The Point of Surrender is a couples retreat offering a powerful fusion of tantra and BDSM

We welcome couples or pairs who are curious about exploring power dynamics in relationship. You can come with your partner, lover or even a friend with whom you feel safe to explore.

Surrender is considered in many spiritual traditions to be a very important part of achieving happiness and we believe so too. Surrender means being able to let go of control and be totally present in what is, and the Point of Surrender is a retreat to practise exactly this. 

Skillfully guided by renowned workshop leaders Lin Holmquist and Andy Buru, you and your partner will go on a profound exploration of power dynamics, surrender, shadows and your deepest longings. Lin and Andy both have extensive experience in surrender, submission and dominance in many different areas both privately and professionally.

Everyone who has been on our courses before is amazed at the slowness, beauty and depth of what we offer. At the same time, you are challenged and given space to feel and express everything with raw authenticity. 

For us, your safety and comfort are the absolute most important things. You will never have to do anything you don't want to do and you always have access to a team of trained tantra therapists as support.

Are you used to hiding yourself because of fear of being judged or rejected? Do you have a habit of expressing your desires only halfway and leaving out the innermost yearnings? Is it difficult for you to take control of your life and be firm in your decisions or do you find it difficult to give up?

By exploring dominance and submission, we cover all these topics, and more — connected to your sex life and everyday life in general. 

• Deepen your communication through group coaching, individual coaching by trained tantra therapists, boundary setting exercises, and communication exercises.
• Explore the Japanese rope art of Shibari to enhance intimacy and connection as a couple, whether you are a beginner or already experienced.
• Experience tantric meditations and ceremonies to connect with each other on a deeper level.
• Meet each other in new ways through energetic sex and yoni healing.
• Delve into your relationship with power dynamic exercises, exploring roles of leading and following.
• Discover the intersection of pain, pleasure and healing, learning to handle whips and other toys safely and sensitively.

The course suits both curious beginners and those of you who are more experienced with either tantra or BDSM. Either way, this retreat will give you incredible tools and practices to strengthen your relationship and deepen your love.

PRACTICALITIES

Wednesday 23 October to Sunday 27 October

Start (23 October): 17:00 check in, 18:00 dinner, 19:30 opening
End (27 October): 13:00

Venue: Skeppsuddens Kursgård, Järstad, Östra Stenby, Norrköping, 610 32, Sweden

Price: SEK 9,900 per person (includes food & dormitory accommodation) plus ticket fees 
Pay SEK 800 extra per person for a double room

If you want to pay via Swish email karis@karismae.com

TESTIMONIAL

It was four amazing days at Skeppsudden. I remember how nervous I was about coming to the course, both BDSM and tantra were new to me and my partner, but now afterwards I am so grateful that we came.

It was a life-changing experience for both of us and we could not have gotten better guides to this world, so thank you for that.

At the beginning of the course, I mentioned that my burnout led me here, that I wanted to know why I am who I am and that for some reason I felt that this world may have the key to unlocking it.

Before the course it was just a feeling, I could not really put into words why it was so but after Andy's and Lin's guidance, everything fell into place. I feel that I understand myself better and I understand the connection between myself, sex and submission / dominance. Not only on an intellectual level but also on an embodied level, which makes it real and gives it the power to transform me.

These techniques also work on people who have almost no experience with either tantra or BDSM.

I'm even grateful for my burnout now because it led me here. It feels like we have found a whole new grand piano to explore in the house of life. We have signed up for your online course now and will keep an eye on future events and workshops.

Thanks thanks thanks!

Niklas

ABOUT YOUR GUIDES

Lin Holmquist started her spiritual journey with the primordial shamanism of the north. The journey continued with studies of classic yoga and tantra and later the crazy wisdom schools of neotantra. Lin has a burning passion for life and weaves modern psychology, NLP, therapy and science with traditional tantric and yogic practices. She loves to gracefully bridge the material and spiritual world, to make the ungraspable more understandable. Her mission is to support a global awakening and to guide people through the intense experiences of kundalini awakening. She provides a safe and stabile ground from where you can fly high. Lin's main focus is pleasure as a healing method and her work leads me all over the globe where she educates tantra therapists and facilitate workshops for curious beginners. 
www.theartoflove.nu

Andy Buru has been teaching bondage from an artistic and therapeutic perspective, since 2008. His main sources of inspiration are Japanese rope art (Yukinaga Max) and modern dance (Felix Ruckert). He is a theater student, medical massage therapist, former organizational coach and a conscious kinkster. During his fifteen years with BDSM, he has been a slave, owner, hedonist, purist, magician and slut. Now he brings his nerdy passion for psychology, anatomy and mysticism and lets them merge. Andy's therapeutic work is based on modern modalities for embodied trauma therapy, consent and conscious sexuality, instead of old spiritual belief systems.
www.andyburu.se

CANCELLATION POLICY

• Your place is only secured upon payment of the course fee. 
• If the course is cancelled you will receive a full refund.
• If you cancel within 14 days of booking, you will receive a refund (minus ticket fees).
• If the event is scheduled less than 14 days after your booking then no refund is possible.
• If you cancel later than 14 days after booking then no refund is possible.
• If you decide not to attend for whatever reason, you can transfer your ticket to another person.
• Should you fall ill before the retreat, you can receive a voucher for a new retreat within 12 months. This requires a medical certificate issued no later than 24 hours before the start of the event by a doctor, with a description of the symptoms that make it impossible for you to participate. The voucher can also be transferred to another person.

CONTACT

Do you have any questions? Contact the organiser Karis Mae karis@karismae.com