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Sat 09 May 2026

Wilde Ziel Tantric Awareness Tantric energy transformation

🌿 WILDE ZIEL
A Practical Path of Tantric Awareness

Theme: Tantric Energy Transformation 

📅 Saturday,
May 9 | 10:00 - 17:00 (doors open 09:30)


Staying grounded in the intensity of life energy
Tantric energy is life force.
Movement. Desire. Creation.
But many people notice that this energy can also feel overwhelming, confusing,
or take them out of connection with themselves.

In this workshop,
you learn something essential:
👉 how to stay present and grounded while energy moves through you

This is a practical,
experiential day
inspired by the roots of tantra, where energy is not suppressed or lost,
but consciously held and guided.
Not pushing it away.
Not getting lost in it.
But learning to contain it so it becomes strength.

✨ What you’ll gain
→ Understanding how energy moves in your body
→ The ability to stay present in intensity and activation
→ Clear awareness of your boundaries and direction
→ A sense of inner stability and grounded power

🗺️ Program - Saturday May 9

🌅 Morning Awareness & Foundation
09:30
| Doors open
10:00
| Start
‣ Arrival & grounding
‣ Awareness of energy in the body
‣ Breath, attention and presence
‣ Recognising expansion, contraction and disconnection

Potluck lunch,
bring something yummy to share

🌞 Afternoon Practice & Integration
‣ Working with energy in connection
‣ Staying present with increasing intensity
‣ Learning to contain energy without acting it out
‣ Integration into daily life

🍲 Closing
17:00
| End of the day
We close together and gently land.
Afterwards, we clean the space together as part of the integration.

✨ Optional:
join us for dinner at a nearby Indian restaurant

🌿 For who
Open to all genders and backgrounds.
No prior experience needed.

This day is especially valuable if you notice that:
→ you feel overwhelmed by attraction or intensity
→ you lose clarity when energy rises
→ you want to feel more grounded and steady in yourself

🛡️ Practical & agreements
→ No alcohol or drugs before the workshop
→ No strong perfumes
→ Comfortable clothing recommended
→ Please arrive on time

💚 Consent & safety
This is a conscious, embodied workshop focused on awareness and presence.
Touch may be part of some exercises, always based on clear mutual consent.

→ You are always free to choose your level of participation
→ No pressure, no expectations
→ Respect for boundaries is essential
The focus of this day is learning to stay connected to yourself 
also when energy becomes more intense.

🌿 You are welcome
You don’t need to know anything.
You don’t need to perform.
Just come as you are 
and be willing to feel.

🔗 More info:
https://www.wildeziel.nl⁠�

Tickets

Location:
Temple of Happiness

Condensatorweg 36
1014 AX Amsterdam

Sat 16 May 2026

Barefoot Happiness Dance Bird Day edition

🕊️ BAREFOOT HAPPINESS DANCE PARTY
- BIRD DAY EDITION 🐣

Saturday May 16
In Dutch we say: “In May, birds lay eggs…”
So this year, I’m not celebrating a birthday…
I’m celebrating a BIRD DAY 🐦

And trust me this is not your average party.
This is a playful, slightly crazy, high-vibe bird gathering.
🪶 Which bird are you?
Are you a…
night owl 🦉
free bird 🕊️
rare bird 🦚
early bird (or absolutely not 😄)
or a bold eagle flying high?

👉 Dress up with feathers
(real or fake)
👉 Come as your inner bird
👉 Or just be your wonderfully weird self
Dresscode: Birds of a feather… let’s flock together 🪶

🕊️ What’s happening?
We open the evening with a Tantric Dance session by Tantric Dance Amsterdam (Rakesh & Elfriede)
a playful and connecting way to arrive in your body and meet each other through movement.
Then we lift off with the Happy Birds Dance
(yes… expect flapping, hopping and flying 😄)
From there, we move into a night of:
✨ conscious dance
✨ conscious clubbing
✨ connection, playfulness & freedom
This is a space to let your spirit take flight.

🍲 Program
18:00
- Potluck (bring something yummy to share)
19:30
- Cacao & opening + Tantric Dance (Rakesh & Elfriede)
21:00
- Dancefloor opens

🎧 Esta Polyesta
(2-hour set)
An internationally loved DJ, known for her powerful, uplifting sets.
A true high-flying, groovy bird 🪶🔥

🎧 JIVAN MUKTA
Guiding the afterbeats with a warm and flowing closing set
to keep you dancing and gently land the night.
00:00
- Closing ceremony
💛 Extras
💛 Dress-up corner & feather accessories
💛 Massage table
💛 Cake (because… yes, it’s my birth day 😉)
💛 Good to know

This is not a classic Ecstatic Dance,
but a conscious clubbing night
where freedom, presence and respect come together.
Come as you are
alone or with friends.
Spread your wings.
Shake your tail feathers.
Fly, dance and celebrate life.
Let’s flock, fly and have some fun 🕊️✨

Tickets

Location:
Temple of Happiness

Condensatorweg 36
1014 AX Amsterdam

Sat 20 Jun 2026

Temple of Love & Celebration Tantric Energetic Lovemaking

🌸 Temple of Love & Celebration

Tantric Energetic Lovemaking Workshop
+ Temple Evening
Saturday June 20 - Amsterdam

You are warmly invited to a full-day journey into connection,
energy, and embodied presence.

This Temple is a combination of a guided workshop and a playful,
conscious evening space where you can explore and integrate what you’ve learned supported by an experienced team of spaceholders.

✨ What is Tantric Energetic Lovemaking?

Tantric energetic lovemaking is not about sex as an act.
It is about energy, awareness, and connection.

It is a practice of:

Coming deeply into your own body
Awakening and circulating life force energy
Meeting others from a place of presence and attunement
Moving beyond the mind and ego into a shared field of awareness

Through breathwork,
meditation, and connection exercises, you will learn how to:

Stay rooted in yourself while connecting with others
Feel energy in your body and beyond (your energetic field)
Open without losing yourself
Transform tension, numbness, or blockages into flow

This work can bring:

Deep relaxation
Increased vitality
Emotional release and healing
A sense of connection and expansion
🌿 The Flow of the Day

15:00 - Doors open / arrival
16:00 - Workshop begins (guided practices & exercises)
Evening - Temple space (free flow exploration)
23:00 - Closing circle (shared integration)
After closing - Co-creation: we clean up together

The evening Temple is the heart of the experience:
A carefully held space where you can move freely between:

Meditation spaces
Connection practices
Gentle touch & massage (with consent)
Playful areas (such as shibari or creative expression)
Rest, cuddling, or simply being

There will be light snacks and soup available
(no full meal).

💫 What Makes This Temple Special?

This is not a random free-flow space.

You will be guided into:

Safety and grounding first
Clear boundaries and consent awareness
Subtle attunement instead of performance
Energy awareness instead of physical focus

You are supported by an experienced team of spaceholders throughout the entire journey.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Is this a sexual event?
No. This is not a sexual event.

We work with sexual energy,
but in a refined, conscious, and non-genital way.

What are the boundaries?
Underwear stays on
No genital touching
No penetration or sexual acts
No explicit sexual interaction

Touch is welcome only with clear consent and attunement.

What is allowed?
Eye contact
Breath connection
Conscious touch (non-genital)
Movement, dance, expression
Emotional release
Stillness and meditation
Cuddling (with consent)

Do I need experience with tantra?
No, but openness helps.

If you are completely new,
we recommend also joining one of the full-day tantra workshops offered regularly by Temple of Happiness.

This Temple includes a shorter workshop to help you enter the space safely and consciously.

Can I come alone?
Yes, absolutely.

Many people come alone.
Exercises are guided in a way that supports both individuals and connections.

What if I feel overwhelmed?

That’s completely okay.

You are always invited to:
Take space, Rest Observe instead of participate,

There is always support available from the team.

What should I bring?
Comfortable clothing
Something you feel beautiful / relaxed in
A water bottle
Your openness and curiosity
🌟 Call for Experienced Participants / Spaceholders

Are you already experienced with tantra and temple spaces?

You are warmly invited to join the space holding team.

In exchange, you receive:

Free access to this Temple
Participation in one of the three full-day courses (April, May, or June) as a participant

These course days are a beautiful way to deepen your practice and align with the field before the Temple in July.

✨ The earlier you apply,
the better so we can build a strong, attuned team together.

Feel free to reach out if you feel the call.

💌 About the Facilitator

This event is guided by Janine Vermeulen,
experienced tantra teacher and founder of Temple of Happiness.

With many years of experience in:
Tantra
Embodiment work (massage, Dance)
Breathwork & meditation
Group facilitation

She creates spaces that are deep,
safe, playful, and transformative.

🌸 Questions?

If you feel unsure or curious,
you are very welcome to reach out.

This space is about clarity,
consent, and trust and your questions are part of that.

Tickets

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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