Roses & Thorns
Pleasure, boundaries, and relationship design couple retreat in the Rose Valley, Bulgaria
You are invited to step out of the pace of everyday life and into a landscape that already knows how to hold and embrace.
May 22nd – 25th 2026,
Retreat Experience
Held between two mountain ranges, the Rose Valley is a land in long relationship with roses, whose intoxicating perfume travels far beyond its hills. For only a few weeks each year, the roses bloom, filling the air with gentle fragrance that softens the body and sharpens perception. Here we gather exactly in this season of beauty and renewal to explore how relationships grow when pleasure and boundaries are both honoured. We learn about relationship design inspired by nature.
Some arrive to tend what feels strained. Others to deepen what already works. The intended outcome is a deep relational reset and relationships that might be not perfect but ones that can evolve with clarity and care.
All relational styles and cultural backgrounds are welcome!
The places are intentionally limited and participation is offered through a simple application process which is designed to ensure intimacy and coherence of the relational field.
The only agenda is presence.
The Faculty
Irina Aron PhD - Founder, Relationship Design Educator, Researcher and Practitioner
Gabriella Ghielmetti - Dance as therapeutic tool for intimacy and trust
David Freeman PhD - Educator in Relational, Erotic and Somatic Experience
Deniza Popova PhD - Musicologist. Voice and Singing as connecting experience
Ruzha Stoynova - Hatha Yoga Teacher
Couples’ retreat
22-25 of May 2026
Investment and rates:
Early Commitment Rate (paid by February 27th) – €3333
Standard Rate (paid by Mid April) – €3690
Last Places Rate – Mid April onwards – €3990
The rate is inclusive of accommodation, full board and tuition per couple
The Venue
CHATEAU COPSA
The retreat is hosted at a unique venue in the heart of the Rose Valley at the prime time of the roses’ bloom: Chateo Copsa. It is a woman-owned and woman-led business—a place where the roses meet the grapes. The venue offers a variety of experiences for wine and gourmet enthusiasts.
For programme details, accommodation, and payment, you are invited to express your interest by email:mail@irinaaron.com
Birth Yourself
Woman’s Fertility Beyond Childbirth
You are invited to the mythical home of Orpheus - Rhodopy mountains in Bulgaria. To a cave known as Vulva for her shape, to conceive the version of ourselves that is ready to be born.
October 1st – 4th 2026,
Retreat Experience
Fertility Beyond Childbirth is a four day retreat for women over 40 who feel that something in them is ready to be born — not a child, but a new, vibrant version of themselves.
15 women will gather in a cave in the Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria — the mythical home of Orpheus.
A cave known as The Vulva. A space that holds. Initiates. Transforms.
A place to cross a threshold to the version of yourself you are no longer willing to postpone.
The retreat will be followed by a 9-week online journey. Every week we will move through one month of gestation. ntentional. Embodied. When the heart begins. When the spine takes shape. When the gonads bud. Until she is formed.
You can join for the retreat only or for the whole experience - the retreat followed by the 9 week programme.
Join the waiting list and be the first to receive the full programme when it opens.