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DANCE MEETS TANTRA | BALTIMORE @ TIMBREAn ecstatic 1-day immersion where dance, eros, intimacy & ritual meet.
Dance Meets Tantra is coming to Baltimore for the first time. ❤️🔥
Join DMT Lead Facilitator Rachel Rickards + Joshua Boliver and special guest DJ VORTEXUAL for an day of movement, connection, play, intimacy and embodied exploration.
Perhaps you’ve been feeling the call.... for dance to evolve, deepen and become more energetically attuned or for tantra to become more embodied, playful and alive. For spaces where we can move beyond the masks we wear and explore more of what becomes possible when embodied humans gather with permission to feel, express, connect and create.
This is where Dance Meets Tantra.
Led by an attentive and experienced facilitation team, we’ll establish a trauma-informed foundation of consent, care, boundaries and self-responsibility, then move into an day long adventure of guided experiences that invite us to explore our aliveness, authenticity, sensuality, creativity and connection.
Whether Dance Meets Tantra has been on your radar for years or this is the first time you’re hearing about it, you are welcome here.
SO, WHAT IS DANCE MEETS TANTRA?
Born in Boulder, Colorado and now expanding into communities around the country, Dance Meets Tantra explores the intersection of dance, transformation, tantra, contact improv, ritual, relational intimacy and shadow work.
DMT creates spaces for individuals to explore and embrace more of their wholeness, the tender, playful, wild, messy, beautiful, light and shadow, while discovering what can emerge within an attuned collective field.
You might have experience with ecstatic dance, 5 Rhythms, or contact improv. You might be tantra-curious. You might simply know there is more available in how we inhabit our bodies and connect with one another.
You do not need to be an experienced dancer or have previous tantra experience to join us.
Come as you are.
A NOTE ON “TANTRA”
For us, tantra is the practice and art of being fully alive.
Our intention with Dance Meets Tantra is to support people in coming into greater love, respect and relationship with themselves, each other and the earth.
We believe dance, eros and tantra are fundamental aspects of being alive, empowered and creative. Through movement, presence and relational exploration, we create opportunities to encounter our life force with curiosity and greater freedom.
Dance Meets Tantra is not a sexually focused event. Eros is welcomed as part of the full spectrum of human aliveness, without it becoming a sexual interaction.
DANCE MEETS TANTRA IS A SPACE OF:
Vulnerability: To be fully alive, we have to get real. We make room for the full range of our emotions, edges, desires, fears and authentic expression.
Permission: To explore more of who you are and how you want to move, feel, connect and express yourself.
Consent & Attunement: Boundaries, communication, choice and self-responsibility are foundational to the experience. Every invitation is an invitation, and you are always empowered to choose what is right for you.
Play & Aliveness: To move, experiment, connect, get curious and discover what becomes possible when we give ourselves permission to be a little more alive.
WHAT TO EXPECT:
Over one ecstatic day, Rachel and the team will guide us through a progression of movement, dance and relational experiences that build upon one another.
Expect a combination of structured practices, embodied exploration and opportunities to dance and connect within the larger group field.
You may come alone, with a partner, with friends, or knowing absolutely no one.
There is no requirement to pair with a romantic partner, and participation in individual invitations is always your choice.
Come prepared to move, breathe, play, connect and explore.
Because the experience builds throughout the day, we ask everyone to arrive on time and remain with us for the full immersion.
IS THIS FOR ME?
This evening may be calling you if you:
• Love dance and are curious about going deeper into your embodied experience.
• Are exploring tantra and want a playful, grounded and embodied space to practice.
• Are curious about intimacy, connection, consent and authentic relating.
• Want spaces where more of your expression is welcome.
• Or simply read this far and felt a little YES somewhere in your body.
If you’re feeling the call, we invite you to join us.
Come meet the practice.
Come meet the community.
Come see what wants to emerge.
EVENT DETAILS:
Sunday, December 6, 2026
11:00am - 6:00 pm
ADDRESS/LOCATION:
TIMBRE
900 South Wolfe Street
Fells Point | Baltimore
www.timbre-wellness.com
TICKETS/REGISTRATION:
https://buy.stripe.com/7sYaEW1wL3qO3v1fxAbwk08
Please plan to arrive with enough time to settle in before we begin. Because the practices build upon one another and the integrity of the group container matters, we ask participants to plan to stay for the full experience.
Dance Meets Tantra is a substance-free experience.
Wear comfortable clothing you feel good moving in. Additional preparation details will be sent to registered participants before the event.
QUESTIONS?
For more information about Dance Meets Tantra, visit the DMT FAQ or reach out to the Dance Meets Tantra team.
www.DanceMeetsTantra.com
ABOUT THE FACILITATION TEAM:
RACHEL RICKARDS - Lead Facilitator
Rachel Rickards is an internationally renowned facilitator, teacher, and event producer whose work lives at the intersection of embodiment, intimacy, relational intelligence, and the transformative power of the group field. For over a decade, she has been pioneering spaces where human beings can meet themselves and one another with greater depth, authenticity, courage, and aliveness.
A co-founder of Embodied Intimacy (2014), founder of Intimacy Camp (2016), and creator of The Field Facilitator Training (2022), Rachel has devoted her life to exploring the extraordinary potential of human connection and the mysterious intelligence that emerges when we come together.
Her approach to facilitation is both an art and a living inquiry, weaving embodied wisdom, relational attunement, radical honesty, and the capacity to work with the unknown. Through her trainings, she mentors a new generation of facilitators to move beyond formulas and techniques into a deeper mastery of presence, discernment, and the living dynamics of groups.
Known for her fierce authenticity, intuitive leadership, and willingness to meet the full spectrum of human experience, Rachel brings a rare combination of depth, playfulness, tenderness, and unapologetic aliveness to everything she creates.
She is also the creator and host of the podcast In Presence We Trust, where she explores the edges of intimacy, consciousness, leadership, and what it means to be a Group Facilitator today.
IG | https://www.instagram.com/rachel.rickards
FB | www.facebook.com/rachrickards/
ALL | https://linktr.ee/rachel.rickards
JOSHUA BOLIVER - Apprentice Facilitator
Joshua Boliver brings an artist’s sensitivity, a dancer’s instinct, and intuitive, wholehearted presence to the spaces he holds. His background spans three decades of creative and technical work in live performance, event production, and visual effects. He has also taken a leadership role in the creation and successful execution of classes, workshops, and trainings across the country. Running through it all is a fascination for the currents of energy that connect us to one another and weave us into a living tapestry. His journey from underground dance floors to a deeply rooted 5Rhythms practice drew him toward meditation, tantra, and through the Embodied Eros Facilitator Training. With Dance Meets Tantra, he finds a meeting place for his creative gifts and his devotion to embodied practice.
VORTEXUAL - Guest DJ
A sound sculptor with soul— where deep bass meets intention, and where sensuality, science, and spirit all sync to a single pulse.
Philadelphia-based DJ Vortexual crafts a full-spectrum experience, blending instrumental soundscapes with multi-genre bass and house music. Weaving soft, sensual moods into high-energy peaks, he builds a space where movement and music become one, inviting dancers to lose themselves and awaken their deepest desires
Take a sip
www.soundcloud.com/vortexual
www.mixcloud.com/vortexual
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900 S Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21231-3514, United States
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