SAFETY & CONSENT
Experience Sexsibility with utmost safety: expert-led workshops, daily sharing groups, strict confidentiality, and a foundation built on informed consent.
40+ FACILITATORS
Our skilled teachers are here to share their gifts in benefit of your experience.
60+ Workshops
The daily program offers activities from early in the morning till late at night.
Nature
Experience nature through earthing barefoot walks and by spending time in the forest around Ängsbacka
WELCOME TO SEXSIBILITY
We all have the capacity to experience love, pleasure, inner peace and ecstasy. Sometimes we just need to practise a little bit more to get there. And along the way maybe get some support and inspiration from other people. We believe that our world would be a better place if more people would access these states of being.
We are happy to invite you to an intimate festival focused on intimacy, sexuality, body and spirituality. Which can support you to have deeper experiences, heal emotional wounds and motivate you to change, if that is what you want.
We want to create a better world together and enjoy life while doing that. We believe that this is the best foundation for sustainability, development and harmony.
Find out more about the intention of the Sexsibility Festival
THE SEXSIBILITY EXPERIENCE
We offer workshops in Sexuality, Tantra, Taoism, Shamanism, playfulness, spiritual healing and many other things. Workshops are held by teachers and Sexsibility coaches who been with us for a long time, but we also have new teachers every year.
Besides inspiring workshops, you will have a lot of opportunities to explore your sexuality, dance, sing, meet with new friends and be part of a sharing group. Go for a date in the café or the playroom, and eat yummy and healthy food. Or just enjoy the summer, life and spending time together with awesome people.
Every Sexsibility Festival offers a unique experience – and yet there is a special atmosphere that characterises a Sexsibility Festival. We would describe it as a lovely mix of curiosity, openness, grounding, togetherness and joy.
Join us from August 6th to August 11th 2024
CHECK-IN & CHECK-OUT
August 6
Check-in: between 15.00 – 18.30
Dinner: 18.30-19.30
Welcome Ceremony: 20:00 (mandatory)
August 11
Closing Ceremony: 12:30 – 13:30
Lunch: 13:30 – 14:30
Check-out*: 15:00
*Clean your room before this time. You don’t need to formally check out at the reception.
THE FESTIVAL IS FOR YOU …
… who wish to feel more pleasure in your body, create better relationships and enjoy life more.
We welcome you (18+) regardless of sexual orientation, preference or experience and with or without a partner(s). That is, whether you see yourself as gay, hetero, bi, queer, girl, man, lady, transsexual, virgin, swinger, single, poly, prude, nudist, fetishist, tantrika, vanilla or something else.
We also want to increase awareness about LGBTQ+, non-binary and non-normative ways of living. You can read more about how we work with this and how you can help us to make everybody (every body) feel included: bit.ly/sexsibility-en-include-people
Some participants have been to several Sexsibility Festivals and workshops, and others have never done something similar before. It is usually a mix of open-minded people, of different ages, culture, and backgrounds who together create an amazing festival.
CONSENT, SAFETY & BOUNDARIES
We think it’s important that you can feel safe during the Sexsibility Festival. In addition to having competent workshop leaders, there are daily sharing groups and an emotional support team. Everyone will also approve the agreements, such as not using alcohol or drugs. Everything that happens during the festival, including who participates, is confidential.
The consent work (the Wheel of Consent and the Somatic Consent) is a fundamental basis for the Sexsibility Festival and we have many consent experts among the teachers.
Join the festival
Unveil the art of intimacy and authentic connection at the Sexsibility Festival, where exploration meets empowerment.
Teachers & Musicians
The program team is currently working on the development of an amazing program with the best teachers and musicians. In the months leading up to the Festival, we will regularely announce new teachers and musicians so do come back to check it out!
NOT “JUST SEX”
Although sexuality is a natural and essential part of the festival, the focus is to meet ourselves and others with honesty, heart-to-heart connection and playfulness. It is common that sexual interactions occur, but it happens in most cases after an emotional connection takes place – usually during a workshop.
If you come to the Sexsibility Festival to “just have sex” and are not interested in development, feel more and go deeper, you will likely be disappointed and frustrated. There are other and better events for that desire. But if you want to get in touch with your emotions, become more present and experience a deeper connection with yourself and others – with the help of intimacy and sexuality – you will probably have an amazing time.
EXPLORATION, & INTEGRATION
There will be workshops to explore intimacy through compassionate touch, breathing exercises, healing, conversations, sexual ceremonies and tantric exercises. You will have the chance to practise communication, to follow your impulses, be true to your NO and your YES, set boundaries, find your power, be held, be vulnerable, and let go of what no longer serves you.
You can explore new things by using all of your senses, try spanking, BDSM, ropes, and intense sensations. There will also be dance, yoga, music, and meditations in the program as a way to turn inward, regulate the nervous system, and integrate your experiences.
The atmosphere between the participants tends to be very supportive, friendly, respectful and inclusive.
CAN SINGLES PARTICIPATE?
Yes absolutely. But we don’t pair-up participants and everyone can choose if they want to do an exercise or not. Everything is voluntary and people choose with whom and how they want to interact. That means that if you are single and/or come alone, it can sometimes be difficult to find someone to be really intimate with. But most of the time people have a lot of beautiful connections and interactions.
The Sexsibility Festival can also be a very good place to learn new things, get helpful tools, and deepen your relationship with yourself. To learn how to feel more pleasure and have better relationships. And in that way create the life you want to live, not just during the festival, but for the rest of your life.
GENDER BALANCE
We welcome men, women, non-binary people, and others, but we also want to make sure that none of these will be overrepresented, to ensure a rich experience for all our participants. For this reason, it might be that we need to close the ticket sales earlier for one type of gender, sometimes two months before the festival starts.
LOVE YOURSELF AND OTHERS
We hope that you will feel more love for yourself and others by being able to feel safe, seen, and heard. And feel that you are being part of a community.
CHALLENGES & SHADOWS
There will also be opportunities to become aware of your “shadows”, and then embrace, heal and transform them so that they will no longer prevent you from feeling pleasure, ecstasy, and love.
Practical information
A typical day at an Ängsbacka festival
Our events all have their unique program of workshops and other activities, still there are some fixed points that you can expect at the festival:
- An early morning program is offered - yoga, breathing, meditation etc. - before..
- Breakfast - our first meal of the day.
- A gathering for all with music and togetherness setting the tone of the day is followed by..
- Morning workshops and other activities until..
- Lunch - the main meal of the day.
- Afternoon workshops and activities go on until..
- Dinner - a lighter, still fully nourishing meal.
- An evening program follows; workshops, dance, live music or a cozy hang-out in the café.
Once per day everybody meets in their sharing groups; all of us come together for the core practice of Ängsbacka!
Workshops on the program are described and categorized in such a way that you can find out how advanced or challenging exercises you can expect beforehand.
Accommodation
The basic festival ticket includes a spot in the camping area and you bring your own tent.
All our indoor accommodations come at hostel standard with shared showers and toilets.You will find outdoor toilets in connection to the camping areas and outdoor showers are available to complement the indoor facilities. We advise you to bring earplugs for better sleep if you are sound sensitive as the festival area can get loud at times (the program will end latest 02.00).
UPGRADE YOUR ACCOMMODATION
Depending on availability and your budget we offer the following options for indoor accommodation:
- dormitory (bunk bed)
- 4-6 bedroom (bunk bed)
- double room (twin bed)
- Single room
Indoor accommodation includes a blanket and pillow for each person. You need to bring your own bed sheets or a sleeping bag and a pillowcase. Towels are not included. We offer a possibility to rent sheets and towels at an additional cost.
CARAVAN OR CAMPER
If you would like to bring your camper or caravan - check availability when booking your ticket. Unfortunately we do not have the capacity to offer electricity for any of these spots.
OFF SITE ACCOMODATION
Sometimes you need more privacy or tranquility or maybe you want to bring your dog (no dogs allowed on site). Booking an off site accommodation can be a good option and many private house/flat owners offer spaces for rent during the summer. Please request the list of people offering off site accommodation by contacting our booking office at booking@angsbacka.se.
FOOD AND SERVING
The festival ticket includes all meals; breakfast lunch and dinner are prepared and served daily. Ängsbacka offers a vegetarian diet prepared with love. We use locally produced and organic products to a large extent. In connection with your booking, you can ask for a vegan diet (same as lactose free) or gluten and nut-free food options. For practical reasons, we cannot meet any other wishes related to allergies or diets during festivals. All meals are presented at the outdoor serving tent area.
ALCOHOL-FREE & DRUG-FREE
Ängsbacka has a policy of zero tolerance for illicit drugs and alcohol. We don’t serve alcohol, and it is not allowed to drink or to be under the influence of alcohol or other substances when you are at Ängsbacka. If you are found under the influence, we will ask you to leave immediately.
Please find our other general policies and guidelines here.
Code of ethics
Ängsbacka is continuously developing intentions for offering supportive and transformational spaces - read our Code of Ethics here.
PAYMENTS AND CURRENCY
Remember! We always request you to book and pay your event ticket online before arrival.
Both our café and the reception at Ängbsacka are cash-free, so once at Ängsbacka you will only be able to use card or Swish (Swedish direct payment service) as a payment method at our reception and in the café.
We only accept the currency SEK.
For cash withdrawal, there is a cash point at Coop in Molkom (the nearby village).
ÄNGSBACKA CAFÉ
The Café is a cosy meeting place for hang-out, new friendships and deep conversation. You can buy yummy home-made cakes, a wide range of coffee, teas, golden milk, smoothies, chilled beverages, chocolate, raw food goodies and more!
During the summer our café is a tech-free zone, so the café is not a place for work or gaming on your digital devices. Charging your digital devices can be done in "The Hub".
SAUNA
Our amazing and newly renovated Sauna is open all evenings of the festival. Come relax and enjoy the heat in the company of new and old friends. It is a requirement to bring a towel to sit on in the sauna.
KARMA STORE
At Karma Store you find organic yoga clothes, beautiful jewelry, books, beauty products and more.
Holy Tree crafts and instrument shop
In the Holy Tree shop you find a unique selection of music instruments such as shamanic drums, flutes, rattles and more.
SIMSALA CHAI
Simsala Chai is beautifully situated a short walk into the forest next to the festival area. Welcome to treat and nourish yourself with a cup of chai in the presence of nature. Here you also find hand crafted music instruments. Come, take a break from the intensity of the festival and let yourself be held by the spirit of the forest.
Healing Circle
The Healing Circle offers personal sessions for bodywork, energy healing, massage, counselling and other forms of therapies/modalities. Make sure to bring your own towel to your session to lay on. You can book and pay (by card) your sessions through the reception, or the Café when the reception is closed, during your stay at Ängsbacka
FESTIVAL GALLERY
Information about workshop leaders and Festival programs for each day can be found in the Festival Gallery outside the barn. The Festival program can be changed with short notice, so please check it often.
Here you also find opening hours for café, shops, reception and more.
THE HUB
In The Hub, the tent next to the Festival Gallery, you can find more information about the amazing work our workshop leaders are doing outside of Ängsbacka.
If you need to charge any of your digital devices you are more then welcome to use our charging stations located in The Hub.
LOST ITEMS
As a visitor at Ängsbacka you are solely responsible for your personal belongings at all times. During the actual event Ängsbacka will support you to retrieve any items lost by setting up, and maintaining specific “Lost & Found”-labelled boxes nearby the workshop-spaces.After each Festival the lost & found boxes will be emptied and all collected items will be stored in our Lost & Found tent for a total of 2 weeks upon completion of the event.
Valuables such as wallets, digital devices, keys and similar are handed in and kept at our booking office for a maximum of 3 months and will be returned upon description. Valuables are the only items that will be sent to you after the event is over and you will be charged for the postage plus an administrative fee of 100 SEK.
Please be aware that Ängsbacka does not take any responsibility for personal belongings - the above is to be considered a service and not a guarantee that you will be able to retrieve lost items whether valuables or others, such as clothing.
WELCOME LETTER
A welcome letter with more detailed information about the festival will be sent out to all participants.
LANGUAGE
Ängsbacka is an international course and festival center with people from all over the world. The main language spoken during the festivals is English.
Lorenzo Stiernquist
Program Coordinator
Tantra teacher, Sexsibility Coach, Consent facilitator
Lorenzo is a Tantra teacher, Sexsibility Coach, body worker, Consent facilitator, and a Facilitator Coach.
He teaches how you can feel more pleasure and feel more alive, but also how to transform shame, guilt, and blockages that prevent that experience. He is the founder and has the main responsibility for the Sexsibility Festival and the Sexsibility Coach Training.
In his work with trainings, workshops, and sessions, he is focusing on sexuality, intimacy, spirituality, consent, pleasure, and healing.
To contact Lorenzo or the Sexsibility team please use our contact page. Other ways of communication have a very high risk of not being answered at all.
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