Recentlywe attended the wedding of Wayne and Colette, a beautiful couple who have takenseveral of our seminars. For us, a wedding ritual is always an uplifting andjoyous occasion, but what we experienced at this particular wedding was simplyamazing, and it deeply touched our hearts.
When thebride entered the hall, we were already moved - in her gorgeous lilac gown, shewas even more beautiful than when we had last seen her a few weeks before. Herbetrothed was awaiting her eagerly at the sacred altar they had prepared. Theirritual began with what they called their "communion ritual" - theirversion of entering into sacred space and sacred time as they had learned inour seminar and practiced many times. The beauty of the ritual that unfoldedwas such a profound moment for us both, we cried and cried. In this simple,powerful and beautiful ritual lay the incredible gift of validation for ourwork and our contribution to so many lives. The community of friends and familythat had gathered to bear witness to Colette and Wayne's union was just as touched, andKleenex boxes made their rounds.
When wefirst arrived, we had felt a little out of place, knowing no-one - but thecouples' best friends who had also taken our seminar - and after the ceremony,we were suddenly part of the community. Colette and Wayne felt comfortableabout us sharing where we had met them'in our ?and many interestingconversations were had and hearts were opened.
On theirwedding day, Colette and Wayne became a reminder for us of how profound andsimple Tantra is and how it can be integrated into our lives in so many ways.And we thank them from the bottoms of our hearts for this gift!
Sincethat day we have been reflecting on our lives as . Seeing our work -our passion - incorporated so beautifully and simply by Wayne and Colette intheir marriage ritual, has great meaning to us. We realized once again thatTantra includes everything. It is not "just about sex" as the massmedia would like us to believe. is a lifestyle, a way of life that begins with acceptance of who we are. Oncewe truly accept and love ourselves, we can accept and love each other andeventually accept and love everything? good things and bad things alike.
We teachin a way that is fun and profound at the same time. Our seminars includelaughter, tears, dance, intimate moments, personal challenges and playfulresolutions, overflowing hearts and deep connection with ourselves and others.Our participants take home tools that they can play with immediately after theseminar to stay on the tantric path that they stepped on in our seminar.
To us,the spiritual, ecstatic life is not something that we need to strive towards -it is already here. All we need to do is awakening to that fact and celebrate!
And this is our definition of Tantra - awaken tothe fact that you are a spiritual, ecstatic human being every moment of yourlife. That's why we chose the term ?Ecstatic Living? to describe what we do -in our work and in our life.
