Eros: The Art of Deeper Intimacy
A four-day immersion into authentic connection and embodied desire.
When was the last time you felt fully seen, held, and loved?
When was the last time you felt that another person was truly there with you, fully present, listening, meeting you, receiving you?
What are you longing for?
More love?
More connection?
More presence?
Maybe you are longing to feel closer to your partner.
Maybe you are single and wondering how to create the kind of intimacy you deeply desire.
Maybe you have already begun this journey through tantra, relationships, or self-discovery, and you can feel that there is another layer waiting for you.
“I'm just so glad that I dared to join this retreat. It's one of the best things I've ever done for myself in my life. I learned so much from Ritam and Lina that I will take into my life. I feel so much safer and more secure in myself after this. I could highly recommend this retreat for everyone, at any age.”Julianne · Norway · First tantra retreat
The Eros Philosophy
Deeper intimacy begins with a deeper relationship with yourself.
To truly meet another person, we first need to learn how to meet ourselves.
Our desires.
Our needs.
Our boundaries.
Our patterns.
The places where we open, and the places where we protect ourselves.
The places where we long to be seen, held, loved, and fully received.
Becoming a tantric lover is not only about sexuality.
It is about learning the art of intimacy.
It is about knowing yourself more deeply, understanding your erotic nature, and communicating your desires and boundaries with honesty and warmth.
It is about staying connected to yourself while opening to another.
And meeting each other with more presence, truth, softness, and curiosity.
Real Voices, Real Stories
See What Participants Are Saying
Hear directly from our retreat participants about their transformative experiences and the deep connections they made.
From being so in my head and my thoughts, I just felt so here and now, in myself. Felt so alive and in my body, not in my head. It made me feel so much myself again. Like I'm finding myself again.
This retreat is an invitation to go deeper.
Deeper into self-discovery.
Deeper into self-love.
Deeper into your desires and the way you relate.
Deeper into authentic connection.
And from that place, deeper into intimacy with another.
What We Explore
Through tantric wisdom, somatic awareness, conscious relationship practices, and practical tools for communication and connection, we create a space where intimacy is not only something we talk about.
It is something we practice.
Something we experience.
Something we learn how to create.
Tantric Wisdom
Exploring presence, polarity, energy, desire and intimacy beyond performance.
Somatic Awareness
Learning to listen to the body, recognize your yes and no, notice patterns, and stay connected to yourself.
Conscious Relating
Exploring vulnerability, boundaries, communication, emotional intimacy and authentic connection.
Embodied Practice
Moving beyond intellectual understanding into experiences that allow new ways of relating to be felt in the body.
I really enjoyed being able to just be, and not perform.
The Experience
Temple of Desires
One evening of the retreat opens into something beyond practice. The Temple of Desires is a ceremonial space held in a deeply intentional atmosphere, where presence becomes the practice and desire is met with reverence. Nothing is expected of you. You choose your own level of participation, and simply being present is a complete way to be there. This is not something we can fully describe. It is something you enter.
The Temple of Desires amazed me. I felt so empowered and vulnerable at the same time. Magic.
Your Transformation
What you take home
Discover how desire moves in you
through embodied exploration, understand how you give and receive pleasure and learn to communicate it with clarity and warmth
Feel confident in intimacy
with a felt sense of safety and power in your body, your desire, and your relating
Know how to create a tantric space
at home, with a partner, with practical tools for what to do before, during, and after
Communicate your boundaries and desires
using real frameworks you can bring into romantic connections, friendships, and all relationships
Experience what it feels like to be deeply met
seen, valued, and held exactly as you are, without performing or holding yourself together
Reach a deeper level of intimacy
than you thought possible. The kind of connection that is the foundation for tantric love
I have better conversations with people than before. More open about what's inside me. I feel so much more alive.
Who This Retreat Is For
You do not need to arrive with a partner.
You may come because you want to deepen the intimacy in your relationship.
You may come single, wanting to understand yourself and create healthier, deeper connections.
You may already have experience with tantra, embodiment, conscious relating, or personal development and feel ready for another layer.
Or this may be your first Eros retreat.
You do need curiosity, openness, personal responsibility, and a willingness to meet yourself honestly.
This was my very first introduction to tantra, and I didn't know what to expect. But Ritam and Lina were safe and calm guides into this terrain. I got a very nice introduction, as well as practical advice and tools I can use to keep exploring the magic that is tantra.
Returning to Eros
The Next Chapter of Eros
For those who have already journeyed with us through Eros, this is the next chapter.
An invitation to deepen what has already begun.
To revisit the practices with greater awareness.
To discover new layers of yourself.
To meet intimacy, desire, relationship, and connection from where you are now.
For those entering Eros for the first time, you are equally welcome.
You begin the journey exactly where you are.
Your Guides For This Journey
Meet Your Facilitators
Ritam
Ritam teaches what the body already knows.
Ritam is a tantra teacher and bodyworker trained directly under Ma Ananda Sarita in the Tantra Essence lineage, a transmission rooted in Osho's work. He studied with Sarita for five years and has been teaching for the last three years, guiding more than 500 students through retreats, group containers, and private sessions.
His work is somatic. Where much of modern tantra has drifted into concept and performance, Ritam teaches what the body already knows: breath, sensation, the slow return to feeling. The capacity to receive without bracing, and to meet another person without losing yourself.
He guides retreats in Bali and across Europe, working with individuals and couples who want intimacy that does not require pretending. The work is direct, embodied, and grounded. No bypass. No spiritual costume. Just the honest territory of being in a body with another body.
Ritam also created the Art of Receiving, a private one-to-one program of tantric bodywork for women who want to learn what it feels like to be met, slowly, on their own terms.
Based in Ubud. Teaching across Europe each summer.
Lina
Lina brings people back to what is simple and real.
Lina is a tantric facilitator, somatic guide, and founder of Shining Light Tantra. She is trained in yoga therapy, tantric bodywork, rose lineage practice, and trauma-informed embodiment, and has guided students through workshops, retreats, private sessions, and ceremonial spaces in Bali and Europe.
Her work is body-led. Where much of intimacy work can become ideas, roles, or performance, Lina brings people back to what is simple and real: breath, sensation, boundaries. The quiet honesty of the body. The courage to feel what is here, without needing to become someone else.
She guides individuals and couples into deeper intimacy, self-trust, and embodied connection through tantric practice, conscious communication, and somatic awareness. Her work is warm, direct, and deeply grounded. No pressure. No performance. No spiritual mask. Just the slow return to presence, pleasure, and truth in the body.
Based in Norway and Ubud. Teaching across Europe each summer.
They balanced knowledge and lived experience in such a beautiful way, and I felt so safe through it all.
Our Approach
What Makes This Retreat Different
Ritam and Lina have each walked their own tantric path for years, and they bring those two paths together in the room. Most teachers explain closeness. These two show what it looks like when two people meet each other fully present, without either one shutting down or disappearing into the other. You watch it happen, then you learn how to build it yourself.
The Method
Tantric Embodiment
At the heart of Eros, our practices move directly through:
- Body awareness and self-trust
- Energetic sensitivity and body-to-body connection
- Sacred touch and massage
- Partner meditation and polarity
The Framework
Communication & Connection
Practical tools you can take into every relationship:
- A Conscious Conversation Tool for Erotic Discovery
- The 2% conversation
- Where your edge becomes an opening
- Ritual intimacy before, during, and after
It really touched me, the way Ritam and Lina opened up about their life and their relationship. What you learned through tantra, and how to be better for each other and for yourselves.
Just how beautiful it is when people interact from a place of love. So many brave and authentic moments.
Our Wall of Love
Real words from real participants, unedited, unscripted, straight from the heart.
“I'm just so glad that I dared to join this retreat. It's one of the best things I've ever done for myself in my life. I learned so much from Ritam and Lina that I will take into my life. I really feel that everything I learned makes me a better person. Not only for myself, but for everyone around me. I feel so much safer and more secure in myself after this. And I loved every person who was there. This makes me want to go deeper with what I learned. I could highly recommend this retreat for everyone, at any age. There is really something here for everyone to take into their life.”
“Ritam and Lina set up a space with warmth, humour and safety. All with a twinkle in their eyes and a present smile. I really enjoyed being able to just be, and not perform.”
“This was my very first introduction to tantra, and I didn't know what to expect. But Ritam and Lina were safe and calm guides into this terrain. I got a very nice introduction, as well as practical advice and tools I can use to keep exploring the magic that is tantra.”
“If you are wondering whether the Eros retreat is for you, I can warmly recommend this journey with Lina and Ritam. They share lived experience and knowledge from their hearts. I felt completely safe and held throughout the retreat.”
“Lina and Ritam are authentic, calm, open and honest facilitators, who created a beautiful safe space for exploring embodiment. As well as dancing, cuddling and massage.”
“Today, I finally felt safe to share a part of me that has been waiting to be shared for a long time. It feels like a boulder has been lifted off me. I am still a little bit in shock thinking about how much support I felt from this family today.”
“Ram Dass always used to say "we are all just walking each other home." Spending this amazing weekend with all of you was truly a homecoming in that sense. Feeling appreciated, seen, and loved, just the way I am.”
The Setting
Come for Eros.
Stay for the Magic of Bali.
Imagine waking up in the lush green heart of Bali.
Warm tropical air on your skin. Morning light spilling across the rice fields. The sound of nature around you as you slowly begin another day in Ubud.
Imagine walking barefoot through emerald rice terraces, swimming beneath waterfalls, receiving a traditional Balinese water purification, eating beautiful nourishing food, watching the jungle glow at sunset, and feeling your whole system begin to soften.
There is something about Bali that invites you to slow down, open, feel and come alive.
And perhaps this journey becomes more than four days of Eros. Perhaps it becomes the moment you finally give yourself permission to leave ordinary life behind for a while and step into something different.
More beauty. More presence.
More connection. More aliveness.
Come to Bali for the retreat. Leave with memories that may stay with you for a lifetime.
If you are travelling internationally, consider arriving a few days early or staying longer. Ubud is worth experiencing slowly.
First Timers & Returning
Whether this is your first Eros or a return to go deeper, you begin exactly where you are
Trauma-Informed
Led by facilitators trained in nervous system safety and consent
Singles & Couples
Come alone or with a partner. Both are fully supported.
Retreat Details
Investment
Date
January 14–17, 2027
Location
Ubud, Bali
For
Singles & Couples
Early Bird
€555
Priority List first access
Regular
€666
Late Bird
€777
Tickets are not yet available for direct purchase. Join the Priority List and be the first to access Early Bird tickets when booking opens.
Join the Priority ListBali-based, expat-friendly pricing. Non-residential retreat in central Ubud.
Everything Included
What You Get
Four full days of guided tantric embodiment practices in Ubud, Bali
Discover how desire moves through your body, and learn to meet your partner in theirs
Communication and boundary frameworks you can take into your daily life and relationships
Sacred touch and massage demonstrations and guided practice
Partner meditations that you can apply in tantric relationships
Practical tools for creating tantric space and ritual intimacy at home
Light snacks and refreshments during retreat days
A safe, conscious community of practitioners who are all here for real connection
Booking Opens Soon
Join the Priority List
Join the Priority List and be the first to access Early Bird tickets when booking opens.
Early Bird
€555
Regular
€666
Late Bird
€777
Priority List members will receive first access to the €555 Early Bird tickets before public booking opens.
The Container
A retreat built on safety, consent, and presence
Slow & Grounded
A space where your nervous system can settle. No rushing, no overwhelm.
No Pressure
You are never forced to perform, open, or rush. Everything is by choice.
Boundaries Welcomed
Your boundaries are welcomed and respected at every moment.
I really couldn't feel safer and more held than I did.
Honest Boundaries
You may NOT enjoy this retreat if...
You are looking for a sexually explicit retreat
You want cathartic, push-your-limits emotional release. This work is embodied, deep, and held, not chaotic
You are looking for someone to fix you
You are not open to touch, breathwork, or being in community with others, even in a slow, consensual way
Questions Answered
Frequently Asked Questions
For International Participants
Traveling to Bali
Practical Information
Cancellation & Refund Policy
Because the deeper we learn to meet ourselves, the deeper we can meet another.
And perhaps that is what we are all longing for.
To feel truly seen.
Truly heard.
Truly held.
Truly loved.
And fully received.
Feeling nervous? That's actually a sign you're ready.
Almost everyone who joins this retreat feels some nervousness beforehand. That doesn't mean this isn't for you, it usually means something meaningful is opening. You will be met gently, clearly, and at your own pace. And if you'd like to talk it through first, we're here.
Book a Free Discovery CallIt just felt like home from the get-go. It tells me that I need more of it.
We Would Love to Welcome You in Bali
Four days of authentic connection and embodied desire in Bali, January 14 to 17, 2027.
For those ready to meet themselves honestly, and to meet another with more truth and softness.