SURRENDER (Shibari course), Andy Buru

We welcome you to Oslo for an amazing and playful weekend with ANDY BURU and his teachings!! 🕺🏻💃

«My work aim to create magical rooms where people can rest, heal and grow.» Andy Buru

«One should be humble and have humour; anyone that has to assert their power with violence doesn’t own it.» Andy Buru

Andy Buru is worldwide known for his soft and sensitive tantric rope tecnique, and will be back visiting Norway in nov´24, holding a weekend retreat focusing on surrender&bondage! The course will focus on building trust and intimacy between two partners, with opportunities to get in touch with your relationship to both power and surrender, using this powerful tool of ropes. Using ropes with presence is a beautiful way to get to know a person on a deeper level, without words, and it can be both playful and loving.

Video with Andy and his ropes:
https://andyburu.se/home/
(For more about Andy and his teachings scroll down)

WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND:
Friday we get to know each other and focus on bounderies and consent. Saturday we will be doing instructed rope-excersises throughout the day, both leading and surrendering to each other. We work in pairs, and switching of partners and genders throughout the weekend is aloud if wanted. We end the day with a ritual where there will be opportunity to use the technique we have learned (IF you want), and on sunday we continue excersises, with focus on integration work.

WHO IS IT FOR
This weekend retreat fits both beginners and more experienced, and people who want to explore power/dominating as well as surrendering/submitting. Beginners require no previous experience or practical knowledge. You don’t have to know beforehand what you like and don’t like. You need no desires or fantasies. Instead, the teaching style will provide you with a number of experiences to try out, of which some you might love and others you might hate.

You are welcome with a partner/lover/friend, or you can come solo. Some of the exercises can be in trios so if you come as a duo not wanting to switch partners within the weekend, it’s good to have talked about what is ok and not beforehand. Note! It will always be possible to step out and observe excersises if you don’t feel like doing what is suggested. We will also have space to share and reflect on the experience throughout the weekend.

THERAPEUTIC ASPECT OF THIS WEEKEND:
Playing with hierarchies makes one more resilient to them in everyday life. And, of course, as in any play with polarity, there is also space to experience the other end – to learn, challenge and to worship.

PRACTICAL INFO
Location:
Majorstua, Oslo centre, Norway. You will get the specific location when you register.

Accommodation:
If you do not live in Oslo we ask you to fix accommodation privately.

Food:
There will be served us 4 delicious vegitarian and gluten free meals (lunch&dinner). Between the meals we will have te/coffee, snacks and fruits. If you have any allergies or other preferences let us know by e-mail after you have bought your ticket.

Program (changes can occur)
Friday
17.00-18.00 Arriving, landing and light dinner
18.00-21.00 Workshop

Saturday
9.30-10.00 Meet up/Coffee brake
10.00-13.00 Workshop
13.00-14.30 Lunch
14.30-17.30 Workshop
17.30-19.00 Dinner
19.00-22.00 Rope Ritual & play

Sunday
9.30-10.00 Meet up/coffee brake
10.00-13.00 Workshop
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-17.00 Workshop&ending
17.00-17.30 Cleaning the space together and goodbye for now

Your investment:
3500 NOK/pers (4 meals included)

Contact Info:
Mail: [email protected]
Kristina Manpriya is a tantra therapist, course instructor and a kundalini yoga teacher. She is the organizer of this weekend, and you are welcome to reach out to her if you have any questions.

Kristinas websites:
https://laasoppdittindre.com/
https://www.kristinamanpriya.com/

MORE ABOUT ANDY BURU AND HIS TEACHINGS:
If I break down my teachings, there are three philosophical themes—SURRENDER, POWER and DESIRE.

SURRENDER is the most introverted process. 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.

POWER, on the other hand, is relational. It’s submitting your control to empower the dominant person and discover what they will do with this power, and what play you will create together.

Finally, DESIRE is a group process where you’ll be a part of a kinky family, a little bit like a theatre ensemble, that will unfold their shared deviant fantasies through rituals and play parties.

MORE ON THIS COURSE SUBJECT (Andy Buru):
Being dominant is vulnerable because one have to expose the desire for power. The more deviant and taboo, the scarier it is. Still, what is shown in mainstream media is often emotionless masters and their mistresses hiding behind their cruelty. Instead, I think one should blossom in their raw self-expression. Power is an opportunity to explore new avenues of esoteric intimacy that are profoundly energetic and sensual. At the same time, one should be humble and have humour; anyone that has to assert their power with violence doesn’t own it!

Being dominant is a balance between holding space and allowing oneself to be selfish. Holding space is learning how to create a safe container for oneself and others to play with power, while being selfish is to express to the other what you desire.

On the other side - learning to wield and surrender to power consciously and with consent, requires a great understanding of one’s boundaries, and being safe and brave enough to reject anyone overstepping them.

Unfortunately, there is an overvaluation of power in today’s society, and everyone is fighting for it, while surrender is undervalued. Playing with power though, can become a way to make a parody of already existing power structures, while reclaiming a more healthy relationship to masculine energy (masculine energy is about the «do’er» we all have inside ourself- nothing to do with gender!).

Indirectly you also learn how to hold space for anothers’ process of letting go when learning to stand in your power. Participants describe it as intimate, vulnerable and trusting, and it makes them more resilient to the hardships of life.

In the surrender part you learn to let go and open yourself up to receive what you are given, and to allow your self to trust that you will be taken care of and held in whatever comes.

More about Andy:
https://andyburu.se/

We are looking forward to meet you and to be in this weekend journey with you!🥰

Love
Kristina and Andy