E D G E
OPEN TO SENSATION. BREATHE BEYOND THE THRESHOLD. FIND THE EDGE.
WHAT LIVES ON THE EDGE IS THE UNCHARTED TERRITORY THAT SPARKS ALIVENESS. THE EDGE EXISTS AT THE HEART-POUNDING PULSE OF TRUTH, THE RAWNESS OF VULNERABILITY & THE GORGEOUS THRILL OF NOT KNOWING WHAT COMES NEXT.
THE EDGE IS WHERE MASKS FALL AWAY & SOMETHING REAL EMERGES. IT'S WHERE COURAGE MEETS FEAR & THE TRANSFORMATION
YOU DESIRE OCCURS.
A NOTE FROM KATI & LYSS
After the original EDGE: Shibari & Sensation workshop in Denver, Colorado in August 2025 many of you wrote begging for a retreat. We heard your pleas to deepen in & were aroused by them! Now, we bring you an 8-week experience of the same transformational magick of Eros, Shibari & Sensation.
This time we are going deeper. EDGE: Shibari & Sensation culminates in a 6-day Retreat in Lagos, Portugal September 19th -24th 2026, but it begins with four weeks of pre-requisite online coursework, and is followed by two online integration sessions.
JOIN US AT THE EDGE OF YOUR KNOWN WORLD. EXPERIENCE NOVELY THROUGH YOUR FLESH AS CONDUIT OF EROS. HERE IS WHERE YOUR BODY REMEMBERS WHAT THE MIND ALONE CANNOT COMPREHEND.
IMAGINE...
You step into a stunning villa, thick with ocean breeze olive trees & local figs, laid out with a sauna, pool & the kind of spaciousness that makes urgency feel absurd.
You are guided - not coddled - into the heart of your very human, erotic embodied experience by two facilitators who know this terrain intimately.
Yes, you’ve done the workshops. The immersions. The retreats that promised transformation. But you haven’t done this. What makes this different?
The contrast. The contrast between deep relaxation & a pounding heart when you finally let yourself feel what’s true for you. The contrast between the succulent pain of wondering have I gone too far, or not far enough?
The contrast between the solar-plexus flutter of rituals that surprise you into body-begging surrender, only to meet the sigh relief underneath. The contrast between exploring your dreams in real time, under the September sun & quiet nights under Portuguese stars.
Contrast is sensational. Allowing sensation makes us come alive. Aliveness transforms us. We invite you to The Edge: Shibari & Sensation Retreat because that’s exactly where we’ll meet you…
At the edge where courage meets surrender, where the electricity of life force buzzes right under your skin & reminds you what aliveness actually feels like in a body that’s been taught to be numb.
This is a 6-day, live experience. Cumulative coursework prep; think mind-body foreplay so come September 19th your beyond READY.
Edge is an integrative experience. One we are confident will, without a doubt, change your life.
"Edge, didn't just
exceed my expectations, it dissolved them completely, opening me to experiences I never even knew to dream of.
Alyssa and Kati held such exquisitely sacred space for our diverse group of souls. In their presence, I felt so deeply cared for, seen, and so tenderly held throughout every moment of the journey.
Honestly, my heart could have stayed in that container for weeks, continuing to unravel and discover. Yet I left feeling so beautifully full, so completely satiated with all the sensations and revelations I got to experience."
— AnaCristina
"This experience was
life-altering, both from a personal place as well as interpersonally; I was deeply changed - transmuted - and the ideas for creating cathartic scenes and transformative predicaments started flowing like never before.
I left with a profound respect and reverence for the importance of ritual and the power of pain, and the human capacity to move energy through the body for healing.
Really just amazing and thank you both again for hosting, holding, showing, and teaching. I hope to share spaces with you again soon!"
— Austin
IN THIS RETREAT WE WILL
EDGE BEYOND YOUR COMFORT ZONE
Stagnation, boredom, and monotony live in the comfort zone. The Comfort Zone: A careful curated space to maintain a somewhat false sense of control; to maintain the illusion of certainty.
The comfort zone is the realm of "shoulds”. How we should behave, feel, speak, love. It’s where shame quietly lingers, where unspoken desires stay tucked away, where our longing for connection is dimmed by fear of rejection, and where breath is shallow.
It’s not bad, it's just incomplete.
It lacks life.
The comfort zone is a cocoon, not a final destination.
EVENTUALLY, THE SOUL ACHES FOR MORE...
It aches for the wild, for the real, for the unknown, for the EDGE.
Are you ready to step over the fine line of the comfort zone to find the aliveness, exhilaration, and radical sensation of the edge? You are. Or, you wouldn’t be here.
JOIN US & FIND THE EDGE.
MEET YOUR GUIDES
KATI BIRD
Kati Bird 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.
MISS LYSS
Alyssa F. Troob is a Coach focused on de-conditioning. She is a #goddamnhuman, a Sweaty Eros Witch - aka Chaos Gremlin - and Creator of the MAGICK || MUNDANE Methodology, which weaves Integral Human Design + her Erotic Integration coursework.
For over a decade she has been walking, skipping, strutting, dancing, falling-then-getting-back-up, and guiding people home to the freedom of their uniqueness, through reconnection with the innate intelligence of our one-of-a-kind body vehicles.
Her work is built on one radical premise: Eros is the intelligence at the center of it all.
It’s not just sexual, it is Life. It's aliveness, communication & connection with the pulse Life, which speaks through our inner authority. Alyssa bridges the mundane with the mystical by guiding people into direct relationship with their Truth using human design as a method. Not as an idealized concept, but as an always-unfolding, messy, hilarious body-centric unfolding. A sort of koan. Of which, no two look the same. She gets wet at the thought of helping people speak their Body's Language: a language of silent loud subtly, sensation, impulse & choice.
THE LOGISTICS:
WHERE: Lagos, Portugal at a gorgeous Portuguese style retreat home.
Address shared upon booking; only an hour away from Faro International Airport.
WHEN: September 19-24th 2026
WHO: Open to all (genders, sexual orientations, singles, couples, thruples).
WHAT: 6-day retreat on eros, shibari & sensation; preceded by 4-weeks of live online coursework & proceeded by 2-online integration sessions guided by world-class facilitators.
INCLUDES: Daily instruction, experiencing & education, live performance, rituals, access to barrel sauna, fire pit lounge, salt-water pool, jacuzzi, all meals made in-house by local chef, beach day, and the always unfolding mystery...
please email magick@alyssatroob.com or shibariunravelled@gmail.com with questions.
YOU MAKE THE SPACE MAGICK
Private Alternative Stay: Safari Tent
Romantic for the glamping enthusiasts! A Canvas Safari Tent in the garden. Featuring a double bed and shared outdoor bathhouse with toilet and shower. For 1 person or couple/duo.
This is an alternative stay and more exposed to the elements because it is a large canvas tent.
Shared Room w. Private Bath
This bedroom features 2 beds in a room with a private bathroom. One bed is a double and the other is a single. First person booking takes preference on bed selection.
Note: Pictures are all from the retreat home, but you are not guaranteed to get the exact room in the image.
Shared Room w. Private Bath
This bedroom features 2 beds in a room with a private bathroom. One bed is a double and the other is a single. First person booking takes preference on bed selection.
Note: Pictures are all from the retreat home, but you are not guaranteed to get the exact room in the image.
JOIN US AT THE EDGE
"A week later, I am still feeling the ripples of EDGE. While it was nothing I expected, it was everything I needed.
I got closer to my partner I attended with, but also gained tools and understanding for how I can be closer to everyone in my life.
To come face to face with my suffering, to name it and claim it and walk away knowing where I can continue to work, was such a gift.
The container that Alyssa and Kati held was nothing short of magic. I felt seen, loved, supported and pushed into fun new edges of exploration and connections within the group.
I had the most beautiful experience switching roles in my dynamic and feeling empowered, softened, loved, loving. Wow. Thank you both so much, truly."
— Lindsey <3
“Through the work of this brief weekend the connections between Eros, sensation, pain, pleasure and Life-Itself clicked more in me than it had before in my shibari practice.
This workshop was way more than the sum of its prosaic parts (as I recall: felt sense of the body … rope … candles … honoring your impulses … bamboo BBQ skewers).
The demo/ritual between you two was transporting. It invited the archetypes into the room. The intimate duet raised the bar for all participants by example.
The thoughtful intro teachings set the tone in a way that seemed to level up what we could all share in a short space of time.
My one piece of what-to-change type feedback is “more, please”.
— J.R.
