We take great care to create a sexually safe environment, and we fully advocate and practice safe sexual practices.

This is the next big question. First of all, in all Quodoushka workshops there is never anything that you must do, it is all voluntary. There’s so many things in our sexuality that we do because other people told us to, or because other people wanted something. Sometimes we were not sure what we wanted, and sometimes we didn’t know how to say no and maybe regretted that. All these sorts of things happen in our intimate life.

That’s why one of the focuses in the Q1 is getting to YOUR OWN “YES! This is what I want.” And, about getting clear about YOUR OWN “NO. This is not what I want.”The Q1 experience is about learning to feel, clarify and express what we want in our intimate life. And it’s a chance to practice saying it.

This is a round about way of saying that there will never be anything in a Quodoushka workshop that you need to do if you don’t want to. You will always have the choice every step of the way. So with nudity, you may practice everything clothed, or you may choose to do the exercises without clothing. That’s entirely up to you. I will say that the vast majority of people who come to Quodoushka experience a level of safety and respect with a group they’ve never felt in their lives. So, if you’re nervous about that, please don’t worry, a lot of other people are too. The most important thing is that Quodoushka is a safe place to practice making and expressing your own sexual agreements.

I think the hidden question is, and perhaps the question people want to ask but often shy away from, is about the other people. They wonder if there will be sexual advances, or if there will be sexually explicit things going on.

Firstly, our trained staff speaks directly to every person who attends Quodoushka to determine whether they are ready to attend upon registration and there are no sexually explicit exercises in Q1 or Q2. We do have frank discussions about sexuality, orgasm and sexual anatomy, and there are exercises that involve touch. We encourage an atmosphere where it is okay to talk about, feel and express orgasmic energy, and each person is at choice with how they make agreements and do each exercise.

First, every exercise is demonstrated, then you practice the exercise with a partner, and then we gather to discuss what we learned. Some exercises are solo, some are with a partner, and some we do together as a group.

Revealing these once-secret teachings for the first time, Quodoushka explains the physical, energetic, and sexual qualities of the nine male and female sexual anatomy types such as Coyote Man or Buffalo Woman and how to identify and best please each type as well as take pride in your own unique sexual anatomy. LGBTQ identify with your unique sexual anatomy in addition to the energy of that anatomy type, and how that translates in your sexual relating.

Quodoushka also describing the nine variations of orgasmic expression from avalanche to forest fire and provides exercises for greater sexual pleasure and increased orgasmic intensity, including the Chakra Merging exercise, a method for reaching a full-body orgasm through breathwork.

While we do not provide a schedule for Quodoushka, this is the general flow of the 3 1/2 day workshop (unless it is an extended Q).

Please note: These are just the bare bones of what happens in Quodoushka. (I have intentionally left out some of the most unique, fun and special things that happen during the weekend. Why? Because some people just love to be surprised).

Also, each Quodoushka Teacher may position topics and exercises in their own unique way. Every Quodoushka Workshop includes these essential teachings, exercises and practices:

First Evening: We open with introductions and a history of where the Quodoushka teachings come from. We do a few spoken teachings on relationship choices, and we use these teachings to share and listen to everyone’s intent for being here. This is followed by a ceremony to help everyone set their own intention for the weekend.

We also create specific agreements for the group, including the rules for safety and confidentiality. This ensures our rules of engagement during the weekend provide a safe container and a safe environment for each person to learn about and explore their sexuality.

First Day: We begin with morning teachings to open our senses and balance our energy. This is followed by exercises that bring these teachings into the body, such as chakra balancing as well as other exercises, which show us how to use our energy centers.

We serve a beautiful lunch each day.

The rest of the day is devoted to expanding our concept and awareness of what sexual energy is and what it isn’t. The afternoon is filled with more teachings about how we can feel, sense and use our energy centers in very specific ways to expand our awareness of self, life and others.

The evening is devoted to a demonstration and a Shamanic healing practice used to clear away blocks and pave the way for being able to feel more pleasure in the body.

We go late into the evening, taking advantage of the time together.

Second Day: This is an amazing day of discovering new things about your sexual self.

There are interactive teachings and healing exercises to help us ground, feel and express a more empowered sense of self. Teachings during the morning provide answers to questions about why we sometimes react so childishly, or with so much negative emotion when it comes to intimacy and sex. We start the day with practical tools to help us see ourselves with more awareness so we can wake up and take responsibility for what we want.

The afternoon is devoted to a very special Shamanic ceremony that is designed to help you lift deeply held layers of shame and guilt about your sexuality.

The evening‘s exercise and ceremony is designed to bring out different faces of your lover’s persona, and is designed to help you accept and feel worthy of more pleasure in your life.

Third Day: Part of the last day is devoted to learning amazing things about orgasms, levels of orgasms, and types of orgasms. There’s also ample space given to sharing and expressing the things we’ve learned and gained.

One of the most significant things that happens in every Quodoushka is that you will have the chance to hear about other people’s journey; what they’ve gained and what they’re giving away. In fact, sharing personal blocks, defeats and victories is one of the hidden treasures that happens in every Quodoushka, and it’s also where much of the healing happens, for we realize again and again, we are not alone.

Plus, sharing within the Q matrix is profoundly uplifting, for you will not hear or experience these kinds of amazing intimate breakthroughs anywhere else in the world.

Our final closing ceremonies are designed to help us ground our gains and seal the love to take it home into all our relations.