Intimacy & Eros (that isn’t sex)
Dear ones-
I took a workshop last week that was edgy for me–it asked me to drop my shame around sexuality. Through the experience I witnessed the essence of eros at the root of all creation. On my way home from the workshop I listened to an Aubrey Marcus podcast with Dr. Marc Gafni that helped me refine a bit of what I was given: Sex cannot actually bear the full weight of such an incredible erotic energy. And, the basis of eros is intimacy–an ecstatic interplay of our energies within and between each other. To fully experience the fully divine force of eros we benefit from larger and more diverse containers than just sex. We need containers that support intimacy within ourselves, with each other, and in relation to divinity.
I have felt the eros within the BraveSpace container and have been thus far unwilling to speak to it; I’ve been afraid to name it. So here’s a coming out–BraveSpace is at least as intimate as most sexual experiences, and often more so. Moving together produces an incredible interplay of energies. BraveSpace is a container for eros–our divine sexuality–and yet it clearly and simply isn’t sex. The energy circulates through other ways of relating. I believe moving energy in this way also facilitates a great sovereignty…one I haven’t necessarily learned to hold sexually but that comes quite naturally to me as a dancer.
Below is a short video sharing the experience of BraveSpace. I hope it offers a window, and might incite you to join us. The early-bird price of $375 for the May 6th-8th BraveSpace retreat expires this Sunday; thereafter it is $500. Learn more here, or apply now via this link. Once you apply the next step will be to find a time for us to speak and answer any questions you may have–your application does not obligate participation.
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