Has anyone had any experience with sex and/or intimacy retreats? What did it do for you? How did it help you? What where you looking for to find there?
Thank you..
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Hopefully, some interesting tips may unfold.
I will keep an eye out for developments.
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Its not an answer but over here we had a TV show were they sent 10 virgins to an island of sex and relationship therapists and over the course of a few weeks introduced them to sex.
Having both been through our own therapy my wife and I were initially horrified at these therapists getting extremely intimate with these youngsters. It all semed so inappropriate, exploitative and just wrong.
BUT..
By the end of it it quite obviously worked wonders for many of them and we had to rethink our initial objection. It made me think of Romans who would send their boys to brothels to be taught about it. Maybe for some people theres something to be said for taking the stigma and fear out of it and giving them what is ultimately a positive and life changing experience.
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We’ve also been watching this Virgin Island season 2 on channel 4 uk. We’ve not finished it but so far it does seem to helping the participants. Some of it is cringe worthy but it’s worth a watch as it may help many others who are in a similar position.
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I personally have boundaries around the work I do, despite the hopes and expectations of some (mostly men). I don’t mind being friendly but I won’t form relationships and I definitely won’t be doing anything sexual. Rope demos, candle wax demos etc are only with my partners’ consent, and even they’re restricted to clothes on/back only.
I’ve seen the adverts for Virgin Island and I just rolled my eyes at it; it’s another typical Channel 4 shockumentary that doesn’t encompass the psychological depths of what’s really going on. My brother was on one on Channel 3 once and it was more of the same - they even interviewed me because he mentioned feeling a duty to protect me from bullies and they asked me what porn I watched, if I thought there was enough porn for women etc, as though that mattered to what was going on with my brother. To my knowledge, the therapy didn’t do much for him - he’s never been a confident man. It’s very invasive and it’s all for cheap entertainment. I just bluffed my way through the interview - I said I don’t watch porn (I did) but sure there was probably something for everyone out there lol.