Living Tantra Training
An 18- month residential training to reclaim the full depth of your being.
February 2027 - September 2028
At Eden Rise & The EarthSpirit Centre
Faciliated by
Ed Rooke & Bethan Evans
The Living Tantra Training is a profoundly transformative 18-month journey held within a consistent and committed group. Building on the foundations of Living Tantra 1, the training offers a space where our places of limitation can emerge, be met and transformed.
The Living Tantra Training includes;
The Living Tantra experiential workshops (Living Tantra 2, 3 & 4)
An additional series of six 3-4 day seminars, held between the workshops.
We will meet for online circles between residential workshops. This will give you an opportunity to explore challenges and integrate shifts from the previous retreats, as well as connecting as a group.
An ongoing online forum offers a place for participants to share what is arising in their daily lives — bringing the work out of the workshop space and into lived experience. This continuity of contact supports an ongoing process of integration, connection and accountability within the group during the training and usually beyond.
All participants will have the option to stay in contact with a buddy for additional support and connection. The frequency and method of contact are for you to choose.
Participants in the training are also given priority access to book coaching sessions with the facilitators
Living Tantra 1 is a prerequisite for the training.
This training is for people who want a rich experience of personal and spiritual growth — within a closed group where relationship, trust and intimacy can unfold over time, and where there is space to receive the love and acceptance that has been missing.
Rather than dramatic peak experiences, the container allows for a gradual embodied unfolding of who you truly are, in which your struggles can be met with presence.
Over time the trust, honesty and connection of the group deepen, so the parts within you that have not been fully seen can be received or loved can finally be nourished.
With this ongoing supportive and authentically open environment, many people find themselves opening in ways they didn’t even know were possible - connecting with their emotions, their natural aliveness, their power and their vulnerability, and discovering that they can be loved just the way they are.
Dates - LTT18
2027
Seminar 1 : 11-14 February (Thursday - Sunday) at Eden Rise - Facilitated by Ed
Seminar 2 : 22 - 25 April (Thursday - Sunday) at Eden Rise - Facilitated by Ed
Living Tantra 2 : 7 - 13 June (Monday - Sunday) at EarthSpirit - Facilitated by Ed & Bethan
Seminar 3 : 23 - 26 September (Thursday - Sunday) at Eden Rise - Facilitated by Ed
Seminar 4 : 18 - 21 November ( Thursday - Sunday) at Eden Rise - Facilitated by Ed
2028
Living Tantra 3 : 4 - 10 February (Monday - Sunday) @ Eden Rise - Facilitated by Ed & Bethan
Seminar 5 : 6 - 9 April (Thursday - Sunday) at Eden Rise - Facilitated by Ed
Living Tantra 4 : 9 - 15 June (Friday - Thursday) at Earthspirit - Facilitated by Ed & Bethan
Seminar 6 (Graduation) : 13 - 17 September (Wednesday - Sunday) at Eden Rise - Facilitated by Ed
The training requires a commitment to participate in the entire series of residential workshops and seminars. If there is any date above that you cannot attend please contact Ed before applying
In addition to these residential workshops, a series of online circles on zoom will be offered during the training. Calls will generally be on weekday evenings and the timing of these calls will be decided on seminar one in order to suit the availability of the group.
Ed & Bethan’s Facilitation
Akaha’s Experience
Seamus’ Experience
Mark’s Experience
Anja’s Experience
Are you ready to join us?
Group Size
We are limiting the group size on this Living Tantra Training to 16 participants plus the assisting team.
Working at this scale creates the conditions for a more spacious and attentive process, where each person has the opportunity to be more fully seen and supported. With fewer people, there is naturally more time for circle work and shared exploration.
This allows the group to move at a pace that supports depth, giving space for individual experiences to unfold while still being held within the collective. It also fosters a sense of intimacy and trust, which can be especially supportive for the kind of inner work this training invites. As you may be aware, it’s quite rare to join a Living Tantra training of this size, and this kind of opening may not arise again in the future.
During the longer workshops held at the Earth Spirit Centre, there will also be the possibility for additional participants to join our group. This means that while the core training group remains small and consistent to support deeper work, there will also be the opportunity to experience the richness of exploring with a larger and more diverse group during key retreats.
Because the core training group is limited to only 16 places, availability is naturally quite restricted. Particularly as the Living Tantra 1 workshops which feed in to the training have a much larger group size. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
There is likely to be the possibility of joining a larger training with Jan and Frieder in the future.
About Ed
Believe me, I know what it is like to be stuck, numb and without feeling. And I also know just how empowering it is to find healing, connection and freedom. That is why this work is so important to me.
My journey with this work started young; in my early 20’s my emotional blocks led me to be debilitated by a chronic illness. At this age, it seemed like the worst thing; it totally destroyed the life I had. With hindsight, it was the catalyst for transformation into a richness of life I never knew was possible.
As I began to engage on a meditative path, I began to realise that I have a unique sensitivity for tuning into the very subtle on a feeling level. For noticing the places which might otherwise be missed; the lost frozen places within each of us which are ever so faintly crying out for love. And for tuning into the environment and resources that are needed for what has been lost to come home
I have spent many years training extensively with various masters, including Stephen Gilligan and Jan Day, as well as more formal training (Doctorate in Psychology, Cert in Hypnotherapy, etc).
My facilitation weaves together aspects of tantra and shadow work to guide people to connect with their natural aliveness and resources, so they can be more fully themselves in all aspects of their life.
About Bethan
I spent years looking for the 'magic bullet' which would fix what I saw as the problem of my essential brokenness. It turns out that what I needed was to accept myself, to include all parts of myself—including the very parts I saw as the problem.
The paradox is that I couldn't truly move forward and make lasting change until I stopped fighting with how I was! I see now that those parts of me which feel so much pain are exactly the ones that give me access to deep empathy and acceptance of others. That actually they expand me and my capacity to be with and hold others in all the joy, despair and everything in between, including their ‘problem’ parts.
During a first career in the helping professions Bethan was drawn to Alexander Technique and later to Shadow Work and Tantra, all of which helped her deal with personal challenges such as bereavement, depression and a sense of not belonging. People appreciate the safety they feel during sessions and workshops, Bethan’s clarity and her ability to ‘meet’ & hold them in all sorts of feeling states.
The Venues
Eden Rise is a beautiful retreat centre, just two miles from Totnes in south Devon, on the edge of Dartmoor.
(Direct train connection to London with a journey time is less than three hours.)
The Earth Spirit Centre is a spectacular retreat centre situated between two nature reserves on the Somerset Levels.
(Direct train connection to London with a journey time is less than two hours.)
Accommodation options
Standard accommodation is in dorms, some upgrades are available to twin or single accommodation. There is a discount available for those who wish to bring a camper van to stay in
Food
We have a fantastic menu of vegetarian meals prepared by our own chef and a buffet breakfast. Where possible our produce is locally sourced and mostly organic.
Gluten free and vegan options are available for a small fee, and other supplementary diets can usually be catered for on request.
Fruit, tea and other snacks are available in break times throughout the day.
Practicals
Arrival Times : 6pm, staring with dinner at 6.45 pm
Finish Time : 2-3 pm
A typical day
8.00 Active Meditation
9.00 Breakfast
10.30 Morning Session
13.00 Lunch Break
15.00 Afternoon Session
18.30 Dinner Break
20.00 Evening Session
22.00 Finish
On Graduation
Many previous participants have found the training offers access to a deeper level of connection — with themselves, with friends and loved ones, and within intimate relationships. It creates a space where emotional openness, trust, and authenticity can flourish, allowing them to experience life with more presence, aliveness, and joy.
For some, the training becomes a platform for profound personal and professional transformation, supporting them to step into greater confidence, clarity, and purpose. The effects ripple out into all areas of life, from relationships and work to self-expression, creativity, and even setting up new livelihoods.
Through Living Tantra I have been able to experience more of my own aliveness and this has rippled into my personal and professional lives. My relationships with friends and family have grown richer and I am a better role model for my teenage daughter. The positive effects of this work have even reached my professional life where I am developing stronger relationships with colleagues and clients.”
Following the training it will be possible to join the Living Tantra Tribe group and attend the several residential events organised for the tribe each year.
Graduates of the training, and those currently on it, also have the possibility to assist the workshops in which they have already participated or repeat the workshops at a greatly reduced fee.
After receiving your graduation certificate, you may apply to assist on a future full training. For those who wish to lead their own workshops, this includes the opportunity to explore leading meditations and guided structures, with the possibility of eventually moving towards being listed as a School of Being Teacher.
Cost
Total Cost = £6790
Includes;
£3390 Standard F&A
£3400 Course Fee
For all workshops, seminars and online calls
If you know you would like to do this training but finances are holding you back please get in touch. We can often find a way to spread the cost to make it affordable.
Early bird offer
Total Cost = £6790 £6490
when booked before 31 October 2026
Reduces minimum monthly payment to £200
How to Register
Step 1
Pay your deposit of £200 to reserve your place .
Step 2
Complete the Confidential Questionnaire.
Step 3
Choose your payment plan -
Option 1 :
1 X Lump sum payment of £6790 (and get 2 free coaching sessions)
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Option 2 :
2 X Payments of £3395 (and get 1 free coaching session)
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Option 3 :
6 X Payments of £1132
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Option 4 :
15 Monthly payments of £453
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Option 5 :
30 Monthly payments of £227
Step 4
Attend Seminar 1
Following Seminar 1 there is an option to leave the training (paying only £680 of the balance) or to commit to the remaining workshops and seminars
Step 5
Continue to
- Seminar 1
- Seminar 2
- Living Tantra 2
- Seminar 3
- Seminar 4
- Living Tantra 3
- Seminar 5
- Living Tantra 4
- Seminar 6
Graduating 17th September 2028
FAQs
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It is possible to request vegan or dairy free or gluten free options for a small fee (see booking form). For other dietary needs just let us know about on the booking page; we will check in with the EarthSpirit kitchen who are usually able to cater for special diets for an extra fee.
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For the work we are doing, it is essential that all participants stay on site. This allows the time and space to needed within a closed group. We also have a very full programme!
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On the booking page there is an option to request a lift, offer a lift or to share a taxi. We create a lift share sheet from anyone who requests this which will be release to all participants a few weeks before the workshop.
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Arriving at 6pm gives you time to be welcomed, to check in and to settle into your accommodation before dinner.
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We cannot guarentee room selections. However, priorty will be given to those on the full training over those joining for the individual workshops. We will ask you for your accomodation preferences for both Eden Rise and EarthSpirit on the training booking form
