Start Deep

an authentic relating and dating retreat

TBD

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Feb 2027

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SAN FRANCISCO

THE VISION

We've built endless ways to meet people, and they all begin with the same question: is this the person? Almost no one asks the question that matters first, which is how do I become someone who creates healthy love. Lasting relationships aren't built by finding the perfect person. They're built by learning how to love: how to communicate honestly, regulate your own nervous system, recognize the patterns you keep repeating, and stay open instead of protected. That's why Start Deep is a real weekend, not a swipe, a container long enough for the masks to come off.

You won't just see someone's chemistry with you; you'll see how they handle discomfort, how they treat other people in the room, whether they can sit in silence without flinching. You'll move through authentic relating, movement, tantric breathwork, and ecstatic poetry, alongside exercises built for real connection. This is for people ready for a monogamous or monogamish relationship rooted in commitment, who want to build a family, and become better partners themselves.

THE WORKSHOP

From facilitators with decades of experience creating safe containers to heal, discover, and grow ourselves.

The weekend moves through pairs and small pods built for vulnerability, somatic awareness, and soul-level empowerment, sharpening presence, honest communication, and nervous-system awareness. Elixir & draw, and ecstatic poetry, are a way to connect creatively with yourself. Nourishing food, loose leaf tea, and elixirs are part of the weekend.

The workshop will be held by Shezza, who has spent decades in somatic therapy, neo Tantra, authentic relating, and other transformational work, teaching workshops and retreats.

Shezza

Shezza

Intimacy Oracle, Somatic Therapist


The deeper question isn't is this your person, or in your thoughts, it's realizing who you are.

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