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Esalen Institute

Love, Sex, and Intimacy for Individuals and Couples

Feb 13, 2026 – Feb 15, 2026 · 3 days · Big Sur, CA

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Love, Sex, and Intimacy for Individuals and Couples
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Retreat overview

For one human being to love another, that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.

— Rainer Maria Rilke

Explore intimacy, love, and sensual pleasure — and learn to connect and successfully fulfill your desires.

Nothing will enhance the quality of our lives more than deepening the quality of our relationships, particularly those with whom we are most closely connected.

This experiential workshop provides the tools necessary to experience heightened levels of mutual fulfillment and well-being.

Together, we will recognize and embody the qualities integral to the process of creating and sustaining intimacy, such as sensitivity, authenticity, vulnerability, courageousness, and commitment.

We will engage in specific practices that will promote the cultivation of these and other qualities in a safe, supportive, and inspiring learning environment.

The workshop is designed to enhance your capacity for joy, passion, pleasure and spiritual fulfillment.

Offering ways to harness the hidden strength and creativity that lies in your shadow.

The sessions will involve group work, mindfulness practices, shadow work, open dialogue, and experiential exercises, in pairs and small groups.

By the end of our time together, you will be encouraged to integrate practices that can support a life of open-heartedness and reconnect you with the deep well-being that is your fundamental birthright.

CEU credits are available.

Please see the workshop assistant for more information.

Recommended Reading:

101 Things I Wish I Knew When I Got Married , Happily Ever After… And 39 Other Myths About Love ,

An End to Arguing , and Secrets of Great Relationships by Linda and Charlie Bloom

Teachers: Linda Bloom, Charlie Bloom

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About Esalen Institute

Big Sur retreat campus known for experiential workshops, contemplative practice, and ocean-view renewal.

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