as Infinite Beings though
Love, Sex, & Relationships
"A safe, respectful, and inclusive space for everyone
regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, or sexuality."
August 22nd - 24th, 2025
- New York City , New York -
Rita Gendelman
Richard Anton Diaz
Irina Devi
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Friday Evening Introduction
(for both Singles and Couples)
"A safe, respectful, and inclusive space for everyone
regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, or sexuality."
Join us for an experience of the trainings and practices taking place for our weekend Workshop.
Meet the Teachers and Facilitators, new friends,
and those men and women attending the weekend Workshop.
Q&A will follow.
Friday | August 22th | 7:00pm-10:00pm
Refreshments will be available.
(FREE if you decide to take the workshop)
(This is evening event is FREE to Weekend Workshop attendees.)
Living Infinite lives as Man & Woman
What you will learn at this Workshop
Family Constellations - Love's Hidden Symmetry
Love thrives not simply through emotion or intention, but when deeper orders—such as belonging, balance, and hierarchy—are respected In this workshop we investigate Love’s Hidden Symmetry in Family Constellations that reveal the unconscious dynamics shaping all Man/Woman relationships that begin with family of origin. By bringing these hidden structures to light, we understand what truly makes love work: honoring our roots, acknowledging what is, and allowing each person their rightful place in the system.
Our Infinite Beingness as Men and Women Dance
At our deepest level of awareness, we exist as a pure consciousness. Some might call it an "ever-present “witness” in cohabitation with that finite part of us we experience as a body and thinking mind. For instance, we might look at the mirror and see the new lines of time that have formed upon our face, but as the observer of what we are viewing we might also feel a presence that has always been there. The "I" that lives outside of time - that same "I" that has always been there since our childhood.
I have come to learn that to live life in the delicate balance within in the Man/Woman dance of Love, Sex, and Intimacy, is to live, first and foremost, with who we are as a pure Awareness ensouled as a Body. By simply assuming, even if for a brief moment, our Infinite Beingness, we are able to observe, a profoundly unique perspective as human Beings brought into the world as Men and Women. It's the very reason I created Sexy Spirits in 1999 - to learn from and appreciate Life in our assigned body.
We will explore how to cultivate and connect with that infinite part of ourselves; and to navigate and engage with others, from that viewpoint, while remaining fully enbodied as Man & Woman.
Cultivating Our Sexual Energy
In a world where sexuality is often defined by intimate touch, Taoist wisdom offers a different path—one that begins within. It asks us to pause… to turn our gaze inward… and to discover that the most profound intimacy starts with ourselves.
From the first breath of life, our ideas about sex and love have been borrowed—from parents, from friends, from a society that tells us what is “normal.” These voices have shaped our desires, our fears, even our sense of worth. But Taoist practice whispers a new possibility: What if the relationship you’ve been seeking has always been within your own body?
In our workshop you will learn the foundational practices that will begin your journey to your sexual self. When we learn to love ourselves in this way—deeply, quietly, without judgment—we prepare the ground for any relationship we may choose to enter.
Movements of Intimacy
Partnership dancing offers men and women a unique opportunity to experience intimacy through touch and synchronized movement. As they step into their opposite yet complementary roles—one leading, the other following—they create a subtle, wordless dialogue shaped by mutual presence and trust. Guided by the rhythm and flow of music, they move together in a shared moment that transcends words, inviting a felt sense of connection, attunement, and harmony. In this dance of opposites, intimacy arises naturally, rooted in the body, breath, and shared timing.
Conscious Loving Touch
Conscious Loving Touch is an intimate sensual (and can be sexual) practice that focuses on bringing intentionality, presence, and mindfulness to physical intimate touch. This approach is rooted in the idea that touch can be a profound form of connection and communication when done with awareness and intentionality. Practitioners of conscious loving touch are attuned to their partner’s physical and emotional responses. This means adjusting touch based on feedback, whether verbal or non-verbal, and being sensitive to the other person’s comfort and preferences. (NOTE: There is no nudity or inappropriate contact in these teachings)
(Watch interviews with two great masters of this work-
https://www.expandedorgasm.com/about-expanded-orgasm/)
Cacao Ceremony
On the spiritual side, cacao is regarded for its grounding and heart-opening qualities. The ceremony is designed to place you in a positive, uplifted state where you’re open to embracing spiritual intentions as you connect more deeply with yourself and with others. Cacao is a powerful plant ally that can help facilitate spiritual growth, healing, and connection, and that’s what the ceremony is all about.
Embrace your Infinite Beingness
as Man & Woman
A Transformational Workshop to Heal, Awaken & Reconnect
(for both Singles and Couples)
"A safe, respectful, and inclusive space for everyone
regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, or sexuality."
We are not just born. We are woven.
Woven from the threads of our ancestors, from the union of our parents, and from the unseen emotional and energetic imprints passed down through generations, we carry both the wisdom and resilience of our lineage,
as well the traumas, losses, and ruptures that shaped their lives.
📅 Workshop Details:
🗓️ Date: Friday, August 22 - Sunday, 5:00pm
🕘 Time: Friday- 7pm-10pm, Saturday & Sunday - 10am - 5pm
📍 Location: Eden House 301 West 55th Street, New York City 10019]
Spaces are limited to create a gender-balanced, intimate, safe, and powerful container.
Click below to register and begin your journey.
- About the Teachers -
Rita Gendelman
Rita immigrated from Ukraine to New York City in 1990, where she lived for over 30 years before relocating to the Big Island of Hawaii. Her journey as a therapist began by working with families parenting children on the autism spectrum. Over time, her work evolved into a deeply transformative practice, incorporating Family Systemic Constellations at the core of her practice.
Rita has guided women devastated by loss, abuse, and abandonment, as well as couples longing to reconnect and return home to each other. Her process honors and releases ancestral pain, reevaluates inherited beliefs, and liberates old patterns—beginning in the dense tissues of the body and expanding into the realm of spirit.
Through this sacred work, that which has long been invisible to the conscious mind, can finally be seen, embraced, understood, and loved. The result is the release of hidden family entanglements that have interfered with jhe natural flow of life. Rita’s approach is rooted in the belief and trust that every individual holds the answer within. From this place, she facilitates the return to one's Beingness and true nature, allowing the human soul to now resume it’s natural, movement upon Life’s journey and beyond.
Richard Anton Diaz
Born on May 20, 1950, in New York City Richard Anton Diaz grew up amid two powerful cultural currents: the grounding traditions of his family heritage and the sweeping changes of mid-century America. Coming of age during the Sexual Revolution, Anton experienced firsthand a generation’s quest for freedom and authenticity. Yet beneath the social upheaval, he sensed a deeper movement—a spiritual evolution that called for awakening consciousness and integrating sexuality with higher purpose.
This lifelong inquiry led him to the ancient wisdom of Taoist sexual energy cultivation, where sexuality is understood as a vital life force, a source of vitality, creativity, and spiritual expansion. Through decades of dedicated practice and teaching, he has explored how these principles can transform health, deepen intimacy, and align the body, mind, and spirit.
Anton also played a pioneering role in the field of Expanded Orgasm through conscious touch, working closely with Dr. Patricia Taylor to introduce practices that awaken the full potential of pleasure and connection. His work in this area bridges science, somatic awareness, and spirituality, helping individuals and couples experience orgasm as an expanded state of being rather than a fleeting release.
Today, his mission is to share these teachings with a world hungry for both depth and vitality. His work stands at the intersection of sexuality, consciousness, and human evolution, guiding others to reclaim erotic energy as a path to wholeness, intimacy, and spiritual growth.
For more information, please visit RichardAntonDiaz.com
Irina Devi
Irina is a spiritual teacher, transformational coach, and MFT (Marriage and Family Therapist)
Irina offers private consultations and group teachings in supporting mind and body through somatic experiences, growth mindset aproaches, aromatherapy, movement, meditation, breathing techniques, and feminine embodiment practices to sustain overall joy and vitality. Her work has evolved into unique, holistic, and individualized approach to women’s emotional and physical wellbeing across lifespan stages, including pregnancy and menopause.
Mother of one, holding a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and two Master's in Education and Family and Couple Therapy, certifications in Yoga, Taoist healing arts, and Tantric teachings. She lives and works in Manhattan, New York where she had founded her La Femme Rose spiritual women network. She organizes classes and monthly women gatherings in New York as well as women retreats around the world.
Website: www.fragrantwellness.com
Rita Gendelman and Richard Anton Diaz come to the work of Love, Sex & Relationships not only as teachers and facilitators, but as two people who have journeyed deeply together over 11 years as partners—seven of them as a married couple. Though their marriage ended, they remained bonded as family in loving friendship.
Their continued choice to embrace love over loss or bitterness has nourished their individual lives with ongoing growth and evolution.
In their shared commitment to helping relationships “rise in love,” they each bring their individual wisdom and guidance to support men and women in evolving with grace, dignity, joy, and compassion. They offer a path where all endings become new beginnings, where bitterness, anger, and resentment are replaced with the choice to love is possible and always available.
