Residential retreat · Czech Republic

Tantric BodyDe-armouringLevels One & Two

Release. Reconnect. Awaken

Venue: Centrum Živá Voda, Czech Republic
Taught in English with Czech interpretation.
Adults 18+Delicious meals and accommodation includedPrivate registration and confirmation
A lively group sharing warmth and connection at a previous retreat

The experience

ReleaseSexual RestorationCapacity Expansion

Tantric Body De-armouring invites you to return to the living intelligence of your body. As breath deepens, tension softens and held energy begins to move, new possibilities can open in your sexuality, your relationships and the way you meet life.

25+Years in the making

One continuous journey

Since 1998, Andrew has shaped Level One and Level Two as a single arc of transformation, refining how every part of the experience supports what follows.

Level One opens the body through non-genital de-armouring. Level Two continues into deeper body, pelvic and optional genital de-armouring. Across both, physical tension and emotional stress can soften as presence and nervous-system resilience grow, laying the foundation for tantric practices and expanded states of pleasure that may be explored later.

Across Level One and Level Two

Woven through the whole journey

These practices return throughout both retreats, creating a living rhythm of movement, meditation, ritual and celebration while the de-armouring work progressively deepens.

  • Daily dance, embodied expression and celebration
  • Kundalini Yoga
  • Heart-Centred Sexuality Meditation
  • Cacao Orgastic Breath Dance Meditation
  • Sananga ceremony

Level One

Return to the Body

Level One is an immersive journey into non-genital body de-armouring and the living intelligence of your body. Across five days, you will give and receive de-armouring, dance each day, explore sexual energy, sexuality and relationships, and take part in rituals that open new pathways to sensation, emotional freedom, pleasure and vitality. The experience moves between depth and celebration, inviting you to feel more alive in your body and more connected to the creative pulse of life.

  • Preparing yourself and another person for de-armouring
  • Sexual and relational education through The Relationship Map
  • The Reconciliation Ritual Between Women and Men

Release. Reconnect. Awaken the pleasure and vitality of being fully alive.

Explore the full Level One experience

Level One brings Tantric Body De-armouring to life through direct experience. You will discover how to prepare yourself and another person for a session, then enter the practice as both giver and receiver, learning how attentive touch can meet the body’s trigger points and invite tension, emotion and held energy to move. As the body opens to deeper sensation, energy once bound in effort can become available as presence, vitality and pleasure.

The retreat reaches far beyond the de-armouring sessions. Daily dance opens expression and celebration; Kundalini Yoga awakens the body’s energetic intelligence; Heart-Centred Sexuality Meditation brings sexuality into relationship with love, spirit and expanding consciousness; and Cacao Orgastic Breath Dance Meditation turns music, breath and movement into a current of embodied ecstasy. Alongside sexual and relational education, the Relationship Map and shared reflection, these experiences reveal how the body, sexuality and relationships shape one another, transforming how you understand the way you love, desire, express yourself and meet life.

The Sananga ceremony and the Reconciliation Ritual Between Women and Men become powerful turning points within the journey, bringing ritual, celebration and shared humanity into the retreat. There are moments of depth and exhilaration, tenderness and laughter, personal revelation and genuine connection. Level One is designed to leave you with more than memories: a new relationship with your body, a deeper understanding of sexuality and relationships, and a richer connection to yourself, to others and to the creative pulse of life.

Level Two

Deepen and Expand

Level Two carries the journey deeper into the body and pelvis, meeting subtler layers of physical tension, emotional stress and protection that can limit sensation and energetic flow. Optional yoni or lingam de-armouring (female or male genital de-armouring) brings this work into the sexual body. As these layers soften, the body can become more present, responsive and resilient, creating the inner ground from which tantric practice may later be explored with greater depth and stability.

  • Following subtler sensation, emotion and energetic response
  • Exploring where the pelvis, genitals, emotion and sexual energy meet
  • Developing resilience to remain present as intensity grows

Release creates space. Presence builds resilience. The body becomes ready for what comes next.

Explore the deeper purpose of Level Two

With the language of de-armouring already living in the body, Level Two invites a more intuitive encounter with subtler layers of holding. The work follows sensation, emotion and energetic response more deeply through the body and pelvis. What once felt fixed may begin to reveal itself as something that can move, soften and reorganise.

The purpose of this deepening is preparation. Most people know orgasmic pleasure as a brief peak lasting only seconds. For tantric practices to open into sustained waves of pleasure and altered states of consciousness, the body, mind and nervous system need the resilience to remain present as intensity expands. By releasing physical tension and emotional stress, including through yoni and lingam de-armouring, Level Two helps create that capacity.

Together, the two levels complete an important arc. Level One opens the language of the body; Level Two deepens its ability to listen, release and remain present. You leave with a more spacious inner landscape, a clearer relationship with the sexual body and a stronger foundation for the tantric practices that may come later.

Creator and facilitator

Meet the person guiding the retreat

Portrait of Andrew Barnes

Andrew Barnes

MHSc (Sexual Health)

Andrew created Tantric Body De-armouring and has developed and taught the modality since 1998. He guides both retreat levels as one progressive personal-development journey.

Read more about Andrew

Andrew has facilitated retreats and taught about relationships, sexuality and embodied awareness since 1998, working in around 50 countries. His approach combines clear teaching with warmth, humour and respect for each person’s pace. It is grounded in informed consent, trauma-informed awareness and the understanding that meaningful change develops through collaboration, not force.

  • Teaching since 1998
  • Work in around 50 countries
  • Creator of Tantric Body De-armouring
Visit Andrew’s About page

Centrum Živá Voda

A peaceful place to stay, practise and connect

The retreat takes place at Centrum Živá Voda, a residential venue surrounded by nature in the Czech Republic. Accommodation, shared practice spaces and meals are all together on site.

Garden and footbridge outside Centrum Živá Voda
The venue
Front exterior of Centrum Živá Voda surrounded by trees
Centrum Živá Voda in its peaceful autumn landscape

Delicious food at Živá Voda

Fresh, delicious meals are included throughout the retreat, with a colourful range of nourishing dishes served for the group.

Photos show examples of meals previously served at Živá Voda. Ingredients, dishes and presentation may vary.
Colourful vegan breakfast buffet at Živá Voda
Fresh vegetables, fruit and vegan dishes served at Živá Voda
Vegan smoothies, porridge and breakfast accompaniments at Živá Voda

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The pleasure of being fully alive

What may begin to unfold

The body comes alive

As layers of tension soften, sensation can return with greater colour and depth. Areas that once felt quiet or distant may awaken with warmth, subtle movement and a renewed capacity to feel pleasure.

Vitality returns

Physical holding and emotional stress can contain enormous amounts of life energy. As they begin to release, that vitality may return as expression, creativity, joy and a deeper sense of inhabiting your own body.

The shift travels home

For some, the retreat becomes a personal turning point. What opens here can ripple into sexuality, relationships and daily life, bringing greater intimacy with your body, more authentic connection and the freedom to meet life with more of yourself present.

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Arrival, transition and finishing times

Level One and Level Two meet through a relaxed transition afternoon on 23 October.
19 October18:30

Level One check-in

Arrive, settle into your accommodation and join the opening of Level One.

23 October13:30

Level One closing lunch

Level One finishes as the group shares lunch together.

23 October19:00

Level Two check-in

The programme begins at 19:00.

27 October13:30

Level Two closing lunch

Level Two finishes as the group shares lunch together.

Registration

Ready to join us?

View the registration options for the complete Level One and Level Two journey, Level One alone, or Level Two if you have already completed Level One.

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Practical information

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Accommodation & food

Accommodation and delicious meals are included throughout the retreat.

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Interpretation

Taught in English with Czech interpretation.

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After registration

Confirmed participants will receive access to the Andrew Barnes Retreat Companion, with arrival details, room information, packing guidance, FAQs and the private participant form.

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Local organiser

Jana Uhliarova coordinates venue, room and meal arrangements for the Czech retreats. Personal contact details are kept private, and messages about local arrangements will be passed to her through the retreat team.

Contact Jana through the retreat team
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Ride Share App

After registering, you can use the private Ride Share App in your Retreat Companion to offer a lift or request one from other participants. Drivers and passengers arrange the journey and any shared travel costs directly with each other.

Choice, consent and wellbeing

A retreat shaped around choice and respect

These shared agreements help create a relaxed, human atmosphere in which everyone can listen to their body, meet each practice in their own way and remain connected to what feels true for them.

01Your body, your paceYou are invited to follow what feels right for you in each moment.

Every practice is an invitation. You may join in fully, adapt it, observe, pause or stop, and changing your mind is always welcome.

Clear agreements and ongoing consent support the experience without asking you to explain or disclose more than you genuinely wish to share.

02Nudity and intimate themesSome practices explore sensuality or include optional nudity, without assuming that everyone will choose the same experience.

Nudity is never required, and your boundaries remain your own regardless of what others choose.

There is no expectation of sexual contact. Any interaction with another person begins with clear, specific and freely given consent.

03Meeting others in the practicePartner and small-group invitations offer ways to explore shared energy while leaving room for different levels of participation.

You can choose whether and how you work with others, and another form of participation will be available when a particular invitation is not right for you.

Individuals and couples of all genders and sexual orientations are welcome as part of the same shared retreat experience.

04Wellbeing and additional supportThis is an experiential personal-development retreat rather than medical or psychological treatment.

The retreat is not intended to diagnose or treat trauma, mental health conditions or medical concerns. If you are unsure about suitability, you are welcome to contact us before registering.

Health, dietary and accessibility information that helps us support your stay will be gathered privately through the protected post-registration intake form.

You will receive these agreements again with your confirmation, together with the practical information that helps you arrive feeling prepared.

Registration

Choose and register

Choose Level One, Level Two, or both as one continuous journey. Enter your details below, review your booking and continue to secure checkout.

Retreat price per levelShared room: USD 925Meditation hall: USD 895Both levels: USD 1,800 shared room · USD 1,760 meditation hall
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Booking & Cancellation PolicyRefunds, future-retreat moves and participant transfers

These terms apply when a participant cancels, moves or transfers a booking. Online registration closes seven days before the retreat begins. Exceptional circumstances are considered individually, and any more favourable rights provided by applicable consumer law remain unaffected.

  • 30 days or moreCancel at least 30 days before the retreat begins to receive a refund of the amount paid, less a USD 75 booking administration fee.
  • 15–29 daysCancel 15 to 29 days before the retreat begins to receive a 50% refund. No additional administration fee is deducted from this refund.
  • 14 days or fewerCancellations 14 days or fewer before the retreat begins are not normally eligible for a refund or future-retreat credit. This also applies to non-attendance, late arrival and leaving early. If your place is filled, we may offer a credit less the USD 75 administration fee.
  • Move to a future retreatWith at least 15 days’ notice, you may move the full amount paid once to another Andrew Barnes residential retreat beginning within 12 months. This is subject to availability and suitability. If the new retreat costs more, the difference is payable; if it costs less, the remaining credit stays available until the original expiry.
  • Transfer your placeYou may transfer your place to another suitable participant at no extra cost by notifying us at least seven days before the retreat begins.
  • Cancellation by the organisersIf the organisers cancel the retreat, you may choose a full refund of the retreat fee or move the full amount to another retreat. The administration fee does not apply.

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Retreat
Tantric Body De-armouring Level One
Dates
19–23 October 2026
Venue
Centrum Živá Voda, Kohoutov, Czech Republic
Participant
One person
Total
USD 925

Included

  • Selected retreat programme
  • Shared room for 3–6 people with private bathroom
  • Plant-based meals throughout each booked retreat

Your place is reserved only after secure checkout is completed.