When was the last time you felt completely free to express yourself and play as nobody is watching?
This in a a collaboration with my friend Chiara and we are excited to invite you to this evening event.
This workshop is a judgment-free zone to discover the joy of exploring, sensing and experiencing. Ritual cacao is used in many traditions as a way to (re)connect to our true self, the rawest part inside of us, which sees the play as an approach to discover the world around us. For this reason, we will start the workshop with a cacao ceremony, allowing this plant to activate our senses and awaken our feral instincts. Through guided meditation and exercises we will embody stillness and movement, switching between these two states and learning our own preferences. We will dive into the animal world to playfully explore polarities.
We will introduce rope as a playful tool to connect with each other, try out and enjoy the polarities such as; stillness and motion, fast and slow, soft and firm,... You will get an introduction of basic rope handling, to shibari, which allows you to use rope in your play.
The focus of the workshop is on non verbal communication, what type of connection do you create with your partner, and how to communicate emotions through rope in your play, enhanced by the combined work with cacao. This workshop is suitable for all skill levels. Even though you would be a frequent shibari practitioner this is a wonderful opportunity to explore body handling, transmitting intention through rope and working with different emotional tones and polarities in your play.
What to expect:
Connect with cacao to your true self, the rawest part inside you, which sees the play as an approach to discover the world around you
Activate your senses and awaken feral instincts
Embody polarities (stillness and movement, fast and slow, soft and firm etc.)
Learn your own preferences in partner interactions
open for solo registrations (you will be paired up in the event)
different experience levels welcome
possibility to explore both rope roles
Please feel free to arrive already by 18:45 to arrive, and change your clothes, so we can all start at 19:00. No entry after 19:00. We close the workshop at 22:30. Location: VANI, Gustav-Adolf-Straße 15, 13086 Berlin.
€30 incl. one cup of ritual cacao if paid until 5.10. Or €35 if you decide to pay at the door (if places are still available).
Covid19: 3G rule applies. Please bring proof of vaccination, recovery or negative test. Maximum 20 participants.
What to bring:
Comfortable clothing
Water bottle
Proof of vaccination, recovery or negative test (3G rule).
About the facilitators:
Chiara: I´m passionate about movement, dance, sensuality, cacao and nature. I have a degree in Marketing, plus a traineeship in Conscious Sensuality and one in Lomi Lomi Massage. Since 2016 I´ve been including cacao into my spiritual practices and later completed a Cacao Training. I organize conscious events and rituals in Berlin and I´m happy to help people to connect with themselves and others.
Kata: As long as I remember, I’ve been fascinated by intense experiences which are catching the attention of body and mind. I love to explore the crossroad of joy and shadow. Currently I work a lot with rope, which is a tool to connect and communicate with another person in a deep and intimate way. I'm a Certified Integral Facilitator, MSc and I have over 7 years of personal studies about intimacy and sexuality. Today I create experiences for individuals and groups, including performances, workshops and private rope sessions.
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In case you have any questions please reach out to Kata by mail.