THE MEDICINE
OF EROS
OF EROS
COSTA RICA - 20-27 APRIL 2023
SOMATIC THERAPY
You will learn techniques to find wholeness and oneness in the body;
to heal old wounds,
to explore and integrate the (sexual) shadow,
to engage with trauma in new ways.
SHAMANISM
You will learn about the power of transmission, yours and that of others.
You will experience a process of energetic development and "attunement" and develop new energetic skills to allow more power and presence.
SACRED SEXUALITY
You will explore your sexual landscape in ways that are healing and transformative.
You will explore fantasies, desires, as well as deep, authentic and empowered touch.
You will learn to harness the power of Eros and Orgasmic energy.
COURSE COST
From $2125 pp - depending on your chosen room type.
BED IN 4-PERSON ROOM
$2125 pp
Early-bird*
$2495 pp
Full price
BED IN A 2-PERSON ROOM
$2550 pp
Early-bird*
$2995 pp
Full price
PRIVATE KING ROOM
$2975 pp
Early-bird*
$3495 pp
Full price
Scholarship options
Participants who would like to join the course but are facing financial challenges and difficulties can opt for one of a limited number of scholarship option.
They will be able to access the course at a greatly reduced price. Accommodation will be in a camping tent rather than a cabin.
In order to qualify for this, a participant needs to send us an email speaking of their motivation for joining the course as well as describing the nature of their difficult financial situation.
ABOUT YOUR FACILITATORS
Marc Peridis - Primary facilitator
Marc is a somatic and shamanic therapist specialised in supporting men and women in healing through connection to truth, their power and knowing their impact in the world.
His approach is often considered radical and his passion lies in transmuting our deepest and most shameful shadows into our highest and most transformative power.
His work provides a radical and integrated approach that supports clients and workshop participants in their journey to empowerment, higher purpose and greater creativity.
His practice Orgasmic Shamanism uses energy work and spontaneous movement to awaken a deeper connection to Eros, wholeness and presence.
His practice emerged from his years of working with tantra, somatic movement and shamanism.
In 2013, he completed the Authentic Eros 1-year tantra and sexual explorations training with Kai Erhardt and Volker Moritz in Berlin.
He has taken Buddhist refuge under Tharig Rinpoche in Kathmandu and is also a mystery school initiate and guide; initiated into the mysteries in 2012 and initiated as a shaman in 2014.
He has spent the years following his initiation travelling the world leading ceremonies, and workshops at some of the world’s most powerful sacred sites.
He has completed the 20 levels of The Path of the sexual shaman training, by Arizona-Based sexual Shaman Kenneth Ray Stubbs who has been his mentor since 2016.
He is also a trained facilitator in Theta-healing, Emotional freedom technique, and Reiki as well as a Somatic Movement facilitator.
He is also a senior faculty at the Shakti Shiva Academy specialising in guiding explorations on the sexual shadow.
Timothy McFarland - Collaborating facilitator
Timothy has long been a seeker and explorer of deeper understandings and awareness. His journey to become a facilitator began in India where he studied yoga and its philosophy, becoming an accredited yoga teacher. He spent several years practicing meditation and the Buddhist teachings through the Triratna Buddhist lineage, as well as years exploring the world of Kabbalah. Timothy has also lived in the Amazon jungle of Peru, studying under the Shipbho lineage, learning the traditions of the healing power of plants and nature.
This fusion of ancient cultures and traditions, of the east and west, have influenced the yoga and meditation facilitation he offers; rooted in a deep connection with nature and utilising different healing modalities, Timothy offers an opportunity to connect you with your innate power.
After teaching and facilitating in a variety of settings; city yoga studios, countryside meditation centres and remote tropical retreat centres throughout the world, Timothy now calls the Diamante Valley in Costa Rica home, and is a member of the core community that stewards the space that is the Jungle Gayborhood. Timothy is passionate about creating safe and transformational spaces for the queer community.
Shelby Clark - Collaborating facilitator
Following a life-changing psilocybin ceremony at the tail end of yoga teacher training, Shelby has focused his life on providing consciousness-expanding experiences to people that could benefit from them. As they have helped him heal the many traumas of growing up gay, he has been particularly passionate about the healing that could be brought to this population through the intersection of sacred medicines, embodiment modalities, and modern psychology. he still considers himself a student on his own path, and is happy to walk this path in community with others.
He is a meditation guide and yoga facilitator. He has been studying meditation with Lorin Roche, author of the Radiance Sutras, since 2017. This philosophy of mediation views ordinary moments (such as the breath, sensations and emotions) as opportunities to connect with the most intimate experiences of life. This tantalizing, delicious perspective of life has helped him find gratitude, beauty, and joy all around him, and is a perspective he is thrilled to share.
He has been living in the San Francisco Bay Area for the last 15 years, but has recently relocated to Costa Rica to co-found the Holos Diamante retreat center and community, and continuing on in the Diamante Valley to found the Jungle Gayborhood.
