Join us for a nourishing five-hour immersion where you’ll learn how conscious touch can become a pathway to relaxation, presence, intimacy.
Learn the Hidden Arts of Touch, Presence, Connection & Energy
New York • August 30 • 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM
With Monique Darling, Peter Petersen & Yaw
✨ All genders welcome
✨ Queer friendly
✨ Singles and couples welcome
Join us for a nourishing five-hour immersion where you’ll learn how conscious touch can become a pathway to relaxation, presence, intimacy, and genuine connection.
This experiential workshop blends the flowing stretches and body mechanics of traditional Thai Massage with the heart-centered awareness and energetic practices of Tantra. Together they create a beautiful dance of giving and receiving that supports both body and spirit.
Whether you attend with a partner, a friend, or on your own, you’ll learn practical skills that can immediately enhance your relationships, increase body awareness, and help you feel more confident offering touch that is both nurturing and connected.
• Foundations of Thai Massage and partner bodywork
• How to give touch that feels supportive rather than mechanical
• Breath, presence, and awareness as tools for deeper connection
• The art of receiving without obligation or performance
• Simple energetic practices that bring more sensitivity and aliveness to touch
• Easy-to-learn stretches and techniques that support relaxation and well-being
• Communication, consent, and creating safety through touch
Tantra teaches that the body is worthy of reverence, attention, and care. When we slow down and become fully present, touch becomes more than technique. It becomes a conversation.
Yaw will share his extensive experience with Thai Yoga Massage, including accessible stretches and bodywork techniques that participants can easily practice at home. Monique and Peter will guide the group through Tantric principles of presence, connection, energy awareness, and conscious touch.
No prior experience is necessary.
Come discover how touch, breath, and presence can transform an ordinary moment into something extraordinary.
• Comfortable clothing
• Yoga mat
• Blanket or padding for the floor
• Water bottle
• Small sacred object for the altar (optional)
• Open mind and curious heart
• This is a consent-centered event
• No drugs or alcohol
• All experience levels welcome
• You may attend solo or with a partner
• Respect for boundaries and personal choice is essential
Join us for an afternoon of learning, connection, relaxation, and discovery as we explore the healing and transformative power of Thai Massage and Tantra.
YOUR FACILITATORS
MONIQUE DARLING
Lead faculty for Awaken as Love; author of Beyond Cuddle Party and workshop facilitator extraordinaire has led over 2000 workshops in the past 18 years. She was born on this planet with the unique gifts and soul calling to help you remember how magnificent you truly are!
Messages from your ancestors, your spirit guides, your body, nature, your soul, are all called upon and utilized so that you walk away knowing how deeply the cosmos loves you for YOU, exactly as you are, so you can begin to love and accept yourself too.
YAW TUTU
Yaw is a nomadic world traveler who loves helping people feel better through communication, massage, dancing and teaching. He teaches a host of healing arts from tantric Thai massage, qigong, tai chi, Reiki to healing with foods, in places like Ghana, Japan, Thailand and the United States. Teaching and massage are his passion and love is his motivation. Somatic Therapy Practitioner,
PETER
Peter Arthur Petersen is a passionate and multifaceted wellness practitioner whose life revolves around movement, music, and meditation.
With over 25 years of experience, Peter is a certified Sheng Zhen Qigong teacher, having had the privilege of learning directly from Master Li Jun Feng, one of the world’s most respected Qigong masters.
His dedication to continuing this lineage has led him to teach Qigong in diverse settings, including health clubs, hospitals, wellness resorts, and festivals across Mexico and the United States.
Peter’s teachings extend beyond Qigong. He has traveled the world sharing his unique blend of Qigong, dance, and Tantra.