Faculty Member

Elfi Dillon-Shaw

Elfi Emaya Shaw, DipC, has facilitated sexuality retreats for women, all genders, single, and partnered folks for twenty-five years.  She has a “hands-on” practical approach to teaching. Her goal is to help each person open to their own unique erotic nature, to enrich their bodily and spiritual life, deepen their relationship to self, nature and their beloveds and to let go of guilt and shame about their being.

She welcomes clients in her private studio on Gabriola Island and along with her partner Gary Kekoa assists Couples to navigate the waters of the erotic in their relationship.   She was a faculty member of the Body Electric School since 1998. She has offered bodywork and workshops at the Haven on Gabriola Island since 1984 and has no plans to retire just yet.

Website: Heart Core Touch

Events with Elfi Dillon-Shaw

Women & Sexuality: Stirring your Cauldron
August 22 - 25, 2025

This 3 day program is for women of every age and lifestyle who want to taste the full energetic potential of their erotic body. Stirring your Cauldron – a somatic exploration of Eros, Sex and Spirit for Women Sexual energy, when it flows freely through the body, allows for a rich, sensuous erotic life… whether we live solo or in partnerships.  The purpose of lifting this energy up is to strengthen our Life energy – for healing purposes, for erotic autonomy, and just plain fun! In the “Three Cauldrons” of the body – the pelvic bowl, the heart space, and…

Sexual Intelligence
October 2 - 5, 2025

Sexual Intelligence… this dynamic Haven program teaches erotic literacy for body, mind and heart through surrendering to the ocean of erotic energy within.  It demonstrates how we can steer our sexuality with erotic honesty in community and in our partnerships.  Elfi Shaw and Gary Dillon are masters, brilliant gems in their field. They create a safe and supportive container for self exploration. The weekend workshop was packed with body movement and opportunities for connection, working with energy and imagination, coupled with factual information, theory and myths – Gary is an amazing story teller! I loved the entire experience. I feel…