True Intimacy
An Intensive Relationship Workshop
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Workshops / Sacred Sexuality & Conscious Relationships / True Intimacy
Explore a Complete Path to Healing and Awakening to the Essence of Who You Are through Relationship
True Intimacy is an initiatory experience in healing and awakening through the art and beauty of relationships.
This workshop was born out of a deeply felt need to unite the worlds of personal healing and Tantra into one coherent and clear path. Shadow work, inner child work, embodied polarity practice, trauma release, and relationship therapy all come together as a foundation for genuine harmony, healing, and authentic awakening in relationships. We will share proven methods and practices to work with and take care of each other’s nervous systems, integrate your psychological shadows, heal emotional wounds, and open to Spirit in a safe, practical way together. This workshop is open to couples in a committed relationship, as well as single participants attending with a dedicated practice partner. No previous experience is required.
From our perspective, the personal and spiritual dimensions must be understood simultaneously to manifest an authentic, lasting unfolding of compassion, love, and true spiritual intimacy.
In this workshop, we will bring light and clarity to the questions:
- Why do I keep running into triggers, patterns of intense conflict or sexual stagnancy, or wanting to run away from intimacy?
- Where do these triggers come from, and how can I heal them to experience the love I’ve always wanted?
- How can I create spirals of healing and deepening in love instead of cycles of conflict, further wounding, and re-traumatization?
- How can we authentically walk the spiritual path together without bypassing emotional wounding and trauma?
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You Will Learn:
- To communicate in a way that takes care of each other’s nervous systems without making each other wrong for how you’re feeling.
- To understand the source of your emotional triggers in relationships and how to heal them.
- To express your needs and boundaries while simultaneously honoring your partners without abandoning either of your hearts.
The pillars of Tantric sexuality. - To release traumatic and emotional charges in an embodied and safe way with one another.
- To identify your core childhood wound, how it shows up in your relationship, and how to work towards healing it together as opposed to re-traumatizing each other unconsciously.
- To walk the spiritual path in relationships by using romantic love as a way to awaken the essence of who you are.
- To embody your innate masculine and feminine gifts as a way to awaken, heal the nervous system, and amplify the arc of sexual polarity in relationships.
- To perform traditional Tantric rituals at home as a way to open to the spiritual dimension of your being.
“True Intimacy is an intensive workshop for couples and practice partners on how to heal and awaken through relationships.”
Workshop Leader(s)
Valentina Cannavò
Ian Wilkes
At a young age, Valentina was fortunate enough to travel. It was during these travels that she first encountered meditation at a Vipassana retreat. She immediately felt an urge to explore this deeper dimension of Being and cultivated a strong meditation practice, serving and sitting in many Vipassana retreats...
Ian is a Hridaya teacher, yoga therapist, breathwork and trauma release facilitator, couple’s intimacy coach, men’s work facilitator, and transformational life coach from Vermont, USA. After attending...
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Please Note:
- As the workshop begins at 15:00 the day after the package start date, you may choose to arrive that day as long as you can comfortably check in before the first session. Contact us to request this change to your reservation.
- Each night, the program will include a different Tantric ritual. Men must wear white, and women may wear anything, making themselves as beautiful and unique as they’d like.
- LGBTQ+ couples are welcome—whether in a committed relationship or attending as dedicated practice partners.
- Please read our Payment, Refund, and Amendment Guidelines before booking.
- For more information about our center, including how to get to Longeval, please visit this page.
- As a non-profit, Hridaya keeps prices low to ensure accessibility. If the costs still exceed your budget, you are welcome to apply for the low-income discount.
A €10 fee will be charged if you are joining Hridaya France for the first time or if your annual membership has expired.
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Food & Accommodation
Food and accommodation costs are supplemental to the tuition fee. You may choose from available accommodation options or stay off-site. We request that all guests have at least one meal per day in our vegan dining room.
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