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Second Summer Shibari Retreat
August 27 - August 30
Second Summer Shibari Retreat
Thursday, August 27 – Sunday, August 30
REGISTER
Learn, experience, play, and connect through the medium of Japanese inspired rope bondage. This weekend retreat, designed for all levels of experience, explores intimacy, connectivity, and creativity within the realm of Shibari, movement practice, and alternative community building.
Recharge in the sauna, swim in the pond, enjoy nature walks and take in the sun, while our chef prepares a delicious selection of healthy meals to complement your rejuvenating experience at Peace Temple.
Retreat program
Step away from the chaos of daily life and immerse yourself in the serene beauty of Peace Temple to learn, experience, and play. This weekend retreat explores intimacy, connection, and creativity through Shibari, movement practice, and intentional community building. Whether you’re an experienced practitioner or completely new, you’re invited to deepen your practice in a shared container of openness and care. This retreat offers a supportive space to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and connect with friends old and new.
Swim in the pond, take a nature walk, nap in a sunlit field, explore a winding creek, discover the secret chess room, or cozy up by the fire. Peace Temple’s facilities are rich with quiet corners and playful surprises that will reward your curiosity.
Throughout the weekend, you can choose from a thoughtfully curated blend of offerings from expert facilitators and educators. Dive deep into your rope education by taking every single rope class, or take a step back and focus on the morning movement classes. Be social in the discussion based offerings and group activities, or spend quality solo time. Relish in the intensity of a group sauna experience and facilitator performances, or choose softness and restoration by attending the morning sound bath. Leave behind your expectations and craft a weekend schedule that fits you.
The weekend’s activities are accompanied by nutritious, delicious, and hearty meals cooked on site by a private chef, included in the cost of the retreat.
There are no skill prerequisites to attend this retreat and all levels are encouraged to attend. There will be two tracks of classes: one for intermediate to advanced level students, and one for beginner students. Please see the example schedule from last year’s retreat below:
Prerequisites
This weekend is meant for advanced practitioners only. All rope classes will be at a suspension or equivalent level, and participants are expected to meet the following prerequisites:
Riggers must be able to confidently tie several suspendable harnesses, confidently build and manage multiple uplines, have excellent in scene communication skills, and be well informed on safety and risk in rope suspension. People in rope must have excellent in scene communication skills and be well informed on safety and risk in rope suspension. Those newer to working in suspension and partial suspension are welcome, but this should not be your first time suspending, being suspended, or working in a fast-paced, advanced level environment. Not all workshops will be on suspension technique! But we do expect all practitioners to be at the advanced level outlined here. If you’re unsure if you meet these requirements, please contact Sydona at sydona@sydonarogue.com.
Tentative Retreat schedule
Thursday
- 3:00pm – 7:00pm – Landing/Arrival
- 7:00 pm – Dinner
- 9:00 pm – Opening circle / Introductions / Weekend Guidelines
- 11:00 pm – Rest
Friday
- 9:00 am – Breakfast
- 10am – Gong Bath
- 11:30 am — Wheel of Consent (Required for all participants!)
- 1:30 pm – Lunch
- 3:00pm — Rope Classes
- 6:00 pm – Dinner
- 8pm – Storytime and Evening Openspace
- 11:00 pm – Rest
Saturday
- 9:00am – Breakfast
- 10am – Movement Class
- 11:30 am – Rope Classes
- 1:30pm — Rope Classes
- 3:30pm – Lunch
- 4:30 pm – Bottoming Roundtable, Daytime Openspace, and Sauna
- 7:30 — Dinner
- 9:00pm – Facilitator Demos and Q&A and Evening Openspace
- 11:00 pm – Rest
Sunday
- 9:00 – Breakfast
- 10am – Movement Class
- 11:30 am – Rope Classes
- 2:00 pm – Lunch and Packup
- 3:00pm – Closing circle
- 4:00 pm – Departure
Facilitators
Sydona (She/Her)
In March of 2018 Sydona found her way into the NYC rope scene and never looked back. Since then, she’s immersed herself into honing her practice, perhaps obsessively. She currently works full time as a nightlife performer, bondage artist, photographer, creator, and facilitator. In these past several years she’s traveled both within the U.S. and internationally for rope opportunities, as a performer, as a student, and more recently as an educator. Previous to 2020, Syd trained and worked as a professional modern and contemporary dancer, a background she takes great pride in, as it deeply enriches her current practice. With over thirteen years of experience as a movement artist, Sydona brings a unique, fluid, yet delightfully sadistic perspective to the world of Shibari. This is her third year of creating Peace Temple’s Shibari Retreats, which she proudly considers one of the most fulfilling experiences of her career.
Vladimir Kuperman
Host and the creator of Peace Temple. Vladimir is a leader of Peace Temple, a spiritual retreat center in the beautiful Catskill Mountains, devoted to creating and holding peaceful and inspiring community events, where creativity, spiritual growth, sustainability, respect for nature, and respect for each other are practiced. Besides hosting the retreat, Vladimir will facilitate the Central American Sauna.
To register
Please read community agreements, before registering to attend the retreat.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12x3qbdrGMxdsUH80VgquTQKTZKElzriZYbysqBEWWE0/edit
You may send the complete payment, or a 50% deposit (the remainder is due one week before the retreat start date) and fill out the form below with the screenshot of your payment.
Retreat price: $670
*Retreat includes all meals.
All identities are warmly welcomed and encouraged to attend. If the cost of attendance is prohibitive, please reach out via sydona@sydonarogue.com to inquire about potential scholarship or discounted attendance.
- Add $105 for a three-night stay in our cozy dorm with a full-size bed (bring your own bedding, see photos below).
- Add $420 for a three-night stay in our private cabin with a queen-size bed (bedding provided). Please note that cabins do not have private bathrooms; bathroom facilities are shared among guests.
To help make attendance more accessible, we will be offering a limited number of scholarships and work/trade opportunities by application for those in need of financial support. This {application} will be open from April 1 through May 15, and we especially encourage individuals of marginalized identities to apply.
This retreat is not yet sold out.
Refund policy
Peace Temple reserves the right to cancel a retreat at any time. If Peace Temple cancels a retreat, you will receive a full refund. Some retreats may have special cancellation policies; please see individual retreat descriptions.
Unless otherwise stated within program descriptions:
Full refunds are available up to thirty (30) days before your program or stay.
Nonrefundable credit toward a future Peace Temple retreat is available up to fourteen (14) days before your retreat, or you may choose to receive a 50% refund at this time. Credit may be applied to any Peace Temple retreat in 2024-2025.
No credit or refund is available if you cancel within thirteen (13) days of the retreat; if you do not show up; or if you leave an event early for any reason. No refund will be available if you attend a program and are dissatisfied with its presentation or content.
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We are now offering two back-to-back weekends for this 4-day retreat in the fall!
This retreat is for advanced practitioners only, while the previous weekend will be all levels.
Please read through this FAQ for details:
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Will the programming be the same for both weeks?
No! The general schedule structure will remain the same but the class offerings will differ.
Can I sign up for both weekends!
Yes!
Can I stay at Peace Temple between two retreats if I sign up for both weekends?
Yes! If you want to attend both weekends there is an option to stay at Peace Temple in between the weekends. Please email info@peacetempleretreats.org for more information.
Can I attend solo?
Yes! There will be some activities to help facilitate new friendships and community building, including games, peer skill-sharing, group discussions, and shared meals.
I’d like to attend but I can’t arrive by the 3-7pm arrival time. Can I still come?
We strongly encourage participants to arrive by 9pm on the first day of the retreat and stay through the closing circle on day four to honor the closed container environment and take full advantage of all offerings and opportunities. If you are not able to make it by 9pm on the first day of the retreat but would still like to attend, please email info@peacetempleretreats.org to discuss an exception.
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Retreats provide time and peace away from your day to day routines. Going on a retreat helps to re-energize your body and soul, while providing you space to think creatively and time to reflect. If you truly want to be productive and effective in your daily life , then setting aside time to detox your body, being in nature, consider your life’s purpose and your personal values, vision and mission is vital.
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Please write to peacetempleretreats@gmail.com to inquire for details.