You are invited to join us for 5Rhythms Meets Tantra, an immersive 4-day retreat exploring the intersection of 5Rhythms, tantra, shadow-work, and breathwork. It is a new offering from Dance Meets Tantra, which has been a sold-out monthly immersion based in Boulder, CO and traveling around the country. Set in gorgeous nature at the idyllic venue Earthdance in Western Massachusetts, this will truly be a transformational journey committed to creating safer spaces for individuals to embrace their own wholeness (the dark and the light) while creating a collective group field that is far greater than the sum of its parts.

HAVE YOU BEEN FEELING THE CALL?

• For 5Rhythms to evolve and embrace sensuality and eros?

• For tantra to be more playful and embodied?

• You intuitively know something incredible is possible when embodied movers come together with full permission to express, connect, and share their magic.

We are coming to let go of our masks, build our capacity and explore the vulnerable, messy, sweaty, beauty of our bodies, hearts, & souls. Led by an attentive and experienced facilitation team, we will establish a foundation of consent, attunement, and self-responsibility to allow us to connect and play with our greatest capacity for embodied authenticity, sensuality, and creativity.

Held in a deeply relational, caring, attuned, and trauma-informed space, This is an opportunity not only to express and connect, but to broaden and deepen your skills and capacity across the map of the 5Rhythms, neo-tantra, sacred sensuality and the movement arts.

Together we’ll journey through the map of the 5Rhythms - flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical, and stillness. Each rhythm holds its own wisdom, allowing you to explore the vast landscape of your emotions, express your authentic self, and release any stagnant energy.

During the 4-day immersion, you will be guided through a rich tapestry of experiences. Explore transformational rituals, meditation, breath work, and temple arts, all interwoven with the beautiful wave and map of the 5Rhythms practice.

Our experienced facilitators will create a safe and nurturing container for your journey. They bring together deep experience in both 5Rhythms and guiding transformational group tantra journeys, infusing their guidance with compassion, wisdom, and a deep reverence for the alchemical power of embodied movement and sacred connection.

Join us in this profound exploration of body, heart, and spirit. Awaken your sensual aliveness, ignite your creative fire, and cultivate a deeper sense of self-love and acceptance.

5Rhythms Meets Tantra is a creation by Dance Meets Tantra, an emerging body of work created in 2021 in Boulder, CO and being shared around the world. You can check out our website here: www.dancemeetstantra.com

Note: for us - tantra is the practice and art of being fully alive. Our intention with 5Rhythms Meets Tantra is to support people in coming into greater love, respect and relationship with themselves, each other, and the earth. We believe that dance, eros and tantra are fundamental aspects of being alive, empowered, and creative - so we invite various explorations in support of liberating our creativity and life force.

A message from the 5Rhythms organization: "participants will work without kissing or touching" during the 5Rhythms portions of the retreat.

We ask that participants uphold the wishes of 5Rhythms leadership. It's worth noting that "kissing" is not instructed or invited during other portions of the retreat. However, it is important to us to give a pure transmission of the 5Rhythms and we want to be super clear about this to respect the sanctity of this practice.

5Rhythms Meets Tantra is a space of:

໑ Vulnerability: to be fully alive we need to get real. We create safer spaces to compassionately own and get present to the full range of our emotions, fears, blocks and discomfort.

໑ Permission: to be the full expression of ourselves - including our sensual and erotic nature - however that looks.

໑ Safety: boundaries, consent, attunement, and self-responsibility are essential and foundational to navigating safer space together.

How do I know if 5Rhythms Meets Tantra is for me?

໑ You have read this far and are feeling excitement

໑ You are an experienced 5Rhythms dancer and curious to explore more eros and sensuality in your practice

໑ You may be experienced with tantra and want to explore how dance and 5Rhythms can enhance your practice in a profoundly beautiful and transformational container

໑ You are new to the world of 5Rhythms or neo-tantra and are curious to dive in!

During our time together, you will have the opportunity to:

໑ Discover and explore the magic and potency of the map of the 5Rhythms

໑ Explore eros and sensuality alongside and amidst the map of the 5Rhythms with the support and guidance of an attuned and powerful facilitation team.

໑ Foster authentic connections and deep intimacy with self and others.

໑ Unleash your creativity and learn to trust your body's innate wisdom.

໑ Rediscover your vulnerability, innocence and wildness in a space of trust, permission and play!

໑ Develop the capacity to take responsibility for your boundaries, desires and needs, through self-attunement and clear present moment-based communication.

໑ Discover new pathways to sensual pleasure and expanded states of consciousness.

This workshop is open to individuals of all experience levels, genders, and relationship orientations. Whether you are new to 5Rhythms and Dance Meets Tantra or have previous experience, we invite you to come with an open heart and a willingness to explore.

About Dance Meets Tantra: Born in Boulder, CO and now traveling around the world, Dance Meets Tantra has been a sold-out monthly immersion bridging the worlds of conscious dance, transformational neo-tantra, contact improv, shadow work, and relational intimacy. 5Rhythms Meets Tantra is a new offering!

Diverse Representation Partial Scholarship: we understand that various forms of privilege can play a role in financial access to our containers. We believe that diversity is an important aspect of building a truly transformational journey and we desire to impact and support all people with our work. We are providing some partial scholarships for people from diverse backgrounds who may not otherwise be able to afford the full ticket price. 

Apply here:https://forms.gle/RnVv4HiNLb8YGuq88

Your Facilitation Team:

MariaSole Ingravallo - Certified 5Rhythms Teacher

I wondered from an early age what the meaning of life was and what my true vocation was, all together with a massive dose of shyness, a sense of inadequacy and a great desire to learn to express myself in my authenticity and truth.

This led me to a path of self-discovery through different forms of art and healing practices, starting from painting and sculpture at the School of Art I then attended the Academy of Dramatic Art and the National Academy of Dance in Rome, exploring different forms of dance, meditation and yoga until I came into contact with 5Rhythms dance, of which today I am a certified teacher.

I graduated in Psychology and I dedicated myself to the study of Tantra and to understanding the role of sexual energy in our lives.
Today I love to integrate the practice of 5Rhythms with the free expression of the natural flow of life energy (Eros), reminding that this is a sacred tool for the individual to express its deepest and most authentic essence, and to connect more to the qualities of playfulness, pleasure and joie de vivre.

Briana Cribeyer

Briana Cribeyer can most often be felt in her ecstatic joy, grinning ear to ear, channeling her maiden that loves to jump in puddles, and her priestess who gathers the energy and sends it whirling to create alchemy in all around. Her happy place is in facilitation, and workshop creation has been a constant for the past 15 years.She is the founder of Sacred Sexuality Rising, an online community of over 9,000 participants, a lead trainer for Intuitive Tantra, speaker and facilitator for The Ohio State University on the topic of sacred sexuality, and Executive Director of the Columbus's Coalition for Sexuality.She believes that deep and radical love, coupled with ownership and self-responsibility will shift the trajectory of humans on the planet.To work with Briana directly, to book her for teaching or speaking engagements, and for more information, visit www.brianacribeyer.com

Spencer Jacobson

Spencer is a transformational facilitator, DJ, poet and serial entrepreneur with a passion for the art of gathering humans to experience the deepest truths of ourselves individually and collectively. His facilitation style invites self-expression, connection, and creativity while playfully and safely exploring the edges of our comfort zone. He is forever a student of embodiment and healing arts - having studied 5Rhythms dance, tantra, contact improv, ontological coaching, cranialsacral therapy, and yoga. Through his training and deep personal experiences he is committed to creating safer spaces that hold a trauma-informed perspective while simultaneously supporting individual responsibility and empowerment.

He is co-founder of Dance Meets Tantra and Emergence Brotherhood - and previously founded www.guided.co - an organization that has coached thousands of business leaders around the world. "Your heart knows the way, run in that direction” - Rumi

www.spencerjacobson.com | IG: @spencerjacobson_

Guest Facilitator: Hannah Cohen (breathwork & self-love photography)

We are excited for Hannah to join the team as a guest facilitator! 

Hannah Cohen embodies a vibrant spirit of curiosity and passion, delving into life's mysteries as a somatic practitioner and student of intuitive bodywork, trauma-informed breathwork, and self love photography. With a blend of playfulness, curiosity, and intuition, she guides individuals and groups on transformative journeys, supporting the gentle opening of doors and windows home to self-discovery. Having had the privilege of studying under amazing mentors such as Vivian Rosenthal, David Elliott, Luke Simon, and John Brussolo, Hannah brings a depth of experience and expertise to her practice and has facilitated hundreds of transformational breathwork and bodywork sessions over the past several years.

Hannah's true joy lies in crafting sacred spaces for creative exploration, community healing, and heart-centered connection..

Testimonials:

Testimonials for MariaSole:

"The magical alchemy that healed me. This course was really intimate. The stripping of the body is nothing compared to the stripping of the heart that I have experienced. With the careful, loving, very delicate guidance of MariaSole, I experienced a real rebirth. MariaSole, your beauty, your elegance and your sweet laugh create a powerful alchemy that brings down prejudices and fears, in the psyche and in the body."
Natasha Pirogov

"Your workshops were magic. The way you held space, and enabled both the masculine and feminine to feel held and free was very liberating. You simultaneously embodied both sensuality/sexuality, and warrior-strength/power."
Jeffrey Packard

"MariaSole has an innate ability to guide and teach through revealing simplicity. The session is full of the deep joy that she herself expresses when she dances. She gently encourages the dissolving of mind, ego, body boundaries and allowed me to experience a lovely sense of freedom. Her session showed me how to trust in the wisdom of the body."
Suren

Testimonials for Briana:

"Briana was so supportive on my journey. She made me feel safe and accepted and seen and I’m so glad for her presence in my journey!"

"Briana is amazing. She continues to impress me with her ability to make space for people and say just what needs to be heard. I felt completely seen by her in my toughest moment this week."

"Briana is warm, she sees you through all the BS I hold up and waits patiently till I see myself at each and every moment. Wonderful sexy goddess of pure love."

"I trust Briana to say exactly the right thing in the right moment. To bring in deep love and care when it’s needed. I feel her words both rooted in the ground and reaching for spirit."

Testimonials for Spencer & Dance Meets Tantra:

"DMT is a beautifully, well-oiled offering. The container is created with an immense amount of care, intention, and trauma-informed awareness. Atilla, Spencer, Gemma, and all of the assistants cultivated a space of permission, of grace, of courage, of trust, of exploration, of depth, of joy, of love, and of acceptance. Whether you are brand new to the worlds of tantra and dance, or a devotee of these ways of life, DMT has something to offer everyone. Thank you for an incredible experience that re-sparked inspiration in my entire being!" ~ Brooke Alexander

"Having taught Tantra for 30 years, I know when a container is pristinely created and held and was impressed with how Spencer and Atilla build and held it. Before contact in the dances, they led us through 3 "Puja" stations that integrated the wisdom shared earlier of connecting first in our energy bodies with breath and, only with presence, going to touch. These experiences prepared this experienced dance community to move into contact from outside the auric field first, so settling to the nervous system of us empaths. I felt the contact more deeply for this Tantric approach to it that I left supremely satisfied."

"The instructional embodied ease of the facilitation was amazing! Their ability to create a safe container to go deeper or be wildly playful as a participant was amazing and appreciated! Their ability to speak directly and precisely with clear energy and boundaries, combined with inner wisdom and strength, supported me in being more open and trusting!" ~Candy James

"It's rare that I go to something that is truly life-changing & empowering, and our Dance Meets Tantra day together was exactly that. It was one of the greatest days of personal growth, fun, and sensual exploration I've ever had." ~ Jason Lamb

"It’s truly hard to put into words the profundity of what took place at the dance meets tantra retreat. There was an undeniable intelligence moving through each day that organized the field in the exact ways it needed. Moving through layers of shadow and alchemizing them into wholeness. Each person brought a piece to the puzzle that was incredibly important and the collective healing that unfolded was beyond anything I have ever been a part of. This container allowed it all to be there - tenderness, pleasure, joy, grief, beauty, pain, ecstasy, heartbreak, heart opening. I felt deeply safe in the space (and it takes a lot for me to feel safe) and a huge reason for that is the high quality presence and care each of the facilitators brought. It really was such a special experience that I will forever hold in my heart with deep gratitude and reverence." ~Anaia Sundara

Feel free to check out our website for many many more testimonials <3 

Schedule Outline:

*Note: this is just an estimate for planning purposes. The schedule is subject to change.

Thursday:

• 3-5pm Arrive & Settle In
• 5-6pm Orientation & Opening Container
• 6-7pm Dinner
• 7pm Evening session

Friday

• 8-9am Breakfast
• 10am - 1pm Morning Session
• 1pm-2pm Lunch
• 2pm-3pm Break
• 3pm - 6pm Afternoon Session
• 6pm-7pm Dinner
• 7pm-8pm Break
• 8pm Evening Session (optional)

Saturday

• 8-9am Breakfast
• 10am - 1pm Morning Session
• 1pm-2pm Lunch
• 2pm-3pm Break
• 3pm - 6pm Afternoon Session
• 6pm-7pm Dinner
• 7pm-8pm Break
• 8pm Evening Session (optional)

Sunday

• 8-9am Breakfast
• 10am - 1pm Morning Session & Closing
• 1pm-2pm Lunch
• 2pm-3pm Pack up & Depart

💜 Logistical Info 💜

📅 DATE & TIME:

Arrival: Thursday, May 30, @ 3pm

Departure: Sunday, June 2, @ 3pm

🏡 LOCATION:

Earthdance

252 Prospect St, Plainfield, MA 01070

https://www.earthdance.net/

💰 COST:

*Includes all food and DORM ROOM accommodations*

*(if you prefer private lodging, we recommend staying offsite and booking the Commuter option)

🚗 RIDE SHARING: many people will be sharing rides and rental cars from Boston, New York City, or elsewhere. You are welcome to coordinate with this document or in the Facebook Event. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_6QGzb2eZLmAZirm-qPqQr-oCYuHIVbkuShS7XK96Zc/edit?usp=sharing

🍳 FOOD: Registration includes three delicious catered meals per day. We will be gathering information around food sensitivities in advance of the retreat.

💥 CANCELLATION POLICY 💥

Please take a moment to review the cancellation policy. All questions are warmly welcomed.

• If you cancel more than 8 weeks out of the event start date, 70% of the full payment will be refunded.

• If you cancel between 4-8 weeks of the event start date, 50% of the full payment will be refunded.

• If you cancel between 2-4 weeks of the event start date, 30% of the full payment will be refunded.

• If you cancel within 2 weeks of the event start date, or if you withdraw from the event after the start of the first day, no part of the payment will be refunded.

📝 TO REGISTER:

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/dancemeetstantra/1110783

🗣 CONTACT US:

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about the event:

E-mail: info@spencerjacobson.com

⁉️ FAQ ⁉️

🏕 What type of accommodations are included in the cost?

Dorm style accommodations are included in the price of your ticket. You will sleep indoors in a beautiful, clean space on a bed.

You are also welcome to camp at Earthdance. There are many beautiful spaces for camping on tent platforms.

🍦 What type of food is provided?

Also included in the cost of your ticket is 3 meals per day with tea and light snacks. A variety of beautiful, delicious food will be prepared by the chef. Vegetarian, Vegan, and Gluten Free options are all available.

🛶 What is the recommended travel to the Venue?

Please check out the Earthdance website for details. https://www.earthdance.net/directions/

The closest airport is Hartford/Springfield. The closest bus station is Northampton, MA

Many participants will be driving and sharing rides and rental cars from Boston, New York City, and elsewhere!

If you would like to share rides, please use this doc - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_6QGzb2eZLmAZirm-qPqQr-oCYuHIVbkuShS7XK96Zc/edit?usp=sharing

LOCATION

Earthdance | 252 Prospect St, Plainfield, MA 01070