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Esther went on a tantra holiday<\/h1>\n

An interview in ‘Margriet Zomerboek’\u2026<\/h3>\n<\/div>

Margriet Zomerboek approached me to ask if I wanted to share my story about my experiences during tantra retreats (or sex holidays, as they initially called it, haha). I didn\u2019t hesitate for a moment, because I think that the mystery and perhaps stigma surrounding tantra could use some clarity.<\/p>\n

For the article I was interviewed extensively and beautiful photos were taken on the beach. It was only 6 degrees and wind force 6 and I was sick: I had caught dengue fever in Cura\u00e7ao\u2026. So I took a handful of paracetamol and the make-up artist and hairdresser got to work.<\/p>\n

When I had to go onto the beach in a tiny dress, I tried to evoke the playful feminine energy that I had come to know during the retreats. And it worked! While the photographer had to go inside every now and then to warm up, I frolicked on the beach and beautiful photos captured that energy, which illustrate exactly what the interview is about.<\/p>\n

Check out the photos and read the Dutch article.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>

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“Ben je ooit bereid geweest om alles wat je denkt te weten over jezelf los te laten?”<\/p>\n

Na mijn eerste tantra retreat in 2016 en een aantal ervaringen met ISTA (International School of Temple Arts) voelde ik me na twee keer Level 1 en een integratieretreat eindelijk klaar voor Level 2. Niemand vertelt precies wat Level 2 inhoudt, behalve dat je \u2018doodgaat\u2019. Je ego sterft en je wordt opnieuw geboren. Een intens proces, maar dat was precies waar ik klaar voor was. Het retreat vond plaats in Peru, een land dat diep geworteld is in het shamanisme en dat voor mij altijd een bijzondere plek heeft gehad. Hoewel de timing slecht uitkwam\u2014ik kwam rechtstreeks uit Thailand, had slechts twee dagen in Amsterdam voor de overgang naar een andere tijdzone, om te pakken en door te vliegen naar Peru\u2014wist ik dat ik erbij moest zijn. Dit was het laatste retreat van Bruce, een van de oprichters van ISTA, en mensen waren lyrisch over hem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":573151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[100266],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-573148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tantra-experience"],"yoast_head":"\nEsther went on a tantra holiday - Esther Jacobs \u2013 the NO EXCUSES LADY: speaker, author, digital nomad<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Margriet Zomerboek approached me to ask if I wanted to tell my story about my introduction to tantra travel (or sex holidays, haha).\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/en\/blog\/esther-went-on-a-tantra-holiday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Esther went on a tantra holiday - 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