The Intimacy Experiment
Schedule
Fri, 19 Sep, 2025 at 06:00 pm to Sun, 21 Sep, 2025 at 12:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort | Tucson, AZ
This retreat combines the science of relationship and intimacy together with activities that are crafted for your comfort and allow you to move at your own pace. You will not only learn more about yourself and others, you will also learn how to recreate the spaces within yourself and your world to make way for extremely satisfying connections when you go.The true strength of this retreat is its leader. Dr. Dischiavo is a master at making powerful experiences fun and safe for people of all identities, orientations, ages, abilities, and lifestyles. She has been at the top of the fields of health education, sex education, and sex therapy for years. A gifted and compassionate teacher with a sense of humor, she has a true love and great enthusiasm for passing on what she has learned. With Sacred Sexuality Instructor Matt Gingerich as an assisting instructor, this retreat has all it needs to make you think while changing your life.
Our experienced leaders take you through a gradual flow of lower risk to higher risk communication where you will experience and practice
~the 5 levels of intimacy
~blocks to intimacy
~4 Skills for self-love
~navigating the interweaving skills of intimacy with self, partnership, and community
~five ways to increase closeness
~boundaries
~differentiating your needs from the needs of others
~how to better express your desires, hopes and dreams
~discerning secrecy from privacy
~knowing the difference between trust and risk
~understanding sex positivity and better self-image
We will take you through a powerful, insightful and beautiful journey with a group that will soon feel like friends.
The time is right!
Dr. D. incorporates embodied methods so that you move in ways that work for you. Your body, heart, and mind are all working while you are learning new things. In addition, you will receive great handouts and materials that you can take with you to use for yourself or share with others. Join us!
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