachers & Practitioners Johannesburg, South Africa Theme: Creating Alliances, Raising Consciousness, and Cultivating Professionalism Who will be there and what will be happening? The real question is, who will not be there? These conferences attract some of the best in our field as well as returning, well-loved presenters from our conferences around the world over the last decade. Come and meet your spiritual family! Play, share, learn, grow, laugh, cry, celebrate, network, refresh, love and be loved! Who is invited? Please join us if you are: Currently working in the sacred sexual healing arts In service to the world as a daka/dakini/tantrika Beginning to realize that your calling as a sexworker has a more sacred dimension Or desiring to incorporate sexuality into your healing work. Spouses, partners, family members, and support people/friends of practitioners are also welcome. If you are not sure, give us a call and ask. This gathering is a delightful blend of innocence and experience, advanced and beginners, from the worlds of tantra, sexwork, sex education, escorting, bodywork, massage, counseling, therapy and spiritual awakening. Why should you come? Because sacred sexuality enriches our lives. Because a career in sexuality is still such a taboo in this society. Because it is healing to be with peers who understand the unique pressures and challenges of working in this field. Because you are not alone. Because we are learning so much emotionally, spiritually, legally, practically, financially, physically, holistically, and it is a blessing to share our wisdom with each other. Because it is fun to be with people who can embrace and celebrate life. What will I learn? We will hear presentations from some of the most successful teachers and practitioners in our field. There will be a blend of presentations, hands-on demonstrations, and group wisdom circles with open discussions. We also showcase new books and other educational tools as well as screening new documentaries and short films on Sacred Sexuality, its Teachers and Practitioners Conference Information: We will be using a multiple presentation format. The entire conference will meet in the mornings and end in the evenings with a group circle. During the day, we will have multiple concurrent events at several meeting rooms that you can choose from. The actual event schedule, with times and locations of each presentation, will be available on line in the weeks before the conference. Here's a general overview: Friday 7:30-8:30 Yoga 10:00 Conference Begins 1:00-2:30 Lunch Break 2:30-7:00 Conference Continues 8:30-11:00 Group Social Events - TBA Saturday 7:30-8:30 Yoga 10:00 Conference Begins 1:00-2:30 Lunch Break 2:30-7:00 Conference Continues 8:30-11:00 Group Social Events - TBA Sunday 7:30-8:30 Yoga 10:00 Conference Begins 1:00-2:30 Lunch Break 2:30-7:00 Conference Continues Where will the conference be held? The conference will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa at the African Delta Environmental Center Who will the Presenters be? What does it cost? Admission to this first conference is at a reduced rate of $250 (approximately 1,825 ZAR). For early bird registrants the discount is an additional $100 off until November 1st, 2009. First Time Attendee - prior to Nov. 1st 0 First Time Attendee - Nov. 1st or later 0 Repeat Attendee or New Presenter 0 Lodging, meals and transportation are not included in the admission. Any questions? If you have any additional questions, ideas, contributions or concerns we are available and at your service. The preferred form of communication is via email mail@sedonatemple.com yet any inquisitive phone calls to the Temple are welcome at 928-282-8511. We look forward to your registration and your participation at the South Africa 2009 Daka/Dakini Conference. Get yourself rested up, clear your mind and prepare for a journey that will change your life. From Baba Dez and the staff at the Sedona Temple, we send you many Blessings! Read 0 Comments... >>
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Tantra retreat in the Drakensberg November: Are you coming?

Hello beloveds,

Let me know if you are considering doing this retreat as I need to confirm the venue in a couple of weeks' time.

Namaste
Shakti

Dragon's Nectar Tantra Intensive 20 - 25 November

Dragon

The dragon represents our raw instinctual power, our primal connection to the elements, our uninhibited expression. It is the dragon in us that can roar in ecstasy when we make love. It is the dragon that can dance with abandon, in tenderness and in magnificence. In oriental mysticism our vital life force, our sexuality, is seen as dragon power or chi. Without access to the dragon power, to the raw potency of our eroticism, we lack the vitality to live our lives fully, and to endure the challenges that come on a path of awareness.

Nectar

Nectar is the pure juice of presence that flows when our dragon power gets filled with awareness. The raw energy of the dragon needs to be cultivated; the dragon needs to be tamed so that its power becomes useful rather than destructive to those with whom it shares company.

Dragon's Nectar Tantra Intensive

This intensive will be an opportunity to open up the flow of your dragon power, your raw sexual energy - and then to refine this dragon juice into the nectar that feeds the sweetest quality of presence and awakeness in your life. For this we will use a combination of Tantric methods:

active meditations
dance and movement
breath work
sound work
tantric meditations

Shakti, the presenter

Shakti is a member of the Advait Tantraschool (tantraschool.co.za). She has a full and lively practice based in Cape Town and has been running retreats across South Africa. She has extensive experience in retreat facilitation and a deeply lived understanding of Tantric work. She holds Ph.D. in Sosial Anthropology. For more on Shakti's work and approach, see shakti.co.za and totalitytherapy.com.

The venue: Drakensberg Mountain Retreat

The Drakensberg is the ideal setting for this retreat. This exquisite mountain range has been named "Dragon Mountain" because it evokes exactly the quality of a dragon for the onlooker. The Drakensberg Mountain Retreat has been home to some of the finest retreats in the country since its opening. Do yourself a favor and go have a look: www.drakensbergretreat.co.za. The center is situated a mere 3 hours from Johannesburg on the road to Durban.

Cost and bookings

The cost for the five days, all inclusive, is R3 500. A deposit of R2 000 is required to secure your place. Please contact Shakti at shakti@shakti.co.za or 0833010399 to book.



“Some day, after we have mastered the winds, the waves, the tides, and gravity, we will harness for God the energies of love; and then for the second time in the history of the world, men will have discovered fire!” – Theilard de Chardin

Tantra Retreat in Knysna this September

Conscious Sexuality
A retreat for singles and couples
By Shakti Malan
at the Osho Neo Zen Monastery, Knysna Forest
Level 1: 25 -27 September 2009
Level 2: 27 - 28 September 2009

On Conscious Sexuality

If we know how to use our sexual energy, it can take us into a beautiful flowering of the heart, into deep states of bliss and serenity. Sexual energy can also open up our authentic wildness! However, for many of us today, this potential of our sexuality is not being fully realized. Some of the common reasons are:

• We have been conditioned to suppress our natural sexuality in some way.
• Out of habit, sex has become a rushed explosion of pent-up energy, rather than an experience of loving, deepening, merging.
• Experiences that we have had in the past (these can be sexual, emotional, physical, spiritual) got stuck in the body and are blocking our energy flow.
• We are simply not in our bodies enough, loving being in our bodies enough!

The good news is that it is infinitely possible to open the flow of your natural sexuality into a consciousexpression again, no matter what your age is, and whether you have a partner or not. What it takes is a willingness to shed some illusions, and to get conscious with your life!

The retreat

This retreat is an introduction into the art of sacred sexuality. My specific intent is to design it around the participants; where you are at and what you need. I hope to make some of the basic concepts of conscioussexuality clear to you, and to give you a deep (and blissful) experience of what is possible, in your body. Since this is an introductory workshop, you will not be required to expose yourself in any way that is not comfortable for you. The retreat will also introduce you to practices that you can take into your daily life and/or into your relationship.

For those of you who have already done some work with me and would like to deepen your understanding and for those who wish to go deeper after the weekend's retreat I offer an additional day (Sunday 4 pm to Monday 4 pm) in which we can explore some more. You are welcome to bring your questions and requests.

What you can expect

dialogue, discussions, roleplay
dancing and movement
meditations
breathwork
touch exercises
more delightful discussions around fires and food

The presenter

Shakti is a full time teacher of conscious sexuality. She has a passion for embodied awakening - using the body as an alive, responsive vehicle to help us discover the truth of who we really are. Shakti is based in Cape Town and runs workshops and retreats in Cape Town and elsewhere in South Africa. She also does private consultations. Shakti has a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology. For more information on Shakti seeshakti.co.za. For more on her approach, see totalitytherapy.com. She is a member of the Advait Tantra School (see tantraschool.co.za)

The venue

The Osho Neo Monastery is a unique forest venue constructed and managed by people who glow with the light of awareness. Accommodation is provided in A-frame wooden huts lovingly made by the owner. The gathering hall rises up out of the forest and opens up to it on all sides. This is a back-to-nature weekend, the best way to get back into our natural sexuality - with manually heated showers, candles and fires. Food is vegetarian and always exquisite.

What others say

To see how previous participants experienced this retreat, go to http://shakti.co.za/blog/2009/01/reflections-on-conscious-sexuality

Costs and bookings

Please note that the retreat can accommodate a maximum of 12 people, so book early to avoid disappointment.

Costs, including accommodation and all meals, are:
Level 1: R1 900 pp
Level 2: R600 pp

Contact Shakti on shakti@shakti.co.za or 0833010399 for enquiries and booking details.

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Shakti

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Uncoiling the Snake: Women's Retreat 22 - 26 October

Uncoiling the snake

A women's retreat by Shakti Malan

3 – 6 October 2008
n!au ma farm, Little Karoo

On female sexual energy

Sexual energy is a tremendous source of vitality and life force. When we own and live our sexual energy, we incarnate – we come to embody the goddess within. We wake up to the moment. Through our sexual flow as women, the worlds are birthed. And yet this potential lies dormant in so many of us. The snake, the kundalini, the origin of our embodied vitality, is there, at the base of the spine, but it slumbers, and it rarely gets touched.Until the wild woman in us wakes up to who she really is.

Uncoiling the snake

In my work with Tantra, an ancient eastern tradition that follows sexual energy as a doorway to consciousness, I have learnt that sexual awakening is linked to the opening of the chakras or "energy wheels" (represented by the spirals on the front page image). When the opening of the chakras happens in the body, it literally feels like an energy snake that uncoils at the base of the body and rises up through the crown of the head. For me personally, this rising brings a soft ecstasy that ripples onto the farthest shores of my life… It also brings a deep contentment with existence.

Sexual energy becomes illuminated when the repressions that block us at each of the chakras or energy points in the body are lifted. These repressions are the result of our conditioning, our patterning and the scars that are left by our life experiences. I believe that it is possible to bring our repressions to awareness and release them by working in a sacred circle of women.



What happens on the retreat

My focus is on the awakening of consciousness, not on teaching technique or improving performance (though these things follow of their own accord). I use the following methods to evoke awareness:

• We process body memories through acting and embodiment.
• We deepen awareness of female sexuality through breath work and other Tantric techniques.
• We reflect on our stories and vision our "this-here-now" realities through creating with the earth and writing.
• We meditate and do guided visualizations to deepen our awareness of essence flowing through us.
• We use sound, chanting, movements and dancing focused on a particular expression of our sexual energy to awaken the body to its inherent knowing.
• We have strong interactions with nature and the elements to reconnect us to our being-of-the-earth, the origin of our sexual energy.

The facilitator, Shakti Malan

I have been running retreats and courses on the Sacred Feminine for many years. I have a Ph.D. (UCT) in social anthropology. For more on me, see shakti.co.za and totalitytherapy.com

The venue

The farm n'au !ma, which is run in deep respect for nature as a place of retreat and ceremony, is situated between Montague and Ladysmith, at the foot of the Anysberg. Accommodation is provided in beautiful Karoo style houses with broad verandas, fireplaces, gas stoves and fridges. There is an exquisite kloof on the farm, and some delicious dams. The night sky of the Karoo is something to experience. The farm is about 4 – 5 hours from Cape Town, and 3 hours from George.

Bookings, costs and times


My facilitation fee is R1 600pp. Accommodation fees are by donation; the suggested fee is R160 per night. A deposit of R1 000 is required to secure your place and full payment is due by 14 October. The retreat will be limited to 12 women. Banking details:

Dr S.Malan
Standard Bank current account
Merriman Square branch (02-11-09-00)
Account number: 073152811

Meals will be arranged amongst us.
I will assist with coordinating travel where possible.
For enquiries contact Shakti at 0833010399 or Shakti@shakti.co.za

The retreat will start Thursday 6pm and end Monday lunchtime.


"Some day, after we have mastered the winds, the waves, the tides, and gravity, we will harness for God the energies of love; and then for the second time in the history of the world, humanity will have discovered fire!" – Theilard de Chardin

A TASTE OF THE PATH OF LOVE

AWAKENING TO LOVE A TASTE OF THE PATH OF LOVE Awakening to Love is a unique and powerful 2-day workshop designed to shake the cobwebs off your heart and give you a taste of the Path of Love. For all sorts of reasons we find ourselves shut down or closed off and in a state of hurt and protection. This can show up as heartache, blame, isolation, unhealthy relationships, anger, resignation or addiction. We long for something else and we often don't know where to start looking. Awakening of Love is for people who truly want change in their lives We work with honest, loving self-exposure, supporting you to connect with your true value and essence through unique exercises and meditations. You will get clearer at reading, understanding and knowing your authentic self. These two days will ignite your passion to realize your true potential and to live with an open heart. From this place of clarity, self-belief and trust, anything is possible. We welcome you to join us on this awakening adventure. "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye." - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Facilitated by TURIYA HANOVER Turiya is one of the most celebrated and refined personal development leader worldwide. Working as a life coach in spiritual therapy for over 35 years, she designed and co-created many new processes such as:The Art of Dying, The Path of Love , Counselor Training, and Tantra Training.

CHANGE OF PLAN ! Due to demand for thePATH OF LOVEIntroduction Turiya will facilitate a 2 day AWAKENING TO LOVE Dates 19 - 20 September 09 Sat Sun 10AM - 6 PM Daily Venue Solole game reserve Kommetjie Cape town Cost R1400 Reservations Prasado info@osho.co.za 0833568798

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Osho Quest

OSHOQUEST TRAININGS & EVENTS POINT OF LIGHT ESSENCE WORK A FEW PLACES LEFT! The Core of the Point of Light is pure awareness and Freedom. This teaching retreat focuses on Point of Light, which is our Essential Identity. Based on the teaching of and essence work by A.H.Almaas, Diamond Approach and F Mukadam 16 - 20 September 09 CAPE TOWN Click for full Info Facilitated by TURIYA HANOVER Turiya is one of the most celebrated and refined personal development leader worldwide. Working as a life coach in spiritual therapy for over 35 years, she designed and co-created many new processes such as:The Art of Dying, The Path of Love, Counselor Training, and Tantra Training. Click for full Details OSHO TANTRA - SEXUAL DE-CONDITIONING The training is about puberty, adolescence, man/woman Participants will recover their sensuality and sense of pleasure in their bodies. The word Tantra means being in the flow, being at ease, and saying Yes to life. There won’t be any encounters between participants. The training will help you recognize and undo sexual conditioning and patterns and to pave the way for greater freedom and fulfillment. Facilitated by Halima Hane Halima is healer, psychotherapist, and training leader since 1982. She operates from her practice in Frankfurt Germany, she travels world wide to facilitate groups and trainings. 5 -8 November Johannesburg 12 - 15 November Cape town

Coming events Cape town Johannesburg South Africa Cape town 16 - 20 September POINT OF LIGHT With Turiya Hanover Booking 0833568798 info@osho.co.za Cape Town 19 September PATH OF LOVE INTRO With Turiya Hanover Booking 0833568798 info@osho.co.za Johannesburg 5 -8 November OSHO TANTRA - SEXUAL DE-CONDITIONING With Halima Hein Info Booking 0833568798 info@osho.co.za Cape town 12 - 15 November OSHO TANTRA - SEXUAL DE-CONDITIONING With Halima Hein Info Booking 0833568798 info@osho.co.za

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