SURRENDER
To surrender is to let go and fall, trusting that one will be caught, by life, by love, by wonder, by another. Surrendering brings great pleasure when one learns to let go of controlling the body, the emotions, and the ego and devote oneself to something greater. It’s applicable in lovemaking as well as in life in general. But unfortunately, there is an overvaluation of power in today’s society, and everyone is fighting for it, while surrender is undervalued.
Moreover, surrender touches upon masochism, physically enjoying endorphins rushing through the body and emotionally letting go of shameful limiting beliefs. The basic idea I learnt from Zen Buddhism is that bliss emerges when we stop fighting and accept life as it is, and then there is no suffering. Before psychology considered masochism a disease, religion thought it to be the cure. And I think there is something to that when it’s conscious and consensual. In my experience, anyone can enjoy it, or at least find it meaningful when it’s slow enough and well-balanced between safety and bravery.
Surrender belongs to the feminine aspect of the neo-tantric polarity. Still, I believe it’s essential for everyone of any (and no) gender to incorporate it into themselves as self-development and passion for lovemaking. While teaching surrender, I also indirectly teach how to hold space for anothers’ process of letting go. Participants describe it as intimate, vulnerable and trusting. And it makes them more resilient to the hardships of life.
INTERMEDIATE
The intermediate level requires some previous experience and practical knowledge. If ropes are involved, you should be able to wrap the upper and lower body, creating something stable that can take the weight and attaching new ties to existing structures for partly lifting the body. You should also have experience with how your body and mind react in vulnerable and intimate situations and how to communicate your boundaries. It’s beneficial if you also have an idea about the fantasies and desires that lead you to these explorations. You will probably also be introduced to new niche techniques and be given both practical training and time to play. The goal is to provide you with a journey where you can surprise yourself and hopefully question both your beliefs and my teachings on the subject.
DATE, TIMES & PLACE
26.-28.4.2024
Friday 17-20
Saturday 10-13, 15-18 and 19-21
Sunday 10-13 and 14-16
We will spend this weekend at Sidontastudio Rihmos, Näsilinnankatu 22 A (2nd floor), Tampere, FInland.
PREP WORKSHOP BY RIKU
If you’re wondering of your skill level to participate, you can attend Riku’s workshop. There you will learn all the essentials to be able to participate to SURRENDER suspended. More info on this will follow.
SIGN UP & EXCHANGE
Exchange for this weekend per person is 350€ or early bird price 315€ until 14.1.-24. You receive the discount with the code SUSPENSION
Sign up closes 18.4.-24. We will be taking a limited amount of participants. Cancellation possible up to 18.4.-24, though we withhold 15€ for admin fees. After which date cancellation only with a doctor’s certificate, unless we fill the group anyway.
You don’t need to have a partner to come! If you want to work with the partner you do come with, that’s also great!
ON ANDY BURU
Andy is a student of theatre and tea, a medical massage therapist, a former organizational coach, a conscious kinkster, and a teacher of European and Japanese rope bondage. Living in Stockholm, Sweden and working around northern Europe. During his fifteen years of BDSM, he has been a slave, an owner, a hedonist, a purist, a magician, and a slut.
His work aims to create magical rooms where people can rest, heal and grow. His tools, spirit and experience spring from neuro-semantic team building, medical massage therapy, European theatre, and Japanese rope bondage.
In the stillness between moments, life happens. Pause, witness.
Organizers:
Riku: riku@rihmos.fi
Kali: info.somatantra@gmail.com
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us!