Start Your Erotic Journey
Erotic Presence For Pleasure, Connection, and Growth
$575 per couple
Sample our approach and gently “re-set” your erotic life
Helping professionals can earn 11 CEs (continuing Education Credits through AASECT)
What Can I Expect?
We’ll embark on a journey of mindful exploration to unlock your erotic potential by recognizing the obstacles that may be hindering your presence and pleasure. Rest assured, there’s no nudity involved in our retreats. You’ll be able to practice and integrate your newfound skills in a private home play activity. This experience is entirely tailored to your comfort level, allowing you to choose whether you prefer a mild, medium, or spicy exploration.
What participants say?
Meet Your Retreat Leaders
Our facilitators include Maci Daye, CST, the founder of Passion and Presence, Halko Weiss, Ph.D., and Julia Corley, LCMHCA. The facilitators are Certified Hakomi Trainers with decades of experience teaching mindfulmess.
Maci is a “possibilities doula” and creator of Passion and Presence. She gently supports the aliveness, pleasure, and connection that’s ready to awaken within and between you.
Halko teaches exclusively at our in-person retreats, where his wizardry at helping couples rekindle their loving connection is legendary.
Julia is a heart-whisperer whose unabashed joy and open-heartedness helps participants feel welcome and safe.
Together, our collective strengths create a transformational container for erotic alchemy. We’re so happy you found us.
What's the Takeaway?
Learn and Explore Transformative Concepts, such as:
- Why all long-term relationships, especially the good ones, have erotic challenges.
- While useful for many aspects of our lives, automaticity is terrible for our sex lives.
- 5 key ways mindfulness enhances pleasure, intimacy, and erotic expression.
- How beliefs and expectations inevitably dampen your erotic creativity, and how to “free your mind.”
- Why engaging your “Internal Observer” can help you stay calm and curious.
And Practice Powerful Skills
- Use “Mindful Touch” to become more present and exploratory.
- Learn the “Catch and Release” technique to let go of thoughts, beliefs, and habits that diminish your erotic vitality.
- Navigate your erotic triggers through “Response-agility”, a simple but powerful 4-step practice.
- Use the skill of “Befriending” to get out of the Defend Cycle and be with challenging feelings and sensations. Learn how to embrace pain points for healing and growth.
What Does the Schedule Look Like?
Two Great Formats to Choose From!
Discover our immersive 2-day retreat below or explore the new 4-part series, tailored for our European audience. Enjoy the same transformative experience through four engaging, live sessions, held weekly on Saturdays from 17:00 to 20:00.
BEFORE THE RETREAT (GET READY)
Before the retreat starts, cozy up with our orientation videos in the learning portal. We’ve got all the details on participation guidelines and program content to make you feel right at home. So, when we go live, you can seamlessly jump into the experiential activities.
DURING THE RETREAT (SATURDAY LIVE SESSION)
Following a mindfulness practice and connecting session, dive into a day filled with honing three core skills of awakened intimacy. Enjoy private moments with your partner and engaging debrief sessions with other couples.
DURING THE RETREAT (AT HOME)
Get ready for an at-home exercise to take those skills “to the sheets.” And, of course, feel free to customize any activity – whether it’s staying fully clothed, limiting touch to specific areas, or whatever makes you feel most at ease.
DURING THE RETREAT (SUNDAY LIVE SESSION)
After our morning mindfulness practice, our leaders offer small group coaching to help you go deeper with the practice.
Then, we’ll introduce the final skill, culminating with an integrating experience to bring closure to our journey.
AFTER THE RETREAT (AT HOME)
We’ll be with you every step of the way over the next few weeks, holding your hand to ensure you retain what you’ve learned. Expect recordings, exercise instructions, and uplifting PEP talks to support your ongoing practice of Erotic Presence.
We’ll gather for a live session a month later to answer your questions and review the skills.
INTRO RETREAT
Erotic Presence For Pleasure, Connection, and Growth
Your $575 per couple investment includes:
- 1.25 hours of pre-recordings, offering valuable insights and preparation
- Personalized instructions and coaching during the live two-day event for an immersive experience
- Five weeks of post-retreat recordings and exercises to reinforce your mindful erotic presence
APRIL 13 & 14, 2024
Ideal for couples in North America and European night owls.
With Maci Daye & Julia Corley
Helping professionals can earn 10 CEs (Continuing Education Credits through AASECT)
11am – 4:30pm EST
8am-1:30pm PST
(17:00-22:30 CET)
11am – 4:30pm EST
8am-1:30pm PST
(17:00-22:30 CET)
May 11, 2024
11 am-1 pm EST
(17:00-19:00 CET)
JULY 20 & 21, 2024
Ideal for couples in North America and European night owls.
With Maci Daye
Helping professionals can earn 11 CEs (Continuing Education Credits through AASECT)
11am – 4:30pm EST
8am-1:30pm PST
(17:00-22:30 CET)
11am – 4:30pm EST
8am-1:30pm PST
(17:00-22:30 CET)
August 17, 2024
11 am-1 pm EST
(17:00-19:00 CET)
Is this the right time to participate in the retreat?
The Awakened Intimacy program is for committed couples in a loving relationship who want to use their challenges to heal and grow together. If you are in a crisis or find erotic content triggering, please wait until you are further on your healing journey. The program is not for estranged couples or those newly healing from an affair or trauma. We can schedule a Zoom chat to help you discern if the program will be beneficial. Reach out to us if you’re not sure.