The Somatic Way Retreat is a four-day immersive gathering for women who are ready to move out of chronic overdrive and into embodied presence.

This is nervous system work, trauma-informed embodiment, and a return to your body’s innate rhythm.

Many high-functioning women live in subtle but chronic sympathetic activation, operating in patterns of urgency, hyper-responsibility, vigilance, and performance. Over time, this can manifest as:

* Anxiety or racing thoughts

* Difficulty resting without guilt

* Disconnection from pleasure or sensuality

* Emotional numbness or overwhelm

* Hormonal disregulation and burnout

* A persistent feeling of “holding it all together.”

From a nervous system lens, this reflects limited access to ventral vagal safety, the physiological state required for connection, creativity, digestion, intimacy, and restoration.

This retreat is designed to gently increase your capacity for safety in the body.

Through guided somatic practices, co-regulation, and structured spaciousness, you will learn how to:

* Down-regulate sympathetic activation in real time

* Recognize early stress cues before overwhelm sets in

* Expand your window of tolerance

* Shift from survival physiology into embodied safety

* Self-regulate through breath, sensation, and orienting

* Build resilience that carries into daily life

This is not conceptual learning.

It is lived, embodied integration.

When the nervous system softens, the body becomes available for more than survival.

It becomes available for sensation.

For intuition, pleasure, and creativity.

Sensual embodiment is not indulgence; it is a sign of nervous system safety. When vigilance decreases, receptivity increases. When bracing softens, magnetism emerges.

Here, we cultivate:

* Slow, intentional movement

* Deepened breath and pelvic awareness

* Intuitive listening

* The capacity to receive

* Trust in the body’s signals

This is the reclamation of your feeling body; the grounded, responsive, magnetic body that does not need to force.

Humans regulate in relationship.

Research consistently shows that safe relational witnessing supports vagal tone, reduces stress reactivity, and increases emotional resilience.

In an intimate container of eight women:

* Masks soften

* Performance drops

* Authentic expression emerges

* The nervous system settles through co-regulation

There is no fixing here. No comparison. No hierarchy.

Only honest presence.

This experience is particularly supportive for women who:

* Live in chronic overdrive or high-functioning anxiety

* Feel disconnected from their bodies or sensuality

* Struggle to rest without guilt

* Desire practical self-regulation tools

* Feel emotionally “on” for everyone else

* Long for deeper embodiment without spiritual bypassing

* Are navigating burnout, life transitions, or relational strain

* Have done therapy but want body-based integration

This retreat may be especially beneficial for helping professionals, leaders, mothers, entrepreneurs, and caregivers whose nervous systems rarely receive sustained co-regulated rest.

Support + Restorative Spaciousness

Each day is gently guided with somatic sessions and embodied practices, balanced with intentional integration time. The nervous system requires rhythm: activation and rest, structure and choice.

You may choose to:

* Wander forest trails

* Journal slowly with a warm drink

* Nap without apology

* Sweat in the sauna

* Soak under the open sky

* Sit by the fire in quiet reflection

Spaciousness is not indulgence. It is integration.

Nature itself is regulating. Time outdoors increases parasympathetic tone, reduces cortisol, and enhances emotional processing. This setting amplifies the work.

* Location: Big Bear

* Length: 4 days / 3 nights

* Group Size: Limited to 8 women

Meals will be prepared with love and care. You’ll receive breakfast, snacks, and a beautiful in-home dinner on Saturday evening.

On our final night, Sunday, we’ll dine at a beloved local restaurant in town (meal not included in pricing) to celebrate our time together.

SLEEPING OPTIONS INCLUDE:

1 Bunk room (6 beds total):
$900 per person

1 Queen room:
$1800 private single
$1000 two person share, each

1 King suite:
$2000 private single
$1200 two person share, each

Hello sister if we haven’t met, I’m Tara and I’d love to share a little about my devotion to guiding women back home to their bodies through the Somatic Way.

This work is about reclaiming your inner truth through your senses, feminine embodiment, intuition, connection to your body, and gently releasing patterns of shame and unworthiness held in the body.

In our retreat spaces, we gather in sisterhood to listen inward. Through somatic practice, devotion, and sacred presence, you’ll reconnect to your body’s wisdom and remember the wholeness that has always been yours.

I hold grounded, compassionate space for you to meet yourself fully without judgment, only respect and reverence.

My prayer is that you walk away anchored in safety, connected to pleasure as guidance, and fully stepped into your FUCK YES for the life you desire.

Do I need any experience working with Eros Alchemy to attend?

No, not at all. This is a container for all levels, and this container is all about nourishing your mind, body, and spirit.

Do I have to wear lingerie?

Absolutely not. You are encouraged to wear what you feel most comfortable in. Soft natural fabrics you can freely move within are suggested (how much fabric is up to you, wink, wink.)

Do I have to do a witness dance?

This is always an option and never expected.

Are there any payment plans?

Yes, please reach out directly, and we can discuss what is available.

Will there be video or photography?

Yes, there will be some photos and videos taken. You are more than welcome to opt out and will have an opportunity to request this during the opening ceremony. Photos are used for Eros Alchemy promotional content and sharing. You can also use the footage for yourself, and we ask that you tag our photographer and us. 

Please reach us at eros@taratatangelo.com if you cannot find an answer to your question, or have additional questions not listed here.

Cancellation Policy: Due to the intimate nature of this retreat, refunds are not offered. If you would like to make sure this self-investment is a "hell yes!" for you, email Eros@TaraTatangelo.com to schedule a connection call.

Please note that we strongly recommend purchasing travel insurance in case of unforeseen circumstances that prevent you from attending the retreat. We also reserve the right to cancel the retreat for any reason, and in the event of cancellation, we will refund your payment in full.