Voyage Into Presence A Three-Day Temple Deep Dive into Energy, Connection, and Embodiment

What happens when you gather with other curious souls and allow yourself to be guided through deep somatic and energetic rituals - with just the right amount of play and mystery?

You get Voyage Into Presence – a Temple Deep Dive, where the boundaries between self, others, and even the collective field dissolve into something raw, real, and expansive.

Over three days, we move through: • Energetic Play – Journey into your inner landscape by externalizing parts of yourself you rarely share, accessing emotional currents through movement, voice, and touch. • Embodied Practices – It’s not about ideas or theories - it’s about living the work. Through partnered exercises, group dynamics, and solo somatic rituals, you’ll meet yourself in motion. • Transpersonal Connection – From intimate one-on-one moments to feeling the pulse of a whole room - even of the Earth itself - you’ll expand into something far beyond the personal.

And then there are the bubbles. One of the central metaphors of the experience, bubbles are energetic containers – for yourself, for another, for parts of your inner world. Sometimes, you’re holding one. Sometimes, you’re being held in one. Sometimes, you’re floating in a bubble that overlaps with someone else’s, and things get very real. It’s silly. It’s profound. It works.

The space is gently but clearly held by Aaron Mandelbaum (aaronmandelbaum.com), whose facilitation draws from therapeutic kink, somatic practice, and a deep intuitive sense of group flow. Aaron doesn’t perform - he listens, tracks, responds. His structure is steady, smart, and spacious, allowing the practices to do their quiet, powerful work.

"What surprised me most was how challenging it was to stay truly present – not in the high-intensity, cathartic moments, but in the slow, awkward, or mundane ones. That’s where the real gold was: presence when things weren’t particularly exciting or comfortable…

...By the end, it was clear: this wasn’t just a workshop. It’s a living, breathing field of practice where presence becomes embodied, communal, and sometimes cosmic. It’s the kind of experience that shifts how you relate to yourself, others, and the mystery."

Oakland, California Friday July 4, 9am – Sunday July 6, 7pm

Cost: Early Birds 650 USD Main Tier 800 USD Better Together (2 tix) 1450 USD Venue is announced after the registration.

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