Embracing Desire:
Exploring Sexuality & Intimacy through Systemic Family Constellations
An Experiential Retreat in Woodstock, NY
7 - 9 June 2024
What to Expect:
Embracing Desire is a 3-day retreat intended to invite participants into an embodied exploration of their patterns around sexuality, desire, pleasure, and belonging.
Within this container, you will be guided through deep work to reveal and transform the limiting beliefs, fear, shame, and unconscious blocks that you hold around sexuality and intimacy. You’ll spend time consciously connecting to your body, your desires, and your erotic authenticity to cultivate a deeper understanding of the pleasure, power, and potential of your sexual self.
Imagine…
Your erotic life is a flourishing source of bliss, nourishment, and excitment.
You wake up feeling connected to the wisdom and pleasure of your body.
You’re empowered to follow the compass of your desire, saying yes to experiences you want more of, and honoring your no as an act of self-love.
You hold an unshakable knowing that your sexual fulfillment is valuable, powerful, and important.
You feel empowerd to ask for what you want and need in your erotic partnerships.
You belong to yourself in a way that nourishes and enriches all of your relationships.
You are connected to a wellspring of ancestral and embodied wisdom that supports love, pleasure, and intimacy in all areas your life.
SOMATIC PRACTICES
Space to slow down and feel…
We’ll explore our relationship to desire, sexuality, pleasure, and belonging through the body.
Throughout our time together, you’ll have an opportunity to drop into your internal sensory world through breath, movement, embodied meditations, sound healing, and sensual self-care practices.
SYSTEMIC FAMILY CONSTELLATIONS
Get to the root of your patterns…
Uncover the ancestral dynamics that influence your life, your relationships, and your sexual expression.
Trans-generational bonds create patterns of love and belonging that echo throughout our connections. By feeling into these hidden patterns, we’re able to acknowledge the root of our challenges and transform blocks into resources.
INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT
This is an intimate group experience, limited to 6-8 participants.
Along with the opportunity to receive a constellation process during the retreat, participants will receive a 1-on-1 private session with Elise as part of the retreat package. These sessions can be completed before the retreat to support your intentions for the event or afterward to support your integration.
TIME IN NATURE
Nestled in 23 acres of sacred forest outside of Woodstock, NY, The NEST is a sanctuary for healing and nourishment. Held by the land, the streams, and the forest, the vibrancy of nature will act as another source of connection and inspiration during the retreat.
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The NEST has a variety of shared and private rooms available. A 2 nights stay is included in the retreat price.
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Your retreat fee includes delicious chef-prepared meals each day. We’ll begin our nourishment journey with a welcome dinner on Friday and end with brunch on Sunday.
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Along with the beautiful natural resources, The NEST has a wood-fired sauna and hot tub for us to enjoy.
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The NEST
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Forest Magic
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Workshop Space
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Dining Space
During the retreat you will:
Gain somatic skills to build an inspired relationship with your sexual self
Discover the blocks that keep you disconnected from your desire/body/sexuality/partners
Reconnect to your pleasure body, your desires, and erotic possibility
Release inherited stories and limiting beliefs around sex, intimacy, pleasure, and belonging
Explore how play and pleasure are powerful tools for healing and transformation
Deepen your relationship with your ancestral resources and wisdom
Build a sensual self-care practice to support your erotic evolution
Find communion in nature, community, and ecstatic experiences
"From our initial consultation call through our 3 days together, Elise was deeply thoughtful, caring, and supportive. She has a remarkable gift for creating safe space and holding it in a way that inspires freedom and an organic unfolding of every experience. The weekend was crafted with care in every detail...a beautiful weaving of constellations; experiential practices that engaged mind, body, and spirit; and nourishing meals that delighted the senses. Held in The NEST, a sacred refuge surrounded by the healing beauty of nature, the experience was rich, powerful, and transformative!"
— Lynne M. 2022 Retreat Participant
"The weekend was so full of nourishment and restoration. Every healing circle is so unique and this one offered the space to tune into the stories held in my body, bring consciousness to what I was holding on to and let go a little further, to integrate more of myself.
— Kat G. 2018 Retreat Participant
"Elise's passion and skill for creating a container for people to deepen into an experience of pleasure in the body and awareness of what may be holding them back and what is guiding them forward is extraordinary! I learn so much and connect more deeply to my own erotic energy, pleasures, and desire through working with her. "
— Jay S. 2019 Retreat Participant
“The container you created supported me to be fully present. My nervous system, my soma was at ease the whole weekend-what a rare gift. I felt soothed and held, energized and opened. This allowed me to take in your teachings on a deeper, cellular level.”
— Karen W. 2018 Retreat Participant
Embracing Desire:
Exploring Sexuality & Intimacy through Systemic Family Constellations
7-9 June 2024
PRICING: $1250 - $1650
A 10% earlybird discount is available for those who pay-in-full before Mar 15th.
Payment plans and sliding scale options are available. If you are feeling a deep calling to this work and finances are a concern, sign up for a discovery call to discuss the options.
This retreat is open to people of all genders, sexual orientations, and relationship configurations. Although we’ll be working with and talking openly about sexuality and desire, there will be no partnered erotic touch. No previous experience or knowledge of Family Constellations is necessary.
Interested?
Sign up for a complimentary call with Elise to discuss your intentions and talk through the details of the experience together. Have questions? Send me an email!
About the Facilitator
Hi, I’m Elise Bish. I’m a conscious sexuality educator, systemic family constellations facilitator, folk herbalist, and desire coach with over a decade of experience in the field. I believe that sex is sacred, pleasure is healing, and desire is our motivation to grow. In my 1:1 coaching, workshops, and retreats, I create a space where people of all genders can explore and heal their relationship to their desire and sexuality in a shame-free, non-judgmental environment.