“Getting naked is not about becoming something, but revealing the truth about what we already are and always have been. The retreat took me on a journey to myself – accepting and giving space to all my emotions and attributes. And it’s all about self-love. Simon, Dara and Lu had the unbelievable love and courage to gift this experience to me. It almost sounds stupid to say that this was the time of my life, but in fact I’m more myself than ever before. More love, more joy, more freedom and independence. I’m inviting everybody to accept this gift of life that was given to you by birth and start living your truth. Now.”​​

“I attended NAKED The Retreat 2019 and describing this experience with words feels like trying to push an ocean into a shotglass. What feels closest would be something like “…grounding transcendence in the depths of reality”(Jeff Brown) Purity, rawness, laughter, tears, wildness, unconditional, radical softness and infinite love. I can call the connections I made here true, loving friendships. Weeks after I still feel held by my extended family. I am so grateful for this unique experience and can only recommend it to anyone who wants to feel loved and wants to remember what they are here for.”​

“I feel so empowered after this week to be more in control of my life – NAKED gave me the tools that will help me live a life that resonates with my heart, a life in which I can deeply and authentically connect to others! My new beloved family, my adorable 13 sisters and brothers! You all helped me with your unconditional love to mirror my weaknesses and help me to turn them into strengths. I truly feel this is a new beginning of a more authentic life in which I have the COURAGE to share the GIFT of FULL TRANSPARENCY with myself and the rest of the world. Transparent communication will be my path to a happier existence.”​

“NAKED. So much fantasy about it. And yet nothing is more concrete than being naked. Nothing to imagine: it’s all staring you in the face. That was my experience of NAKED. I arrived at the Dominican Republic where it was 28 degrees Celsius. And yet, internally, I realised I was still ‘dressed up’ for the Arctic cold, with layer upon layer of protection to stop me from seeing my own nakedness: for fear of being ashamed of it, disgusted, judgemental. The exercises were challenging but they helped unzip the clothes. However, I had to be the one to decide to take them off. So thanks to all of you who made naked my best suit.”

“Struggling in my life with not coming out fully, at the outside everything okay, but still this feeling I hadn’t unpacked my real self, holding back on something in relationships with others and toward myself. I didn’t dare to be really open. This feeling was also mixed up with not feeling satisfied with what life brought me every day therefore I was yearning for more attention, more sexual pleasure, more challenges, more from others and myself. And then NAKED. The words about stripping off and being totally naked, physically, emotionally and mentally – those words touched me deeply. It’s awesome to experience how the love and truth that we shared with each other has helped me to find the key and to unlock my inner self!

“I’ve been trying to put down in words my experience of Naked but it kept sounding too ‘flowery’ and although I have an airy-fairy side to me as well, I just want to say this straight up: Naked changed my life, for the better. My first Naked retreat in 2017 led me onto other Naked retreats and gatherings as well as meet-ups and reunions. Needless to say, I love what these experiences offer! Trying to actually describe them though is like trying to explain a dream…! NAKED is not like a therapy session or taking some prescribed pills. This is another level of self-developing transformation and has become part of my every day.