Up-Coming Vacation Retreat Friday, Saturday & Sunday April 30th, May 1st & 2nd Erotic Partnership RITES OF SPRING WEEKEND Time: Friday 4:00 to 8:30 Saturday 10:00 to 6:00 Sunday 9:30 to 1:00 Location: Point Reyes Seashore Lodge Northern California Click  for  More  Info Erotic  Partnership  Retreats "With passion pray, with passion make love, with passion eat and drink and dance and play. Why act like a dead fish in this ocean of God?" [Rumi] After The Honeymoon retreats provide a soulful learning environment that supports erotic partnership. Be embodied, own your desire (including the desire to be cared for), be skillful in relationship, cultivate passion and celebrate your sexuality. Each retreat is a dynamic experience that feels like the best kind of vacation. The kind of vacation that leaves you feeling refreshed and more able to engage with your life when you return home. Locations are selected to provide a beautiful and peaceful environment for a romantic connection. The structure of the retreat will lead you through the five steps for erotic partnership so that you will have an embodied experience of reconnection, as well a model for future exploration. Felicia and Jim present information. You practice effective communication. You are supported to come into contact with your partner in a way that leads to trust and generosity. As you soften into connection, you will be invited to create a ceremony that is a celebration of your love. You will perform this ceremony privately in your room as "homework." Before you leave you will be supported to develop a plan to continue your connection. Our retreats are small - generally about 10 couples, more or less. This provides a safe environment to study the principles of erotic partnership. Exercises in the group are fun, supportive, no-pressure ways for learning new tools. We break out of the small group so that intimate conversations can happen privately, between you and your partner. Most couples going through this process are delighted to find themselves feeling more connected than they anticipated. For many it is the beginning of a new path of sexual satisfaction. More than one couple has said, "I believe that you have saved our marriage." Our erotic partnership retreat is right for you if: you want more intimacy in your relationship you want more satisfying sex in your relationship you are stuck in how to collaborate regarding sex and intimacy your lifestyle has sucked the creative juice from your erotic self, leaving you with a less than satisfying sexual relationship you want to find tools that will support deep intimacy and great sex you want to have an experience that is a great vacation that will deepen your relationship Couples who are currently in counseling will find that Erotic Partnership Retreats deepen and compliments therapy. We will collaborate with your therapist as appropriate. May Day - Rites of Spring Weekend Retreat 2010 Up-Coming Vacation Retreat Friday, Saturday & Sunday April 30th, May 1st & 2nd Erotic Partnership RITES OF SPRING WEEKEND Time: Friday 4:00 to 8:30 Saturday 10:00 to 6:00 Sunday 9:30 to 1:00 Location: Point Reyes Seashore Lodge Northern California Register Online Now We are offering this May Day Erotic Partnership retreat to reconnect and bond more deeply with your love partner. Don't wait. Summers can be hectic. Heck, life in general is hectic. Take this time to remember how easy love can be. Cultures throughout time have celebrated some version of "May Day." Traditionally, it is a time to celebrate the beginning of the planting season. And often a time that couples come together. Celebrating in this season is a way to say, "we have made it through the Winter. Let us come together, plow the fields, fertilize and plant for a bountiful harvest." We will honor these Rites of Spring by creating safe and clear structures that will support your very deep reconnection. For this retreat we are returning to Point Reyes Seashore Lodge where we offered our very first Erotic Partnership retreat - a bit like coming home for us. We want to support you coming home as well - coming home to yourself, coming home to the natural world, coming home to the love you share, or have shared, with your partner. We will spend three days, two nights in a beautiful setting near Point Reyes National Park, cultivating romance, creating heart connection and exploring the erotic possibilities of your relationship. You will learn skills for how to approach sensitive topics in effective ways, practice self- empowerment, identify and express what you want, and deepen into sensitive listening. And, you will learn the essential ingredients for creating and maintaining a sex life that is satisfying to both you and your partner. This retreat is designed to be a private exploration between you and your partner. Felicia and Jim will teach classes and provide a structure to support your deepening intimacy. Couples are guided in private conversations, then offered exciting "homework" assignments to complete during the evenings. ACCOMODATION: You will be guided into creating a private, special date for Saturday night. To make the most of this, we strongly suggest that couples reserve a room at Point Reyes Seashore Lodge. In fact we have reserved seven rooms there for couples in this workshop. Click here for information PointReyesSeashore.com Let them know you are part of our workshop. You can upgrade your room if you wish and there are other lovely places to stay nearby if you so desire. You will also leave the retreat with a concrete and unique plan for deepening your emotional and erotic connection. All of this and an incredible vacation! The retreat is structured so that you will have time for lounging, hiking or soaking in the hot tub. This retreat is appropriate for same gender as well as mixed gender couples. CEUs are available for Marriage and Family Therapists and Licensed Social Workers. For additional information, you may call or email us - click for Contact Info. PRICING: The cost for the retreat is $699 per couple. (This includes dinner on Friday and Lunch on Saturday. A continental breakfast is included with your room.) PREREGISTRATION: Register by April 1 and pay only $639 for the package. Click to Register Online - Payment by Check or Credit Card Top of Page www.afterthehoneymoon.org ©2009 Jim & Felicia Matto Shepard. All rights reserved. Website design by Henry Murray.