June 23–28, 2026
You Are Safe. You Are Seen. You Are Sacred.
- StoneSong—A Place for You
Jonathan’s Circle
holds its annual
StoneSong Retreat
at the StoneSong Awareness and Nature Center (western Maryland, near Flintstone).
Experience a gathering of men ready to explore the erotic and spiritual treasures at the core of our deepest, most authentic selves. This embodied community will gather in the rolling mountains of western Maryland at the StoneSong Nature and Awareness Center near the town of Flintstone.
During the retreat, we will celebrate the power of self-pleasure to open the heart. We will use the joy that arises from our own bodies to help us create an environment of full acceptance for one another and ourselves.
Share what is moving within you in our daily heart circle. Find joy, generosity, and healing in heart-centered, respectfully structured erotic exploration with your fellow travelers.
A Spiritual and Erotic Retreat
Experience a gathering of men ready to explore the erotic and spiritual treasures at the core of our deepest, most authentic selves. This embodied community will gather in the rolling mountains of western Maryland at the StoneSong Nature and Awareness Center near the town of Flintstone.
During the retreat, we will celebrate the power of self-pleasure to open the heart. We will use the joy that arises from our own bodies to help us create an environment of full acceptance for one another and ourselves.
Share what is moving within you in our daily heart circle. Find joy, generosity, and healing in heart-centered, respectfully structured erotic exploration with your fellow travelers.
Embodied Freedom and Erotic Generosity
In past retreats, we have witnessed the magic of men creating places of complete acceptance and safety for each other—where all our interactions are a way of saying, “You are safe. You are seen. You are sacred.” In offering that gift and receiving it back, we heal our souls, and we repair the world.
This freedom allows us to be spontaneous, take risks, and make surprising discoveries within ourselves and with others. We let down our defenses. Our innate capacities for kindness and empathy blossom. We experience the joys of deep gratitude. We delight in the pleasure and fulfilment we can bring someone else and ourselves.
Sometimes we find this freedom in walking naked through the natural world. Sometimes we find it in knowing others will celebrate the fullness of our erotic longings. We find it knowing that others will respect our personal boundaries and the choices we make about how to engage in community.
Building Sacred Community
Ritual practice and play are a major part of the retreat. Good ritual is about using tangible objects and embodied practice to express and expand our awareness of what’s moving inside us—as individuals, and as a community. One of the first things we’ll do together is gather in a circle and tell each other about the personal meaning of objects that we’ve brought with us. We will then create a communal altar using those objects.
If the idea of an altar is unfamiliar or uncomfortable, think of it as a visual focal point that represents what we are bringing to the gathering. We will consecrate this space as an area dedicated to the community that we build together, and colorful fabrics, sacred images, and beautiful objects will adorn the space.
Confidentiality and Consent
Our commitment at Jonathan’s Circle to principles of confidentiality and consent will be absolute. In order to create and maintain a safe container for the retreat, we have several explicit expectations stated upfront:
- We will ask you to sign an agreement stating that you will keep retreat activities confidential.
- We will speak about no one else’s presence at StoneSong to those outside the group, nor about what anyone else shares or experiences during the retreat.
- We agree to speak only of our own experience. What happens at StoneSong stays at StoneSong.
- Consent is always complex and delicate; therefore, we will engage in the mindful practice of asking for permission in all our interactions with each other.