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Eden: Drop The Armor | Why Femme-Only Sacred Sexuality Is Exploding Right Now | #174

• Leah Piper and Dr. Willow Brown • Season 4 • Episode 174

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Ever wonder what it would feel like to explore your sexuality without performing for anyone? Eden, the powerhouse behind Tantra Philly and the Temple of Eden in Philadelphia, is creating spaces where women can finally exhale, drop the armor, and discover what authentic intimacy actually feels like. This conversation goes deep into why women-only spiritual spaces are exploding in popularity and how they're becoming essential stepping stones for anyone curious about tantra but not ready for mixed-gender exploration.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Eden's transformation story: From scaling a cleaning business to total burnout, then discovering tantra as the path back to her body
  • What makes Temple of Eden different: Substance-free, heavily facilitated events that start with connection before any sexuality
  • The "Goddess Trio" practice: How three women create healing circles of massage, anointing, and divine reflection
  • Vetting and accessibility: Why applications matter and how sliding scale/volunteer options make transformation accessible
  • The Lilith connection: Why Eden opens events by honoring the "cast out" feminine and creating paradise for women
  • Expanding beyond Philly: Plans for DC, New York, and eventually global Sacred Society membership
  • Post-event support: How coaching and counselors help women integrate experiences and navigate relationship changes

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Willow:

What happens when intimacy stops being performative and starts being embodied? Our guest today, Eden, is a relationship and intimacy coach, a Tantra facilitator and the visionary behind Temple of Eden and Tantra Philly. She's creating spaces where femmes and couples reclaim pleasure, presence, and authentic connection, and we're so excited that she's here today. I'm Dr. Willow Brown. I'm here with my co-host Leah Piper. We are sex reimagined and we are so grateful for your incredible likes, shares, and subscribes. Keep them coming because that really helps us get the message out to more people in the world.

Leah:

So tune in, turn on, and fall in love with Eden.

Announcer:

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Leah:

Welcome to the show, Eden.

Eden:

Thank you. Thanks so much for having me.

Willow:

So excited that you're here. How did you, I'm so curious Eden, how you, we all met at a Tantra festival in North Carolina last year, and it was such a wild and super fun Tantra festival. It was just really powerful. Eden was one of the facilitators there. We were facilitating as well. Uh, but I'm curious like how long you've been on the Path Eden and, and what got you on the path, like what's your whole Genesis story?

Eden:

Uh, sure. So I guess the long story short is in all of my twenties I ran, uh, my own business that I started from scratch. I, it was an all natural cleaning business. I scaled it. It from like$10 to dozens of employees all through all of my twenties. And then when I reached about like 30, I realized that I was burnout and, and really disconnected from my body, and really disconnected from my pleasure and myself. I had pretty much lost myself in this sense of burnout and hustle culture. And so I had decided to, uh, sell the business and took a year off to really like just regulate and dive deep on somatic healing and nervous system regulation. And I, I've always been a very spiritual person. I'd been reading tarot cards since I was a kid and like. Doing all sorts of witchy things. And so when I was introduced to Tantra about a, a few years ago, it really just clicked as if I had just known it already and it made perfect sense. Um, and so over the last. Few years since selling the business, I have been teaching and facilitating nervous system regulation and Tantra full-time with events and mentorships, specifically catered for women, mothers, fems, uh, and sometimes couples and cismen to help them on the path of embodiment and joy and presence.

Willow:

I am so, and you do this in, in Philadelphia, right? You've

Eden:

Yeah, so I'm based in Philly. Yeah, Tantra Philly is our venue. That's where we host workshops and events and temple parties, uh, as well as where we book our clients. But I'm also very active in DC and New York. I'll be in New York this weekend teaching Tantra at the top floor club, uh, in New York City and, and then next weekend in DC And, um, so I've sort of, kind of goes city to city, teaching and facilitating and meeting clients, but my home base, yes, is at Tantra Philly in Philadelphia.

Willow:

I'm so curious, like what kind of women are, are finding you and are coming through your door. I'm, I'm imagining there's quite a, a wide range and a full scale of, of women who are like, I don't even know what I'm doing here. I'm totally nervous, I'm totally scared to like, I'm ready shut. Let's do some pussy massage. You know, just like.

Eden:

Um, totally. It's the full spectrum. It's, it's women in their, I would say it's women, but from like mid twenties to sixties. We typically like to keep it 21 and over, ideally 25 and over. Um, but as women, as old as in their sixties, lots of mothers, um, women who are just starting their journey on this path of reconnecting with themselves, or they're a little bit later on. Maybe they're experienced in Tantra and temple parties. Uh, or play parties or kink events, but they really want something that's a little more intentional, um, femme focused. And we also make it all sober. So there's no substances like alcohol. And it really, it's edgy for people, you know, because then they have to really drop in with themselves without the support of like alcohol or, or substances. So I think that's what makes it really different and very like deep, but also so invigorating in that way.

Willow:

I love that you're doing it, you know, substance free, because I think all the medicine we need is in our bodies and it's through sexuality that we really can experience these, um, sort of altered state. So it's so powerful to experience the altered state coming from in inside of yourself, you know?

Eden:

Yeah, like the natural high of life of joy and pleasure, like breath work. I, I teach people that the medicine is inside of us. I'm just sort of the guide, the facilitator or the community connector that brings all of these talented teachers together or, or guides together. And then we can all just learn and, and promote each other. Or not promote, but support each other in like this really powerful sisterhood. Of just all helping each other.

Willow:

I love that. So powerful.

Eden:

Yeah.

Leah:

So tell us a little bit more about the Temple of Eden.

Eden:

Sure. So the Temple of Eden is an ongoing, uh, recurring all women's temple events. So if anyone who doesn't know what a temple is, it's similar to a play party. Play parties are typically where people go and like, connect and maybe there's sexuality welcome or there's kink welcome at Temple parties we started off a lot differently where we start with connection games and Tantra practices and, and rotating, uh, authentic relating games for people to really get to know each other for, to get, to connect on a deeper level. That's not, um, the, the point isn't sexuality. The point for temples is, is connection. And for these ones, it's sisterhood. It's support, it's growth, it's it's embodiment. It's like divine feminine, like juicy, like, just to see all the women, just to witness them all in one place. Just massaging each other and cuddling each other and laughing. It's, it's like heaven.

Willow:

Ah, that's so sweet. How did you come to creating the Temple of Eden? Um, journeys for people? Like what really awakened and livened in your sexuality that you were like, uh, this is my calling. I need to create this.

Eden:

There. It's so funny'cause there was literally a moment where I went to my partner and I was like, this is my calling and I just need you to know, or one of them, um, it started with me throwing femme like play parties with. Some girlfriends, there was like six of us and we were like, let's just dress up in lingerie and have boudoir photo shoots and hype each other up and then have snacks. Like, like a big girl sleepover, but like, let's just be cute and love on each other. Um, and then I had one in September for my birthday, there was, I had a big uh, party with some friends to celebrate a bunch of other women in the community's birthday. And I was like, so from 1:00 AM to 3:00 AM we're gonna have a femme um, temple Party upstairs, and some of these women had never been to anything like that before. It was lightly facilitated where we did connection games and all of the things that I've learned at other temple parties, and I basically took what I liked at those temple parties and what I didn't like and catered it two women for women. Um, but this also includes trans women, non-binary women, or anybody who wants to be deep identifies as a woman and deeply in their femininity. And then after the birthday event, just so many women came to me and was like, I've never done anything like this. Please, can you do more of this? And so we just started hosting them, um, regularly, like every four weeks. We had a few in dc we've had a few in Philly, and now we're having a full day women's retreat in a mansion, uh, in Rockville, Maryland at the end of the month, which we're really excited about.

Leah:

So when you say femme, for people who may not be familiar with that term, how would you, uh, describe what femme means when you have femme events?

Eden:

So

Leah:

obviously it's short for feminine.

Eden:

Yeah, totally. It's short for feminine. I think that, um, for the younger generation or folks more my age, there's a little bit less of a binary when it comes to gender and gender identity. Like it's not just man and woman. Some people see it as a spectrum. Um, maybe some women are in transition from, uh, like stepping into their path as, as, uh, transgender women, we want it to be inclusive. That is one of the pillars of our community, is welcoming all women as if they were old friends, as if they were sisters. Um, and so using FEM is sort of like a umbrella term for anybody who identifies as female without not necessarily excluding anyone that maybe wasn't born female, if that makes sense.

Willow:

Mm-hmm.

Leah:

that includes like maybe someone who's queer, who's not really necessarily identifying as a binary, but they are a penis owner and they just are coming in'cause they wanna explore their femininity or maybe they're even heterosexual, uh, a man, but he wants to explore as femininity. Would they be welcome at a femme event?

Eden:

So not at the Temple of Eden, but we do have, all genders, temple parties. Also at Tantra Philly, which is inclusive for everybody on the spectrum, for couples, um, for, you know, heterosexual, homosexual Temple of Eden is specifically, I describe it as like, as if we were in Eden. And I love the, give the story of Lilith. This is sort of a side note, but Lilith was Adam's wife before Eve. She was cast out of the Garden of Eden. So I usually open my temples by saying that Temple of Eden is a place for the lilith's, for the women to start their own sort of bubble like paradise for just us to be together. Uh, and then our all genders attempt, um, temple parties, we call it sacred union. So uniting all of the genders and that's what those temple parties are specifically for.

Leah:

Sweet.

Willow:

And what kind of transformation have women experienced at these events?

Eden:

Oh, that's a great question. Uh, I think that, so I. Lately I realized that I am trying to stray away from like promising a transformation, right? Because I kind of want everybody to come in, um, without an agenda or without expectations. But transformations do happen and we are happy to hold space and facilitate them. I would say most of those transformations come from, The feeling of being like dropping your armor and just fully exhaling. So many women are curious about Tantra. They're curious about sexuality of tapping back into their pleasure, but maybe they feel resistance. Most of the time they've told me they feel resistance because they. performative if the male gaze is present, or, uh, if there's, if they don't, like, if they don't trust the container or they don't know who's gonna be there. And so when you have all femme events, it's almost like they describe our events, my friends, as an on-ramp to Tantra and sacred sexuality. It's a place for you to experience workshops and connection games and sisterhood that you otherwise wouldn't know for. Like every woman is a mirror reflecting back to you, just like how like powerful and beautiful you are. And so even if you just walk away feeling, uh, more present, like more calm, more regulated, um, more connected to yourself and to others, and it doesn't need to just be like gay women or queer women. Plenty of heterosexual straight women, uh, come into these spaces and are still utterly in awe and transformed of the connections and learnings that they get from the container.

Willow:

And I imagine, sorry, I imagine there's like a whole, a whole talk around consent, right? And you only go like as far as you want to go and you don't even have to take your clothes off. I just had this same conversation with a couple and it's, it's so, like, I feel like Tantra can be so vast right in, in the possibility and the education and the experience that people can have. And so, I imagine that um, you know, there are some women who come into the Temple of Eden and, you know, they walk out with like fully liberated and in their, you know, sexual power where, where other women might be like, wow, I just had a huge healing and a huge release of like this construct or this I idea that I thought sexuality was, and now I have this new opening in my mind and my heart of what it could be. And, and then over time, like repeating and coming to multiple, um, temples that they could, uh, you know, that they can really grow quite rapidly.

Eden:

Exactly. And Tantra is just like a path, it's just a modality. It's just another, another way I I describe it as, um, just slowing down and like foreplay with the universe. Where anything can be Tantric, the way that you eat slowly, the way that you walk. Um, it's, it's really just the art of like savoring the moments and savoring yourself. And that's part of the connection games. And as you said, we do have really deep consent talks. We have a whole list of temple agreements that everyone has to agree to. This is a vetted event, so not anyone can come. You have to submit an application, tell us why you'd be a good fit, and also agree to all of the agreements such as confidentiality, uh, consent, privacy, lean in and lean out as much as you want. Everything is optional to choose your own adventure experience, and so you can really make it your own and, and take what you want from it.

Leah:

It, it's funny because, um, I'm kind of chuckling to myself, Willow,'cause you went straight for assuming people are getting naked and being sexual and I was stuck on connection games. Like I wasn't even going like, wow, you, you just think they're just jumping in the defense so fast and I'm thinking, well. Are they, are people being sexual? Are they, I mean, obviously a lot, it sounds like people at your birthday were in lingerie. Where is the sexuality piece? Or is it more just about intimacy? Like I'm, paint us a little picture on like the range of discovery that's happening inside these events.

Eden:

Sure. So, um, the, we

Leah:

way, Willow, I do love that you went straight to the deep end. It's just, it's, it's fun.

Willow:

Amal, let's dive in. Everyone just take your clothes off. It'll be fine,

Leah:

already in the deep end. I think it's very cute.

Eden:

yeah. And so this could be an example of the full spectrum experience, right? So we always start the events with like Tantra Sweet Connection games. So I'll give you an.

Leah:

you move on from, okay, good. You're gonna have the sample.'cause that was gonna be one of my other questions. It's like, well, what's a connection game?

Eden:

So, I'll give you an example. So the Temple of Eden retreat, we rented this beautiful mansion with floor to ceiling, windows, sunlight, pouring in. Um, and then we're starting the day with. A puja, if you guys know what a puja is, it's Tantra Tantric, um, ritualistic ceremony in a way where there's an inner circle and they're facing outward and then an outer circle and they're facing in. And then we give them prompts to share with the person in front of them. And then you rotate. And so those prompts could be something like um, what do you love about yourself? That's one of my favorite ones is what do you love about yourself? And then the other person just says, thank you. What do you love about yourself? Thank you. What do you love about yourself? And just really getting people like excited and sharing and getting to know each other. Um. So that's one example. My partner Ross and I do a sacred, uh, masculine and feminine puja that we teach at festivals, uh, for all genders people. But we'll also be like, embody fear, embody joy, uh, and then they just have to sometimes even silently without words, just. Really drop in with eye contact and presence with the person in front of them. What I teach too with the nervous system regulation is turning your mind off, the thinking mind and just getting really dropped into your soma, your body. What is the, the energy, the sense that you're feeling, and how can you lean in and lean out of that at your own discretion? Uh, some other games that we're doing at the, the retreat. Um, we're doing a kundalini embodiment dance that one of our facilitators is teaching. It's essentially, um, a, a solo dance or a partner dance that activates your Kundalini or you're feminine energy. We're doing a somatic shabari workshop, and then we're bringing them together for one of my favorite connection games is what I call the Goddess Trio Workshop, where they get into groups of three. One woman lies in the center. Um, they talk about their boundaries, maybe what they're working on. Maybe they wanna, what they wanna be told that makes them feel really good, how do they wanna be touched? And then for a few minutes, the other two women just like praise them. Um, massage them, anoint them with oils. And just really remind each other of the goddesses that they are. Um, and then they rotate and take turns. So that's some of the connection games that we're offering at the retreat. Then we have a luscious dinner, ecstatic dance, and then a free flow temple party throughout the space.

Willow:

Hmm. Fun. I wanna come. That sounds super fun. We just did a retreat in, in Greece. Uh, we just did a Awakening the Goddess, and so we had, you know, similar kind of like connection, uh, practices and rituals and getting into, and one of the things that was so cool about being on Crete, specifically on that island and also in the country of Greece, was just feeling the, the energy of the goddess so alive on the land and how, you know, that like way, way back in the day, that's how women learned about their sexuality was from other women. You know, it wasn't like, let me watch some porn or get together with this guy who doesn't know what he's doing and see if I can figure out sexuality that way. I mean, there's just. Such a, um, a freeing, especially when there's no pressure or masculine gaze as you say. You know, like there's just such a freedom and such a beautiful like joyfulness and softness. I feel like women really get to experience their essence in a way that they haven't before or in a way that's not really accessible. In the masculine paradigm that we're living in. And so it's what a gift, what a gift that you're offering to the women of the world. And um, you know, especially in, in that area of the country. I just, I love that this is happening.'cause you know, I'm a Cali girl, so this is, you know, been happening in Cali for, for a long time. And it's just great to see the, the wave, you know, spreading around the world really.

Eden:

For sure.

Leah:

I think too, like it's so different, Elise. Something that's always been highlighted in our work with women is, you're right, like there's a big difference in the space when you know it's an all femme event or it's an all men's event. Men are gonna say things that they wanna say. Or need to say differently when there aren't women in the room when it's just with men. And the same thing is totally true. When it's a group of women. We, we have permission to say things and share about ourselves, uh, that we may hold back if there are men in the room and also in the practices. When you've got women, especially touch practices. And then intimate touch practices, there's a distinct difference energetically, you know, like, um, the hands feel different and the agenda is completely different and there isn't performance is take, is out of the equation. And it, and even if you're sexual preference happens to be women, the touch is a difference. There's, there's this, the agenda, there's, there's something that's unmistakable. I think for my system it's like there's no pressure, there's no performance. I don't have to be impressive. There's no one to impress. I really trust in intrinsically that, um, they don't need or want anything for me, other than me going as deep as I can go for me, not for them, you know? So it's almost like there's a less ego involved on both sides of the equation, whether you're being a giver or a receiver.

Willow:

Yeah.

Leah:

Well, I guess I, what I'd love to ask the two of you is, um, you know, is that true Eden? Am I, am I, is that, does that resonate my description? Are you experiencing that in these groups or is this just my own unique experience.

Eden:

No, absolutely. I think that you were like, hit the nail on the head. In fact, so many women come when they submit an application. A lot of them are like, I'm just, I'm in a, in a, in a marriage with a man and I'm just like, I want something that's just for me. I want something where I can really drop in with myself without any press. Like, not that her husband is pressuring her, that's not what I'm saying, but she

Leah:

Right.

Eden:

up into the space. Yeah. It's just different. And it's like when you're in a space with your partner. Uh, you're, we often at a time will check, check in with them. Are they okay? What are they, do they need me? Is this okay? And then outside of the temple, one of the agreements is make sure your relationship agreements outside of the temple are upheld in the temple. So we strongly encourage women to have these conversations with their partners prior to entering and if they feel any, uh, interest in negotiating those to like save that for a future temple. Um, because this is the space for you to explore and it is so solely for you. But we do also just encourage them to like uphold their relationships outside of the container. But it is a place for them to explore themselves simply for themselves putting down their armor. No expectations. It's like a deep exhale of a bunch of goddesses

Willow:

Do Eden, do you offer, um, like post support coaching, like guidance, especially if they are in a relationship and

Eden:

Yeah. So I, I.

Willow:

blew up in my relationship. Help.

Eden:

So yes, I am a relationship and intimacy coach as well as my amazing co-facilitator, Leora Ward. she was at my birthday play party and I came to her and was like, Leora, we have to make this a thing.'cause she's an incredible facilitator and teacher and a mom and a, and like a shabari teacher. She's a badass pleasure coach too. So her and I hold it down. We're like, we have it locked in. So both of us are available for support also. During, during the event, we also have, um. Counselors available throughout as support. So if somebody's having a somatic release for this retreat specifically, we have, um, hired a few support people so that her and I can stay in our roles as facilitator. But then if somebody does have a somatic release or just needs someone to talk to, we welcome all of that. We welcome your process. We welcome all parts of you, your softness, your strength, your full spectrum, feminine, whatever that looks like. And then we have support available during the event and then also after the event

Leah:

Meltdowns are welcome. You know, I think too,

Willow:

And orgasmic breakthroughs are welcome too.

Eden:

preference for the orgasmic breakthroughs for sure, but, but all of it's totally welcome.

Leah:

In my work, one of the things that kept on repeating itself and, uh, and we would do these weekend seminars and, uh, in the afternoon on Saturday and Sunday, we'd separate the men and the women so we could have those moments of conversation where people could talk freely because their partner wasn't in the room. If they came together and most of the people coming were heterosexual. And it was really interesting the things that got shared right, like the really deep things that happen. And a lot of times the next step that many of the women in that room would take after that, uh, program is they would go to an all women's event. It was like they, they were guided and knew there was some sort of inner voice that said, I've got a piece of work that I need to pursue. But it has to be at the hands of another woman.

Eden:

Yeah.

Leah:

it's not gonna be my partner and I, and I'm not ready for like a daka, you know, which would be, um, a male practitioner of the Tantric arts. I really either need to work privately with the dakini. Or, uh, go to like an all women's retreat or come to an event like yours, Eden, the Temple of Eden. To be able, like it has to be first approach the hands of the feminine before, like there's some sort of thing that needs to be unveiled, that that needs to be shedded, that needs to be dissolved before her next healing opportunity, which may be with her partner or, um, at the hands of the masculine. You know, it's, but the healing starts with women. I, I can't tell you how many times I've watched that over and over and over again is even people coming into the teacher training. It was like, no, I first got started going to a women's group, you know, and that's been their introduction because that's where they felt safe to start really diving into their vulnerability.

Eden:

Yeah, I agree. I think there's so many women who want to explore, um, these facets, the Tantra, but then they have, like I said, the resistance to the male gaze or so many women have, um, in their life been felt some sort of harm or intentional, not by, by the masculine. And then these spaces of all women are just extremely healing as just a place to be held and seen and embraced and comfortable. Um, to really, like you said, start shedding those layers, those patterns, and to just like totally be yourself.

Willow:

I am curious Eden, like what, um, how, what's your vetting process? How much do these cost do you have? Sliding scale for people. Do you ever have, like, you know, for, for people who are struggling financially, do you have offers for them? And also, I'm curious, like how many people generally come to a Temple of Eden event? How long do they last? And also like how many people are there? I think I already asked that question.

Eden:

Sure. That was a lot of questions.

Willow:

it all to me.

Eden:

Sure. So the vetting process is a brief Google form. It's linked in the bio of my Instagram at Embodied with Eden. Uh, we can also drop it, I'm sure, in the podcast notes. And it's just a questionnaire with your name and your ID to verify your age. Tell us a little bit about you. Why do you think you wanna come? What about the description draws you to the event? Were you referred by somebody already in the community? Uh, which is great because then they're telling their friends and telling their friends. And that's how we've grown so much is'cause these women are like, I've never been to anything like this. This is so amazing. Um. And so that's the vetting process. It's very easy. You just submit a form. It maybe takes five minutes. Uh, and then if I have any clarifying questions, I'll follow up. The Temple of Eden retreat, the full day retreat from 12:00 PM to to nine, maybe 10:00 PM including all day workshops, ecstatic dance dinner, and a play party. Started at$150 Early Bird, and now the later tickets are$190. We've sold. Uh, we have 60 tickets available. We have 12 left. Our smaller Temple of Eden events are typically 8:00 PM until like 12 or 1:00 AM. Uh, what's also special about these events is you have to come at the beginning when doors, before doors close to make it for the introductions and the consent talks, and it's like a closed container. You can leave at any time. You're not obligated to stay. Listen to your body. That's really what we teach is to lean into your Yes and your no. To learn how to feel what? Yeah. Fuck yes. Sorry. I don't know if I can curse. Heck yes. Feels like in your body, um, and what no feels like in your body. And so you can lean in and lean out as much as you want. So those events, the smaller ones outside of this day retreat are, um, typically$50 to$70 depending on the venue, the location, um. And those include foods, snacks. We typically ho we host in our venue in Philly, um, which has a separate playroom upstairs. So it's like the common space is what we call pink space in Tantra. That means your underwear stays on, but you're encouraged to cuddle, massage. Um, be cute. Girls being girls. That's as my friends call it. And then upstairs is the play space. Your other question was, is there sliding scale? Yes, there is. We do have an application for that. Anyone who's interested in sliding scale is welcome to DM me. We also in place of sliding scale, we offer free to half price tickets for those who are willing to volunteer during or before the event, anywhere from three to six hours. And those volunteer duties can look like ticket check-in, um, just like giving out roses, setting up the food, just being part of curating the experience. We don't ask too, like. Space holding of volunteers. Those are like licensed yeah, the volunteers help support and then with their hours, they're welcome to have half price to free tickets, uh, depending on what

Willow:

like the structure and the setup. You guys have really done a good job, like thinking this out, you know, and, and spreading it to different cities. It's really inspiring.

Eden:

Thank you.

Leah:

Um, I had a question. Oh yeah. What's the difference between like your play party and like another play party or sex party that someone may find,

Eden:

Sure.

Leah:

set life or, you know, on some, maybe even another Tantra event?

Eden:

So that's a great question. I have spent all year going to so many play parties. They're so fun. I'm teaching at a play party in New York this weekend, top floor. It's amazing. Highly recommend. Leora Ward and I are teaching there as well as my partner Ross, who works with men. So if any men are listening and they want to get into like men's Tantra, Ross Lowen is the guy. He is like our. Our, our masculine equivalent to the Temple of Eden. and the difference with us versus those play parties is I love those, those play parties. Typically you can come at any time, you kind of just show up and then you're free to roam. And for me, when I've been to play parties in Philly, my partner Bru and I went and we were like. Uh, we didn't really know how to con connect with people without, like, our connection games. We were kind of like, I guess we just go stand by the food table and try to make small talk, like, like your outfit, like, you know, so,

Leah:

Can

Eden:

um. Yeah. Yeah. Right. And so it's, um, ours isn't, it's not like a fully facilitated, we start it facilitated and the intention is to build community, is to build friendships, is to get to know each other. Feel into each other's energies, our yeses and our nos. Um, and then they have like free time to explore from that, from that point on. And I think that's what makes it really different from play parties. The other big difference is, uh, no substances, no alcohol, no drugs. Um, our welcome in the temple because when you have those altered states, it muddies the waters of consent. And you're feeling your body, your yes and your no. We're calling this retreat midwinter movement and medicine. So that is using, your body somatic healing, music like ecstatic dance, and, using that as the medicine that you can cultivate within yourself and then share with the women around you.

Leah:

I'm curious what's the percentage of the group that leaves the pink room and ascends upstairs and starts doing more of like the real Sexual intimacy versus just the emotional intimacy or energetic

Eden:

Sure. So one of our agreements of the temple is confidentiality, and that means, um, we can't talk about anyone's experience except our own. So I'm not gonna name names or any identifying information. Um, just so that anyone's listening. So we make the joke during our agreements is like, if you see somebody at the temple, at the grocery store, don't be like, oh my God, Susan, it was so nice watching you get spanked yesterday.

Leah:

Mm-hmm.

Eden:

like their kids are there. You know what I mean? So like, don't, we don't do that. But um, it really depends on the event. It depends on, it is been the full spectrum. Some temple of Edens are just very sweet and sensual. Uh, one of them that we had here in Philly, I was like, okay guys, 30 minute warning and nine women bolted up the stairs to the playroom. And I was like, good job guys. Um.

Willow:

never. I better

Eden:

Yeah. So, um, and then we, in the playroom we did set up like toys and like safe sex supplies, whatever they need. They're, um, in their power to lean in or lean out as much as they want. Some people don't go in the playroom at all. There's some women who've gone to our temples who simply just want to witness. So I had a woman say to me one time. Which I shared another podcast. She's like, I was in the military for 20 years and I like to think that I fought for our freedom for us to have spaces like this to exist.

Leah:

That's, uh, nice compliment.

Eden:

She's like, I just like to just, I am an enamored and an awe of, of our freedom that our previous generations didn't get, that our foremothers didn't get to experience. And we're sort of pioneering pioneers of pleasure is what I like to call it.

Leah:

Pioneers of pleasure. That's,

Willow:

that's

Leah:

I love it. That's very cute. So what's your, what's your, uh, vision for the future when it comes to the Temple of Eden? What are you awake?

Eden:

That's a great question. So we're starting, a membership where you're part of the WhatsApp community, you get invites or discounts to other, local events, Tantra events, mentorship or coaching calls, the first invites and early birds to other similar fem centered or Tantra or sacred sexuality containers within the Temple of Eden membership. And with that, we are also partnering with another society I'm creating with my partner called Sacred Society. It's our all genders global network of, uh, Tantra, sexualities, practitioners and connoisseurs. So basically an online network of folks to connect, um, and to attend events like these all over the world. My vision for this is to, grow it as like full weekend immersions. This. This mansion venue we have has a beautiful pool. The owner's like come in the spring and have a pool party. And I was like, Ugh. What a dream. Yes. So, doing them all over the world, all over the country.

Leah:

Now, does your venue, the Temple of Eden venue, um, maybe not the Mansion, do you rent that out to other practitioners or to other teachers who are coming in locally to teach classes?

Eden:

Uh, the one in Philly we haven't, um, to be honest, Tantra in Philly is very new, so it's huge in dc, it's huge in New York. But, uh, my partner and I, Ross, have really. In my opinion, anchored it in here in Philadelphia and we're expanding the community. So there isn't a lot of Tantra events going on. There is something in Philly called the One Love Hub. My amazing friend, Alana Stern runs it. And uh, that's a WhatsApp group too, of Tantra affiliated events. And that's only been around for a year. we're growing it and it's growing quickly. We have our sacred union, all genders Temple, February 28th on Saturday in Philly, the 28th. We're already vetting for that. That's also available on www.Tantraphilly.com. And uh, the venue in DC is my incredible friends and studies, uh, space called Temple Mystic. They do. I am not sure about this year, but in the past he was renting it out, or not renting, but hosting community gatherings for, different people, just bringing communities together in the space. I'm not sure what his plans are for the new year, but as of now, we do have different venues in DC that we're working with, as well as our hub at Tantra Philly, which is Tantra philly.com. Yeah.

Leah:

excited for you and, and as I'm listening to, I'm like, you know, who I need to hook you up with is Eve. Eve has an incredible home venue, um, in North Carolina and

Willow:

Eve and Eden, you guys need to get together.

Eden:

What a synchronistic

Leah:

I know, I know.

Willow:

Eden. Totally.

Leah:

Yeah. Uh, she would love to host you. Um, and she's really affordable.

Eden:

Amazing.

Leah:

generous. Yeah, she's amazing. And she's got a pool

Willow:

an incredible

Leah:

for a summer event. Yeah. Yeah.

Eden:

We would love that. We're just like, these women love this and need it, and we just wanna bring so many women into it as possible. And they're sliding scale options, volunteer options we're making. One of the pillars is accessibility and

Willow:

really making it, yeah. Accessible. I love that.

Leah:

Uh, you know, I'm, you know, and I'm curious who, who, who isn't right for this event,

Willow:

That's a good question.

Eden:

Um, I was gonna make a joke and say like, people, like my parents, but like, um,

Leah:

it the most.

Eden:

yeah, exactly. Um, I. I, it's a tough question. It's, I don't wanna say it's for everybody. I would say it's people that, um, don't have any judgements, who don't have any agendas, who don't. I.

Willow:

who can stay in curiosity. Right. And

Eden:

come. That's what we say when they're like, what do I bring? And I say, bring a water bottle, a journal, a curious heart, and an open mind.

Willow:

yeah.

Eden:

And so it'd be a lot easier for me to list who should come versus who shouldn't. Like it. Often when women read it, it's like they're either curious or they're like full body. Heck yeah. And so, um, it's growing organically on its own. Like we sold over half of the tickets without any promo, just from word of mouth, from women telling their friends. And that's really what we wanna do, is to cultivate this sense of sisterhood and community and sacred society. For example, the all genders, you can you're invited in if you know somebody already in, and then they sort of sponsor and vouch for you to join the all genders temple.'cause we wanna almost make Tantra Temple party culture, consent culture respect, inclusivity, no expectations, no agenda, like a, a culture of play where we can all like, relax into the experience without needing to put our guards up or, or anything. And just really learn about ourselves and learn from each other.

Willow:

And how long have you been running The Sacred Society? The All Genders one.

Eden:

Um, so that's launching this year we just finished building the framework and the, the, the community guidelines, which we're really proud of. And our first all genders event is in February, but it's basically, it's come from the demand of, of women in Temple of Eden who are like, do you have anything for me in my. Yeah. Where can I bring my guy friends? And so, um, yeah, that's what Sacred Society is for, is like Temple of Eden is for the femes, for the women's, for the girl power, the goddess loving, and then the Sacred Society is for everyone.

Willow:

Love that.

Leah:

Well congratulations Eden. So excited for what you're creating. Yay, Philly.

Willow:

Yeah.

Leah:

really, really excited for the great state of Pennsylvania and everything that surrounds it. Um, thanks for being on the show.

Eden:

Of course. Thank you for having me.

Leah:

Yeah, we look forward to continued paths crossing,

Willow:

Yeah, maybe we'll show up at one of these temple parties soon.

Eden:

That would be amazing. I would love to have you.

Leah:

Okay, friends, the show's not over. Please stay tuned for the dish. It's up next.

Now our favorite part, the dish.

Leah:

Aw. Temple of Eden.

Willow:

And what a

Leah:

lovely lady. She's adorable.

Willow:

I love what she's up to. I love what she's doing. Yeah, really powerful, really fun. What a great. Idea. And, um, you know, just coming from such deep ancient wisdom and I can really feel that, you know, her relationship with her co-facilitator is like similar to what we have. Just like really just like full lift each other up and totally adore and love and you know, it's just so nice to have a co-facilitator with these kinds of things because. Otherwise, you just feel like you're doing everything on your own. And you know, and I also really appreciate that. She's like, yeah, we, you can get a half price ticket or sometimes for free if you volunteer. So it sounds like they've got a few layers of support. You know, they've got their, their, um, people who are there, if there's a, you know, if something happens or there's a trauma moment that needs to be held or cleared or supported. And then they've got, you know, people handing out roses. Ticketing things, so it's like, that sounds so nice. I wanna have that many layers of support at our events.

Leah:

I think it's also really sweet that, um, you know, I think as adult women, we oh, we can get so tight and we forget to play. And our sexuality sometimes gets lost in the mix of trying to be everything to everyone. And or just even like lack of access sometimes to, um, our sexual selves and being sexual with others and or just like straight up intimacy of being able to like swim in the deep end of like your own personal soul and have that be held and witnessed in sisterhood. So I think it's a great place for women to learn how to play and to go deeper within themselves and to witness others doing the same thing, I think, I think there's a great scarcity and opportunity for a lot of us out there. So she's doing a great service for the world.

Willow:

Yes. It's so exciting

Leah:

Yeah. So, um, we will have links to all of these wonderful things that Eden is putting out in the dc, New York and Philly area. We encourage you to check it out.

Willow:

sending you all tons of love and light.

Leah:

Love, love, love. Bye-bye.

Speaker 2:

Thanks for tuning in. This episode was hosted by Tantric Sex Master Coach and positive psychology facilitator, Leah Piper, as well as by Chinese and Functional Medicine doctor and Taoist Taxology teacher, Dr. Willow Brown. Don't forget your comments, like subscribes and suggestions matter. Let's realize this new world together.

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