– EMBRACE –
For women who feel the dark feminine stirring beneath the surface—who are done performing, playing small, or hiding their sensual truth. Venus Temple | The Ritual Salon is a guided, women-only evening of ritual, intimacy practices, and freeform exploration in a candlelit, full-permission space
Saturday September 20th,
SPNKD, Antwerp
19u – 23u
€ 100 / person
You’ve known this for lifetimes, women gathering in circles, letting eros guide them back home.
Venus Temple | The Ritual Salon is a guided, immersive evening for women which blends ritual, intimacy practices, and freeform exploration. It’s a living altar, a dark feminine playground, a softly curated space where the erotic becomes sacred again, not something to perform, but something to embody, express, and follow.
You’ll be gently led into a sensuous world of embodied expression, where you can move at your own rhythm, rest into stillness, or simply lie back and swim in inspiration. There is no “right” way to show up here, only your way.
We explore what the erotic, the feminine, the wild, and the dark get to mean when held in a full-permission space, rooted in tenderness, sovereignty, and deep listening.
Where the edges of intimacy become sacred.
Where the feminine is both surrendered and sovereign.
Where everything is welcome, and nothing is expected.
This evening offers a carefully held experience that moves between the sacred and the primal, the still and the sensual. You will be guided, but never controlled. Free, but never unheld.
This is a space where the feminine can remember her erotic truth in all her shades: tender, wild, quiet, fierce.
You are welcome to move or be still, be witnessed or hide in the shadows, laugh, cry, flirt, feel, or simply breathe. This evening will be held in english
This space is for women who feel the dark feminine stirring beneath the surface, the part of you that’s tired of playing small, tired of performing, and ready to come home to the truth pulsing in your body.
You don’t need to be confident, or even comfortable, just willing to meet yourself more honestly than ever before.
You’ll sit in a candlelit room where no one is performing, competing, or fixing, just arriving as they are.
You might be gently tied with rope, or say no to touch. You might make sounds and shapes your body has never been allowed to before. You’ll explore intimacy that asks nothing of you except your presence. And through it all, you’ll begin to remember what it feels like when your erotic body leads.
19:00 — Doors Open
19:30 — Doors Close (no late entry)
19:40 — Opening & Guided Ritual
20:30–22:30 — Venus Lounge Opens
22:30–23:00 — Closing Ritual
This is a sober, women-only space. Phones are off to help us drop fully into presence. We ask that you arrive on time and respect the container as sacred, for yourself and for others. All practices are optional and guided with care. Consent, boundaries, and self-trust are foundational to the way we move together. You will never be asked to do anything you don’t want to do. Your pace is sacred. Your “no” is holy.
Wear what helps you feel fully in your body, this could mean silk, lace, sheer layers, ritual wear, or simply bare skin. Nudity is permitted, but never expected. Streetwear is not allowed; arrive adorned in devotion to the version of the feminine that feels most true for you.
Melisa Maya is a Poetess, Creative Director and Mentor exploring the intersections of power, Intimacy and the sacred.
With over eleven years of experience in producing intimate experiences and trainings for women in feminine leadership; drawing from her lived, embodied experiences as a professional dominatrix, bodyworker and Performance Artist – she is a seasoned space-holder who believes in the power of Eros as the ultimate teacher.
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No. This is a clothing-on, consent-based space. Erotic energy may be present, but nudity and physical contact are never required or expected.
No—this is an experiential, somatic-based workshop. While transformation often happens, this is not a replacement for therapy, but a sacred complement to personal growth.
You’re not alone—many women arrive with a mix of curiosity and fear. Everything in this space is optional. You’ll be supported to move at your own pace, and your boundaries are sacred.
All forms of touch are consent-based and guided. You’ll always have the choice to opt in, opt out, or modify any practice. Clear boundaries are modeled and respected.