ART OF ATTRACTION - A Temple Day in Amsterdam

ART OF ATTRACTION
What attracts you? What turns you on?
Sometimes attraction arrives before we even have words for it. The body wakes up, fills up, somehow wants to pursue. Curiosity, energy, a pull towards another awakens.
In the Art of Attraction, we will explore this: coming closer to the intelligence of the body, playing with presence, curiosity, chemistry and Eros, and noticing what awakens when we meet another in a playful, safe playground.
Attraction has its own language.
Come, listen and play with us.
OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLE
“Our task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within ourselves that we have built against it.”
~ Jalaluddin Mevlana Rumi
INVITATION & INTENTION
This is an invitation to step into your aliveness and move from there. To connect with Eros in a respectful and embodied way, and to let what is emerging in you be seen and honoured. The intention is to meet each other heart-to-heart, witnessing and embracing each person’s authentic expression — whether it arises as playful, tender, shy, or wildly ecstatic.
BOUNDARIES & CONSENT
We welcome your YES as much as we welcome your NO.
The Temple is designed as a safe learning ground for exploring and respecting boundaries; a place to begin the year by deepening your relationship with them, and by practicing how to honour them, both for yourself and others.
IMPORTANT
This Temple is best suited for those who already have some experience in spaces that explore boundaries, consent, intimacy, and embodied connection. If you have not attended trainings such as TNT, ISTA, or similar, we kindly ask that you first explore foundational offerings before joining us.
THIS EVENT MAY NOT BE FOR YOU IF…
• You often feel extremely challenged in expressing or upholding your boundaries.
• You’re solely looking to ‘hook up.’
• You’re uncomfortable with boundary exploration.
The Temple is an intentional space for deep, conscious connections with yourself and others. We want to ensure it feels aligned for all participants.
LOCATION
The venue is located in the Diemen area. The exact address will be shared following the completion of your registration.
TIME
Arrival: 15:45
Approximate end time: 22:30
HOW TO REGISTER
Please do not fill in the form if you participated one of our temples before.
Just email to: [email protected]
If you would like to join us for the first time, you must fill out this form:
https://forms.gle/Kzf9vQaT9YCTBCjX8
Within 72 hours of registration, you will receive an email on how to secure your space.
If you are from out of town and are in need of somewhere to sleep, the venue has beds for rent. Please contact Shamor or Hylke for further details.
COST
Repeaters: €80 (anytime)
Regular: €100
Tickets are non-transferable and non-refundable, however if you can’t make it, please contact us. No shows are non-refundable/transferable.
OTHER INFORMATION
• The evening will be gender balanced.
• This event is open to all beings: women, men, non-binary, LGBTQIA+; individuals, couples, throuples; those who identify as open, poly, monogamish, or monogamous.
• Emotional support will be available throughout the evening, and we encourage you to reach out if you need it. While we’re here to hold space, it’s important to take responsibility for your needs and let us know how we can help. If we notice signs that you may need assistance, we’ll gently check in with you.
• This is a substance-free event. If someone appears to be under the influence, we may need to ask them to leave to honour the integrity of the event for everyone.
• The evening will begin with gentle solo and group connection practices, inviting you into presence and helping you settle into yourself, so you can explore what feels true for you in this moment of new beginning.
• We understand that the Temple is during dinner. We will therefore be offering a light meal consisting of snacks, nuts, fruit, and dips. If you feel called to bring something to share, you are welcome.
FACILITATORS
Shamor
Shamor is a facilitator and coach who is passionate about the whole spectrum of being a human; from primal to spiritual. She guides individual or group journeys of self exploration designed to come back to love, freedom and power. Her work centres around embodiment and exploration with a multidisciplinary approach through tantra, meditation, movement, non-violent communication, and authentic relating. Her loving presence and deep compassion supports people to reconnect with their ecstatic true nature. She has been walking the path of sacred sexuality since 2015, she is an apprentice faculty and organizer in International School of Temple Arts.
Hylke
Hylke started his self-development trainings at the Centrum voor Tantra in Amsterdam in 2011 where he learned about ego structure, (self)inquiry, self-expression, breathwork, polarity and desires. From 2013 on, he followed courses at The New Tantra and ISTA which give him clarity about sexual liberation and expression, healthy masculinity and radical honesty. He is practising non-violent communication and taking Hatha yoga lessons for over 15 years. His background in theatre gives him a skilled eye in how to transmit your being and how to present yourself.
“I live from wonder, looking for beauty in the physical and non-physical world. Beauty for me is a feeling that touches, opens the heart, body and mind and can connect people. I look for openness, honesty, purity in myself and in others with loving attention, sincerity and empathy. I feel a great desire to see humour in things, it softens the rough sides of life and broadens the perspective on the world. I see my body as a communication tool to open the human being through my physical expression, voice, touch and transmission.”