Set in the Kynsna Forest in the picturesque Garden Route of South Africa, this 10 Day retreat offers both ancient Yogic and Tantric knowledge along with practical teachings to help individuals and couples reach a profound spiritual level. Your days will be filled with Hatha Yoga, Meditation, home made organic vegetarian meals and plenty of time to explore the breathtaking surrounding area. The teachings presented provide a practical system that allows for the purification and balancing of the mental, emotional and physical bodies. Through simple exercises you are taught how to bring more awareness to your present moment allowing you to engage with partners, family and friends in more connected and meaningful ways. Learning how to cultivate presence, openness and lucidity will help you to move past blockages in your life and allow you to go deeper into love. This retreat is suitable for couples and singles and promises an experience that will without a doubt redirect your course in life! Spaces are limited so secure your place now. For more information go to http://www.thulayoga.com/#!tantra-yoga-retreat/ctoy OR read on for the program outline: This retreat teaches couples and individuals the basic principles of a tantric life. The first week is consecrated mostly to theory, training, and practical issues for the individual. You will study the Tantric orgasm and how to develop it through the understanding and practice of Tantric techniques like sublimation, retention, transfiguration and more. These techniques will be supported by a relevant practice of Hatha Yoga to enhance sexual vitality and sublimation of sexual energies. The course is for both single men, single women and couples who wish to understand Tantric spirituality and comprehend why Tantra is a unique “life embracing” approach when compared to more mainstream, ascetic and repressive spiritual traditions. Participants will be given both theoretical and practical elements to understand how to make sexuality a spiritual path, in adherence to the most ancient tradition of Tantra. Consisting of Tantra, Kundalini, Hatha and Laya yoga, this retreat offers an Integral system of yoga based on ancient teachings from India and Tibet. You will learn specific postures to help with your sexual tantric practice as well as techniques such as directing energy to the chakras. By practicing this holistic style of yoga you will unblock, purify and balance your entire energy system as well as experience: relieved stress improved health and over all wellbeing an expansion of energy a purification of all energy channels increased mental insight heightened creativity deep internal calm an increase in vitality, self confidence and inner balance sublime energy for increased duration of lovemaking In addition to your yoga practice you will gain esoteric and practical insights pertaining to the world of yoga and tantra. Laying your foundations will be introductory subjects: Yamas & Niyamas (Moral Guidelines) Diet & purification for tantric practice What is Yoga/Tantra The Chakras/Energy Centres Polarity of Energy The 5 Bodies 8 Stages of Yoga You will learn how to develop your sexual potential and use it for the awakening of consciousness. The sylabus for this part of the retreat comes from the Tantric Sexuality workshops, and includes topics such as: The understanding of the curves of pleasure and how to cultivate deeper and refined orgasm for both men and women. Focus will be placed to differentiate orgasm and ejaculation for men, and explosive vs implosive and internal vs external orgasm for women. Men and women will learn the essentials techniques needed for their training towards Tantric orgasm. Retention Techniques/Control of Sexual Energy 7 Different Orgasms for women Sexuality of the Chakras Meditations of transmutation-sublimation of the sexual energy The retreat comes to an end with a weekend workshop that is intended for the victory of the couple relationship. Wether you are in a partnership or not, the practical and ancient knowledge presented will take all your reltionships with family, lovers and friends into new and deeper states of love and awareness. The syllabus includes some of the following topics: Making and sustaining magic for long term relationships Teachings from the Kama Sutra (postures, erogenous zones, techniques, principles of pleasure) Methods for enhancing virility and removing frigidity The specific tantric postures of lovemaking Oral sex and its tantric techniques Love vs. possessiveness Practicing presence & Offering Surrender Relationship Models Masculine and Feminine principles Nature of true Love