Building Stronger Relationships for a Better World
The Fire It Up Experience at Kripalu:
CREATE RELATIONSHIPS THAT THRIVE
Reignite Joy, Intimacy, and Connection, a transformative workshop rooted in the principles of Fire It Up: Four Secrets to Reigniting Intimacy and Joy in Your Relationships, is designed to help you cultivate deeper, more fulfilling relationships.
Relationships are the foundation of our wellbeing, yet many of us find ourselves disconnected—caught in survival mode, stuck in old patterns, or longing for deeper intimacy. This workshop invites you to explore relationships as a sacred energy source for joy, love, and growth. Through mindfulness, reflection, play, and science-backed tools, you will learn to break free from limiting patterns, reignite connection, and create relationships that thrive.
Through discussions, interactive exercises, mindfulness practices, and guided reflection, we will explore:
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The biology of love and connection: Understand how survival instincts can pull us apart and how to shift toward deep, meaningful bonds.
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Rewiring relationship beliefs: Identify how early experiences shape your connections and reframe limiting patterns into empowering truths.
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The fire map for lasting love: Learn to sustain passion and connection with trust (oxygen), shared values (fuel), and intimacy (ignition).
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Healing through presence: Cultivate daily rituals that nourish love, foster mutual growth, and deepen emotional safety.
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Mindful communication and repair: Move beyond conflict by learning how to listen, respond, and rebuild connection in moments of tension.
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Embodied practices for deeper intimacy: Engage in breathwork, guided meditation, and movement to anchor love in the body, not just the mind.
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This workshop is not about passive learning—it’s a dynamic, hands-on experience designed to help you embody these insights. Expect:
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Guided meditations and breathwork: Connect with your inner wisdom and regulate emotions in moments of stress.
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Journaling prompts and reflective exercises: Gain deep insights into your relationship history and future possibilities.
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Interactive discussions and group support: Learn through shared experiences, storytelling, and community reflection.
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Live hands-on coaching: Explore personal challenges, receive real-time guidance, and walk away with practical, personalized strategies for transformation.
In a world that often pulls us apart, this is a call to reconnect—to ourselves, to our loved ones, and to the energy of love itself. Whether you are seeking to strengthen a current relationship, heal from past wounds, or create new, conscious connections, this workshop will empower you with the tools to thrive.
Join us to rekindle joy, deepen intimacy, and ignite lasting love. Your relationships—and your heart—will thank you.
Included in Your Stay
Daily Yoga Classes
3 All-Natural Meals
Access to the Kripalu Grounds
Presenter(s)
Carolyn Sharp is the author of Fire It Up: Four Secrets to Reigniting Intimacy and Joy in Your Relationship (Flashpoint Press, 2025) and a relationship expert with over 28 years of experience as a therapist, coach, and retreat leader.
Take Your Relationship
On The Adventure of a Lifetime
Reconnection. Adventure. Romance.
The Fire It Up Couples Retreat in Tuscany to Bring You and Your Relationship to Places You
Have Only Dreamed Of.
October 10th-October 17th, 2026.
You are missing each other and the relationship you used to have.
It has been nothing but work, adult life and stress for far too long.
You're more like co-workers than the passionate best friends you used to be.
You're worn out from the weight of adult life and crave meaning and connection with each other.
You need to get back to what you love about each other and your life together.
Enjoy a luxurious couples experience, curated to build the most incredible relationship imaginable.
You will learn, grow, adventure, laugh, connect, and relax with a small group of couples all wanting to create more joy in their relationship.
Each experience will deepen your relationship while enjoying a fun, relaxing and romantic vacation in one of the most beautiful places in the world.
A villa 14km outside of Florence will be your home for the week. Nestled in the Tuscan hillside, you will have the quiet and space to relax and learn. Gourmet Italian food prepared by a local chef will fuel and inspire you.
You will adventure to a natural thermal spa, be guided through some of Florence's best art and history, and travel to three wineries to taste the best of Italian olive oil and wine over a delicious meal. All this while I guide you through the most powerful exercises you never knew you needed to deepen and transform your relationship.
You will play. You will reconnect. You will grow and deepen your relationship.
You will eat pasta. Lots and lots of pasta.
The ultimate luxury couples retreat for only six couples.
Why a Secure Connections Couples Retreat can help
Our retreats are based on the work of Stan Tatkin, PsyD., founder of the Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT). PACT is an approach that integrates neuroscience, arousal regulation, and attachment theory to help couples better understand their patterns of relating and how to support each other more successfully.
Secure Connections Couples Retreats are opportunities to spend time creating the relationship you want while learning from other couples and practicing new ways of communication and connection. These powerful weekends - often held at the Sleeping Lady Resort near Leavenworth, WA - are in incredible locations, where the learning is enhanced by activities that allow you to connect, relax and have fun together. The investment in your relationship will create lasting change and shared memories that carry you forward together with a stronger commitment and set of skills to face future challenges.