thumbnail image
  • Home
  • Training
  • Training
  • Core Team
  • Testimonials
  • Testimonials
  • Venue
  • Details
  • Ready?
  • Register!
  • Facebook
  • Contact
  • Email List
  • Register Here!
  • Spiritual Sexual Shamanic Experience - Level 1

    Register Here!
  • If you are ready to transform your life, this experiential 8-day event is for you

    REGISTER HERE!

    The People

    Thousands of people on 5 continents have attended the ISTA training over the past 8 years and have been radically changed for the better by uncovering reactive patterns and transforming them into conscious ways of being.

    The Retreat

    This retreat focuses on clearing the physical and emotional body of shame, guilt and fear related to sexuality and authenticity. This is done through multiple pathways of healing: guided visualization, emotional release, shamanic initiations, energy tracking and conscious touch are just a few of the practices used to dive deep into the inner realms. The inner masculine and inner feminine archetypes are explored because when they are fully integrated a door opens to a deeper knowing of the Self as whole and complete.

    The Event

    This event unfolds within a powerful group process based on unconditional love, intimacy and acceptance of what is arising. By the end of this event, you will feel more open, relaxed and present and be more in touch with effortless flow of life, no matter what it looks like.

    The Experience

    No prior knowledge of shamanism or sacred sexuality is necessary to attend this retreat. This event is about expanding beyond your comfort zone, while honoring your healthy boundaries. Nudity and intimate touch are a part of this training, however, you are always at choice and the facilitators will help you navigate what is authentic for you. Individuals and couples of any sexual preference are welcome to attend.

     

    This is an individual process that happens in a group environment and a level of ability to be self responsible is needed to navigate the spiritual sexual shamanic space. ISTA is a mystery school and approaches trauma from the shamanic perspective of connecting with the body and soul. We recommend that if there is known deep seated trauma, individuals seek one on one sessions and get the ok from their therapist before entering the group process.

  • More about the training

    REGISTER HERE!

    The SSSEX training uses..

    • Ritual
    • Breathwork
    • Group Process
    • Active Meditation
    • Emotional Release
    • Hands-On-Healing
    • Guided Visualizations
    • Subtle Energy Processes
    • Conscious Communication

    To..

    • Realize that you are love & freedom embodied
    • Integrate your inner masculine & feminine
    • Increase multidimensional awareness
    • Let go of past dramas and traumas
    • Expand your capacity for pleasure
    • Celebrate sex positive community
    • Transform the shadow into an ally
    • Honor your healthy boundaries

     

    This is only a partial list of what you may experience.

  • Meet the Facilitators

    REGISTER HERE!

    BRIANA CRIBEYER

    CO FACILITATOR

    Briana was born under the full moon in the Midwest of the United States as the youngest daughter of a high priestess. She grew up eavesdropping on the creation of rituals and ceremonies of the sacred. She talked to plants and animals and listened deeply to their messages. Years later, fleeing the Midwest, she found wisdom in the mountains and forests of Colorado, New Hampshire, Washington-- and living abroad in Japan and throughout South America. In that time, she absorbed the ways of the elders, and began to craft her connection back to the mother (earth) and womb medicine through movement, prayer, and shamanic practice. 

    Beginning her career in social services and education, leading to non-profit management, Briana wove the thread of a desire to serve throughout each step along her path. She sees all of her past career as energy work, supporting individuals and groups to find their own power to heal. With degrees in Sociology, a focus on ‘Race, Culture, Power,’ and Sexual Behavior, as well as a Natural Resources, focusing on sustainability, Briana brings humility of leadership and objectivity to board rooms, corporate offices, private sessions with couples, and family mediating alike. 

    Briana can most often be felt in her ecstatic joy, grinning ear to ear, channeling her maiden that loves to jump in puddles, and her priestess who gathers the energy and sends it whirling to create alchemy in all around. Her happy place is in facilitation, and workshop creation has been a constant for the past 15 years. 

    She is the co-founder of Sacred Sexuality Rising, a lead trainer for Intuitive Tantra, speaker and facilitator for The Ohio State University on the topic of sacred sexuality, and Executive Director of the Columbus Coalition for Sexuality. 

    She believes that deep and radical love, coupled with ownership and self-responsibility will shift the trajectory of humans on the planet. 

    To work with Briana directly, to book her for teaching or speaking engagements, and for more information, visit www.brianacribeyer.com

    JUAN ES ALZATE MEJIA

    CO FACILITATOR

    Since 2008, Juan has been working with shamanism to effect healing change in his life and the life of others. This work has taken Juan all around the world, working and training with shamans from China, Peru, Chile, Colombia, Brazil and throughout the USA. Juan has trained and is experienced in; psychic intuitive development, Reiki, Akashic Records, Yoga, Kungfu, Tantra, Transformational Psychology, Holotropic, and Shamanic Breathwork to name a few. Juan completed the core of his shamanic training with Alberto Villoldo at The Four Winds Society in 2012. Since 2017 Juan has been diving deep in the Tantric Arts becoming a faculty apprentice with ISTA-International School of Temple Arts, completing all courses offered, with 500+ hrs. of studies. Juan is dedicated to bringing shamanic and tantric healing to all humanity, especially those who are ready to go on and take responsibility for their own healing journey. More about Juan at www.LuminousHealer.com

    PHILIPPE LEWIS

    ORGANIZER

    What is Exquisite Dark Love Coaching?

     

    Exquisite Dark Love is yours truly (Philippe Lewis) exploring the messiness of humans and open sourcing clarity and wisdom through critical thinking and conversations. His purpose is to support individuals and communities on the path of exploration, connection, trust, and sovereignty. When we come together, wisdom and support naturally arise, and this is how shift and growth happen! Welcome to the new paradigm of living and relating. Welcome to the path of Exquisite Dark Love.

    Website: www.exquisitedark.love


    Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/exquisitedarklove/
    News, Events, Classes: www.facebook.com/groups/exquisitedarklove/

     

    Who is Philippe Lewis?

     

    Philippe is a relationship educator. He created Exquisite Dark Love to support men and women in making better choices for themselves and each so they can become sovereign humans through the practice of connection, trust, consent, intimacy, love, and the exploration of attachment theory. He is the co-founder of ReMENber Brotherhood Journey, a coordinator with ISTA, the International School of Temple Arts, and a modern voice on critical thinking around morality and the integration of Masculine, Feminine, Dark, Light, and Shadow. Over the years, he founded the Open Relationship Community, the Attachment Community, and the Consent Community to support new emerging conversations on these important topics. He is also the happy father of a 9 year old boy who teaches him how to surrender to love and life more fully every day.

    Facebook Wall: www.facebook.com/fuzzyp
    Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/philippesimonlewis/

  • Testimonials

    What people have to say about the Spiritual Sexual Shamanic Experience!

    REGISTER HERE!

  • More Testimonials

    REGISTER HERE!

    hallelujah!

    The training was profound, deeply impactful, respectful, wise beyond most of our years, held with integrity and accountability, and most importantly with the utmost of care. My Take-aways... An increased sense of freedom from old programming, and a powerful mirror of sensing myself as a Sensual, Sexual, Balanced Sovereign Being! Also, I was looking for a SoulMate to join me, in experiences of ecstasy, and in serving the transformation of our world, the last quarter century of my life; instead I found something much more richer and empowering, and that is my SoulTribe! A Conscious Tribe to Experience Ecstacy, and to be in Transformational Service with! Hallelujah!!!

    - C (70yo)

    get ready to be transformed!

    Get ready to be transformed! This training is revolutionary, healing, empowering! Like nothing you've ever done before! The tools I learned did not only help me to expand my sexuality but also to expand my communication and interpersonal skills in general. These tools are transferable to all types of relationships; from family to work, I feel more confident to be able to express my desires and boundaries in a mature and aware manner. I Highly recommend this experience for adults of all ages!

    unconditional support

    My experience with ISTA is something I will cherish for as long as I can. Being new to sexual healing I can say with full confidence that ISTA has met and surpassed my wildest expectations for what sexual healing can look like and how necessary it is to feel and be human. Experiencing nothing but unconditional support I whole-heartedly am coming back for more. I felt a strong sense of tribal support after the first day with these amazing people, and I feel honored to witness and be witnessed by those brave enough to transform themselves for a better world. Please come and experience the beauty of life with us.

    love love love

    I feel blessed to have found the ISTA community. my soul has longed for my tribe, my heart has yearned to love without fear and my body has begged me to finally declare her as sacred. I am grateful for the wisdom, compassion, and guidance of Triambika Ma Vive, Araminta Barbour and Frank Mondeose as leaders of the sacred ceremonies of the past and facilitators of emotional and sexual healing. Throughout the training you three have artfully and gracefully broken me open to discover the beauty and truth of myself. I feel now that there is nothing that stands in the way of the possibilities I am now dreaming for myself and the world. Participating in ISTA Level 1 was the greatest transformational experience of my life. I feel an incredible surge of aliveness and can declare myself a powerful being, in touch with my sacred sexuality, connected to the immensity of love in my heart and devoted to my community and tribe. I can now say YES to life, YES to passion, YES to freedom of expression and YES to LOVE. Where else can you get such gifts ? Thank you. I am humbled, grateful and yes in Awe of the experience and the courage of my fellow beloveds on this journey. Love you all so much for holding the space for me, for loving me as I am, inspiring me and also for all the fun !!!! Til we meet again! Stay wild, stay present, stay connected and Love Love Love

    healing big bang!

    What a beautiful container for inner transformation. Was it a healing big-bang? a transformational earthquake? What I can say is, as soon as was in, no way to hold back, no way to stay in the old fashion comfort zone, no way to resist ​to the call for growing, no way to struggle, just surrendering to the wheel of transformation. Standing out, facing challenges, surrendering, expanding, going more and more out of the comfort zone, saying good bye to the social conditioning, standing boldly in the life, releasing blocked and unexpressed emotions, healing, growing, expanding, honoring myself, honoring my body, integrating more and more of my sacred sexual being, breathing, nourishing more and more my body, my being, quieting and clarifying my mind, releasing old useless and inadequate patterns, realigning with my pure authenticity, embodying my sovereignty, embodying my freedom. Coming back to the simplicity of naked mind in a naked body with a powerful innocent magic awesome sexual power. Far away from social mind controlled perception of reality. Far away from social distorted view of sexuality generated by church and society. This was the time for reconnection to one’s true nature, for taking back one’s personal power, deepening one’s awareness, coming back home to my body with bliss, power and love.

    a journey

    This journey has been an amazing experience that really shifted the way I feel about myself. Learning to integrate the male and female part within myself and see everybody else as both parts gives me a new way to approach others. After the training I really feel the way to honour and stand up for myself, while remaining on touch with physical and emotional body and the sweetness within it. what a journey, what a change, I don’t even want to go back to the way before Thanks for providing this beautiful journey with its deep insights and enormous skills.

    no stories

    There are no stories I can tell to describe this journey. Imagine you are an ocean with deep waters full of terrifying creatures. You close your eyes and jump in all the way to the bottom. As you come up through the ocean you encounter all these scary things and realize that they aren’t what you thought they were. You hold your breath and trust you will make it through. When you emerge from the depths you realize a beautiful, powerful creature awaits you. And that creature is you.

    gratitude

    I am very grateful for all the different processes I went through this week, each one was profoundly transformative, the team provided me the loving safe space to let go of some very old and deep wounds.

    empowerment

    ISTA training is of an essential nature. It takes the journey of a human experience into the perspective of healthy empowered being, it offers tools that allow you to heal your body and emotions and therefore enables participants to claim their birth right to truly live life.

    an opportunity

    ISTA offered me an opportunity and a space to shake up free up and escape into a reality of truth and honesty. It’s a journey I took with abundance of teachers that showed me the way into myself, the real me, my real body, my true pleasure. It made me find ways to beat the fears and illusions awake and realise they are there, it it poured for me a pavement to walk steady on, towards the encounter with myself. ISTA took me with many other and put us in a container, shook that container up again and again, and let us find what was shed, and what was left in each and every one of us. I am now stepping, aware, present and brave towards the most important change that will ever happen to me.

    a call in the heart

    If you feel a call in your heart to attend this training then go for it… yes, your mind will come up with all kinds of struggles and fears.. but still trust your heart and go for it. It is not just another seminar that fills you with information, but it will touch you deeply within your very soul and then the healing takes place.. a healing from the source, such a sacred place… take the chance and do it for yourself .. for your life!

    boundless lessons

    There are boundless lessons to take with me from this experience, but perhaps the most precious for me in this moment was to witness the creation of Sacred Space; space where all is held sacred and safe; space without judgement; space made from love. I truly feel that I can carry this with me and recreate it anywhere I want or need. Thank you!

    prep school

    ISTA provides the training we all needed in prep school. It's the fast track process to healing and awakening! I'm so blessed to have had come across this family. I can never express with words my gratitude and love for my brothers and sisters from ISTA. Namaste!

    boundless lessons

    The training has been the most powerful and transformative experience I had in my life. It really kicked up my transition towards a more peaceful and aligned life. I am really grateful that I had the courage to be fully immersed in this experience.

    what is ISTA Level 1?

    DISCLAIMER - This is based on my experience, and everyone's experience is unique, because it's a deep process! [Feel free to share]

     

    I have decided to write this taster for those people who do not know the International School of Temple Arts, for those who feel tuned out when they listen to videos and descriptions about ISTA Level 1, because it's in a language not accessible to them.

     

    I first came across ISTA totally by chance; I was traveling with my beloved in Guatemala and a poster caught my attention. Probably because it had the word sex in it, and because it looked attractive and exotic. David and I signed up as a present to our love, not knowing what the week would be about. We are both grateful we took the plunge, as ISTA L1 is a well-oiled machine!

     

    So why are people so mysterious about ISTA Level 1? Why can't they just give me the curriculum so I can decide if it's for me? The answer is simple; a lot of the transformational work that is done during that week needs to be in context. Out of context, it sounds nuts. I have done 2 Level 1s; once as a participant, and another time as an assistant, and I can guarantee that my learning and journey was unique each time. However, I understand that your mind wants something more palpable, so here goes.

     

    In one sentence - ISTA Level 1 is the education every human being should get when growing up.

     

    Boundaries - Do you ever feel like you should have said no, but ended up saying yes? This relates to #metoo, but it also relates to those times when you accept too much responsibility at work, when you give a friend a shoulder although you really don't have the emotional strength at that moment, and other situations in which you are not clear about your boundaries and end up feeling depleted. ISTA Level 1 explores this expertly from different angles, so even if you think you are brilliant with your boundaries (and the boundaries of others), you'll become better.

     

    Tools - Even if you are content and emotionally switched on, there is space to become happier, more connected to your feelings, desires, fears, dreams. Exploring anger was one of the more difficult challenges for me, precisely because I am pretty joyful. In a nutshell, the tools involve using your voice and body movements to let energy move through you. I'm sure at a moment of stress, you've stretched out your arms, or have gone for a walk. This is the next level and has much more impact.

     

    The thing is not the thing - Whenever you feel angry that someone arrived late, frustrated about a decision made at work… you are becoming a victim of that thing or story. You might not be able to change how late that person is, but you can change how it affects you. ISTA L1 teaches you how to move into your power and break this cycle of victimhood. It takes practice post-training, but you are given tools.

     

    Honesty - We are brought up to be polite, and this can get in the way of honesty. Since our first ISTA L1, my beloved and I have had some seriously deep and painful conversations, which have brought us to beautiful places. Sometimes you feel unsure about being upset about something someone did, but here's the trick, you can tell them that! You can be honest about how it makes you feel, instead of blaming them for it. The key is to be clear that it is not a competition, it is not an attack. Put yourself in that vulnerable place of "I love you, and I'm not sure why this triggers me, but when you xxx I felt xxx", keeps the channels of communication open, and you will be surprised how things shift in most of your relationships. You also have to accept that some people are still stuck in fight or flight mode, so you might not have such a successful honest conversation.

     

    You are not your story - I'll take a simple example. Everyone feels that at some point their parents didn't make the best decision (even if like me, you think that overall your parents are incredible and did a brilliant job raising you). Guess what, you are a whole human being, you have yourself. You are your own mother, your father, you design your story from now on. Everyone has traumas (to different levels and degrees), and it can feel like you are messed up for good, but you are not. More and more research is going into neuroplasticity, so we have the ability to rewire through a change in habits, and like William Ernest Henley says in his poem Invictus, you are the master of your own fate, you are the captain of your soul.

     

    Why is it so expensive? You will have a full-time one-week experience with 3 expert facilitators who will support you 24/7 during the week, and a number of assistants (number depends on size of group), accommodation, full board… so surely this costs money. ISTA might sound alien to you, but it is made up of human beings who pay bills.

     

    There are numerous more gifts (and each of them more powerful) you will receive with this training, but I don't know how to explain them in all their awesomeness without you actually being there. So, take the plunge, and you will love me and yourself for it!

     

    an extraordinary journey

    My journey was an extraordinary week long training in Colorado. Words can’t begin to describe what transpired during this time, but what I can say is that I learned, in a whole new way, so much about what it means to truly own my power.

    • I cried, screamed, wailed, had temper tantrums and expressed parts of myself that have been dying to be heard for so long.
    • I re-wrote the story of my childhood.
    • I got in touch with the little girl inside of me that has been so hurt, and as a result is terrified of life and tries to sabotage relationships, and, I got to know her and love her in a whole new way.
    • I was witnessed, accepted and loved in my rage, breakdown, insecurities, beauty, radiance, turn on and courage.
    • I learned what it means to fully surrender and trust. And that trust is something that I need to earn and not just demand from others.
    • I saw how I play the victim role way too much in my life and how I have a tendency to be addicted to drama. (That’s a hard one to admit.🤷🏼‍♀️)
    • I experienced an insane amount of pleasure and used that pleasure to fuel my desires and visions.

    I fell in love in a completely new a different way.

    first classe transformational education

    ISTA is a first class transformational education system with epic facilitators who are living the work. The program provides the opportunity for seriously deep exploration into self community and more expansive transpersonal realms. This is deep magic and is not for the faint of heart however if you are feeling the call do your self a favor and step across the threshold, you will not be disappointed. (and if you are disappointed you'll get an opportunity to source the root cause of that disappointment and clear it so it wont hold you back any longer)

  • Our Venue

    Our venue was established in 1994 as a retreat center for the New Being Project School of Yoga. Currently the land and facilities are being offered to host yoga retreats and events of all kinds through all traditions and lineages. The majestic 165 acre property has been host to many spiritual lineages, including masters of the Hatha, Kundalini, Tibetan, Sufi, and shamanistic traditions of the planet. It has also served as a center for personal spiritual growth in the form of residency since it’s inception.​Currently is it embarking on a becoming one of Southern California’s premiere Permaculture demonstration sights.

    Our Facilities

    Our retreat center is nestled at the southern end of 165 acres of property surrounded by mountains in the high desert of Southern California. The retreat center (Shala) boasts a 1000 square foot practice space, a kitchenette, a den, a dormitory that houses 24 participants, four private guest rooms, two full bathrooms and one half bath.

    REGISTER HERE!

  • Details About the Training

    REGISTER HERE!

    This retreat includes:

    • 8 day / 7 night accommodations
    • 3 meals per day & snacks
    • Full day transformational process and teachings

    Note: Airfare and airport transfers are not included.

     

    Tuition:

    • Full Price: $2547 US
    • Youth (18-24yo): partial scholarships available (application required, contact us for details)
    • Repeat Students (contact us for details)
    • Assistants (contact us for details)

     

    REGISTER HERE!

     

    See below for terms and conditions.

     

    For more information, contact us

  • Are you feeling the call?

    If you are ready to radically enliven your sexuality and dive deep into the heart of your wild erotic nature, then join us. Through a beautiful synthesis of neurological re-wiring, ancient tantric practice, and shamanism, we will activate the powerful life force that is dwelling in your body.

     

    In the safety of our temple you will:

    • Claim your erotic birthright to passion and pleasure
    • Release fear, guilt and shame around sexuality
    • Learn incredible tools and information that will enable you to use creative energy for regeneration,
      manifestation and spiritual transformation

    This course is open to all who feel called. Experience is not required.

    Register and begin your adventure with us!
  • Ready. Set? Register!

    Feel into your body, your heart, and your mind. Allow them to align in the most perfect way. Is there anything missing for you to join us? We will be happy to answer any of your questions. Then when you are ready...

     

    Follow the instructions on the right, or email us for other forms of payment.

    Register here!

  • Facebook Event

    REGISTER HERE!

  • Questions? We're here to help!

    istaconnection+socalL1@gmail.com
    Submit
  • Want To Hear About Future ISTA Trainings

    in Southern California?

    Sign up here! (we promise will never give you contact information to anyone)

    Sign Up!

© 2023

    Contact
    Phone
    Facebook
Cookie Use
We use cookies to ensure a smooth browsing experience. By continuing we assume you accept the use of cookies.
Learn More