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ISTA Conference of Sexuality & Consciousness
Phoenix Rising: Dawn of a New Era
Sedona May 4-6, 2012
The Sedona Spring Conference is a gathering place for like-minded individuals. Join experts in their fields as they share their knowledge, learn new tools and synthesize the energies of sacred mind, sacred body, sacred spirit, sacred heart and sacred emotion. Synthesis goes beyond polarity and creates new opportunities to love and be free. Meet your next mate, seed your next project. You do not want to miss this special gathering bringing 11 years of sexuality consciousness to a new level.
Keynotes: Annie Sprinkle and Charles Muir
ISTA is a non-profit school serving as a resource and network for those who share a vision of love and harmony here on earth. In addition to fascilitating educational conferences, trainings and workshops in over 50 countries, ISTA works with charitable organizations to globalize sexuality consciousness through collaborations and co-sponsored programs.
Note: Speakers are subject to change without notice. We currently have a wait list and as one speaker drops off another will be placed. We expect over 35 speakers so you get the best value for your contribution!
Your Emcees for the 11th Annual Conference are
Triambika, Destin Gerek and Crystal Dawn
Kenneth Ray Stubbs will present a historic historic path from Erotic Massage to multi-dimensional Shamanism 1975-2012. You do not want to miss this!
And, view the list of pre and post conference events by your favorite teachers. Keep checking back as this list grows each week.
Join Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens for an EcoSexy Walking Tour
This is an all new, fresh, innovative, one-of-a-kind presentation which explores Sexecology- the places where sexology and ecology intersect in our culture. It’s about imagining the Earth as a lover instead of mother, in order to create a more mutually sustainable relationship with our beloved planet.
Save The Tantra Temples Party and FUNdraiser: Kamala Devi and SD Tantra Theater are hosting a Big FREE Party with music, comedy, improv. and spoken word to raise awareness and funds for ISTA's legal defense. Festivities will start after dinner on the first night of the conference. Doors close at 8:30pm.
This just in: Due to the recent raids on our temples across the nation we will have a special presentation on the legal status of the field of Tantra and Sacred Sexual Healing and feature a 2-hr Wisdom Circle to include many of the thread contributors from all perspectives.
Is it Safe?
Yes, we will meet on protected and sacred Yavapai-Apache Nation grounds and offer a Shamanic track featuring 4 of the 28-Grandfathers who will share indigenous knowledge about sacred ways of masculine-feminine balance gifted from the cosmos to the earthmother, PLUS several representatives of World Religions and Sex Positive Cultural views on shamanism, sexuality and consciousness. View details and registration
Sedona is located in the heart of the red rock country, in the spiritual Mecca of North America, 2 hours north of Phoenix, AZ. If you fly into Phoenix and do not want to rent a car, we suggest two shuttle services: ACE Express (which will take you directly to your hotel) 800-336-2239 or the Sedona Phoenix Shuttle 800-448-7988. The conference will be held on sacred tribal ground at The Lodge at Cliff Castle just outside of Sedona (exit 289 off the I-17). You will feel the difference!
If you have not already had the pleasure of spending time in this top ten beauty destination in the world, we recommend spending a few days prior to or after the conference. Savor the breath, take-in the scenery, enjoy some fabulous hiking and experience some of the many adventures Sedona has to offer. And, since you are in Sedona why not take advantage of the hottest training on the World Tour, Apprenticeship, Level I SSSPT, Level II SSSPT."
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http://schooloftemplearts.org/events?subEventID=186Presenters include:
James Warren Flaming Eagle MooneyJames Warren 'Flaming Eagle' Mooney was born January 3, 1944, in Grass Valley, Nevada California. He is the son of Ruth Aleta Bennett Mooney and Rex Warren Mooney. James is married to Linda Taylor ‘Bright Hawk’ Mooney. Between the two of them, they presently have 15 children, more than 30 Grandchildren and 4 Great Grandchildren.
The following pages tell my story, James “Flaming Eagle” Mooney, of how I rediscovered and practiced American Native indigenous spiritual healing and empowering ceremonies. U.S. Federal Attorneys and Federal Investigators of the State of Utah have substantiated my story. They personally interviewed people involved with this story from Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Washington to ensure an accurate portrayal of these past incidents.
http://schooloftemplearts.org/flamingeagle"Bearcloud" (long bio here
http://schooloftemplearts.org/bearcloud but basically he's a pretendian fraud)
Robert Silber (Hawaii) CONFERENCE PRESENTATION:
Conscious Genital Massage: Demonstration + Discusssion
A presentation of the conscious sensuality approach to sexual healing and empowerment that includes a demonstration of conscious genital massage. This is a different approach than the sacred spot work common in tantra. We’ll look at how conscious genital massage can be an effective tool for assisting those who have history of abuse and trauma as well as those who commonly dissociate during sex. Robert is a practitioner, coach and teacher as well as a licensed massage therapist with training in lomi-lomi(temple-style Hawaiian), thai, cranial-sacral, and pelvic release modalities among others.
This is a hands on demonstration that involves nudity and genital contact. There is no practice time during the session for the participants.
http://schooloftemplearts.org/robertsilberJanine McDonald (Australia) Shamanic Dark Moon Blood Rite
This offering is a journey into the womb of the earth mother. Awaken ancient knowing, connect to the deep essence, healing and sexual power of the menstrual blood and receive transmission of the holy dark. Welcome to the temple, open your heart, unveil and shed your cloak. SHE is here. (Experiential ritual for men and women, clothing optional)
Revisioning the Dark Goddess in Sexual Healing
This presentation is about healing the dark feminine, exploring archetypes and mythology of the Dark Goddess, the cyclic nature of She, the transformative power of the earth womb, and an invitation to experience activation and transmission of the Dark Goddess energy through shamanic ritual.
Transmission for men and women
The dark moon "menstruation", of a woman’s cycle, is a time of great mystery, power and transformation.
Discover:
The sacredness of woman’s ‘Dark Moon’ blood
How the "blessing" became "the curse"
The power of woman in the dark moon cycle of menstruationSexuality during the dark moon phase
The ecstasy, healing, regeneration and spiritual illumination available, to men and women, coming into sacred union during this time
Awaken cellular memory
BIO
Janine McDonald teaches the temple arts of Sacred Sexuality and Blood Mysteries. Her greatest joy is journeying with people in the heart and offering a transformational pathway that awakens life force energy and deepens sacred union within, with beloved, the divine and all of life.
Janine currently offers Sexuality and the Dark Moon workshops, Sacred Woman courses, Red Tent circle, Intimacy Coaching, and Reclaiming the Dark Goddess and Temple Priestess healing sessions. She also co facilitates the Shamanic Sacred Sexual Practitioner Training internationally with International School of Temple Arts.
http://schooloftemplearts.org/janinemcdonaldCharles MuirFounder of Source School of Tantra Yoga
Charles Muir is considered the originator and Pioneer of the Modern Tantra Movement in the United States. In 1980, he originated the Tantra: The Art of Conscious Loving® format, Sacred Spot Massage, and many other inventive experiential exercises, which have become the cornerstones in the curriculum of most Tantra educators. In addition to Red Tantra practices, Charles teaches a powerful method of White Tantra, or Laya Yoga, which is the grandfather of Hatha Yoga, with extended holds, meditation, and chakra focus. Its gentle-on-the-body approach is relaxing and revitalizing, and awakens consciousness quickly.
Charles has authored two Tantra books, two Tantra Training DVDs, three White Tantra CDs, and five Red Tantra CDs. His work has been featured in over fifty media articles, numerous radio and television appearances (most recently on Oprah), and two Hollywood feature movies, Bliss and The Best Ever. He is currently working on several new books in his Tantra: The Art of Conscious Loving series; the newest is Sacred Sexual Awakenings, which is a comprehensive compilation of over five hundred testimonials and case histories of lives transformed through attending his seminars.
http://schooloftemplearts.org/charlesmuirAnnie SprinkleAnnie Sprinkle, Ph.D. was a prostitute and porn star who became a sacred sex student/teacher, a pioneer in the sex-positive movement, and an internationally acclaimed performance artist. Sprinkle has spread her message of “let there be pleasure on Earth and let it begin with me” in hundreds of publications, documentary films and TV shows, including four HBO’s Real Sex specials. She is best known for her one-woman theater pieces, where she performed her “Public Cervix Announcements,” and her “Legend of the Ancient Sacred Prostitute,” a tantric-sex-magic-masturbation-ritual, on stages in nineteen countries. She has authored five books including Dr. Sprinkle’s Spectacular Sex and Metamorphosex. Her Sluts & Goddesses workshops are legendary. Sprinkle has produced and starred in her own brand of “feminist post porn” films, including Rites of Passion and Amazing World of Orgasm. For the last twelve years, Annie has been collaborating with her life partner, Elizabeth Stephens. When they married the Earth, they found themselves shifting the metaphor from “Earth as mother” to “Earth as lover,” and came out as avowed ecosexuals. Today they are committed to making the environmental movement more sexy, fun and diverse, and turning people on to the eroticism of nature. Annie Sprinkle’s career in sex has spanned four decades and she says, “My best is yet to come!”
http://schooloftemplearts.org/anniesprinkleThere are other presenters also, just a selection here for people to get an idea of the nature of this event.
