15-18 July 2027
TEAM 2026
facilitator & main organizer
MONALICE (she)
Monalice is fascinated to explore different facets of being human: Body wisdom, breath, sound, movement, emotions and encounters. She loves to support people to connect with themselves and others, her work is based on Gestalt Therapy, body work and tantra.
Monalice works as a therapist, one-on-one and in group settings. Also she hosts events around dance, sensuality and sexuality, boundaries and desires, including the festival LOVE RYOT with Liisa.
Based in Leipzig.
Mona is the main host & initiator of the event, together with Liisa.
facilitator & main organizer
LIISA FATUMA (they/she)
Liisa is a workshop facilitator, Gestalt therapist, dancer & dreamer, passionate about sexual and general empowerment, emotional work, intuitive body expression, queerness, diving deep & not taking things too serious. Their current yearly sexpositive festivals in Germany are LOVE RYOT (summer), UNFOLDING (summer) and PANDORA (winter). In 2024 they also completed a documentary called ‘SEXPLORATION - How Do I Really Want IT?’ (90min.)
Based in Cologne.
Liisa is the main host & initiator of the event, together with Monalice.
decoration magician + dance host
MARIE (she/marie)
Stage design / decoration with lots of love and lala
+ everything completely recycled!
Based in Leipzig.
In PANDORA, MariE is contributing almost all of the decoration and also hosting a dance.
facilitator
DAVID SCHÄPPI (he/him)
David is a playful movement enthusiast and dancer, passionate about relating, intimacy and exploring how we can attune to one another to enter a shared flow. Continuously learning from various disciplines—from Gestalt therapy to martial arts—he primarily facilitates workshops and retreats in CH/DE/IT.
Based in Switzerland.
David’s Telegram Channel: t.me/attunement_art
facilitator
KUEM (he/they)
A fat trans*masc PoC, trained Sexological Bodyworker and Cranio-Sakral therapist who accompanies clients discovering their body & sensuality in one on one sessions as well as body centered workshops. He is especially interested in working with trans*/queer /BIPoC communities.
Paramount for Kuem are curiosity, openness and commitment to the process. Kuem wants to initiate playful encounters with oneself.
Based in Cologne.
queerbodywork.net
facilitator
Karin Flores (she/her)
Karin is a Brazilian Afro-Indigenous facilitator, somatic practitioner, and dancer working at the intersection of eroticism, power, and relational awareness. With over 19 years of experience in Contact Improvisation and a background in trauma-informed practices, she creates precise, embodied experiences that move beyond performance toward real contact. Using eroticism as a field of inquiry, she opens spaces where intimacy becomes honest and consent becomes embodie. Rooted in the intelligence of the body and the forces of nature, her work calls for presence, instinct, and the courage to meet what is real. She also offers 1:1 sessions.
Based in Brazil
facilitator & artist
Idán (he/-)
Idán (he/-) is a systemic relationship counselor and coach working with individuals, couples and groups. Idán runs open*space in cologne, a place for slowing down, meeting oneself, and creating sensual, embodied and playful connections with kindred spirits.
Based in Cologne
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facilitator / DJ
Pàris (they /-)
Pàris (they / -) is a DJ and artist who creates electronic music journeys rooted in techno, sound-space exploration and immersive sonic textures.
Their work trans-itions between softness and tension, inviting vulnerability while holding space for intensity, release and collective presence. Through layered soundscapes and tactile rhythms, Pàris opens up a space where bodies can arrive, listen and respond.
Based in Cologne
facilitator & emo support
Nima (he/they/او)
Nima Atréju (Capricorn sun, dyke rising, princess moon) is a body painter, dancer and poet - passionate about bringing the magic of movement and the spoken word to his fellow humans, especially his trans and (post) migrant kin.
He loves to dabble in occasional amateur throat- and overtone-singing, the color pink and being child-like and weird with others.
The topics that are moving within him currently are decolonial ways of working and being together and how to be a trickster of whimsy and awe in service of this world, that is breaking, burning and being reborn everyday.
Based in Bonn
musician & dance host
Eva (she/-)
Eva is a movement lover, dancer and musician choosing songwriting as a way to express her feelings, experiences and open questions in this life.
Fascinated by the magic of vulnerability and tenderness her lyrical music invites you to listen within, travel through inner landscapes and find softness in all aspects of life.
Based in Leipzig.
emergency mediator & emo support
Margit Strohmenger (she)
Margit is a therapist and Heilpraktikerin, working for almost 30 years in her own praxis with her own holistic and gestalttherapeutic care.
With her life and work experience, being 69 years old, she enjoys and supports all people who want to live in their own way of life offside the common lifestyle and morals.
Based in Krefeld.
At LOVE RYOT she is taking care of people as a member of our Emo Support team.
Margit also holds the position of our EMERGENCY MEDIATOR: She will be available for difficulties that are too big or unsuitable for the regular Emo Support, or that involve our team or main organizers.
registration organizer
BEN (he)
Ben is a social worker, dancer, poet, woodworker and nature-lover passionate about authentic connection, emotional work and movement. Eager to explore the rich, diverse and colourful experience of being human with every moment of joy, pain, struggle and love that comes with it.
Based near Cologne.
At PANDORA he takes care of the registrations, bookings & communication with participants, and facilitates a grief ritual.
aaaaaaaand....
Our amazing HELPERS & SUPPORT TEAM!
We're lucky to have more beautiful beings for emotional support, workshop assistance, the build-up, sauna care, …
who are not listed here individually, but are an important part of our team 😻
OUR PROGRAM + CONTENT
We offer workshops, playspaces, dances, concerts, morning movement... All content will be related to our bodies, and nuances of getting in touch in some kind of way, with ourselves and other beings. Things like massages, performative work, dances, blindfolded encounters, playfight, kinky stuff, ropes, energetic work, queer content, emotional selfcare, playgrounds for pleasure & fun, things for depth & challenge...
The workshops may contain exercises alone, in pairs, small groups, the whole room, it may be rituals or different kinds of experimental spaces.
Our sweet DAILY GATHERINGS with everyone usually bring a beautiful sense of common ground to the experience.
Participating in anything is optional at any time! You are invited (actually even asked to) to step out or leave anything that you don't want to be in.
Everything will be presented in our program with descriptions, and also we will shortly announce every offering in our daily gatherings, so that you can see what calls you.
The actual program will be published about 2 weeks before the event.
To get an idea, you can have a look at our
→ PAST EVENT'S PROGRAMS ← !
This little archive also includes programs of PANDORA and UNFOLDING, which are other sibling festivals of ours.
Example time table to understand our event structure:
LABLES:
Our different offerings can carry the following symbols, referring to the intentions of the person offering it:
Open door = Drop in any time
Lock = Closed after beginning, be on time!
Butt = Nakedness invited
Fire = Sexual feelings or/and interactions invited
Storm = Intended to go deeper & move emotions (maybe crying, screaming, …)
ART CONTRIBUTIONS:
Our team will offer an amazing program - and we would love more ARTSY STUFF:
Concerts, live music, themed talks, shows, performances, art pieces, crafting, creative add-ons...!!
(but no workshops!)
If you want to offer something, please tell us more about it in your registration (it has a section for that). Add links if you can.
If we invite an offering of yours, we will reduce your event fee.
Limited spots, and we pick carefully, so please be aware that we might not take on your offer.
EXTRAS:
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Sauna waggon outdoors
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Small river + garden on the location site
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Beautiful nature for walks
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Soul Care Room: a space for emotional (self-)care
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Love Lounge + Love Nest: smaller spaces for intimacy/sexuality
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Free time options like playing music, chatting, resting, laying in the sun (hopefully)... :)
BACKGROUND
LOVE RYOT is happening in 2026 in its fifth edition, organized by Liisa Fatuma + Monalice (as the main organizers) and Ben (taking care of registrations + bookings),
with our amazing team of facilitators, performers, supporters.
What was the beginning of all this?
Once upon a time, we — Mona and Liisa — grew up living in the same street in Hamburg until Liisa's family moved. Many years later, life brought us back together in another city during our studies, and we became close friends.
From the very beginning we loved creating things together. Back then, it showed in our shared flat with six people: a place centered around warmth, connection, and the joy of hosting creative lively gatherings.
When life eventually led us to different cities, we were drawn to the same topics simultaneously: dance, self-exploration, bodywork, Gestalt therapy…
With this shared background, we also started working together, organizing and facilitating seminars.
Our first so-called sexpositive festival was an event in Sweden that we experienced together, though we were at different points in our life at that time:
Liisa had already been hosting a “Let’s Talk About Sex” workshop for several years, openly curious and passionate about the topic, inviting others to explore with her.
Mona, on the other hand, felt rather shy, cautious, and even scared about intimacy and sexuality with others.
That festival turned out to be deeply expanding and moving, it opened doors to new ways of connecting with others and with ourselves. It offered a space of honesty and presence, and it planted the seed for what would later become our own intimacy- and sex-positive events.
We attended more events and met more like-minded people interested in conscious places for emotions, sexuality, touch & empowerment - and at some point we started to dream of our own festival!
Liisa stormed into creating a first small version of the PANDORA festival in winter 2021, and then Monalice and Liisa co-created our first LOVE RYOT festival in summer 2022 near Cologne - welcoming around 85 people into an experience that exceeded our expectations and was pretty amazing for us!
Since then, LOVE RYOT is happening in summer, alternating between east and west Germany, while PANDORA is happening in winter near Venlo/Krefeld as Liisa’s baby, with Monalice’s support & co-hosting for most editions.
Over time, our events have grown up until 120 people — a size that feels just right to us, allowing intimacy, depth, and a strong group spirit to remain alive.
We continuously adapt our festivals based on feedback, reflection, and our own evolving perception. We feel connected to similar events such as Sexsibility (Sweden), The Intimate Revolution (Germany/Austria), and Juicy Lab (Germany).
Looking forward to many more years of new creations…
Hope to see you at our events, or somewhere else!
Love,
MonaLiisa 🦊
(updated in february 2026)