The Dating Disaster...and what to do about it

What’s Gone Wrong with Dating—and How Tantra Can Show Us the Way Home

with Shashi Solluna

In this powerful opening session, Shashi Solluna names what so many of us feel but rarely voice: dating, as we know it, isn’t working. From endless swiping to disconnection, confusion, and heartbreak—modern romance is in crisis. But there's another way.

We’ll explore five key reasons why love has become so elusive, and how Tantra offers real, embodied solutions:

• 1. Dating has gone digital—and consumeristic.
• In a world of swipes and screens, connection has become transactional. Tantra invites us back to presence, to in-person encounters, and to the soul behind the profile.
• 2. The traditional path no longer fits.
• Not everyone wants the "date, move in, marry" model. Tantra empowers you to consciously design a love life that suits your unique rhythm, desires, and lifestyle.
• 3. Online spaces are full of deception.
• Scammers, ghosters, and false personas run rampant. Through authentic relating tools, we learn to drop the masks and meet each other in truth—fast.
• 4. Ancestral patterns keep replaying.
• Many of us are unknowingly living out our lineage’s love wounds. Tantric and ancestral healing practices help us shift from karmic cycles to conscious, dharmic relating.
• 5. Old pain blocks new love.
• Heartbreak, betrayal, and disappointment can shut the heart. Tantra teaches us how to feel it, heal it, and clear space for love to enter again—with healthy boundaries and deeper self-worth.

This talk is both a diagnosis and a call to transformation. Join us as we reclaim the sacred in dating, and remember that love isn’t something to chase—it’s something to become.