The Dance of Shakti/Shiva .. a thousands of years old moving meditation from the tantric tradition of Indian Kashmir Tandava – as teached by Daniel Odier, the master of Shivaist Tantrism from Kashmir according to the Kaula tradition and the Spanda & Pratyabhijñā lineage - is a freely improvised, very slow and continuous meditative dance, [...]
Why is this dance "sacred"? The gestures and movements of Oriental Dance originate from prehistoric matriarchal societies and the temples of ancient civilizations such as the Sumerians, Greeks, Egyptians, and Indians. At that time a broad range of female deities – e.g. fertility, mother, wisdom and love goddesses - symbolized the many faces of [...]
In a dreamlike atmosphere, on a pier over the lake, at sunset, swans as curious spectators, we have indulged into the profound joy of being alive, surrendering completely to the flow of life. The happy and content smiles on the faces of the participants at the end of this Tandava -Workshop, is a proof, that the [...]
