Touching Desire: The Art of Pleasure for Couples

Do you wish to unlock your body’s natural ability for more ecstasy?

Would you like to learn how to exchange pleasurable, whole-body touch?

Enjoy an experiential weekend dedicated to exploring sensuality, sexuality and awakening your desire through the Tantric art of touch!

Join Sara and Thomas Stout, Certified SkyDancing® Tantra teachers, in this transformative seminar that weaves together sensuality and spirituality. Whether you attend partnered or solo, you’ll discover touch as a doorway to enlightenment.

~ Learn extensive tools to enliven your capacity for ecstasy.

~ Fine tune your skills in the art of Tantric touch

~ Learn sensuous, healing, and pleasurable whole-body touch

~ Integrate spirituality and physical pleasure

~ Open new doors to the heart, and allow more pleasure and trust in your relationships.

~ Develop true alignment with your desires.

~ Have fun!

Employing conscious touch, ritual, and communication as the foundations of this sensuous weekend seminar, you’ll experience deepened connection with yourself as the difference between self and other dissolves into a harmonious flow of ecstatic energies.

How is Touching Desire a “tantric” practice and differs from other forms of touch such as massage? In a traditional massage, we recline on the table and receive, entranced. Touching Desire (Level 1) includes interactive elements such as eye contact, communication, breath awareness, sensory play, and energy movement along with touching the whole body.

“They were amazing, grounded, loving, skillful and personal in their explanations. I liked most that Sara & Thomas brought in their own practical and personal experiences.”

Meenal K. Ventura, CA

Get more of what you want and discover new and a wider range of pleasure. Come away with lifelong tools to increase intimacy and connection with yourself and others.

This exploration of desire through touch is for everyone regardless of how easily you feel desire. These practices support you in knowing what is pleasurable and how to feel more with your entirety.

Open to everyone. No previous experience necessary.

All genders, orientations, and relationship configurations are welcome. Those who arrive partnered may work together exclusively during the workshop or with others if they wish. If you identify as feminine, watch this video: how does SkyDancing Tantra support you?

Touching Desire (Level 1): The Art of Pleasure is designed for people who are ready for more aliveness, love, and consciousness in their relationships and intimate partnerships.

“I was profoundly moved by the loving energy of Sara & Thomas as teachers and as a long time married couple. They are caring, very open and clear communicators.”
~ C. M., Ohio

“A slow and safe space to explore sensuality and pleasure. Sara and SatchiJo move with impeccable, kindness and care, allowing each person in the space to “be“ and emerge in their own timing. Ask and you shall receive!”
~ Willow Jo River

This workshop serves as a prerequisite for the Love & Ecstasy Training Cycles.

Sara and Thomas Stout, Certified SkyDancing® Tantra teachers, founders of LovePassionately® ~ School of Mindful Intimacy, and Directors of the SkyDancing Tantra Institute® – USA. They teach seminars in sacred sexuality around the USA and internationally. Married for over 30 years, Sara and Thomas bring great warmth, insight, and humor into their workshops. With backgrounds in psychotherapy and bodywork, Sara and Thomas have cultivated what they call “the art of bodyful intimacy,” which they beautifully demonstrate through their workshops and coaching. They are also never-ending students of meditation, yoga, sexuality, and interpersonal dynamics.

Frequently Asked Questions

Practical Information:

Teachers: Sara & Thomas Stout

Location: Four Springs Retreat Center, Middletown, CA

Start: Friday, Feb 13, 2026, at 6pm with registration/dinner

End: Sunday, Feb 15, 2026, at 1:00pm, followed by lunch

Cost: $775-$925 per person includes:

The ticket price listed here COVERS THE DEPOSIT ONLY.

~ full weekend seminar

~ delicious and wholesome meals (Friday dinner to Sunday lunch)

~ access to Four Springs amenities (including its beautiful land, trails, pool, sauna and more)

~ lodging options (listed below)

Lodging Options: Four Springs offers a variety of camp-style amenities including private cabins, a charming lodge for socializing, a gorgeous workshop venue, a swimming pool (May to Oct), sauna, and more. It is recommended that you register early to obtain the lodging of your choice.

All cabins are double occupancy.

PCBC: Private Cabin with Bathroom for Couples

• Includes: Private cabin with 1 queen bed and 1 futon (4 cabins available), or a private cabin with 2 twin beds, may be separated or combined (1 cabin available). Selection is based on availability. All cabins include a private bathroom.
• Rate: $925 per person (includes tuition, meals, and lodging)

DCSB: Duplex Cabin with Shared Bathroom

• Includes: Cozy duplex cabin with 2 twin beds (can be separated or combined) and a shared bathroom between duplex cabins
• Rate: $875 per person (includes tuition, meals, and lodging)

SCCB: Shared Cabin with Communal Bathhouse

• Includes: 1-room cabin with 2 twin beds (can be separated or combined) and access to a communal bathhouse in a separate building
• Rate: $825 per person (includes tuition, meals, and lodging)

IDC: Indoor Camping (Available Year-Round)

• Includes: Shared indoor camping space (bring your own sleeping mat and gear) with access to a shared bathhouse
• Rate: $775 per person (includes tuition, meals, and lodging)

ODC: Outdoor Camping (November – April, RVs Only)

• Includes: RV camping with access to a shared bathhouse
• Rate: $775 per person (includes tuition, meals, and lodging)

Deposit: $250 per person; full payment due by Jan 7, 2026

Knowledge or experience of SkyDancing Tantra is not necessary. Space is limited, so be sure to register well in advance to avoid disappointment.

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