A two-day sensual embodiment immersion on the coast of Bahia — a sanctuary for women and femmes reclaiming the erotic as holy and integral to our aliveness after trauma.
For the women and femmes carrying stories woven through their bodies — their mother’s body, and her mother’s body before her. It is time to come home.
This immersion is rooted in the work of A Return to Pleasure — a practice of disrupting generational sexual trauma and reclaiming the erotic as sacred, sovereign, and life-giving. Through sensual movement and somatic embodiment, we give the body the chance to witness pleasure for itself.
Bahia holds this work with grace. Salt air, terracotta walls, slow afternoons, and a rhythm older than memory — the city itself becomes part of the practice. You arrive guarded. You leave returned.
“Pleasure is our fuel,
not a reward.”
Both days run 12:00 PM — 8:00 PM local time. Across the weekend you receive a full ten hours of guided training.
4 Sensual Movement sessions — two each day — to awaken, soften, and express the body.
2 Sensual Embodiment Coaching sessions — one each day — hands-on work with the central themes from A Return to Pleasure.
A live reading & lecture — from A Return to Pleasure to ground the work in deeper understanding.
A consent-centered space — where you move at your own pace — fully met, never rushed.
Both days run 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM local time — ten hours of guided training across the weekend. Doors open at 11:30. Ages 21+. Capacity is intentionally small.
A guide for feminine-spectrum people unlearning shame, restriction, and fear around the body. A pilgrimage between sexuality and spirituality — where the erotic becomes sanctuary, not performance.
On disrupting timelines of generational sexual trauma. A reflection on how women and femmes can reshape the inheritance of the body — for ourselves, and for everyone who comes after.
“The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.”
Photo credit — Sheena LaShay Young
Rashida is the author of A Return to Pleasure Part I + II — a body of work guiding feminine-spectrum people through the reclamation of the erotic as holy, and the disruption of generational sexual harm.
Through The Messy Movement Lab®, she has pioneered an approach that blends choreography, sensual self-care, and liberation — held with the rigor of a practice and the softness of a homecoming.
She leads immersions, live teachings, and intimate coaching for those ready to remember pleasure as fuel — not reward.
Sensual movement, embodiment coaching, live teaching.
Photo credit — J.C. Boudoir
Held in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. Both days run 12:00 — 8:00 PM local time — ten hours of training across the weekend. Includes a private 2-hour online coaching session, all in-person sessions, materials, and dinner. Travel and lodging not included.
Private 2-hour coaching — A one-on-one online session with your guide before you arrive in Bahia.
Signed copies of A Return To Pleasure Part I + II — Personally signed for you to take home.
The guided A Return To Pleasure Workbook — Your companion for the inner work, before, during, and after.
Dinner on both days — A prepared meal shared together at the close of each day.
A beautiful private space — Held entirely for our small group throughout the immersion.
10 hours of training over 2 days — 4 Sensual Movement sessions + 2 Sensual Embodiment Coaching sessions, plus live teachings — both days run 12:00 — 8:00 PM.
Flights — International and domestic travel to Salvador de Bahia.
Hotel & lodging — Choose accommodations that suit your style and budget.
Ground transportation — Airport transfers and travel to the venue.
Travel insurance — Strongly recommended — please arrange your own coverage.
Meals outside the immersion — Breakfast, lunch, and any dining beyond the closing dinner.