Advanced Shibari Retreat:
Attention and Intention
with fuoco & True Blue
February 20-27, 2027
Casa Chango Mexico, Puerto Escondido
Spend a WEEK in PARADISE with new friends, the beach, delicious, fresh, local food, and new shibari tools. This retreat is for tying pairs. You must register as a pair, and registration prices reflect the combined cost of the retreat for two people.
Join fuoco and True Blue for a week of breaking old patterns and exciting new curiosities. This retreat is a unique opportunity to truly level-up your rope practice, immersed in practice and play.
This workshop is ideal for tying pairs who know plenty of harnesses and feel capable of suspension but who want to infuse their rope practice with more connection. You’ll be encouraged to slow down, notice your partner, tie responsively, and collaborate energetically. fuoco and Blue will speak to both topping and bottoming roles throughout the retreat.
The week will include instruction in tying improvisationally and how to bring fresh energy to familiar forms. We’ll offer surprising transitional sequences alongside slower and lower offerings that allow you to give your attention to the more emotional aspects of tying.
Enjoy 2-3 classes each day.
Morning class will consist of a movement class and rope class. Afternoons will consist of a second rope class with time to relax in the pool or take siesta before dinner. After dinner the space will be available for quiet practice or play. One night after dinner we’ll have a play party— toys, leather, latex, or anything else that brings you joy is welcome. Nudity is permitted. Sexual play and/or play that involves fluids is not.
The rest of your time will be spent eating delicious food, swimming in the pool, lounging in hammocks, and enjoying being in nature. There will be time to explore local markets and beaches as well as the local night life.
Daily Schedule Sample:
- 7:15 – 7:45 a.m – Morning Movement Class
- 7:30 – 9:30 a.m. – Tea, Coffee and Breakfast
- 10 a.m.-12:45pm – Morning Rope Class Session
- 1:00 p.m. – Lunch
- 2:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m. – Free time (pool, hammocks, massages, naps)
- 3:30 p.m. – Afternoon snack and beverage
- 4:30 – 6p.m. – Afternoon Rope Class
- 7:00 p.m. – Dinner
- 8:00 p.m. – Free time, hot tub, play, and evening activities
We will take you to our favorite beaches for swimming, surfing, snorkeling, and releasing baby turtles into the sea. Optional evening adventures include a bioluminescent lagoon & local night market.
Read more about our excursions here.
Prerequisites:
This retreat is for students who are comfortable with suspension techniques. For riggers, upline management should feel like muscle memory and should be able to tie several upper and lower body harnesses from memory. People being tied should be aware of their body’s needs and considerations regarding safer ranges of motion and nerve sensitivity. Bottoms should also be able to communicate critical information about safety under stress.
Your Teachers:
fuoco began her rope journey as a bottom in Phoenix in 2012 and shortly thereafter moved to London, where much of her early rope learning happened. Upon moving back to the US, she began presenting at conferences and intensives around the country, while regularly returning to Europe to further her education. Her career as a bondage practitioner, teacher, and performer grew alongside her career as a professional acrobat and movement specialist. She’s trained extensively in partner acrobatics, contortion, and hair hanging, and through these disciplines has developed a keen sense of how to explore intensity in sustainable ways and what it means for two bodies to be in conversation with one another. In 2023 she joined Shibari Study as Director of Education and has been thinking about shibari education full time since.
She believes that kink is inherently political, and strives to bring her politics, values, and an accountability for those values into her teaching spaces. She offers private lessons and sessions out of Imprint Studio in downtown Northampton, MA. Find her on instagram @fuocofet or @imprint.rope
Blue has been teaching & performing rope bondage since 2012, primarily in the Bay Area in California. In June 2017, she opened VoxBody Studio, the area’s first rope-dedicated venue. Blue has presented through Shibari Study and at RopeCraft, Bondage Expo Dallas, Desert Bound and Karada House’s Queerope event and performed at events such as Folsom Street Fair, Twisted Windows and Vau de Vire Society productions. She is an enthusiastic switch, believes bondage education should address both sides of the rope, and is so proud of her local rope community that has thrived at the studio and beyond. Find her on IG @miss_true_blue.
Casa Chango Mexico
Retreat pricing:
You must sign up in pairs of 2.
Pricing is per couple in USD
Prices listed are the Early Bird Prices which are $300 discounted. Full price is $300 more than the prices listed. Early bird discount ends August 15.
Need a payment plan? Email us at SweetRetreatsMexico@gmail.com and we will set that up for you.
| Your choice of accommodations: | Early Bird Price (2 people) | Full Price (2 people) |
| Shared Dorm (4 people total) | $4600 | $5200 |
| Shared Private Room with Shared Bathroom | $5000 | $5600 |
| Shared Private Room with Private Bathroom | $5200 | $5800 |
| SharedPrivate Room w Private Bathroom & Air Conditioner | $5500 | $6100 |
$500 Deposit is required to secure your spot.
Early bird price ends 3 months before first day of the retreat.
Full tuition is due by one month before the first day of the retreat.
Rates refer to cost of two people’s tuition.
Couples must sign up together.
Dorms are mixed gender.
Click here for room descriptions.
What’s included:
- Ground transportation to/from the Puerto Escondido Airport (PXM) to our accommodations*
- Arrive on February 20. Depart on February 27.
- Accommodations for the duration of the retreat
- Daily meals – breakfast, lunch, dinner, & desserts and treats!
- 2-3 daily classes
- Photoshoot
- Use of all Casa Chango facilities
- Lounge
- Swimming pool
- Hot tub
- Dance studio
- 2000 square foot open air gym
- Hiking trail to the river
- Gardens & hammocks
- Trips to a local beaches and night market
- Eco Tour
- Evening Jacuzzi soaks
- Starlink Wifi Internet
We will do photo shoots during the retreat. Here are some examples from other retreats.
Links for more information:
- Casa Chango accommodations – room descriptions
- Meals and Food*
- How to get here**. Info and advice on booking your travel
- Weather in Puerto Escondido
- Testimonials
- Excursions
Discounts:
- Book and pay early and save $300!
- Refer a friend to any of our retreats and save $100 with our referral discount.*
- Sweet Retreats Alumni discount $200.
Casa Chango Mexico
Questions? Email us at SweetRetreatsMexico@gmail.com
*Food service begins with a snack and dinner on arrival day, and ends with breakfast on departure day. All meals are provided. The food is amazing! ** Your taxi to/from the PXM airport is included if you arrive/depart on designated days. Click here for info about getting to Puerto Escondido.
Cancellation Policy:
- No Refunds.
- Deposits are non-refundable and non-transferrable.
- Cancel more than 60 days before 1st day of retreat: 50% of your tuition paid can transfer toward a future Sweet Retreat within 18 months of cancellation.
- Cancel 30-60 days before the 1st day of retreat: 25% of your tuition paid can transfer toward a future Sweet Retreat within 18 months of cancellation.
- Cancellations up to 30 days before the 1st day of the retreat will not be credited or refunded for any reason.
- At the time of payment for your retreat, we strongly advise purchasing a travel insurance policy. Make sure your policy covers the full cost of the retreat fee, as well as unexpected cancellation, trip delay, losses and other risks. Also, consider protection for canceled or delayed flights, lost luggage, medical needs while traveling. Please bring the policy with you in case of emergency. Click here for IM Global Insurance. Click here for WanderWell Insurance.