EL 2022 Mid-Year Training
4 Day Journey, 2nd-6th June 2022 @ Blue Mountains (near Katoomba)
If you are interested in learning about sexuality and giving yourself and others permission, then sooner or later your trauma will show up: your fears, your insecurities, the stories you tell yourself, the limits of what you think is possible for yourself and others.
At this unique residential training, we will give you the opportunity to learn how to create the feeling of safety, while experiencing all that is possible for you in the erotic field.
From our experience, spaces of erotic permission have the capacity to open you up and release deep-seated pain and fear, while showing you new ways of living and being with others.
During this unique Residential Training, you will learn how to:
Heal experiences that have limited your possibilities for connection, communication and pleasure;
Discover how the anatomy of sexual arousal, sensual massage and energetic breathwork pracitices increase your capacities for pleasure;
Attune both verbally and nonverbally with others to share vulnerably and build trust;
Expand the repertoire of your sexual preferences and gender identity;
Metabolise trauma;
Experience sexuality for a higher purpose, what is called the transpersonal.
You can do this deep work alone or even solely within the boundaries of your couple relationship. However, you will go much further, faster—and ultimately be much safer—with the support of an informed, ethical community of people who have been doing this work for a long time. Community gives you emotional support, accountability and especially a language to process what’s happening to you. Whatever your current relationship status and wherever you are on your erotic journey, the training is an ideal place to make new friends and deepen old ones while evolving your practice and self-understanding.
How Will the Training be Conducted?
The training is designed to support you to evolve erotically, not only during your stay in the Blue Mountains, but also in your day-to-day life before and after.
For this reason it includes:
weekly group coaching calls, online Sexuality, Healing and Deep Play course, membership in private Facebook group;
the 4-day residential training in the Blue Mountains;
integration of your experiences in the weeks following the retreat.
The residential training combines 4 days and 4 nights of embodied practice, workshops, play, ceremony and artistic installations. It is strongly recommended to come for the whole period to get the full benefit. However, if you are unable to, it is still possible for you to enrol. Contact Us!
The training is wholistic, combining embodiment practice each morning (breath-work, yoga, dance, self-pleasuring and co-regulation), skill workshops in the afternoon, curated ceremonies and play spaces at night.
This is deep work. Group check-ins and processing will also happen throughout the training. Time will also be allotted each day by the faculty to provide one-on-one mentoring for you for whatever you may be grappling with.
Who is the Training For?
This journey is recommended for people who already have some experience with spaces of erotic permission, as well as an embodiment practices such as yoga, tantra, meditation, martial arts and/or dance. If you are uncertain whether you qualify, please let us know when you schedule your call with us. All our work is trauma-informed, First Nations and LGBTIQA+ allied.
Because the group dynamic is very important to the success of this journey, you are invited to book a conversation with us before enrolling. It is also possible to make contact through email or PM to Peter Banki through Facebook Messenger.
The 2022 mid-year edition will be led by el Lead Faculty Peter Banki, Ph.D, Ira Zev and Nadia Nauss.
Where will it happen?
The EL Mid-Year Training will take place at a beautiful retreat sanctuary near Katoomba in the Blue Mountains, NSW. It was originally a Buddhist sanctuary. As it was built for monks, there is only single bed accommodation available. Camping or caravan is also possible. There are single bedrooms as well as shared accommodation. Because of the arrangement we have the owners, whether you stay in a room at the retreat or camp, caravan or stay off-site, tickets are all the same price.
How much does it cost?
Prices are currently Early Bird, they will all rise on May 1. If you are interested in coming, you are advised to contact us now.
The exact prices will be given during the call. There are discounts if you book in combination with an EL festival and/or chose to come with another person.
Catering for the retreat is purchased with your ticket. Self-catering, while not advised, is also possible. Have a look at our previous retreat menus to get an idea of the catering options.
What People are Saying About Us
“I have been coming to Erotic Living events since 2017 and, although I have attended similar workshops, each time has given me a different experience and ways to reflect and be a better person - to myself and to others - not only in the erotic space, but in all aspects of my personal and professional life. I will be coming for many years to come and wish I had these opportunities given to me as a young woman. Always learning and enjoying it!” Kim McBurnie, Coach, Sydney
"I've been to Into the Wild for the last three years and for me, each one has been even better than the last. I always learn new and often unexpected things...about myself, others, and the sphere of sexuality. There is always plenty to challenge, stimulate and excite me, amazing people to connect with, fresh perspectives to be exposed to, and so much to contemplate and process. I always come home 'alive' - re-invigorated, switched on and excited about the possibilities life and human connection have to offer. It's been of enormous benefit to me personally and in my work as a psychotherapist working in the field of sexuality." JB, Psychologist
"I would 100% recommend Into the Wild to anyone who is willing to explore the full potential of their sexuality. I went in with no expectations and came with a totally new perspective on my sexual potency and potential. My repertoire of sexual games and ways to communicate consciously during sex have increased exponentially. Thank you!" Carolyn L.
