english | deutsch
17 / 18 OCTOBER 2020 | zürich
NAKED MEN*
We invite all GBTQ men to try out, experiment, explore boundaries, overcome shame and explore your authentic self in a weekend of workshops. Leave everyday life behind and dive into new worlds with curiosity, courage and openness.
Six experienced teachers, bodyworkers, healers and artists will create a varied program of workshops on bodywork, sexuality, spirituality, creativity and ritual. There will sometimes be two workshops at the same time, so that you can choose where you want to go.
We speak swiss german, high german and english.
SCHEDULE
The first and last workshop on each day is for everyone.
In the blocks in between you can decide spontaneously which of the two workshops you want to attend.
The workshops can change and will be continuously adapted and supplemented.
| Samstag | 10:00 - 11:30 Uhr |
INTRODUCTION & undressing ritual
WITH JULIAN & ALEXANDER
We will consciously celebrate the transition from dressed to naked with this ritual and greet and honour the exposed skin with various touches.
| Samstag | 11:30 - 13:00 Uhr |
TOUCH & CONSENT
WITH SAM
Feeling comfortable in your skin, while naked with others, requires clarity about boundaries. Together, we will explore these boundaries for you and others, through practical exercises focused on consent and rejection.
NAKED YOGA
WITH KRISHNADAS
After we have freed ourselves from the restrictive clothes, we practice yoga naked. The focus is on strength and flexibility.
| Samstag | 14:00 - 15:30 Uhr |
MeDITATION IN MOTION
WITH KRISHNADAS
Many people find it easier to calm the mind and enter a trance through movement. In this moving meditation we arrive completely in ourselves.
THE NEST
WITH JULIAN
This game is inspired by playfight, contact improvisation and other encounter exercises. Stories and scenes emerge spontaneously. You can decide for yourself if, when and with whom you want to play or if you prefer to be a witness.
| Samstag | 16:00 - 17:30 Uhr |
BELLY BLISS
WITH COCO
Enjoy a gentle but deep stomach and organ massage. We learn different techniques to release tension.
SHIBANTRA
WITH JULIAN
We make our first experiences with ropes and use them for a massage and easy wrap-around bondage.
| Samstag | 18:00 - 20:00 Uhr |
PLAY BAZAR
WITH JULIAN
We create a space in which every participant can offer something. This can be anything you can think of: massage, card reading, games, BDSM and sex practices, talks and discussions. You can also team up with other participants and offer something.
| Sonntag | 10:00 - 10:30 Uhr |
UNDRESSING RITUAL
WITH JULIAN
We will consciously celebrate the transition from dressed to naked with this ritual and greet and honour the exposed skin with various touches.
| Sonntag | 10:30 - 12:00 Uhr |
NAKED PARTNER YOGA
WITH KRISHNADAS
In this yoga lesson we will do exercises for two or more together. So body contact is in the program, which will make your body awareness even more intense.
Morning SpANK
WITH COCO
An introduction to different spanking techniques in BDSM. Play with pain and pleasure.
| Sonntag | 12:30 - 14:00 Uhr |
20-HAND-MASSAGE-CAROUSEL
WITH JULIAN
In this choreographed ritual you will touch 10 men and you will be touched by 20 hands.
ASPECTS OF INTIMACY
WITH KRISHNADAS
According to shamanistic and therapeutic traditions you will explore and experience by yourself in a playful way your 4 aspects of intimacy. Intimacy with you and with the world. In wich area of intimacy you feel comfortable? Meditation, Talks, Exchange...
| Sonntag | 15:00 - 16:30 Uhr |
SILENT ECSTASY - GENITAL MEDITATION
WITH ALEXANDER
In this partner exercise we explore an elevated state of arousal, which does not yet lead to orgasm, over a longer period of time and practice discarding all focus and perceiving and enjoying the moment in the here and now.
DREAMS MAY COME TRUE
WITH SAM
In changing groups of two, we’ll take three steps toward happiness: first we discover what we want to experience, then we tell each other about our dreams, and together we finally make our dreams cum true.
| Sonntag | 17:00 - 18:30 Uhr |
MAGICAL MASTURBATION CIRCLE
MIT JULIAN
Discover, explore and play with your inner voyeur and exhibitionist. Observe and be a witness or show yourself. Or all at once. When do you feel comfortable or inhibited? What gives you the thrill? In this ritual, you can switch between roles and experiment at any time, so that you only ever do what you really want to do.
FACILITATORS
JULIAN
Julian originally studied acting, dance and singing before discovering his passion for massages and bodywork. He regularly organizes and conducts men's courses and weekend workshops in Zurich and Berlin. Important topics are breath, voice, movement, touch, self-acceptance and the discovery and expression of one's own needs as the key to a liberated and more fulfilled (sex-)life.
ALEXANDER
Since my childhood the direct contact with my fellow human beings has played an important role for me. Tantra and Lomi Lomi massages as well as Reiki energy work have inspired and positively changed my life. This kind of contact enables me to accompany people on their "journey", to carry them and to open a protected space for them in individual sessions and workshops.
SAM
sam is a polyamorous radical faerie who loves to play in lots of ways with desire, the body, and sexuality. sam takes what he knows about this practice with people, bodies, and sexuality from widely diverse contexts where sam has participated in, assisted, or co-created play. sam explores encounters between people and loves and lives meditation and BDSM.
COCO
Coco is an audio and video artist. In his artworks he deals with gender identities, sexuality and taboo topics. Since he was 16 years old, he has been interested in various Western and Eastern body techniques, integrating them into his life and giving workshops in Asia, America and Europe: brainwave training, creating in flow, Zen meditation, Tantra, Tao, massage, BDSM, autogenic training and Alexander Technique
RED
Red has been practicing yoga for years, experiencing with different schools and eventually developing his own style.
He teaches naked yoga for men in Zurich.
KRISHNADAS
My main profession is therapeutic work in a private clinic for psychiatry & psychotherapy. Training in nursing, art therapy, integral yoga & meditation, energetic healing, psychological astrology. I like to work with humans in a holistic way. Creativity, body, mind & soul. Eros & esotericism, sex & spirit, profundity & humor. The joyful way to oneself.
We explicitly welcome all men, no matter if you are fat, thin, muscular or hairy, no matter what your genitals and body look like and no matter if you have a disability.
Because of the risk of injury, you should be fit for some workshops and not restricted in your movements!
LOCATION
Sihl13
Lessingstrasse 13, 8002 Zürich
WORKSHOP Times
Saturday 10:00am - 8:30pm
Sunday 10:00am - 7:00pm
Accomodation
For 30 CHF it is possible to spend the night from Saturday to Sunday in the course room. There are enough mats. Bring your own sleeping bag or bedding! You can purchase a ticket for that together with your ticket for the event.
Tickets*
Weekend-Ticket
Budget 290 CHF
Regular 340 CHF
Supporter 390 CHF
1-Day-Ticket
Budget 160 CHF
Regular 180 CHF
Supporter 200 CHF
*Choose the price you want or can pay for according to your income.