Tantra Tango – the magic of connection

A meeting from the heart

Step into the marriage of tantra and tango! Deepen your tango by letting your dance originate from your core. The Tantra and the Tango both invite you to move from a connection with the heart. Come celebrate life; experience the magic of Tantra Tango!

This week “The magic of connection” is a journey of discovery in which you will be immersed in tantra, tango, movement and meditation under the expert guidance of Tantra Tango teacher Franc Duking and yoga teacher, tango enthusiast and coach Jeannine de Klerk.
Sadhaka takes care of the rest: peace, space, freedom, nature, good vegetarian food, sauna, natural swimming pond. You will have a wonderfully active and in-depth holiday!

What is Tantra Tango?

The practice of tantra and tango mutually reinforce each other. A lot tantric principles you can experience physically in learning the tango. Like resting in presence, the play of intention and surrender, welcoming your whole experience into the moment, the deepening of balance and grounding. Playing with connection, sensuality, polarity and energy. Shakti dancing on the lap of Shiva…..

A week of Tantra Tango is therefore learning the Argentine tango from the qualities that are also central to tantra. Practicing over and over again to stay present with your attention gives tango dancing for example a meditative aspect. What does it take to be present? What does it take for you to stay present with yourself while connecting with a partner?
We also work on your body awareness and the congruence between head, heart and hara; to the coordination between thinking, feeling and being. This way you learn to move in a more clear and unambiguous manner.

The game of leading and following

The central theme in tango is the interaction between leading and following. Leading is about embodying your masculine energy with clear intent. What does it take to lead without being too dominant, without pushing or being too hesitant? Following from your feminine energy is dancing in active surrender. What does it take to follow, to fully receive your leader but at the same time remain in your creative power?

We are playing with the masculine and feminine energy in everyone this week. Are you more of a leader or a follower, or do you enjoy both roles equally? It can be very enriching to taste both aspects in yourself; it may also be that you want to investigate just one of the roles. You are free to follow your own choice in this. Playing with the polarity and energy in this way can also let you experience how you can deepen your relationship.

Tantra in this week?

Tantric techniques that can be used include exercises in presence, inquiries, breathing techniques, inner flute, attentive touch, playing with the male and female energy, massage, feeling and indicating boundaries, magnifying polarity, circulating energy within yourself and with your partner, meditation.

Further inspirations: contact improvisation, yoga, Wheel of Consent, body scan, Osho active meditations, tantric dance. In this training we work with clothes on.
Because Tantra tango comes directly from the body, everyone is challenged in their own deepest desires and qualities by this dance. Exploring tantra and tango is therefore something that can improve your entire quality of life. This summer week is of course also just great fun, full of humor and relaxation.

For whom?

This week is especially intended for people with some experience in Argentine Tango who want to experience more magic and depth in their dance.
Have you already done a weekend or a week of tango with Franc? Or a season of beginner lessons at another Argentine Tango school? If you have mastered walking together and dancing ochos backwards in your tango, then this week is for you! The week is also suitable for more advanced dancers who want to deepen their connection, their freedom and their playfulness.

Come alone or with a partner. We aim for a reasonably balance between men and women in this week. There is space for 24 participants. You don’t have any tango experience yet? Then the Mindful Tango and Tantra massage week is for you!

The program

Arrive Sunday August 13 between 4 and 7 pm, settle down, dinner and welcome at 7 pm, in the evening will be the Sadhaka name game and chilling by the campfire.

10.00 – 12.30 Morning workshop Tantra tango (5 mornings)
15.30 – 18.00 Afternoon workshop Tantra tango (4 afternoons)
21.00 – 22.00 Various evening activities (organized by Sadhaka, optional)

Saturday August 19, departure after breakfast before 10:00 am, or you can enjoy the quiet of Sadhaka for another week or another course week.