“What has made my experience in Ananda's retreat different from others, is his clear, embodied and, honestly, touching transmission of two things: inner authority and the innocence of Eros. It was new for me that a guide/facilitator not only told me that I can safely make my own choices at the retreat, but made me feel it. Ananda was leading, but I never felt I could do anything wrong, I felt full permission to be myself, use his instruction in whichever way I needed. This is obvious intellectually, but making inner authority felt emotionally in a group setting is magic to me. And feeling my inner authority in this way made it so much easier to feel Eros as non-threatening, to feel safe enough in myself to allow it to flow. A rare experience for me and, I can imagine, for other women, too. Thank you, Ananda" ~ Mila, PHD psychotherapist”