July Retreat 2026

Private Southern California High Desert Location

July 12 - 19 2026

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Summer adventures with Back to the Body™!

Awaken your pleasure with Back to the Body™

July 12 - 19, 2026 in the Southern California high desert

An immersive, transformational journey that guides women to awaken desire, rediscover themselves, and experience more pleasure than they’ve ever thought possible.

A sun-soaked, pleasure-filled Back to the Body summer retreat—where your body isn’t something to fix before the bikini… it’s the whole point of the party.

This immersive summer experience invites you to reconnect with your body through movement, touch, breath, and delicious exploration. Think warm air on your skin, sun-kissed afternoons, laughter that lingers, and the slow, sensual unfolding of your own desire.

Here, pleasure isn’t a luxury—it’s your birthright. And summer is the perfect time to remember.

Highlights:

  • Build sisterhood with a community of women on the same journey

  • Access our virtual community of support groups and popups

  • Enjoy embodiment practices and guided group exercises

  • Receive five private sessions with a dedicated practitioner supporting you throughout the retreat

  • Move through challenges and uncover your desires with personalized sexuality and intimacy coaching

  • Engage in group discussions on body image, pleasure, boundaries, obstacles, and more

  • intimate group of 8 women

  • Gorgeous private location amongst the hills of the Southern California high desert featuring a salt water pool, hot tub, fire pit, beautiful spots indoors and out, hiking trails, and more!

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Your Week at Back to the Body

Day 1

  • You arrive, settle in, and are welcomed into a carefully held space. Through our opening ritual and a gentle demonstration, you begin to see what’s possible when the body is fully supported and nothing is asked of you. For the first time in a long time, you can let go.

Day 2 - Safety & Permission

  • Your first private session begins—at your pace, with no pressure and no expectations. Many women realize this is the first time they’ve ever felt truly safe receiving. Afterward, you’re supported in our women-led integration space, where nothing needs to be explained or rushed.

Day 3 - Reawakening Sensation

  • Trust deepens. Areas that once felt numb begin to soften and come alive. In circle, you hear other women’s stories and recognize yourself in them. The feeling of being “the only one” starts to dissolve.

Day 4 – Exploration & Play

  • With trust established, you’re free to explore. Touch can be tender, playful, reverent, or powerful—always guided by your desires. You may feel pleasure in ways you didn’t know were possible, surprising you with its depth and range. Pleasure stops being an idea and becomes something you feel in your body.

Day 5 – Connection & Sisterhood

  • You spend the day integrating—walking in nature, sharing meals, laughing, resting. Bonds with the other women deepen, and a sense of belonging settles in.

Day 6 – Awakening Desire

  • By now, you’re more connected to your body, your voice, and your truth. Desire no longer needs to be chased—it rises organically, from within. You recognize yourself in a new way.

Day 7 – Integration & Return

  • You reflect, celebrate, and prepare to go home. You feel the difference in your body: more openness, more confidence, more ease. You leave knowing this isn’t a peak experience—it’s a shift you carry with you.

Join us for this amazing offering!

To learn more, jump on a consultation with one of our back to the body staff members!

Highlights

  • Build sisterhood with a community of women on the same journey
  • Access our virtual community of support groups and popups
  • Enjoy embodiment practices and guided group exercises
  • Receive five private sessions with a dedicated practitioner supporting you throughout the retreat
  • Move through challenges and uncover your desires with personalized sexuality and intimacy coaching
  • Engage in group discussions on body image, pleasure, boundaries, obstacles, and more

Reserve your spot now

This retreat will be staffed by our Back to the Body™ Somatic Sex Educators and Pamela Madsen. An additional team of professional support staff will be available, and of course our private chef.

This retreat is open to 8 women.

A non-refundable deposit of $2,000 is required to secure your spot in the retreat. Payment can be made online with a credit card.

Once we receive your deposit we will send you a formal Registration Confirmation with further information about the program. You will receive 2-3 other correspondences by email prior to the retreat with information about our stay, how to prepare, and an electronic invoice for the balance.

All balance payments require a mandatory monthly payment plan or pay in full (which receives a 3% discount).

What is included

  • All workshops and facilitation by the Back to the Body™ team

  • Complimentary somatic bodywork, demonstrations, excursions

  • Meals and lodging during the retreat

  • Lifetime access to our virtual community of support groups and popups

What is not included

  • Optional embodied photoshoot

  • Optional guest featured practitioner sessions, if available

  • Airfare, airport transfers to retreat location

  • Lodging prior to the retreat and after

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after their first retreat

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