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Transformational Facilitator — Foundations Module
The Tantric Way Series
The Tantric Way Series combines timeless tantric wisdom and modern tools to support personal and spiritual development. The process is an intimate and powerful journey of body, heart and soul level work designed to create transformational shifts in awareness, awaken life force energy and clear the path to love and freedom.
You will transform your relationship with life by learning to cultivate authentic intimacy with yourself, your romantic and sexual partners, within groups and ultimately with the collective. In The Tantric Way Series, we create a container of trust in which you feel safe to express your authentic self, empowering you to strip off conditioned layers and reveal the essence of who you are.
By activating the essential self, you will liberate more life force energy. With this newly found spring of energy, you are empowered to release and purify emotional baggage stored in the body, shift self-limiting beliefs and awaken intuition and inner guidance. Thus build the self-confidence needed to live your authentic self. And, open to the magic of consciously manifesting your life.
As a result of activating a purifying your life force energies and increasing self-awareness, you will have the tools to realize the intention of tantra. To weave the individual self with the universal self. Stepping into true freedom; a moment-to-moment way of being.
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COURSE LOCATION
InanItah is an earth-based spiritual community and living and learning center co-founded by Gaia Ma. Located on the magical Isla de Ometepe in Nicaragua. For more information about InanItah visit the website.
The Tantric Opening
The Tantric Opening is an introduction to The Tantric Way Series, a carefully designed and spontaneous process of transformation and awakening.
Learn tools to transform your relationship with life by cultivating intimacy with yourself, deepen intimacy with romantic and sexual partners and create intimacy among co-creators and peers. Intimacy creates a container of trust in which you feel safe to strip off conditioned layers, revealing the essence of who you are.
In this safe container, you are empowered to step into true freedom; a moment-to-moment way of being. True intimacy gives you the tools to realize the intention of tantra: to weave the individual self with the universal self.
COURSE LOCATION: Inanitah, Isla de ometepe
“InanItah is a consciously created, earth-based spiritual community and transformational living and learning center co-founded by Gaia Ma and inspired by the path of freedom and aliveness.InanItah is situated between fire and water volcanoes, tucked against the hillside of Volcan Maderas on an incredibly biologically diverse 22 acres.”
The vision of InanItah is to raise spiritual and environmental consciousness and create space for individual and collective transformation.
REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP
$325 – Tuition Only
$225 – Early Registration Tuition Price ends August 1, 2019
Use the registration form on the right to begin the registration process.
Or contact Gaia directly.
Community Start-up & Design
••• 2 WEEK TRAINING IN ECO-SPIRIT COMMUNITY START-UP & DEVELOPMENT •••2 Week Eco-Spirit Community Start-up & Development Training
••• 6 MONTHS PROGRAM LEADER APPRENTICESHIP •••
A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
Want to start your Off-Grid Community ?
Dream about starting and Eco-Spirit Village ?
Passionate about creating a better future ?
Ready to Take Action & Turn your Vision into Reality ?
Then this 2-week training is for you !
WHERE
At Kali Land, On Isla de Ometepe Nicaragua. Kali Land is an Eco-Spirit Community Startup designed for Artists and Social Creatives which make a
More about Kali Land
Gaia Ma Founded Kali Land…
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Join us for an exploration of what an Eco-Spirit Community is, and what it takes to start one. Explore the steps, success factors, and common pitfalls in the process of creating community, and leave with skills, tools, and resources to turn your vision into reality.
An immersive learning journey into the life and design of Eco-Spirit Communities, one of them is Kali Land.
This is a unique journey into the life and design of Ecovillages, based on research and examples from communities around the world, and drawing on the experience of Gaia Ma, co-founder of InanItah and leader in the field.
The methodology for this course is both down to earth and practical as well as theoretical. Be prepared to …….. innovative, powerful, …….The intention is to empower you to co-create the community you want.
Come prepared to learn and engage deeply in participatory processes, innovative methodologies, and a taste of some tools used by Eco-Villages.
SCHEDULE & CURRICULUM
• Introduction to Kali Land as a Platform for Whole Systems community Design
• Whole System community Design Theory
• Key decisions for Ecovillage Founders
• Type 1 Errors
• How to get Started ? What are your resources ?
• From idea to community: Exploring roadmaps & milestones
• Leadership Ways – How to lead (Primal Leadership)
• Governance Structure
• The Dance of Power, Responsibility & Accountability
• Legal & Economics Models
• Decision-making – balancing power and responsibility
• Creating Culture
• Fostering Communication Skills
• Food
• Building
• Appropriate Technologies
• Conflict Resolution
• Cultivating Consciousness with Members
• Arts, Parties, Honoring Individuals
{ EXPERIENCE }
• Farm tour
• Hikes through stunning nature
• Morning yoga
• Sharing circles
• Community meals
• Cacao Ceremony & Ecstatic Dance
{ INVEST IN YOUR UTOPIAN FUTURE }
Investment: US$ 3000
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Community Leader Apprenticeship
••• 2 WEEK TRAINING IN COMMUNITY START-UP & DEVELOPMENT •••
••• 6 MONTHS PROGRAM LEADER APPRENTICESHIP •••
A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
Operate and Expand the Mission of a consciously created Earth-based Spiritual Community and Transformational Living & Learning Center inspired by the path of freedom and aliveness.
VISION
• Inspire Spiritual & Environmental Consciousness
• Create Space for Individual & Collective Transformation
• Live in Harmony with one another and the earth.
CHOOSE YOUR APPRENTICESHIP
• Permaculture & Land Management
• Organic Garden
• Local Foods Kitchen
• Visionary Admin
• Culture & Initiation
• PR & Marketing
• Social Responsibility
• Yoga & Movement Programming
WHERE
InanItah is a consciously created, earth-based spiritual community and transformational living and learning center inspired by the path of freedom and aliveness. The vision of the Fire Season at InanItah is to inspire spiritual and environmental consciousness and create space for individual and collective transformation while living in harmony with one another and the earth.
WHEN
Initial Training August 1st – 14th 2020
Apprenticeship August 15th 2020 – February 15th 2021
WHAT’S INCLUDED
• 2 Week Eco-Spirit Community Start-up & Development Training
• Continuous Individualized On-site & Online Mentorship from a team of experts
• Opportunity to Advance the Vision of InanItah Fire Season — Project Budgets Available by Application
• Introduction and emersion into InanItah Fire Season Systems, Culture & Traditions
• Community Living & Epic Volcano Views
• 3 Meals/Day on weekdays – Open community Kitchen on weekends
• Community Living & Epic Volcano Views
• 3 Meals/Day on weekdays – Open community Kitchen on weekends
• Experience Tantric Union with the Earth
• Potential to Earn Back your Apprenticeship Fee
WHAT’S DO WE ASK FROM YOU
• 6 Months Full-Time Commitment
• $5125 Payment Apprenticeship Fee
• Your Dedication, Willingness & Authenticity
SCHEDULE
WEEK 1-2 ::: INITIATION EXPERIENCE
• Introduction to Kali Land as a Platform for Pioneering Design Phase Projects
• Introduction to Kali Land as a Platform for Pioneering Design Phase Projects
• Whole System Community Design
• How to get started? What are your resources?
• Type 1 Errors to avoid
• Understanding Leadership Styles
• The Dance of Power, Responsibility & Accountability
• Community Governance Models
• Legal & Economics Structures
• Creating Community Culture
• Fostering Communication Skills
• Food
• Building
• Appropriate Technologies
• Conflict Resolution
• Cultivating Consciousness with Members
• Arts, Parties, Honoring Individuals
WEEK 3 ::: INTEGRATION FIRE SEASON
• Open InahItah Fire Season & Work Party Ceremony
• Initiation Week – Mentors Team Site
• Intro to InanItah Systems: Site Introduction
WEEK 4-28 :::
6 months of Thriving in your Assigned Leadership Role
INVEST IN YOUR UTOPIAN FUTURE
Initial Investment: US$ 5125
Potential Earnings: US$ 2100 & Affiliate Opportunities
Apply Now!
The Tantric Way Series
An intimate and powerful journey of body, heart, and soul level work that combines timeless tantric wisdom and modern tools to support personal and spiritual development. The process is designed to transform your relationship to life, awaken your life force energy and clear a path to love, freedom, and service.
Open to Intimacy
Transform your relationship to life. Step into a container where you feel safe and empowered to strip off conditioned layers and reveal the essence of who you are. Grow in your ability to cultivate intimacy with yourself, friends, romantic and sexual partners, and with life itself.
Heal Old Wounds
Shift self-limiting beliefs and release emotional baggage stored in the body to liberate life force energy. Tap into this new-found spring of energy to awaken intuition and inner guidance. Build the self-confidence you need to live your highest potential and open to the magic of manifesting your life.
ACTIVATE PRESENCE
Stepping into true freedom; a moment-to-moment way of being. Your increased self-awareness and purified your life force energies empower you to realize the intention of tantra. To weave the individual self with the universal self. Essentially becoming a puppet on spirits’ string..
The Tantric Way combines:
- Self-Inquiry
- Family Constellation
- Psycho-Drama
- Dance and Movement Therapy
- Breathwork
- Meditation
- Sexual Deconditioning
- Massage & Healing Touch
- Communication skills
- Spontaneous Ritual and Magic
COURSE LOCATION
InanItah is an earth-based spiritual community and living and learning center co-founded by Gaia Ma. Located on the magical Isla de Ometepe in Nicaragua. For more information about InanItah visit the website.
Transformational Facilitator Training
In the Transformational Facilitator Skills Training, you will develop skills to recognize and meet people just where they are at. A foundational principle of this work is that we can only dive as deep with others as we are willing to go with ourselves.
Our work together will be based in eastern, western, modern and ancient systems of body, mind & spirit integration. And, will include tools from The Tantric Way Series.
Together we will explore…
- Counseling Skill
- Theories of Systemic Constellations & Psychodrama
- Body language & body types
- Healing power of ecstatic states
- Conscious Sexuality
- Emotional & Trauma Release
- Breath-work
- Embodied Meditation Techniques such as OSHO Meditations and Dance Movement Therapies
- Integrated Eastern & Western Theories of Body, Mind
- Public Speaking
Course Facilitator: Gaia
Gaia is best described as raw, authentic and fiery. Her life’s passion is to serve the evolution of individual and collective potential. Gaia embodies aliveness and presence inspiring others to break through their conditioning to live more freely.
Gaia’w work with people is deeply intuitive. She combines wild compassion and keen presence. Gaia has facilitated self development groups internationally for nearly two decades. She is a certified Skydancing Tantra Teacher and Osho Therapist and has a degree in Gender & Sexuality Studies from New York University.
COURSE LOCATION
“InanItah is a consciously created, earth-based spiritual community and transformational living and learning center co-founded by Gaia Ma and inspired by the path of freedom and aliveness.InanItah is situated between fire and water volcanoes, tucked against the hillside of Volcan Maderas on an incredibly biologically diverse 22 acres.”
The vision of InanItah is to raise spiritual and environmental consciousness and create space for individual and collective transformation.
REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP
$450 – Tuition Only for the first 4 sign-ups
$550 – Registration Tuition Price
The cost of accommodation and meals ranges from $25-41/night depending on housing choice.
Registration by personal approval. Registration by personal approval. Use the registration form on the right to begin the registration process or contact Gaia directly.
The Tantric Opening
The Tantric Opening with Gaia Ma is an introduction to the Tantric Way Series, which is a carefully designed and spontaneous process of awakening. You will learn tools to transform your relationship with life by learning to cultivate intimacy with yourself, to deepen intimacy with your sexual partners, and to create intimacy among groups. Intimacy creates a container of trust in which you feel safe to strip off conditioned layers and reveal the essence of who you are. In this safe container, you are empowered to step into true freedom; a moment-to-moment way of being. True intimacy gives you the tools to realize the intention of tantra: to weave the individual self with the universal self.
This edition of the Tantric Opening includes six course sessions and a sunset cacao cruise at a secluded tropical beach on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua.
THE TANTRIC OPENING COMBINES PRACTICES OF:
• Self-Inquiry
• Systemic Constellation
• Dance and Movement Therapy
• Breathwork Meditation
• Sexual Deconditioning
• Massage & Healing Touch
• Communication skills
• Ritual and Magic
ABOUT GAIA MA:
Gaia is best described as raw, authentic and fiery. Her life’s passion is to serve the evolution of individual and collective potential. Through embodying aliveness and presence, Gaia inspires others to break through conditioning to find freedom.
Gaia skillfully integrates training in modalities such as Tantra, Yoga, Psychology, Systemic Constellation, Breath Therapy, and Trauma Healing, with her diverse life experience as a dancer, traveler, lover, business woman, builder and permaculturalist.
Gaia has developed multiple curriculums for personal transformation, most notably The Tantric Way Series, a three week intensive process of healing, transformation, and awakening. Gaia is renowned for her keen perception and presence as a transformational group process leader.
As a founder and co-director of InanItah, an impactful heart centered Ecovillage seed project on Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua, Gaia shares her passion for playful irreverence and persistent dedication.
“I love seeing the ripples your teachings create. You changed my life forever.”
-Megan Flamer, Corporate Marketing Consultant
ASSISTED BY NICK MEADOR
Nick Meador is a Tantric Way alum who assisted in the entire 3-week process in Dec 2016. Nick’s mission as a holistic facilitator is to empower and liberate people in a sustainable way. He synthesizes a variety of conscious communication and awareness systems into an innovative approach to healing and self-development. This ranges from the practical (Nonviolent Communication, or NVC) to the esoteric (shamanism).
Nick is an RYT-200 yoga instructor, Reiki II practitioner, life coach, pure cacao vendor, mindful entrepreneur, and digital nomad. He is the founder of Inner Waymark LLC, creating events, services, and media based on the idea that we can find meaning, purpose, and direction within. He also runs Soul Lift Cacao, selling organic single-source cacao paste, nibs, beans, and power bars; and Maya Eterna, with hand-made artisanal goods from Guatemala and Mexico. Nick is based in Detroit, MI.
RETREAT DETAILS
Arrival: 5:00pm Friday Aug 4
Departure: 5:30pm Sun Aug 6
Ronora Lodge & Retreat Center
Watervliet, MI
~All-inclusive retreat combines a cacao ceremony, vegetarian meals (1 Fri, 3 Sat, 2 Sun), and dorm lodging.
~Camping $20 extra
~Linen rental $15 extra
REGISTRATION INFO
$325 Early Bird rate if paid in full by June 9 (only 8 available)
$425 Advance rate rate from June 10 to July 7
$475 Full rate from July 8 to Aug 4 or when space fills
Deposit – $100 to secure your place on the retreat, with remainder due by the start of the course. And full amount must be paid by dates listed above to get one of those deals.
Register here: https://
Or to avoid Eventbrite fees, send payment via Venmo to @innerwaymark or contact course organizer Nick Meador at NMfacilitator@gmail.com for alternatives.
ABOUT RONORA
Ronora is nestled on 350 lovely, quiet acres in Southwestern Michigan for you to explore and enjoy. Their 210 acres of nature preserve include a secluded private lake, acres of woods, wildlife, pristine pastures and miles of nature trails.
Ronora is about 1.5 hours from Chicago and 2.5 hours from Detroit. We can help organize transportation from Chicago or Detroit if needed.
The Tantric Way Series
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“The course to end all courses.”
Katrin Heinla, Event Organizer
The Tantric Way Series is an intimate and powerful journey of body, heart and soul level work designed to awaken your life force energy and clear a path to love and freedom. This self-development workshop combines timeless tantric wisdom and modern tools to support personal and spiritual development.
OPEN TO INTIMACY
You will transform your relationship with life by learning to cultivate authentic intimacy with yourself, your romantic and sexual partners, within groups and ultimately with the collective. In The Tantric Way Series, we create a container of trust in which you feel safe to express your authentic self. As a result, you are empowered to strip off conditioned layers and reveal the essence of who you are.
HEAL OLD WOUNDS
By activating the essential self, you will liberate more life force energy. With this newly found spring of energy, you are empowered to release and purify emotional baggage stored in the body, shift self-limiting beliefs and awaken intuition and inner guidance. Therefore, build the self-confidence needed to live your authentic self. And, open to the magic of consciously manifesting your life.
ACTIVATE PRESENCE
As a result of activating a purifying your life force energies and increasing self-awareness, you will have the tools to realize the intention of tantra. To weave the individual self with the universal self. Stepping into true freedom; a moment-to-moment way of being.
The Tantric Way combines practices of:
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- Self-Inquiry
- Systemic Constellation
- Dance and Movement Therapy
- Neo-Reichian Breathwork
- Meditation
- Sexual Deconditioning
- Massage & Healing Touch
- Communication skills
- Ritual and Magic
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By engaging your whole being in the Tantric Way process, you will activate a shift in consciousness and experience a continuing transformation.
Further information on the individual cycles
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- Healing the Past – Self & Source: The Tantric Way, Cycle 1
- Connecting in the Present – Lover & Beloved: The Tantric Way, Cycle 2
- Visioning the Future – Community and Collective Consciousness: The Tantric Way, Cycle 3
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COURSE LOCATION
The Inner Peace Sanctuary is located in Tuscan, Italy. Further details about the retreat center are available here.