Virtual Intimacy Retreat

Let us come together for a transformational experience this New Year. Join a vibrant, virtual community as we nourish ourselves to take on 2021. It’s time to get ready for the challenges and growth that await on our personal and collective journeys.

ALL OF YOU is invited into this evolutionary online space that will turn your computer screen into a window of real connection. Here, you’ll have room to occupy intimacy.

The Virtual Intimacy Retreat is your key; all you must do now, is find the lock.

WHAT WILL I EXPERIENCE AT VIR?

* Four days of live, interactive, experiential workshop sessions

* Be guided by heart-centered intimacy experts from around the world

* Join for all the sessions you want, or just one or two favorites

* Fully present community - see everyone on screen together

* Emotional support available at all times

* Inclusive, welcoming atmosphere

* Authentic intimacy & communication tools

* Intricacies and importance of consent

* Emotional release and anger expression

* Exploration of kink and BDSM

* Guided self-pleasure

* Tantric practices

* Guided dance and movement, both mild and spicy

* Deepened relationship with yourself through growth and healing

* Insight into relationship styles, from polyamory to monogamy and in-between

DAILY SCHEDULE (times are listed in PST)

9:00am - 9:30am - Opening circle

9:30am - 11:00am - First Session

11:30am - 1:00pm - Second Session

1:00pm - 2:00pm - Lunch Break

2:00pm - 3:30pm - Third Session

4:00pm - 5:30pm - Fourth Session

5:30pm - 6:00pm - Closing Circle

7:00pm - 9:00pm - Evening Events

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE (in US Pacific Time)

--- View workshop descriptions and facilitator bios here. ---

Thursday

3:30pm - 4:00pm - Welcoming Circle

4:00pm - 5:30pm - Opening Session

"InPowered Consent for Deeper Intimacy" -- Christina McCabe

"Tantric Philosophy of Love and Sex" -- Kat Fleming

"Manifesting A Mate" -- Marla Renee Stewart

7:00pm - 9:00pm - Soft landing: exploring into who WE Are w/Hazel-Grace Yates and Major Tom

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Friday

9:00am - 9:30am — Opening Circle

9:30am - 11:00am — First Session

"The Sexy Side of Consent" -- Matt Schwenteck

"Kink: What's Your Flavor? Epic Ice Cream Social" -- Devyn Stone and Johnny Vajra

"Primal Emergence" -- Ashley Brown

11:30am - 1:00pm — Second Session

"Out of the Shadows: Potent Intimacy & Erotic Power"-- A'magine

"The Art of the Tangasm: An Open Role Introduction to Argentine Tango" -- Kelly Lettieri

"Spinner! Speed Mating for Sex Positive People" -- Eleanor O'Brien

1:00pm - 2:00pm — Lunch Break

2:00pm - 3:30pm — Third Session

"Disrupting our Whiteness" -- Dylan Wilder Quinn & Jennie Pearl

"Erotic Embodiment for Intimate Partners: An Experiential Workshop on Whole-Body Intimacy with a Lover or Committed Partner" -- Melissa Walker

"Allowing Love In the New Year: Discovering Hidden Blocks and Releasing Them" -- Cathy Vartuli and Rick Wilkes

4:00pm - 5:30pm — Fourth Session

"Bae is Bisexual! Now what's Next?" -- Dee H. Black and Laydee Vee

"Grief Ritual" -- Rev. Rucifer

"Sacred Strip Tease" -- Katie Scott

5:30pm - 6:00 — Closing Circle

7:00pm - 9:00pm — Opening Night Dance Party Celebration

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Saturday

9:00am - 9:30am — Opening Circle

9:30am - 11:00am — First Session

"Coerced by a Fairytale, Seduced by Dr. Suess" -- Frenchie Davis

"Playing with Energy: Deeper Intimacy through Boundaries and Consent" -- Danny Morris & Nicole Parish

"Money Magic" -- Po-Hong Yu -- CANCELLED

11:30am - 1:00pm — Second Session

"Poetic Self-Exploration of BDSM Dynamics" -- Mxstress Reba

"Self Pleasure & Intentional Orgasm" -- Sasha Rose Love

"Gender is a Playground!" -- Drewsilla

1:00pm - 2:00pm — Lunch Break

2:00pm - 3:30pm — Third Session

"Cock Reverence!" -- Dr. Hazel-Grace Yates

"The Art of Self-Massage" -- Devyn Harris

"Wonderf*ck Monogamy!" -- Leidy Dahiana

4:00pm - 5:30pm — Fourth Session

"Self Love & Sensual Movement" -- Chicava Roslyn Tate

"Body Confidence in the Bedroom" -- Carly S.

"Massage on the Edge" -- Melissa D.

5:30pm - 6:00 — Closing Circle

7:00 - 10:00pm — Virtual Play Party (with Major Tom Daily and Crista Reid!)

--- View workshop descriptions and facilitator bios here. ---

Sunday

9:00am - 9:30am — Opening Circle

9:30am - 11:00am — First Session

"Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Pussy: An Introduction to Conscious Orgasm" -- Dr. Jessica Tartaro

"UnTamed: Emotions UnCensored" -- Alice Hong

"Creating Intimacy with the More Than Human World" -- Ronit LeMon

11:30am - 1:00pm — Second Session

"Breasts, Chests and Nipples, oh my!" -- Emerald May

"Innocence & Destruction" -- Z (Zahava Griss)

"Hard Conversations = Limitless Pleasure" -- Kimberly and Michael Sprintz

1:00pm - 2:00pm — Lunch Break

2:00pm - 3:30pm — Third Session

"Embodiment Allies: Foundations for Erotic Wholeness" -- Darshana Avila

"Pussy Revealed" -- Sara Miller

4:00pm - 5:30pm — Fourth Session

"Conscious Polyamory" -- Britt Vasicek

"Power Activation" -- Taína Ixchel

"Gender Reclamation: an Embodied Identity Movement Lab" -- Terra Anderson

5:30pm - 6:00 — Closing Circle

7:00 - 9:00pm — CIAO CACAO - Closing Party with guest performances

--- View workshop descriptions and facilitator bios here. ---

DETAILS

Scholarship Tickets: In consideration of the uncertain and challenging times we are in, we are offering a scholarship fund. If the ticket price is out of your reach, we want to know what you can afford. If you are able to pay forward, consider contributing an "Angel Ticket" to sponsor a guest in need. *All Scholarship funds have been distributed at this time. If you'd like to be added to the waitlist, contact connect@virtualintimacyretreat.com for more information.

Volunteer Positions: Our volunteer application is closed at this time!

Support Services: Do you have any special accommodation needs we can support with? Our Support Services Volunteers are here to help you feel as included as possible. We would love to know if you have any accommodation needs for the weekend. Email connect@virtualintimacyretreat.com to let us know!

Equity: We are investing conversation and resources toward the Black Lives Matter cause. We hope to demonstrate our commitment to real and lasting change by bringing in diverse facilitators, offering Whiteness and BIPOC workshops, and implementing an equity-based payment system. We are learning. We are open to feedback.

Refund Policy: Full refunds are available up until one week ahead of the retreat (January 7th). If by the end of the retreat, you are dissatisfied with your experience, a 50% refund is available within one week following the end of the retreat (January 24). *Ticket fees are non-refundable.

PLEASE NOTE

*There will be instances of optional nudity, therefore this event is for ages 18+. The main meeting area (Lounge) will always be clothes on - which includes coverage of nipples and bottoms on.

**To hold visibility and awareness within the workshops, all participants are required to have their cameras turned on. We can't, however, guarantee the digital security of any participant.

***In line with our values of presence and impermanence, NO recordings or screenshots of any kind will be allowed during the workshops. We will be recording only the opening circle session so that all participants will have access to this information.

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ABOUT THE PRODUCERS

Dr. Hazel-Grace Yates has a doctorate in Human Sexuality and is a Somatic Sex Educator, Trauma Informed Practitioner, and a Sex and Relationship Coach. Her purpose is to end global toxic sexual shame and exalt pleasure.

Crista Reid (she/they) is a life-long creator, artist, and cultivator of the sexual arts. Her mission is to encourage bold sexuality, embodiment, consent education, conscious kink, and creative expression. She is the founder of Permission Productions and the director of Boulder Burlesque. Through these spaces, Crista offers parties, immersive events, performance art, classes, workshops, and one-on-one coaching around burlesque, sensuality, consent, and sexual empowerment.

Josie Ivy Nixon is a Denver Producer focused on furthering conversation around identities and how we all relate as a community. They have a passion for providing a platform for the voices of the marginalized through stories of vulnerability and raw truth.

"Major" Tom Daily spent his teens noticing the effects of sexual trauma and violence had on him. Theatre was his escape and it filled his curiosity in human behavior and emotional intelligence. Trained as an authentic relating facilitator, He utilizes Integral Theory for teaching different practices in acting, movement and intimacy. Now, Major is an Acting, Intimacy coach and community leader in conscious sexuality. His penchant for levity creates a safe container for people to blossom and explore themselves.

(We acknowledge that our work as producers is shaped by our personal experience, privilege, and cultural lens. We are open to learning and growth around how we can best create an inclusive event space.)

Special Thanks to our Sponsor, Erotic Empowerment

Feel freer, experience more joy, and create amazing relationships by honoring your boundaries and embracing your authentic erotic desires. Led by Kelly Noel Zeva (they/them), Erotic Empowerment offers queer-inclusive group coaching programs, self-paced courses, and workshops to support YOU in releasing sexual shame and trauma FOR GOOD. To learn more, visit https://empowerederotic.com or join our free Facebook Group: The Sexy, Spiritual Badasses.