Residential retreat · Czech Republic

Tantric OrgasmicActivation Dance Retreat

There is a current inside you that knows how to move. Wild, intelligent, alive.

Venue: Centrum Živá Voda, Czech Republic
Taught in English with Czech interpretation.
Adults 18+Accommodation and plant-based meals includedChoice and consent throughout
A group moving together during a Tantric dance retreat

A five-day immersion in dance

Return to thecurrent within you

Five days · Around 12 hours of creative, expressive dance

Dance is the living heart of this retreat. Across five days, many hours of intuitive, creative and expressive movement allow the current within you to gather, deepen and become breath, rhythm, sexual energy and authentic expression.

Through breath, music, cacao and the shared energy of the group, sexual energy awakens as a creative life force and begins to ripple through the whole body. Movement becomes meditation, authentic expression becomes liberation, and dance opens a doorway into vitality, connection, altered states of consciousness and the exhilaration of feeling fully alive.

What you’ll experience

Let movement become meditation

A living, breathing exploration of intuitive dance, breath, sensual movement and practices that awaken and circulate life force energy.

  • Intuitive, free-form dance
  • Orgasmic Breath Dance Meditation
  • Sensual and blindfolded movement journeys
  • Heartbeat and partner-based connection practices
  • Cacao-fuelled dance experiences
  • Tantric breathwork and Kundalini-based practices

There is no choreography, no right way to move and no performance to achieve.

Explore the dance and breath practices

You are guided into a space where energy becomes something you can consciously build, direct and expand. The work explores your relationship with pleasure, expression and aliveness.

Orgasmic Breath Dance Meditation weaves breath, movement, music and awareness. As you follow impulses arising from within your body, altered states of consciousness can naturally emerge. These states are not forced; they are revealed.

This is where many people encounter a more instinctive, expressive and alive part of themselves.

The work beneath the movement

Learn to hold more aliveness

This is not just about dancing. It is about staying with sensation, opening when you would normally contract and moving energy instead of suppressing it.

  • Intuition
  • Creativity
  • Sexual energy
  • Emotional expression
  • A deeper sense of direction in life

Bliss is not reserved for rare moments. It is something your body can learn to hold.

Explore the work beneath the movement

To feel your body not as something you manage, but as something you experience, is to develop a deeper capacity to listen and respond.

What has been waiting is invited to rise without being forced or performed. The focus is on what is genuinely felt.

The practices support a more conscious relationship with energy, sensation and expression while respecting your own pace and readiness.

Creator and facilitator

Meet the person guiding the retreat

Portrait of Andrew Barnes

Andrew Barnes

MHSc (Sexual Health)

Andrew is the creator and facilitator of the Tantric Orgasmic Activation Dance Retreat. A qualified BlissDance facilitator, he has spent many years exploring dance as a doorway into vitality, freedom and expanded awareness, and facilitating dance retreats and movement experiences internationally.

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 move, rest and connect

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

The garden and footbridge at Centrum Živá Voda
The venue
Centrum Živá Voda surrounded by trees
Centrum Živá Voda in the autumn landscape

Accommodation and nourishing plant-based meals

Accommodation and plant-based meals are included throughout the retreat. Room and dietary arrangements will be confirmed privately after registration.

Photos show examples of the venue and meals previously served at Živá Voda. Rooms, ingredients, dishes and presentation may vary.
A colourful plant-based buffet at Centrum Živá Voda
Fresh fruit, vegetables and plant-based dishes
Plant-based breakfast dishes at Centrum Živá Voda

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The pleasure of being fully alive

What may begin to unfold

The dance deepens

The many hours devoted to dance give breath, movement and sensation time to gather into a living current. As dancing deepens into meditation, awareness may open into spacious, vivid and altered states of consciousness.

Vitality finds expression

As sexual energy awakens and circulates, it may become warmth, instinct, emotion, creativity and pleasure, bringing a fuller freedom to express what feels authentic and alive in the moment.

The current travels home

For some, the retreat becomes a personal turning point. A more intimate relationship with the body’s intelligence can continue into sexuality, creativity, relationships and the way everyday life is felt and lived.

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Arrival and retreat dates

The retreat runs from Wednesday 28 October to Sunday 1 November 2026. Exact arrival and departure times will be confirmed privately.
28 October

Arrival and check-in

Arrive at Centrum Živá Voda on Wednesday 28 October. The exact check-in time will be confirmed.

1 November

Closing and departure

The retreat closes on Sunday 1 November. The exact departure time will be confirmed.

Registration

Feel the pull?

Come and meet the more expressed, alive and connected part of yourself. Complete the registration form below to reserve your place.

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Practical information

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Accommodation & food

Accommodation and plant-based 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 retreat. 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

Reserve your place

28 October–1 November 2026
Centrum Živá Voda, Kohoutov, Czech Republic

$1,020Taught in English with Czech interpretation.Private registration and secure checkout

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Accommodation

Both options include food and accommodation for the full retreat.

Booking & Cancellation PolicyRetreat booking terms

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 Orgasmic Activation Dance Retreat
Dates
28 October–1 November 2026
Venue
Centrum Živá Voda, Kohoutov, Czech Republic
Participant
One person
Total
$1,020

Included

  • Five-day facilitated retreat programme
  • Accommodation at Centrum Živá Voda
  • Plant-based meals throughout the retreat

Your booking is confirmed only after the secure payment record is verified. Returning from checkout alone does not create a confirmation.