Solstice Ritual: Tantra & Shibari Connection

Solstice Ritual: Tantra & Shibari Connection

Fire and Surrender in Prague | June 20–21, 2026

Fire. Surrender. Connection.

On the longest day of the year, the sun holds the sky a little longer. As if to say: stay. Feel this. There's more.

That is our invitation. And now we're passing it on to you.

There is a fire in you that you may have felt for a long time. Not wild, not destructive. Warm. Alive. Waiting to be felt. The solstice is the moment that fire is allowed out. When the light is at its peak, the body wants to follow: open, flow, feel.

Maybe you recognize it. The desire to feel more. To be more yourself. More in your body. More alive.

Solstice Ritual is two days in Prague devoted to that fire. Two days where shibari and tantra come together in a ritual of surrender, at the moment the sun is at her most powerful.

Vision: we light a fire. Not outside. Inside.

A return home, through connection.

There is a place in you that remembers: what it feels like to be received unconditionally. To breathe without tension. To be seen without the need to perform. That place is waiting. Not because you push or force it, but because it can no longer stay closed.

What Happens Here

We take you to the fire.

Through rope, breath, touch, voice, and ritual, we guide you toward the places your body has been protecting. Not to fix anything. Not to force anything. To gently meet what lives there, with your full attention and your full permission.

Shibari becomes a language of trust. Every knot is a question: can you soften here? Every breath is an answer. Every tie an act of devotion.

Tantra becomes presence. The practice of staying with what is, even when every part of you wants to rush ahead, perform, or pull away. Through breath, sound, and movement, we awaken the natural flow of energy in the body. We soften out of constant mental activity and return to the body, where experience becomes vivid, rich, and real.

Together, they become something rare: an embodied experience of surrender. Not as loss, but as homecoming. The moment you realize you can stop holding, and still be held.

Why Tantra & Shibari Together?

Maybe you recognize this feeling. That you are holding more than you need to. That control feels safe, yet limiting. That being truly seen is both attractive and scary.

Here, you are invited to explore it.

Tantra teaches presence. Unity. To feel the body, subtle signals, energy, awareness. Through breath and movement, we return to the body, where everything is vivid and real.

Shibari brings form. Structure. Support. The rope does not limit, it holds. It becomes a language of trust. Each knot asks: can you soften here?

Through body, rope, breath, touch, and voice, held within the solstice ritual, we guide you toward places within that are ready to be felt, released, and reclaimed.

The Journey

Saturday – The Kindling (09:00 – 18:00)

We begin with the body. Where does tension live? What happens when someone holds you firmly and asks for nothing in return?

Through tantric exercises, consent practices, and progressively deeper shibari work, we explore the edge between control and surrender. You'll discover how rope doesn't limit freedom, it reveals it. How touch isn't a transaction, it's a transmission.

Here you may discover what lives beneath the everyday. Vulnerability, desire, the quiet truth beneath your usual self. The fire begins to burn. Slowly. From the core.

Saturday Evening – Temple of Sun & Fire (20:00 – 00:00)

A sacred space. A sensual temple. A celebration of the longest light.

Here, everything you've practiced during the day is set free into expression. Technique dissolves into flow. Structure becomes dance. The space is held with music, intention, and clear boundaries, so you can explore without armor.

The fire kindled during the day is allowed to burn fully here. This is where surrender stops being a concept and becomes a lived experience. Where trust becomes tangible. Where connection becomes celebration.

Sunday – Solstice Ritual & Integration (10:00 – 17:00)

After the fire, integration.

Through bodywork, expressive movement, and grounding practices, we help you anchor what you've experienced. Not as a memory. As a new baseline. As a fire that no longer goes out.

Your body now knows something your mind has been debating for years. We give that knowing a place to land.

The Sun Within

We work with energy centers that carry qualities of openness and power.

The solar plexus: power, choice, vitality, courage, I can. The heart: love, trust, softness, connection.

Through breath, conscious touch, and rope, these areas begin to soften and open. Perhaps for the first time, you feel what it is like to be open, and safe at the same time.

What You May Experience

Gentle and intense touch that brings you into presence. Gradual softening and opening. Following your natural intuition. Deeper trust, in yourself and others. Release in places that are usually held. Increased sensitivity in the body. A sense of awakening. A safe space to let go of control. Playfulness and lightness in connection. Energy flowing through the whole body. Meeting parts of yourself you usually keep contained.

Boundaries, Presence, Consent

You will experience what it means to say a true "yes" and a clear "no." It is a conscious choice grounded in trust: in yourself, in your boundaries, in the other. Touch and rope become expressions of that agreement.

Who Is This For?

For those who feel the desire to be more in the body than in the mind. To experience touch in a new way. To open and soften. To explore trust, surrender, and boundaries. To go beyond surface-level experience.

For individuals and couples. Tantra experience is welcome but not required. No prior shibari experience needed.

For Couples

More and more couples discover tantra and shibari as a way to deepen connection. Through vulnerability, a new space opens: for sharing hidden desires, expressing emotions, softening into true partnership. The focus shifts from doing to being.

For those who want to experience intimacy as a conscious, living experience. For those who want to bring new fire into familiar patterns.

Safety & Space

We create an environment based on respect, consent, clear communication, physical and emotional safety, and non-judgment.

No penetrative sex. Sexual energy is welcome. Conscious presence is the key.

Your Guides

Michael Bentein – Shibari artist, tantra practitioner, facilitator. Michael's work lives at the intersection of rope and ritual. His shibari isn't about knots. It's about the moment someone realizes they can stop holding, and still be held. Known for creating spaces where depth meets play, where intensity meets safety, and where every knot is an act of devotion. www.shibari-tantra.be

Martina Magdalena – Tantra guide, space holder, ritual facilitator. Martina brings the wisdom of the feminine and the precision of energetic work into her facilitation. Her work with tantric rituals and ceremonial practice creates a bridge between the physical and the sacred. She doesn't guide you toward an experience. She guides you toward yourself. www.martinamagdalena.cz

Practical Information

📍 Avati Center, Prague, Czech Republic 🗓 Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 June 2026 🗣 English (bilingual guidance EN/CZ available)

All sessions + Saturday evening temple included. Shibari ropes provided for everyone (you may bring your own). Bring comfortable clothing, a sarong, and massage oil. If you have ritual wear or expressive clothing, bring it for Saturday evening.

Investment: 185€  Registration: Contact me

This Is the Beginning

This solstice ritual is an opening. An initiation. The spark from which you can go deeper.

In September, we continue this journey, more intense, more transformative. 📅 September 25–28, 2026

Do you feel it?

You're already feeling it. That fire that says: I want to feel more. Be more. Breathe more.

That nervous flutter. That warmth in your chest. That's not doubt. That's recognition.

Come closer. The fire is already burning.

Fire. Surrender. Connection.