Intimacy & Attraction Teacher Training
An in-person Certification Course in The Intimacy & Attraction Workshop®
Odemira, Portugal | August 24-29, 2025
Learn techniques for inviting presence, connecting through the heart, and
exploring the play of erotic aliveness.
Introducing our Intimacy and Attraction Workshop®
In-Person Teacher and Practitioner Training!
In this training, you will learn how to lead your own Intimacy and Attraction Workshop® so you can bring this timely work of intimacy and connection to your community.
The Intimacy and Attraction Workshop® is a potent set of techniques and exercises for inviting presence, connecting through the heart, and exploring the play of erotic aliveness.
This training provides you with the turn-key blueprint for a full The Intimacy and Attraction Workshop®, including training on how to create a safe container for deep practice.
Learning this potent set of tools will enable you to accurately, cleanly, and powerfully explore the realms of polarity and heart connection in your own life and with others. This material serves as a means to radically deepen your personal understanding of your own journey, as well as furnish you with the tools to guide others.
The training is designed to offer you an immersive experience in which you will receive live instruction from Michaela and Steve, immersive class experiences, in-depth lectures, teaching scripts, and more.
While this program is designed as a teacher training, many participants have taken it as a means to deepen their own personal practice and gain deeper experiential understanding of Michaela’s body of work.
Michaela and Steve have developed The Intimacy and Attraction Workshop® during the past decade of teaching internationally and have created brand new methods and updated techniques. This is the first training with the updated practices and materials. You will learn innovative ways to induce deep connection, relaxed heart opening, and fresh access to creating strong erotic tension regardless of sexual orientation or preference.
Included in this training
Live Lectures with Michaela and Steve
Receive in-depth understanding of the theories and ideas behind the exercises that foster intimacy, heart connection, and erotic aliveness, trauma informed facilitation, practical teaching instruction from scripts to proper containment and more.
3 Layers of Intimacy Practices
Experience and teach 3 distinct layers of intimacy practice exercises from establishing initial human connection to playful exploration of polarity in action.
Intimacy Practice
Learn to train and increase available attention and awareness in powerful partnered exercises.
Q&A Sessions
Have your questions answered by Michaela and Steve in Q&A sessions throughout the training.
Opening the Heart
Learn how to connect heart-to-heart with another and to sense and modulate the opening and closing of intimate connection.
Erotic Friction
Learn how to guide others to explore principles of erotic connection in safe, clothes-on exercises.
Turn-Key Scripts
Receive detailed teaching scripts and turn-key class formats.
Bonus Materials
Receive playlists, bonus online lecture content, and other online resources PLUS 50% off all events for a year!
Online Teacher Portal
As part of certification in this training you will have access to an online portal with class materials and resources.
Program Schedule & Curriculum
This is an in-person 5-day training. August 24-29, 2025 in Portugal.
Day 1: Check in at 3pm & evening programming
Day 2: All day programming
Day 3: All day programming
Day 4: All day programming
Day 5: All day programming
Day 6 | Morning programming & departure by Noon
There are limited places available, and registrations will be accepted in the order received.
You can find accommodation options below on this page. Room prices include room, 3 meals a day, tea/coffee breaks, and use of the entire property.
NOTE: Study Group and Teacher Training members are entitled to your 50% discount. Please note, discount applies to retreat tuition only and not to the accommodation fee. Please apply discount code at checkout.
Details, locations and logistics are provided below.
Is this you?
Motivated by a drive and yearning to deepen your own practice as well as teach others.
Oriented towards embodiment and connection to your true bodily wisdom in all its forms.
Passionate about heart-filled sexual polarity across the full spectrum of light and dark.
Determined to not only truly understand these realms for yourself, but to guide others into deeper experiences.
Serious about creating a safe environment and tight container that is conducive to personal exploration and deep practice.
Looking for quality, in-depth instruction from established, successful teachers with decades of experience at the top of their industry.
Ready to learn practical exercises and techniques that will give you a turn-key class format for your own events.
Location
Monte da Orada, Odemira, SW Portugal
Monte da Orada is a family run, eco-sustainable, permaculture based retreat centre, nestled in 71ha of nature, providing elemental immersion and privacy.
Located at Portugal's Southwest Atlantic Coast, this isolated evergreen valley creates an abundant oasis where two creeks come together to nourish an ancient lush forest and wildlife vistas.
A rustic countryside home, Orada has all the essential commodities for you to be comfortable, but it’s still surrounded by nature, immersing you into the elements - clear water, abundant sunlight, green vibrant plant life, a fire pit and an amazing night sky.
The centre is known for its lovingly prepared locally sourced food, panoramic roof decks workshop rooms with spectacular views, hammocks for rest in between sessions and a bio pool.
We have exclusive use of the entire space during our stay, with access to
Biopool, Sauna, dining rooms and decks, Meditation Temple, panoramic terrace, natural amphitheater lounge and all 71 hectares of the ranch, hiking trails and creeks.
Ready to join us?
Registration is now open!
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Pricing
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Accommodations
Orada offers different accommodation types from private suites and bungalows to tepees and cozy dorm rooms. The buildings and retreat facilities were reconstructed using traditional and organic adobe materials, giving this beautiful property not only an authentic Portuguese feel, but also providing a healthy and comfortable environment in all weather.
Accommodation pricing listed below is for the entire 5 night stay
plus 3 meals & coffee/tea station each day.
BUNK ROOM
Single bed in bunk in shared room
Shared bathroom
€550 EUR/person
DORM ROOM
Single bed in shared room
Shared bathroom
€575 EUR/person
BUNGALOW
4 single beds in shared room
Shared bathroom
€700 EUR/person
SMALL DOUBLE ROOM
2 single beds in a room
Bathroom in room
€800 EUR/person
LOTUS GLAMPING/SHARED BATH
3 single beds in a yurt
Shared bathroom
€750 EUR/person
DOUBLE ROOM/SHARED BATH
2 single beds in a room
Shared bathroom
€825 EUR/person
PRIVATE ROOM/SHARED BATH
1 double bed in a room
Shared bathroom
€1050 EUR/room (max capacity 2)
DOUBLE ROOM/PRIVATE BATH
2 single beds in a room
Bathroom in room
€875 EUR/person
PRIVATE ROOM/PRIVATE BATH
1 double bed in a room
Bathroom in room
€1125 EUR/room (max capacity 2)
Travel to Orada
The closest airports to the retreat center are the Lisbon airport (220km) and Faro airport (160km).
Shared shuttles, buses, taxis and car rentals are all options for travel to and from the airports.
Detailed travel details and ride share options will be available upon application submission.
Faculty
FAQ
How is the price structured?
Tuition and accommodations are priced separately. Tuition is for the retreat instruction and accommodations cover your choice of room, meals, water, coffee, tea and use of the full property for your entire stay.
I have more questions, who can I
speak with?
Feel free to reach out to our team at [email protected] for more information.
Our courses are not a substitute for therapy or medical treatment. If you have a history of trauma, mental health issues or medical conditions, please consult your physician or mental health care practitioner to determine if somatic movement modalities are appropriate for you.