An Invitation to the Edge
There are moments in life when something deeper begins to stir inside us —
a call to meet power and surrender not as roles to perform, but as living forces of love and transformation.
This retreat is an immersion into that field.
A seven-day exploration of Conscious Kink — where play becomes prayer, desire becomes teacher, and the body becomes a sacred site of awakening.
Through carefully held group practice, ritual and embodied exploration, we’ll enter the rich and mysterious territory where power, eros and presence meet.
What We’ll Explore
Over these seven days we’ll work with the tools, language and energy of BDSM in a setting that is held, trauma-informed and profoundly connective.
Through anticipation, sensation, archetypes, and rituals of dominance and surrender, we’ll learn how to open to the deep intelligence that lives inside our desires.
We’ll explore:
Consent and attunement as the foundations of trust and safety
Containment and scene craft as ways to meet intensity with presence
Archetypes and roleplay as pathways to wholeness and self-expression
Power exchange as a sacred dance between holding and yielding
Creativity and surrender as doorways to the transpersonal
Each day will weave together practice, rest, sharing, and integration — cultivating the sensitivity and courage to meet ourselves and one another with depth, respect, and curiosity.
“A beautifully curated retreat in which I felt so welcome. Yay to safe conscious queer spaces! It’s been a true healing! I cannot wait to be back!”
- Jeff
Who This Is For
This retreat is for GBTQ+ men (cis or trans, of any age, background or body) who feel drawn to explore the realms of kink with consciousness, care, and heart.
You might be:
New to kink and curious about entering this world safely and meaningfully
Experienced in BDSM and ready to bring more presence, attunement and sacredness to your play
Someone who has walked paths of self-development, tantra, or healing work, and wants to integrate power and eros into your journey of wholeness
You do not need previous experience — only a willingness to meet yourself truthfully, to stay open, and to hold others in that same depth of respect.
What You Can Expect
The first few days will build the foundations of safety, communication and connection — through practices in consent, embodied awareness, and power dynamics.
As trust deepens within the group, we’ll begin to explore the more nuanced and transformational aspects of scene play: dominance and submission as devotion, archetypes as allies, and the intelligence of eros as a teacher.
Together we’ll learn to:
Listen deeply to the body’s language of yes, no, and maybe
Engage with intensity as a path of healing and expansion
Create and hold ritual containers for play, transformation, and revelation
Offer and receive power with consciousness and care
This is a space where you’ll be invited to meet both your longing and your limits — where every edge becomes an opportunity to remember your aliveness.
“It was masterfully executed. You guys are an incredible team. You're both such skilled and caring facilitators seperately and then together you give and provide so much.”
- Will
Ritual, Rest & Integration
Throughout the week we’ll balance deep exploration with grounding and nourishment.
There will be time for silence, reflection, connection with nature, and integration through movement and rest.
The retreat will also include:
A ceremonial cacao ritual, to open the heart and attune to eros as sacred energy
Three group Zoom calls — one for preparation, two for integration after the retreat — guided by Simon & Shadi
The Spirit of the Work
This is not a space for performance, conquest or indulgence.
It’s a field of mutual discovery — an invitation to meet the wisdom that lives within our bodies, our desires, and our capacity to hold one another with depth and presence.
In conscious kink, we discover that power is love in form.
That surrender is not weakness, but trust.
That eros — in all its raw, unpredictable beauty — is one of life’s most profound teachers.
Who’s facilitating?
The retreat is a co-creation between Simon Magnus and Shadi Terra.
Shadi Terra is a queer sex and relationship educator, Shamanic Kink teacher, and transformational ritual facilitator. Drawing on deep personal journeying and diverse training, they support people of all identities in erotic empowerment, relational mastery, and embodied self-awareness. Shadi teaches immersive Shamanic Kink programs and Conscious Kink intensives worldwide. You can read more about them here.
Simon Magnus is a facilitator, intimacy educator and DJ with 20 years’ experience in creative improvisation, somatic trauma work, and conscious sexuality. He blends play, vulnerability, and embodied exploration to support people worldwide in discovering their creative aliveness, relational courage, and deeper intimacy—in workshops, coaching, and community spaces. You can read more about him here.
“I left each with a better understanding of parts of myself, made amazing new friends and left feeling like a part of a new community where I belong.”
- Steve
The Invitation
Join Simon Magnus & Shadi Terra for seven days at Terra Rosa, just outside Barcelona —
a week of sacred play, courageous tenderness, and embodied transformation.
A journey to reclaim the parts of you that long to be seen, touched, guided, and free.
A journey where kink becomes ceremony, and where every breath, gaze, and heartbeat becomes a prayer to the mystery we share.
Come as you are. Leave more alive.
Practicalities
The retreat runs from Monday 8th June at 15.30 to Sunday 14th June at 14.30.
We will be hosted by Terra Rosa, a queer community about one hour from Barcelona in Spain.
All rooms are shared with other participants.
Once you have paid the initial deposit we will send you our Welcome Pack, which includes all details you need for travel, what you need to bring and how to pay the remaining balance for the retreat.
Costs
Super Early Bird - €1650 (first 4 spaces)
Early Bird - €1750 (next 4 spaces)
Regular - €1850 (last places)
The price includes all tuition, accommodation and meals but excludes travel to the venue. Spaces are limited on this retreat and registration will close once we have reached maximum capacity to ensure a supportive participant/facilitator ratio.
There is a €450 deposit to secure your place. The remaining balance is due latest 6 weeks before the start date of the training (April 27th, 2026).