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SUMMARY:Dyad Date Nights: Sacred Relating Evenings for Couples
DESCRIPTION:Transform your weekly date night into a sacred journey of discovery and connection in Wakefield Quebec\, 30 minutes from Ottawa\, or attend Online!\nJoin us for these Dyad Date Nights\, intended as sacred evenings that will bring vibrancy and aliveness to your relationships.\nWe’ve created these evenings as ‘Date Nights’ recognizing the longing many of us have for healthy\, fun\, invigorated\, fresh ways of connecting and enjoying each other\, while consciously growing as individuals and partners.\nCelebrate the gift of your connection\, nurture the depths of your intimacy\, and amplify the joy of your partnership in a sacred\, inspiring space. \nDyad Date Nights is suited for new partnerships and for those who have been together for years…all couples are welcome!\n\nWhat Makes Dyad Date Nights Special?\nGuided by Tiffany and Alexander who bring over two decades of lived experience and extensive study in Tantra\, Yoga\, Meditation\, Ayurveda\, and Sacred Relating + Coaching\, these evenings will create a container where love can naturally fortify and partnership can be strengthened. Through their unique blend of ancient wisdom teachings and modern relationship methods\, you’ll develop enhanced relational awareness and leave each week with tangible practices that can help to reveal the sacredness\, joy and celebration available to each of us in our partnerships. \n\nThis Series Offers Your Couple the Opportunity to:\nEnliven Your Spark: Nourish and Kindle the love that has brought you together. \nCultivate Deeper Understanding: Strengthen your connection by getting to know your partner in new\, unimagined ways. \nEnhance Intimacy: Explore meaningful ways to nurture closeness and intimate connection. \nLearn Playful & Embodied Practices: Infuse your relationship with fun\, spontaneity\, and shared discovery in and through the body. \nGo Beyond the Rote: Bring freshness to the places of stagnation and old patterns that might be tiring your relationship. \nStrengthen Magnetism & Romance: Invest in keeping your attraction and chemistry alive and well. \nGrow Together: Find shared meaning and depth in new practices and sacred rituals that will expand your inner and shared horizons. \n\nYou will experience…\nDyad Presence Practices: Heart-centered Communication & Authentic Relating tools that can help to heal past communication breakdowns and bring new emergent ways to hear and see each other. \nPartner Yoga & Meditations: Share moments of co-support\, movement\, stillness and introspection\, experiencing the blessing of being fully present together. \nPlayful Fun: Engage in light-hearted\, dynamic activities that are designed to awaken and free up your shared joy of being and to renew your playful connection. \nBreathwork & Energetic Enlivening: Discover how the power of breath and pranayama practices can wake up energy\, refresh life force and bring you back to life. \nLoving Touch: Learn nurturing touch techniques and gentle tantric approaches to deepen physical\, emotional\, sexual and sensual intimacy. \nDance & Embodiment: Move together in new\, explorative ways that will encourage expression\, freedom\, connection and affection. \nSacred Rituals: Discover rites and rituals that will immerse you in appreciation for your shared lives and will infuse rich meaning into your moments together. \nTake-home Integrations: Discover Practices that will build upon each other\, that can be applied within your shared lives progressively\, leading to lasting inspiration and applicability. \n  \nThe Flow of the Date Nights:\n7:00-7:30 pm: Opening circle and Theme Intro \n7:30-8:30 pm: Practice explorations in Couples \n8:45-9:00 pm: Reflections\, Sharing\, Tea & Integrations \n\n  \nThe Schedule for the Evenings:\nPresence (Hridayam) – February 12\, 2025: Discover the sacred art of being fully present with your beloved. Through heart-centered practices\, learn to attune deeply to the moment\, with yourself\, and your partner. \nFriendship (Maitreyi) – February 19\, 2025: Explore the foundation of sacred partnership – true friendship and compassion. Deepen your capacity for sincere sharing\, playful connection\, unconditional holding\, and mutual care. \n[Skipping February 26\, 2025] \nPolarity (Hatha) – March 5\, 2025: Experience the dynamic dance of masculine and feminine energies. Learn to honor and celebrate the natural magnetism that can exist and be replenished day to day within your partnership. \nWonderment (Adbhuta) – March 12\, 2025: Rekindle the flame of curiosity and awe in your relationship. Discover practices that invite fresh perspectives and keep your connection vibrant and alive\, and open to seeing your partner anew. \nTrust (Sraddha) – March 19\, 2025: Take steps towards creating an unshakeable foundation of safety and faith in the space of your coupledom. Deepen your capacity to fully trust and be trusted. \nDevotion (Bhakti) – March 26\, 2025: Open to the transformative power of devotional love. Learn sacred practices and rituals that celebrate the divine gift of your partnership and nurture deep gratefulness for the blessed opportunity to be together. \nPlay (Lila) – April 2\, 2025: Embrace the divine play of relationship. Through movement\, laughter\, and spontaneity\, rediscover the joy that naturally arises when hearts meet in innocence and freedom. \nRomanticism (Sringara) – April 9\, 2025: Explore the art of keeping romance alive and well. Uncover new explorative ways for kindling and sustaining the sacred awareness of deep appreciation. \nAliveness (Spanda) – April 23\, 2025: Enliven the natural vibrancy of both your own and your partner’s life force. Discover how to wake up the full aliveness and vigor that can nourish\, heal and uplift both of you profoundly. \nPleasure (Kama) – April 30\, 2025: Learn the sacred art of conscious pleasure and lovemaking. Explore how to enhance sensual awareness\, energetic connection and discover new horizons in your intimacy. \nBliss (Ananda) – May 7\, 2025: Touch the depths of joy that are available to us together and apart. Experience practices that open the gates to profound states of shared happiness and contentment. \nDivine Love (Prem) – May 14\, 2025: Culminate our journey by exploring the ultimate gift of partnership – Divine Love. Be inspired to keep your heart available and open throughout all the seasons and tides of relationship. \n\nA Note on Our Approach to Tantra:\nIn drawing from Traditional Tantric wisdom\, our practice focuses on heart-centered connection and beautiful tools for safe\, sacred intimacy. All exercises in our date nights are fully clothed and appropriate for a group setting\, emphasizing emotional intimacy\, choice based on your comfort and conscious communication. \n\nJoin us for this 12 week series or drop-in for your selected Date Evenings\nDetails: \nDates: February 12 – May 7 (12 weeks\, skipping February 26) \nTime: Wednesdays\, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM \nLocation: Vichara Yoga Shala or Online \nFull Series: $500 per couple – Limited to 10 couples to ensure an intimate and supportive environment. \nSingle Date: $60 per couple – Limited to 10 couples to ensure an intimate and supportive environment. \n 
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SUMMARY:Awaken the Heart: A Bhakti Retreat in Tulum\, Mexico
DESCRIPTION:Awaken The Heart: A Bhakti Retreat in Tulum\, Mexico\nEnliven your Heart and invigorate your Spark for Life amidst the stunning natural beauty of the Mayan Riviera!\nCome\, deeply immerse yourself in this potent jungle land\, at Casa Arkaana Eco-retreat\, where we will gather to chant\, sing\, dance\, honor\, play and invoke the sacred energies of the Vedic gods and goddesses through the practices of Kirtan\, Bhajan\, Puja\, Yoga\, Meditation & Ayurveda. \nFrom Feb. 24-Mar. 2 2025\, we will be united in the pathway of Bhakti\, in order to come into greater self-knowing and alignment with nature\, life and the Divine.  Guided by Tiffany and Sraddha — both passionate bhaktas\, teachers\, and students of life — this Retreat offers an invitation to step into your heart’s truest essence through these deeply sacred and profound practices.  \nCasa Arkaana embodies sustainable living and eco-beauty through permaculture design\, off-grid energy\, and a commitment to supporting the local community. The Casa Arkaana staff will serve us delicious plant-based and gluten-free meals within the company of our community of kindred souls.  \nEach day will begin with a collective Puja Ritual\, followed by richly heart-inspired Yoga & Meditation Sadhana\, as well as the delight and bliss of Kirtan.  Each day will also include powerful\, targeted practices and inspired talks focused on deepening self-awareness and union with Truth. Our evenings will conclude with the gifts of Kirtan\, Vedic Storytelling\, Fireside Mantra & Nidra Yoga. \nIn addition to our time on the retreat grounds\, you’ll be invited on special day trips to explore the pristine Mayan Riviera beaches for swimming and snorkeling\, and to discover the mystical crystalline cenotes for cleansing dips. We will deeply immerse ourselves in the beauty of this powerfully healing land.  Casa Arakaana also offers authentic Temazcal ceremonies\, which will provide a traditional Mayan healing experience to cleanse and rejuvenate us to connect more deeply with earth\, spirit and our inner resource of silence. \nDuring this Bhakti Retreat\, we’ll also be celebrating Maha Shivaratri on February 26th. Maha Shivaratri is a night of transcendence\, divine union\, and inner stillness. It is a powerful time to honor Lord Shiva with Mantra Chanting\, Meditation\, and Silence\, and we will do so together under the New Moon Sky. \nWhether you’re a seasoned practitioner or new to the pathway of Bhakti & Yoga\, this retreat has been curated as your opportunity to rekindle your connection to the Divine within and to nourish the depths of your Heart.  \n \n  \nDAYS WILL INCLUDE: \n\nKirtan & sacred song\nPuja & devotional rites\nYoga + Meditation\nHeart-inspiring talks\nCenote & Oceanic swims\nJungle & Plant immersion\nOrganic healing cuisine\nEco-lux accomodations\nTemazcal ceremonies\n\n  \nDAILY SCHEDULE: \n\n6:45 am – Puja\n7:00 am – Morning Sadhana\n9:00 am – Breakfast\n10:00 am – Satsang Talks & Kirtan\n12 pm – Contemplative Time \n1:00 pm – Lunch\n2:00 pm – Excursions/Activities/Kirtan/Yoga\n7:00 pm – Dinner\n8:00 pm – Evening Satsang \n\n  \nYOUR RETREAT HOSTS: \n Caroline Śraddhā Monette’s journey to kirtan began in 2007 on a transformative trip to Australia\, where she first experienced the deeply healing and energizing effects of mantra chanting. Captivated by the powerful connection that kirtan creates\, Śraddhā embraced the practice as a way to uplift and unite communities. Since then\, she has immersed herself in the study of Sanskrit\, mantra\, yoga\, and meditation\, which has shaped her approach as a facilitator. Whether leading kirtan at festivals\, retreats\, or intimate gatherings\, her unique voice and grounded energy create a space where participants can liberate\, uplift\, and connect. \n  \nTiffany is an International Teacher of the Heart\, an Ayurvedic Practitioner\, and the founder of Vichara Yoga & RASA Ayurveda. She is especially known for bringing clarity\, joyful energy and aspiration for revealing truth into each of her seamless offerings of Yoga\, Meditation\, Ayurveda & Tantra. The teachings that pour through her are a direct expression of her visibly open heart\, coupled with a depth of presence. At present\, Tiffany lives in the forested hills of Quebec\, where she teaches at her Vichara Yoga Shala\, and offers Ayurvedic Consultations in her cozy clinic and online. She also continues to travel worldwide offering Retreats\, Trainings and Immersions. \n  \n  \nGET TO KNOW THE BEAUTIFUL CASA ARKAANA… \n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\n  \n  \nLimited Spots are available – Register Now!
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