Testimonials
“I feel very supported at TBS as one of the few places I can be my authentic self.”
“Felt absolutely empowered and honored - that’s why I come to TBS.”
“It was a joy to see the leaders working together and to feel the connection they appeared to have. Each contributed obviously from their heart and from their intellectual gift of insight. The music was rich, and each led components of the various rituals in ways that created safety and affirmed embodied sexuality.”
The quality of my TBS experience has a lot to do with the men who attend with me. My orientation is heterosexual, so of course the women are important to me as well, but it’s the interaction with other men that keeps me coming back.
….As a community of men and women, we encourage serious communication on many levels. In such an environment, we men can doff our armor and put down the shields we have been socialized to carry as protection against other men. The “new guys” who arrive come to a group of men who are used to communicating, and who are comfortable and vulnerable in “going deep” with each other…
…There’s a way we men can hug, touch, hold hands that has nothing to do with sexual orientation. In celebrating the bodies of other men, we get to celebrate our own embodiment.
The effect of deeper connections among men is to deepen all the connections in our community. That’s what brings me back year after year.”
~ Brian B.
“I appreciated that my non-binary sense of gender expression was honored, celebrated and included.”
“After searching my city for a community of compassionate individuals who were open minded, intentional and heart centered, I found TBS. Never before in my life have I connected so deeply, with so much care, love and thoughtfulness. Many in this community are wilder in their taste for passion, seek true openness in friendship and love, enjoy personal growth and complete vulnerability. Never before have I been so connected to friends who deeply listen and want to fill their lives with love. This is my tribe.”
“My first retreat changed the way I looked at men, women, couples, relationships and what it means to be truly present for others. Now as a member of this community, I value any opportunity to share my heart and soul with those who desire to explore what it means to give, listen, be available and take care of one’s own self.”
“With every smile, hug, kiss I am honored to feel such deep connection. If you have an open heart, an open mind and a soul that loves to expand, TBS can be your tribe too.”
“TBS Rocks! It is a group, a place, an event where sexuality can be celebrated. It is a retreat where relationships of all manners can be accepted and enhanced. Where the fundamentals of healthy relationship are taught and experienced in an open and loving space.”
“TBS is my family of choice now and I am so grateful for everyone that brings these magical events into manifestation.”
“I love you! (thats right..you!) I needed this retreat experience. Thank you times a million.”
“I valued the experience of community and support for the sacredness of the body and sexuality. I admired leaders for leading such a large group and left on Sunday feeling pleased, connected, affirmed. I was/am also aware of how wonderful it is to have a community open to sexual possibilities – the gentle engagement between men, the loving embraces and tender moments; the support and engagement among women and the sense of commitment to celebrating sexualities and gender richness that is so evident in the space created during this retreat leaves me in awe and filled with hope.”
