Couples Retreat in the Blue Mountains
...strengthen your connection, heighten your intimacy, and deepen your love...
Are you romantic adventurers seeking spiritual, sexual and relationship growth?
Join me, Jacqueline Hellyer, at my LoveLife Couples Retreat, now in its fourteenth year! This unforgettable weekend getaway at Parklands in the Blue Mountains, just over an hour west of Sydney, offers the perfect escape.
Leave the stresses of daily life behind and immerse yourselves in your 'couple bubble' as I guide you on a transformative journey into Conscious Relating and Sacred Sexuality.
I combine empowering practices and insights from modern scientific knowledge, therapeutic techniques, and ancient Tantric and Taoist wisdom to create a unique experience that will help you connect more deeply and open up more fully than ever before.
Next Retreat
14-16 February
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What You’ll Learn During this Couples Retreat -
Cultivating an Approach to Sex that is Endlessly Satisfiyng and Creative!
Ultimately, the retreat aims to help you cultivate a creative and satisfying approach to sex. By keeping your connection strong, communicating openly, and exploring together, you'll ensure that your love life thrives. This retreat is just the beginning or a continuation of a beautiful journey of life and love together.
Enhancing Erotic Arousal Through Pleasure.
Explore the "yin and yang" of sex, including giving and receiving, leading and following, and balancing intensity with subtlety. You'll learn about the Seven Elements of Sex, and how tapping into these elements helps you integrate individual and partnered sexuality, enriching your erotic exploration.
Exploring the Ecstasy of 'Valleys' and the Intensity of 'Peaks' in Sex.
While intense, vigorous sex (the "peaks") has its appeal, the real ecstasy lies in the "valleys" of sex. The retreat allows you to explore how to relax and become present in your body, leading to extraordinarily beautiful sexual experiences. You'll discover various ways to be orgasmic and how to extend and deepen erotic and sexual connection, including learning how to enjoy a Tantric quickie.
Merging Love and Sex Energy.
One of the retreat's powerful teachings is merging love and sex energies, which is particularly beneficial for long-term relationships as it goes beyond mere lust. By understanding this concept, you'll continuously share this delicious energy throughout the day, keeping your Couple Bubble strong and maintaining a "simmering" state that makes transitioning into lovemaking easier.
Developing an Erotic Language Together.
One key element of the retreat is learning to talk about sex openly and supportively. You'll develop a shared erotic language, fostering open, creative, and inspiring conversations about sex that are neither sleazy nor uncomfortable. This immersive experience helps make sex a mutual hobby, enhancing your connection.
Strengthening Your 'Couple Bubble'.
Learn to maintain a strong "Couple Bubble," recognizing that a relationship involves three entities: each partner as an individual and the couple as a unit. A robust Couple Bubble extends connection into individuality, making life more connected and resilient. This means understanding your partner and yourself deeply, enabling communication that works for both of you. Essentially, you become experts on each other.
Slowing Down so that you’re in the Chill Zone.
Good sex is not possible if you’re stressed; it’s about 'syncing in to sink in’ as you can’t have good sex if you’re not connected; and it’s about being mindful, as you can’t have good sex if you’re not present to the experience. I explain the theory and present the practices in a way that is appropriate for contemporary couples. As so many participants say, it’s not ‘woo hoo’ or ‘fluffy’, it makes good practical sense that you can incorporate into ‘real’ life.
Understanding Tantric Wisdom and Its Modern Relevance.
Learn how Tantric wisdom relates to sexuality, its physiological basis, and why it’s so important for modern lovers. I love the way science is reaffirming ancient wisdom in so many ways, particularly when it comes to sex. The Tantric approach is essentially a dyadic movement-based embodied mindfulness approach to love-making - connected, erotic, intimate.
Please note that this Retreat is intended for couples who are already in a relatively good place and wish to enhance their relationship further (i.e., not on the brink of separation or experiencing significant conflict). If your relationship is deeply troubled or in crisis, please arrange private sessions with me first, either in person or online.
Details and Accommodation
When:
14-16 February 2025
20-22 June 2025
17-19 October 2025
The retreats starts at 11am on Friday and finishes at 3.30pm on Sunday.
Where:
The venue is the beautiful and serene Parklands in Blackheath, Blue Mountains, located just a 1.5-hour drive or a 2-hour train trip west of Sydney.
Who:
Couples of all ages and stages of life and relationship join this retreat. Some are working on healing their relationship, some are starting a new relationship, and others have a thriving relationship, in part because they engage in enriching experiences like this retreat together!
Maximum ten
couples per retreat.
Same sex couples are very welcome.
What:
The retreat features two to three workshop sessions per day, with plenty of time to enjoy the environment and practise your "homework". You’ll also enjoy abundant gourmet meals and receive special gifts!
Fee:
The retreat fee is $2550 per couple. This includes all meals except breakfast, which you book with the accommodation.
Accommodation:
Your accommodation is additional and booked and paid directly with Parklands. Rates vary depending on the season and time of booking. And you get a discount as a retreat participant! I'll give you the code once you've booked in. Please follow this link to browse availability and prices.
Book into the Love Life Weekend Couples Retreat
When you book, you'll be asked to pay a 50% deposit. I’ll then invoice you for the remaining balance, which is due four weeks before the retreat. Feel free to contact me if you’d like to discuss any details before booking or if you’d like to arrange a payment plan.
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On a personal note:
I’ve been running couples’ workshops and retreats for fifteen years, and I absolutely love what I do. Our society is filled with myths and misinformation about sex within relationships, and it's a great privilege for me to shed light on this important aspect of life!
Finding truly empowering and high-quality information about sex as it evolves throughout a lifetime can be challenging. I’m the sex geek who has done the research and can present it in a positive, accessible way. With over 20 years of experience, I’ve helped countless couples discover how amazing their sexuality and relationship can be. I hope I can do the same for you.
During this retreat, I’ll distill all my knowledge and experience to guide you in your evolution as a couple. I look forward to helping you explore the beauty and power of connection and sexuality within a loving relationship!
Hear from the participants themselves!
"What a wonderful experience it was for us, we learned so much! The retreat was a great mix of conceptual / theory sessions and practical ones on a range of topics that all hit the spot for us as a couple. The sessions helped us really look at our relationship holistically. We had the opportunity to put into practice right away what we learned in a relaxed and beautiful setting, as well as having really practical ideas that we have taken home with us and are building into our daily life. There was a great sense of fun and discovery and I think there were many light bulb moments for everyone over the three days.
The weekend moved at a great pace too – it didn’t seem like ‘work’ at all, it really felt like a relaxing and luxurious weekend away for us as a couple, as much as an opportunity to learn, to rediscover, to reconnect. The size of the retreat seemed just right, and we could choose to socialise as much or as little with the other participants in a very comfortable and natural way.
I have already recommended the retreat to friends and would say if you are considering doing it – take the leap and jump in, you won’t regret it!"
JS&BS
"We traveled to Australia from the United States with the main purpose to attend Jacqueline's Blue Mountains retreat for
our anniversary. Although we arrived with some uncertainty of what to expect, we left more than satisfied with the entire phenomenal
experience, refreshed in our relationship, and inspired to continue to learn from Jacqueline!
Our nerves were promptly calmed with the way Jacqueline presents, the staff were welcoming, the facilities were gorgeous, the food
was amazing, and the atmosphere was perfect to do some self and shared growth. It was more than worth traveling across the world
to meet Jacqueline and participate in her retreat! Jacqueline is positively reinforcing relationships with vital tools to not only change their relationship/s and lives, but also everyone around them! Thank you for sharing some TLC from the bottom of our hearts Jacqueline, we will see you at one of your Bali retreats in the future!"
BD&TD
"Jacqueline - We wanted to give you feedback on what was an amazing weekend. We both feel it was THE BEST investment we have ever made as a couple. We had so much fun on the weekend, but that is just a fraction of the value we got from attending. We learned tools that will serve us for the rest of our lives, tools that will not only allow us to derive so much pleasure out of life but also bring us closer together as a couple.
We were hoping it would allow us to derive more enjoyment out of our sex lives. These expectations have already been exceeded, and with so much more enjoyment and fun yet to explore we know it will only get better. We were also hoping this would bring us closer together as a couple, and again these expectations were exceeded. What we did not expect was to be given tools that would bring us closer together as a couple in all aspects of our lives. A truly incredible surprise!
The mix of spiritual and science suited us perfectly. The comparison of chakras to neural plexi was an inspired interpretation that puts things in ways that allows people from any kind of background to understand the concepts.
You have an amazing gift at putting people at ease, explaining things so easily and providing a safe environment to allow us to share. It's very inspiring.
All the best,"
JS&LS
Couples Retreat FAQs
If you're not sure, feel free to contact me and I'll give you a call to discuss your situation. As long as you're in a reasonably good space you should be fine. If you have big issues or are volatile then I recommend you see me or one of my colleagues at The LoveLife Clinic for private sessions first. Often couples do have a session or more with me before attending the retreat, and some have private sessions afterwards to consolidate and focus on individual issues.
If at any time you want some time out or don't want to participate, you are very welcome to have a break or sit out. That's totally up to you.
I will be available to everyone on the retreat to make sure you feel comfortable and supported. As a therapist I will be available to talk to participants during the breaks.
There are no group activities during the workshops, it's rather like ten individual retreats going on at the same time, with each couple focused on themselves.
But socially, that depends on you! Some couples are quite gregarious and friendly and others keep to themselves. Generally anyone who comes on this retreat is a pretty cool couple, dedicated to their love and growth, so generally it's a very open and loving group of people and often new friendships are made.
No, the whole venue is reserved for our retreat.
No, everything is provided. You might want to bring a small speaker to play music in your suite. As to clothes, wear comfortable clothes during the workshops and something fancier for Saturday's dinner at Wintergarden.
Yes, all food requirements can be met. And it's all delicious!
Read your partner all the testimonials on this page and show your partner the photos of all the very 'normal' looking participants!
I'm happy to have a chat with anyone who needs to be reassured.
Absolutely! Love is love and everyone is welcome.
You pay a 50% deposit on booking. This is done through Stripe's secure payment gateway. The remainder needs to be paid up to a month in advance by bank transfer (preferably), credit card or through Stripe.
If you need a different payment plan, such as paying in smaller installments, please contact me to make an arrangement that suits.
You can transfer to a later retreat up to six weeks in advance of the one you're booked in for. You can also cancel up to six weeks in advance, with a 10% admin fee. Less than six weeks in advance you can only cancel or transfer if another couple is able to take your space.
Please read the Terms and Conditions for more information.
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