Introduction to understanding and practicing Tantra at Confest 2025 Workshop: Exploring White, pink hat, red and black Tantra & Vibroacoustic Therapy
Located at: Confest site, Evolve Village Space | Held by River Jade Satya & the Crew
Facilitator: Guy Sohm

Theme: Understanding the basic principles of Tantra and incorporating the power of Vibroacoustic Therapy.

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“Exploring embodying purity, opening your heart. Resetting your nervous system with sound, conscious breathing and movement. Then Rest, digest and Relax”

Recently In the sarced sanctuary of the Evolve Village Space, we did a beautiful journey into the soul of Tantra. Exploring some of the profound foundational practices of White Tantra, with
Breathwork Practices
Chanting the OM mantra and examples of other fun practices. Then the gentle heart felt intimacy of
Pink Hat Tantra (a middle path form of neotantra, which is a blend of red and white elaborated by Guy Sohm) plus a slight mention of the passionate depths of Red Tantra (Sexual and sensual energy) and a glimpse into the transformative shadow work of Black (Left-Hand) Tantra which Red is apart of. Which is something that you could explore after developing a strong foundation in the inner realms/ world with White Tantra (right hand) first traditionally.

The best way to sum Tantra is the it is the practices and techniques to liberate your self and become enlightened. Depending upon which linage, eg traditionally Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. These days many workshops and teachers are neotantra a modern day interpretation of Tantra.

Here’s a link to 
Tantric Lifestyle

(Worth reading for extra understanding)

Alongside this, you’ll be introduced to the deeply restorative power of Vibroacoustic Therapy (VAT) — where science, tech and sacred sound converge to help access deeper states of consciousness, eg Alpha, delta, theta and potentially gamma brain waves. Explore the exciting potential of nervous system regulation with Tantric Vibroacoustic Water bed Therapy

Workshop Intention

1. To cultivate some easy practical practices to achieve peace of mind, clarity and deepen in awareness using a few simple processes and rituals.

2. Restore harmony in your nervous system through sound vibration, enabling emotional regulation/ release and somatic healing. With chanting OM, breathwork, shaking and heart awareness.

   Explore the Different Paths of Tantra →

3. To potentially awaken devotion to the Divine, inner strength, and joy by harmonizing ancient teachings with modern day tech with vibroacoustic vibrational therapy.

4. Purification of body through a healthy diet is recommended. Depending upon your needs, there are many different ways, diets specifically for your blood type, your family lineage and personal and spiritual beliefs. Discover how an Anti-Inflammatory Diet and lifestyle can support your overall health and well-being. We are what we eat, and dopamine rules us, so pure diet help reduce desire and creates healthy gut, definitely a key factor!

Opening Circle Welcome,  introduction & Heartfelt Intentions: Co-creating a sacred container of safety and connection.

Recommended Breathwork Practice:

4/7/8

1. • Inhale for 4 counts

   • Hold for 7 counts

   • Exhale slowly for 8 counts
     (A technique known to activate the parasympathetic nervous system and deepen presence.)

2. Silent Inner Smile: Begin with a simple smile directed inward — a Taoist technique refined in Tantra — invoking gentleness, compassion, and connection. Can be done with all your organs and enhances your heart space imaging others with a smiling heart helps open your own heart in my experience.

Poem

Elemental Tantra, the claim nurturing winds blows up against your skin, feeling the element of Air breathing in, slowly exhaling to totally let go and come into the flow… listening to the water washing over the rocks, a lesson in allowing hard things to create beauty within… Water 🏝🏞🌊
Collection of wood waiting to burn, transformation of ego up in flames to discover the excitement of exploring the present moment. 🔥🌅 Fire lights us up, creating a dancing Tribal beat with each tap into the earth with your feet.. 👣🌱🏞 earth grounding us deep into the mother, safety in connection to the land like no other. 🧡 Simular to the unconditional love of a dog, backwards spelling God, surrendering to the the Divine, seeing all perfection in what is, methods of yogic philosophy which uncovers such mystery.

Written by Yarra River with a brother from another mother
Respect, love n peace Guy 🕊

What is the Right-Hand Path of Tantra? 

White Tantra is about Sādhanā, purification, discipline, becoming fully presence, and devotion. It trains the mind and heart to align with the divine in all. A doctrine approach where you continue each day with a routine of practices, study and rituals.

Core Themes:

1. Purity of intention, thought, and lifestyle.

2. Daily rituals of mindfulness — making the mundane sacred through direct experience in total presence.

3. Cultivating inner stillness and focused awareness, which allows your heart to remain open. As mind and heart have a direct correlation, eg. Less Ego creates more heart awareness. As the mind becomes quite the heart opens to our senses and the universe 🧡✨🙏

4. Spiritual hygiene — from conscious eating to emotional integrity, accountability,  authenticity and taking responsibility. Exploring high emotional intelligence.

Real-World Practice Examples:

1. Drinking pure spring water (if possible) with full presence, gratitude and love. Doing blessings on whatever you drink or eat to raise its vibration.

2. Lighting a candle with prayers.

3. Pausing before meals with gratitude and mindfulness eating slowly, enjoying each and every bite mmmm yummy.

4. Practicing deep listening and awareness through our senses.

Recommended Practices 

1. Guided Meditation: Smiling Heart Practice

   • Place your hand gently over your heart.

   • Smile into your heart with a soft breath, sensing warmth and giving yourself love. 🧡🔥

   • Following the subtle feelings, excepting whatever your feelings. Knowing impermanence, this too shall pass if there are uncomfortable feelings.

   • Cultivate inner joy, safety, and unconditional love. (This activates the vagus nerve, heart-brain coherence, and oxytocin release.)

2. Mantra Chanting: OM

   • Practice chanting from the heart, feeling the heart vibrating! Very powerful way to overcome a busy mind!

   • If the vibration in the chest are uncomfortable or you can’t feel anything, keep practicing.

   • As long and regularly as possible, allowing silence afterward to echo stillness.

3. Partner Eye Gazing 

   • Gaze into the left eye (associated with the soul/heart).

   • Maintain a soft, loving, nonjudgmental gaze for 2–3 minutes or as long as you feel.

   • Practice silent appreciation and energetic presence.

   • Option to express any feelings and words of gratitude at the end and hug.

4. Loving Kindness Meditation / Metta Prayer

   • “May all beings be happy, safe, healthy, compassionate, caring, kind and at peace.”

   • Expand this prayer of Meta to all creatures, cells and everything in the universe.

Introduction to Vibroacoustic Therapy

What is VAT?

Developed by Olav Skille, 
Vibroacoustic Therapy uses low-frequency soundwaves transmitted through the body to support healing.

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🕊️ The Many Branches of Tantra: Hindu, Buddhist, Jain & Beyond

Tantra is not a single path, but a vast tree with many branches, blossoming in different cultures and spiritual systems. While all share a common goal of spiritual awakening through expanded awareness and embodiment, the methods and worldviews can vary greatly. Here’s a look at the primary Tantric traditions:

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🕉️ Hindu Tantra (Shaiva, Shakta & Vaishnava)

Hindu Tantra is perhaps the most well-known and widely practiced. It developed alongside the Vedic traditions and includes various schools that worship different aspects of the Divine.

Key Branches:

• Shaiva Tantra: Focuses on Shiva as the Supreme Consciousness. Practices include intense meditation, mantra, mudra, kriya yoga, and ritual worship (puja). Texts like the Shiva Sutras, Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, and Kularnava Tantra are central.

• Shakta Tantra: Devotion to Shakti, the divine feminine energy. This includes Kundalini awakening, use of yantras, rituals, and the worship of goddesses like Kali, Durga, Lalita Tripura Sundari. Highly ritualistic and deeply embodied.

• Vaishnava Tantra: Less common, centered around Vishnu and his avatars (like Krishna). It integrates Tantric elements into bhakti (devotional) paths.

Hindu Tantra is dual and non-dual, ranging from ascetic practices to more esoteric left-hand paths (Vama Marga).

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☸️ Buddhist Tantra (Vajrayana)

Also known as the Tantric Buddhism of Tibet, Vajrayana evolved out of Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism and is practiced in Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, and Mongolia.

Core Concepts:

• Uses mantra (sacred sound), mudra (symbolic gestures), and mandala (sacred geometry) for visualization and meditation.

• Deity Yoga: Meditators visualize themselves as enlightened beings like Avalokiteshvara, Tara, or Vajrasattva to embody their awakened qualities.

• Empowerments (initiations) are required to practice.

• Includes sexual yoga (Karmamudra) in advanced stages but only for highly initiated practitioners, and always within a strict ethical and spiritual framework.

Vajrayana = The “Diamond Vehicle” — it’s said to be a faster path to enlightenment, like a lightning bolt, but requires great discipline and devotion.

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🧘‍♂️ Jain Tantra (Tantra in Jainism)

Jainism is often seen as austere and non-violent, yet certain Jain sects developed Tantric rituals for protection, healing, and liberation.

Features:

• Uses mantras and yantras associated with Tirthankaras (liberated souls) or goddesses like Padmavati.

• More focused on rituals and magical formulas than internal meditative awakening.

• Seeks to accumulate spiritual merit and purify karma through symbolic offerings and recitation.

It’s less focused on Kundalini or embodiment than Hindu or Buddhist Tantra but still carries rich esoteric layers.

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✨🔥Folk and Tribal Tantra (Adivasi & Earth-Based Traditions)

Many indigenous traditions of India and Nepal have Tantric elements — without calling them “Tantra.” These include ritual magic, nature worship, spirit offerings, and intuitive forms of energy healing.

• Focus on earth energies, spirits of place, and ancestral wisdom

• Deeply shamanic and ceremonial

• Sometimes integrated with mainstream Tantra or considered “left-hand path” (Vamachara)

These traditions emphasize experience over dogma, feeling over form, and often involve music, drumming, dance, and elemental offerings.

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🧿 Sufi & Taoist Tantra (Tantra-Adjacent Paths)

While not “Tantra” by name, Taoist alchemy and Sufi mysticism share core elements: energy refinement, inner union, ecstatic devotion, and body-soul integration.

• Taoist Inner Alchemy: Involves breathwork, sexual energy retention, and chi circulation through meridians (similar to Kundalini).

• Sufism: Uses music (Qawwali), whirling, and deep heart-opening devotion (Ishq) to reach union with the Beloved — mirroring Bhakti-based Tantric paths.

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🌼 In Essence

Tantra is not bound by religion — it is a methodology for transformation that transcends dogma. Whether it’s through Shiva and Shakti, the Buddha Mind, ritual yantras, or sound and breath, the essence remains:

Liberate energy. Awaken presence. Embody the sacred.

Each tradition offers a different doorway into the vast temple of consciousness — and all ultimately invite us to bring the divine into every breath, moment, and relationship.

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