Upstate New York, September 22-28, 2025.
Shadow Tantrika: A week-long Deep Dive into Conscious Kink with by Seani Love and team
Our erotic shadow is often suppressed both personally and culturally. Our darker desires: to control or be controlled, to release something of our inner beast or slut; to live with wild sexual abandon and similar unrestrained impulses can bring with them levels of shame and confusion. There is a huge fear that if we explore these archetypal qualities we will become lost, out of control, shamed, disrespected, or somehow not an OK person.
And yet, these archetypes are rich sources of love, power and self-knowledge and bring with them powerful opportunities for healing, empowerment and personal growth. By exploring our erotic shadows, we are taking a beautiful magic candle into the more hidden recesses of our psyches, shining a light on our inner motivations and thus learning more about who we truly are.
In practical terms, Shadow Tantra is about combining conscious sexuality practices with mindfulness, Conscious Kink, neotantra, ritual and BDSM.
This event is an opportunity to consciously access some of our more challenging impulses and desires in facilitated exercises. To get a solid sense of the importance of boundaries, clear communication, working with energy, and in negotiating around the personal differences in level and types of activities people prefer.
We will start the journey with an embodied exploration of boundaries and consent allowing these to come from heart and body as much as from mind. Only once we are sure that all present are capable of expressing and asserting our boundaries, can we start to explore within the spheres of the erotic shadow using BDSM techniques.
Shadow Tantra offers opportunities for exploring the deepest recesses of the psyche, powerful tools of intimacy and connection as well as frivolous light-hearted fun (and everything in between!)
Facilitation Team:
Seani Love has been teaching erotic ritual techniques to clients, private groups, couples and workshops since 2010. A long-term explorer in this unique field, Seani received the prestigious industry award ‘Sex Worker of the Year’ in London in November 2015. His work combines ritual techniques, Conscious Kink, Neotantra, and many other disciplines. His sessions and workshops enable his clients to go on profound journeys into their inner worlds, helping them find power, wisdom, love, and pleasure within themselves.
The rest of the team will be announced shortly.
Practical Information
Dates: September 22, 2025 – September 28, 2025. We arrive on the evening of September 22 to check-in, ground, and optional casual gathering. Instruction begins in the morning of September 23rd.
Location: Upstate New York 30 Mins from Albany
Cost: Early – Shared Lodging – Double/Quad – $2195 // or if you get in early, you can book a single room – $2695
Contact: Please contact Elias at elias@eastcoastretreats.life with any questions you have about the training.
Are you ready to join us? Apply here
