intimacy = “in-to-me-i-see”
INTIMACY IS NOT SOMETHING YOU DO, IT’S A PLACE THAT WE GO; TOGETHER.
Relationships are changing; the way we make love is changing too. Love is a practice & intimacy is a work in progress. We don’t know what the future of love looks like, but once we know what Love feels like we can create the love that we really want.
Love is getting a glow-up:
we’re swapping causal sex for more conscious relating. in a world that’s fallen out of love with itself - drunk on the dopaminergic haze of swiping right & sliding into dm’s
More & more of us are saying ‘fuck yes’ to the biggest dare; to Love - modern Lovers with ancient hearts. We’re slowly finding the others & we’re quietly protesting anything that is unlike Love. unlike truth.
We know there’s a change coming, and we know we need spaces to find the others & to practice what we know we really want; together.
Its all about intimacy at the end of the day.
All we actually want is connection. yeknow? we all know that you can have sex without intimacy;
we know what it feels like to be in a relationship yet feel alone, to have sex yet feel disconnected to the person we’re having it with. Relationships are changing; we’re beginning to recognise the importance of trust when it comes to love - and intimacy when it comes to sex.
ENTER: INTIMACY IN PROGRESS
a brave yet tender space to inquiry exactly what intimacy is; for you.
a container in which to question:
💘can you have intimacy without sex?
💘does trust + honesty = intimacy?
💘can love exist without intimacy?
💘is damage in the world due to a lack of intimacy?
💘WHAT IS A MODERN LOVE LAB?
Less spiritual, more scientific. Less sexy, more sensuous - yet facilitated by the formless power of love & connection. Part workshop, community forum & open-space; modern love labs are a space to go into a self-inquiry within the organism of a group of people.
We are letting the body & the human experience to be a place to collect the data required for self-actualisation. We understand the necessity for community & embodiment to nurture all of our relationships - especially our intimate relationships & above all, our most intimate connection - the one with ourselves first.
💘WHAT TO EXPECT?
*non-touch , clothes-on & tender as hell space to inquire intimacy & Love with a capital L.
MOVEMENT - SHARING - CONNECTION.
1.5h held workshop followed by a 1hr Lab + integration.
Community Forum.
Partner Exercises
Group Embodiment
💘THE LOCATION :-
THE STUDIO : @ THE FUMBALLY STABLES, DUBLIN.
MODERN LOVE LAB | DUBLIN | FRIDAY 5TH APRIL 2024 19:00-22:00
18:30-19:00: ARRIVAL & LANDING IN THE SPACE.
19:00-21:30: OPENING CIRCLE & INTIMACY WORKSHOP
21:30-22:00: INTEGRATION.
Q’S ANSWERED:-
📌Come solo & be prepared to be paired with a sweet stranger in the space or Come with a partner - either way; you’ll be invited to work within the group; in groups of 2or 3 or more.
📌The workshop is clothes-on, totally not sexual & none of the work involves touch *unless that is your personal impulse to curate that for yourself within the framework of the space.
📌you’re welcome at whatever ‘level’ you’re at with embodiment / tantra / sharing circles. It’s not a space to show off your expertise - it’s a space to learn new ways of being together; together.
📌All relating styles & sexual orientations & gender identities very much welcome;
📌Come as you are; going to a space that is dedicated to love can bring up a lot - even before you’re there. There is no pressure for you to be any specific way in order to be in the space. We will encourage self-care throughout & support you to take care of whatever you personally need.
ABOUT THE SPACE-HOLDERS:-
PART FACILITATION | PART CO-CREATION; a modern love lab is lovingly introduced by two facilitators and then ultimately held by the co-created we-body of the group. we believe that the moment can design something far beyond what any one person can; we believe in the power of trust & intimacy to foster a real sense of safety; and we co-create from there for the last part of the workshop…
MELISSA MAYA | @WILDLYDEVOTIONAL
writer, experience designer & relationship mentor. Melisa Maya is a writer & artist who works as an intimacy mentor & somatic tantra facilitator - creating spaces for authentic intimacy with self & other. Bridging the gap between spirituality & embodiment, her offerings are multidisciplinary and pull from both the physical & the philosophical, the scientific & the spiritual. Melissa weaves her experiences of holding temple-spaces with renegade wellness, neuroscience & applied tantric sciences.
Melissa is devoted to midwifing a culture that is rooted in wild reconciliation of men & women, humans & the more-than-human.
FIONA LOUGHRAN | @HEALTHYFIONA
Fiona is a Divine Alignment Medicine Woman. Weaving Multidisciplinary Wisdom and focusing on Embodiment & Liberation.
“My intention is to create a deeply nourishing and uplifting S P A C E for like minded people to breathe, move, connect, rest and be inspired to live in a way that creates a web of support and magic for the mind, body and soul in reaching the individual and ripple into every area of their lives and community.
Offering a combination of: Pyramid BreathPLAY Method - Ancient Wisdom for the Modern World, Embodiment Practices , Divine Alignment Bodywork , Breathcentric Yoga + Pilates, Weaving Elixirs, Divine Oils and much more.
if you have any questions about the event, please dont hestitate to reach out to either of us on instagram or email melissa at hello@wildlydevotionall.com
we look forward to welcoming you into what will be a sweet space of inquiry into what love really gets to be, when we’re free.
GET YOUR TICKET VIA THIS LINK HERE
SPACES ARE VERY LIMITED SO PLS RSVP.
SO MUCH LOVE
XO