The Sacred Intimacy Retreat

An Immersion into the Art of Conscious Loving

Presence, Passion & Partnership
Ubud, Bali | March 8–14, 2026
For Couples



A luxurious, heart-opening retreat for couples ready to rediscover connection, deepen intimacy and reclaim their love as sacred.

Reignite the spark. Restore your bond. Return to each other through presence, devotion and embodied love.

WE WANT TO KNOW MORE

A Sanctuary for Devoted Lovers

Because intimacy was never meant to feel distant.
This isn’t just a getaway, it’s a return to devotion.

The Sacred Intimacy Retreat is a curated, high-touch experience for couples who crave deeper connection, emotional attunement and embodied presence.

Each day blends somatic practices, heart-opening connection and sensual ritual. All designed to relax your nervous system, deepen emotional intimacy and reignite desire through intentional, loving presence.

Together, you’ll melt emotional distance, heal what's been left unsaid and expand your bond into something more honest, connected and sacred.

This isn’t just another vacation. 

This is a homecoming.

A sacred return to the pulse that once lit up your love… the one still flickering beneath the noise of schedules, roles and unspoken needs.

When was the last time you truly saw your partner beyond the routine, beyond the responsibility?

When did your breath last catch in their presence… not from tension, but from tenderness?

If physical touch has turned into performance...

If emotional connection has faded to logistics...

If the passion that once came easily now feels out of reach...

Your body and your bond are calling you home.

Welcome to Sacred Intimacy: A 7-day immersion into presence, sensuality and truth.

For couples ready to melt the distance, rekindle desire and rebuild their relationship as a sanctuary of devotion.

This Retreat Is For Couples Who…

Are ready to wake up in heart, body and soul… and meet each other again with presence, passion and devotion.

You may find yourselves here if...

  • You've been together for years, but something feels distant… and you're ready to rekindle the spark.

  • Life has become too full, too fast and you crave space to truly see and feel one another again.

  • Intimacy has felt routine or strained and you long to feel deeply desired, heard and understood.

  • You’ve struggled to express your needs, desires or boundaries and want to feel safe and celebrated in your truth.

  • You desire emotional closeness, spiritual connection and conscious lovemaking, not just physical release.

  • You're navigating stress, disconnection or unspoken resentment and know it's time to heal what’s been left unsaid.

  • You're curious about sacred sexuality, embodiment and how to love with more intention, clarity and devotion.

  • You want to move from coping to co-creating

The Sacred Intimacy Retreat is for lovers committed, married or in sacred partnership who are ready for something more than just a vacation.

You want a relationship upgrade.
You’re ready to expand, not escape.
And you're open to being lovingly guided into the sacred intimacy you’ve always known was possible.

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What You Will Experience

This isn’t a workshop.
This isn’t therapy.
This is a living, breathing immersion into sacred intimacy. A journey of presence, pleasure, embodiment, healing and devotion.

Over seven days in Bali, you and your partner will move through a curated rhythm of rituals, practices, rest and play designed to soften the body, open the heart and reawaken your connection on every level.

Together, you’ll explore...

  • Breathwork & Embodied Rituals
    Reconnect to the essence of your own body and meet your partner from that place: awake, present, receptive.

  • Somatic Polarity & Conscious Sensuality Practices
    Release performance, expectations and pressure in your connection. Invite presence, pleasure and soulful touch.

  • The Art of Giving & Receiving
    Deepen trust, vulnerability and attunement. Heal connection through conscious communication, nurturing touch and creating safety in emotional intimacy.

  • Gentle Yoga, Guided Meditation & ShaktiSOMA™ Movement Journeys
    Move together. Breathe together. Reset your nervous systems. Honour your bodies as the portal of your sacred union.

  • Shadow Work, Healing & Integration Sessions
    Gently dissolve patterns of disconnection, resentment or old wounds. Make space for truth, softness and rebirth together.

  • Sacred Ceremony: Water, Fire & Cacao Rituals
    Root your intention. Cleanse. Release. Recommit, together. Under Bali’s sunset sky and ancient energy.

  • Leisure, Laughter & Luxurious Ease
    Romantic dinners, spontaneous laughter, open space to rest, wander both inside & outside, experience Bali. Deep sensuality meets grounded presence.

  • Time & Space to Be Seen, Heard & Held
    No performance. Just you, your love and sacred space to remember what intimacy really means.

Every moment from breath to meal, from ritual to rest, is designed not just to bring you closer to each other… but to awaken a new level of devotion, presence and embodied love.

This is your chance to reclaim intimacy. To reawaken desire. To return to love as a sacred practice and way of being.

WE ARE READY FOR THIS

Your Private Sanctuary

in Bali

A modern Balinese villa surrounded by rice fields, curated interiors, an infinity pool and serene open-air spaces designed to soften the nervous system and bring lovers closer.

Energetic Union & Relational Alchemy: Masculine + Feminine in Sacred Intimacy

Rebalancing the Masculine & Feminine in Your Relationship

Why polarity matters and why most couples lose connection before they even know what’s happening.

At the heart of deep intimacy: emotional, physical, spiritual is energetic balance: the interplay between masculine and feminine energy. These aren’t gender roles or outdated stereotypes, they are living forces within each of us that shape how we show up, how we love and how we connect.

When your energy is aligned and complementary, intimacy feels effortless, supported and expansive. When it’s imbalanced or wounded, connection feels strained, distant or frustrating even when both partners love each other deeply.

What We See in Relationships Today

Many of the couples drawn to Sacred Intimacy are living a common pattern:

Women embodying too much masculine energy…
As a woman, you’re the “powerhouse.” You’re decisive. You make money, run the household, handle logistics and manage strategy.
You do. You lead. You solve.

…But underneath it all, you may feel tension between your power and your pleasure, your control and your surrender.

As if you can’t just “let go” and trust.

The impact of this dynamic?

You might notice:

  • You feel like you have to carry the relationship

  • You are stronger in action but disconnected in presence

  • You “fix” before you feel

  • You crave rest but your nervous system can’t slow down

This is not failure. It’s just imbalance.

And Often… Your Partner is Carrying Too Much Feminine Wounding

Some men have been conditioned or wounded into a softer, less embodied masculine — a state of retained feminine energy without grounded action.

This can show up as:

  • Lack of clarity about purpose or direction

  • Feeling small, uncertain or “not enough”

  • Difficulty grounding energy into action or leadership

  • Holding tender emotion but lacking action to support it

This isn’t weakness, it’s a nervous system that has not yet learned how to regulate strength, presence, and purpose in harmony.

Why This Really Matters for Your Intimacy

When masculine and feminine energy are imbalanced in a relationship, the result can feel like:

  • Emotional disconnection

  • Desire that comes and goes

  • Miscommunication or conflict about need and support

  • Passion that feels distant or disjointed

  • The roles of “provider” vs. “supporter” getting confused

  • One partner doing more and feeling unseen

But here’s the truth:

Intimacy is not a place you arrive at. Intimacy is an energetic dance.

It requires both polarity and attunement. Masculine structure held by feminine presence and feminine vulnerability held by grounded masculine support.

This is relationship mastery.

What You’ll Awaken at Sacred Intimacy

At the ShaktiSOMA™’ Sacred Intimacy Retreat, you and your partner will step into a new way of being together, not just doing life together.

  • You’ll learn how to feel safe in your nervous system so connection feels available instead of tense.

  • Move beyond defensiveness, assumption or shutdown into clear expression, presence and intimate truth.

  • We’ll guide you through practices that help you reclaim your authentic feminine and authentic masculine so you can:

    • Lead from grounded presence

    • Receive with openness

    • Support from strength

    • Surrender into softness

  • Through guided exercises, you’ll feel each other not as roles, but as energy moving together in harmony, rather than conflict or fatigue.

WE NEED THIS!

…You’re not stuck because you don’t love each other.

You’re stuck because your bodies and energy systems are not regulated in relationship.

When the masculine and feminine within you find balance, intimacy isn’t something you try to achieve.
It becomes the natural expression of your connection.

Why This Is a Spiritual + Somatic Experience

This retreat combines:

  • Somatic healing tools to regulate, feel, integrate

  • Conscious relational modalities for communication, alignment, expression

  • Integrative energetic polarity work to rebalance the dance of giving and receiving

  • Ritual + embodied presence to root connection in spiritual depth

All of this creates a powerful energetic shift the kind that doesn’t just feel better… it lasts.

How You’ll Know You’re Ready for This

You might resonate with this if:

  • You love your partner but feel distant in heart or body

  • You want to deepen desire, safety and emotional trust

  • You sense an imbalance in energy dynamics… one of you always “leading” and the other always “following”

  • You’re done compartmentalizing your masculine/feminine energy

  • You want real intimacy, not performance, not routine, not expectation

  • You’re ready for embodied, somatic transformation, not just therapy or technique

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Indoor seating area with curved green cushioned bench, small round tables, decorative hanging lights, lush plants, and a stone Buddha statue on a wall.

EACH DAY IS A LOVE LETTER

EACH DAY IS A LOVE LETTER

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A modern hotel room with a large bed, green and yellow pillows, a wooden headboard, bedside lamps, a flat-screen TV, and a sliding glass door opening to an outdoor patio with seating and lush greenery.

Daily Themes & Sacred Flow

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Each day is a love letter.

To your body. To your bond. To the sacred path of conscious loving.

This retreat is intentionally crafted to soften, awaken & deepen one breath, one ritual, one moment at a time.


Day 1 - Intention
Welcome to your sanctuary.

  • Private villa arrival + sacred welcome gifts

  • Opening dinner, introductions & intention setting

  • Gentle evening connection after trave

Day 2 - Open the Body + Open the Heart
Land in your body. Lean into play. Let love start to lead.

  • Morning breathwork + gentle couples movement

  • Lighthearted island adventure + partner connection exercises

  • Evening somatic session to build safety, trust and presence

Day 3 - Ignite Your Desire
What do you long for in your body, your love, your life?

  • Guided breathwork journey into your deepest desires

  • Space for rest, healing or exploring Ubud

  • Signature ShaktiSOMA™ Session: The Art of Giving & Receiving (touch, communication & devotion)

  • ‘Come Together’ Dinner ~ Playful role reversal + shared intimacy

Day 4 - Honesty + Connection
Truth is the bridge. Presence is the path.

  • Couples yoga + relational meditation

  • Optional excursion (bike tour, beach or temple visit)

  • Slow evening nourishment, reflection & reconnection

Day 5 - Polarity + Shadow Alchemy
Witness the shadow. Reclaim the spark.

  • Somatic shadow work + guided visualization

  • Sound healing ceremony

  • Holotropic Breathwork journey for release, clarity and rebirth

Day 6 - Integration + Intimacy
Let your love become the medicine.

  • Morning ShaktiSOMA™ partner immersion (movement, touch, devotion)

  • Spacious day for massages, reflection or 1:1 VIP sessions

  • Fire & Cacao Ceremony ~ Release, recommit & rise

Day 7 - Expansion + Embodiment
Love is the ritual. You are the altar.

  • Final ShaktiSOMA™ ritual for devotion & manifestation

  • Time to explore, play or receive deeper healing

  • Closing dinner celebration under the stars

Departure Day - Be in Love
Your love, transformed.

  • Gentle morning yoga + integration

  • Breakfast, blessings & departures by noon

What You’ll Walk Away With…

All sessions are optional; the container is spacious. But for those who lean in, the transformation is real.

Together, as a couple, you will...

  • Reignite your connection & closeness. Reclaim the spark, tenderness and magnetic pull that first brought you together.

  • Heal old wounds & clear emotional blocks. Dissolve patterns of shutdown, silence, resentment, or fear that have kept you distant.

  • Communicate from the heart. Speak truthfully, vulnerably, and compassionately; deepen trust through emotional clarity.

  • Rediscover sensuality and sacred sexuality. Experience intimacy not as performance or routine, but as a devotional dance of presence, pleasure, and safety.

  • Shift from “partners/roommates” to lovers, soul allies, and holy companions. Remember each other as beloved, not just co-managers of life.

  • Bring joy, play and lightness back into your union. Laughter, wonder, freedom, ease and spontaneous connection.

  • Create a shared vision and purpose for your relationship. Born from presence, devotion, conscious love and aligned intention.

  • Feel seen, heard and held together in a space of radical support, deep care & embodied expansion.

Individually, in your own body & spirit, you will..

  • Reclaim your body as sensual, intuitive, alive. Reconnect to your inner temple with softness, reverence and aliveness.

  • Feel deeply seen, known and loved just as you are. Without masks, roles or expectations.

  • Release shame, numbness or disconnection around intimacy and desire. Make space for pleasure, authenticity and self‑love.

  • Learn the art of giving and receiving love. From and with an open heart and grounded presence: emotionally, energetically, physically.

  • Reset your nervous system. Awaken your innate capacity for presence, pleasure, safety and connection.

  • Rekindle your inner lover. Activate your vitality, magnetism and soul’s fire.

  • Return home transformed. Become embodied in your personal power, clarity of purpose, connection to passion and trusting, grounded presence.

  • Carry a new frequency of love. Rooted in truth, devotion and integrity in all aspects of your life.

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Meet the Magic behind the Sacred Intimacy Retreat

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Emily M Byrd
Chief Embodiment Officer & Lead Facilitator
ShaktiSOMA™ School of Spirituality & Somatics

Roudain Youssef
EOS Integrator, Divine Masculine Support & Logistics Guardian

Honored To Be Your Guides

  • Emily is the heart, the fire‑keeper and the embodied voice behind ShaktiSOMA™, a living lineage where ancient feminine wisdom and modern somatic transformation meet, creating spaces for embodied awakening, sovereignty and soulful purpose. 

    Over the past 14+ years, Emily has journeyed deeply through spiritual healing, trauma‑informed somatics, conscious embodiment and transformational coaching. She holds credentials as a Certified Mastery Coach, Somatic Facilitator, Breathwork Mentor, Baptiste Yoga Leader, ERYT‑500 / RYS‑200 and YACEP provider.

    Emily is not here to offer quick fixes. She is here to guide you into self‑remembrance. To help you reclaim your body as a sacred portal, deepen your presence and awaken to the truth of your being. Through her work, women and couples are invited to dissolve old patterns of disembodiment, reclaim their power and rise into purposeful, sensual sovereign living. 

    For the Sacred Intimacy retreat, Emily holds space with devotion, presence and unwavering commitment. She leads the breathwork, embodied rituals, somatic teachings & sacred ceremonies, guiding you back to your body, shared love, connection and truth.

  • Roudain brings grounded strength, practical magic and loving presence to the Sacred Intimacy container. As Emily’s divine‑masculine counterpart and the logistical backbone behind this retreat, he works powerfully to ensure everything flows from behind‑the‑scenes details to the environment and everything in between.

    Since 2021, Roudain has lived in Indonesia, deeply connected to the land, culture and energy of Bali. This connection infuses the retreat with authenticity, reverence and local insight. He is the one who bridges vision with reality, making magic happen so you can surrender, receive and immerse fully.

    For you, this means: smooth arrivals, thoughtful details and a container held with care, integrity and devotion. Roudain’s presence allows you to let go of logistics, so you can focus solely on what matters: each other, your healing, your connection and your transformation.

Why We Hold This Space Together

We are not just your facilitators; we are living embodiments of what this retreat invites you into.

Our own love story, our own journey of embodiment, trust, shadow‑work, surrender and sacred union inspired this container.

We have walked this path ourselves: from disconnection to devotion, from fragmented living to somatic presence, from fear to love. We know what it takes… and we know how to hold space for real, lasting transformation.

Together, we invite you to step into the sanctuary we’ve created, to surrender to the process, to open your hearts, to trust your bodies. To trust each other…. and yourself.

We invite you to remember what it feels like to be wholly alive, deeply connected and divinely loved. This space is truly for you.

With excitement,
Emily & Roudain

Investment & What’s Included

This isn’t just a retreat, it’s a relationship renaissance.

You and your partner are invited into 7 days of devoted connection, deep transformation, and luxurious presence in Bali.

Your Stay Includes:

  • 7 nights in a private luxury villa in Ubud, Bali

  • Chef-prepared gourmet meals daily

  • Private rooms with jungle views & serene ambiance

  • Saltwater pool, lush gardens & dedicated ceremony space

  • 1 private couples session with Emily

  • All group practices, workshops & rituals

  • Sacred welcome gifts + daily integration practices

Luxury residential backyard with a swimming pool, lounge chairs with umbrellas, and a modern house illuminated at dusk.
Indoor lounge area with green curved seating, round coffee tables, hanging pendant lights, and tropical decor.

Only 5 couple capacity

Aerial view of Nusa Penida, a small island off Bali, featuring sandy beach, lush green cliffs, and blue ocean water.

Early Bird Bonuses
offered through Dec 19th, 2025

Apply now and receive over $2,000 in bonuses to deepen your journey:

The Sanctuary Membership (Dec–May)
A 6-month private devotional space for preparation & integration
(Value: $297)

Two Private 90-Min Couples Sessions with Emily
Pre-retreat & post-retreat sessions for intentional attunement & integration
(Value: $998)

Luxury Dinner at Koral – Bali’s Underwater Restaurant
A sensual, intimate dining ritual beneath the sea
(Value: $300)

Balinese Shiatsu Couples Massage
Grounding bodywork to relax, open & release
(Value: $250)

Private Couples Photoshoot in Bali
Intimate, artful imagery of your sacred love
(Value: $250)

Signature Sacred Gift
A high-end, symbolic keepsake of your retreat journey
(Value: Priceless)

VVIP Priority Experience
Early suite selection, private welcome ritual, and first-tier support
(Value: Irreplaceable)

WE'RE IN!

Investment Options:

Early Bird Rate: $5,997 per couple (until Dec 19th, 2025)

Standard Rate: $6,497 per couple

Secure your spot with a $1,500 non-refundable deposit
Payment plans are available upon acceptance

Optional Add-Ons:

  • Bonus VIP Private Sessions with Emily & Roudain

  • Balinese temple blessings, waterfall rituals & cultural adventures

  • In-villa private massage, reiki, sound healing sessions & more

What to Bring:

  • Comfortable clothing (more cotton, linen, natural fabrics)

  • Swimwear, sarongs, hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, etc.

  • Journals, any of your devotional, sacred items

  • And most importantly, your open heart, curiosity and willingness to transform

Wondering if this retreat is really for you?

FAQ’s & a few reflections for your mind, your heart and your nervous system.

  • Is this retreat only for couples “in crisis”?

    No. This space is for couples who are doing well on the outside, but feel there’s more: more depth, more intimacy, more ease, more soul. Whether you’re rekindling a spark or deepening an already strong connection, if you feel solid enough to travel together and lean into growth, you’re in the right room.

    We’re struggling in our relationship… is this still for us?

    Yes, if both of you are willing, open and ready to show up with honesty and care. This is a safe, supported space to heal, not perform.

  • Do we need any “tantra” or somatic experience?

    No experience needed. You don’t need to be “tantra people” to join us. You’ll be guided through trauma-informed, somatic + tantric-inspired practices in ways your body and nervous system can understand. All you need is an open heart and a willingness to explore.


    Do we need prior experience in this kind of work or retreats?

    Not at all. This space is beginner-friendly. All sessions are guided with depth, clarity & care and you’ll be supported every step of the way. …You’re going to love it!

  • Are the intimate practices done in space with other couples? Will we be pushed into anything?

    All practices are gentle, beginner-friendly and stay strictly within your relationship, often in the privacy of your own space. Your “no” is as sacred as your “yes.” We move at the pace of your nervous systems with consent, boundaries and emotional safety as our foundation.

    This work is held with deep reverence, not as sexually performative or erotic-exploratory, but as a spiritual path into presence, love and sacred union. 

    Our approach is rooted in a spiritual path to create embodied intimacy. A remembering of what becomes possible when two souls soften open to each other through the heart, body and spirit.

    Will we be sharing personal things with the group?

    Only if you choose to. There are moments for group connection, but all intimate work happens within your partnership. Sharing is always 100% optional.

  • What will our days actually look like?

    Picture slow mornings in the jungle, conscious movement, sacred breathwork, gentle tantric + somatic couples practices, intimacy work, Balinese water & fire rituals, spacious rest, gourmet meals and time just for the two of you.

    It’s a blend of depth work, sacred play and luxurious nervous system softness.

  • How many couples will be there? Will we have space to ourselves?

    The retreat is intimately capped at 5 couples only. That means no crowds, no conference vibe, no getting lost in the noise. You’ll have your own private luxury suite, dedicated circle time and plenty of spacious off-schedule time to simply be together.

  • What’s included, and what do we take care of?

    Once you land in Bali, you’re held. Your investment includes:
     • Private luxury villa suite
    • Gourmet meals from our private chef
    • All retreat programming, sessions & ceremonies
    • 1 private VIP couples session with Emily
    • Early Bird Bonuses (if applicable)

    All you and your partner need to do is book your flights + travel insurance and arrive ready to receive!

Take the next step.

Sacred Intimacy: A 7-Day Immersion into the Art of Conscious Loving

Application & Intentions Form

This retreat is an intimate, somatic and spiritual journey for couples ready to reconnect, reawaken & rise in sacred union.

Please take your time and answer from an open mind and heart. There are no “right” answers. We’ll review your responses with care. 🖤

Please make sure you use the link provided to schedule our connection call so we can fully drop in together and explore your desires, questions and alignment. 

We are so excited for you, to hear more and learn about you and your relationship. This is a powerful first step!