TRUE INTIMACY

An initiatory and intensive workshop for both couples and singles on how to heal, harmonize, and awaken through the art of embodies sacred intimacy, relationship therapy and Tantric Ritual.

Upcoming Dates

April 14-18

Hridaya, Longeval, France

September 15-19

Hridaya, Longeval, France

DEAREST ONES

True Intimacy is a 3 - 5 day initiatory experience and workshop for couples and singles on how to both heal and awaken through the practice of embodied sacred intimacy, relationship and Tantric ritual.

This retreat was born out of deeply felt need to bring the worlds of both Tantra, relationship therapy and deep inner work together into one coherent path for the sake of not only healing but simultaneously walking the spiritual path in relationship.

With the rising popularity of Tantra in our world today there are many teachings on how to go beyond the personality in relationship and love-making, yet unhealed trauma will still exist as contraction in the body- no matter how deep we go on that path.

When we experience tendencies towards closure and triggers that go unprocessed, it won't allow us to touch a sense of true embodied safety, openness and depth with our partners.

We will learn communication tools that will help create a foundation of safety and empathy upon which deeper states of intimacy and consciousness can arise.

In this retreat we will not only explore how to awaken to the spiritual dimension of our being through relationship and love-making but also how to use our innate masculine and feminine gifts to consciously heal each others nervous systems, and truly see and feel one another.

Practically, we will dive deep into inner child wounding and learn how our unmet childhood needs are unconsciously driving who we're attracted to, perpetuate our incoherent relationship patterns and how we can use embodied intimacy practice to transform those patterns of closure into openness, healing, and love.

Men and women will learn how to embody their deepest masculine and feminine gifts and how to use them powerfully as a way to amplify love, openness and healing in their partners.

We will also perform traditional Tantric rituals every evening as a way to deeply honor and worship the masculine and feminine in all of us and the union of spirit beyond duality.

PILLARS OF OUR WORK

Embodied Practice

We will explore and experience what it means to truly embody our most powerful masc/fem qualities, our most vulnerable emotions and psychological shadows as a way to clear charges, create depth, openness, transparency and evoke the kind of love we've always wanted in our partners.

Tantra

We will use traditional Tantric rituals, meditations and practices as a way to awaken to the essence of who we are, control our sexual energy for the purpose of amplifying love and worship each other as expressions of the sacred masculine and feminine.

Relationship Therapy

We use practical, embodied and proven modalities of relationship therapy and psychotherapy that support the healing of trauma and childhood wounding, harmonize communication and that give couples the tools do inner healing work individually as well as together.

Shadow Work

We explore the hidden, disconnected and undesirable parts of our psyche and learn how to embody and integrate them in ourselves, in our relationships, and in our love making in a healthy and safe way so that no part of us is left unacknowledged.

WHAT COUPLES ARE SAYING

Hear from those who experienced 5 days of intimacy, healing, depth and love

Chris & Viki

True Intimacy Retreat, Mazunte

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

COMMUNICATION & RELATIONSHIP HEALING

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 express your needs and boundaries while simultaneously honoring your partners without abandoning either of your hearts.
To understand the source of your emotional triggers in relationships and how to heal them.

TANTRIC PRACTICE & SEXUAL ENERGY

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 release traumatic and emotional charges in an embodied and safe way with one another.
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.

TANTRA & SPIRIT

The pillars of Tantric sexuality.
To perform traditional Tantric rituals at home as a way to open to the spiritual dimension of your being.
To walk the spiritual path in relationships by using romantic love as a way to awaken the essence of who you are.

MEET YOUR FACILITATORS

Ian Wilkes & Valentina Cannavo

Ian Wilkes is a men's work facilitator, couples intimacy coach, and trauma release practitioner who, after leaving his life in New York City in 2012 in search of deeper meaning, spent over a decade immersed in spiritual traditions and healing practices across the world, from ashrams in India to the Amazon.

Valentina Cannavo is a yoga, meditation and Tantra teacher with over 10 years of experience who, after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in her early 20s, devoted herself to intensive spiritual practice, leading to a complete disappearance of her symptoms. Together, they bring a powerful integration of Tantra, trauma work, meditation and embodied practice, guiding individuals and couples through a grounded, holistic path to deep emotional, relational and spiritual transformation.

JOIN OUR TRUE INTIMACY RETREAT

Book your place on the True Intimacy Retreat to explore intimacy, healing and awakening through relationship.

April 14th - 18th, 2026
Hridaya Yoga, Longeval, France

September 15th - 19th, 2026
Hridaya Yoga, Longeval, France