Media Bio:
Tani Thole & Leslie Rogers
Tani Thole and Leslie Rogers are the founders of the Light Dark Institute, devoted to helping people fall in love with the parts of themselves and the world that they’ve most rejected. Their work weaves shadow exploration, embodied power play, and bold encounters with the raw, untamed places we usually turn away from. Known for making even the most challenging inner terrain feel safe and accessible, they support leaders and seekers alike to meet the darkness with love — and to live, lead, and relate from a place of wholeness. you can learn about their work and current offerings at https://www.lightdarkinstitute.com/
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Media & Press
Interviews & Podcasts
JustCharlieGee
YouTube
Embracing the Shadow through Light Dark Work
An interview session with Tani & Leslie, talking all things Shadow work through a new lens of embracing those “dark” characters that have been banished into the basement, and learning how to embrace them all, one step at a time.
Ignite Intimacy
YouTube
Submitting to Your Dark Side with Tani Thole and Leslie Rogers
In this episode, Tani Thole and Leslie Rogers, founders of the Light Dark Institute, join me for a powerful Valentine’s Day conversation! We dive into the hot, and sometimes taboo, topics of BDSM, Shame, and Humiliation.
Mike Mantell
Podcast
The Journey Into Darkness with Tani Thole and Leslie Rogers
In this episode Tani & Leslie talk about their wild journey into partnership, Leslie’s dark awakening, Tani’s swearing off and eventual return to darkness, and the difference between conscious and unconscious expression of your darkness.
Markabadi
YouTube
Weaving Threads of Light & Dark in Times of Planetary Change: Tani Thole
A conversation with Tani that gets into the difference between excitement vs. fear, describes the dark archetypes, embracing our shadows, and so much more.
Organic Sexuality
Podcast
How to Own & Embody the Shadow Aspects of Our Sexual Selves
Tani & Leslie share how identifying, embodying and relating from previously disowned shadow aspects of the self can be amongst the most empowering practices for personal and sexual wholeness, as well as so much more.
Private Matters TV
YouTube
#MeToo Panel Discussion with Alison Armstrong, Anodea Judith & Tani Thole
A conversation with Tani that gets into the difference between excitement vs. fear, describes the dark archetypes, embracing our shadows, and so much more.
Articles & Mentions
The Atlantic
by Roc Morin
That Time I Tried BDSM Therapy
“Whips, chains, collars, gags, blindfolds, handcuffs, knives… My eyes roam the soundproof room in which we are enclosed. The subject of our conversation is BDSM (Bondage, Domination, Sadism, and Masochism), a discipline that includes a wide variety of consensual power-exchange activities suggested by the various implements on display…”
Existential Kink
by Carolyn Elliott
Unmask Your Shadow and Embrace Your Power; A Method for Getting What You Want by Getting Off on What You Don't
“As my friends Leslie Rogers and Tani Thole teach in their wonderful Light Dark Institute workshops, humans tend to experience the sensations of life through an emotional spectrum that ranges from hedonistic pleasure to profound grief.” p. 190