Temple of Happiness Amsterdam

Connect yourself with your heart and inner wild nature

The last month in The Temple of Happiness

Sat 27 Jun 2026

Barefoot Happiness Dance Mini SUMMER FESTIVAL

🌿 BAREFOOT HAPPINESS MINI SUMMER FESTIVAL 🌿
Music • Dance • Community • Celebration
📅 Saturday June 27, 2026
🕕 18:00 - 01:00

A special Summer Edition of Barefoot Happiness!
Join us for an evening filled with delicious food, inspiring music, ecstatic dance, celebration and heartfelt connection.

Temple of Happiness is entering a new phase.
After the summer, the space will be lovingly continued by our friends Rakesh & Elfriede under a new name: The Conscious Place.

Before that new chapter begins,
we gather for a beautiful Mini Summer Festival an evening of community, music, dancing and celebration in the space that so many of us have called home over the years.

🌿 PROGRAM
🍲 18:00 - 19:15
Potluck Dinner & Community Gathering
Bring a dish to share and enjoy a relaxed summer meal with old and new friends.
🍫 19:15 - 19:45
Opening Circle & Bliss Cacao Ceremony with Janine Vermeulen
A warm opening with storytelling, cacao and connection.
🎶 19:45 - 20:45
Live Concert - Ute Passionflower & Tobias Bader
Original songs, beautiful harmonies, inspiring stories and enchanting violin melodies.
🌹 20:45 - 22:00
Tantric Dance Flow - with Elfriede in cooperation with DJ Yellow Rose
An uplifting anf connective blindfold dance journey inviting freedom, joy and surrender.
🔥 22:00 - 01:00
Barefoot Dance Party
DJ The BJ & DJ Nouvelle
Soulful Grooves • Global Beats • Dancefloor Magic
Dance barefoot, dance freely, dance together.

🌟 MEET THE ARTISTS
🍫 Janine Vermeulen
Founder • Storyteller • Tantra Teacher
Janine is the founder and driving force behind Temple of Happiness, where she has spent nearly ten years creating events, retreats, workshops and conscious community gatherings.
As a storyteller, coach and Tantra teacher, she loves bringing people together through inspiration, connection and shared experiences. Tonight she opens the festival with a Bliss Cacao Ceremony, weaving storytelling, warmth and community into the start of our celebration.

🎶 Ute Passionflower & Tobias Bader
Singer-Songwriter Soul • Violin Magic • Songs that Touch the Heart
Singer-songwriter Tobias Bader recently released his new album Rise Above, sharing original songs inspired by a lifetime of musical storytelling. Together with violinist, vocalist and TEDx speaker Ute Passionflower, he creates an intimate and uplifting concert experience where heartfelt lyrics, beautiful melodies and expressive violin come together.
Expect original songs, soulful harmonies, violin magic and music that invites you to slow down, listen and reconnect.

🌹 DJ Yellow Rose
Joy • Celebration • Ecstatic Bliss
When Yellow Rose discovered Ecstatic Dance in 2018, she found a new gateway into healing, freedom and pure bliss. Inspired by the symbolism of the yellow rose warmth, affection, happiness and celebration she creates uplifting dance journeys that invite both surrender and joy.
Her sets blend classical music, tribal rhythms, world music, electronic breaks and melodic beats into one colorful journey designed to lift you up and open your heart.
"Pure Being and letting the music softly carry you into surrender."

🔥 DJ The BJ
Vinyl Soul • Analog Magic • Timeless Grooves
A true vinyl lover, BJ the DJ dives deep into decades of musical treasures, spinning original records with all their crackle, character and soul.
As an analogue guy in a digital world, he blends the grooves of the 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s with contemporary beats and unexpected gems.
Warm, authentic and irresistibly danceable.

✨ DJ Nouvelle
Global Beats • Beach Club Energy • Dancefloor Magic
After spending two years creating musical experiences in luxury beach clubs and five-star venues across Thailand, DJ Nouvelle returns to the Netherlands with fresh inspiration and a renewed vision.
Her sets combine melodic electronic music, uplifting rhythms and joyful energy, creating a dance floor where freedom, connection and celebration naturally arise.

🌿 INCLUDED IN YOUR TICKET

✔ Potluck Gathering
✔ Bliss Cacao Ceremony
✔ Live Concert
✔ Tantric Dance Flow
✔ Barefoot Dance Party
✔ Tea, Micktails, snacks and treats throughout the evening
✔Massage corner
Everything is included in your ticket price.
Come together and enjoy a discounted Duo Ticket.

🌿 LOCATION
Temple of Happiness
Condensatorweg 36
1014 AX Amsterdam
Entrance around the corner at the purple doors on the Isolatorweg side.
Free parking available in the area.

🌿 A BEAUTIFUL TRANSITION
After the summer, this beautiful space will continue under new stewardship and a new name: The Conscious Place.
So while one chapter is coming to a close, the magic of this place continues.

Let's celebrate life,
music, friendship and community together.

With love
Team Temple of Happiness

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Location:
Temple of Happiness

Condensatorweg 36
1014 AX Amsterdam

Sun 28 Jun 2026

SHIVA & SHAKTI TEMPLE

We invite you to the Shiva & Shakti temple,
our 7th edition of Play Tribe Temples.

This time we are diving into the inner masculine and feminine energies that live inside all of us.
Through games, movement, dance and meditation we will explore their full spectrum from the light, soft, and loving aspects to the dark, powerful, and fiery sides. It’s a space to discover new ways to relate to others from these different places and also to cultivate the inner relationship between your own Shiva and Shakti sides.

Join us for a mix of inner work,
playfulness, fun, sensuality and connection with our amazing temple tribe community

𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥

You are welcome here whether this is your first temple or you’ve walked this path for years.
All genders, sexual orientations, ages, backgrounds, and relationship constellations are welcome. The only prerequisites are an open heart, curiosity, and a willingness to respect others’ boundaries.

This is not a sex party,
it is a 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 space, focused on connection, presence and self-discovery. Penetration is not part of the experience. Everything is guided by 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁, you are always welcome to say no, redirect, or change your boundaries at any moment.

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧
We’ll start with guided practices to connect with ourselves and the group, creating a safer and supportive container. This may include:
🌻 Movement, breath, dance, and meditation
🌻 Games for group connection
🌻 Consent and boundaries practices
🌻 Rituals to connect with your inner feminine and masculine

After the facilitated part,
the temple opens into a space of free-flow exploration, where you can pick your own adventure, the possibilities may include:
✨ Tantric practices, massage, and sensual play
✨ Exploring your light and dark sides consciously
✨ Dancing with yourself or others
✨ Grounding cuddles and co-regulation
✨ Exploring our experience stations: tea ceremony, tarot reading and other surprises

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲?
𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱? You’re welcome exactly as you are. Our priority is to make sure everyone feels included. We’ll have a team available throughout the night for emotional support.
Everything's an invitation both during the guided part and the free flow.

🌸 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗗𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗦
This is a sober space.
The temple takes place in a beautiful venue in Amsterdam with free parking, 10 mins walk from Sloterdijk train station. The exact location will be shared once your application is accepted.
We’ll provide some light vegan & vegetarian snacks and fruit. We will have a potluck, please bring a dish, snack, chocolate or fruit to share.

🎟 𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡
🌷Early Bird Single: €99
🌷Single: €119
🌷Early Bird Duo (at least 1 femme-bodied participant): €144
🌷Duo (at least 1 femme-bodied participant): €155
🌷Community discounts

👉 You don’t have to be a couple or arrive together to purchase a duo ticket.
👉 To ensure the safety of the space, we’ll have a quick call with you before confirming your application
👉 Spaces are limited, we encourage you to register early
👉 Refund policy: Tickets can only be transferred if you find someone to take your spot, and they successfully complete the application process.

💛 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬 💛
Our temple is more than just an event, it’s a community of open-hearted souls who love to explore connection, play, and presence together. Once you’ve joined one of our temples, you’re invited to be part of our community space, where you can connect with like-minded people, share your experiences, and invite each other to hang out beyond the temple.

As part of the community,
you’ll also receive access to special community prices for future events.

⏰ 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗟𝗘
🌷 15:00
- Doors Open
🌷 15.30
- Doors Close, Facilitation Begins (please arrive on time, no entry after 15:30)
🌷 21:00
- Closing & Sharing Circle
🌷 21:30
- Clean-up (you’re welcome to stay and help!)

🧺 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚
🌼 A reusable water bottle
🌼 A vegetarian potluck dish or snacks to share
🌼 A towel and/or sarong
🌼 Clothing that makes you feel comfortable and sexy (you’re welcome to bring multiple outfits and change throughout the evening)
🌼 Optional: toys, feathers, blindfolds, etc

𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦
This temple is co-created by Dassana Bambi and Julia

👩🏻 𝗗𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗔 𝗕𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗜
With over 24 years of experience in spirituality, mindfulness, tantra, shamanism, meditation, and bodywork (including massage and dearmouring), as well as 16 Burning Man events, Dassana offers unique, creative, playful, and heart-centered workshops, events, and private sessions. She has also organized four small-scale festivals dedicated to healing, intimacy, and passion, and shares her work in Holland, Sweden, and Turkey.

Dassana has an ability to see deeply into people,
helping them connect the pieces of their lives while supporting them in expanding their consciousness, awareness, and healing potential. Through the alignment of body, soul, and mind, she guides individuals toward a freer, happier, and more joyful life, one that feels deeply connected to existence itself and into the heart energy. https://www.tantrabambi.com
https://www.instagram.com/passionoflifefestival/

👩‍🦰 𝗝𝗨𝗟𝗜𝗔
Hi, I’m Julia. My biggest passion is holding spaces where people feel safe, welcome, and free to be themselves. I love helping others feel seen and accepted just as they are.
I’ve been walking the tantric path for a few years and have held space in tantra workshops, temples, retreats, and cuddle puddles. I’m also a tantra massage practitioner, yoga teacher, contact improvisation facilitator and trained in Authentic Relating. Right now, I’m studying towards a degree in psychology and I’m fully committed to the path of bringing in and multiplying unconditional love.

I live a nomadic life between Portugal,
Netherlands and Thailand, super happy to share my tantric fairy magic with you✨
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/julia_connection/
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/julia_connection

If you don't know us personally send us a message BEFORE booking the ticket.
We need to have a chat with you before confirming your application.
Julia +351 920540231
Dassana Bambi +31 6 87996579

We can't wait to share this beautiful journey with you.
𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲!

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Location:
Temple of Happiness

Condensatorweg 36
1014 AX Amsterdam

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Your body is a temple
Come to recharge in the Temple of happiness!

At the heart of Tantra lies the profound understanding that within each of us lies a sanctuary of joy and enlightenment, waiting to be unveiled. Through the cultivation of a willing, pure, and natural body, nourished by breathing exercises, sacred rituals, wholesome nutrition, mindful movement, and deep meditation, we recharge ourselves, grow and awaken to the vibrations of our highest selves.

As we attune ourselves to these practices, we become acutely aware of the “Temple of Happiness” residing within us and the interconnectedness we share with those around us. It is a vision of unity, where the boundaries of individuality dissolve, and we recognize ourselves as integral parts of a shared consciousness.

This is the essence of our philosophy a celebration of the divine within and without, a journey towards the realization of our true nature as beings of pure joy and love. We invite you to join us on this path of self-discovery and transformation, as we collectively dance and practice in the radiant light of the Temple of Happiness.

Looking for a Workshop or Session Space to Rent in Amsterdam?

You’re warmly invited to host your workshop in our spacious workshop area, featuring a professional sound system and a comfortable dance floor.

Our new location is in Amsterdam, Stadsdeel West, in the vibrant Houthavens neighborhood.

The Temple of Happiness is now housed in a top location within the creative business hub, the new Broedplaats Het Salon.

We offer 154 m² of dedicated space, including a 135 m² dance and workshop room with a brand-new, beautiful laminate dance floor. This bright and welcoming space on the first floor is beautifully designed with cozy features such as a cuddle corner. It is equipped with a professional sound system and adjustable lighting, allowing for both bright and intimate atmospheres perfect for workshops, rehearsals, lessons, or dance evenings.

The kitchen is conveniently located adjacent to the hall and is accessible through a charming, arched doorway. It is a private kitchen, not shared with others, and fully equipped with all conveniences, including an oven, refrigerator, and ample workspace ideal for preparing tea, snacks, or other refreshments.

Important Note: We do not rent out the space for parties, birthday celebrations, or similar events.

Bags and personal items can be stored in the adjacent, separate cloakroom to keep the main hall tidy and organized. Our staff-only storage area is reserved for workshop essentials such as mats, cushions, and mattresses, ensuring everything is easily accessible for your event.
For your (yoga, session, or meditation) music, you can connect to our professional sound system.

You can easily book your space online and promote your event through our website. On this page, you’ll find all the information about rental terms, cancellations, availability, and pricing. You can book your event yourself.

If you’re new to us, we encourage you to get in touch or request a tour beforehand:
janine@templeofhappiness.nl
+31 6 137 954 37.

We look forward to welcoming you to this beautiful new space, designed to inspire connection, creativity, and transformation.

Ready to elevate your event to new heights?
Contact us today to book your date and let the magic begin! ✨

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Tantra for Individuals & Couples Temple Heart Sessions
A sacred space for awakening love, energy and presence

Tantra is not about becoming someone else.
It’s about coming home to who you truly are beyond the layers of doing, performing or pleasing.
Whether you’re on a solo path of healing and empowerment, or
a couple seeking deeper intimacy, connection and aliveness,

Temple Heart Sessions offer a grounded, warm and transformational space to explore your inner world, your sensuality, and your relationships.
Through breath, touch, movement and energy work, you are invited to open to the full intelligence of your body your temple and to awaken the love that lives in your heart.

Why come for a Temple Heart Session?
• You long for more presence, depth or sensuality in your life or relationship
• You feel blocked emotionally, physically or sexually
• You’re in a transition and want support from within
• You want to reconnect to your body, your desire, your joy
• You feel the call to awaken your full life energy and live from the heart.

Whether you come alone or with your partner
Every session is a safe space where everything is welcome. There’s no pressure, no expectation just gentle guidance, deep respect and space to feel, explore and reconnect.

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Tantra session individual

The Buddha is back!

There is a legend that Buddha predicted that in 2500 he would return as the Maitreya.
Storytelling is a craft, tantric stories are cleverly constructed, full of double meanings. Without any context you can't do anything with it.

Osho gave a hint about this prediction, of course after he indicated that those 2500 years would have passed approximately now (who knows, the exact period in which Buddha would have lived is not certain).
Maitreya means “friend,” said Osho. A saint never returns in Osho's culture. They will not reincarnate any more. Osho indicates that it is not meant literally. The word Maitreya means friendship. According to Osho, Buddha speaks about a time when we have grown so much that we no longer need a leader, but a friend. And that time is “now”.

The concept of 2500 years is also a nice clue. That was an astonishingly long time, especially when you realize that at the time Buddha became popular (in the early Middle Ages) people - in the West at least - thought the earth had existed for 4,000 years. Our sense of time has changed under the influence of science. And that's why I dare say that 2,500 years actually meant "never" at that time.
Now you should know that tantra travels between two worlds of consciousness, namely that of non-duality and that of duality. The Buddhist tantra shows a karma wheel, containing all levels of consciousness, all "worlds" even the gods and devils belong to the karma wheel. The Buddha is completely outside of that….
He lives in no world and therefore does not exist here.

There is another legend that followers who say they have seen the Buddha are advised by their teachers to look further. They are tricked by their creative brain.
Why do these teachers say “kill the Buddha”? Because in the world in which the Buddha exists, there is no time and no place. There is only consciousness. There is no me and you. There is no us, there are no stories, thoughts and images, there is only consciousness, whatever that is... we cannot know that.

We only know our world, our "wheel of karma"... and in that world everything consists of duality, everything is measurable in time, place. It is weighable, assessable, consists of opposites, consists of: yes or no.

Tantra connects those two worlds, those levels of consciousness: of duality and non-duality. By indicating that the world of absolute consciousness is without contradictions in everything. This is because it has mirrored itself, reflected in matter, energy or vibration, but ultimately only “is”. The bridge is “Maya”, illusion. It is the connector and the splitter of the two world empires: that of non-duality and duality. If you look at this, you can conclude that there is only duality, and if that is the only thing that exists, then ultimately there is only 1 thing that exists, namely non-dual consciousness, little paradoxical, right?

But because of that context, the “prediction” of the return of the Boeddha in 2500 years has a completely different meaning: whether the Buddha is there or not, that only has to do with your own experience and your own consciousness. There is nothing else. You could also see this “prediction” in fact is a test, a trigger, a challenge, an invitation...

Because: if your mind is in charge, then the legend about the return of the Buddha behaves like a prediction. Ultimately it shows exactly how the mind works and what it does... namely holding up a sausage on a string that leaves you panting and hungry runs behind, without realizing that you are being fooled.
All your ideas, dreams, thoughts, all your wishes, no matter how noble... all your intentions, no matter how powerful... sooner or later you wonder if/why they have not been realized and your mind says: see? You suck. You're hanging out in the pub again, you're a loser, an asshole. You can't. And you squat down or pray to Buddha and ask when he will liberate you from the idiot that you are.
But he won't do that until 2500 years from now. This "prediction" looks like the well-known sign in beach bars around the world that says: Free beer tomorrow...

Maybe you realize that it is not meant literally. And you wonder what he is actually doing there, outside the circle of duality... We have a Thangka hanging in our temple space and I have often looked at it. Why is he there, how do you get to him and what does that symbolize?
Would you like to know what is beyond the end of our universe? And on which planets do creatures live? Would you like to meet them? Do you ever dream about it? And at the same time you realize the frustration that you will never know. Because we can't travel faster than light?

This is exactly the same.

Yet there are people on earth with experiences of aliens or with traveling on other planets. In visions, in their real reality or whatever (I have experienced that myself).
And: you never know if it is "true". Even if you know it in your heart, another cannot realize it until he has had the same kind of experience. Only when that is the case do you understand each other, right?
Could it perhaps be the same with Buddha?

If that impossible experience of yours has a name: twin soul happiness, meeting an alien, being a reincarnation of Mary Magdalene or being in conversation with God himself. Does it really matter what the experience is called, what label is attached to it? Or would it perhaps become more accessible to you to focus on the energy you feel in your heart at that experience?
What do you think?

And in what state could you possibly feel that experience? Anyone who has ever had an “absurd” experience knows that you can't force it. Just as you can't force what your next spontaneous creative inspiration will be...
You can practice recharging energy through breathing and Yoga, practice turning negative thoughts into positive ones, you can train yourself to think more broadly and perceive differently than before... but then the mind still does the talking. . He measures it, compares it: I used to be like this, now I am like that... oh yes? This looks like that, etc. etc.

Only when the comparison spontaneously stops can something unique emerge. The same goes for unique experiences. Buddha is a unique experience, and unique experiences do not happen twice, but the power of each unique experience moves us. A new experience is always formed from consciousness. Every moment… in the now.
Being in the now is such a complicated concept… because it is just an experience, a glimpse of “the” reality. We find it when we don't look for it, when we don't compare it to anything, when we stop thinking about it.

If you focus on the power that you experience again and again, you are in the now, where the Buddha is. It is outside of time and place. Apart from comparing and punishing yourself because once again you didn't pay attention...
The Buddha is no-mind. When we are aware in no-mind, we experience Buddha. That is why all gurus and teachers have such a hard time, they can never take you beyond the mind. Therefore, they are not necessary when you are in your Buddha consciousness. They are there to catch you if you fall out again... to keep reminding you of the state of consciousness in which you met Buddha.
But shoot the Buddha in this world, because it is not of this world. No one in this world of place and time understands what you're talking about, that's why it's always 2500 years away. Outside of time, outside of mind, outside of any-thing..

That is the paradox of living in this world. Because saints also gain power and prestige and sooner or later make mistakes, causing them to fall from god to devil in our wheel of karma. And vice-versa…
If you want to experience something of the Buddha in the wheel itself, in our world of contradictions, invite him as a friend. Not as a guru or as a leader. Don't do that to your fellow man. We all live in a paradox of experiencing and not being able to share, and those who embrace Buddha or any saint probably miss him the most in this world. Offer your friendship, be equal to each other. Then you have the best chance of meeting Buddha. Every day, just on the street or in the pub.

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Our new Location:

The Temple of Happiness
is located in the new Broedplaats Het Salon.

Condensatorweg 36
1014 AX Amsterdam
Entrance left side of the building
at the Isolatorweg

Temple of Happiness location Entrance Isolatorweg

Good accessibility and free parking

Unbelievable for our venue in Amsterdam

* You don’t have to go into the city,
it is only few minutes from the A10 highway exit S2.

* Free parking available at the venue

* Sloterdijk Station for tram bus metro is
about 15-20 minutes walk from the
new Temple of Happiness location

* By bike you are in 5 minutes in the Westerpark

* Entrance Isolatorweg left side of the building.