The Journey of the Conscious Man

Embodiment & awakening series in Sevilla

:: BODY, PLEASURE & CONSCIOUSNESS. Awakening the Experience of Being a Man 12-15 Nov, 2026.

:: ENERGY, SENSUALITY & SENSING. Awakening the Perception of Who I Am as a Man 21-24 Jan, 2027.

The first two UOMO workshops constitute the Embodiment and Awakening Phase of the 18-month journey.

They address two fundamental questions:

Workshop I

Can I inhabit the body of the man I am?

Workshop II

Can I perceive the man I am through sensation, energy and relationship?

The movement is:

BODY → SENSATION → PLEASURE → PRESENCE → ENERGY → SENSUALITY → PERCEPTION → IDENTITY

Before exploring sexuality, archetypes, relationships, spirituality or advanced energetic practices, the participant learns to inhabit himself.

The body becomes the first teacher.

— BODY, PLEASURE & CONSCIOUSNESS

Awakening the Experience of Being a Man

Duration

Thursday November 12th. 19hrs → November 15th. Sunday 15:00

Central proposition

I have a male body, but how consciously do I inhabit it?

This first retreat establishes the foundations of the entire UOMO process.

Rather than beginning with an intellectual discussion about masculinity, participants encounter masculinity through:

The fundamental movement is from:

thinking about being a man → experiencing being a man.

1. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

1.1 The Body as the First Territory of Consciousness

The body is not simply something a man possesses.

It is the place through which he experiences existence.

Before there is identity, there is sensation.

Before there is interpretation, there is perception.

Before a man says:

“This is who I am.”

there is the more fundamental experience:

“I am here.”

Therefore, embodiment becomes the first threshold of masculine consciousness.

1.2 The Four Dimensions of Embodiment

We work with four dimensions.

Physical Body

Muscles, fascia, bones, posture, movement, breathing and physical sensation.

Question:

What does my body actually feel like from inside?

Sensory Body

Touch, temperature, pressure, movement, smell, sound and internal sensation.

Question:

How much can I perceive without immediately interpreting?

Emotional Body

The physical expressions accompanying emotion: contraction, expansion, trembling, heat, heaviness, softness, activation.

Question:

Can I feel emotion as bodily experience before creating a story about it?

Symbolic/Energetic Body

The participant begins exploring the body through traditional yogic and Tantric maps:

These are introduced as traditional contemplative and experiential maps rather than established anatomical structures.

2. PLEASURE AS A CAPACITY

Pleasure is broader than sexuality.

A man can experience pleasure through:

One purpose of this workshop is therefore to separate:

PLEASURE ≠ SEX

Pleasure becomes a capacity for experiencing life.

The participant investigates:

How much sensation can I receive before I need to do something with it?

This distinction will later become fundamental to the work with sexuality.

The workshop introduces an inquiry:

“What makes my body a man’s body for me?”

Not:

“What should a masculine body look like?”

Instead:

There is no predetermined correct answer.

The objective is self-perception rather than conformity to a masculine ideal.

1. SLOW DOWN

Sensory consciousness requires time.

2. FEEL BEFORE INTERPRETING

Participants learn to distinguish:

sensation → emotion → interpretation → reaction.

3. RECEIVE

Many men are comfortable doing but less comfortable receiving.

Receiving becomes a practice.

4. CHOOSE

Every relational exercise involves choice.

5. WITNESS

A man learns to experience himself without immediately correcting himself.

THURSDAY

ENTERING THE BODY

Theme

I AM HERE

18:00–19:00

Arrival and accommodation.

19:00–20:00

Dinner.

20:30–23:00

Opening Initiation — Entering the Body

Part I — Crossing the Threshold

Participants enter the practice room in silence.

Shoes are removed at the entrance as a symbolic transition from ordinary life into embodied practice.

Slow walking meditation.

Attention moves toward:

Exercise: “Where Am I?”

Participants stop periodically.

Three questions:

What am I sensing?

Where am I sensing it?

What happens if I do nothing about it?

Part II — Men’s Circle

Each participant completes:

“Today, being a man means…”

Then:

“Something I rarely allow other men to see in me is…”

No discussion.

Only witnessing.

Part III — Embodiment Meditation

20–25 minutes.

Attention progressively moves:

feet → legs → pelvis → belly → heart → throat → face → whole body.

Finish with:

“I do not need to become anything tonight.
I begin by inhabiting what is already here.”

Closing

Simple grounding.

Silence until morning encouraged.

FRIDAY

THE PHYSICAL MAN

Theme

FROM BODY TO PRESENCE

07:00–08:15

Morning Practice — Awakening the Male Body

The intention is not athletic performance.

The participant asks:

Where am I alive?

Where am I numb?

Where am I holding?

08:30–10:00

Breakfast.

10:30–13:30

WORKSHOP — THE BODY I INHABIT

Theory

45 minutes:

Exercise 1 — Body Mapping

Each participant draws a human silhouette.

Three categories are mapped:

ALIVE

Areas easily perceived.

QUIET

Areas difficult to perceive.

PROTECTED

Areas associated with tension, shame, vulnerability or defensiveness.

No interpretation is initially required.

Exercise 2 — Masculine Postures

Participants physically explore:

They exaggerate each posture and observe:

What changes in my breath?

What changes in my chest?

What changes in my pelvis?

What changes in my gaze?

Exercise 3 — Witnessing the Man

Pairs.

A stands.

B observes silently.

A explores different postures.

B does not analyze A.

Afterward B says only:

“What I noticed in myself while witnessing you was…”

The distinction is essential:

witnessing rather than judging.

13:30–15:30

Lunch and rest.

15:30–18:30

BODYWORK — RECEIVING THE BODY

Introduction to conscious touch.

Before any touch:

The Three Questions

Participants practice saying:

Practice

A structured non-sexual body massage:

The receiver practices doing nothing.

The central teaching:

Receiving is also an action of consciousness.

19:00–20:00

Dinner.

21:30–23:00

Ritual — THE SKIN

Low light.

Meditative self-touch using oil.

Hands slowly encounter:

No goal.

No sexualization.

Only sensation.

Finish lying down with hands over heart and belly.

Question:

Can my own touch tell my body that I am present?

SATURDAY

PLEASURE

Theme

I ALLOW MYSELF TO FEEL

07:00–08:15

Tantra Kriya Yoga

Theme:

opening the sensory body.

Practices:

08:30–10:00

Breakfast.

10:30–13:30

— THE ANATOMY OF PLEASURE

Theory

Pleasure is explored through five layers:

Sensory pleasure

Touch, temperature, sound, smell.

Physical pleasure

Movement, stretching, relaxation.

Emotional pleasure

Safety, affection, belonging.

Relational pleasure

Being seen and accepted.

Energetic pleasure

Experiences interpreted within Tantric practice as expansion, flow, vibration and movement of prana.

Experience — The Sensory Laboratory

Five stations:

Touch

Different textures.

Sound

Listening meditation.

Smell

Natural aromas.

Movement

Slow intuitive movement.

Stillness

Receiving sensation without external stimulation.

Participants record:

What opens me?

What closes me?

What makes me curious?

Practice — Pleasure Without Performance

Pairs.

One participant receives a hand/arm/shoulder touch sequence.

Receiver communicates only:

more / less / slower / faster / stop / continue.

This introduces a principle that will become central later in sexuality:

Pleasure does not require performance.

13:30–15:30

Lunch/rest.

15:30–18:30

THE PELVIS — ROOT OF THE EMBODIED MAN

This session introduces the pelvis without making the session explicitly sexual.

Theory

Practices

Pelvic circles.

Hip opening.

Squatting.

Breathing into the lower abdomen.

Mula Bandha awareness without excessive contraction.

Movement with eyes closed.

Grounding through feet and legs.

Partner practice

One participant moves.

One witnesses.

Switch.

Integration:

“What changes when another man sees my body move?”

19:00–20:00

Dinner.

21:30–23:00

FIRE RITUAL — THE MAN I WAS TAUGHT TO BE

Participants write:

“A man should…”

Repeatedly.

Examples may emerge:

A man should be strong.

A man should not cry.

A man should provide.

A man should always know.

A man should be sexually capable.

A man should never be afraid.

Each participant chooses one inherited belief he wishes to question.

The paper is symbolically offered to fire where appropriate and safe.

Closing statement:

“I begin discovering the man beneath the expectation.”

SUNDAY

AWAKENING THE MAN

Theme

I INHABIT MYSELF

07:30–08:30

Meditation, breath and gentle Kriya.

08:30–10:00

Breakfast.

10:00–12:00

INTEGRATION EXPERIENCE — BODY OF A MAN

Three phases.

I — Alone

Movement meditation.

This is my body.

II — With Another

Standing opposite another man.

Breathing.

Eye contact optional.

No touching initially.

Then consensual hand-to-hand contact.

III — With the Group

Men form a circle.

Each participant enters the center.

He completes:

“The man I am beginning to experience is…”

The group witnesses.

No applause.

No advice.

Presence.

12:00–13:00

Personal Integration Plan

Each participant chooses:

13:00–14:00

Lunch.

14:00–15:00

Closing Ritual

Final circle.

Hands on:

belly → heart → forehead.

Three statements:

I inhabit my body.

I allow myself to feel.

I begin discovering the man I am.

End of the Workshop I.