Retreats

Vipassana Retreats

Vipassana is a way of self-transformation through self-observation. It is this observation-based, self-exploratory journey to the common root of mind and body that prepare the ground for a balanced mind, full of love and compassion for self and other.

Experience an intense practice of self-discovery and observation, on a 3-, 5- or 7-day Vipassana Silent Meditation Retreat.

Attending a Vipassana course requires discipline and commitment. Participants are asked to refrain from speaking, killing, stealing, any sexual activity, dishonesty, and intoxicating substances for the duration of the retreat. The purpose of this code of conduct is to quiet the mind so participants can experience the benefits of silent meditation. All electronics, books, and writing utensils are "checked at the door." The teacher may permit you to keep a journal during the retreat.

Private Retreats for Men

For individuals or couples, from two nights & one full day up to two weeks of personally arranged programing at Dancing Shiva Tantra Monastery, dedicated to various topics of choice: silence, yoga & meditation, tantric/erotic coaching, sacred sexuality, self exploration, spiritual practices and land based living.

Let us know if you are interested or would like to have a conversation regarding our private retreats. 

Cleansing Retreats

These retreats are available for all types of purification: physical, mental, spiritual and erotic.  To reach full vitality we need to remove some of the obstacles to our innate biology, which supports our emotional mental and spiritual health as well. Our food and environment have pesticides, herbicides and toxins that are burdening our body system’s ability to heal.

Our body wants to heal and has the intelligence to do it. By providing clean air, food, water and energy, we begin the process of cleansing.

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These week-long retreats will be informed and facilitated by Dr. Monique Mazza, our on-site Naturopathic Physician.

Private consultations and in-depth preparation is required prior to any type of Cleansing Retreat.  

The next retreats are scheduled for April and October, 2025.

Private Retreats for Women

Individually designed retreats for women, guided by one of our teachers, Mana Vermeulen-McLeod. 

Personally arranged time at Dancing Shiva dedicated to: silence, meditation, walks in the forest, practices recommended by Mana and Swami Ravi, working in the garden, cooking and more, that are uniquely designed to nourish you.

Private Eco-Erotic Retreats

“Nature is the supreme teacher of spiritual sovereignty.” 

Eco-eroticism is the practice of combining your love of nature with your personal sense of erotic attraction - to beauty, to movement, to mystery, to the source of life itself.

It is our pleasure to invite you on a guided exploration of your own desires, and how they can take you more deeply into connection with yourself, others and nature. Through the practice of eco-eroticism, you can gain an increased sense of intuition, clarity, self-awareness and a deeply felt sense of the inherent harmony of the universe.

Please join us for a one day personal eco-erotic retreat led by one of our experiences facilitators.