TEAM 2027
Updating slowly, come back for more!
Our team members are usually people that we invite because we enjoy their presence, style or content - or they were recommended to us.
facilitator & main organizer
LIISA FATUMA (they/she)
A workshop facilitator & Gestalt therapist, passionate about sexual & emotional empowerment, therapy, queerness, kink, dancing & singing. Currently hosting 3 sexpositive festivals in Germany: LOVE RYOT (summer), UNFOLDING (summer) and PANDORA (winter). They also made a documentary called ‘SEXPLORATION - How Do I Really Want It?’ (90min)
Based in Cologne.
Liisa is PANDORA's initiator & main organizer, will facilitate some content & host the group gatherings together with Monalice.
facilitator & co-host of group gatherings
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.
At PANDORA she contributed significantly to the foundational work, will facilitate some content and host the big gatherings together with Liisa.
facilitator & team organizer
LO (they/them)
What they love most about sexpositive events is the connection of two of their greatest passions: sex and therapy, or better said: sexuality and therapeutic elements. Especially inspiring for them are the growth and insight that this connection makes room for - both as individuals and groups. Besides that they like to shake their booty and the somatic and psychological effects twerking can have.
Based in Cologne.
At PANDORA they will take care of the team communication and facilitate some twerking.
decoration magician + dance host
MARIE (she/marie)
A little magic, a lot of madness & everything made with love and lala! ✨
Meet MariE – a Leipzig-based artist, stage designer with a big deko fundus, Gestalt therapist, demi soul and professional of beautiful nonsense.
Makes little invitations to get lost, get curious, play around and feel home and cared for.
Made from recycled material. Fueled by love. Sprinkled with lala. ♡Based in Leipzig.
At PANDORA, MariE brings almost all the visual magic to life and will also host an Aesthetic Dance.
telegram channel for MariE's offerings (in German)
facilitator
JULES (they/them)
They are a sex worker and sex educator with a professional focus on dis_ability inclusion and a personal interest in all kinds of power dynamics in politics to relationships to kink. They savor the entire bandwidth of pleasure and pain at least as much as fucking up the binary.
Based in Berlin.
At PANDORA, Jules will host THE ROOM (hmmm mysterious..?) together with Nine!
facilitator
BINTA PATEL (she)
Binta is fascinated by the human experience and what becomes possible when we allow ourselves to meet all parts of who we are. She loves exploring the relationship between body, mind, emotions and spirit, and the many ways we can connect more deeply with ourselves and others. Her approach brings together somatic work, Tantra, Eastern spiritual wisdom and Western therapeutic practices, with a particular love for the moments when something shifts, softens or opens up.
A coach, bodyworker and facilitator, Binta is drawn to spaces that invite honesty, curiosity, vulnerability, playfulness and a willingness to explore beyond the familiar. Rooted in her Indian heritage and spiritual path, she has a deep appreciation for the wisdom of the body and the richness of being human.
Based in London, UK.
facilitator
NINE (no pronouns)
Half poet, half mad scientist by day, fullhearted sensory device by night. fueled by curiosity & kindness and convinced that a playground and a laboratory are basically the same thing. current fields of research include roleplay, auditory overload as a kink, and questions on how to relate differently & repair what has been broken.
Based in Berlin.
At Pandora, Nine is hosting THE ROOM together with Jules - and hereby extends a warm invitation to step inside and join the experiment.
emergency mediator & emotional support
ALINA (she)
Alina loves community and reaching out to others with open ears, an open heart, and open arms. She’s a psychologist, specialised on communication, conflict management & mediation - bringing together her every day profession and her enthusiasm for these spaces.
At PANDORA, she is part of our Emo Support team.
Alina also holds our EMERGENCY MEDIATOR position: She can be approached for difficulties, struggles, conflicts that are too big or unsuitable for the regular Emo Support, or if you have a problem with our team or the main organizers.
photography artist
YOSJAN GONZÁLEZ PALAIS (he)
Yosjan was born in Havana, Cuba. His interest in photography inspired him to explore & travel, documenting memories through portraits, landscapes, architecture, events, and situations, most of which were imbued with social commentary. He has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions.
For the past five years, he has focused on artistic nude photography.
Based in Cologne.
instagram.com/yosjangp_nudeart/
At PANDORA, Yosjan will present some of his nude art and also offer some sensual art photo sessions.
BIPoC circle facilitator
ARANTXA ITZEL (she)
Arantxa is a bodyworker and healer based in Cologne. Her offerings are Lomi Massage+bodywork, energy healing and sexpsotive events.
She values spaces that are loving gentle grounded and as well deep + touching. She is a fan of pleasure as activism. Recently, she has found herself connecting more deeply with her BIPOC identity.
Follow her on telegram: t.me/+IwQys-OKTOpiOTAy
At PANDORA, she will hold a BIPoC circle to nurish the community.
DJ
PÀRIS (they / - )
Pàris 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
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
LEA (she)
Lea is an art teacher, musician and mother. Her thoughts and actions currently evolve around vulnerability in relationships and sexuality, relationship anarchy, decentering heteroromance and the empowerment of FLINTA*. She loves building community, strong bonds sprinkled with commitment, weirdness and closeness and wants to keep exploring new ways of practicing love, whilst learning to be gentle to herself.
Based in Leipzig
registration organizer
KUEM (he/they)
Kuem takes care of the registrations, bookings & communication with participants - unfortunately Kuem will not be able to join the actual event! :(
Kuem is 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.
Based in Cologne.
queerbodywork.net
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 will offer workshops, playspaces, dances, concerts, morning movement... Our content is related to bodies and nuances of getting in touch in some kind of way, with ourselves, other beings & the space. This could include massages, performative work, dance, 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 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 requested) to step out of anything you don't want to be in.
Everything will be presented in our program with descriptions, and also we will announce the offerings in our daily gatherings.
→ the program for the new edition will be published
one or two 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 LOVE RYOT and UNFOLDING, which are other sibling festivals of ours.
LABLES:
Our offerings can carry the following symbols,
they refer to the intentions of the person offering it:
open door = Drop in any time
lock = Closed after beginning, be on time!
butt = Nakedness invited
panther paw = Sexual feelings or/and interactions invited
storm = Intended to go deeper & move emotions (maybe crying, screaming, …)
EXTRAS:
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Sauna waggon outdoors
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Beautiful nature for walks
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Love Lounge + Love Nest: smaller spaces for intimacy/sexuality
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Soul Care Room: for emotional (self-)care
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Free time options like playing music, chatting, resting…
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One of our seminar rooms is also our 'living room' to hang out and chill.
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This year, we will have "the room" which will be an open play space most of the time - no guided content, no instructed exercises, but invitations to play in varying room settings by the room hosts Jules + Nine... Many surprises waiting for us! We are so excited!
ART CONTRIBUTIONS:
Our team will present 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.
BACKGROUND
PANDORA is happening in 2027 for the sixth time, organized by Liisa Fatuma, Kuem, Lo & Monalice, with our amazing team of facilitators, performers, helpers.
What was the beginning of all this?
Me (Liisa Fatuma) and Monalice have been friends since we lived and studied together in Mainz (Germany) many years ago - our co-creative spirit was already showing back then, as we created our shared flat life with a lot of passion for connection, fun & community.
A few years later we had started our work together as MonaLiisa, and also separately, organizing & facilitating seminars for emotional and self-empowerment work, which soon became our main profession.
In 2019 we went for the first time to a so-called ‘sexpositive festival’ named Sexsibility in Sweden and were very skeptical about it - we were afraid to end up with weird people doing weird things, and the journey to that place (Ängsbacka) was quite long… But it was an expanding, eye-opening & pretty great experience!
Here you can see us after an euphoric body painting workshop! 😁
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 hosting such a festival!
I (Liisa) love putting ideas into realization, so I kind of stormed into creating the first PANDORA festival in winter 2021 near Cologne, which back then was an event with about 40 people.
In summer 2022, Monalice and me co-created our first LOVE RYOT festival near Cologne, with about 85 people - we were amazed that so many people joined, and how nice it turned out!
Since then, PANDORA is happening every winter near Cologne (more or less) and it's Liisa’s baby, with Monalice’s support & co-hosting for most editions, and LOVE RYOT is our common project, happening in summer, and it alternated between Berlin and near Cologne.
The events grew bigger up until 120 people, but we currently don’t intend to expand them more, to still feel a good group spirit.
For quite a while now, I am in Cologne and Monalice is in Leipzig, we’re sometimes offering seminars together as well as hosting the festivals, and we also both found fulfillment, depth and a beautiful approach to life in Gestalt therapy - by now practicing as therapists.
After each of our events we take in feedback, we spend many hours reflecting and having inspirational talks about what we could add, change, reduce, and also getting ideas from visiting other events.
Some examples of events that we would say are similar to our festivals: Sexsibility (Sweden), The Intimate Revolution (Germany/Austria), Juicy Lab (Germany)...
Looking forward to many more years of new creations…
Hope to see you at our events, or somewhere else!
Love,
Liisa 🦊
(updated in autumn 2026)