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"We all carry the potential to realize, in real time, that the vibrant energy we experience
when we feel truly loved, seen and met, is who we actually are." Dawn Cartwright
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Episode 309 . The Art Of NeoTantra Partner Practice
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The Be Fully Alive Podcast
There is a bell suspended at the entrance of every Hindu temple.
The beginning of the sonic journey toward stillness.
Upon entering the temple, the devotee reaches up to strike the bell — and in that moment — all the scattered parts coalesce into one single point.
The center that is the center of everything.
For thousands of years, the Hindu temple tradition has encoded a complete map of the human journey into sacred space — from the outer gate to the innermost chamber, from the first act of purification to the moment of mutual beholding at the center.
Every threshold, every ritual, every offering, designed to produce a specific effect on human consciousness: the gathering of scattered awareness into a single, vivid, fully embodied point of contact.
Where everything exists.
This is the map we'll follow these next eight weeks in our new Be Fully Alive Podcast series, The Art of NeoTantra Partner Practice, a series inspired by the living wisdom of Hindu temple practice — the architecture, the rituals, the priestly traditions, the Sanskrit teachings — bringing them into the most intimate spaces of our lives.
Monday we learn. Wednesday we practice. Friday we witness. Whether we are partnered or practicing solo, these practices transform the way we touch, the way we connect, and the way we make love.
An intimate arc of discovery for singles and couples ready to explore the expansive intimacy NeoTantra reveals.
Bells that coalesce. Bringing us here. The place where true meeting appears.
I hope you’ll enjoy listening.
Dawn
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"Holy intimacy is fostered with the marriage to two commitments: one to sitting in quiet solitude with the inner Self; the other to sitting in rapt attention with one's mortal Beloved."
— Mariah McKenzie
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 | The Serpent and the Beloved: The Art of Circulating Ecstatic Energy with a Partner
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Live Practice Session . Zoom . NeoTantra Workshop
Ecstatic energy is always awake inside our body, present even in our quietest moments, waiting to be met with awareness.
When we, as lovers, attune to this energy, when we open channels between us — we are met with a flow of ecstatic energy, an inner intelligence, transforming our experience.
Reaching places we've always wanted to be.
Our May 5th Live Practice Session is an invitation to explore this journey within ourselves and with a partner on Zoom.
We'll begin inside our own bodies — settling into the breath, awakening the pelvic bowl with its deep, sensuous spirals, following the living current up through the spine into the extraordinary neural richness of the upper body.
Then, we'll connect with a partner in our Zoom space, discovering what appears when receive one another with deeper embodied awareness.
We'll explore the energy that moves freely in our own bodies and between us.
The Serpent and the Beloved
The Art of Circulating Ecstatic Energy with a Partner
Tuesday . May 5th . 11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Via ZOOM . A Recording Will Be Available
In this workshop we'll explore . . .
- Our Body's Intelligence — Arriving in the breath, the heartbeat, the fluid aliveness that is already moving through us. Meeting our ecstatic energy exactly where it is.
- Awakening The Serpent — Sensuous spirals in the pelvic bowl. The living current rising through the spine into the extraordinary neural richness of the upper body. Something ancient, remembering itself.
- Receiving Our Partner — Turning toward one another with fresh, embodied awareness. Sensing what is actually alive in them, in this moment, without the filter of the familiar.
- The Field Between Us — Discovering what appears when two open, awake bodies turn toward one another. The current that moves in both directions at once.
- The Flow — Opening the inner channels so that ecstatic energy moves freely — through us, between us, and into the places we've always wanted to reach together.
Who is this workshop for?
This session is for anyone who is ready to move from understanding these teachings to living them — and for anyone new to NeoTantra who is curious about what it means to have a truly embodied relationship.
No prior experience is necessary. All practices are gentle and can be done from anywhere. All genders, all relationship structures, all bodies are welcome.
For couples and solo practitioners. All practices are gentle and can be done from anywhere. The partner practice unfolds beautifully in virtual space. Solo practitioners — no partner needed, we'll partner with one another on Zoom.
What Time Is The Workshop In My City?
Join Our Monthly Practice Community
Monthly live practice sessions are one of the most intimate and transformative ways to deepen your NeoTantra practice. Every first Tuesday of the month, we gather live on Zoom for 60 minutes of guided practice, community, and connection.
EMBODY TIER MEMBERSHIP
$40/month
- Full Access to the Be Fully Alive Podcast
- Monthly Zoom Workshops with Dawn
- Zoom Workshop Recordings
Join EMBODY Now
EVOLVE TIER MEMBERSHIP
$125/month
- Everything in EMBODY +
- Private Coaching Sessions with Dawn
- Personalized NeoTantra Guidance
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A recording of each session will be available for EMBODY and EVOLVE members.
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 | Episode 310 . The Arrival Practice
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The Be Fully Alive Podcast
Most of us are somewhere between three and five places at once — even when we're standing completely still.
The most radical shift happens when we arrive. In the body we've been ignoring. In the breath. In the warmth of another person. In this moment, already filled with meaning.
The Arrival Practice opens our new eight-week journey into partner practices. Drawing on Hindu devotional tradition, this practice invites us to step through the metaphorical temple gate — gathering scattered awareness back to a single, vivid point of presence, alone or with a partner.
Through breathing, body awareness, and Darshan — the ancient art of seeing and being seen as all that we are — we discover that intimacy doesn't begin with connection. Intimacy always exists.
When we finally, truly arrive.
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 | Episode 311 . The Night Callum Stopped Checking His Phone
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The Be Fully Alive Podcast
Callum and Priya love each other. That was never the question.
The question — the one neither of them had quite found words for — was why the room felt so much larger than it used to.
And why they felt so very far apart.
This week, we follow the intimate journey of a couple living in London whose comfortable routines have started to create a sense of distance between them.
Through NeoTantra partner practice, Callum and Priya discover what happens when they dare to put down their distractions, ring a brass bell, and truly see each other for the first time in a long while.
Presence, it turns out, is its own form of devotion. And even ordinary evenings can reveal extraordinary acts of love.
Episode 311 . The Night Callum Stopped Checking His Phone
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The Be Fully Alive Podcast . 8-Week Series
For thousands of years, the Hindu temple tradition has encoded a complete map of the human journey into sacred space.
From the outer gate to the innermost chamber, from the first act of purification to the moment of mutual beholding at the center.
Every threshold, every ritual, every offering was designed to produce a specific effect on human consciousness: the gathering of scattered awareness into a single, vivid, fully embodied point of contact.
This is the map we'll follow across eight weeks.
The Art of Sacred Intimacy draws from the living wisdom of Hindu temple practice — the architecture, the rituals, the priestly traditions, the Sanskrit teachings — and brings them into the most intimate spaces of our lives. Whether we come with a partner or walking the solo path, this practice will change the way we touch, the way we connect, and the way we make love.
Monday we learn. Wednesday we practice. Friday we witness.
An intimate arc of discovery for singles and couples ready to explore the sacred intimacy NeoTantra reveals.
WEEK 1: THE BELL AT THE GATE Ghanta — Awakening
The bell rings. Awareness gathers. The senses sharpen.
Episode 309 (Mon): The Bell at the Gate
Week One of our 8-week NeoTantra practice for couples and solo practitioners. We'll discover what the temple bell reveals about awareness — and what becomes possible in lovemaking when we are truly present.
Episode 310 (Wed): The Arrival Practice
A guided practice of breath, body awareness, and arrival — awakening the senses and cultivating the quality of presence that reveals the deeper layers of intimacy we crave.
Episode 311 (Fri): Callum Stopped Checking His Phone
Seven years together. One evening of real presence. What Callum and Priya discover when they tune in and turn toward each other with full awareness.
WEEK 2: THE THRESHOLD Shuddhi — Purification
Releasing the stories, the tension, the residue from the day.
Episode 312 (Mon): The Threshold
Shuddhi — the Hindu art of purification — the seven layers of the temple mirroring our own journey of intimacy.
Episode 313 (Wed): Crossing the Threshold
That moment when we make the decision to say yes. A guided practice through the temple's layers — shaking, sound, and water — as a complete sequence of shuddhi.
Episode 314 (Fri): Elena's Saturday Morning
Elena hasn't cried in two years. On a Saturday morning in New York, she crosses the threshold alone — and discovers what becomes available in intimate life when we finally clear the space within ourselves.
WEEK 3: THE FIVE OFFERINGS Puja — The Offering
Five offerings. Five senses awakened in sequence.
Episode 315 (Mon): The Five Offerings
The Pancha Upacharas — five offerings to awaken our senses — intimacy as an offering of love and reverence.
Episode 316 (Wed): Pancha Upacharas
A ceremony to reveal the secrets of intimate connection through the senses — giving and receiving with devotion.
Episode 317 (Fri): James's Adoration
James has a natural proclivity for adoration, something he’d always taken for granted — until now.
WEEK 4: THE CIRCLING Pradakshina — Circumambulation
Pradakshina is the practice of sustained, circling, returning attention.
Episode 318 (Mon): The Circling
Keeping our beloved at the center of our pleasure reveals a new doorway to sustained erotic awareness and emotional attunement.
Episode 319 (Wed): The Circle Practice
A guided pranayama practice for couples and solo practitioners — cultivating the shared energetic field that exists as the center of every erotic connection.
Episode 320 (Fri): The Long Marriage of Miriam and Robert
Forty-two years together, and a wake up call that brings them closer. Intertwined through breath, they open an inner door to shared arousal.
WEEK 5: THE ANOINTING Abhishekam — The Sacred Bath
The deity's body is bathed with honey, milk, and rose water. This is abhishekam.
Episode 321 (Mon): The Anointing
Complete and total adoration. Elevating intimate moments, awakening the inner lover, accessing a higher love.
Episode 322 (Wed): The Anointing Practice
Annointing every part of our lover’s body with scented oils and fragrances. Igniting flames of desire through touch.
Episode 323 (Fri): Lena and the Mirror
Lena is 27 and has never touched her body with true devotion — until now.
WEEK 6: THE FLAME Aarti — The Ceremony of Light
This is aarti — seeing the divine face of the beloved.
Episode 324 (Mon): The Flame
Aarti — the Hindu ceremony of transmitted light — revealing the divine face of the beloved.
Episode 325 (Wed): The Candlelight Practice
Candlelight, stillness and wonder. Who are we in illuminated moments of lovemaking.
Episode 326 (Fri): Tomás and Remi's Renewal
Tomás and Remi have been together eleven years. Somewhere along the way they stopped actually exploring one another as lovers. This week, they begin to explore one another again.
WEEK 7: SACRED UNION Maithuna — Sacred Union
Maithuna. The Tantric teaching of sacred sexual union.
Episode 327 (Mon): Ceremonial Lovemaking
Ceremonial cultivation of ecstatic energy during lovemaking reveals dimensions of awareness and connection that are rarely experienced — and beautifully simple and meaningful.
Episode 328 (Wed): The Maithuna Practice
Following threads of arousal inward. Expanding beyond pleasure. Discovering union. A guided ceremony of sacred lovemaking for couples and singles.
Episode 329 (Fri): The Night Amara Said Yes to Herself
Amara is a cellist, three years single by choice. The night she practices maithuna alone is the most intimate, the most alive, and the most unexpectedly ecstatic evening of her life.
WEEK 8: THE BLESSINGS Prasad — The Blessing
When the devotee leaves the temple, they carry blessings home with them.
Episode 330 (Mon): What We Carry Home
In the Hindu Tantric Tradition, the sweetness of our lovemaking is food for the gods. The blessings we receive when we make love are the treasure we bring into our lives.
Episode 331 (Wed): The Everflowing Blessings Practice
As we complete this series, we step fully over the threshold into a new experience of lovemaking and intimacy. Rediscovering the true compass for our intimate lives going forward.
Episode 332 (Fri): Eight Weeks Later
We return to all our characters — Callum and Priya, Elena, James, Miriam and Robert, Lena, Tomás and Remi, Amara — and witness what eight weeks of sacred practice has made of their bodies, their partnerships, and their lives.
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