Creative Assertiveness: A three-part workshop for women who long to take control of themselves, and their lives, with dignity, skill, and grace. This full-day experience will reveal, and hone, every woman’s natural dominance. The practices explored in this workshop will be useful whether parenting, asking for a raise, reclaiming sexuality, or expanding intimacy in the bedroom.
Part one will explore the values of assertiveness
- Power and Confidence
- Female stereotypes of aggression
- Emotionalism vs. passion
Part two will illustrate the practices of these elements in a woman’s personal and intimate life
- Dominance in the bedroom
- Sexual empowerment
- Physical techniques
Part three** will be a hands-on lab facilitating, and engaging, with the practices of Part two.
**PLEASE NOTE: Part three is OPTIONAL and is not a requirement for attending the class.
January Frost is an educator and professional dominatrix. She entered the world of kinky, alternative sexuality in 2002 when she started working at a high-end, adult toy store in the affluent city of Bethesda Maryland. Since then, she has opened her own play facility for couples and individuals to explore their kinks in a safe environment with a skilled facilitator. January Frost lectures around the US and can be seen teaching on Kink University.
Barcelona…
Imagine this…
Six days of immersion into a sensual and pleasure pilgrimage back to your body, nestled in the exotic landscape of nature unfettered.
ARE YOU READY TO BLOW OFF THOSE EROTIC COBWEBS AND GET YOUR OWN LAVA FLOWING?
This is the retreat for those that want to experience the ancient wildness of mother nature as they travel into the land of their own erotic natures.
We will be just 200 yards from Kehena Beach, one of the most beautiful black sand beaches in the world. Dolphins and sea turtles can be seen off the beach year-round, making snorkeling and swimming an exciting sight-seeing adventure. In January, whales put on a display which can be seen all along the coast road and from Kehena Beach.
Our retreat center which will be completely ours and private is in the Puna district, just south of Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii. The Puna district is home to a colorful community of artists, writers, farmers and free spirits.
Imagine slowing down and heating up in an extraordinary landscape ranging from rain forests and lava fields to farms blooming with an abundance of papayas, mangos, orchids, pineapples and macadamia nuts.
Your days will be spent experiencing everything you would expect from Back to the Body:
- Daily hands on Taoist Sensuous Bodywork Sessions conducted by Ron Stewart, Neal Wecker, Amy Kebernik Certified Sexological Bodyworkers- a new profession certified in California. Dan Powers is known as a “Daka”. Dakas are men who possess advanced experiences of tantric transformation and control and are therefore able to increase the blissful wisdom of a highly qualified practitioner. Dan has been a Certified Tantric Practitioner for over ten years.
- One session with two body workers for Cradle of the Love”.
- One session of “Genital De- Armor” with Amy
- Sexuality and Intimacy Coaching to support you in overcoming body shame, identifying your desires and safely exploring them.
- Explore the possibility of feeling the full activation of your whole female autonomic system and learn to do this at home.
- Workshops led by Pamela Madsen, on “Eating Sensually”, “Experiencing and Embodying Our Sensuality Out of The Bedroom”, “Understanding Female Orgasm”, “Jade Egg Embodiment Practice”, Unleashing The Power of Your Pelvis”, “The Arousal Principle” and The Anatomy of Arousal”.
- Lotus Lift Meditation Practice instruction with Pamela Madsen, recently featured in “O, The Oprah Magazine”.
- Daily morning practice with Yoga and Ecstatic Trance Dance Experiences and guided visualization meditations
- Group discussions on body image, orgasm, sexuality, speaking desire, power play, understanding boundaries and how to open to more pleasure in our daily lives.
- Melt into a sisterhood experience like no other.
And of course, a range of extraordinary activities that include:
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Daily Access to Kehena Beach, located just 200 yard from our retreat center. You will be coming to HIlo during “Whale Season” and will be able to see whales breaching in the ocean, and swim naked in the water. Kehena has a clothing optional section.
- Sunrise Day trip to Kona. An adventure that will include swimming with the wild dolphins. We will board boats that will take us out to sea at 8:30am to have an unforgettable experience with eco-sexuality. it’s not uncommon to have whales this time of year breaching nearby.
- The Lava is now flowing AND if the Lava is still flowing; we will visit the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to experience the flow for ourselves. This experience will be based on what is currently happening with the volcanoes.
Exotic Ocean Boudoir Photo-shoot with an extraordinary photographer who is very experienced working with our women; supported by Pamela in your photo shoot. A not to be missed experience of healing. ($450.00 supplement fee)
- Learn and Participate in Ancient Hawaiian Practices with a “Kumu” such as Ho’oponopono.
- Learn to Hula
- Visit Uncle Roberts Market which is only a short ride to where we are staying fro dinner, shopping, music and dancing. (Dinner on your own, exploring food stall experiences while you market and dance.
- Hang out in our hot tub
- Regional cooking experience with our private chef
Daily Access to 
Exotic Ocean Boudoir Photo-shoot with an extraordinary photographer who is very experienced working with our women; supported by Pamela in your photo shoot. A not to be missed experience of healing. ($450.00 supplement fee)Our next available retreat is in May in New Orleans!
January 14th through January 20th 2017
This retreat is will be staffed by five sex educators; Pamela, Ron, Neal, Dan and Amy plus our Hawaii Coordinator, Lynne and our private Chef. This retreat is limited to 12 women. That’s a 12 participant to 5 staff ratio! There are currently only two spots left. Don’t wait.
$5800.00 USD Private Room with Shared Bathroom (Two Available) (THIS OPTION SOLD OUT. SEE OTHER OPTIONS BElOW).
$5500.00 King Size Bed in Shared Room (Double or Triple Room Occupancy — very comfortable)
$5200.00 Single Bed or Fulton in Shared Room (double or triple room occupancy — very comfortable)
$450 Exotic Boudoir Photo Shoot Supplement
Please remember that there are no refunds on our programs. If you are unable to attend, we will work with you to transfer you to another program.
If you are ready to reserve your spot for one of our next retreats, click here. If you would like to learn more about our retreats and other offerings, click here for a free consultation.
Be sure to check out our program in New Orleans too!
Portal of the Feminine: A Time of Reclaiming is a specially designed non-residential weekend retreat for women that was created to welcome entry level erotic explorers, but can support and inspire advanced students as we guide you in an exploration of erotic embodiment, the role of arousal (your inner pharmacy) in your creative life, develop a new listening to the wisdom and voice of your own body and your ability to speak and identify your desires.
Portal of the Feminine, is in its fifth year of creating a safe and generous space for women, seeks to provide an opportunity for women to cultivate a strong connection to their own bodies, arousal and their own erotic power. Right now, women are needing more than ever to come back to their bodies, and feel the full agency of their collective and individual power. You will leave this workshop feeling turned on, empowered, playful and full of a sense of renewal.
Portal of the Feminine was conceived out of a desire to introduce women to the power of collective female energy as well as support individual cultivation and exploration of the power of playfulness, embodied presence and your own individual expression of sexuality.
Feminine Entry Into Your Own Body
We will take the time to listen to your body and actually talk to the erotic inside of you. You will have the opportunity to been seen through each others’ eyes and through the eyes of a camera. We will encourage you to listen to what your body wants and you will be able to explore your erotic creature in your own way, with the guidance and support of experienced teachers of female sexuality.
In a sacred, playful and intentional environment that respects each woman’s boundaries, we will go deep into the potential pleasure and wisdom of our bodies as we dance in the dark and the light of pleasure. Together we will experience our bodies as expressive, powerful and playful beings.
Explore and Expand Your Femininity
This special edition of Portal of the Feminine will be held in a private residence in Boulder, Colorado. In an atmosphere of permission and acceptance, each woman will explore and expand upon their awareness and sensation through a process of movement, the art if adoration, expanded arousal, boudoir photography, orgasmic meditation (not “OMing”) and playing with our edges.
Each woman will have the opportunity to explore their sexuality on both the physical and energetic realms. All expressions and choices are honored and celebrated.
This workshop is for women of all sexual orientations and ages who are willing to explore their own power to initiate the erotic and surrender to the erotic within a community of women.
During our weekend non-residentual three-day retreat, kicking off with a Friday evening gathering; we will explore embodiment practices that will allow us to go deep into the wisdom of our own bodies. We will play with sensation and expand our knowledge of our own body. We will explore the power of female sexual initiative as well as the bliss of surrender.
This is an opportunity to gather wisdom not just from your body but also by supporting and witnessing other women in their unfolding
Are you ready to develop an internal guide to successfully and sustainability explore your sexuality?
Are you ready to dive deep and play hard?
Join Us Today!
Please join Pamela Madsen – internationally known sex educator and pioneer in women’s sexuality for this non-residential two day retreat created just for women. At this Portal event, Pamela will be joined by Elizabeth Wood, a well known erotic educator with a flare for the mystic, Sway Photography who will capture and help call forth your erotic creature in images, and Dan Powers an extraordinary somatic sex educator, member of the Back to The Body Staff and founder of Beyond the Bedroom in two special guest appearances.
Any questions about the event content or whether this event is right for you – Please email Elizabeth at Elizabeth@Bedevents.com or Pamela Madsen at PamMadsen@gmail.com
From Out Of Town – Hotel Options
Beyond the Bedroom and Pamela Madsen have NO relationship with the listings below. These are simply places nearby and there is no transportation provided.
Holiday Inn Express Boulder
303/442-6600
3.6 miles away
https://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/boulder/vboex/hoteldetail?cm_mmc=GoogleMaps-_-EX-_-USA-_-VBOEX
Best Western Plus Boulder Inn
303/449-3800
8.5 miles away
https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotel-details.06103.html?iata=00171880&ssob=BLBWI0004G&cid=BLBWI0004G:google:gmb:06103
Hampton Inn & Suites Boulder – North
303/530-3300
8.8 miles away
http://hamptoninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/colorado/hampton-inn-and-suites-boulder-north-WBUGBHX/index.html
Niwot Inn
303/652-8452
8.8 miles away
http://niwotinn.com
Airbnb
search for North Boulder locations
https://www.airbnb.com/
Rocky Mountain High: Welcoming the Queen
Registration OPEN!
Only Two Spots Left!
Imagine this…
Seven nights and six days of immersion into a sensual and pleasure pilgrimage back to your body nestled in an extraordinary venue that is built into a side of a cliff with panoramic views of the most gorgeous and wild wilderness. We will be welcoming “The Queen” at 8000 feet . Back to the Body is having the most magnificent of Rocky Mountain Highs and if you are a mid life woman; this retreat is right for you. Join us for a retreat centered around being the Queen of your self self. It’s the miss and essential archetype for mid life women.
This very special workshop is designed especially for women who are no longer “Maidens’, and are completing the “Mother” and entering the land with no names other than peri-menopause and menopause. This is the land with no name — between the archetypes of “Mother” and “Crone”. The world is just awakening to the woman who is between the “Mother” and the “Crone”. We will be welcoming “The Queen” at this retreat. This can be the hottest time of your life — or a time of numbness. This workshop is all about welcoming the hot Queen.
ARE YOU READY TO DIVE DEEP INSIDE AND BLOW OUT WHAT IT IS TO BE THE QUEEN OF YOUR OWN LIFE?
Let’s set the stage:
“Above the Clouds” is the name of this truly unique 8500 square foot luxury estate. “Above the Clouds” sits on top of Bear Mountain at just over 8,000′ elevation. If that isn’t enough to take your breath away, wait until you see the 100-plus mile views from any one of the many balconies looking over this private 32-acre estate. This home is built directly into the side of the mountain with 20’ boulders on each side of the entrance to the front door, huge boulders nestled into the Great Room, and 3 waterfalls cascading from the dining room down into the living room. This 8-bedroom house features
- A Great Room with 28’ ceilings, a wall of windows for incredible views, and a center fireplace.
- Theater Room with 3 tiers, 11 leather full layout chairs, 10’ screen and surround sound.
- Indoor hot tub, steam shower, and dry sauna.
- Game Room with 20’ bar, pool table, shuffleboard, ping pong, and Foosball.
- 1,200 sq ft main deck off of Great Room with fire pit and seating for outdoor dinners.
- Dining Room with private wine cooler and 13’ farm table with seating for 14. Large picture window with breathtaking views.
- Workout Room with treadmill, recumbent bike, various weight machines, and free weight.
- 4 fireplaces.
Your days will be spent experiencing everything you would expect from Back to the Body:
- This is the first expanded version of Back to the Body. It’s seven nights and six days long.
- Daily hands on Taoist Sensuous Bodywork Sessions conducted by Ron Stewart, Neal Wecker, Sexological Bodyworkers- a new profession certified in California. Ron and Neal are joined by Dan Powers is known as a “Daka”. Dakas are men who possess advanced experiences of tantric transformation and control and are therefore able to increase the blissful wisdom of a highly qualified practitioner. Dan has been a Certified Tantric Practitioner for over ten years. In this special expanded version of Back to The Body, sessions will also be expanded running from 90 minutes to two hours long.
- One session with two body workers called Cradle of the Love”.
- One session of “Yoni Clearing” with Elizabeth Wood
- Sexuality and Intimacy Coaching to support you in overcoming body shame, identifying your desires and safely exploring them.
- Explore the possibility of feeling the full activation of your whole female autonomic system and learn to do this at home.
- Workshops led by Pamela Madsen, on “Eating Sensually”, “Experiencing and Embodying Our Sensuality Out of The Bedroom”, “Understanding Female Orgasm”, “Jade Egg Embodiment Practice”, Unleashing The Power of Your Pelvis”, “The Arousal Principle” and The Anatomy of Arousal”.
- Lotus Lift Meditation Practice instruction with Pamela Madsen, recently featured in “O, The Oprah Magazine”.
- Daily morning practice with Yoga and Ecstatic Trance Dance Experiences and guided visualization meditations
- Group discussions on body image, orgasm, sexuality, speaking desire, power play, understanding boundaries and how to open to more pleasure in our daily lives.
- Melt into a sisterhood experience like no other.
And of course, a range of extraordinary activities that include:
- Dip into an experience of Tantra with a Puja Ceremony
- A Puja ceremony calls us to the practice of discovering, reuniting and celebrating the divine energy within our-self and another.
- A Puja ceremony is about offering and receiving adoration.
- The word Puja comes from Sanskrit and means reverence, honor, homage, adoration and worship.
- Each person is celebrated as a special guest.
- A Puja ceremony is facilitated. Each guest will be guided through specific exercises and experiences.
- Queen Steams, Herbal Yoni Treatment
- Respected by women and holistic healers throughout the globe, Yoni steaming is the ancient practice of allowing the warmth of specifically created herbal steam to softly permeate a woman’s vulva.
- Each steam allows each woman to connect to her body through the wisdom of plant medicine. It is an opportunity for a woman to celebrate and cherish her body, to enjoy her womb as the beautiful and sacred center from where she radiates her capacity to change the world.
- Understanding the Goddess and God of Love through Astrology
- Each of us contains the energies of the Goddess (Venus) and God (Mars) of Love.
- Learning where each planet resides in your birth chart can help you navigate the power that each possesses.
- Dive deeper into Venus and Mars to reveal more about your love nature
- Rocky Mountain High Photo-shoot with an extraordinary photographer who is very experienced working with our women; supported by Pamela in your photo shoot. A not to be missed experience of healing.
- Hang out in our hot tub with amazing panoramic views.
- Enjoy extraordinary food and explore a new way of eating. We will be learning how a Queen eats differently than a maiden or a mother. We will be feeding the Queen and learning how to cook for her with experiences with our private chef being brought over from Spain for this special retreat.
July 23rd through July 29th 2017
This retreat is will be staffed by five sex educators; Pamela, Ron, Neal, Dan and Elizabeth plus private Chef. We will also have visiting instructors and our photographer. This retreat is limited to 9 women. There are currently only two spots left, and that was before this retreat went onto our website. Don’t wait.
$6300 USD (Sold Out)
$6000 King Size Bed in Shared Room (One Left)
$5800.00 Single Bed or Fulton in Shared Room (One Left)
Please remember that there are no refunds on our programs. If you are unable to attend, we will work with you to transfer you to another program.