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SUMMARY: IGNITE YOUR CONNECTION™
DESCRIPTION:A Tantra + Compassionate Communication Workshop with Viktoria Kalenteris \nWednesday\, December 3 — South Etobicoke \nEvent Details \n   •   When: Wednesday\, 3 December\, 6:30-9:30 pm  \n   •   Where: Mariel Somatic Studio\, South Etobicoke \n   •   Contribution: (by donation\, her usual price for this program is $55) \n   •   To Register: contact Mariel directly or use the online contact form.  \nPeace isn’t passive — it’s a regulated\, heart-centred way of communicating that transforms tension into clarity and connection. In this Advent Week of Peace\, Viktoria Kalenteris guides us into communication practices that feel calm\, grounded\, and deeply honest. This workshop is for singles and couples who want to stop shrinking\, over-explaining\, or shutting down\, and start speaking their truth from nervous-system safety. \nIGNITE YOUR CONNECTION™ blends Tantra\, nervous system regulation\, trauma-informed guidance\, and Compassionate Communication to help you express yourself without fear\, pressure\, or collapse. When your body feels safe\, your voice becomes grounded — and when your voice is grounded\, your relationships change. \nWhat You’ll Learn \n   •   Nervous-system tools to move from tension to calm during difficult conversations \n   •   Compassionate Communication techniques that land with clarity and care \n   •   How to express both feminine softness and masculine groundedness \n   •   How to release internal contraction so your truth can flow naturally \nWho This Is For \n   •   Singles who want emotional intimacy and healthier communication patterns \n   •   Couples ready to break repetitive cycles and communicate with more presence \n   •   Anyone seeking peace\, clarity\, and confidence in their relationships \nNo previous experience with Tantra or communication training required. Viktoria creates a supportive\, trauma-aware environment where peace becomes a skill — not a reward after conflict. \nAbout Viktoria \nViktoria Kalenteris is a Holistic Intimacy Coach with 20+ years of experience in conscious intimacy\, emotional regulation\, and trauma-informed communication. She supports individuals\, couples\, and creatives in film/TV to cultivate connection\, passion\, and grounded love. \nWebsite: playfulloving.com • IG: @playfulloving
URL:https://marielsomatictherapy.com/event/ignite-your-connection/
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SUMMARY:Come for the Joy\, Stay for the Spark
DESCRIPTION:🫶 Potluck begins at 6:30 pm. Please bring a healthy food contribution to share. \n🌀 Circle begins at 7:30 pm \n📍South Etobicoke studio. Address provided upon RSVP. \n✅ RSVP required. Message or text to save your seat. \n🌿 All are welcome. By donation. \n\nLooking for a joyful December evening with warmth\, connection\, and a little playful sparkle? You’re in the right place. \nJoin facilitator Teresa Camilleri for an Advent-themed improv workshop that blends gentle creativity with heartfelt reflection — and just enough cheekiness to keep things interesting. This isn’t about performing; it’s about breathing\, connecting\, and rediscovering the quiet joys we often rush past. \nThrough simple group exercises\, soft movement\, shared stories\, and moments of unexpected laughter\, we’ll explore the kind of joy that doesn’t need to be loud to be real. Teresa brings her signature mix of warmth\, wit\, and “did-she-really-just-say-that?” charm\, creating a space where play and presence mingle beautifully. \nPerfect for beginners\, seasoned improvisers\, and anyone craving a cozy\, uplifting night out. \nCome as you are. Leave a little lighter. \n⸻ \n⭐ HAIKU \nStories intertwine \nJoy rises between our breaths \nPlay reveals the heart.
URL:https://marielsomatictherapy.com/event/come-for-the-joy-stay-for-the-spark/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251217T183000
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SUMMARY:Illuminating the Divine: The Radiance of Love
DESCRIPTION:🫶 Potluck begins at 6:30 pm. Please bring a healthy food contribution to share. \n🌀 Circle begins at 7:30 pm \n📍South Etobicoke studio. Address provided upon RSVP. \n✅ RSVP required. Message or text to save your seat. \n🌿 All are welcome. By donation. \n\nAdvent Week 4 — Wednesday\, December 18 \nWith Soul Guide & Intuitive\, Heidi Last \nThe final week of Advent invites us into the warmest of the four states: Love as embodied presence. Not romantic love and not sentimentality\, but the steady\, radiant Love that sees the divine in every person — and within ourselves\, our own sacred soul-mate. \nLed by Heidi Last\, this evening draws from Alan Watts\, Christian mysticism\, and the Baha’i teachings\, which describe Love as the animating force of the universe: the reason for creation\, the foundation of unity\, and the essential bond between all hearts. \nIn the Baha’i writings\, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá reminds us: \n“Love is the most great law that ruleth this mighty and heavenly cycle… the supreme magnetic force that directeth the movements of the spheres in the celestial realms.” \nThis vision of divine Love completes our Advent journey — expanding from Hope to Peace\, to Joy\, and now into the fullness of Love. \nThemes Heidi may explore \n• Love as a unifying force: humanity as one family\, woven from a single spiritual origin \n• Love as service: genuine love expressed through kindness\, action\, upliftment \n• Love as the foundation of unity: how true community grows through compassion \n• Seeing the divine in others: dissolving separation\, softening judgement \n• Love as spiritual radiance: the inner Light honoured across traditions \nThe Heart of the Evening \nIn this gathering\, Love is not a destination but a practice — breath by breath\, gesture by gesture. Guided by Heidi’s gentle presence\, we will explore Love that is grounded\, universal\, and deeply human. \nLove asks: \nHow can I embody warmth in my relationships\, my choices\, and my life? \nHaiku \nLove calls us inward \nA soft returning to Source \nYour heart learns to shine \n 
URL:https://marielsomatictherapy.com/event/illuminating-the-divine-the-radiance-of-love/
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SUMMARY:A Celebration of Hope\, Peace\, Joy & Love: Christmas Eve Potluck Feast & Carols
DESCRIPTION:🎶 Wonderful Wednesday • December 24 at 6:30 PM \n🫶 Potluck begins at 6:30 pm. Please bring a healthy food contribution to share. \n🌀 Circle begins at 7:30 pm \n📍South Etobicoke Loft (Mariel’s Studio). Address provided upon RSVP. \n✅ RSVP required. Message or text to save your seat. \n🌿 All are welcome. By donation. \n\nAfter four weeks of journeying through the inner lights of Hope\, Peace\, Joy\, and Love\, we gather on Christmas Eve for a warm\, luminous celebration; a night of shared food\, shared voices\, and shared heart. \nWe begin with a community potluck feast. Mariel will be preparing a roasted\, stuffed turkey to anchor the table. Please bring a tasty appetizer\, savoury dish\, or dessert; something that feels like “home.” This evening is about nourishment in every sense of the word. \nAfter dinner\, we gather in a circle for Christmas carols\, led by Music Director Andy James with musical friends accompanying us. We’ll read lyrics from sheets and phones — relaxed\, modern\, and beautifully human — as we lift our voices together in harmony. \nThis is not a performance. \nIt is a celebration of belonging. \nA moment to weave together everything we’ve cultivated this season: \nHope for what is beginning\, \nPeace in our hearts and homes\, \nJoy in our bodies and breath\, \nand Love: the warmth that holds us all. \nHaiku for the Night: \nThis long winter night \nWe sing Hope Peace Joy and Love \nWe can Be the Light \nAll are welcome; whether you’ve journeyed through the earlier Advent evenings or are joining us for the magic of community and song tonight.
URL:https://marielsomatictherapy.com/event/a-celebration-of-hope-peace-joy-love-christmas-eve-potluck-feast-carols/
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SUMMARY:The Alchemy of Desire & Devotion™ - A Somatic Initiation into Inner Union with Lady Viktoria
DESCRIPTION:In a world that tells us to strive harder\, fix ourselves\, or hide our sensitivity\, many people silently absorb the untruth: I am broken. But your longing\, your ache\, your desire for something deeper is not a flaw — it is guidance. Desire is your compass. Devotion is the path. Join us for a four-hour trauma-informed somatic immersion that awakens your inner intelligence\, reconnects you to your body’s wisdom\, and opens the first gate of the White Lotus Mystery School journey. \n📅 Saturday\, December 27 \n🕙 10 AM – 2 PM (4 hours — bring snacks) \n📍 Etobicoke West Studio \n🎙 Led by Lady Viktoria — Holistic Intimacy Coach\, 20+ years guiding humans into embodied love \n💲 Early Bird: $125 | Day Of: $150 \n👥 Limited to 12 participants \n👉 Save Your Spot – link coming \n⸻ \nYou Are Not Broken — You Are the Map \nWhat if your desire is not a problem to fix\, but a sacred message from your deeper nature? \nThe truth is simple and radical: \nYou already have the compass. \nWhat’s missing is the connection. \nThis immersion restores that connection through a blend of Tantra\, Kink-informed relational intelligence\, Theatre Therapy\, breath\, ritual\, somatic inquiry\, and sacred witnessing. You will learn to listen to your body as oracle\, follow desire without shame\, and experience devotion as embodied clarity and presence. \n⸻ \nListen to the Body as Oracle \nYour body knows before your mind catches up. \nThat quiet ache… \nThat hunger to feel alive again… \nThat deep pull toward intimacy beyond performance… \nThese sensations are not weakness. They are intelligence. \nThrough somatic exploration\, breathwork\, ritual space\, and compassionate unwinding of old protections\, you reconnect with the truth beneath the armour. This is where Somatic Immersion begins — a sanctuary where all parts of you are welcome. \n⸻ \nMore Than a Class — It’s an Initiation \nThe Alchemy of Desire & Devotion™ is a visceral\, embodied return to your own flame. Not theory — direct experience. \nYou will explore the foundations of Inner Union\, where strength meets softness\, clarity meets surrender\, and desire meets devotion. When these qualities meet inside you\, something powerful awakens: \ngrounded wholeness\, intuitive truth\, and emotional sovereignty. \nYou Will Experience: \nSomatic Awakening \nReconnecting to breath\, sensation\, and the living intelligence of your body. \nDesire Mapping \nMeeting the parts of you that crave\, yearn\, and long — with reverence\, not shame. \nInner Union Ritual \nA ceremony of polarity and integration to activate inner clarity and embodied power. \nDevotion as Embodied Expression \nLearning devotion not as submission\, but as sacred presence\, commitment\, and truth. \n⸻ \nWhat Makes This Work Different? \nThis immersion draws from multiple lineages and modalities: \n   •   Trauma-Informed Care — Cultivating intimacy rooted in safety\, not survival. \n   •   Tantra & Kink Principles — Accessing relational polarity\, aliveness\, and embodied power. \n   •   Theatre Therapy — Emotional truth through creative expression. \n   •   Gnostic Rituals — Awakening the sacred intelligence within the body. \nYour body becomes: \n🎻 the instrument of awareness \n🎭 the stage of emotional truth \n🔮 the oracle of your deeper knowing \n⸻ \nIs This Space for You? \nThis initiation is for you if you are ready to: \n   •   Reclaim your relationship with your body \n   •   Cultivate intimacy grounded in safety \n   •   Embody desire without guilt or shame \n   •   Awaken intuitive clarity \n   •   Integrate the feminine and masculine within \n   •   Begin the White Lotus Mystery School path \n   •   Experience deep somatic healing beyond talk therapy \nYour grief\, your pleasure\, your numbness — all are welcome here. \nThis is a shame-resilient\, consent-centred\, nervous-system-informed space. \nYou will leave with real tools: \nEmbodiment\, not just insight. \nClarity\, not confusion. \nPeace\, not bypass. \n⸻ \nBegin Your Initiation (The First Gate) \nThe Alchemy of Desire & Devotion™ is your entry into the six-week foundational path of the White Lotus Mystery School. \nIf your chest warms… \nIf your breath deepens… \nIf your body whispers yes… \nTrust that knowing. \nThe circle is forming. \nThe initiation begins now. \n👉 Secure Your Spot (link coming) \n⸻ \nFacilitator \nViktoria Kalenteris \nHolistic Intimacy Coach | 20 years experience \nCoaching • Consulting • Classes • Training \nFor singles\, couples\, and creatives in film & TV \n📧 viktoria@playfulloving.com \n🔗 playfulloving.com \n📱 416-887-5621 \nIG: @playfulloving | FB: Viktoria
URL:https://marielsomatictherapy.com/event/the-alchemy-of-desire-devotion-a-somatic-initiation-into-inner-union-with-lady-viktoria/
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SUMMARY:New Year’s Eve Gathering: A Conscious Threshold into the Year Ahead
DESCRIPTION: Potluck begins at 6:30 pm. Please bring a healthy food contribution to share. \n Circle begins at 7:30 pm \nSouth Etobicoke studio. Address provided upon RSVP. \n RSVP required. Message or text to save your seat. \n All are welcome. By donation. \n\nNew Year’s Eve Gathering: A Conscious Threshold into the Year Ahead \nSomatic inquiry\, reflection\, and community: an evening designed to land deeply and cross the year together \nNYE parties are usually loud\, late\, and fuelled by distraction; a collective attempt to manufacture meaning at the very moment we’re crossing a threshold. This gathering offers something different: a conscious\, embodied New Year’s Eve designed for people who value presence over performance\, and depth over spectacle. \nRather than pushing resolutions or performing optimism\, we’ll explore a more grounded relationship with desire and intention. Through guided somatic inquiry\, reflection\, and real conversation\, you’ll be invited to slow down\, listen inwardly\, and allow what truly matters for the year ahead to land gently. This is not about forcing outcomes or deciding everything in advance\, but about clarifying the inner signal the rest of the year can naturally organize around. \nWhen desire is allowed to arrive softly — felt in the body rather than driven by the mind — it creates coherence. Like a pebble touching still water\, a small and truthful impulse can send ripples far beyond what effort alone ever could. This evening is an invitation to find that quiet centre and notice how life begins to respond from there. \nAfter 10:00 pm\, we’ll shift from stillness into movement. Dance music will guide us into a gentle movement meditation and ecstatic dance practice\, offering a way to integrate what’s emerged and let it move through the body. This portion of the evening is invitational rather than performative: you’re welcome to move freely\, rest\, or simply be held by the rhythm. \nThe evening will culminate in a shared midnight countdown\, allowing us to cross into the new year together — embodied\, awake\, and connected. \nAs always\, this is a Wonderful Wednesday potluck gathering. Please bring some healthy food to share and arrive on time so we can begin the reflective portion of the evening together. \n🐕 Small practical note: I’m happy to stay through the midnight countdown\, provided we have three volunteers willing to take my dog out for short walks during the evening. If that’s you\, thank you — and please let me know in advance. \nSpace is limited. RSVP required. \n 
URL:https://marielsomatictherapy.com/event/new-years-eve-gathering-a-conscious-threshold-into-the-year-ahead/
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