Liberate your Life(force)

A 9-week online journey + 4-day retreat for men ready to unblock what’s stuck so we can be abundantly alive

Our next cohort will be in 2025. Sign-up for our waitlist to be the first to know when applications go live.

“It's very simple. If you are looking to go deeper and be held in an integral container while also learning how to better hold yourself and others, this is what you are looking for. Every area of your life will be looked at through the nature of this work and you will have other men along the way to reflect with that allows for deeper perspective and insight. Stop thinking and trust your body in the yes you are already feeling to this work.”

-2024 LyL Participant

  • Like you’re holding yourself back in life and you can’t figure out how to break free

  • Stuck doing all the “right” things but still not feeling fully alive & thriving

  • Blocked or stuck with your sex life, sexual habits & sexual expression

  • You’re not living the life you truly want to live

  • Like you’re always running from one thing to the next and not feeling like you’re enough

If you feel:

  • Alive, vital, present & powerful in your body

  • Clear, focused, and on fire for your purpose/mission in life

  • Sexually confident and able to express your desires

  • Powerful and in-charge of the direction & quality of your life

  • Supported, challenged and lifted up by a group of men who are committed to creating and living their best lives too

And you want to feel:

By blending an online journey with an immersive in-person retreat, we’ll create lasting transformations that seamlessly integrate into and enrich your daily life.

In our Online Course + Council

These 9 weeks will be practice-oriented, with minimal lecture content, so you can actually create new ways of being in the world (instead of just thinking about success). We’ll be using a combination of somatic practices, guided meditations, council, embodied sharing, and movement to break up stuck energy and create new pathways in our body and nervous system. A detailed arc of the full journey is outlined below.

And in the Retreat

We’ll gather in a magnificent mountain setting outside of Asheville, NC where we’ll be supported by the living world, glowing stars, spring water, and delicious meals. Our in person work will be a continuation of our online setting and will provide an opportunity for significant breakthroughs and re-wirings of what’s possible in our lives.

Our next cohort will be in 2025. Sign-up for our waitlist to be the first to know when applications go live.

“The program was a powerful, deep, spiritual Bond of Brotherhood. It taught me what it means to be a man on this earth and how to truly be alive!”

-2024 LyL Participant

Your Guides

Thomas & Taylor are both long-time students and leaders of men’s work, and they’re bringing their unique backgrounds together to create this program. Taylor is a full-time sexologist & sex coach for men, and Thomas leads online and in-person programs for men’s growth.

This collaboration came about when Thomas reached out to Taylor around helping facilitate in one of his Heart of Men programs. Thomas was taking Taylor’s course, Orgasmic Mastery, for his own growth and was seeing the power unlocked in his life when a newly found, thriving sexuality met his fierce and deeply-feeling heart. Taylor was wanting to expand his own offerings beyond the online world and was on his own journey into deeper relationship with his emotions. And so, a course together was born, bridging the respective years of study and practice in each Taylor and Thomas’ own realms. Through this work together, Taylor and Thomas are receiving from one another’s wisdom and gifts in their own deep ways. 
(more on Taylor and Thomas individually, below)

You can expect:

That Thomas and Taylor are 100% dedicated to helping you thrive and create success on this journey - and in your life beyond this journey. We are committed to lifting you up to live the life that is actually yours. 

Hear from past paricipants:

“Thomas and Taylor are on their own unique path of mastery and, by being a part of the group, I felt that I was pulled up and ignited to be a more self-actualized man.”

“Taylor and Thomas are amazing teachers of this work and I didn't feel any pressure to be someone else or to get everything "perfect." I could just be myself! I am much more connected to life now than I've ever been!”

Previous Liberate your Life(force) Journey Arc

  • Before adding any new practices, we’ll take an honest inventory of the ways we leak our lifeforce energy into the world, and we’ll commit to plugging those energy leaks so we can live with our cup filled up on a daily basis. You’ll learn how to do this in a skillful and life-affirming way that actually feels fun, motivating and that inspires others.

  • Most men have sexual shame that’s holding them back in all areas of life… And most men don’t know it’s there, or ignore it and pretend it doesn’t exist. In this week we’ll shine light on the darkness of our sexual shame, and in the process, our shame will transmute into a superpower that fills us with confident desire - in all areas of life.

  • In this week we’ll create a new, powerful and generative relationship with sex, pleasure and the mind/body/spirit. We’ll create a sexually powerful life force within, that will spread through your entire body - and serve as fuel for your creativity, motivation, power, and aliveness.

  • As men, we’ve been conditioned in society to cut ourselves off from feeling… And while this has served a valid purpose, ultimately it limits us from achieving the rich & vibrant lives that are possible for us. In this week we’ll learn to stand strong with an open heart, allowing our emotions to flow as life force - in a way that strengthens our ability to create, protect and serve who and what we care about.

  • Our retreat will be an incredibly rich, embodied & connective experience that will push you (and us all) to grow in powerful ways. It will primarily be experiential, combining some of the most potent practices Thomas and Taylor have taught over the years - designed specifically to help you thrive. And, it’ll be a lot of fun too, with lots of great food and plenty of time for rest & integration. The days will be full, from 8am-10pm, and there is no cell reception or internet at the venue, so please entirely clear your schedule. More info on the retreat can be found below in the next section.

  • This week will be an opportunity to integrate everything from our in-person retreat. There will be some connection & reflection opportunities designed to help you with integration, but there won’t be any new practices. We’re doing this to give us all the space for any big openings and revelations to land in our bodies as we re-enter the world from our retreat.

  • There is a deep, powerful and nourishing connection available to us in life - but most of us unconsciously choose distraction, separation and isolation. This week we’ll step into the vulnerability and power of deep connection - with life, brotherhood, and our deeper selves.

  • At our core, we are wild… but this wildness has gotten pushed down our entire lives by a society & culture that tells us to fit in and stay in line. This doesn’t serve anybody… So in this week we’ll rediscover and celebrate the wild man that lives inside us all - learning how to integrate this potent part of you into your everyday life.

  • One of the most important skills we can learn as men is the art of receiving. We’ve been conditioned to work and give and work and give… but this keeps us depleted… And keeps us in a sometimes addictive cycle of wanting more, or never feeling enough. In this week, we’ll open ourselves to receiving deeply from life itself - so we can live and move forward in a profoundly nourished and resourced way.

  • This week we’ll integrate everything we’ve done so far, and create direct action plans to build and sustain the vibrant and impactful lives we want. We’ll refine what we need to refine, and build systems of accountability so we can ensure our success and connection moving forward in a good way.

Our next cohort will be in 2025. Sign-up for our waitlist to be the first to know when applications go live.

“A broken man stumbled in, his sexuality stunted for far too long. Learning to stand up tall again, his life began to change. Magician in the making, conjuring sexuality as a sharp tool to dissect his life. Realigning himself to rediscover true North…”

-2024 LyL Participant

The Retreat Space

We’ll be gathering on a 20-acre property situated within a broader 330 acre community, nestled in the mountains east of Asheville, NC. Our gathering space is a hand-built, wooden Yogasthan overlooking the creek, and our work will be supported by dozens of miles of walking trails, the serene quiet, spring water, and glowing stars by night. We will be eating nutrient-dense, local, organic meals, crafted by a dear farmer, friend from a previous Heart of Men program. This is one of our favorite places to gather in the whole country.

The retreat space does not have Wifi nor cell service, and we’ll ask everyone to keep their phones off for the duration of our time together (your family will be able to reach us in case of an emergency). The closest airport is Asheville Regional Airport (45 minutes), and Greenville-Spartanburg (1 hour 20 minutes), and Charlotte (2 hours) are also options. We encourage carpooling amongst our group, and we will offer some support in coordinating.

Frequently Asked Questions/Themes

  • For many thousands of years in healthy societies, men have been gathering together to support one another’s growth and evolution. Even if we’ve never experienced this before, something inside us knows how to sit around a fire with other men to share, be seen, and to uplift one another. We believe that when we have the support of one another in a format like this, so much becomes possible in our lives. In this space, we’re deconstructing some of the bull**** we’ve inherited culturally as men to find our actual purpose on this Earth.

  • While this program will work to unblock & unlock deep parts of you that will help you create and live the life you want, this program is not licensed therapy. Our personal experience is that spaces like this have had a massive impact on our own transformation and growth, and, Thomas & Taylor are not trained & licensed therapists. If you are actively working with a therapist on major trauma, please consult with them as to whether or not this program would be a good fit for you.

  • This program is open to men of all spiritual & philosophical backgrounds. A spiritual perspective greatly informs how we show up in the world, and we will not ask you to change any of your beliefs to benefit from this work. The “spiritual” context we’re coming from is inspired by many traditions, and can be distilled to being in service to life and creation.

  • This course is designed to help you create a healthy and powerful relationship with your sexuality. Part of this will involve working with various sexual topics--including some that you’ve never experienced or been allowed to talk about. That said, there will NOT be any sexual touch activities with or between you and any other men. If you are attracted to men, you are so welcome in this space, and sexual touch and sexual pursuit will not be allowed. We’re in this space to grow, in a community of supportive & committed men.

  • There will be exercises during the retreat where nudity will be optional. For example, there is a stream we can cold plunge in, and you are welcome to go in naked. You are also welcome to wear swim shorts, but please know that many men will choose to go in naked. There will also be an activity or two where non-sexualized nudity will be an option - for the sake of your own growth as an embodied man. You are always at choice with the level of clothing you decide to wear.

  • The group calls are an integral, highly important and required part of this journey. If some emergency comes up and you’re not able to make one of the calls, a recording can be made available to you (recordings will only include facilitator guidance and not personal shares of men). But if you cannot commit to being at these calls, you will not be allowed to join this journey.

  • All men will be asked to commit to full confidentiality within this group. That means you do not have consent to share any other man’s name, personal experience, or any personally identifiable info of anyone in the program with anyone outside of the program. You are welcome to share your experience with other people, but that is all. There may be men in the program for whom it would be unsafe for them to be publicly named as someone participating in this program. There may also be well known men in the cohort, and if so, it’s your responsibility to treat them as any other man, and remember that we’re all equals on this journey.

  • Due to the in-depth & personalized nature of this program, no refunds will be given once payment to the program has been made.

  • Completion of the enrollment application does not guarantee access or enrollment in this journey. Once your application is completed, Thomas & Taylor will review it to see if you are a good fit. If so, you will be personally reached out to with a welcome & link to pay & commit to the journey.

  • The retreat will be happening on a magnificent 20-acre mountain property, 50 minutes from downtown Asheville. You will be responsible for your own flights and transportation from AVL, CLT, or GSP, and we will help coordinate ride-sharing. In the application, you will have the option to choose a private room (if available), a shared room, or a camping spot. If camping, you will be asked to bring your own gear. We will provide 3 highly nutritious, seasonal, locally prepared meals each day during the retreat, in addition to coffee/tea and snacks. Your program investment includes all food, lodging, and retreat costs (outside of transportation). We ask that you arrive no later than 4:00pm on Thursday, and that you leave between noon and 2:00pm on Sunday.

  • By enrolling in this program you acknowledge your understanding that Thomas & Taylor are not medical doctors nor health care practitioners of any kind. You acknowledge that this program is not meant to diagnose, address, fix, heal, cure or solve any diagnosed or undiagnosed illnesses, diseases or ailments of any kind. You acknowledge that we are not making any claims to results, and ultimately, your experience will be worth what you put in. We remove ourselves from any legal liability connected to your experience in the space (and, in non-legal talk, we care deeply about your experience).

More on your Facilitators

Taylor and Thomas are combining decades of studying, experiencing, and facilitating space for individual and collective transformation.

  • Thomas is the founder and lead facilitator for the Heart of Men. He travels the country using a combination of Somatic Practices, the Way of Council, and Ritual Meditation to serve men on their journey of growth. He lives with his family on a mountain farm outside of Asheville, NC.

  • As a full time sexologist and sex coach for men, Taylor is dedicated to helping men create thriving and integrative sex lives that positively impact the world. He combines esoteric wisdom with practical western exercises, so men get a comprehensive and full-spectrum approach to living as powerful and sexually integrated men.

What Men Are Saying About Taylor and Thomas:

“This circle shifted things that were stagnant for as long as I can remember. The support and honesty of these men has been a huge part of me allowing myself to begin to relate to my sexuality, eroticism, animal side, fear and insecurity in a curious way. This is the first time in my life I have felt movement in any of these things. And now I can see very clearly how these will be dynamic parts of my life as long as I live.”

“The greatest benefit I experienced from taking this course is being able to really find a connection I never had with myself and my body.  This connection and energy is what I have been missing all along.  This is giving me major confidence in life.”

Hear from Taylor and Thomas on Taylor’s Podcast: