Tantra Retreats | Sacred Sexuality and Spiritual Development

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Perhaps there’s nothing fuzzier in the “retreats world” than a Tantra retreat. Tantra consists of an enormous field of topics — religious, spiritual, philosophical, psychological, physical, and somatic — not to talk about differences in typology of Tantra like White, Red, Dark, and Black Tantra, or Left-Hand and Right-Hand Tantra, and the various Tantric lineages.

In fact, it really is a kind of Tantric jungle out there. For instance, you will find Tantra Yoga, Womb Whispering, Lingam Honoring, Yoni Egg Yoga, Orgasmic Bliss, Tantra Philosophy, and Tantric Sex retreats, in addition to Couples, Intimacy, Dance, Full Moon, Conscious Touch, and Darkness retreats, or Sacred Sexuality, Kashmiri Tantra, Tantric Breathwork, Kundalini Awakening, Goddess Worshiping, Yoni Mapping, Tantra Massage, Tantric Alchemy, Shamanic Rituals, Multi-Orgasm, Divine Union, Tantric Eye-Gazing, and Tantra Meditation retreats, among many other types; and more often than not, the retreats have a tendency to blend together just about all the topics just mentioned.

Tantra retreats can take a weekend, week, two or three weeks, a month, it all depends; they are usually expensive, and they’re typically organized in quiet, excluded, exotic, or rustic places, with preferably lots of Nature around you.

What you get out of it, is basically what you put in it, and, of course, you have authentic trainers knowing the topic they’re teaching well, but sometimes also those who think or pretend to really transfer some valuable “secret-sacred” knowledge and practice, but only superficially know what they’re doing or talking about.

Certainly, there are well-defined Tantric retreats that focus deeply on just one or a few topics, and where you will actually learn something tangible, like, for instance, Tantra Massage, Tantra Yoga, or Tantric Breathwork. By contrast, even with the fully stuffed Tantra retreats you will of course meet people, exchange ideas, have “some” learning experience and adventure, maybe simply having a good time, perhaps even taking something of it with you that can make a valuable change in your life.

But, to make a long and rather complicated story short, the message is not to take the phrase “Tantra Retreat” for granted. It can actually mean anything; therefore, it’s important to meticulously scrutinize the offerings, compare different retreats, try to first understand what Tantra and Neo-Tantra are, what you actually need or want, and what kinds of Tantric modalities exist, before you fall for the first bling-bling retreat advertisement that appears in the Google Search Engine or on Book-a-Retreat websites.

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