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Build Emotional Bridges and Reignite Passion at Gaia Villa

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Sacred Work for Courageous Relationships

A 5-day immersive experience in Joshua Tree to restore intimacy, resolve conflict, and reignite emotional connection.

Join Couples Transformation Facilitator Monica Erdosh, LCSW, and Embodiment Educator Andrea Spacek this November in Joshua Tree for an immersive retreat designed to restore intimacy, resolve conflict, and reignite connection.

Together, they offer a transformative container where couples build emotional bridges, co-regulate through presence, and experience lasting breakthroughs.

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Location: Gaia Villa, Joshua Tree
Dates: November 9–13, 2025
Duration: 5 days, 4 nights
Investment: $3,800–$4,200 per couple

(Early Bird Pricing & Payment Plans Available)

Includes: Lodging, all meals, workshops, ceremonies, and retreat materials

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Your relationship is important, yet life’s demands, unspoken hurts, and repeating patterns can quietly create distance.

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This retreat is your space to pause, heal, and grow together.

You may be:

  • Feeling emotionally disconnected or misunderstood

  • Struggling to communicate without conflict

  • Missing intimacy, passion, or a shared vision

  • Longing for more joy, ease, and understanding

Through guided encounters, movement, and transformative group experiences, you’ll learn how to:

  • Cross the emotional bridge into each other’s world

  • Communicate with clarity, compassion, and truth

  • Rekindle intimacy and trust

  • Create a shared vision for your future

What You’ll Experience

Daily Practices & Rituals

  • Encounter-Centered Couples Therapy tools

  • Guided partner practices & emotional encounters

  • Principles of co-regulation, communication, and sacred space

  • Somatic work, mindfulness, and breath-based embodiment

  • Shared rituals, integration circles, and sacred ceremony

  • Daily yoga, nature immersion, and restorative movement

  • Cacao ceremony and dreamwork sessions

Why This Retreat Is Different

This isn’t a vacation with a “wellness” label.

It’s an immersive, clinically grounded experience blending therapeutic depth with embodied, soulful practice. Monica and Andrea guide couples beyond surface repair into meaningful breakthroughs with tools, renewed connection, and a felt sense of being truly seen.

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You’ll leave with

A renewed emotional connection

Practical tools for navigating conflict

A shared language for intimacy and understanding

A felt sense of possibility in your relationship

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This is more than a retreat, it’s a sacred opportunity to deepen love, renew devotion, and embody conscious partnership.

Meet Your Guides

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Monica Erdosh, LCSW

Couples therapist, yoga teacher, and transformation facilitator with over 25 years of clinical experience. Integrates science-backed therapy with embodied practice to help couples deepen intimacy and restore trust. 

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Andrea Spacek

Embodiment educator, yoga instructor, and spiritual coach specializing in relational healing through movement, astrology, and Tantra.

The Location

Gaia Villa: Your Retreat Sanctuary

During your stay, you’ll be welcomed into Gaia Villa, a private desert sanctuary in the heart of Joshua Tree. Here, wide-open skies, starlit nights, and breathtaking landscapes set the stage for renewal and connection. The villa combines modern comfort with the raw beauty of the desert, creating the perfect environment to rest deeply, recharge fully, and immerse yourself in transformative retreat experiences.

Amenities include:

  • Private villa with spacious indoor/outdoor living

  • Patios, rooftop deck, and large backyard lounge

  • Outdoor firepit and starlit lounge spaces

  • Saltwater pool with grotto waterfall

  • 7-person hot tub spa with state-of-the-art jets

  • 2 cold plunge tubs

  • Outdoor yoga pavilion

  • Labyrinth walking meditation

  • Alkaline water on tap

  • Wifi powered by Ubiquity Unifi Networks

  • Breathtaking views of the desert and star-filled skies

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Who This Retreat Is For

This retreat is for couples who are:

Growth-oriented and ready to do the work of love

Willing to explore emotional and physical intimacy

Open to somatic, spiritual, and experiential practices

Ready for a breakthrough, not a band-aid

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What Happens After You Register: 

You will receive an intake questionnaire allowing you and your partner to tell us more about yourself and your relationship.

A month before the retreat, you will receive:

  • You’ll receive a welcome packet with travel info, a schedule for the retreat, and a packing guide

  • You’ll fill out a short questionnaire so we can tailor the experience to your food preferences 

  • We’ll connect on a 15 min pre-retreat call to connect with you?

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FAQ’s

  • This retreat is designed for committed couples of all backgrounds who are ready to deepen emotional intimacy, improve communication, and explore transformative growth together.

  • Not at all. While the retreat supports couples facing challenges, many attend simply to reconnect, strengthen their bond, or invest in the long-term health of their relationship.

  • The retreat includes 5 days and 4 nights of guided partner practices, couples therapy sessions, yoga, somatic movement, ritual, group circles, and nourishing meals—all in a beautiful, private Joshua Tree setting.

  • Retreat packages range from $3,800–$4,200 per couple, based on room selection. This all-inclusive experience covers luxury accommodations, nourishing meals, daily therapeutic and embodiment sessions, curated materials, and access to all retreat programming.

  • The retreat takes place in a private, architecturally inspired home in Joshua Tree, California—an intentional space designed for rest, reflection, and renewal. Each couple enjoys a serene, thoughtfully appointed room to support deep connection and restoration.

  • Not at all. Whether you’re just beginning your relational journey or are seasoned in self-development work, this retreat is built to meet you where you are with skillful guidance, inclusive practices, and compassionate facilitation throughout.

  • Once registered, you’ll receive a welcome guide with all details, including a curated packing list. Essentials include comfortable clothing for m

  • Transformation doesn’t end on the final day. Couples are offered integration resources and optional follow-up sessions to help translate retreat breakthroughs into everyday life. You'll also have the opportunity to stay connected with a growing community of intentional, heart-centered couples.