FLESH AND SPIRIT
Couples Retreats
Know the true nature of your beloved
In his loving eyes
your every thought, word, and movement
is always, always, beautiful.
[Hafiz]
Eros informs almost every aspect of our lives in one way or another. It is expressed in the way we walk, talk, how we touch, and how we look into each other's eyes. It is the energy that is stirred within us while watching a beautiful sunset or the waves rolling in to shore, seeing a wild cat stretch or an eagle soaring high above. It is embodied in rhythm, movement and dance, and in making love. We come into this life as highly erotic, sensual beings at one with our bodies and filled with a life force that we embrace. However, our culture is suspicious of erotic feeling and power, so we often reject our primal erotic nature and push it deep into the shadows.
In our FLESH AND SPIRIT retreats we offer a nurturing envirionment for couples to explore relationship and what lies at the heart of their erotic nature. Practices are offered that help couples explore the growing edge in their partnership.
No teacher is more powerful than intimate erotic relationship to awaken us from the slumber of self preoccupation. As love matures, the deepening mystery of intimacy invokes a new level of awareness that is more expansive than either partner can achieve alone. This 'third presence' evokes spirit in a way we only stumble onto now and then in the midst of ordinary conversation. It is experienced in many ways - as mentor, healer, comforter and a gateway to more ecstatic communion.
In these retreats you will receive tools that:
- help you transcend what doesn't work in your relationship
- celebrate greater intimacy through being truly seen and heard
- focus on heart connection, bringing more awareness into your relationship
- help you open to relationship dynamics so that you can respond rather than react
- explore synergy as a couple where there is more support and energy for creativity without compromising individuality
- encourage you to become aware of held emotions and open the doors that have been closed to the other
- bring vision, inspiration, and more aliveness into your intimate partnership
The focus of these retreats is The Way of Council for couples - listening and speaking from the heart. Dyadic Council provides sacred space for sharing deep issues and longings. Being witnessed encourages authenicity, providing a forum not only for the couple, but for all relationships to be 'heard'. Bring with you the intention to go beyond what is known, to live the mystery of intimate partnership to the full, and we have a recipe that can transform the world!
[There is no explicit nudity in these retreats]
NOTE: The photo of the sculpture above created by Beatrice Wood was taken from the cover of the book Flesh and Spirit, The Mystery of Intimate Relationship by Drs Jack Zimmerman and Jaquelyn McCandless.
