Awakening Passion: Trust, Play & Love, An Introduction to SkyDancing Tantra - Valentines Couples Retreat

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Middletown, CA 95461, USA
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Up to 24 in group
Date
Feb 12 - 14, 2027

Retreat Highlights

  • Reawaken passion, playfulness, and confidence in a safe, supportive container
  • Deepen trust and authentic intimacy through guided Tantric practices
  • Learn SkyDancing Tantra as a practical life skill you can bring into everyday relationship life
  • Develop embodied communication, boundary awareness, and consent-based connection
  • Strengthen your sense of self while deepening emotional and sensual connection with your partner
  • Explore the meeting place of sexuality, spirituality, and conscious partnership
  • Experience breathwork, connection rituals, and choice-based touch practices that foster presence and trust
  • Create a personal integration plan that connects your values, desires, and daily practices
  • Learn from facilitators with 30+ years of marriage and lived experience in Tantra
  • Enjoy the beauty and serenity of the Catskills, with access to nature, hiking trails, and restorative surroundings
  • Connect with a welcoming community of couples committed to growth, intimacy, and authentic relating
  • This retreat fulfills the prerequisite for future Love & Ecstasy Training (LET) cycles and other advanced SkyDancing Tantra events

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Details of this retreat

A Valentine's Weekend Retreat for Couples | An Introduction to SkyDancing Tantra

❤️ This Valentine's Weekend retreat is designed exclusively for couples attending together. We warmly welcome couples of all genders, orientations, and relationship structures.

Are you longing for more passion, connection, and aliveness in your relationship? Do you want to feel more playful, confident, and deeply connected with one another?

Awakening Passion: Trust, Play & Love is a beginner-friendly introduction to the transformative practices of SkyDancing Tantra. Created especially for Valentine's Weekend, this retreat offers couples a safe, welcoming environment to explore intimacy, communication, and authentic connection through experiential learning.

Rather than chasing passion, you'll discover how it naturally emerges when you cultivate self-awareness, embodied presence, and relational trust.

If life has begun to feel routine or disconnected, this weekend offers an opportunity to slow down, reconnect, and rediscover the joy of being together.


Who Is It For?
This retreat welcomes couples of all genders, orientations, and relationship structures who want to strengthen their relationship through the practices of SkyDancing Tantra.

Whether you've been together for decades or your relationship is just beginning, you'll explore practical tools that help deepen trust, improve communication, and create more ease, playfulness, and intimacy together.

This retreat is exclusively for couples attending as a pair.


What You'll Experience
Throughout the weekend, you'll experience guided partner exercises, movement, breathwork, meditation, group teachings, playful experiential practices, and time for reflection and integration. Every practice is fully guided, consent-based, and invitational, allowing you to participate at the pace that feels right for you.

❤️ Learn Tantra as a practical life skill you can continue bringing into your relationship long after the retreat ends.

❤️ Develop embodied communication through practices that strengthen boundaries, consent, attunement, and honest expression.

❤️ Explore breathwork and connection rituals that increase vitality, presence, and emotional intimacy.

❤️ Experience structured partner exercises that encourage self-trust, mutual respect, and playful exploration.

❤️ Create a personal integration plan that connects your values, desires, and everyday relationship practices.


About the Facilitators
You'll be supported by Sara & Thomas Stout, whose more than 30 years of marriage reflect a lived commitment to conscious relationship. They bring warmth, wisdom, and practical experience, creating a space where couples can explore vulnerability, intimacy, and growth with both depth and lightness.

"Thomas/SatchiJo and Sara are impeccable leaders in the often tender and vulnerable space of self-love and sensuality."

~ WN, Wisconsin


The Deeper Invitation
This retreat was created in response to couples who wanted deeper intimacy without losing themselves.

Many relationship challenges don't come from a lack of love. They arise as stress, responsibilities, and old patterns slowly create distance.

Together, you'll explore how to:

❤️ Maintain a strong sense of self while opening more fully to connection.

❤️ Balance attachment with healthy autonomy.

❤️ Build trust through clear boundaries, consent, and emotional safety.

❤️ Cultivate the kind of presence that allows closeness, respect, and lasting partnership.

As you reconnect with yourself, you'll naturally reconnect with one another. Tension softens, joy expands, and intimacy becomes something you intentionally create rather than hope for.

And yes...we believe growth should include laughter. Expect meaningful conversations, heartfelt moments, and plenty of opportunities to play together.

Ignite Passion in What Matters Most

Together you'll explore how to bring more passion and vitality into every area of life, including your love life, sexuality, creativity, purpose, joy, and the unique gifts you're here to share.

Do you long to feel more relaxed and at home in your body and sexuality?

Experience the freedom that comes with greater acceptance, self-love, and embodied confidence.

*******New to Love Passionately?********
If you're new to Love Passionately, please contact us before registering to schedule a brief conversation. This gives us an opportunity to ensure the retreat is a good fit, answer your questions, and help you arrive feeling informed and supported.


What You'll Take Home
You'll leave with practical communication tools, connection rituals, and embodied practices that continue supporting your relationship long after the retreat ends.

Whether you're navigating challenges, celebrating life's joys, or simply wanting to feel more connected in everyday moments, these timeless principles of SkyDancing Tantra offer a path toward a relationship that feels more authentic, playful, and alive.


Testimonials
"It's a beautiful way to begin a journey of self-exploration in a container that provides safety, fun, listening, and learning."
~ Diane Divone

"This weekend helped us reconnect in a way that felt both playful and deeply meaningful."
~ Retreat Participant


Financial Details
A deposit is required to reserve your spot through Retreat Guru. Payment plans may be available upon request.

Upon acceptance into the retreat, final payments become nonrefundable within 30 days of the retreat start date. This policy is separate from the refundable deposit made through Retreat Guru.

Please review the full cancellation policy before registering.

Schedule

Each session builds on the previous to offer a beautiful progression, culminating in a Tantric ritual. The days start with meditation before breakfast. You have a 2-hour lunch break for rest, walks in the trails, or connecting with other students.
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change

Getting Here

Location icon Love Passionately, School of Mindful & Bodyful Intimacy, Middletown, CA 95461, USA

Directions

Most people fly into San Francisco or Sacramento. The drive in about 2.5 hours.

Accommodation

Surrounded by forest and fresh air, Four Springs Retreat Center offers simple, comfortable accommodations and wholesome meals designed to support rest, connection, and deep inner work. All accommodation options include retreat tuition, meals, and lodging. Please refer to the pricing section of the event for current rates. Register early to secure your preferred lodging, as availability is limited.

PCBC: Private Cabin with Bathroom (Couples) Private cabin with your own bathroom. Most cabins feature 1 queen bed and 1 futon (4 cabins available). One cabin offers 2 twin beds, which may be arranged separately or together upon request. Cabin assignments are based on availability. Ideal for couples seeking additional privacy.

DCSB: Duplex Cabin with Shared Bathroom Cozy duplex-style cabin with 2 twin beds, which may be arranged separately or together. Each duplex shares one bathroom with the adjoining cabin. Suitable for solos or couples.

SCCB: Shared Cabin with Communal Bathhouse One-room cabin with 2 twin beds, which may be arranged separately or together. Guests use a nearby communal bathhouse located in a separate building. Suitable for solos or couples.

IDC: Indoor Camping (Available Year-Round) Shared indoor camping space with access to the communal bathhouse. Please bring your own sleeping mat, bedding, and any other items needed for your comfort.

ODC: Outdoor Camping Outdoor camping with access to the communal bathhouse. May through October: Bring your own tent, sleeping mat, bedding, and other camping essentials. November through April: RV camping only.

Registration & Payment A deposit is made through Retreat Guru to reserve your space. The remaining balance is paid directly to Love Passionately according to the payment schedule provided after registration.

Accommodation
PCBC: Private Cabin with Bathroom for Couples Includes: Private cabin with 1 queen bed and 1 futon (4 cabins available), or a private cabin with 2 twin beds, may be separated or combined (1 cabin available). Selection is based on availability. All cabins include a private bathroom.
Accommodation
DCSB: Duplex Cabin with Shared Bathroom (Includes: Cozy duplex cabin with 2 twin beds (can be separated or combined) and a shared bathroom between duplex cabins for couples
Accommodation
SCCB: Shared Cabin with Communal Bathhouse Includes: 1-room cabin with 2 twin beds (can be separated or combined) and access to a communal bathhouse in a separate building couples
IDC: Indoor Camping (available year-round)
ODC: Outdoor Camping (RVs only November - April)

Venue & Amenities

Venue & Amenities
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Free Wifi icon Free Wifi
Spa icon Spa
Sauna icon Sauna
Pool icon Pool
Towels icon Towels
Free Parking icon Free Parking
Kitchen icon Kitchen
Tour Assistance icon Tour Assistance
Hot Tub icon Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea icon Coffee/Tea
Cafe icon Cafe
Restaurant icon Restaurant
Fitness Center icon Fitness Center
Yoga Studio icon Yoga Studio
Housekeeping icon Housekeeping
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Nestled in the rolling hills of Middletown, California, Four Springs Retreat Center offers an intimate sanctuary for deepening into pleasure and presence. This private retreat space is surrounded by pristine nature, where ancient oaks frame expansive views and meandering trails invite quiet contemplation.
The property features a pool (seasonal May-October) for unwinding between sessions, while secluded forest paths offer space for reflection and integration. With rustic accommodations

Meals

Menu Types

We have a personal chef that provides wholesome, nutritious and delicious meals. Through all our travels, we love Christine's food the best!

What's Included

  • 2 nights accommodation (Friday & Saturday nights)
  • All meals from Friday dinner through Sunday lunch
  • Full weekend SkyDancing Tantra seminar with certified teachers
  • Guided practices in Tantric rituals, breathwork, and heart-centered connection
  • Intimate communication exercises and sacred space creation
  • Access to Four Springs amenities: nature trails and swimming pool.
  • Integration and sharing circles
  • Choice of lodging from private cabins to camping options
  • Small group setting for personalized attention
  • Workshop materials and certificate of completion
  • Prerequisite certification for Love & Ecstasy Training Cycles

What's Not Included

  • Transportation

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