Email: contact@souliology.com
THE SACRED DANCE OF THE
DIVINE MASCULINE AND FEMININE
How singles and couples cultivate conscious connection.
A 6-Day In-Person Residential Retreat with Joanna Shakti
What is this retreat about....
This 6-Day In-Person Experiential Retreat with Joanna Shakti is all about creating and sustaining conscious relationship through embodied authenticity and intimacy.
Sacred love and passion are not just something we experience with another person — it is something we must also cultivate within ourselves and bring to our partnerships. Mistakenly, too many try, or at least hope to, “get” these from a relationship.
Similarly, when connection and intimacy fade, it is rarely because love has disappeared. More often, the deeper currents of attraction — between heart and body, strength and softness, individuality and unity, masculine and feminine — have fallen out of balance.
Over six transformative days, we will explore the living dance between the divine masculine and feminine energies that shape our relationships, our bodies, and our inner worlds. Through embodied exploration and relational practice, participants will reconnect with the natural flow of attraction, connection, trust, and authentic expression.
This retreat is open to individuals, couples, seekers, therapists, and all life partners. Whether you come alone or with a companion, the work fosters a deeper capacity for connection — in dating, in relationship or simply with yourself.
You will leave with a clearer understanding of the masculine-feminine dynamics of attraction and intimacy – both physical and emotional, a deeper knowing of your authentic nature, and practical tools for sustaining romantic partnership.
Please be advised that this is not a formal training. This is strictly a retreat for your own personal growth and well-being.
Who This Retreat Is For....
This retreat is designed for singles and couples who desire sacred love and intimacy in sustainable long term partnerships or marriage.
You may feel called to attend if you:
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Want to understand and embody the truth of love
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Feel a longing for deeper intimacy – both emotional and physical
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Are curious about masculine–feminine polarity dynamics
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Want to eliminate patterns that block closeness and passion
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Wish to feel more alive, connected, and authentic
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Are exploring relationship — whether single or partnered
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Desire greater emotional and physical intimacy
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Want to integrate strength and sensitivity within yourself and in partnership
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Want to communicate and resolve upsets more consciously and completely
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Feel ready to bring more honesty and openness into your relationships
Key Themes
• Sacred Intimacy
• Divine Masculine and Feminine
• Emotional Connection
• Embodied Awareness
• Conscious Relationship
• Authentic Expression
• Integration of love and passion.
You are warmly welcome to attend as an individual or as a couple, but this retreat is not exclusively for either. Many participants attend individually and/or in a couple and find the experience equally meaningful and transformative.
What You Will Experience......
Over the course of our six days together, you will:
• Understand the foundations of authentic intimacy
• Explore the masculine and feminine dance within yourself and in partnership
• Discover how polarity influences attraction and connection
• Recognize patterns that unconsciously block intimacy
• Learn new ways to communicate with openness and clarity (even when you and your partner – past or present – misunderstood each other).
• Develop comfort speaking about emotional and physical needs
• Experience embodied practices that deepen connection
• Understand the relationship between emotional intimacy and physical intimacy
• Cultivate greater presence, sensitivity, and self-trust
• Integrate insight into practical, everyday life
This retreat offers both deep personal exploration and practical tools that you can bring directly into your relationships and daily life.
THE EXPERIENCE
This retreat is experiential rather than purely educational.
Each day includes:
• Guided embodied practices
• Teaching and discussion
• Personal reflection
• Optional partner or small-group exercises
• Opportunities for authentic connection
Everything is offered within a conscious, respectful, and carefully held container where participants can explore at their own pace.
Participants consistently describe this work as:
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Deeply moving
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Insightful
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Grounding
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Healing
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Mind-blowing
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Transformative and......
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LIBERATING
The Retreat Location
Avon Old Farm Hotel is the perfect place for our 6-day retreat.
Nestled amidst 10 acres of breathtakingly manicured grounds on Connecticut’s scenic Talcott Mountain, Avon Old Farms Hotel is a haven of peace and timeless New England charm.
It provides a true escape from the everyday, with this boutique hotel perfectly blending warmth, elegance, and personalised hospitality with the comforts of a world-class stay.
Just a short drive from downtown Hartford, and a 30-minute Uber drive from Bradley International Airport, the hotel offers a serene sanctuary where nature and luxury harmonise.
Wander through picturesque gardens blooming with vibrant flowers, cross a charming wooden bridge over a gentle stream, or find a moment of quiet reflection in the garden gazebo.
The interiors exude classic sophistication, with beautifully appointed rooms and suites featuring four-poster beds, plush down featherbeds, and modern amenities to ensure a restful and rejuvenating stay.
Avon Old Farms Hotel creates the perfect space to relax, recharge, and fully engage in this retreat, allowing for deep connection, renewal, self-exploration, and personal growth.
A little about Joanna...
Joanna Shakti, The Soul Love Mentor and founder of Ecstatic Intimacy® , is known for her warm, playful presence and her rare ability to guide people into deeper experiences of intimacy and aliveness.
Smart, intuitive, and refreshingly authentic, Joanna brings a unique blend of disciplines into her work.
Her approach weaves together:
• Masculine–feminine dynamics
• Spiritual awakening
• Embodiment practices
• Tantra-informed wisdom
• Relational awareness
Joanna artfully bridges grounded understanding with transformational experience. Her teaching style is engaging, heartfelt, and often infused with humour and warmth, creating an atmosphere where participants feel both safe and inspired.
Her work supports people who long for deeper love, authentic connection, and a more intimate relationships.
Retreat Particulars
Applications are currently open for this retreat in Avon, Connecticut from October 25-30, 2026.
Please be advised that this is not a formal training. This is strictly a retreat for your own personal growth and well-being.
The retreat will take place over 6 days starting at 6pm on Sunday night, October 25th and concluding Friday, October 30th, 2026 at 1pm.
RETREAT COST: $2,995 (USD).
The retreat cost includes the retreat itself with Joanna Shakti, 5 nights private ensuite accommodation and 3 delicious meals a day to include vegetarian options throughout the retreat schedule. Each day locally sourced foods will be available for Breakfast, lunch and a delicious evening meal.
An application form will be available to you once you register your interest.
This retreat is limited to 30 participants. If you are interested in participating, please register your interest. You will then be directed automatically to a registration form for completion. Only applicants who complete a full registration form will be considered for this retreat. Once your registration is approved we will advise you formally and it is only at this point that we will request a $1,000 non-refundable deposit to reserve your place on this retreat.
MPORTANT: Please read our FAQS page on this website for further guidelines and information on Covid, the arrangements we have in place in the unlikely event the retreat is cancelled due to Covid or in the unlikely event the retreat leader is not in a position to attend. The FAQS page also provides further general information which you may find useful when planning your trip. If after reading the FAQS page you have any further information, please feel free to email us at contact@souliology.com.
Retreat Schedule:
6-Day Retreat Schedule – This is a broad outline of what the schedule for the week will look like but please note it is subject to change at the retreat leaders discretion.
Sunday, October 25 – Friday, October 30th, 2026
Please note: Check-In is strictly from 3pm on Sunday October 25th and check out is strictly by 11am on Friday October 30th. You can store your luggage at reception before check in on Sunday if required and after check out on Friday until the retreat closes.
Sunday -
Opening the Container
Monday -
Expanding your Capacity for True Intimacy
Tuesday -
Masculine and Feminine Energies
Wednesday -
Creating Conscious Connection
Thursday -
The Langauge of Intimacy
Friday -
Path of Soul Love
6.00pm
7.00pm - 9pm
8am – 9am
9am – 12pm
12.15pm
3pm – 6pm
6.15pm
8am – 9am
9am – 12pm
12.15pm
3pm – 6pm
6.15pm
8am – 9am
9am – 1pm
1pm
1pm – 6pm
6pm
7pm - 9pm
8am – 9am
9am – 12pm
12.15pm
3pm – 6pm
6.15pm
8am – 9am
9am – 1pm
1pm - 2pm
2pm
Dinner
Opening Circle
Breakfast
Morning Session
Lunch
Afternoon Session
Dinner
Breakfast
Morning Session
Lunch
Afternoon Session
Dinner
Breakfast
Morning Session
Lunch
Time off to rest, relax, write, go on a tour or have a spa treatment
Dinner
Evening Ritual
Breakfast
Morning Session
Lunch
Afternoon Session
Dinner
Breakfast
Morning Session
Lunch and goodbyes
Retreat close
Introductions, Intention Setting and Creating a Safe Container
Morning session: Facades and walls of protection
Afternoon Session: What is intimacy
Morning Session: Power and presence
Afternoon Session: Movement and attraction
Breakfast
Morning Session: Healing the divide between the masculine and feminine and forgiveness work
Evening ritual to celebrate and honor the Masculine and Feminine
Morning Session: Communication
Afternoon Session: Physical intimacy differences
Morning Session: Path of Soul Love
Goodbyes and Retreat close.
Please note there will be teas/coffee breaks served during the morning and afternoon sessions except Wednesday, the half day off.
Your Investment:
Total Retreat Cost: - $2,995(USD) per participant (based on single room occupancy)
The retreat cost includes the 6-day retreat itself with Joanna Shakti, 5 nights private ensuite accommodation and 3 delicious meals a day to include a full breakfast, lunch and a delicious evening meal throughout the retreat schedule. Our retreat location can also cater for a variety of dietary requirements such as vegetarian, gluten free and lactose intolerance. You can indicate your dietary requirements and preferences on the registration form.
Retreat Payment Schedule:
We are delighted to offer flexibility with our payment options. You have two choices: you can make full payment now of $2,995 (USD) or you can opt for our convenient payment plan. The payment plan breaks down the retreat cost into 3 convenient payments as follows:
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Payment 1: $1000 (USD) non-refundable and non-transferable deposit – (Due on acceptance onto the retreat).
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Payment 2: $1,000 (USD) per person due by the 3rd July, 2026.
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Payment 3: The remaining balance depending on your room occupancy type must be paid by the 4th September, 2026.
Please note: If you register for the retreat after the specified payment deadlines outlined above, the existing payment schedule will no longer apply. Your payment schedule will either be adjusted to align with the existing payment plan, provided the payment deadlines allow, or you will be required to pay for the retreat in full.
Partners/Companions: If you wish to attend the retreat with a companion who will also attend the retreat and share accommodation together, we offer a reduced fee for both attendees. The total cost for two people to attend the full retreat and share accommodation at the hotel is $5,600. Please choose Option 3 on the registration form if this is your preference.
Additionally, you are welcome to bring a companion who can stay at the hotel with you in shared accommodation, enjoy the set retreat meals but not attend the retreat itself. This option incurs a supplementary charge of $1,000. Please choose Option 2 on the registration form if this is your preference.
Please note:
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Any companion accompanying you must be an adult over 18 years of age.
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Children are not allowed to join you in shared accommodation during the retreat.
Possible additional charges -:
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An additional $100 (USD) per person late fee for payments received after 3rd July and 4th September, 2026.
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An additional $50 (USD) administrative fee for room or occupancy category changes.
Please be advised that this is not a formal training. This is strictly a retreat for your own personal growth and well-being.
Our Journey Together
Day 1 — Opening the Container
We begin by creating a grounded and intentional space for exploration.
Through guided practices and reflection, participants begin connecting with themselves and the group in a respectful and supportive environment.
Day 2 — Expand your Capacity for True Intimacy
This first day explores the barriers – both conscious and unconscious – that we build against love.
We will explore:
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Walls of protection
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The masks we wear
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Fears of rejection and abandonment
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Types of intimacy
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Masculine-Feminine definitions
Participants will feel freer to love and be loved.
Day 3 — Masculine and Feminine Energies
This day explores the living dynamics of masculine and feminine energies as they express themselves within us and between us in order to create or deepen attraction and chemisty.
We will explore:
• Authentic embodiment of masculine and feminine energy
• Generosity and receptivity
• Structure and flow
• Commitment and surrender
• Personal patterns and preferences
Participants will begin to honor their own natural energetic expressions.
Day 4 — Trusting Sacred Connection - Creating Conscious Connection
The day invites healing, awakening, and celebration of the conscious masculine and feminine. We will explore:
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Trust and openness
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Safety and vulnerability
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Attraction and connection
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Emotional presence
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Sacred consciousness
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Evening Experience
Participants will be invited into a sacred guided experiential process designed to restore trust, understanding, and joy between the masculine and feminine. (Practices will vary slightly for individuals and couples.)
Day 5 — The Language of Intimacy - Communication and Authentic Expression
True intimacy depends on authenticity. This day explores:
• Embodied communication
• Emotional needs and expression
• Listening beyond words
• Patterns that create misunderstanding
• Speaking truth with clarity and care
Participants will gain insight into how (conscious and unconscious) communication shapes intimacy.
Day 6 — Path of Soul Love - Integration and retreat close
Our final morning brings the journey together.
Participants leave with:
• Greater clarity
• Deeper self-trust
• Practical insights
• Renewed aliveness
• A roadmap for true love
PLEASE NOTE: Participation in ANY experience is ALWAYS by choice and is not mandatory.
