Essence & Edge
8-13 July 2025
TOUCH&PLAY MASSACHUSETTS
We return to our essence—the spark that ignites this journey, the playfulness, the deep relational explorations, the dance, the commitment to presence and community.
And we greet the edge—leaning into the unknown, expanding into new possibilities, growing where it feels uncomfortable, and daring to keep evolving.
This is an invitation to celebrate, to integrate, and to keep nourishing the culture of dreaming new ways into existence. Let’s hold space for both wisdom and curiosity, for foundation and experimentation, for essence and edge.
In essence, we meet the spark of existence, noticing the energy before action as the intention that motivates connection. Like the scent of a rose, it is the vital force of the unseen fragrance that gives the flower its depth and meaning.
Yet a rose without its thorns is incomplete. The sharpness of the thorns defines the softness of the petal. This place of definition is the edge—both the boundary and the threshold of transformation, a meeting point where we challenge ourselves and grow.
In our bodies and relationships, essence and edge meet to spark exploration. How does clarity of intention inspire both structure and freedom in our connections? What happens when we meet an edge and choose to lean into it with curiosity and care?
We invite you to join in this dance of expanding beyond the familiar as we step into the fullness of our being. Through movement, dance, breath, and relational exploration, we will create a container for transformation, curiosity, and pleasure together.
10 years of growth at the East Coast of the USA
Touch&Play organitsation has been growing and evolving alongside the western mass and USA community. From its humble beginnings, it has flourished into a thriving culture—one that has shaped us, challenged us, and held us in profound transformation.
Touch&Play embodies an international movement – a sexy, embodied and deeply heart-centered family – rooted in various local communities across the globe.
Touch&Play is an exciting and growing global network of local communities that come together around a set of shared practices and a common culture.
We’ve been organizing retreats and community gatherings since 2010 and have held events in 16 different countries and 4 different continents.
Our events strike a balance between the local context and culture where a retreat takes places and the global embodied, humanistic and spiritual practices and values that underpin our work. In the end we are striving to build a deeply caring and seriously playful world where we can live authentically and in peace with ourselves and our communities.
“Leave your relationships more beautiful than you found them”
DANCE & EMBODIMENT
CREATIVITY & PLAY
POWER, KINK & SELF-EXPRESSION
RELATIONSHIPS & COMMUNITY
Touch&Play offerings:
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deCIDE consent workshop
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Morning intensives
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Afternoon single sessions
- Dance spaces and Contact Improv Class & Jam
- Voice journeys and singing cercles
- Intro to kink and playspaces
- Group spaces to process
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Free time for rest and emergent revelry
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Evening dances, rituals, intimacy spaces and co-created experiences.
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Sauna and cold plunge area
We are crafting the experience
Touch&Play gatherings are co-creations that emerges from an intimate collaboration between the curation team, and the teachers, artists, helpers and participants that join the retreat. We’re an experimental container and open to inspiring off-beat ideas that can support the wider Touch&Play exploration of the Relation Body.
Teacher applications are now open. Once the team is selected, we will share detailed information about the full lineup and offerings.
Applications are also open for Inclusivity tickets and those interested in joining the Helpers Team as another way to collaborate and/or for those in financial need.
In the meantime, we're offering a limited number of early bird tickets. Reserving your ticket in advance not only secures your spot but also helps our organization create a better, more seamless production.
Testimonials
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