DaddyGuru's IGNITE: PINK WEEKEND! A Tantra Retreat Getaway for Men ❤︎ Love Men
With John Pisano-Thomsen (DaddyGuru)
September 4 - 7, 2026
DaddyGuru has teamed up with Villa 360 + Villa de Freya atop the lush, emerald rainforest hills of Playa Hermosa in Puntarenas, Costa Rica to offer a unique, clothing optional eros awakening retreat for Men Who Love Men.
IGNITE: PINK WEEKEND! is a special edition of DaddyGuru’s transformational IGNITE retreat series exploring erotic life-force energy through the practices of White Tantra, Red Tantra and Sexual Shamanism. Through meditation, embodiment practices, conscious connection exercises, and transformational temple rituals, participants awaken sensual awareness, primal vitality, and authentic masculine presence within a supportive brotherhood of men and a respectful container.
In this retreat, erotic life-force energy is embraced as a path of awareness, vitality, and personal transformation and invites participants to reconnect with both the conscious awareness of erotic energy and the primal instinctual forces that shape masculine vitality. Red Tantra teaches us to experience sexual energy with presence, breath, and awareness. Sexual Shamanism reconnects us with the instinctual intelligence of the body — the primal energies that influence desire, creativity, and transformation.
Throughout the retreat, men are invited to deepen their connection to their bodies, release limiting beliefs around sexuality, and cultivate authentic emotional presence. The retreat also emphasizes the power of brotherhood among men, creating a supportive space where participants can experience connection, trust, and shared growth.
Through these experiences, men are invited to rediscover the connection between body, heart, instinct, and spirit.
Program of Practices:
Daily experiences may include:
*meditation and presence practi*=ces
*breathwork and Kundalini energy activation
*erotic energy awareness and circulation techniques
*conscious intimacy and connection exercises
*primal embodiment practices
*shadow and inner-child integration work
*tantric body awareness practices
*authentic sharing circles and integration work.
These practices are designed to help participants deepen awareness of their erotic energy while cultivating emotional authenticity and connection with other men.
Temple Ritual Experiences:
Evening temple gatherings provide opportunities for deeper energetic exploration and transformation.
Temple rituals may include:
*Multi-Hand Energy Exchange Ritual
*Body Painting Ritual – a sensual creative exploration of trust and expression
*The Animal Within Ritual – a primal embodiment exploration of instinctual masculine energy
*Tantric Energy & Bodywork Practice – conscious touch and energetic awareness exercises
*Phoenix Ritual: Rising Into Your New Story – a symbolic ceremony of transformation
All temple experiences are guided with a strong emphasis on consent, awareness, and personal boundaries. Participants are always encouraged to explore at their own pace
The Goal of IGNITE Retreats:
The purpose of IGNITE Retreats is to help men reconnect with their erotic life-force energy as a source of vitality, creativity, and authentic masculine presence. By combining the awareness practices of White + Red Tantra with the transformational rituals of Sexual Shamanism, the retreat offers a powerful pathway for men to explore sexuality with consciousness and integrity. Participants are invited to move beyond shame and conditioning around sexuality and instead experience erotic energy as a source of empowerment, connection, and personal growth.
What Participants Often Experience:
Men who attend IGNITE retreats frequently report experiencing:
*deeper connection to their bodies
*increased confidence in their erotic energy
*release of limiting beliefs around sexuality
*greater emotional openness and authenticity
*stronger connection and brotherhood with other men
*renewed vitality and clarity in their lives
A Conscious and Respectful Environment:
IGNITE Retreats are held within a container of respect, consent, and personal responsibility.
All guided practices focus on awareness, embodiment, and conscious exploration. Participants are encouraged to honor their own boundaries and the boundaries of others at all times.
DaddyGuru Tantra Retreats and Programs pull you “out of your head” and leads you “into your heart” by providing deep dives into tantric philosophy, connection, flow, surrender and intimacy practices that stimulate the kundalini, open your vortex, resonate your inner truth, and guides you into “rediscovering the pleasure of loving who you are.”
Benefits of a Tantric Life
+ Self-awareness and realization
+ Self-love and love for life
+ Minimizing negativity and toxic subjectivity
+ Tapping into your personal power via vulnerability work
+ Alleviating anxiety
+ Improving upon connection and intimacy with others
+ Eliminating ancestral trauma and toxic familial templates
+ Expression of feelings and experiences in a clearer manner
+ Manifesting the reality you desire
and of course:
+ Augmenting your sexual energy (kundalini) for high-vibrational, soul-nourishing sex.
Please Note:
Tantra practices can take you into your shadows and force you to face lifelong traumas or challenges that have haunted your ego and held you back. Although, DaddyGuru and his staff are not certified social workers or therapists, they will be able to hold space for you and assist you in processing these shadows from a spiritual AND a therapeutic angle by visiting your inner child. Your inner child can carry an incredible amount of toxicity that needs releasing.
DaddyGuru works also as a private intimacy healer and has been working with men from all walks of life, helping them to see, acknowledge and release the demons blocking their potential to be happy with their lives. So, if you decide to come, be prepared for a breakthrough or two. They are very common at tantric events and it’s incredibly special when you have a new “weekend family” to hold space for you, listen, and embrace the beauty that is that imperfectly perfect you.
About the Leader
John Pisano-Thomsen (DaddyGuru)
John Pisano-Thomsen (also known as DaddyGuru in spiritual circles) is a Tantric Guru and Intimacy Healer originally from Los Angeles, New York City and Toronto, Canada. He is co-owner of Casa Kāma, a healing sanctuary in Costa Rica, and owes his spiritual expansion to his mother who was an Akashic channeler. A creative writing graduate […]
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