Reignite Your Marriage- 3 Day Retreat

Couples Retreat: Building Deeper Connections through Curiosity and Kindness
Inspired by the Gottman Method

Join us for a transformative weekend retreat designed to strengthen the emotional bonds between partners. This retreat will take place from Saturday morning through Sunday evening, offering an immersive experience to foster connection, vulnerability, and growth.

Guided by the principles of the Gottman Method, we’ll explore the foundational elements of successful relationships, with a focus on two key characteristics: curiosity and kindness. Through workshops, guided discussions, and experiential exercises, couples will learn practical tools to communicate more effectively, resolve conflict with empathy, and cultivate deeper intimacy.

Special Session: Enhanced Couples Connection

Whether you’re looking to strengthen your relationship, heal old wounds, or simply deepen your emotional connection, this retreat offers the tools, space, and guidance to help you thrive as a couple.

Couples Retreat Agenda

Deepening Connection and Vulnerability

• Registration and settle-in
• Light refreshments and introductions
• Overview of retreat goals and schedule

Opening Session – Foundations of Emotional Connection

• Introduction to the Gottman Method and its relationship principles
• Focus on curiosity and kindness: The foundation of healthy communication
• Guided couples exercises on active listening and emotional attunement

Lunch Break

• Light, nutritious meals served
• Time to relax and informally connect

Plant Medication Enhanced Couples Session

• Guided session incorporating plant medicine to deepen vulnerability and emotional connection
• Facilitated emotional exploration and partner sharing
• Gentle grounding exercises to support the experience

Break

• Quiet time for reflection or reconnecting with nature

 Integration Session with Sensate Focus

• Introduction to sensate focus as a tool for non-verbal emotional intimacy
• Guided sensate focus exercises focusing on mindful, non-demand touch to enhance emotional safety and trust
• Group discussion on how physical touch can reinforce emotional connection

Evening Reflection and Wrap-up

• Group debrief on day one’s experience
• Guided meditation to wind down and prepare for the next day

Strengthening Emotional Intimacy

Morning Check-in and Reflection

• Light breakfast
• Recap of previous day’s experiences and setting intentions for day two

Conflict Resolution and Communication Skills

• Exploring Gottman’s “Four Horsemen” and their antidotes
• Role-playing exercises for effective conflict resolution
• Breakout groups for shared reflection

Lunch Break

• Light, restorative meals served
• Time to relax and connect

Deepening Emotional Intimacy with Sensate Focus

• Continuation of sensate focus exercises, building on Saturday’s experience
• Exploring the emotional and physical dimensions of touch in cultivating connection and curiosity
• Reflection on how partners can integrate sensate focus into their daily lives

Break

• Mindfulness or movement exercises to re-center

Cultivating Lifelong Curiosity and Kindness

• Practical tools for maintaining emotional intimacy post-retreat
• Gottman-based strategies for continuous relationship growth
• Closing partner activity: Expressing gratitude and setting shared intentions

Sunday

Designing Your Relationship Roadmap

• Creating Personalized Rituals: Couples design small, intentional daily/weekly rituals to sustain connection (e.g., a weekly check-in, a gratitude practice, mindful touch rituals).
• Love Map Check-In: Revisit and update each other’s emotional "Love Maps" (future dreams, stressors, and evolving needs).
• Crafting a Relationship Agreement: Partners outline mutual commitments for continued growth, including communication strategies, conflict resolution techniques, and intimacy-building practices.

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Closing Ceremony & Final Reflection

• Guided visualization: Envisioning a thriving future together
• Gratitude exchange: Partners write and read short notes of appreciation for each other
• Group closing: A final moment of connection and encouragement from facilitators