As we continue to navigate the wake and new landscape of COVID-19, many of us are still shedding our isolation and reclaiming in-person connection. The Rocky Mountain Sex Summit Team felt it was time to slow down, reconnect with ourselves, our community, and nature. We wanted to return to our roots and revisit the work of Gina Ogden who kicked off the first RMSS in 2016! To fully immerse ourselves in this transformative work, we are going off grid at the picturesque Maple Grove Hot Springs in Thatcher, Idaho.
We will be learning the 4 Dimensional wheel, first called the ISIS (Integrating Sexuality and Spirituality) Wheel. The 4-D wheel is a holistic framework and approach to sexual health within your professional domain developed by the late Dr. Gina Ogden. Drawing from her Peruvian roots, the 4-D wheel is inspired by the medicine wheel.
The 4-D Wheel
This 4 day workshop will bring emotional and spiritual consciousness to the practice of sex therapies and healing arts. It will offer an innovative model for exploring a wide range of situations and dynamics, and provides opportunities for case consultation about desire, pleasure, dysfunction, and more. Its structure encourages personal awareness along with clinical questions and networking opportunities.
Whether you are a therapist, medical provider, pelvic floor therapist, health coach, or passionate student of life, the 4-D wheel is a valuable tool for both your personal and professional life. The 4-D wheel will support you in helping your clients explore the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual aspects of their sexuality.
TRAINING HIGHLIGHTS
4 days of guided and immersive instruction
CE’s to be announced!
2 meals a day + snacks - Brunch and Dinner
Flexible Accommodations
24/7 access to the hot springs
Individual and group activities to experience and explore the land
SCHOLARSHIPS AND PAYMENT PLANS AVAILABLE
The purpose of the scholarships is to support Black, Indiginous and People of Color in pursuing their work in the field of sexual health. This is not a need based scholarship. If you have any of these identities, we encourage you to apply! Scholarship applicants will receive 40% off the cost of a their chosen ticket price.
Please visit our FAQ section to learn how to apply.
Maple Grove Hot Springs, Idaho
Nestled along the Bear River at the North end of Oneida Narrows Reservoir in the scenic Oneida Narrows canyon in South Eastern Idaho Maple Grove Hot Springs offers a serene riverfront setting and natural hot springs, providing the perfect backdrop for learning, relaxation, and rejuvenation. Emerging from the shadow of COVID-19, this event offers more than just professional skills enhancement for sex therapists—it's an opportunity to nourish your soul and spirit in a healing environment. It's a chance to pause, reflect, and embrace the beauty and healing power of nature.
All accommodations include 24-hour access to the 45-acre retreat center property, which features 6 hot spring pools, a riverfront beach, hiking trails, canoes and paddle boards, River House patio and bathhouse, snack bar, and more.
Maple Grove Hot Springs is located on the lands of the Shoshone-Bannock tribes. “The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Fort Hall are comprised of the eastern and western bands of the Northern Shoshone and the Bannock, or Northern Paiute, bands. Ancestral lands of both tribes occupied vast regions of land encompassing present-day Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, and into Canada. The tribes are culturally related, and though both descend from the Numic family of the Uto-Aztecan linguistic phylum, their languages are dialectically separate. When the Northern Paiutes left the Nevada and Utah regions for southern Idaho in the 1600s, they began to travel with the Shoshones in pursuit of buffalo. They became known as the Bannocks.” - Learn more at Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
Meet Your Trainers
More event trainers will be added soon.
Intinerary
All participants will receive a detailed training itinerary prior to the summit. This is an initial overview of the scheduling. We highly recommend you read the book, “Expanding the Practice of Sex Therapy” by Dr. Gina Ogden prior to attending this workshop.
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Welcome! We will have dinner and get settled.
Evening Workshop
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Breakfast/Lunch
Workshop: Working with the wheel
Group refreshment
Workshop: Working with the wheel
Dinner
Workshop: Working with the wheel
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Breakfast/Lunch
Workshop: Working with the wheel
Group refreshment
Workshop: Working with the wheel
Dinner
Workshop: Working with the wheel
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Breakfast
Closing of the wheel and workshop
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Nature Walk
Guided Cold Plunge with staff
Yoga
Star Gazing
Sound Bath
Group Fire
WHAT WE WILL BE LEARNING
The 4-D Core Dynamics
The 4-D Quadrants: physical, emotional, mental, spiritual-Understanding them, embodying them, describing them to clients
Experiencing the 4-D Approach
The Core Dynamics of the 4-D Approach
Creating and holding space
Movement
Ritual
Concretizing abstract concepts with power objects
Why, when, and how to incorporate the Wheel into our practices
Working with our own power objects and therapeutic “biolocation”
Practicing The 4-D Approach
Practice introducing the Wheel to one of your clients or groups
Fine-tuning the process - and creating your own wheel
Case supervision - Offering a broader perspective than performance-based approaches