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About John & Tara - teachers of tantra and sacred sexuality at Alto Sax Retreat Centre.

Tara and I (John - pictured above) teach tantra courses at Alto Sax Retreat Centre.

Although we have been fully immersed in tantra for over 20 years we are "down to earth" people who are in their 40’s and look very “normal”, even if others find us a little unconventional ( how many teachers of sacred sexuality does one meet on a regular basis!) From the feedback we get from students, and guests they say we are warm people who are down to earth, kind hearted, intelligent, sexy, creative, unconventional and spiritual! We do sometimes wear kaftans, Zen clothing, white flowing gowns, etc., but often just wear contemporary “normal” clothing or none at all if the weather is good!

We are happy mixing with new age spiritual seekers or entrepreneurs, musicians, librarians, etc., and enjoy people’s company in general.

We are very fortunate to have a wonderful relationship and when we met we were both very much attracted by each others spiritual journeys, achievements and attitudes apart from finding each other irresistibly, physically attractive!. It was also the first time that either of us had had a spiritual partner.

We have been together seven years now and both saw the “sacred sex video” on the Uk's Channel 4 about 15 years ago. However, our partners at the time were not receptive to this approach and so we had to explore tantra on our own.

We are both committed to spiritual and personnel development and are both very open and creative in our approach to life. Life is never boring and we pretty much live, as our friends call it, “an inspired life”.

We started this centre because we wanted something similar to our experiences, but hadn’t found it in the UK. We have both been to numerous retreat centres, tantra workshops and naturist venues and wanted to combine the best of them.

I think that we have achieved this at Alto Sax Retreat Centre, based in Essex.

Alto Sax is a place to explore spiritual and personnel development, optional clothing naturism, and to experience tantra and sacred sexuality.

Unlike other tantra centres, we don’t stick to one form of tantra, and we also invite tantra teachers from different disciplines to come and teach, as we do ourselves.

My own spiritual journey has been through Buddhism, in which tantra plays an important part. I have studied with some fantastic teachers such as Ruth Dennison, Joanna Macy, and Christopher Reed based in California, with the Samatha group in Wales, UK ( http://www.samatha.org/ ), with the FWBO, with Zen teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh a Vietnamese Buddhist monk ( http://www.plumvillage.org/ ) and also with Ajahn Cha and Ajahn Sumedho and other monks in the English Sangha Trust ( http://www.amaravati.org/ ).

We have also been taught tantra and sacred sexuality and attened workshops by such teachers as John Hawken, Laurie Handlers, Jewels, Leora Lightwoman, Mantak Chia, among others.

Both Tara and I are also very much inspired by teachers such as Louise Hay ( http://www.hayhouse.com/ ) , Wayne Dyer, ( http://www.drwaynedyer.com/ ), Shirley MacLaine ( http://www.shirleymaclaine.com/ ), Julia Cameron ’The Artists Way’ & ‘The Right To Write‘, Deepak Chopra. Shakti Gawain, Denise Linn and also events such as the Aum Meditation sessions ( http://www.aummeditation.com/ ), Gabriel Roth’s 5 Rhythms ( http://www.5rhythmsuk.com/5rhythms.html ) , The Buddha field ( http://www.buddhafield.com/ ) the Big Green Gathering ( http://www.big-green-gathering.com/ ) and the Whirl y gig events ( http://www.whirl-y-gig.org.uk/ ).

The centre has several projects which we are undertaking in sacred sexuality. This includes the use of biofeedback with tantric breathing techniques, the creation of new sacred rituals and the use of improvisation techniques to help people to move away from their “thinking mind” to a an attitude that is more intuitive and creative.

We welcome guests that want to enjoy a spiritual haven that also embraces optional clothing naturism and tantra. We think that we are the first venue in the World that is committed to both spirituality and naturism.

We also teach tantra at different festivals – and John even does tantric massage workshops (for example, his “unofficial” workshops at the Buddhafield have become “famous” – done naked in the nearby woods!

The above was written by John – tantra teacher and owner of Alto Sax Retreat Centre, Essex UK

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