Unleash: Conscious Kink – Dec 2026
December 6 - 12, 2026
Explore desire, intimacy, kink, and embodied pleasure in a private, consent-forward retreat held in the Costa Rican jungle. Every experience is guided, clearly negotiated, and fully optional.
High-Level Program Overview
Conscious Kink is a gay men’s embodiment retreat exploring desire, intimacy, pleasure, and power through kink-informed practices, ritual touch, movement, and embodied reflection.
This is curiosity over performance. Some practices include optional interaction with other participants, always guided by clear agreements, communication, and consent. You can observe, pause, change your mind, or participate from the edges.
Who It’s For & Why People Come
This retreat may be a fit if you want to:
- Explore conscious kink and erotic embodiment in a supportive environment.
- Understand your desires, boundaries, and communication more deeply.
- Follow your edge without being pushed beyond your pace.
- Experience optional partnered or group practices with clear consent.
- Explore power, surrender, ritual, sensuality, and play with intention.
- Move beyond shame and feel more at home in your erotic self.
- Connect with emotionally grounded gay and queer men.
- Bring greater honesty, confidence, and presence into your relationships.
What To Expect
The Experience:
The jungle hums as night falls, warm air settling on my skin. In the candlelit pavilion, I join other gay and queer men for an evening of conscious kink exploration. The facilitator grounds us in consent, communication, and choice. Nothing is assumed, and every invitation is optional. My breath slows as a rope rests against my wrists, its texture awakening curiosity.
The first stroke of the flogger lands gently, more rhythm than sting, and my body softens into sensation. Through guided touch, power exchange, and erotic embodiment, I begin listening more closely to my desires and boundaries. I can participate, observe, pause, or change my mind. Surrounded by others exploring their own edges, I feel both supported and free. I am not here to perform. I am here to discover a part of myself that feels honest, powerful, and fully alive.
Schedule Overview:
Mornings begin with movement and breathwork, followed by conversations and demonstrations around consent, desire, boundaries, and communication. Late mornings and afternoons move into hands-on conscious kink workshops, skill-building exercises, and optional individual, partnered, or group practices.
Evenings unfold through music, ritual, community connection, and optional erotic exploration. Between sessions, there is time to rest, journal, visit the waterfalls, or simply let the experience settle. The pace is immersive but spacious, allowing you to explore, integrate, and choose the depth that feels right.
You can say no. You can go slowly. You can change your mind. Boundaries are part of the experience, not an interruption to it.
Facilitators
Alex Sloan
San Francisco-based facilitator and longtime explorer of kink, pleasure, power, and embodiment.
Hear directly from Alex about the Conscious Kink experience.
Lodging & Property
Investment & Logistics
- Duration: 7 days, 6 nights
- Group Size: Maximum 28 for depth and safety.
- Prices:
- Shared 4 Bed Jungle Cabin — $2,550
- Private King Cabin — $3,450
- Shared Twin Jungle Cabin — $3,300
- Private Deluxe Cabin — $3,750
- Scholarships: Available to those facing financial hardship, with documentation to support their application. Email welcome@qasa.house for more information.
- Prerequisites Best suited to participants who feel comfortable with explicit conversations, nudity, kink-informed practices, group intimacy, and optional consensual interaction with other participants.
- Experience Style An interactive conscious sexuality and embodiment retreat centered on desire, ritual, intimacy, boundaries, communication, and kink-informed exploration.
- Interactive and fully opt-in. Some workshops may include consensual partnered or group practices between participants. You may decline, observe, pause, or leave an exercise at any time.
- Privacy LevelFully private. Retreat activities and meals are exclusive to participants, the facilitator, and the supporting Qasa team. Hotel guests do not join the retreat program.
- Participant and Facilitator Boundaries Facilitators and Qasa team members guide and support the experience but do not engage sexually with participants.
- Spice Level A sexually open, kink-informed environment where participants may explore conscious and consensual connection with one another. Consent, privacy, communication, and personal choice remain central throughout
- Travel Logistics: Check out our travel and packing guide for more information
Where You’ll Be Staying
- Qasa is located 3.5-4.5 hours from San Jose International airport (SJO), and roughly 1.25 hours from Quepos Airport (XQP) which has regular flights from SJO on Sansa Airlines and Green Airways
- After booking a stay at Qasa we will be happy to help you book a private taxi through a trusted provider. Private taxi rates (subject to change) are approximately:
- $180 from San Jose or SJO Airport
- $80 from Quepos or XQP Airport
- $90 from Manuel Antonio
- $30 from Dominical
- $30 from San Isidro
- If renting a car, a 4×4 is required to access the hotel in the rainy season
- The most economical option to arrive is to take a public bus to San Isidro or Dominical and then take a private taxi
Next Step
Option 1: Reserve Your Spot
- Reserve your place.
- Complete application.
- Final confirmation process.
Option 2: Book a Discovery Call
- Speak with our team.
- Ask questions.
- Get help choosing accommodations and completing registration.
frequently asked questions
FAQs
Got questions about our retreats in Costa Rica? Read the FAQs or get in touch via the contact form below.
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Qasa is a clothing optional queer sanctuary nestled in the lush Costa Rican jungle. We are a hotel and retreat center offering a mix of transformative experiences, playful freedom, embodied pleasure, wellness, and connection — all centered around the LGBTQ+ community. Whether you’re coming for a retreat, a hotel stay, or an event, we welcome you with open arms.
While our retreats are predominantly for GBTQ+ men, our hotel welcomes all guests who value conscious community, natural beauty, and authentic connection – regardless of background, identity, or how you love.
Qasa offers an eco-chic boutique hotel and transformational experiences, including sacred plant journeys, nature-based adventures and embodied pleasure retreats. We also offer intentional gatherings, parties, and festivals, as well as daily world-class classes, workshops, and events.
Yes! You can stay with us as a hotel guest during “off-retreat” times. It’s a beautiful way to enjoy nature, community, and rest. Check availability here.
Absolutely. We celebrate body freedom and comfort. Nudity is welcome in common areas, and respected as a non-sexual form of self-expression. Please always sit on a towel 🙂
Yes. We are an adults-only space (18+). Our programming and environment are not suitable for children.
A wellness retreat is dedicated time away to rest, reconnect, and support your wellbeing through nature, guided practices, nourishing food, and community.
At Qasa, gay and queer men take part in guided workshops, embodiment, nature, shared meals, and community. The exact program depends on the retreat, and participation is always opt-in.
Yes. Qasa’s core retreat programs are designed specifically for gay and queer identifying men. Hotel stays and selected events welcome guests of all identities.
Yes. Outside retreat periods and on available hotel dates, guests of all identities can book a stay solo, with a partner, or with friends.
Qasa offers a deliberately queer-centered home base in Costa Rica, built around belonging, clear community agreements, and care.
Travel experiences vary, and normal precautions still apply. At Qasa, guests enter a queer-centered environment supported by our team and community agreements.
Yes. Qasa can host private retreats, workshops, birthdays, and group getaways, subject to fit and availability.
Qasa is in Valle Diamante, about 3.5 to 4.5 hours from San José by road. Retreat guests receive specific shuttle and arrival details for their program.
Retreat guests receive fresh, chef-prepared meals made with local ingredients whenever possible. Many dietary needs can be accommodated with advance notice.
Hotel stays are lodging-only unless a specific package, event, or private booking states otherwise.