Wings of Love – A Couples Retreat

During a retreat I attended last summer, something inside me clicked and I saw something clearly.

I realised that the longing I had felt already during my studies had never truly left me.
If I ever chose a therapeutic direction, it would be couple therapy.

I grew up with parents who not only love each other deeply, but aren’t afraid to show it. They are affectionate, honest, and open-minded. They shared with us some of their struggles, conversations they had, the couple seminars they attended, and the books they read to grow together. Because of that, our home was a place where any questions were welcome. Nothing was too strange or too emotional to talk about.

I think that’s why intimate relationships fascinated me from such an early age.
The truthful, evolving, tender kind of love that takes presence and courage.

During my master’s, I attended a seminar called Psychology and Business. Our final task was to create a business plan that combined the two fields. Without hesitation, I chose preventive couple seminars and I called the concept “Paarlife”.

I still remember how the lecturer looked at me and said something along the lines of:
“That’s a stupid business idea. No one would ever go to something like this.”

He was older. More experienced. So I doubted myself and pushed the idea aside.
But deep down, I never stopped believing he was wrong.

After organising more than fifteen retreats, cooking for people, holding space, watching how group dynamics unfold, that same idea has returned, stronger than ever.
Not as a maybe.
But as a felt truth, something I feel deep in my bones:

Creating couple retreats is exactly what I am meant to do.

What always fascinated me most during my retreats were the moments when couples cooked together.
How they communicated.
How they teased each other.
How small habits, tendernesses, and tensions revealed themselves between chopping vegetables and stirring pots.

There is something powerful and intimate in giving couples a safe space to grow, reconnect, and rediscover each other.

And now the vision is ready.
A retreat for couples who want to deepen their relationship. Not because something is broken, but because they value love and understand that intentional care is what keeps it alive.

A weekend filled with shared experiences that bring two people closer:

✨ Cooking together as a team
✨ Learning a new dance step by step
✨ Giving each other a nourishing massage
✨ Nonviolent communication tools to transform everyday life
✨ A guided relationship visioning session
✨ Gentle, non-sexual tantric connection rituals
✨ A playful couple art project
✨ An evening ritual
✨ Games that bring out laughter
✨ A partner workout and stretching session
✨ Time to breathe, talk, reconnect, and remember why you chose each other

I know this is only the beginning. But it already feels incredibly meaningful.

The first couple retreat will take place in March or April in Rifferswil.
We’ll rent the yoga room in our village and keep the experience intentionally intimate: A maximum of three couples.

The first couple to book with us will stay in our beautiful en suite guest room.
The other two will stay in the cosy hotel just a 7-minute walk away.
All meals are included and we enjoy them together.

I feel excited and ready.
And deeply certain that this offering will support couples to build the kind of love that lasts and grows.

Write me an email via foodbydebora@gmail.com if this sounds interesting to you and let me know which weekends work for you.