Awaken & Transcend: A Couples Journey to Sacred Intimacy
Awakening higher consciousness is a powerful life path to walk and there is no more effective and wholistic way to do this than through sexual healing.
It's normal for life's stresses and traumas to get stuck in your body, but it does't have to stay in your body, you can release it and open yourself to divine pleasure.
Through the ancient arts of Tantra and Taoism, your intimate life has the opportunity to take on a new and profound meaning.
Imagine being free of societal constructs, old traumas and limiting beliefs that hold you back from the transcendent rapture that your body was designed for.
Set in a stunning location off Highway One, south of San Francisco, along the breathtaking California coast, we offer you the retreat of a lifetime.
Surrounded by the powerful beauty of the pacific ocean and the lush landscapes of this sacred land, you’ll feel held in a space designed for true transformation.
In this week-long immersion, we will unravel the weavings of cultural and familial blocks to pleasure, so that you can awaken to your birthright. Your body is the vehicle for transcendence, and, you have everything you need to open your heart to a life filled with greater joy, health and potent intimate experiences.
This couples retreat is focused on individuals creating healthier relationships with themselves, so that they can bring a more playful, adventurous and awakened version of themselves to their intimate relationships.
Not only does this create opportunity for deeper union, but it fosters safety in the vulnerability that's required to experience the kind of intimacy everybody craves.
There is an arousal within you that will awaken through the practices taught at this retreat, and it goes far beyond the physical body. It's an arousal that penetrates the soul, and lifts the spirit.
Through the energy centers of the body, we will map out the journey to soul-gastic states that will have you feeling more connected to the Divine than ever before.
You will take home integrative practices, so that you can weave these heightened states of awareness into everyday life.
Join two incredible and dynamic female masters of the sacred sexual arts, who have studied and taught alongside Tantra & Taoist masters Charles Muir and Mantak Chia, for a deep dive into the unveiling of true sexual sovereignty.
Give yourself the time and space required to discover what living in an awakened state through sensual aliveness means to you.
Learn how your body is designed to heal with ease through the medicine of pleasure and sexually transcendent states.
Our purpose in this life is to help people find their way back to love, and not just the kind of love we see in rom-coms, but in the true love that these ancient teachings are steeped in.
We are devoted to guiding people into the unified field where only love exists, so that they can let go of binary consciousness and experience the divinity that is their true essence.

Workshop Schedule
December 2-6, 2024
Monday
5:00 pm – 5:45 *How to Drop into Esalen*
7:15 pm – 9:30 pm
Tuesday
9:30 am – 1:00 pm
4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Wednesday
9:30 am – 1:00 pm
4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Thursday
9:30 am – 1:00 pm
4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Friday
9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Discover more activities with our open class schedule.
Refer to the general schedule for information on arrival, departure, and meal times.
Please note that not all accommodations are available for every workshop, and additional faculty fees may apply.
Scholarships are available for those who need financial assistance. Email us at [email protected] to learn more.

Leah Piper has over 20 years’ experience facilitating tantra teacher trainings alongside world-renowned tantra expert and originator of sacred spot massage Charles Muir. They have taught together at Esalen over a dozen times. She also holds advanced certifications in Positive Psychology and somatic therapies, which include Wilhelm Reich's personality patterns of protection that come up all the time in working with people around their sexuality. Leah's ability to transmit the wisdom of tantra and how it can be used to heal from emotional and physical wounding around sexuality has every audience at full rapt attention. Not only is she a wealth of information and a phenomenal guide, but she is also extremely entertaining in her delivery. You can't help but love what pours out of her.

Willow Brown has a Doctorate in Chinese Medicine & is a Source Tantra Certified Educator, she has written books and programs on how we can use sexual energy as medicine to heal our bodies, minds and hearts. The embodied transmission she brings to students as to how the Tao relates to sexuality, spiritually and health are unique. She sees sexuality as one of the most important paths to vitality and longevity, and provides student with practical ways to increase their capacity to feel the power of life-force energy. In addition to Taoist and Egyptian Sexual alchemy practices I weave in qi gong, taoist yoga, and pelvic floor therapy. She’s also a certified Functional Medicine practitioner, with an emphasis on endocrinology. She believes hormonal harmony is essential to a thriving relationship to sexuality.