Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/11/2026 - 09/11/2026
8:00 am - 8:00 pm

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Regulate. Reconnect. Reclaim. Rise.

A 4-Day, 3-Night Facilitated Intensive for Adults

Friday 6 November–Monday 9 November 2026
Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Limited to 12 participants

RE:TURN is an immersive four-day experience for adults who want to step away from routine and reconnect with their body, voice, emotions, personal power, and capacity for authentic connection.

This is a small, facilitated intensive—not a passive villa holiday. Across four days, we will combine guided learning, reflection, embodied practices, adult sexuality education, group process, rest, and meaningful time together.

You do not need to be partnered or have previous experience. What matters is curiosity, emotional responsibility, and respect for yourself and others.

The RE:TURN Framework

Regulate

Learn grounding, breath, self-compassion, and emotional-awareness practices that help you settle, notice, and respond to yourself with greater care.

Reconnect

Build more honest connection with yourself and others. Practise presence, listening, communication, and being witnessed in a respectful group.

Reclaim

Examine the beliefs, fears, shame, and old patterns that may have shaped your relationship with your body, boundaries, pleasure, and personal power. Create room for joy, movement, choice, and possibility.

Rise

Leave with greater clarity, resilience, and self-trust. Consider how you want to live, relate, and move forward without allowing fear to define you.

What to Expect

Over four days, we will work with:

• Self-worth, body confidence, and self-acceptance
• Emotional awareness, grounding, and release
• Communication, deep listening, and authentic connection
• Consent, boundaries, choice, giving, and receiving
• Sexual wellbeing, pleasure, and body awareness
• Reflection, integration, and taking your learning home

The experience includes teaching, individual reflection, group discussion, paired and small-group exercises, and embodied practices.

Detailed programme information, participation expectations, and group agreements will be discussed with shortlisted applicants during the Zoom suitability conversation.

What Past Participants Said

“This self love retreat hit the spot. A time to break free from the hustle and bustle of routine two dots, one line life(ie work and home).  A moment to disconnect with the identity that is necessary and get in touch with the authentic self.” – Anonymous, 15 May 2025

Suitable for Beginners

No previous retreat, sexuality-education, embodiment, or group-work experience is required.

The programme begins with foundations and offers choices around participation. You may come because you are new, curious, uncertain, rebuilding confidence, or ready to explore your relationship with yourself more deeply.

A Respectful and Inclusive Group

RE:TURN is open to adults of all genders, sexual orientations, relationship structures, races, faiths, bodies, abilities, and backgrounds.

Homophobia, transphobia, racism, sexism, ableism, body-shaming, harassment, discrimination, and contempt toward other participants are not tolerated.

Everyone is expected to uphold confidentiality, consent, privacy, and respect for different identities, experiences, and viewpoints.

Venue

We will stay in a private, air-conditioned villa in Bukit Indah, Johor Bahru.

The villa has five bedrooms, five bathrooms, shared spaces for sessions and meals, and facilities for rest and recreation. Exact venue and travel details will be shared with confirmed participants.

What Is Included

• 4 days and 3 nights’ accommodation
• All shared meals throughout the retreat
• Facilitated programme and retreat materials
• Return group transport for participants travelling with the group between Singapore and Johor Bahru
• A small, curated group of no more than 12 participants

Participants choosing to travel independently will arrange and pay for their own travel.

Investment

S$1,399 per person

Your place is confirmed after a successful suitability conversation and payment.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Can I come alone, with a friend, or with my partner?

Yes. You may apply alone, with a friend, or with your partner. Couples and friends applying together will be allocated to the same room where possible.

2. Will I have my own room?

Accommodation involves shared bedrooms and bathrooms. Couples and friends applying together will be placed together. Other room arrangements depend on the final group composition, so please come with flexibility and consideration for shared living.

3. Is this suitable for beginners?

Yes. No previous experience is required.

4. Do I need to stay for the full retreat?

Yes. This is a four-day intensive, with each part building on the previous one. Participants are expected to arrive on Friday and stay through the closing on Monday.

5. Are meals included?

Yes. All shared meals throughout the retreat are included.

6. Is transport included?

Return group transport is provided for participants travelling with the group between Singapore and Johor Bahru. Participants who choose to travel independently will arrange and pay for their own travel.

7. Does the retreat include touch?

Some guided exercises may include optional consensual touch or partner work. You may choose a non-touch alternative, self-directed option, observation, or to sit out an exercise.

8. Will I have to share personal things?

No. You decide what to share. You will be invited to reflect and participate, but will not be pressured to disclose personal experiences, relationship details, or anything you do not wish to discuss.

9. What happens after I apply?

Complete the interest form first. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a Zoom conversation with Dr. Martha Tara Lee. This is a chance to discuss the retreat in more detail, ask questions, and assess whether it is a suitable fit for you and the group.

10. Is this therapy?

No. This is a facilitated educational and personal-development intensive, not individual therapy or crisis care. It is not a replacement for mental-health treatment.

11. Can professionals attend? Does it offer AASECT CE?

Professionals are welcome to apply. This is a personal and experiential learning space, not a professional-certification programme, and it does not offer AASECT CE credit.

Participants who attend in full may request a certificate of attendance stating the dates and facilitated learning hours. Each participant is responsible for checking whether those hours are relevant to their own professional body or credential.

12. Do I need travel insurance or a passport?

Yes. Participants are responsible for ensuring they have a valid passport, any required entry permissions, and suitable travel insurance for Malaysia.

13. What should I bring?

Please bring a journal and pen, toiletries, comfortable clothes, sleepwear, a swimming costume, any regular medication, and personal items that help you feel settled.

How to Apply

1. Complete the online interest form.
2. Shortlisted applicants will be invited for a Zoom conversation with Dr. Martha Tara Lee.
3. If accepted, make payment to confirm your place.

By confirming your place, you agree to the retreat’s payment, cancellation, confidentiality, consent, and group-participation terms.

Only 12 places are available

Register your interest

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Led by Dr. Martha Tara Lee