Tantra meets BDSM
WITH
OM RUPANI & LAURIE HANDLERS
LEARN CONTAINMENT!
Containment is the cornerstone skill in BDSM play. The first thing the Dom offers the submissive is Containment.
The way we teach it, your scene has only begun when this initial transfer of Containment from the Dom to submissive has occurred.
We start the scene with Containment; we end the scene with Containment. What we refer to as AFTER-CARE is essentially deep Containment.
CONTAINMENT BEYOND THE DUNGEON.
It turns out that Containment is also an essential element in all relationships,
regardless of people’s erotic preferences.
Learning to give Containment is an essential PARTNERSHIP skill. And this giving of
Containment is needed in all types of dynamics :
From parents to children.
From leader to follower/constituents.
From boss to employees.
From lover to lover.
CONTAINMENT IN MAN-WOMAN RELATING.
Women today are in desperate need of their men providing solid containment to them. Men, on their end, have lost the art of creating self-containment, and in turn offering containment to their women.
Our students who have taken this training have reported as much progress in their relational dynamic as their Erotic life after doing this work — a great part of that has to do with men learning to give containment to their women throughout their relating — during erotic play AND during the rest of their connection together.
BDSM EXPLORATION THROUGH THE 7 CHAKRAS
We explore and trace the path of energetic movement during different kinds of BDSM play to different chakras. This is the essence of our tantric approach to BDSM.
This course does not have specific tantric practices or rituals. It is mainly a BDSM Course, but the framework of what impact different types of BDSM play has on our system will be examined and taught through the lens of the chakra system.
We believe this is a true and profoundly rich perspective to keep on the energetics of various types of BDSM play — of ALL erotic play, in fact.
The chart above gives an outline of how we feel our erotic energies are distributed through the 7 chakras.
In class, we will explore the artistry and mechanics of different types of BDSM play, and we will always keep a perspective on the energetic component of each type of play through the chakras.
COURSE TOPICS AND MODULES
Dom Embodiment
Submissive Embodiment
Learning Containment
Bondage Rope Skills
Wrist Ties. Chest Harness
Enhancing Containment Through Rope
Scene Design & Creation
Consent & Safewords
Submissive Etiquette & Protocol
Impact Play Safety & Demo
Spanking Training
Floggers & Implements
Psychological Play
Humiliation Play
Objectification Play
Exclusion Play
Pain Training
Combining Pain + Pleasure
Parent-Child Play.
Consensual Non-Consent
Service
Ownership Dynamics
DOING THE COURsE SINGLY OR AS A COUPLE
You can do the course singly or as a couple. We get about half and half these days of how many people show up as couples and how many singly.
Couples are welcome to do all exercises and scenes only with each other.
Everyone else will often be assigned partners through a Tarot card matching.
There are no discounts if you are registering as a couple.
NOTE TO COUPLES
Couples often come to the class with their existing relationship challenges and breakdowns in tow. This makes it difficult for them to learn the new material as well work well together.
In this course, we are trying to create a POLARIZED field between the Dominant and the submissive. This Polarized field requires a high degree of trust and cooperation between the Dom & sub in order to manifest. If you as a couple are not coming into the class with a clean field between the two of you, know that whatever tension that currently exists in your field with each other is going to surface very rapidly when you try to go into the Dom-sub energetics. Expect this to happen. So, take this in stride. If past breakdowns and loss of trust surfaces, take it as an opportunity to deal with the past hurts and heal them. And, as much as possible, clear up your field before you come to class. Show up to class in a state of friendliness and cooperation with each other.
CLASS SUPPLIES
REQUIRED SUPPLIES:
Bondage Rope - 2 pieces, 25feet/8meters
A couple of floggers.
Collar.
Bindfold.
OPTIONAL SUPPLIES:
Other impact tools : Cane, paddles, etc.
Sensation Play Tools : Pinwheel, Fur Glove, Talons, Non-cutting knives, etc.
Outfits to embody your Dom and sub archetypes.
Body writing markers.
Ball-gag, Nipple Clamps.
COURSE VENUEs AND PRICES
We offer this course in different countries. Follow the link to each different course to see the details for that venue/country.
The cost of venues is different in each country. That causes the course fee for different countries to be different.
The fees includes room and board. Sometimes it includes the transportation fee from the airport to the venue; sometimes that transportation fee is extra.
UPCOMING RETREATS:
Student Testimonials
“Before the course, I had some people ask me about what Tantra could possibly have in common with BDSM, and I can now say that it’s that deepest intimacy and connection they both strive for. It’s about the energy of the dynamic first and foremost, and everything else is nice but not essential extras.
But we did learn about the extras - the basics, but what absolutely fascinating material! The experiential exercises were powerful but not intimidating, and I so appreciated the safe container that was created for everyone to play and explore in to the degree each wanted to.
I learned lots about myself - what I’m like and what I like. Confirmed some things about my preferences, surprised myself with new discoveries and stretched my preconceived ideas about my sexuality.
But the the most important part for me in this work is, just how integrated it is with spirituality and personal development. It’s so much more than just sex. It’s about healing and connection and coming home to ourselves.”
“Om and Laurie have further clarified my understanding of consent, making requests without the baggage of shame and emtionally releasing in a ‘clean’, manner which does not project on to another. I have been given a magical insight into a new modality of d/s play where I can see the potential of reclaiming themes of where I have been powerless and turn them into scenes of remarkable healing, outstanding! Thank you so much......
Please put on another workshop soon!”
“This class has truly changed my views towards BDSM. I have learned to embrace what I have always kept hidden (my “dark side”) as something that’s always been a part of me that deserves to be acknowledged. I am now armed with tools to bring those sides of me to light - to be freed, to be free. Thank you so much, Om and Laurie.”
“The Tantra - BDSM class offered by Laurie Handler and Om Rupani is one of the most transforming classes I’ve ever attended where I could go out of control and feel safe and handled with love and care. For anyone out there looking to know their darkness and bring it to light, this is the class where you will feel healed and you’d have learned a way of going to alternate states of consciousness through the most potent force in our bodies, your sexual energy.”
YOUR INSTRUCTORS
About Om Rupani
About Laurie Handlers
Om has been practicing and teaching the D/S arts, Tantra, Man-Woman Relating & Sex Magic for over a decade. He has developed and facilitated curriculum in the arenas of D/S play, sexuality, and masculine/feminine dynamics for various organizations including OneTaste, Dark Odyssey, and Masculine Underground. He teaches his own workshops regularly in NYC, where he lives, as well as across the country and the globe. Take a look at his new book, ‘Prerequisites to Ecstasy’.
Learn more about Om HERE.
Laurie Handlers is a Sex and Happiness Coach, author of Amazon #1 International Bestseller Sex & Happiness. She offers sexual health and awareness courses throughout the world and has hosted a weekly radio show where she discusses all topics about sex and happiness for over a decade. She is also a film producer and is currently a Lead Faculty Member of ISTA (International School for Temple Arts).