Unleashed opening moment

February 21, 2026 · Chicago, IL

UNLEASHED

UNLEASHED is a full-day immersive experience for women and women-aligned people ready to give themselves permission to:

  • Reconnect with their bodies
  • Explore desire and self-expression
  • Release what’s been held back

All within a safe, intentional container.

Guided by a powerful lineup of 7 women facilitators trained in psychology, somatics and movement, coaching, and trauma-informed care.

Ground, move, and connect together in the morning.

Choose three immersive workshops in the afternoon to explore what’s calling you.

This is not passive listening.

This is a lived, embodied experience.

Unleashed retreat atmosphere

Why UNLEASHED

You don’t need more information.
You need space to feel, move, choose, and reconnect.

UNLEASHED is designed for women who are doing the inner work and are ready to embody it — not alone, not rushed, and not pushed beyond their capacity.

Here, safety comes first.
Choice is honored.
Community is built through shared experience and supportive, open-hearted humans.

Schedule

The experience: a day designed with intention

A full-day immersive container designed to help you arrive in your body, reconnect with self-trust, and choose your depth with support.

Saturday, Feb 21, 2026
Full-day program
MORNING
Gather + Move

A guided arc to ground, open, and connect before moving into deeper personal exploration.

Opening Ritual: Grounding + Collective Orientation
Albe Gutierrez, MAATC
A sound- and presence-based ritual to regulate the nervous system and arrive together.
Unmasking the Self: Reclaiming Inner Wisdom
Dr. Shanta “Dr. K” Kanukollu, PhD
Releasing self-silencing and reconnecting with embodied intuition and self-trust.
Intimacy + Attachment Foundations
Dr. Kres Ashford, PsyD, LCPC, CST
A shared framework for attachment, desire, boundaries, and connection.
Sensual Movement: Beyond Sexuality
Albe Gutierrez, MAATC
Exploring sensuality as embodied awareness and authentic expression.
Unleashed morning experience
AFTERNOON
Choose Your Depth

In the afternoon, the experience becomes yours to shape. You’ll choose from immersive, small-group workshops led by our facilitators.

Choose-your-path workshop rotations
This format honors your autonomy, curiosity, and capacity in the moment. No one-size-fits-all. No forcing. Just permission.
Workshop themes
  • Releasing shame and self-judgment
  • Reconnecting to your body through playful movement
  • Redefining intimacy and self-trust
  • Rediscovering sensual and expressive self-connection
  • Unlearning people-pleasing and reclaiming your voice
  • Exploring the mind–body connection
  • Reimagining relationships: decentering the patriarchy
Unleashed afternoon experience

**Schedule subject to change

The Retreat

What makes UNLEASHED different

UNLEASHED is not a one-size-fits-all retreat. It’s a carefully held container that offers structure and choice, guidance and permission, depth and regulation. Come for the facilitators. Stay for the movement. Choose the depth that’s calling you.

Women connecting in a retreat setting

The Experience

A container for connection — built to last.

UNLEASHED is a one-day immersive experience designed to help women move beyond internal limits and into embodied self-trust. Rather than offering a fleeting retreat high, it creates space for depth, connection, and honest exploration. Participants leave with experiences, language, and insight meant to integrate into real life — not stay contained to a single day.

Women connecting in a retreat setting

Who it's for

Who UNLEASHED welcomes.

UNLEASHED welcomes women 21+, including trans women and non-binary or gender-nonconforming individuals who feel connected to womanhood. This experience is for those at any stage of their journey — whether exploring desire for the first time, deepening embodiment, or seeking meaningful connection. Curiosity, openness, and a willingness to be present are the only prerequisites.

Supportive group setting

The Container

Trauma-informed. Consent-forward. Held with care.

UNLEASHED is intentionally designed as a trauma-informed, consent-forward space. Emotional safety, autonomy, and respect are non-negotiable. Mental health providers will be on-site for grounding and support, and discrimination, boundary violations, or harmful behavior of any kind will result in immediate removal.

Safe and respectful retreat environment

Stay in the loop

This is your permission to Unleash

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What you’ll experience

A retreat designed to stay with you

Breaking the script

UNLEASHED provides one full immersive day of holistic experiences focused on breaking down limiting beliefs about womanhood and sexuality, exploring and owning your own unique sensuality and desires, and creating supportive and lasting relationships.

Mind, body, and spirit

From keynote speakers addressing topics such working through shame and asking for what you want, to movement based workshops focused on connecting with your body and embodying your authentic sensuality, our programming approaches sexual empowerment holistically- involving mind, body and spirit.

Connection & play

The event is filled with opportunities to form new connections and rejuvenate existing ones- small group workshops which facilitate vulnerability and sharing, a community dinner to facilitate continued conversation, and a dance party to let loose and play.

Lasting impact

Anyone who attends UNLEASHED should expect its impact to last long after the retreat ends.

Who will guide you

Meet the voices of UNLEASHED

Our speakers and guides are licensed clinicians, somatic practitioners, educators, and community leaders grounded in safety, curiosity, and care.

Ashley Summers (she/her)
Ashley Summers (she/her)
Founder
Shanta Kanukollu, Ph. D (she/her)
Shanta Kanukollu, Ph. D (she/her)
Psychotherapist
Nicole Sonnefeldt, MA (she/her)
Nicole Sonnefeldt, MA (she/her)
Subject Matter Expert & Lead Facilitator
Albe Gutierrez (Ms. Albe), MAATC (she/her/ella)
Albe Gutierrez (Ms. Albe), MAATC (she/her/ella)
Psychotherapist & Art Therapist
Dr. Kres Ashford, PsyD, LCPC, CST (she/her)
Dr. Kres Ashford, PsyD, LCPC, CST (she/her)
Psychologist & Sex Therapist
Josephine Lauer (she/her)
Josephine Lauer (she/her)
Somatic Intimacy Coach & Tantra Practitioner
Lady Sophia Chase, MSW (she/her)
Lady Sophia Chase, MSW (she/her)
Pro-Domme Mistress

Location

Le Loft — Chicago, IL

This unique women-owned space in Logan Square combines modern flair and luxe amenities with local, creative spirit. There will be areas for rest and relaxation within the retreat space.

February 21, 2026 · Le Loft — Chicago, IL

Join us for UNLEASHED

A one-day immersion for women ready to step into embodied self-trust. Designed to leave a lasting impact long after the retreat ends.