FREE conference call CELEBRATING Quodoushka

You are invited to a FREE conference call
CELEBRATING Quodoushka

Spiritual Sexuality from the Shamanic Traditions

Thursday evening • July 1, 2010 • 7 - 8 pm (Pacific time)
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ALL WELCOME • Q graduates too!

Your hosts are Q facilitators
Amara Charles & Mukee Breezes Love

CLICK HERE for all details about how to join the call
http://www.audioacrobat.com/note/Cjzhtk0s/

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What is Chuluaqui Quodoushka all about?
How can it make a difference for you in your everyday world?

And for your vitality, your passion and well-being?
Your happiness? Your aliveness and fulfillment in all relationships?

How can you be in daily energy gain rather than energy loss?

What is the difference between Tantra and Quodoushka?

When are the next Q programs available?
Q1 for singles and couples in
San Diego, Quodoushka 1 July 8 - 11,  2010.

Enjoy an informative and fun conversation.
And have your questions answered too!

In beauty, Amara

CALL TIME ZONES for JULY 1
Pacific time: 7 - 8 pm
AZ Mountain time: 7 - 8 pm
Mountain time: 8 - 9 pm
Central time: 9 - 10 pm
Eastern time: 10 - 11 pm

CLICK HERE for all details about how to join the call
http://www.audioacrobat.com/note/Cjzhtk0s/

Illuminated Sex Workshop in San Diego

New Workshop!!

Illuminated Sex

For Singles and Couples

October 23, 24 and 25, 2009

San Diego, CA

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With Amara Charles and Shyena Venice

These world famous teachers will be offering a special loving and beautiful class for two and half days.
Presenting a blend of ancient Shamanic and Taoist practices for experiencing illuminating sexual encounters, this new workshop is for singles and couples who wish to restore their passion for life and reclaim their naturally sexy selves.

For those who want to:

• Bring illumination and light into your sex life
• Learn Shamanic and Taoist Tigress sexual restoration practices
• Experience elemental erotic touch
• Have more deeply intimate sexual experiences

Join us for an amazing opportunity to:

• Strengthen your orgiastic power
• Learn the feminine arts of seduction and the masculine arts of prowess
• Learn Sexual Healing and Restoration practices
• Create loving, endearing kindness in your sexuality

Join us and learn these amazingly wise and healing sexual practices. Experience the true meaning of your sexuality.
For more information on how to register in advance, reserve a place and save now, contact Tom McGrew at:

tomcgbooks@pacbell.net
760-801-3639

Pricing for Workshop

The full price is $348 with lunch is included.

Paid Deposit by September 1s is $298

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Transformational Teachings for Women, a 7-Day Retreat with Livia Kohn and Amara Charles

A professor friend of mine who teaches at Arizona State University asked Livia Kohn and I to give a set of class lectures to students in his Medicine Culture, Healing and Learning Community course. Livia presented one class lecture on longevity and I gave another on the topic of sacred sexuality from a Taoist perspective.

Since I had never given a class to young university students and Livia has been presenting for many years, I really wanted to attend her lecture, but was out of town that day. So my professor friend arranged a dinner with Livia and her husband so that we could finally get a chance to meet each other in person while she was in town. It was a lovely evening of good food and fantastic conversation. For one thing, she takes small groups of people to Japan, Vietnam or China every year and I definitely would love to go where she goes! My first impression of her was that she is charming, gracious, simple and wise.

I had read a few of her books, most recently, Women in Daoism (co-authored with Catherine Despeux) and was most impressed by her profound passion for the subject as well as the depth of her personal experience with Daoism. Meeting her however was even more interesting than reading her books. We had a great time laughing and telling stories about our lives.

Here is the moment I knew I liked her a lot. She had tenure at Boston University and gave it up - walked away! I asked her why, and she said she couldn’t go on teaching what she already had been teaching - she wanted to broaden her understanding and teach a variety of subjects rather than the same course again and again. A woman after my own heart…

I somewhat sheepishly showed her my book Sexual Agreements (she had already written something like twenty books). I wasn’t really sure where she stood with regards to sexuality. After a glance and a speed read, she said liked it (phew). It turns out she is quite open, curious and well versed on the subject of spiritual sexuality.

It is always a good night when you can laugh, relax and share bits about sex without getting too serious. We got along splendidly, and by the end of the night Livia and I were talking about doing something together at her retreat center in New Mexico.  I really enjoyed meeting her husband too. Of course, he is brilliant in his own right… plus, he is hilarious!

Since then, I have visited her New Mexico Retreat Center. She and her husband have created a remarkable place, a sanctuary. Spacious and serene, the house sits perched up high, overlooking a vast valley of rolling hills and sky. A perfect place to unravel, study and restore your body and spirit. I loved the feeling of heaven and earth meeting, loved the the little town; every detail of our visit kept inviting me to return.

I am are delighted and honored to visit this sacred space once again, invited to teach and begin something new there in presenting the Transformational Teachings for Women with Livia Kohn. I also look forward to sharing and basking in the wisdom of this extraordinary woman…

About the April 25 - May 2 New Mexico Retreat:

I am excited about what we have planned and also about the spontaneous opportunities that will no doubt manifest. The coming together of Livia’s profound scholarship and the wealth of her life’s experience along with my many years of practicing and teaching spiritual sexuality will make this 7-day retreat a most remarkable combination. Livia will present the historical context of women in Daoism, sharing knowledge of the transformational practices women have used to cultivate themselves for thousands of years.

I will present the Daoist feminine methods of healing and restoring your spiritual sexual energy. Each day we will share meditation, qigong, exercise and teachings in honor of the Mysterious Female. Plus, we will share in the preparation and consumption of Daoist-inspired meals and tea, take walks and enjoying each other’s company. Both Livia and I are big fans of living what you teach. We want you to return home inspired to make these teachings come alive as an integral part of your daily life from this point on.

Click for a pdf flyer with registration details.

Another recent book by Livia Kohn:  Chinese Healing Exercises: The Tradition of Daoyin

Jade Moon Taoist Sexual Arts; Intimate Retreats for Singles and Couples

Providing an introduction to spiritual sexuality for men and women

We present teachings from the Taoist tradition, intended to restore vitality and harmony to your intimate relationships. The White Tigress - Green Dragon sexual training practices will help you learn to replenish your sexual energy. Any man or woman may enroll and will benefit from discovering a more sensitive and vibrant approach to their sexuality. Retreats include an introduction to the Origins of the White Tigress Taoist Teachings, a study of Sexual Health, Restoration and Longevity.

These ancient Taoist practices focus on living a good, healthy life, which, according to Taoists, includes a
healthy approach towards sex. It means leaning how to use your sexual energy to heal and restore your vitality rather than depleting, or wasting it. Teachings include the following:

• The Health Benefits of Sex for Men and Women
• Enhancing Your Ultimate Yin and Yang Energies
• Nourishing the Three Treasures of Life (ching, qi and shen)
• Eliminating the Three Poisons from relationships
• Transformational Sexual Practices, sexual meditation
• Cultivating your Sexual Chi
• Tigress & Dragon Qigong
• Tigress Willow Waist & Swimming Dragon
• Tigress Healing & Sexual Restoration Practices
• Dragon Healing & Sexual Restoration

The work also includes an Introduction to the following Transformational Sexual practices:

• Bringing bliss and contentment to your sexual unions
• Using your sexual energy for healing
• Keys to giving and receiving
• Sustaining and increasing sexual pleasure
• Eight Types of Orgasms
• Tips in the Tigress & Dragon Arts of Sensuous Intimacy and Seduction

The Tigress & Dragon exercises are offered here at an introductory level. They are all gentle and easy to do.
The exercises during the retreat will range from using conversation and intentional dialogue with each other to enhance intimacy and communication to times where you will choose a partner and share a sensuous experience together. None of the exercises include explicit sexual contact. There will be an opportunity for exploring sensuous touch and various sexual meditations to bring a quality of tranquility and peace into
your sexual unions. You will have the opportunity to explore simple and gentle ways to enhance your sexual confidence, vitality and passion. The retreats include time to soak in the beauty of Sedona as well as time to relax and absorb all this beautiful and life-changing information.

Our lineage does not emphasize the performance of rigid sexual techniques, but rather presents guidance on how to discover and feel the natural sexual energy that already resides within you. In accordance with Taoist views, and adhering to the principle of non-interference, there isnothing within this retreat that you must do. You will be free to observe or explore these teachings in your own way and we ensure an atmosphere and an environment that is one of thoughtful respect, safety and great care. We hope that you will consider joining us in what we have experienced to be lovely gatherings, full of intimacy, laughter, and beautiful people!