Dance Meets Tantra: Portals
Every moment can be a threshold.
At Dance Meets Tantra, we explore the edges of these thresholds and how to cross over them into what lies beyond. This year’s theme ~ P O R T A L S ~ invites us to notice them — in dance, in breath, in connection. Each step becomes a gateway. Each interaction, an opening. Together we step into the unknown, where shadow itself becomes a passage into freedom.
What you find will be uniquely your own, and yet woven with the collective body of us all. Portals remind us that transformation is always near, as close as presence itself.
Dance Meets Tantra returns to Austin for the fourth time. What we have experienced is that this is not just an event — it is a shift in the way that attendees move in other areas of their life, both on and off the dance floor. For three days, we gather to remember what it means to be fully, unapologetically alive.
There are transformations we can’t reach by ourselves. Alone, dance frees us. Together, dance opens portals — into intimacy, presence, and collective current. Tantra deepens this journey, inviting us to meet shadow and eros, body and spirit, not as concepts but as lived truth.
What to Expect:
Each day builds on the last through movement, intimacy practices, ritual, and integration. There’s no pre-set script — the facilitation responds to the room, the people, and the moment.
We begin Friday evening by noticing how we have arrived — what’s alive in us right now, and what is ready to be worked with. The focus is authenticity and expression: Who am I in this moment? How can I be even more true?
On Saturday, we expand. Having touched into who we are, we step into the field of relationship. How do I meet others from this place of authenticity? How does my expression shape connection? What becomes possible when I show up fully?
On Sunday, we take it all onto the dance floor at Austin Ecstatic Dance, weaving what we’ve discovered into the wider community. We close the afternoon together in ritual, integrating the journey and sealing what has been opened.
What You'll Take With You:
🌀 Authenticity, aliveness, and presence in your dance
🌀 Practices that expand intimacy with yourself and others
🌀 Boundaries that create more freedom
🌀 A deeper sense of connection and belonging
About Dance Meets Tantra:
Born in Boulder, CO, Dance Meets Tantra has grown into a movement uniting conscious dance with intimacy practices, ritual, and shadow play. Our immersions are potent, playful, and trauma-informed — crafted to welcome both vulnerability and eros, light and shadow, in ways that are alive and human.
Dance Meets Tantra is a Space of:
~ Vulnerability — feeling and owning the full range of emotion.
~ Permission — expressing the full spectrum of self, including eros.
~ Safety — rooted in boundaries, consent, and responsibility
Our Approach to Tantra:
For us, Tantra is the art of being fully alive. We encompass the entirety of humanness, including our sexual energy, but not entirely focused on this, as some may perceive — eros, when it arises, is honored as sacred. We draw from both classical and neo-tantric lineages, blending ancient wisdom with contemporary practice. In dance, this becomes visceral: the body as doorway, erotic energy as life-force, boundaries as portals into freedom.
This Immersion is for You if:
- You’re a dancer ready to go deeper
- You’re curious about tantra and want to explore in an embodied, grounded way
- You’re a practitioner or facilitator longing to receive
- You’ve never done anything like this, and feel the spark of curiosity
If you're feeling the call, join us. Space is limited.
❔Questions? Visit our FAQ (https://www.dancemeetstantra.com/faq)
You can also reach reach out directly to our organizer, Kayla:
📱 Text Kayla: +1 (512) 766-8667
📩 Email: Kayla.unraveled@gmail.com
Scholarships:
We honor diversity and accessibility. Partial scholarships (30–50%) are available for participants from underrepresented backgrounds. Tickets are non-refundable but transferable.
Apply here: https://forms.gle/HidWS6kChkVxek6Y7
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