California Tantra Festival

Name

California Tantra Festival

Legal name

California Tantra Festival

Website

https://california-festival.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wellness Events and Tantra Retreats

NAICS

Other Amusement and Recreation Industries (7139), Sports and Recreation Instruction (61162)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Arts & Culture Community Festivals (Multidisciplinary Arts Weeks) (MPAGAEAG)

Keywords

• Tantra festival
• Wellness retreat
• Intimacy workshop
• Conscious relationship
• Personal growth event

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Festival Tickets: Primary revenue stream from ticket sales for the 5-day Tantra Festival (September 25-29, 2026) with accommodation options including camping and dormitory. Tickets sold at various price points with early-bird and standard options.
2. Stage 1 Training: 7-day intensive training program (October 3-9, 2026) at Cactus Blossom Retreat in San Diego, priced from $1,350 to $3,300 including accommodation and meals. Offers multiple accommodation tiers from off-site to shared rooms with king beds.
3. Volunteer Tickets: Discounted volunteer tickets ($300-$380) for festival support in exchange for reduced admission, food, and accommodation, plus referral commissions.
4. Assistant Roles: Assistant tickets ($850) for Stage 1 Training support, with accommodation options inside rooms or RV spots.
5. Vendor Add-On: $100 vendor booth fee allowing participants to set up sales stalls at the festival while retaining 100% of their profits.
6. Healing Temple Sessions: Individual private sessions offered by professional practitioners at the Healing Temple throughout the festival, with separate pricing per session.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

California Tantra Festival organizes and hosts multi-day in-person events, including a 5-day immersive festival (Sep 25-29, 2026) and a 7-day tantra teacher training program (Oct 3-9, 2026). Programming combines workshops, ceremonies, and facilitated group experiences in tantra, intimacy, and conscious relationship practices for individual attendees and couples.

Product overview

Awaken as Love operates a dual-product wellness platform centered around Tantric personal development experiences. The California Tantra Festival (September 25-29, 2026) is a five-day celebration featuring diverse workshops, Biodanza, Temple Nights, and Sacred Cacao Ceremonies at a 160-acre property beside Sequoia National Park. The Awaken as Love Stage 1 Training (October 3-9, 2026) is a more intimate seven-day program in San Diego combining Tantra, Integral Theory, Biodanza, and Shamanism at Cactus Blossom Retreat. Both offerings include organic meals and various accommodation options, with bundled discounts available for booking both experiences. Supporting offerings include Healing Temple sessions, volunteer opportunities, vendor add-ons, and assistant positions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• California Tantra Festival (5-Day Immersion) A 5-day in-person festival featuring workshops, ceremonies, and group practices in tantra, intimacy, and conscious relationships. Designed for individual adults and couples seeking an immersive community-based learning experience.
• Tantra Teacher Training (7-Day Program) A 7-day structured training program for aspiring or practicing tantra teachers and facilitators, providing curriculum, mentorship, and group practice to support professional certification and facilitation skills.

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Tantra AlliancecoreOthersProfessional accountability membership organization for the tantra industry. Neutral third-party body available to address participant concerns regarding facilitators or practitioners. Part of the festival's commitment to safety and professional standards.
• Safe MediationcoreOthersThird-party mediation organization providing neutral dispute resolution for participants. Ensures participants have access to objective external support if any situation requires deeper holding beyond festival staff.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• International School of Temple Arts (ISTA): Global tantra and sacred intimacy training organization offering multi-day intensive programs with structured levels. Directly comparable to Awaken as Love's Stage 1 Training in curriculum, format, and target practitioner audience.
• Wanderlust Festival: Multi-day yoga and wellness festival featuring workshops, meditation, and conscious living programming. Comparable target audience and festival-meets-retreat format, though with a yoga rather than tantra focus.
• Bhakti Fest: West Coast devotional/spiritual festival combining yoga, kirtan, and conscious workshops. Operates in the same transformational wellness festival segment with similar California geography and demographic.
• Source Tantra: Tantra training and certification school offering multi-level practitioner programs. Competes directly with Awaken as Love Stage 1 Training for aspiring facilitators and couples seeking structured tantric education.
• Lightning in a Bottle: California-based conscious festival blending music, yoga, wellness workshops, and transformational experiences. Targets the same demographic of wellness-curious adults seeking multi-modality personal development in a festival setting.
• Body Electric School: Long-running tantra and sacred intimacy education provider offering workshops, retreats, and facilitator training. Closest direct competitor to the Awaken as Love Stage 1 Training methodology.
• Tantra Festival Spain: Sister-event organization under the Awaken as Love umbrella (referenced in California Tantra Festival's own contact email). Operates the same Tantra Festival format in Spain with identical methodology and branding, making it the most directly comparable peer.

Broad incumbents

• Esalen Institute: Established Big Sur personal transformation retreat center offering multi-day workshops in bodywork, meditation, and human development. Comparable retreat venue and holistic personal-growth positioning, though broader and more institutional.
• Burning Man: Large-scale transformational community festival with a similar ethos of personal exploration, radical self-expression, and participatory culture. Burning Man operates at materially larger scale but shares the festival-as-personal-transformation positioning that defines California's event.
• Omega Institute for Holistic Studies: Major holistic education retreat center offering workshops in wellness, spirituality, and personal development. Comparable workshop-and-retreat business model with a broader and more mainstream audience than tantra-specific operators.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@awakenaslove9587
• Facebookfacebook.com/AwakenAsLove
• Instagraminstagram.com/awakenaslove

Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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