Tantric Awakening Festival

14-15 juni 2025, Odessa Amsterdam

Tantra…

What does reading this word trigger in you? Curiosity? Tension? Love? Excitement?

Are you curious and a bit nervous at the same time?
Does it trigger a longing to experience (again) the magic of tantra – in various flavours and colours, at a place where you feel comfortable, around like-minded people?

Please feel welcome to join us at the Tantric Awakening festival!

Tantric Awakening is a small-scale tantra festival where you can explore and experience what tantra can be for you. In a safe and playful way, in the intimate setting of Odessa Amsterdam.
At this festival, you will be invited to open up to new experiences.

You will be invited to awaken the full potential within yourself. The potential to feel, to connect, to breathe, to dance, to play, and to love with full awareness.

The Tantric Awakening Festival offers a menu of workshops that may help you to discover what you really want. To discover what fits you and what doesn’t. To find alternatives to patterns and limiting beliefs where you may be stuck, even without knowing. To enjoy your playfulness and curiosity. ‘

To enjoy relaxing in your own body and relaxing in connections with others, who may be longing for the same. Or to simply enjoy.
The Tantric Awakening festival is suitable for all levels, from newbies to experienced tantrica’s!

The meaning of tantra & our vision

The essence of Tantra is to fully embrace all aspects of life. Behind that simple sentence lies a world of ancient wisdom, passed through from generation to generation, from teacher to pupil. Tantra is about getting wisdom through experience, not through learning in theory.

The classical tantra has its source in three different religions, distinct from these sources by one ideal: it should be open for everyone (not just for monks) and be possible to integrate into your daily life. This is still suitable for us, after many ages!

Typical tantric elements that help us (normal people) to experience life to its full potential are: body awareness, meditation, awareness of the energy system (chakras), mantras, and rituals.

These elements can help us to deeper connect to ourselves, to others, and to the whole.

Tantra does not deny, judge, or block anything in ourselves. Anger, sadness, love, vulnerability. All are welcome. We are invited to observe it, to accept it, to enjoy it.

Sometimes, the element of connecting deeper to our body and that of others are being misused, unfortunately. What is called tantra is sometimes far away from its original meaning. This has created misconceptions about tantra, which is not only harmful to the people involved, but also to people who are, guided by misconceptions, and decide not to open up to the potential of tantra.

With tantric awakening, we do not pretend to have all the wisdom about what tantra is and what it is not.
However, we have the intention to be aligned with the essence of tantra, while creating a safe environment for everyone.
We only invite facilitators that are aligned with this essence as well.
We use clear guidelines and agreements.

In this way, we wish to enable you to awaken to the potential of tantra, and to give you the tools to explore more of your tantra, by finding suitable teachers, or, at your choice, to just enjoy what is being offered to you.

*** Who should attend? ***
– Suitable for singles and couples
– Suitable for all levels
– Safe environment, clear guidelines, clothes will remain on
– Workshops will be given in English (unless everyone is Dutch)

Practical

*** Location: Odessa Amsterdam ****
The festival will take place at the urban paradise Odessa, with excellent locations for the workshops and relaxation during the breaks. Odessa is a conscious vegan art ship where city and nature are intertwined, a platform for conscious events and communities.

The location, surrounded by (swimming) water, will give an extra juicy vibe to the festival and includes a Spa deck with a sauna. This offers possibilities to enjoy and relax between and after the workshops in all types of weather.

*** Vegan Food ***
Our vegan cook Flora Inghels will prepare lunch and dinner. This food is not only healthy and delicious but it is also prepared with love and care and with organic and seasonal ingredients that will support you to fully enjoy the festival.

A vegan food package (2 lunches and 2 dinners) is an optional part of the festival, which gives you the full experience and ability to enjoy and relax during the lunch and dinner breaks.

***Festival Program***
More details about the program will be revealed as the event data draws in closer.

Location: Odessa, Veemkade 259, Amsterdam

Time: 10:00-19:00

Saturday 10.00 to 19.00 (followed by Ecstatic Dance, which is included in the tickets)

Sunday 10.00 to 19.00 (followed by Ecstatic Dance, which is included in the tickets)

EXTRA INFORMATION

Parking tip: Zeeburg P+R (in combination with roundtrip tram).

For questions:
eigentijdsnl@gmail.com (for practical information),
info@leeftantra.nl (for information about tantra, the program, and facilitators)

How to attend

We have shiva (men) and shakti (women) tickets to get a balance in male and female energy. If you don’t identify yourself as a man or woman, you are welcome to choose either a shakti or a shiva ticket.

We recommend a ticket including the vegan food package, which gives you the full experience and the ability to enjoy and relax during the lunch and dinner breaks.

You may also opt for bringing your own meals and get a ticket without food.

***Ticket price:

Early Bird with food: 189,-
Early Bird without food: 145,-
(there is a limited number of 16 early bird tickets available).

Regular ticket with food: 209,-
Regular ticket without food: 165,-
(There is a limited number of 16 regular tickets available).

Late ticket with food: 229,-
Late ticket without food: 185,-

Vegan meal package (2 * lunch and 2 * diner for 1 person): 50,-

Book your ticket via this link

Program

To be announced later

More info about the workshops & facilitators

Desires & Boundaries by Joris van der Geest

In this workshop, you will be invited to explore your desires and boundaries inside yourselve with short practices that help you to slow down, to actual feel and to express what you feel.
You will practise in saying NO and in saying a FULL YES and to repsect each others boundaries. You may experience that this can be fun and it helps to make any connection more clear, more conscious, lighter as well as deeper. This workshop helps to provide a safe space for the full festival.

Joris is impact investor, writer and tantra teacher. This combination is less strange then it seems, as the classical tantra was not meant to be explosively for monks, but to be practised by everyone in daily live.
Joris discovered tantra by coincidence and became fascinated by the freedom of being in the moment, the deepness of experience, the magic of sexual energy and the power of intuition. He learned from various national and international teachers by following courses, assisting and co-operating. During this process, developed his own vision on tantra. For Joris, the essence of tantra is: embrace all aspect of live, with full consciousness.
With his platform Leef!Tantra, he wishes to share tantra knowledge and experiences.

Sacred Sexuality by Joris van der Geest

The workshop sacred sexuality will be a journey along different elements of sexual energy, within ourselves and in connection with our partner. This may help to breach with regular patterns in intimate interaction and to open up for new and deeper experiences.
The first part will consist of dance and movement, the second part will be a long partner meditation. There will be an invitation to explore physical contact and sexual energy, within the boundaries of the festival (no explicit sexual contact, no nakedness) and you own boundaries.

*** About Joris ***
Joris is impact investor, writer and tantra teacher. This combination is less strange then it seems, as the classical tantra was not meant to be explosively for monks, but to be practised by everyone in daily live.
Joris discovered tantra by coincidence and became fascinated by the freedom of being in the moment, the deepness of experience, the magic of sexual energy and the power of intuition. He learned from various national and international teachers by following courses, assisting and co-operating. During this process, developed his own vision on tantra. For Joris, the essence of tantra is: embrace all aspect of live, with full consciousness.
With his platform Leef!Tantra, he wishes to share tantra knowledge and experiences.