8th - 14th DECEMBER
2025
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Through allowing ourselves to play consciously with the themes of
power over and under, dominance and submission,
we free ourselves of the unconscious living out of these dynamics in our lives
- JOHN HAWKEN
This week-long shadow work intensive is a deep,
embodied initiation into the truth of your power
Through the lens of somatic awareness and nervous system regulation, we’ll explore the complex terrain of dominance, surrender and everything in between
You’ll be guided through immersive body-based practices, boundary-honoring rituals and introduced to trauma-informed tools that safely engage your survival responses—so you can access deeper states of presence, resilience and integrity
It's not about performing power,
but truly embodying it—without domination, collapse or bypass
The longing to submit to something far greater than the Self takes hold
On a deeply visceral level it becomes clear that it is now time, to let go...
...into the freedom and pleasure of total surrender
Not to the one before you,
but to the Infinite, to Love, To Life Itself.
A SEXUAL SHADOW
WORK INTENSIVE
seven day RESIDENTIAL WORKSHOP
facilitated by
This path is that of the initiator - one who raises energy and expands consciousness
Your longing is not just to play a role,
but to guide others through transformation:
from darkness to light
from shame to pleasure
from stagnation into movement
In your presence,
what has been hidden, suppressed or unconscious
is welcomed and brought into the light —
making space for self-acceptance, self-love and deep integrity
This is what it means to lead
Not through force, coercion, or control —
but through the clarity of Truth,
and the joy of walking beside another as they meet themselves more fully
Here, ‘dominance’ is not a mask.
It is the natural expression of one who is surrendered to Life —
one who has made peace with shadow
and leads from the inside out
To walk this path is to live with radical honesty.
And from that honesty, real vulnerability.
Because true power is born when we surrender —not to another— but to something far greater: to energy, to the divine feminine, to the force of Life itself
This work seeks wholeness
A sacred weaving of heart + sex, mind + body, spirit + matter
A return to balance — inside and out
True perversion is not found in pleasure,
but in the repression of it,
when sexual energy is shamed, silenced,
or forced to disguise itself as power or morality
But when we welcome pleasure back into the body — the violence falls away
And something ancient is remembered: our true innocence
Not naïve, but forged through embodied experience.
An innocence that returns
when all ego striving softens,
and we remember what it is
to simply be.
Inspired by John hawken
The workshop focuses on creating and practicing one-on-one sessions that offer the possibility to further embody and integrate the ethos and learnings of John Hawken’s DARK EROS journey
We will work with various tools to invite the receiver to open deeper into contact…
with themselves, their limits, their longings, their energy… with life
the portal to the next level lies within the parts of you that you avoid
The task of a tantra dom/ina is to lead, guide and lovingly support this process of surrendering
With your presence on the outside, the receiver is firmly held - a space of permission opened
letting down into forbidden feeling
allowing repressed emotion to move through
shining the light of consciousness onto hidden shadows
discovering dormant desire
all of which may be bound up with large amounts of contracted energy
The course is designed to follow on from John Hawken’s Dark Eros
Participants must have taken part in this work either via the week long training with John himself,
or the intro/weekend private intensive offer here
We begin by overviewing and deepening of your awareness to the key themes of this work,
developing our possibilities in curating such a journey for someone
Participants will receive a practical foundation for working with tantric principles to guide others through the exploration of first chakra existential themes such as power, control, pain, anger, blame, guilt and shame
in order to move towards greater pleasure, consciousness and alignment with the Self
Open to all genders and sexual preferences, the training is suited for those already working professionally with sexuality or bdsm, who would like to develop more consciousness around their work + their clients
It is also of interest for those curious around developing a career in this field
Those wishing to pursue the topic for purely personal growth and development purposes are also welcome,
as well as couples who want to explore it as an intense path of practice within their personal relationship(s)
Teaching will have both theoretical and practical components, influenced by:
Tantra, Dark Eros, Shamanism, Bio-energetics, Somatic Experiencing, Sexological Bodywork and Conscious Kink
Module 1
8th - 14th December 2025
Introduction to Shadow Somatics
Overview and deepening of key Dark Eros Elements
Principles and Skills in the Practice of Tantric Domination
Working with Pain and Emotional Charge
Reichian Character Structures and Resistance
Transforming Traumatic Responses
Two further practice modules towards a practitioner certification may be available in the future upon interest
PRICING
EARLYBIRD
888 EUR
until 1st August
STANDARD
999 EUR
until 1st November
LATECOMERS
1111 EUR
shall be punished...
accommodation and catering costs
at the venue are to be considered extra to the training fee
LOCATION
ACCOMMODATION
& CATERING
Accommodation and catering at the venue can be considered on top of the training fee, and is payable in cash upon arrival at the retreat centre
for 6 nights with 3 meals per day
430 - 540 EUR depending on room choice
TRANSPORT
Meditation and Development Center
ODDECHOWO
al. prof. Jana Nielubowicza 6
05-281 Borzem, near Warsaw
Transport to the workshop is at your own cost
Enquire about rideshares from major cities via email here