"Embodied Eros: The Art of Erotic Confidence" Men's Weekend

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Los Ángeles, CA
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Up to 20 in group
Date
Jun 12 - 14, 2026

Retreat Highlights

  • What to Expect During the Retreat
  • This is a consent-centered, non-residential men’s retreat that blends practical teaching with structured, opt-in experiences. Nothing is forced. You can participate fully while still going at your pace.
  • You can expect:
  • - Guided meditations to help you land in your body, regulate your nervous system, and build erotic self-trust
  • - Shame Literacy + Shame Mapping so you can understand your patterns (freeze, dissociate, overthink) and learn what to do in real time
  • - Nervous system education focused on sexuality, arousal, anxiety, and shutdown…with simple tools you’ll actually use
  • - Clean Ask + Boundary practice (asking for what you want clearly, saying no cleanly, hearing no without spiraling)
  • - Structured connection exercises like eye gazing and dyads, designed to build safety, presence, and authentic brotherhood
  • - A consent-centered Sensation Play Lab using texture, temperature, pressure, and breath so you can practice pacing and feedback in your body
  • - Integration work for dating, hookups, and relationships, including scripts and confidence labs you can take into real life
  • - Daily closing “seals” so you leave steady, grounded, and not emotionally raw
  • Everything is invitational, adjustable, and designed to help you feel more confident in your body—without pressure, performance, or shame.

About this Retreat

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Embodied Eros: The Art of Erotic Confidence

There’s a kind of confidence men are taught to perform…
and there’s the kind your body actually believes.

Embodied Eros: The Art of Erotic Confidence is a three-day, in-person, non-residential retreat in Los Angeles for men who are tired of freezing, dissociating, or overthinking their way through intimacy. Men who want to feel more alive in their bodies, clearer in their desires, and unashamed of what they want.

This isn’t about becoming “better in bed.”
It’s about becoming more real in bed… and in your life.

Because for a lot of men, erotic struggle isn’t a lack of desire. It’s a lack of safety. A nervous system that braces. A history of shame. A lifetime of swallowing needs, disguising longing, and calling numbness “fine.”

This weekend is an invitation to do the opposite.

To slow down.
To feel.
To learn the language of your body again.

You’ll build erotic confidence the way it’s actually built: through self-trust, clear consent, and embodied choice. You’ll learn how to recognize the early signals of shutdown, how to come back when you leave yourself, and how to ask for what you want without apology or pressure. You’ll practice boundaries that don’t harden you, and desires that don’t rule you.

And you’ll do it in a room of men who get it—without needing to posture, explain, or pretend.

You’ll leave with practical tools you can use immediately: on dates, in hookups, in relationships, and in the quiet moments alone when shame tries to rewrite the story. You’ll also leave with something harder to measure, but easy to recognize…

A steadier nervous system.
A clearer voice.
A body that trusts you.

Embodied Eros isn’t a fantasy. It’s a practice.
And it begins with you—right here, exactly as you are.

Schedule

Friday (4:00–8:00 PM)
Theme: Building the Container (Safety + Belonging + Shame Literacy + Clean Asks)

4:00–4:30 | Arrival + Landing
4:30–5:15 | Welcome Circle + Group Agreements
5:15–5:35 | Opening Meditation: Coming Home to the Body
5:35–6:05 | Foot Washing Ritual
6:05–7:05 | Eye Gazing + Clean Ask Foundations
7:05–8:00 | The Clean Ask Script + Closing

Saturday (9:00 AM–6:00 PM, lunch break)
Theme: Education + Practices (Nervous System + Arousal Literacy + Somatic Skill + Sensation Play + Communication)

9:00–9:45 | Morning Re-Entry + Regulation
9:45–10:30 | Guided Meditation: Safety Cues + Sensation
10:30–11:30 | Workshop: Nervous System + Sexuality
11:30–11:45 | Break
11:45–12:30 | Somatic Practice Lab: From Head to Body
12:30–2:00 | Lunch Break + Quiet Integration
2:00–3:00 | Arousal Literacy: Desire vs Compulsion
3:00–3:15 | Break
3:15–4:15 | Sensation Play Lab
4:15–4:30 | Break
4:30–5:30 | Communication Lab: Clean Asks + Clean No’s + Receiving No
5:30–6:00 | Closing Seal + Evening Aftercare Plan

Sunday (9:00 AM–4:00 PM, lunch break)
Theme: Integration (Dating + Hookups + Relationships + Sexual Health + Confidence Labs + Commitments)

9:00–9:30 | Morning Re-Entry + Warm-Up
9:30–10:15 | Guided Meditation: The Confident Nervous System
10:15–11:15 | Staying Regulated in Real Life
11:15–11:30 | Break
11:30–12:30 | Sexual Health + Boundaries as Anxiety Relief
12:30–2:00 | Lunch Break + Quiet Integration
2:00–2:45 | Confidence Labs (Embodied Rehearsal Stations)
2:45–3:15 | Letter to Self (3 Months From Now)
3:15–3:40 | Dyads: “What You Did That Touched Me”
3:40–4:00 | Closing Ritual + Next-Step Commitments + Final Seal
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change

Getting Here

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What's Included

  • All delicious continental breakfast and lunches made with local natural organic ingredients
  • All workshops and group activities
  • Special gift upon departure

What's Not Included

  • Air travel to and from Los Angeles
  • Accommodation
  • Ground transportation
  • Personal, medical, or trip cancellation insurance
  • Visa for the United States — Please ensure you have your visa ahead of time

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