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Dancing the Erotic Sutras of

Ecstatic Love, Life, Sex, Death and Rebirth

Dates: 3 — 10 December 2025
Venue: Bodhi Khaya, Stanford, South Africa

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BlissDance is a Totality Tantra Movement Practice of Awakening.

Awakening us to more of everything valuable in life: more love, more truth, more bliss, more pleasure, more you!

BlissDance asks, what do we really, really want out of this beautiful, blessed life? How can we embody your desire, without compulsion or suppression? How can we be the subject of our desire, rather than chasing after objects outside of ourselves?

BlissDance also asks, how much bliss can we stand? Bliss is not simply happiness: bliss includes happiness, however bliss is so much more than that: it’s really an orientation to the reality of existence, which opens its loving and compassionate heart to everything that life brings. The bliss state says, ‘Bring it on!’ It has no preferences or avoidances.

Pain is inevitable, suffering is not. BlissDance as a practice develops in us an ecstatic capacity to be with the actuality of life, like the changing seasons and cycles, including sorrow, joy, pleasure, pain, loss, grief, death, and the unknown.

BlissDance reveals where we may be resisting life, and where we may be limiting ourselves – both in trying to avoid uncomfortable feelings, and also in resisting our fullest joy, spontaneity, creativity, and pleasure.

Ask yourself:

What’s preventing you from embodying your desire?

Are you following your bliss?

Are you aligned with your highest purpose?

"True blissful awakening is an orientation to life, rather than any emotional state."

Kali Satyagraha

BlissDance is designed to safely support us to shed the layers of illusion obscuring the true-blue view of reality within. 

As a Tantric practice of Totality, it leaves nothing out.  And there is no hierarchy or preference for any condition or experience – everything is welcome in embodied consciousness: a very rare invitation indeed!

When we compassionately unravel the old belief systems and unconscious habits, we can tap into our true nature, and embody the blissful space within which everything (already) arises and falls away, exactly as it is.  This is ecstasy, this is bliss.

Discovering authentic, sustained bliss as a direct experience through embodied consciousness may just be the greatest quality humanity needs to make it through the collapse of the old, polarized paradigm into the next evolution of consciousness: loving unity.

BlissDance invites us to bring our sadness and tears, bring our joy and playfulness, bring our brokenness, and perfect imperfection, bring our shadow, and bring our light – all of you is welcome here.

If movement and music is your medicine, then this retreat might be exactly what you long for right now. And the movement embodiments are yours to practice for life. To keep you true to truth, and in your bliss.

"Your beautiful body is a flesh and bone temple, your skin the very fabric of existence. You could say we inhabit sacred skin sanctuaries."

Kali Satyagraha

Our venue:

Bodhi Khaya Nature Retreat

At the foot of the Witkrans Mountain in the Overberg region, on the Southern tip of Africa, Bodhi Khaya Nature Retreat is in one of the most diverse biospheres in the world and one of only seven floral kingdoms on the planet. Surrounded by indigenous Fynbos and ancient Milkwood forests, it is a special place to reconnect to the ancient wisdom and healing power of nature. 

Bodhi Khaya provides a safe and nourishing environment for personal transformation. You’re invited to explore the library, indulge in a massage, forest bathe, enjoy the sauna, or take a refreshing dip in the spring-fed lily ponds…

Catering:

Bodhi Khaya’s kitchen has a reputation for delicious, nurturing & nourishing country food using organic, seasonal produce fresh from the garden and other locally sourced fresh ingredients, combined with the cook’s spontaneous creativity!

"Bliss is the balance that happens when we fully embrace both our shadow & our light and come to rest as Love"

Shakti Malan

Facilitation Team

Kali Satyagraha Widd

Custodian & Lead Teacher

Kali was irresistibly seduced by Totality Tantra well over a decade ago, and so began her BlissDance training with Dr Shakti Malan, who developed this conscious dance modality as a profound Tantric Movement Practice of Awakening.

Kali subsequently held weekly BlissDance classes in Cape Town along with closed groups, workshops and retreats throughout Southern Africa, the UK, and the Netherlands. She is renowned for her warm welcome to dancers to bring all of themselves onto the dance floor without judgement, and for enabling a deep dropping safely within a well-held, sacred container.

Kali is also a popular DeeJay, respected for her superb music curation specialising in medicine and world music, as well as organic, downtempo dance grooves. Her stage name is DJ Kali ~ the Dancing Dakini.

She dances, and facilitates dance, to keep expanding deeper into truth, love, pleasure, presence, connection and intimacy.

Read more about Kali here

Rayven Spirit

Support Teacher

A perfectly orchestrated quarter-life ensemble, leading from the turn of the century, introduced Steph to Shakti’s tantric teachings, working with her to become a practitioner and BlissDance facilitator. As an invitation into the fullness of embodiment and present moment awareness, conscious movement forms an essential aspect of his personal journey and offering.

“When I first danced BlissDance with Shakti I was able to face the discomfort of the stigma I had created. It was a safe container in which to do that and doing so dissolved the stigma.

I stepped through fears and limiting self beliefs to express myself in ways I had never previously imagined. Through the guidance of BlissDance I became more present and my self confidence blossomed.”

Read more about Stephen here

"May the moment be infinite while it lasts, because you only live once - forever."

~ Kali Satyagraha
Feedback from past students
"My inner boy is still alive and well. We are having a lovely break in Portugal and thinking fondly of you all and our special time together in Spain in April 2024."
~ Francis Wheeler
~ Francis Wheeler
A very belated response to add my voice of gratitude to all, and especially Kali, Rhianne, Julia Joy for the "South African BlissDance Retreat. Thank you for a most incredible "month" of learning, expansion, release, and BLISS!! An experience that I will treasure forever. Milandre, you summarised so beautifully many of my thoughts and feelings, thank you! Life is full and such a rich tapestry of experiences. Feeling very blessed. Last Saturday I found myself in front of 68 entrepreneurs at UWC doing a lecture on Emotional and Social Intelligence. Rather than just stay in our heads, I chose to start with 3 deep breaths and an BlissDance embodiment activity feeling anger and excitement (yes the polarities!). So powerful!! My co-facilitator was blown away by how it landed with people and then how the rest of the session unfolded. There are so many opportunities for application of BlissDance."
~ Allison Baxter
~ Allison BaxterBusiness Coach
"I attended the BlissDance weekend at Bohdi Khaya, and not only was the venue, food and everything about this exquisite place on earth amazing but the process facilitated by Kali, and held by Rhianne, helped me to embody, through movement, the capacity of receiving every person I meet in my life through the heart space. In this heart space, there is so much room. Far more, than when I am receiving through the eyes with their judgment and preference for outcome. Having this felt experience to return to over and over again is worth a million worlds. So much gratitude!"
~ Adèle
~ Adèle
"A huge thank you for an absolutely magical and transformative experience at the Bliss Dance weekend. Your facilitation was absolutely superb, your guidance was wise, the music epic, and your presence loving. I feel like a new person on the other side of it. I'm breathing differently, feeling differently, and relating more openly. Wow. The work you're doing is such a gift. I hope to join for more in the coming months and years."
~ Dave Duarte
~ Dave DuarteDirector, Eco Tree Company
"Thank you again for a deeply nurturing and transformative week, your holding of a safe vessel is immaculate and done with so much grace, ease and love."
~ Sonja Hindley
~ Sonja HindleyHR Director, Wellness Warehouse
"The retreat was truly wondrous. I was particularly transformed by the Death Process. The practice area looked like a tomb with those to die lying down, and that was very powerful. Death was my beloved. I saw my ancestors – my father was waiting for me – and all my aunts and uncles and there was such joy to see them again – my dad said I’m here for you and have always been with you. I felt my soul returning to source in the form of a lotus flower – I dropped into deep rest. I had the experience of transcending and melting into the lotus flower and all that is. During the Rebirth the following day I was resting for millennia in the lotus flower – was embodied back into the body in new incarnation. Lesson: I have reincarnated many, many times. The lotus flower is the womb of souls and God is the feminine – she keeps the soul in the flower until time to rebirth again – sometimes there may be a long rest period before the next reincarnation – maybe into another galaxy or universe. I didn’t experience the body dying – it was more consciousness moving through different perspectives."
~ Manie Nieman
~ Manie Nieman Medical Doctor, Physician
"The energy in the "temple" was so very sacred and safe. I now miss the childlike innocence, playfulness, and curiosity amongst all of you. These are the elements that I take with me after having danced for 8 days!! Where in the world does one get such a chance on a regular basis? And to have an able body to move in! Thank you, Kali, for sharing your pearls of wisdom, coming from deep within yourself, your expertise, your knowledge, and your dancing body! Your passion is contagious! The offering is sound and well-grounded in psychology, mysticism, and sexuality (the Shakti way!) Your music is the heartbeat! I feel so grateful to be part of this course!..."
~ Milandre Vlok
~ Milandre VlokLife & Intimacy Coach, Lecturer
"I have never experienced such profound human connection, love and heartfelt presence before in a space. Such a crystal clear energy where I felt safe, heard, seen and deeply loved. I am forever grateful for the beautiful, mindful and embodied container that Kali and Rhianne, allowing all the participants to openly weave their magic and essence into the space, further amplifying the journey. The daily dances, movement connection exercises and beautifully curated music were so masterfully structured, taking me on a journey that unlocked many aspects, bringing me ever closer to my truth."
~ Robyne Chadwick
~ Robyne Chadwick Specialised Kinaesiologist

"Life and death and rebirth are mystical acts of soul consciousness arising out of awareness, happening within awareness, and folding back into awareness. We dance our shadows until they’re all integrated into the light of consciousness. Then we may get to cross the rainbow bridge by consciously dying, with nothing to fear."

Kali Satyagraha
Booking Process:
Prices include all accommodation, meals & facilitation
Prices are per person (sharing or single)
EARLY BIRD UNTIL 31 AUGUST 2025

1. Complete the Application Form:

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2. Choose your Accommodation & Payment Plan method:

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  • Accommodation (Cloister, Courtyard Shared, Courtyard Single, Garden Room Shared, Garden Room Single or Camping BYO Tent & Bedding)
  • Payment Plan (3-monthly payments, 2-monthly payments or One-Time payment)

3. If you have any questions, we invite you to schedule a discovery call with Kali or Rhianne

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"Music acts like a magic key, to which the most tightly closed hearts open."

Maria Augusta von Trapp

F.A.Q

Who is this retreat for?

The BlissDance Retreat is designed for open-hearted-and-minded, curious lovers of truth, and lovers of love, for whom music and movement is medicine.  It provides an opportunity to deep dive into what it is to be a fully-realised, multi-dimensional, consciously embodied human being, in intimate, authentic relationship with Self, others and the planet.

We explore our true essence, devoid of trauma, social conditioning and unconscious habits of focus, and we become the compassionate space within which every aspect of self is welcomed back home.   We learn to work with the nervous system and egoic mind, and we gently de-armour our physical, emotional and spiritual barriers to following our true desire and purpose.

This retreat is particularly valuable to practitioners of somatic modalities such as conscious dance, yoga, body work, family constellations, sexual awakening for men and women, midwifery, breath work, and so on.  It provides a rich array of embodied practices, tools and exercises to support clients to harness their erotic consciousness to heal, grow, transform and expand.

Regardless of gender identification, sexual orientation or relationship status, you are welcome.  All of you is welcome. 

Yes, you’re welcome to participate on your own.  Whether you’re single or in partnership / relationship, this retreat is designed as a solo experience alongside and together with others.  You will have the opportunity to deepen in intimacy with yourself and with others.

Yes, please take your time to complete the application form as it is of great support in enabling us to co-create a powerful and rich experience for all of us.  We hugely appreciate your care & consideration with this.

  • Travel from home country to South Africa
  • Gratuities
  • Gifts, curio’s & personal items
  • Travel to and from Bodhi Khaya Nature Retreat
  • Fully facilitated BlissDance Retreat programme with Kali, & Rayven; including guided and spontaneous movement meditations and practices, awakened breath work, rites of passage and ceremony
  • Accommodation of your choice
  • All meals (vegetarian)
  • The closest airport to fly into is Cape Town International.  
  • We advise arriving a minimum of 1 day early and overnighting in Cape Town, fresh and ready for transfer to Bodhi Khaya on Wednesday 3 December 2025.
  • Cape Town is a modern, cosmopolitan city surrounded by nature. Lying between Table Mountain and the Atlantic Ocean, it is one of the most sought-after holiday destinations around the globe. 
  • Cape Town is a wonderful city to spend at the very least a few days in as a tourist. Please connect with Rhianne should you require any assistance with planning your itinerary. 
  • Bodhi Khaya is approximately 150 mins by car from Cape Town. We will connect participants together for lift sharing purposes. We encourage our locally based participants to offer a ride to our international participants & travelers.
  • Shakti Shiva Academy can arrange transport (if required) with a shuttle bus from Cape Town to Bodhi Khaya (3 December) as well as from Bodhi Khaya back to Cape Town (10 December). Please note this cost will be additional to the retreat cost and is entirely dependent on how many participants require this service.
  • * Cancellation up to and inc. 30 September 2025: All payments (less an admin fee of R500) will be refunded to you
    * Cancellation up to and inc. 31 October 2025: 75% of your payments will be refunded to you
    * Cancellation up to and inc. 15 November 2025: 50% of your payments will be refunded to you
    * Should you cancel after 15 November 2025: no refund will be due to you and you will forfeit any and all payments made.

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