Private intimacy retreats for couples · Worldwide

Return to each other.

Welcome to a world most people have no idea exists, where romance is real, your souls stir, and the deepest parts of you are seen in ways you didn't know were possible.

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The Invitation

For the devotees of love

This path isn't for the faint of heart. It's for the courageous ones, couples willing to put their whole hearts on the line for a love of a lifetime.

Romantic Endeavors is an experience, not therapy and not coaching. Through guided ritual, breath, presence and connection practices, I create a private sanctuary where the two of you can slow down, open up and fall into each other again.

Every retreat is bespoke and held for one couple at a time. Things can go as slowly or as quickly as you wish.

Turning fantasy into reality, by building it.

IGNITE

Rekindle the spark that first drew you together

ENHANCE

Refresh how you listen, speak and touch

EXPAND

Discover what else is possible between you

EXPLORE

Play, curiosity and sensation at your own pace

DEEPEN

Move from closeness into true union

The Experience

Three layers of connection

Every retreat weaves these layers together, shaped entirely around the two of you and what feels right in the moment.

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i. Emotional connection

The Heart

Eye gazing, authentic relating, tantric breath, nervous-system attunement and tea-and-truth telling. Gentle, deeply moving, and often surprisingly fun.

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ii. Sensual awakening

The Senses

Candlelit sensory journeys, a blindfolded lovers' table and new languages of touch. Playful, immersive and delightfully disarming.

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iii. Union

The Sacred

Ceremony, devotion and the most intimate expressions of your love, guided with reverence and care. Details are shared privately during your consultation.

The Retreats

Immersions for two

Each retreat is fully custom designed. These are the shapes they most often take. Your intake call shapes the rest.

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The Signature Immersion

Two days

A romantic odyssey crafted to ignite passion, deepen connection and awaken the senses.

  • In-depth pre-retreat intake call
  • Intention setting at a sacred altar
  • Heart-opening breath, gazing and relating
  • Personalized rituals between sessions
  • An evening awakening of touch and sensation
  • A closing celebration of your union
  • Morning-after integration
From$12,000
per couple
Inquire
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The Odyssey

Seven days

The most memorable retreat of your lives, in a destination of your dreams.

  • Destination and villa curation
  • A full week-long arc of ritual and ceremony
  • Open days to simply be together
  • Vow renewal or milestone celebration
  • Private dining and bespoke experiences
  • Six follow-up integration calls
From$36,000
per couple
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Destination retreats also include my travel and accommodation.

The Continuing Journey

Keep the door open

What opens during a retreat is meant to keep growing. Ongoing integration support helps you carry your rituals, practices and new ways of relating into everyday life.

Three Private Sessions

$2,400

Private sessions with Nicole Marie to integrate, troubleshoot and deepen.

Six Private Sessions

$4,500

A longer arc of support for couples committed to an ongoing intimacy journey.

The Cohort Waitlist

$1,500

An intimate group journey with a small circle of couples, at a gentler investment. Join the waitlist to hear when the next cohort opens.

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Anywhere in the world

Let's travel.

Retreats unfold wherever your love story wants to go: an island, a European city, a mountain hideaway, or close to home. Based in Denver, I'm often flown in to meet couples wherever they are.

Kaua'i · Europe · Denver · Your destination
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Your Guide

I am here to serve your union.

I'm Nicole Marie Rose, and I personally guide every Romantic Endeavor. My role is simple: I hold the space, and the two of you deepen with each other.

Letting someone into your relationship in this way can be incredibly vulnerable. For some couples it's fun and easy, and for others it's a tender process far beyond reason. Either way, I'm here to care for you every step of the way, from our first call to long after you return home.

Always remember, this journey is for you.

Nicole Marie Rose
In Their Words

What couples carry home

"Genuine, accepted and cared for." "Comforting, warm, sensuous." "Transcendent!"

"Nicole is a masterful space holder. Her tenderness, ability to communicate with love and understanding, to listen free of judgement… is second to none. My wife and I have never felt so held by someone else, and our love for each other was amplified five fold."

B.B., 40

"Euphoric, like a drug you never want to come down from."

Husband & wife, early 40s

"What we have seems bigger, open and more expansive. We are more sensitive, vulnerable in our communication and aware of each other… We created a beautiful temple with her expertise and brought it back home with us."

Joyce & Steve, 64 & 70

"Everything about the experience — from the thoughtfulness and care you put into rearranging and decorating the room, to the exercises we did together in the beginning, to your calming, welcoming, beautiful energy — was amazing. At no point did either of us ever feel anything but seen, accepted, encouraged."

Husband & wife, early 40s

"[Nicole Marie] has a clear mastery of channeling energy, breathwork, and the physical. Yet, this deep knowledge and experience doesn't get in the way of her beautiful soul. She is a genuine loving person who makes you feel comfortable with, not in spite of, your vulnerability."

Anonymous

"It felt expansive. It was a powerful experience to be immersed within your loving space… as if I was feeling all the different forms of love I have ever experienced, all at the same time."

Anonymous

"I notice I have had a much more intense and connected relationship with my wife since just our first conversation over the phone."

Anonymous
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The Intimate Arts Academy

Called to hold this work yourself?

For practitioners, healers and devoted students who feel called to serve love, the Intimate Arts Academy offers in-depth training in devotional touch, including the Devotional Bodywork Certification.

Learn the rituals, presence and skillful touch behind every Romantic Endeavor, and how to hold others with safety, consent and deep care.

Explore the Academy
Is This for You?

Made for couples ready to go deeper

Beautiful for couples who are…

  • In a healthy relationship and wanting more
  • Feeling a loss of spark or closeness
  • Celebrating an anniversary or a new chapter
  • Renewing their vows or their devotion
  • Curious to explore new depths together

An honest note before you begin

This work is for couples who are already in an honest connection. If there are secrets, unspoken truths or major hurts you haven't worked through, please begin with a counselor first. They will come up as barriers to intimacy.

Imagine holding your beloved's gaze for five minutes while keeping something from them. You can't. That's the beauty of this work, and why honesty has to come first.

The invitation: take this time fully off, from work, from other people and from screens.

Questions

What couples often ask

Is this therapy or coaching?

Neither. Romantic Endeavors is an experience: guided rituals and connection exercises that bring you into presence, romance and pleasure with each other. If you're working through something that needs clinical support, I'm happy to suggest trusted counselors to begin with.

What if we have things we haven't worked through?

Please begin with a counselor first. Unspoken truths and unresolved hurts will rise up as barriers to intimacy. When you're in an honest place together, this work can take you somewhere extraordinary.

Where do retreats take place?

Anywhere in the world. Kaua'i and Europe are favorites, and I'm based in Denver. For destination retreats, my travel and accommodation are added to your investment.

What are your boundaries?

I am giving, you are receiving, and you are connecting with each other. My only agenda is the well-being of your relationship. Every experience is consent-led, and any of us can pause or stop at any time.

How private is this?

Completely. Your details are never shared, nothing is photographed, and every retreat is held for one couple at a time.

How do we begin?

Send a private inquiry below. We'll schedule an in-depth intake call to understand where you are as a couple and design the experience that fits.

Begin Your Inquiry

Let's build the experience of your dreams

Share a little about yourselves. I'll reach out personally within two business days to arrange your intake call.

Everything you share is held in complete confidence.

With love, Nicole Marie

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Are you both in an honest, open place with each other?

Either answer is welcome. It simply helps me guide you well.