ANAl.OGY 2 WITH MAEVON & PETER

Anal.ogy 2 with Maevon & Peter

Personal growth retreat in Dordogne, France, based around anal massage and somatic practices (August 2-10, 2025)

Analogy uh-nal-uh-jee (noun):
A comparison between one thing and another for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

Anal.ogy uh-nal-uh-jee (noun):
A fabricated retreat title, the study of all things to do wit the anus.

Due in major part to the great success of the Anal.ogy retreat last summer, Quusp will be running a second Anal.ogy retreat from 2-10 August 2025. Hosted again by Maevon and joined by guest facilitator Peter Ibruegger, an artist, yogi and sacred intimate based in London.

You can see Maevon’s and Peter’s bios here.

As before, this workshop will be using the anus as a jumping-off point from which to take a sideways look at sensuality and sexual energy. Sex that’s purely for pleasure or simply following desire is wonderful, but the body’s capability for sexual arousal is also a great tool for self knowledge and development. It can connect us to others and to ourselves in deeper ways. As well as to the innate energy of the universe, which some call Source.

Focusing on the anus rather than the genitals as a primary source of pleasure and sexual exploration, this week-long workshop will combine massage and other somatic partner and solo exercises with yoga nidra, meditations, sharing circles, somatic integration practices and other exercises aimed at allowing sexual touch and erotic energy to connect us more to our own bodies and also to our shadow, whether that is unspoken fear, limiting thoughts or past trauma.

The temporary community that we will build over the week will bring its own powerful medicine. For many of us, our relationship to our arses and their capacity for pleasure is complicated by shame, embarrassment or simply physical difficulties like tightness, hemorrhoids or painful fissures. Exploring these things together in a group of sympathetic fellow explorers can bring us much deeper than working on them alone.

What will the retreat consist of?

CONTENT:

  • Massage. You will learn a variety of anal massage techniques including anal mapping and tantric style erotic massage techniques as well as general full body techniques to integrate anal stimulation into the whole body and the slow, meditative Rosebud Meditation massage. There will be equal opportunity both to give and to receive.
  • Sharing circles. An important aspect of the retreat will be exploring your own relationship to your anus. There will be opportunities to share and be listened to in a non-judgmental, supportive environment.
  • Somatic integration exercises, using yogic and Buddhist practices.
  • Self-Pleasure. We will be practicing self-pleasuring as a way to release shame or old blockages and fully integrate the pleasure and erotic energy that the anus can give us into our entire systems.
  • Meditation. We will also explore meditative techniques such as yoga nidra to delve into the deeper truths of our relationship with this often secretive body part.
  • Anatomy. There will be some practical study on the anatomy and related health issues of the anus.
  • Morning practices including somatic body-work and partner exercises
  • Time for fun and relaxation together, whether enjoying the local countryside of revealing our talents to each other.

Who is this retreat for?

This retreat is open to anyone of any age or orientation, however there will be a bias towards the male experience in it’s widest definition and there will be nudity and consensual intimate partner exercises.

If you feel cut-off or disconnected from your anus. If you want to deepen your connection to pleasure and also explore the other profound sensations that stimulation of the anus can bring, if you want to process fear or discomfort deriving from historic pain or trauma, this could be the workshop for you.

What is the cost of the retreat?

  • 7 full days of delivered content as well as arrival and departure days.
  • 7 days of full catering; breakfast, lunch and evening meal,
  • Evening meal on arrival day and breakfast on departure day.
  • Pick-up from Angoulême train station or other location of similar distance.
£1,200

Where will the retreat be held?

Anal.ogy 2, as Anal.ogy last year, will be held at the Queercus Community in rural, South West France, see below for further logistical information and photos. Queercus was set up in 2023 by a group of Radical Faeries, including two members of Quusp as a rural, alternative living project. Faerie values infuse and inform both Queercus and Quusp and so we include here a paragraph on who the faeries are. If you are already familiar with the faeries feel free to skip it.

The Radical Faerie movement emerged in the West of the United States of America at the end of the 1970’s partly as a reaction to the dehumanizing, comodifying, gay body-culture of cities like San Francisco. It aimed to inject a sense of heart and community into the gay scene. These ideas spread initially to other parts of the States and later the world and particular to rural locations. Today faerie culture is flourishing all over the globe in sanctuaries, housing projects, gatherings, online and in many cities as well as rural locations and individuals from all gender expressions and many sexual orientations identify as faeries.

Here are a few links about the Radical Faeries and what to expect if you choose to visit us.

You can find the Queercus Homepage here.
For a page of links related to all things Radical Faerie, click here.
Luna (aka Oriol) recently published an article with LGBTQNation which tells a little bit of the story of the founding of Queercus and talks more broadly about the common impetuses that are causing more and more queer people to seek alternatives to potentially lonely urban life in community living and the countryside. You can find the article here.

ACCOMMODATION:

Choose one of the following

  • Own tent or live-in vehicle £5 per night, total £40
  • Single bed in shared room w shared bathroom £20 per night, total £160
  • Double bed in shared room w shared bathroom £25 per night, total £200
  • Single bed in private room w shared bathroom £35 per night, total £280
  • Double bed in private room w private en-suite £45 per night, total £360
Concessions and bursaries are available for those on limited incomes, if you want to attend the retreat but money is a barrier, or if you are in a position to sponsor another participant, please speak to us.

Please note that the different types of accommodation are limited in number and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. More details of the different types of room and of the venue, including how to get there can be found on below.

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Queercus Community

Queercus is an old sheep farm located on the border of the Dordogne and the Charente. It is currently home to six radical faeries as well as hosting events. Participants of anal.ogy will stay in the main farmhouse or in one of the converted farm buildings and will have full access to the pool, the garden and the 50 acres of semi-wooded grounds.

Directions

Arriving by car : Let us know if that is your preference and we will send you the address of the venue by email. If you don’t have your own car it is normally possible to find a ride on the car share app. BlaBlaCar.com.

Arriving by train : The nearest train station is about 40 minutes by car at Angoulême and has regular, fast, train connections to Paris throughout the day. Normally the journey is around two hours and if buying a ticket well in advance on a Ouigo train there are often options under €20. We can arrange to pick you up at the station.

Arriving by plane : Our closest airport is Bordeaux however, depending on what time of day you arrive it can often be as easy or easiest to make the onward journey to the venue by flying into Orly and taking the TGV from Gare de Montparnase or Charles de Gaulle from where there are a certain number of direct trains to Angoulême.

Accommodation will be allocated on a first come first served basis with the widest choice going to the first bookings. All bedding will be provided and it is possible to have a single bed in a private room, a double bed in a private room with en-suite, or a bed in a shared room with up to two other participants.

Reviews from last year’s participants

This retreat has transformed my view and experience of anal play, sensuality, eroticism and sexuality. An amazing experience under the guidance of a qualified trainer.

I appreciated the beautiful accommodation, on a property in the middle of nature and being picked up by car from the train station of a town not far from Bordeaux. Food was amazing and the team lovely.

I thank the trainer, the team and the participants for making it unforgettable and in a way magical

Andrej, Austria

I feel immense gratitude to Maevon for having made this possible. This retreat showed me many things about myself that I hadn’t seen or heard before, and here I felt safe to express myself as I truly am. It was an eye-opening and profound experience. Plus the beautiful place, the delicious food and the friendly participants and team made it even better.

Andrés, Colombia/UK

Anal.ogy was nothing less than a life-changing experience. Maevon held the space beautifully with humour, kindness, care and confidence, creating an atmosphere of complete safety. The activities built over the week developing a great sense of trust , enabling intimate and sensual session leading to highly erotic massage with a deeply spiritual basis. I will definitely attend the next one and will be sure to bring some friends. If you desire to fully connect to the joy that your anus can bring to yourself and others, this is the workshop for you

Nigel, England

…If you don’t ask the question you will never know…

A safe place to get lost and then find yourself!

Ed, USA