3-Day Couples Immersive in Santa Monica, CA
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Experiential learning at the intersection of sensual somatics, sexological bodywork, and plant medicines
There comes a moment in relationship when love is present… but the body wants more.
More aliveness.
More honesty.
More pleasure that feels safe enough to fully open.
This immersive is for couples who feel ready to expand their erotic connection — to learn what their bodies are capable of, and how to meet desire with presence, honesty, and curiosity.
Guided by certified Somatic Sex Educators & Sexological Bodyworkers Ariel Szabo & Rahi Chun, this three-day journey invites you into deeper intimacy through touch, attunement, and embodied relational practice.
In this 3-Day Immersive, you will learn how to:
✓ Engage your partner’s erogenous landscape with skill and reverence
✓ Yield to touch rather than brace against it
✓ Voice desire, boundaries, and body-led truth
✓ Stay present in extended states of pleasure
✓ Transform lovemaking into a space of healing and altered consciousness
✓ On the final day, couples are offered gentle heart-opening allies that can deepen embodiment, connection, and emotional access.
Not ready for an in-person retreat?
You can explore these practices from home inside our »Divine Union For Lovers« online course, or work privately with us in 1:1 or couples sessions.
A union rooted in interdependence – where connection nourishes.
A meeting of two whole beings, transparent and vulnerable in service to love.
A state where extended pleasure becomes a gateway – opening altered states of consciousness that invite healing, devotion, and expansion.
This work moves beyond performance and goal orientation.
It invites you into presence and heart-centered intimacy.
“This couples retreat was such a huge contrast to our last. Grounded, attuned, spacious, transparent, and moment-to-moment client-centered. The container was clear, with parameters and boundaries articulated and held with quiet, solid integrity. We were blown away and relieved by how ‘normal’ it felt — it brought tears to our eyes.
Rahi Chun and Ariel Szabo model the humble, educated, informed teachers I aspire to be — ‘invisible,’ listening and pivoting to our needs so our own work could surface front and center.
Day 1 laid the groundwork for us landing, attuning, and returning to our bodies and each other. Such a much-needed break from a harried couple of work weeks.”
— Tanya C., Somatic Sex Educator and Psychedelic Therapist
“Rahi and Ariel are a
sex therapy dream team”
Rick & Lucia G.
Your Guides
As partners in life and in teaching, Rahi and Ariel bring both personal devotion and professional mastery to this work. What they teach is lived, practiced, and continuously refined in their own relationship.
Rahi Chun
Somatic Sex Educator, Sexological Bodyworker, and Genital De-Armoring Specialist
Rahi is a somatic sex educator and sexological bodyworker, creator of The 3 Keys to Genital De-Armoring, a training taught internationally.
He helps individuals and couples release chronic guarding patterns, restore erotic sensitivity, and expand confidence in intimacy. His grounded presence and nuanced understanding of how early attachment patterns live in the body allow couples to transform inherited dynamics into mature, embodied connection.
Ariel Szabo
Somatic Sex Educator, Sexological Bodyworker, Plant Medicine Guide, and Creator of Sacred MoonFlower
Ariel is a somatic sex educator and plant medicine practitioner devoted to the reclamation of erotic aliveness through embodied healing with pleasure and plant allies.
She guides individuals and couples in softening defenses, deepening emotional truth, and expanding their capacity for sustained pleasure. Known for her intuitive attunement and relational depth, Ariel creates spaces where vulnerability becomes strength and eros becomes a living force within partnership.
“As a clinical psychologist, I understand the importance of the space-holder to create a safe place for people to go deep. Rahi and Ariel did just that. My partner and I did some profound healing around our inner children and there were concrete take-aways that we have been practicing. I highly recommend their teachings!”
— Dr. John H., PhD, clinical psychologist
What to Expect:
Pre-Retreat Group Zoom
Before We Gather
✓ Creating a safe relational container
✓ The 8 Pillars of Intimacy & Consent
✓ Preparing the nervous system to give & receive touch
✓ Understanding the body’s erogenous zones
✓ Theory + benefits of Genital Mapping for couples
The Immersion
Day 1 — Foundations of Safety & Attunement
Morning
✓ Orientation & group arrival
✓ Repairing relational ruptures through the Six Adult Intimacy Engagements
✓ Learning to yield to your partner’s support & touch
✓ Down-regulating the nervous system for touch receptivity (practiced privately as couples)
Afternoon
✓ Live demonstration: Exploring the body’s 11 erogenous zones
✓ Voicing the body’s desires & boundaries
✓ Guided one-way touch practice (in private couple space)
Day 2 — Genital Mapping & Erotic Literacy
Morning — Vulva & Vaginal Mapping
✓ Understanding arousal anatomy & unique pleasure responses
✓ Live demonstration
✓ Guided mapping practice as couples
Afternoon — Penis Mapping
✓ Penis mapping as pleasure, health & spiritual practice
✓ Live demonstration
✓ Guided mapping practice as couples
Day 3 — Pleasure, Expansion & Integration
Morning
✓ Optional heart-opening ally
✓ Receiving touch from your beloved
✓ Full-body erogenous exploration & genital massage
Afternoon
✓ Optional cacao ritual
✓ Partners switch roles: the giver receives
✓ Continued guided exploration
✓ Closing circle + advanced lovemaking transmissions
Post-Retreat
Integration Zoom
✓ Emotional & relational integration support
✓ Translating retreat experiences into daily intimacy
✓ Long-term benefits of continued genital mapping practice
After this 3-Day Immersive, you’ll know …
✓ How to feel deeply seen, heard, and met in your relationship
✓ How to skillfully engage the body’s erogenous zones
✓ How to map and pleasure the vulva & vagina
✓ How to map and pleasure the penis
✓ How to explore intimacy with plant medicine allies
✓ How to integrate these practices into everyday lovemaking
Container & Group Size
This is an intentionally intimate learning environment.
Each retreat is limited to 3 couples to preserve depth, privacy, and personalized guidance.
Every couple receives their own private room for all hands-on practices.
Dates:
Join the wait-list for 2027
Includes:
✓ Pre-retreat group Zoom to prepare body and relationship
✓ Three full days of guided practice with Rahi & Ariel
✓ Live demonstrations and guided genital mapping
✓ Your own private room for every hands-on practice
✓ Refreshments and light snacks each day
✓ Post-retreat integration Zoom
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the immersive include lodging?
Lodging and lunch are not included. Refreshments and light snacks are provided daily. We are located in Santa Monica, walking distance from the beach, Palisades Park, hotels, and Airbnbs. Each day includes a 1.5-hour lunch break.
Do we need to be monogamous or long-term partners?
No. This space is open to all relational configurations. Couples have attended on their third date as well as their 20-year anniversary.
This retreat isn’t a fit, but we want to work with you. What are our options?
We offer custom private sessions, intensives, as well as an online course, where you can learn and practice in the privacy of your own home. Learn more about private sessions here, and our online course here.
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