UNRAVEL
WOMEN’S Shibari RETREAT
BIG COTTONWOOD CANYON, utah
AUGUST 21-25TH, 2025
Unravel: Women’s shibari Retreat
August 21-25th 2025
The Japanese Art of tying the body in ropes, which seems simple. Yet its touch and impact on our body and soul transcends the here and now. The rope invites us to unwind, to let go, to feel deeper, to drop into the body, to go inside, to finally….receive. Many of us are holding it together for others, family, friends, work, kids, responsibilities, and so much more. And you? Do you get held? Do you get a chance do drop fully into your body just to feel for the pure sake of feeling?
Through the ropes we will unravel beliefs, stories, memories. We will discover surrender, a letting go, a trust. We will expand our edges and build confidence. By discovering truly what binds us…we will be set free.
You will learn to tie and be tied. To lean into sweet surrender and to also step into embodied leadership. We will learn how to create mood, sensation, and emotion with the ropes to cultivate meaningful experiences.
Sensuality &
Connection
The unravelling is a return. A remembering of the innocence of our sensual nature. To revel in our senses, the enlivening of our cells, awakening of our skin, and nourishing our nervous system. It’s through the body that we connect to the divine, through our breath, through our skin, through our movement. We are designed, created, and built to be in connection with one another. Through proximity, voice, and touch. The gift of conscious touch can bring us back to center without a word spoken. This is the magic.
Coming together as women, as sisters, we can unravel and reclaim our sensuous nature. We will speak to the body, learn her language, and calibrate to her. Through movement, conscious touch, sensation, and play. When we dedicate time to the body, to listening to the quality of sensations, we create distance with the mind. This distance allows us to transcend the here and now and to experience altered states of consciousness. Bliss. Ecstasy. Relaxation. Peace.
EXPERIENCE:
This Women’s Retreat is an immersive dive into unravelling.
Unravel the layers that have kept you bound in shame or silence.
Unravel the stories that say your pleasure must be earned or hidden.
Unravel into the truth of your body :: raw, radiant, and deeply alive.
THE 5 ELEMENTS
Each day is crafted around exploring each of the 5 Elements through Shibari Ropes, Sensory Food Experiences, & Somatic Play Experiences
EARTH—Grounding
Landing and Arriving in this restorative home. Opening ceremony to root into presence, connection, & intention.
WATER—Flow
Movement Meditation & Fluidity
Held in ropes & sinking to the liquid depths of surrender
Sensory Foods: Lush & Sensual, fizzy, juicy, fresh, honey, slow sips
Sauna & Spa Ritual: Handmade Sugar Scrubs with flower essence
FIRE—Ignite
Ritual: Release, Renew, Reclaim
Dynamic ropes, Body Movement, Tying Creatively
Sensory Foods: Spark & heat, roasted, toasted, spiced, smouldering
Activating our primal bodies, our wild, our untamed
AIR—Expand
Stepping into unknown, guided by the unseen force of nature
Tying and untying an itchinawa one rope dance
Sensory Foods: Heightened senses, aromatic exploration, florals, textures, and mystery.
Elemental Sessions & Guided Journeys into unknown depths
ETHER—Integrate
Sacred closing ceremony through the full acr of the unraveling.
Trip Details
August 21-25th, 2025
A 5 Day Unravel: Women’s Shibari Retreat into the mountains where you can relax and restore your soul. Be inspired with novelty, connection, and play through the sacred Art of Shibari, Activating Your Senses, & Enlivening Your Body.
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Luxurious Stay
Sauna & Hot Tub
Shibari Classes: Partnered and Self Tying
Sensational Exploration
Private Meals prepared by our in-home Chef
Snacks & NA Drinks
Gift: 1 Japanese Jute rope per person
Small Intimate Group Experience
Price listed is per person.
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Big Cottonwood Canyon near Solitude
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Each day will be intentially curated to guide you through connection practices, sensual exploration, and shibari experiences.
We will start in the evening of Day 1, August 21st.We will finish early afternoon on Day 5, August 25th.
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Airfare to Salt Lake City
Transportation to Retreat Home (*Option to car pool or Uber)
Private Shibari Sessions (Tied by Kati)
Clothing & Personal Tioletires
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See the bottom of the page for the selection of rooms. You can book a private room, shared room, or share a bed with a friend.
MEET YOUR HOST
Kati Bird
Shibari Unravelled
Kati is a renowned Shibari Artist & Sorceress, specializing in Somatic Trauma Therapy, Sacred Kink, & Creative Intimacy.
Kati creates transformative spaces where conscious connection and play are pathways to depth, healing, transcendence, and meaning through ritualized symbolism. Her approach is rooted in presence through sacred touch, tantra-inspired practices, authentic relating, non-violent communication, conscious kink/BDSM, and creative intimacy.
Kati has taught & tied internationally, including as a featured educator for the renowned psychotherapist Esther Perel, where she brought her unique perspective and transmission of creative intimacy with the rope. With expertise in kink and play spaces, she emphasizes boundaries, consent, and communication as gateways to expansion for personal and collective healing, expression, and freedom.
FAQ
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Yes! Sign up solo or with friend or lady love.
We have various stay options: private room, shared room, and shared beds. -
Transportation is not included. Yet, if you need transport to the retreat house, we can arrange car pools or ride share.
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In this retreat, you are welcome to wear whatever you like to feel comfortable. Cozy, sensual, erotic, bare skin. We are cultivating a space for full body espression and acceptance. Wear as much or as little as you would like.
These is a sauna and hot tub on property!
When working with another person in ropes or partnered exercises—ask for consent on both sides regarding nudity.
When leaving the property please wear clothes :) -
There will not be alcohol or substances at this retreat.
It is recommended to not consume substances when entering altered spaces, like Sensual Arts, Movement & Shibari.
Mocktails, bubbly sodas, tea, and coffee will be available. -
