Summer in the Hudson Valley! Menla is a hidden oasis set in a secluded valley beside an enchanting stream in the heart of the Catskill mountains. A truly unique venue and a project of the Dalai Lama’s cultural center in North America, Menla is surrounded by thousands of acres of unspoiled wilderness. This is the setting for us to dive into our roots and contemplate the possibility of our own transformation, death, and re-birth. Our sexuality touches the root of our origin, the root of our family, and the root of our life force. We’ll enter a five-day journey to map the depths of these roots and learn more about the core of who we are.
Arrival will be on the 17th of July between 3 and 4pm, the work begins after check-in and finishes around 1pm on the 22nd of July . The fee include the five-day course, accommodation for four nights and three lovingly prepared vegetarian meals per day
Economy room (triple or quad) $1799
Simple Double Room $2199 (shared with one other person of the same gender)
Simple Single Room $2699
Couples Room $2599 per person (In a creekside cabin shared with one other room)
Cabin Single $3,299 in a semi-private cabin shared with one other room.
MORE ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
The Intensive is a residential five-day program which offers different ways of liberating blocked or repressed sexual energy. When sexual energy flows, life flows, affecting not only our sexuality but our over-all health and happiness.
We will explore our relationship with our bodies, our sexuality, with our inner the masculine and feminine and the repercussions that those relationships bring about in the relationships we have in the outer world.
It will function like a diagnostic. It’s a chance to really look deeply and get an honest assessment of where you are. We use the energy of the group, dynamic meditations, yoga, and movement to bring us a unique experience in which we have the possibility of becoming more present, more embodied and more honest with ourselves.
From this point of honesty we begin to realize that it is in fact, us who are creating the discord in our relationships and our life in general. Once we take responsibility, become the authors of our experience and can begin to take charge of our lives.
SAMPLE SCHEDULE
(This is a general idea, but the times may change)
7:00 – 8:00 Dynamic Meditation
8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast
9:30 – 12:30 Morning Session and Yoga
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 5:00 Afternoon session
5:00 – 6:00 Active Meditation
6:00 – 7:00 Dinner
7:00 – 10:00 Evening session
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
The hours are intense. During the duration of the course you will spend most of your waking time inside the hall, doing the work. We use the time to immerse fully and highly recommend unplugging as much as possible from the outside world. We use this retreat as a ‘restart’ button, pulling us completely out of our normal daily life so that we can dive deeply into ourselves.
This workshop respects boundaries. There will be no nudity and nothing sexually explicit. That being said, we will be working with this energy, so we will do some partner work and sensuality will be provoked, as will playfulness and spontaneity.
There is only ONE space left in the double accommodation and its for a woman.
