The Healing Power of Pleasure: Weaving Touch, Tantra, Movement & Connection

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San José Province, Tinamaste, Costa Rica
Date
April 6 - 12, 2025

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The Healing Power of Pleasure: Weaving Touch, Tantra, Movement & Connection
Together we will explore touch, Tantra principles and practices, movement, transformational Breathwork, and the interplay of pleasure, desire, and touch and its profoundly healing impact on our lives. We will explore the healing power of pleasure. 


We gather and live in community for six days in the lush and stunningly beautiful Diamante Valley of Costa Rica. Our daily routines will center rest, play, meditation, movement, breathwork, erotic play and discussion. We invite you to leave inhibitions and expectations and judgements behind and explore freedom through movement, stillness, and play.


What To Expect:


The purpose is to provide men an opportunity to commune, grow and explore with other men in order to facilitate healing and wholeness in our own lives, using sexuality, movement and breath. Oh, and for us to have fun!


As a group, we will explore Tantric principles and practices, oneness, sensuality and sexuality. Some of our favorite topics include: what is Tantra anyway? What is energy in our bodies? What is erotic energy? Can I trust my sexual desires? Is offering and accepting erotic touch okay with me? How does movement and breathwork anchor us in our bodies? What is an erotic practic that I am curious to explore? What am I afraid of as I move and play with other men? 


The retreat will incorporate movement, touch, meditation, erotic experimentation, and alignment into the retreat in order to increase self awareness, acceptance, and capacity for joy and pleasure. The retreat will incorporate transformational breathwork to facilitate openness and letting go of outdated ideas about ourselves, our sexuality and our queer lives.


Retreat Programming


A typical day will begin with movement, breathwork, and meditation followed by a light breakfast. We will then gather for our morning whole group activity which will vary between Tantra principles and practices, along with yogic principles and practices. We will then have an extended lunch break to relax, have some quiet time for reflection, get to know other retreat-goers, and to enjoy the many hikes and waterfalls on the grounds. The later afternoon session will be similar to the morning whole group gathering with a combination of talk, body exploration, and other activities geared towards fun, playfulness, exploration, and self awareness.


Who is this retreat for?


This retreat is geared to men interested in learning more about the healing power of pleasure. Men who want to be more at ease in their bodies and want to be more erotically present for themselves and for others are welcome here. If you want to break out of old patterns and self-defeating ideas about yourself and others, this might be a good place to explore. If you have been curious about Tantra and have a hunch that Tantra is much more than receiving an erotic massage, this might be a place to explore. 

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Location icon Jungle Gayborhood, San José Province, Tinamaste, Costa Rica

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Gorgeous and fabulous!
We loved our time at the Jungle Gayborhood. The retreat center is beautifully designed and comfortably nested on the edge of the jungle, close enough to feel nurtured by its vibrancy and just out of it enough to see it and have plenty of fresh air and vistas. Staff was kind, supportive and helped bring out physical healing and pleasure. Programming was light on our particular weekend but it was perfect for us: trekking, spiritual journeys, yoga, social gatherings and fun (optional) games. And they have the best mattresses so you will sleep like a baby!

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Awesome retreat in the Costa Rican jungle
This excursion was planned in less than a week, but sure glad we took a chance. It’s like glamping in the jungle with three home-cooked meals a day. We stayed a week, and what a relaxing week it was. Several waterfalls were within a short hike from camp. Being naked is optional. Yoga is every morning. Some nights are movie nights, some nights are sound bath nights. Some nights are fire performer and campfire nights. Although we didn’t go on a retreat week, it was still fun and invigorating. We even got the chance to try ayahuasca, kambo, and rapé one evening, but wasn’t prepared for this unique opportunity. Thanks to Shelby and Jose, Ryan, Eric, Jesse, Mauricio, Brandee, Chef Eric, and Marconi for a great week! We’ll be back.

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JungleFag
Wow! What an experience!
Firstly, the gayborhood is absolutely amazing. It's evident there's been time, effort, and planning involved to make it what it is. It had everything I needed to make my stay comfortable and at home. Special shout-outs to the chefs, cleaning team, and gayborhood staff. It's clear that it's a space individuals WANT to be at and spend their time.

The retreat was beautiful. It was an opportunity to release, to be free, and love continuously (sometimes literally!). I've never been to a retreat that was considered party AND retreat and I was a little unprepared mentally and emotionally I discovered. In talking with the staff and learning more, I realized I needed to take more intentional time for me to do more of the work I wanted to personally. That said, the description was on, I just didn't think broad and liberal enough.

Notes for the future. There were times it felt like things were mandatory, or highly encouraged to attend, yet optional. Of course you can't make anyone do anything they don't want to, but in the schedule I do think there should be an asterisk for events that are highly encouraged to attend. For example, the cabaret. What a powerful closing to the retreat. It introduced us to another part of someone we may not have gotten to see. It showed the bravery and confidence that maybe someone channeled just that weekend. And it symbolized a great level of community and support, which I think the gayborhood prides itself on.

I plan to come back next year. And as I continue to talk to participants and continue these relationships, they too want to come back and bring a friend. Thank you for this opportunity and place of love. Looking forward to more with you.

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Lifechanging
I cannot begin to describe how transformative this past weekend was for me. I went in with intention, many of which changed when I got there. Within the first 15 hours of being there I felt relaxed, centered, and excited for everything else that was to come.

Immediately after arriving, Ryan and Brandee welcomed me with big hugs. Ryan encouraged me to be fully myself, try new things, and explore every part of myself. Shelby and his staff have put love into every detail of the Jungle Gayborhood, and through each session you can feel their effort shine through.

The Jungle gayborhood will make you feel everything you need to and more. If you're at all on the fence about booking an experience here, do yourself a favor and take the leap. I cannot wait to return.

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Blissed out in the jungle
5 days sleeping in an extremely comfortable bed surrounded by amazing wildlife and pristine jungle. Delicious home cooked meals 3 times a day, swimming naked in waterfalls, group yoga and sound baths.
shedded so many tears of joy could not be more happy with my experience

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