As a different way of engaging with other men, tantra has become increasingly popular. Experienced facilitators Andy Butterfield and Neo Elder offer a brand new course called Intelligent Tantra especially designed for gay-bi-queer men.
Why 'intelligent'?
There’s something smart about engaging with sexual energy in a workshop environment. It provides an opportunity to connect your erotic life more consciously to the rest of your life, leading to heightened erotic pleasure, increased appreciation for other aspects of your life, and a deepened sense of integration.
The course takes place in Covent Garden on the 23rd February and 22nd March. For more details contact andybutterfield@yoganu.co.uk or neo@neoelder.com.
THE APPROACH
Our approach seeks to honour and engage with the astounding and varied worlds that make you up. We will explore the beautiful heart of tantra along with its wild, exciting edges. A gentle yet powerful invitation to strengthen your engagement with your heart, your sexuality, your soul, your mind. It is an invitation to loiter at the fruitful cusp of your comfort zone, to extend your range of earthly delights, as well as to savour more richly the pleasures of your favourite comforts.
We work with the inherent wisdom and intelligence of the tantra archetype. Experiential, embodied practice through touch, movement and expression is accompanied by guided reflective spaces to help you re-empower your everyday world, to join sense with sensuality. Let us help you weave the extra- ordinary into your ordinary; the blessing of your lingam, the ocean of your heart, the heart of your passion, the passion of your soul, the wisdom of Eros.
Playful, sexy, heartfelt, creative and insightful, our fresh approach gently and juicily invites us to courageously honour and wholeheartedly delight in our amazing erotic soul. When we do, life can open up for us to become more empowered, mindful, realised.
"Our bodies no ordinary fusions be
But sacred singularities of beauty
Ablaze
And crafted from unimaginable stars"
from the poem 'Regeneration’ by Neo Elder
THE FACILITATORS
ANDY BUTTERFIELD has practiced tantra yoga for 15 years and taught for nearly 7. He’s also an experienced bodyworker and folds shiatsu, reiki and meditation into his teaching to help his students tap into the great intelligence, power and creativity of the body. Tantra teaches us how to witness the light and beauty in another and so reveal it in ourselves. We begin to move more easily towards the goal of self knowledge and self love. Andy is passionate about creating community and holding a safe, relaxed and meaningful space for gay-bi-queer men to meet and explore intimacy, connection and joy. He has taught many retreats and workshops around the world and is based in London and Brighton, UK.
NEO ELDER (formerly Gary Hampson) led empowerment and creativity workshops for gay men in the eighties and nineties across the UK. Following Sacred Intimate and other Body Electric trainings in California and Europe, Neo pioneered the running of tantra workshops for gay men in the UK – The Sensual World series – assisted by Andy Saich. Following his emigration to Australia, he did a PhD and became an academic in big picture thinking. He has qualifications and training in various forms of bodywork, Psychosynthesis, and Structural Dynamics. He is also a poet, musician, and student of the spiritual path of Ridwhan.
THE COURSE
The course consists of four modules across two days:
Day One:
1. Tantra Constellation – Meet, greet and embody the archetype of tantra as it uniquely manifests through you and other men; experience the wondrous alchemy of sex, heart and spirit.
2. Tantra Empowerment – Mutually explore the contours of your erotic body; discover connections between ecstatic eros and your everyday life.
Day Two:
3. Tantric Edging – Deepen your personal engagement with heartful, erotic intimacy between your full self and that of other men, in the workshop and in your life.
4. Tantric Sexmap – Experience the collective excitement of creatively engaging with the panorama of your sexual identity, your sexual being and becoming.
LOGISTICS
Neals Yard Meeting Rooms, Covent Garden, London
23 February and 22 March 2020
Please arrive between 9.30 and 9.45am; end times will be between 5 and 5.15pm; please bring lunch to share for our break at 1-2pm
£155 for the first 8 bookings
£185 for the two day course
£115 for a single day
We will be naked for much of the course. The exploration of erotic energy is held within a safe, confidential, respectful space. You are encouraged to take responsibility for your boundaries and to work and play within these. Speech and touch are guided by mutual respect and consent.
For questions, please contact:
neo@neoelder.com or andybutterfield@yoganu.co.uk