Intro to Intimacy 101 · with Brian Gibney & Reba Corrine Thomas
Come Find Your
Home Base.
Before we learn how to be intimate with someone else, we have to learn how to be intimate with ourselves.
Intimacy 101 is an embodied exploration of your body, internal signals, needs, desires, boundaries, and the ways you may have learned to disconnect from them. This isn't therapy. You don't need to be in a relationship.
A question, not a promise
This may be for you if…
Intimacy 101 is for adults who are single, dating, partnered, married, non-monogamous, or somewhere in between. Not a fix. An invitation into self-knowledge.
- You're single, dating, partnered, married, non-monogamous, or somewhere in between
- You've lost touch with what you actually want, in your body or your relationships
- You keep mistaking inherited expectations for your own desire
- You want to communicate what you need but struggle to recognize it first
- You're curious about embodiment, but skeptical of clinical or performative wellness
- You want a space to explore intimacy that respects your pace, privacy, and boundaries
Your home base
Before you can communicate what you want, you have to recognize it.
Before intimacy becomes something you create between people, it must become something you can experience within yourself.
Your “home base” is the place inside where you can feel your own signals — your yes, your no, your wants, your edges — and stay with them long enough to know they're yours.
Many of us were taught to override those signals. Intimacy 101 is the practice of finding your way back.
What you receive
Intro to Intimacy 101
Four live 90-minute virtual sessions
A three-hour in-person embodied workshop in Washington, DC
A social hour
An optional Reflect & Recovery space
Education, somatic practice, embodied exploration, and facilitated group processing
Recorded educational instruction — personal sharing and group processing are not recorded
Maximum enrollment of 20 participants
The philosophy
Five principles we move by
We're better together.
Community offers reflection, practice, support, and connection without requiring conformity.
The pace is purposefully slow and deep.
Growth happens in layers and respects each person's working edge.
We operate from wants, not shoulds.
Participants learn to distinguish authentic desire from inherited expectations.
The work begins in the body.
Practice recognizing an embodied yes, honoring an embodied no, and listening to internal signals.
Healthier individuals, healthier relationships.
Explore what you want, recognize your limits, and communicate more authentically.
The four-week arc
Four sessions, layered and slow
Each week builds on the last. Growth happens in layers and respects each person's working edge.
Creating the Container
Meet the facilitators and group, establish agreements, and explore what makes intimacy difficult. Begin identifying inherited “shoulds.”
Listening to the Body
Explore why people learn to distrust their bodies. Introduce a guided body scan and begin reconnecting with internal signals.
Loudest to Quietest
Notice which internal sensations receive the most attention, which are ignored, and what distracts you from what matters.
Outside to Inside
Develop the capacity to move beyond superficial noticing, integrate the previous practices, and prepare for the in-person experience.
The in-person experience
Then we get in the room.
The online course culminates in a three-hour embodied workshop with Brian and Reba in Washington, DC, followed by a social hour and an optional Reflect & Recovery space.
You'll practice presence, curiosity, boundaries, communication, and connection in real time.
Choose your path
Two cohorts, one invitation
Four live virtual sessions plus a three-hour in-person workshop in Washington, DC. Maximum of 20 participants per cohort.
November Cohort
Sundays, 3:00–4:30 PM ET
- November 1, 2026
- November 8, 2026
- November 22, 2026
- November 29, 2026
- Three-hour in-person embodied workshop on December 4, 2026, in Washington, DC.
December Cohort
Sundays, 3:00–4:30 PM ET
- December 6, 2026
- December 13, 2026
- December 20, 2026
- December 27, 2026
- Three-hour in-person embodied workshop on January 3, 2027, in Washington, DC.
Who guides the work
Brian & Reba
Together, Brian and Reba create spaces where education moves beyond intellectual understanding and becomes something participants can experience.
Brian Gibney
Surrogate partner · intimacy coach
Brian is a surrogate partner and intimacy coach who brings experience in embodied exploration, group processing, relational work, curriculum development, and somatic practice.
Reba Corrine Thomas
Sexuality educator · pleasure coach
Reba is a sexuality educator, pleasure coach, and founder of Sexpert Consultants. Her work explores sexuality, embodiment, pleasure, and personal liberation.
Safety, consent & privacy
A container you can trust
Consent & choice
Every exercise is an invitation, never a requirement. You can opt out at any moment.
Bodily autonomy
Physical touch, disclosure, and partnering are never required. Your body, your pace.
Privacy
Personal sharing and group processing are not recorded. What's shared in the container stays there.
The container
Agreements are established together in Week One, creating a shared space that holds the work.
Questions
Good things to know
Want to go deeper?
Intimacy 101 Retreat
February 12–14, 2027
Location: Washington, DC metropolitan region
“The course teaches you to recognize your home base. The retreat gives you time to live there.”
An intimate weekend of somatic exploration, facilitated group processing, intentional connection, rest, and integration led by Brian Gibney and Reba Corrine Thomas. Attend solo or with a partner.
Registration includes
- Food provided during the retreat
- Scheduled daily activities
- All facilitated retreat programming
Registration does not include
- Lodging
- Transportation
- Airfare, train fare, fuel, parking, or other travel expenses
Participants must arrange and pay for their own lodging and travel.
Pathway 01
Enrolled / AlumIntimacy 101 Participant Rate
For people who have completed or are enrolled in Intro to Intimacy 101.
Eligibility will be confirmed using your Intro to Intimacy 101 enrollment record.
Pathway 02
Intro Course IncludedNew Participant Package
For people who haven't completed or enrolled in Intro to Intimacy 101. The package includes enrollment in the online Intro to Intimacy 101 course.
If you're new to Intimacy 101, your retreat package includes the online introductory course. This ensures everyone enters the retreat with shared foundational practices around embodiment, wants, boundaries, consent, and internal signals.
Couples receive 20% off when registering and paying together. The couples discount applies to one-time payment only and cannot be combined with a payment plan or another promotion.
An invitation
Find your way back to yourself.
Four live sessions. One in-person workshop. A deeper relationship with your own internal signals.
Regular $699 · Current enrollment $599 · or three payments of $199.67 · 15% off for couples