Activities
The solid ground of the BodhiTree is the foundation for the activities we offer;
they are an invitation for you to grow joyfully in love and awareness.
Here, you will find a description of the Sessions, Retreats & Events we offer.
If you feel a resonance but don't find exactly what you are looking for, please feel free to connect!
The individual sessions are held in Zeist, The Netherlands.
Anand is also available to travel to your location/country for sessions, workshops, or retreats.
Sessions
We offer different kinds of body-oriented sessions, influenced by various forms of massage, tantra, bodywork, Cranio Sacral therapy, Ito Thermie, meditation, and more.
Cranio Sacral Alignment Session
A powerful, silent session where your body and mind are invited to regain their natural balance.
During a Cranio session, we address the movement of the cerebrospinal fluid in the spine and brain, which affects the whole body. Different places on the body are touched in deep stillness. It requires a silent listening, from which you can let go of old patterns of thinking, emotions, stress, and behavior that are no longer supportive of your growth and well-being. In this way, you awaken the original wisdom encapsulated in your cells: an invitation to move towards your original being.
You will be lying on a massage table with your clothes on.
This session can also be a beautiful preparation for a Tantra session. With Cranio sacral techniques, you free your body from physical, emotional, and sexual tension. You let go deeply and relax completely. As a result, during the Tantra sessions, you are much more receptive to being present with everything that is touched: your sensitivity, your stillness, your pain and joy, as well as your wisdom and life force.
Tantra session
If you are reading this, there is a longing within you to live from bliss, from wholeness, and from love: to live in harmony and union with existence. Why? Because you are bliss, love, and whole.
Yet, in our upbringing, this is rarely addressed anymore. You grow up in a world where the mind is prioritized, and we are not taught how to connect with our body, with sacredness, or with the mystery of life. We are taught that life is "either this or that," instead of "and, and, and yes, also that."
The gateway to living in union with existence is the place where you live right now: your body. We catch glimpses of this through intimacy and orgasm: moments where everything melts and unifies. That is why we are so deeply attracted to it, or perhaps afraid of it... What would it be like if this inner space were more consciously available in your daily life, and if you could live your life from that very space?
Tantra is a path to connect with consciousness and to experience union with existence. For over 5,000 years, tantric masters have shared methods to return to harmony, union, and wholeness.
Tantra requires the willingness to look at yourself and to move joyfully beyond everything you think you know.
A Cranio Sacral session can be a beautiful 1 step.
1. Star Awakening – For Women
You can visualise the inside of the Yoni as a sky full of stars, where each star represents a channel connected to orgasmic energy. In this session, you will explore the different areas and spots (stars) around and inside the Yoni. These spots may feel vibrantly alive or, initially, somewhat painful or numb before they return to their original lightness. You are invited to feel, listen, and be present with every sensation that arises. In this presence you ground yourself in the silent, joyful aliveness of the Yoni which unfolds with grace and sensuality.
2. Awaken Life Force – For Men
A session to discover new insights into your sexuality and energy flow. The Lingam and the body will be touched to raise your life force, allowing you to see clearly and receive what is opening up within your body and mind. You will move beyond what you already know about yourself by staying present and surrendering to a state of non-doing. You will be guided on how to direct this energy using your breath and awareness to different parts of your body. A vibrant, blissful state will open up, where your energy becomes the driving force for a life more deeply connected with your heart and your awakening.
3. Enrich your Togetherness – For Couples
Are you curious about a new form of intimacy to deepen your togetherness? To be together in a way that supports pleasure, love, and awareness in one another? Beyond how it "should be" and how you have been relating so far. Beyond, for example, "friction sex" where one partner often ends up feeling frustrated or disappointed. If so, this session is for you. Depending on your longing, the session will take shape through, for example, a tantric meditation, communication techniques, or a Yoni or Lingam massage. These are practices you can later unfold at home to support your growth together in love, consciousness, intimacy, in your daily life.
The session takes place on a mattress, and nakedness can be included.
Retreats
BodhiTree retreat
A retreat in co-creation with you: to enjoy the abundance of life, each other's company, nature, and silence. Being together in simplicity and relaxation. You can share a beautiful workshop, offer your unique gifts through private sessions, or simply enjoy what each day brings. Check the agenda for the dates of upcoming retreats.
Medicine retreat
Since 2015, we have been traveling to Peru to immerse ourselves in the sacred depths of plant medicine with our precious guides, Alonso del Río from the Sacred Valley and Cecilia Paniagua from Chavín de Huántar.
Here is a beautiful interview for you with Cecilia & Rául. Check the agenda for the dates of upcoming retreats.
Individual retreat
Perhaps you have specific wishes or desires in the field of meditation, or you are facing challenges that deserve a deeper look in a setting different from what you are used to. Anand can support you through a tailored individual retreat.
Contact Anand to discover how she can support your longing.
Events
Meditation events
These (tantra) meetings are beautiful moments of celebration with friends who share the same longing to expand joyfully in consciousness and love.
They flow from a cup of tea into meditation, laughter, dinner, dancing, and singing: supporting the expansion of your heart in a playful, loving, and supportive environment.