SEX, INTIMACY, & SPIRIT RETREAT (Manifest NE Studio)

MEN’S SEX, INTIMACY & SPIRIT
Liberating & Connecting your Sexuality & Spirituality

Mini-Retreat: 
Sunday, 1/11/09, 2-5 pm
$20-$40 sliding scale
Action Group: 
10 Mondays weekly, 1/19-3/23/09, 7-9 pm
$15-$30 sliding scale

In today’s world, too many men are distracted through unfulfilling work, entertainment, and quick fixes and artificial nourishment. The time has come for men to reclaim and step into our power and purpose, to show up in full-bodied presence, to offer our deepest gifts and love to the world, and to honor and celebrate the sacred masculine. It is time for men to heal the shame around our bodies, our sexuality, and our aliveness.

Men from diverse backgrounds and orientations will explore our authentic sexuality:  our fears, our desires, our questions, and our true expressions.

With the support of other men who are committed to honesty and compassion, you’ll practice being fully present to your sexual energy as it changes and as it is.  While we won’t be taking off our clothes or pursuing erotic desires during the our work together, we will be gently expanding your awareness and acceptance of your full, authentic sexuality & spirituality.

FACILITATOR:  David Franklin, a Certified Sexological Bodyworker (trained at the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco), has facilitated men’s explorations of sexuality, passion, and spirituality through ritual, movement, workshops, and one-on-one coaching for the past six years.  His work is heavily influenced by his long-time study & practice of Vipassana meditation, Co-counseling, Naka-Ima, ecstatic dance, & sacred sexuality.

RETREAT GOALS:
- Expand awareness around your sexuality, eroticism, and desire
- Connect with other men, and learn about how other men of diverse backgrounds & orientations relate to sexuality
- Integrate and align your sexuality and spirituality
- Transform fear into openness
- Learn practices to embody and integrate your sexual presence

RETREAT ACTIVITIIES:
- Movement, breathwork, discussion, embodiment practices

BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATION:
- Feel sexy, alive, and energized
- Strength your sexual power and potential
- Awaken to and express your deeper needs and desires
- Align and integrate your heart, spine, sexuality, and spirituality
- Gain confidence and clarity around your sexuality

DONATIONS:  benefit Manifest, a non-profit men’s wellness community.  No one turned away for lack of funds; work-study available if you call 503-223-8822 in advance to schedule your work-study hours.

BRING:
- A journal, your calendar, & pen

INFO:  David at 503-223-8822 x1
RSVP:  register for retreat online
register for action group online

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