Women & Sexuality: Stirring the Cauldron
With Elfi Dillon-Shaw
August 22 - 25, 2025
This weekend program is for women of every age and lifestyle who want to taste the full energetic potential of their erotic body.
Sexual energy flowing through the body allows for a more fulfilling erotic life, whether we are in relationship or not. The purpose of arousing this energy is to strengthen our Chi – life energy – for healing purposes, erotic autonomy, and just plain fun!
- In celebration together we will support each other to let go of old ways of living in our body
- Through exercises from the tantric and taoist traditions, we will experience the flow of sexual energy through the pathways of the body
In an atmosphere of consensuality and confidentiality, women will have the opportunity to experience themselves as sacred sexual beings. Knowing that erotic exploration can be fraught with barriers of shame, tension and anxiety, we respect these as each woman’s individual space is honoured.
All those identifying as women are welcome — diversity is strength!
Investment:
Our Earlybird tuition price of $650 is available up to one month prior to the program start. Full tuition is $710. Full payment is due one month before the program start date regardless of tuition pricing.
We are offering private and shared room options.
You can find our cancellation policy here
Schedule:
Your program begins with dinner at 6pm and your first session at 7:30pm
Daily schedule:
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- Breakfast 8:00 – 9:00am
- Morning session 9:15am to noon
- Lunch noon to 1:00pm
- Afternoon session 3:00 – 6:00pm
- Dinner 6:00 – 7:00pm
- Evening session 7:30 – 9:30pm
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Afternoon and evening sessions can vary. Your program finishes with lunch on the last day
Transportation:
If you are travelling to Gabriola as a foot passenger on the Gabriola Ferry a shuttle to The Haven can be requested. Information on this option will be included in your pre-arrival email.
Admission requirements: The student must have the desire and ability to learn. Must demonstrate a capacity for responsible self care, responsible self organization and sound mental health. The student must understand and speak English.
This program does not require approval by the registrar of the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training. As such, the registrar did not review this program. What does this mean? Click here to learn more.
About the Leader
Elfi Dillon-Shaw
Elfi Dillon-Shaw DipC is a massage practitioner, bodyworker and educator with 20 years' experience fostering experiences of pleasure and well-being. She teaches programs on sexuality, body practices and stress management, including Sexual Intelligence, Stirring the Cauldron, and Eros and Intimacy (with her husband Gary Dillon). She has worked at The Haven since 1983. Website: Heart Core Touch
Learn more about Elfi Dillon-ShawCategory : Haven Faculty