Samhain Temple

Welcome to our Samhain Temple,
                                                                                           Samhain is the ancient pagan Celtic festival of this land. It is the Celtic New year, the end and beginning of the natural growing cycle – the most significant of the four quarterly festivals, falling midpoint between autumn equinox and mid-winter solstice. Samhain celebrates the harvest reaped and complete. It ushers in ‘the dark half of the year” and connects us to our ancestors, and heritage. Where the old year dies, and a new one is born into creation darkness, the Veil between the worlds - spirit otherworld and human physical world, grows thin.

In this Temple, we will dance and feast with the living and the dead (a deeply tantric practice), honouring the life, death, re-birth cycle of nature. There will be fire and sparks, spices and warming flavours, and also, space for grieving, letting go of what no longer serves us. We will ask the Crone Goddess and the old Warlock to guide our Eros on this journey into the dark, womblike, sensual mystery together and alone.

Come and join us as we walk into the darkness, for a deep sensual and soulful temple, held by woods with falling leaves, in the  intimacy of nature of EarthHeart, Forest of Dean.

The first half of the day will be an invitation to  open  our bodies, let go of what we no longer need, call in the ancestors and meet ourselves and each other through the embodied container of ritual, tantric meditative practices, and temple traditions.

The second half of temple will open to a free space, to play solely with yourself, in supported self-pleasure, and with each other.  You may also practise witnessing, in stillness, or in play. A thanks giving for the year passed and a celebration of the year just arriving in - the wheel of the seasons turn.

This Temple is open to those who have experience in temple or ritual sex-positive spaces. A certain level of awareness, openness and willingness to explore is essential for your own self-care and also the synergy of the group.  We invite you to come just as you are, and feel. We know that being in these environments can bring up a lot of emotions. This is a safe space to welcome them and work with them in an embodied, held and ritual temple space. The Temple will be held throughout. 

FOR COUPLES: Please make your agreements together before you arrive at Temple. It is totally fine if you wish to stay purely with each other during the Temple. 

All genders are welcome, in couples of all combinations. 

This is a non-genital to genital penetration space.

Temple is a sober space.

Date : Saturday, 26th October

Time : 12am to 7pm

Venue : The EarthHeart Centre, Puzzle House, Trafalgar, Cinderford, Forest of Dean, GL14 3JQ
 

Things to bring: 

• An offering/flower for the temple shrine to our ancestors
• A yoga/camping/roll matt if you have one
• One or two pillows
• Lunch to share
• Something tasty and delicious to share with the group for snack during the day.
• We will provide herbal teas and a fruit platter.

 Cancellation:

We have a no refund policy for the Temple. However, you are welcome to sell your ticket on to a friend. 

If you do so, please do let us know and send us their email so we can give the info about the temple. 

For any questions please contact us:

Shanti: shantitemplenights@gmail.com 0r text/call 07875 151582

Welcoming you with an open hearts, 

Shanti & Hugs

About us

Shanti:

Shanti has been a practising Tantrica for 25 years.
She is Mama, Healer, Mover, Somatic Educator, Artist and a Creative.
She is intuitive, playful, a tribal gatherer and a little bit witchy.

https://www.templenights.co.uk/

Hugs:

Hugs brings heartfelt holding and teachings to the team. He is a certified Sexological Bodyworker and Sacred sexual practitioner. His passion is supporting others to deepen their pleasure capacity and widen their orgasmic expansion. Through body based learning, insight medibation and self pleasure practices he guides you through deeper layers of your pleasure patterns, using discussion, demonstration and embodied exercises.