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SOMA INTIMACY®

A space for personal development in the area of somatic sexology

SOMA Intimacy Institute

The SOMA Intimacy Institute is a dedicated space for personal and professional growth in the field of somatic sexuality — a place where people can explore, learn, and evolve in community with others who share a curiosity for embodied intimacy.

Our mission is to promote an approach to sexuality that is rooted in the body, guided by conscious presence, and interwoven with every part of our lives. We believe sexuality is not separate from who we are, but intimately connected to our vitality, creativity, relationships, and sense of belonging in the world. Through our offerings, we invite people to reconnect with their pleasure, inner resources, and authenticity, while nurturing deeper, more meaningful connections with others and the world around them.

We offer training programmes for professionals who wish to integrate the SOMA Intimacy approach, practices, and resources into their work, as well as spaces for personal exploration, healing and community-building.

Founded by Peter Kogelbauer, the SOMA Intimacy Institute continues and expands the work developed through Sexological Bodywork Spain and the Instituto de Cuerpo y Sexualidad since 2014. Our activities unfold in collaboration with diverse professionals and organisations within somatic sexology and related fields.

What is SOMA Intimacy?

SOMA Intimacy is a living, somatic methodology that has grown from over a decade of experience in somatic sexology. It supports people on a body-centered journey of self-exploration in sexuality and intimate connection.

This approach offers pathways for the healing, transformation and integration of human sexuality as a vital expression of our embodied aliveness and relational nature – not as something separate or compartmentalised. Grounded in presence, attunement, and co-creation, SOMA Intimacy embraces pleasure, sensuality, and erotic energy as meaningful, life-affirming apects of the human experience.

Our methodology is process-oriented, trauma-informed and kink-aware. It embraces sexual and gender diversity and is committed to cultivating safer, consent-based environments where both personal and collective transformation can unfold. Rather than focusing on fixed techniques, we nurture embodied presence, connection, creativity, and authenticity in intimacy — skills that enrich all areas of life.

Our values

PLEASURE as a birthright, a source of vitality, and a transformative force
EMBODIMENT as a path to reclaim our bodies, desires, and sovereignty
ATTUNEMENT to the pace, story, and needs of each person and each moment
ACCEPTANCE of all parts of ourselves and others, creating space for healing and growth
PERMISSION to feel, express, and explore our needs, limits, and longings
AUTHENTIC COMMUNICATION as the foundation for meaningful connection and consent
RELATIONAL INTEGRITY caring for ourselves while honoring the impact we have in connection with others
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION celebrating the fullness of human experience, gender, sexuality, culture, and body
SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARENESS recognizing how intimacy and embodiment are shaped by culture, power, privilege, and trauma — and actively working towards equity, access, and collective liberation
CREATIVITY & CO-CREATION embracing transformation as an ongoing, collaborative, and life-affirming process
COMMUNITY CARE weaving personal healing with collective resilience and mutual support

ASIS Code of Ethics

In all our activities we follow the code of ethics of the Association of Somatic and Integrative Sexologists.

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Directed by

Peter Kogelbauer

Originally from Austria, Peter has been living in Spain since 2002. He is the founder of SOMA Intimacy Institute. Somatic and humanistic therapist, with training in Gestalt therapy and Sexological Bodywork / Somatic Sex Education. He is also a certified Esalen Massage Practitioner and has completed training in Transformational Connection (formerly: Circling) and Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy.

Peter is one of the founders of somatic sexology in Spain, giving workshops and trainings in this field since 2013. He was a trainer in Sexological Bodywork, collaborating closely with the Sexological Bodywork centres in Zurich and Berlin for a number of years.

Trainers

Andre Bosque

Embodiment practitioner and trainer specialising in embodied intimacy, sexuality and the accompaniment of sexual trauma trough a Somatic Experiencing lens. An intersectional activist celebrating body, sexual and gender diversity, they centre their practice on authenticity, integration and the embracing of all parts of our individual and collective being.

Collaborators

Susana Hoyos

Psychologist trained in Somatic Psychotherapy and Transpersonal Psychotherapy. Facilitator of TRE (Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises) and trained in SOMA Intimacy. She supports therapeutic processes, working with sexuality from a holistic and conscious perspective. Additionally, she leads group experiences focused on developing body, relational, and emotional awareness.

Mareen Scholl

Somatic coach, somatic sex educator, sexological bodyworker and holistic body therapist. Co-founder of ISB Berlin. Long experience with tao, kink, BDSM and in sex-positive spaces.

Mareen accompanies people with their heart’s desire: to bring their visions into the world and embody their being. She supports people to discover and deepen their sexuality and to live more consciously in body, mind and desire.

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