Virgin Island (2025) Season 2 Episode 1
Prepare for a sensational return to paradise as Virgin Island Season 2 Episode 1 ushers in a brand new era of drama and intrigue! Get ready to dive back into the lives of those navigating the complexities of love, ambition, and survival on this breathtaking island.
This premiere episode throws our characters into unprecedented challenges that will test their loyalties and force them to confront long-buried secrets. Watch as new alliances form and old ones crumble under the immense pressure of their tropical environment.
Will the island's beauty continue to mask its dangerous undercurrents? Tune in to discover the shocking twists and unexpected turns that await in the opening chapter of this captivating season.
#VirginIsland #SeasonPremiere #IslandLife
Prepare for a sensational return to paradise as Virgin Island Season 2 Episode 1 ushers in a brand new era of drama and intrigue! Get ready to dive back into the lives of those navigating the complexities of love, ambition, and survival on this breathtaking island.
This premiere episode throws our characters into unprecedented challenges that will test their loyalties and force them to confront long-buried secrets. Watch as new alliances form and old ones crumble under the immense pressure of their tropical environment.
Will the island's beauty continue to mask its dangerous undercurrents? Tune in to discover the shocking twists and unexpected turns that await in the opening chapter of this captivating season.
#VirginIsland #SeasonPremiere #IslandLife
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00:04I'm nervous. I'm going to take it one step at a time. I'm absolutely petrified.
00:10Twelve virgins are travelling to a unique island retreat that could change their lives forever.
00:18This is maybe the strangest day of my life.
00:21Being a virgin at the age of 22 feels very lonely. I've just sort of given up all hope.
00:28In a world saturated with sex, more young adults than ever are caught in an intimacy epidemic.
00:35The thought of having sex with someone...
00:37Scares me. It gives me the ick.
00:39I don't feel confident.
00:40I'm missing out.
00:41Terrified of the thought of it.
00:42Nerve-racking.
00:43Gut-wrenching.
00:44Embarrassing.
00:45All I think about is what I'm going to get wrong.
00:48Can you point to the outer labia?
00:51Nope.
00:54Now...
00:54Oh my god!
00:56They're getting a crash course in intimacy.
00:59Social media, porn, dating apps. There are so many negative messages and we can help them blossom.
01:06Use it by stimulating the area.
01:08Guided by a team of experts.
01:10You see yourself as...
01:12Propulsive.
01:13They'll confront their insecurities.
01:15I'm hiding. How upset actually do you feel?
01:18Exploring intimacy.
01:21In every form.
01:23Yes.
01:24Yes.
01:24Good.
01:26And maybe...
01:27Do you want to put a condom on?
01:29Have sex with a trained therapist.
01:31Desperate times call for desperate measures.
01:34Woo!
01:35Or even one another.
01:36Why are you nervous around me?
01:38I don't know.
01:39That's so good.
01:41I really do need to change my life.
01:43The question is...
01:45Get a room, guys!
01:46...who will finally be ready...
01:49I just, like, get a bit anxious.
01:51...to go all the way...
01:52Touching me here again?
01:54Mm-hmm.
01:54...on Virgin Island.
02:04It is such a beautiful day to show up on the island.
02:08It's perfect.
02:09For the next three weeks...
02:10Hi!
02:12Hi!
02:13This groundbreaking retreat will be home to 12 young people.
02:17Would you like a hug?
02:18Yeah, go on then.
02:20From all over the UK...
02:22Hello!
02:23You must be Teagan.
02:24Yes.
02:24...who need help.
02:26Well, I didn't fall in the sea, so I've done better than I thought I was going to do.
02:30I've never kissed anyone.
02:32I've never dated anyone.
02:33I've never had sex with anyone.
02:34I am a grade-A virgin.
02:37My life just can't go on like this.
02:39I just need to take your phone.
02:40Yes, of course.
02:42The retreat's rules include a full break from the pressures of technology.
02:46So you can just, like, dive in.
02:48Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:49You see sex everywhere.
02:51Sex sells is the old cliché.
02:53Be it from social media, porn.
02:56But always playing on my mind is that I can't get an erection.
02:59Being a virgin at the age of 28, I feel almost a failure in many ways.
03:07The group will live on the island for three weeks.
03:10Oh, this is your recommendation.
03:13Totally cut off from the distractions of modern life.
03:16Go ahead and get settled.
03:17OK, there's clothes there.
03:20Including the pressures of their appearance.
03:22Oh, wow.
03:23They're giving off jungle vibes.
03:26I've always hated my body and I've got badly bullied over it in the past.
03:31I'm terrified to be naked in front of someone.
03:35It does make me cry when I think about it.
03:38Yeah, it makes me really upset.
03:46Before the course begins, the group have a chance to get to know each other at the Hangout.
03:51Hello.
03:53Callum.
03:54I'm Katie.
03:55Hi.
03:55Nice to meet you.
03:56Where are you from?
03:57Er, Blackpool.
03:59From Peterborough.
04:00Peterborough?
04:01Yeah.
04:02Shit hole.
04:05I literally don't do anything other than sit on my computer 24-7.
04:11I'm definitely addicted to gaming.
04:13I don't really interact with any girls.
04:16It makes me feel alone.
04:19Where are you from?
04:21Oh, sorry.
04:22Born in the UK, but raised in South Africa.
04:24But live in the UK.
04:25I instantly don't trust men.
04:29Alex, nice to meet you.
04:30Hi.
04:31It makes me a bit sad.
04:32And I don't really know what to do about it, to be honest.
04:37So, how old are you?
04:38I'm 28.
04:39You're 28.
04:40I'm 23.
04:41I'm 22.
04:4226.
04:43I'm quite robotic with women.
04:46I've had no girlfriends.
04:48It's just a bit sad, isn't it?
04:49We've got another person.
04:51Hi.
04:52Hiya.
04:53With sexual intimacy, I feel a little bit broken.
04:58I can't have sex.
04:59I have a condition called vaginismus.
05:02If somebody tried to touch my vagina, it would be pain and it would be discomfort.
05:06And I'm living life in fear.
05:09The way that you're seen as a woman who can't physically have sex is like, what's the point?
05:18One of the reasons that people are not having sex is there's just a lot more self-consciousness.
05:22Everybody's being watched all the time, you know, by their parents, by social media, by their friends.
05:27Hello.
05:28So we're seeing a lot more people just not getting out there and connecting.
05:32There's lots of fear around being cancelled and they're terrified of failing.
05:37But we got amazing results last time and I have really high hopes for this new group of virgins.
05:44Hi, everyone.
05:45I'm Ellen.
05:46Nice to meet you all.
05:48How old are you?
05:49Um, 35.
05:52Wow.
05:53Only just.
05:54I don't want to get to 40 and still be the virgin.
05:59The expectation of, you're married, you've got kids.
06:02And at 35, I haven't got those things.
06:06I feel like a freak, really.
06:08And like, I've, you know, let people down.
06:13Yeah.
06:14So is anyone else in the LGBTQ plus community?
06:18Obviously.
06:18Yeah, you can't be the only gay on the island.
06:21Trust me or not.
06:22I grew up in a very traditional town.
06:25There wasn't a lot of open queer people.
06:27When I knew I was bi, I didn't tell my parents.
06:31I was actually quite scared.
06:33I identify as bisexual, but I'm quite a late bloom.
06:37At school, it was a discussion about masturbation.
06:41I thought it was a game show.
06:43I thought it was mastermind.
06:46Hello.
06:47Hello, hello.
06:47My name's Ed.
06:48What seek do you want to know first?
06:50What's your star sign?
06:53That's always a question.
06:56I feel like an outsider a lot of the time.
06:58The big part of that is my disability.
07:01I would be born without a right pectoral.
07:03Restricted movement in my wrist and my arm.
07:06It has impacted the way I am.
07:08I wouldn't have the confidence to talk to girls.
07:10I find it really hard.
07:14Hey.
07:15You're the last one.
07:16Hi.
07:17My name's Will.
07:17I've just turned 30.
07:19I'm a virgin.
07:21Being a virgin, it's not something I'm proud of.
07:24Something I experienced when I was younger is premature ejaculation.
07:27I fear that may still be an issue now.
07:29So I think when I have sex for the first time, it's going to be really quick.
07:34The idea of having sex is a far away dream for me.
07:38Yeah, yeah, yeah.
07:39I've never had a girlfriend ever.
07:41Same.
07:41Yeah.
07:42One of the nicknames I have is Posh Bertie.
07:46I'm a very well-spoken individual.
07:49I've not told anyone that I'm a virgin, but I think people would guess,
07:54yeah, he's a virgin to me.
07:57Definitely feel one step behind everyone.
08:01Yeah.
08:02The group knows the weeks ahead won't be easy,
08:05but they have a determination to change their lives.
08:09Breathe into your own body.
08:13This unique course has been created by pioneering sex therapists,
08:17Celeste and Danielle.
08:19And let it out.
08:22The ethos at the retreat is very supportive.
08:25There's so much for them to learn.
08:28We have new exercises, new experts and some special surprises.
08:35Supported by a team of sex therapists from across the globe.
08:40Trained in a range of touch-based therapies.
08:43Which finger would you like to enter me with?
08:45They'll address the group's anxieties.
08:48She is terrified of lowering the mask.
08:52And push them to their limits.
08:54Amazing.
08:57Hidden away on the island are dedicated therapy spaces.
09:01And private bedrooms, where they'll begin to explore intimacy.
09:06I'm hoping that everybody gets to find out who they are as a sexual being,
09:10regardless of being a virgin.
09:12But it is going to be a huge challenge.
09:16Each phase of the course will challenge the group like never before.
09:25As they take their first steps towards sexual connection.
09:39And it all starts here.
09:46By confronting one of the biggest barriers to intimacy.
09:54Shame.
09:58Welcome to Virgin Island.
10:00We're so excited to have you here.
10:02This phase is all about shame.
10:06Shame really interrupts pleasure.
10:09And so we are shame warriors.
10:13We want to wipe away the shame that gets in your way.
10:17If I could shake off the shame of being a virgin, I'd feel a lot happier in myself.
10:23I feel judged.
10:24And it's not something that I talk about, really.
10:31First, Celeste and Danielle will perform an intimate demonstration,
10:35designed to reveal the group's level of awkwardness and shame.
10:39So, this demo is called Pillow Talk.
10:44There's a bed.
10:45Oh my gosh.
10:46I'm starting to feel a bit sick.
10:47Yeah.
10:48Terrified.
10:49We want to find out who is comfortable watching intimacy
10:52and the different kinds of talk and touch that come with romance,
10:56that come with passion, that come with erotic energy.
11:01Oh my god, your eyes are so beautiful and sexy.
11:07And the way you hold yourself turns me on so much.
11:11I think I'm going to have to smell you.
11:19I feel so lucky.
11:24To be able to touch you.
11:40Any feelings watching it?
11:47Quite weird having to watch it with other people.
11:49It's a bit...
11:50Yeah.
11:51I think I just feel like a little bit guilty.
11:53I think like the idea of watching this and then being asked to like,
11:57do that, that's like, sinful.
12:03Growing up as a Christian, you kind of feel you should be one way.
12:07Which is usually a very good way.
12:09I have to be kind, I have to be soft.
12:13But, I have a sexual side to myself.
12:15It kind of brings on these feelings of shame and fear
12:19because you feel you're doing something sinful
12:21for wanting to experience pleasure.
12:23And I don't see a light at the end of the tunnel right now.
12:28We all have ideas and judgement and what we think we should be.
12:33And all those interventions frees us up.
12:36The best way to work your way out of shame
12:39is to start to get a different reaction to shame.
12:45To help the group do that...
12:47You are going to get your scratch on.
12:50No. I ain't doing that.
12:52Celeste and Danielle start with a series...
12:55I am folding my arms.
12:58This is just so awkward.
13:00..of deliberately uncomfortable exercises.
13:03Now, I'm going to be choo-choo trained.
13:06Oh, my God.
13:10I see myself as very socially awkward
13:14and sometimes weird.
13:18Shake it, shake it, shake it.
13:19I was diagnosed with autism.
13:21I get nervous, I get stressed.
13:24My eye contact goes all over the place.
13:27Being a virgin, you just feel very isolated
13:29and you feel very ashamed of yourself.
13:34After the warm-up, Celeste and Danielle raise the stakes
13:37with a more challenging physical exercise.
13:41So, I want a brave volunteer.
13:45Somatic therapy is not just focusing on the brain.
13:47It's helping people in a more physical, experiential way.
13:51I'll do it.
13:52Go on, man. Go on, Alex.
13:55For 28-year-old graduate Alex,
13:57going first is a chance to face his fears.
14:01Anxiety has played a massive part in my life.
14:03Going to private school, I put myself under a lot of pressure
14:05that if I didn't perform my best, I'd feel I'd let people down.
14:09I never really knew how bad it was until I tried to have sex
14:12and was too nervous to do it.
14:14Anything less than perfect is not good enough for me.
14:17So, I'm going to start by touching you for my pleasure
14:20and then you're going to touch me for your pleasure.
14:24I'm starting by connecting with myself and feeling my body.
14:27Let's see.
14:47Want to try?
14:51Yeah, sure.
15:07Is that OK?
15:08Really feeling it in your body, that's what we're going for.
15:13After Alex's attempt, others step up to give it a try.
15:19You might do it a bit harder.
15:21Harder?
15:25While some get to grips with the exercise...
15:30How's that feel?
15:31It feels nice.
15:33Others can't even bear to watch.
15:47Are you OK?
15:55You can all stand and bleed if you want.
15:57It's OK.
15:58Are you all right?
15:58Yeah.
16:08Anyone else?
16:09Want to give it a try?
16:13Counting one.
16:15Counting two.
16:18Counting three.
16:22Oh, my God.
16:24That was hard.
16:26Personally, that was a little bit creepy.
16:28I need to be able to be confident in myself to do the whole touching exercise.
16:32I believe the cool kids call it riz.
16:34I need to have good riz.
16:36At the start, like when they was doing all the...
16:39All that, yeah.
16:41I thought we'd have to do that to each other.
16:42I was genuinely...
16:45That's intense for our first workshop.
16:47To throw yourself in as much as possible to experience all these cringe things and embarrassing things was a struggle.
16:52Joy, if you don't mind me asking, why was it so hard for you, the whole touching thing?
16:57Why did you get a bit of a reaction to it?
17:01You don't want to talk?
17:02Yeah, no.
17:04That workshop was such an emotionally intense experience.
17:08To come on the island day one and be expected to have some kind of erotic energy is a really
17:13hard thing for me.
17:14I didn't realise how uncomfortable that might make me feel.
17:19Next time, I would walk out.
17:31It's so beautiful.
17:33Yeah, it is, isn't it?
17:34Oh!
17:35Come here! Come here! Lizzie!
17:37Oh, my God!
17:38I've never seen Elizabeth before.
17:40Oh, I don't like it.
17:42Come out at night and nibble you.
17:44I might have to tuck my trousers into my socks in case it pulls up my leg.
17:48And he's gone.
17:50It's halfway through day one on Virgin Island.
17:54I don't want to name exact figures, but I think it was like one in eight people were virgins at
17:5825.
17:58So, in a room this big, it's like one and a bit of people.
18:01Well, I think in this room it would be all 12.
18:04On an island, on a virgin island.
18:09Every day, the experts gather to evaluate progress and work out which therapies will be most effective.
18:15It's very interesting to see how they reacted to different exercises.
18:21Oh, they've got a one on one session here, guys!
18:23Oh, my God!
18:25Afternoons are dedicated to individual therapy sessions for those working through specific intimacy issues.
18:32I don't know if I feel more calm or more stressed.
18:35Yeah.
18:37Everybody has this fear like, oh my God, it's going to be so scary or uncomfortable.
18:41But you have to completely rewire your brain in order for change to really happen.
18:47Hi there.
18:47Hi.
18:49How do you feel?
18:50Kind of on edge, I guess.
18:52Mm-hmm.
18:53The more you can be honest and drop into your truth without too much humour.
18:57Yeah, I can't promise you that.
18:58That is going to allow us to go somewhere.
19:00Oh, I don't like this.
19:02I don't like crying.
19:03I feel like I just can't relax.
19:05I'm still really scared and I'm not sure why.
19:10Out of all the reactions from this morning, the experts were most struck by our joys.
19:16When Will and Marianne were touching, I could see her, some tears came out.
19:23She really struggled with that.
19:28Some came up for you today in the workshop.
19:30Well, I feel like I have this weight on my shoulders of like, I'm a Christian.
19:34You have to be good.
19:35Yeah.
19:35And experiencing sexual pleasure for, like, for fun.
19:38Mm-hmm.
19:39How is that good?
19:40Yeah.
19:41But it isn't just feelings of religious shame that are holding joy back.
19:45I know I have a sexual side to me.
19:48Mm-hmm.
19:48But I have vaginismus.
19:51Vaginismus is a condition related to your pelvic floor and also has a psychological fear component
19:58around the idea of insertion or entry.
20:00The moment I realized that I had vaginismus, it was like this whole idea of a sector of
20:06my life that could be just closed up.
20:08I can't wear a tampon.
20:10I can't do a pap smear.
20:11And I definitely can't have sex.
20:13It's just, it's so hard.
20:16It's so hard.
20:17At one point, like, I literally thought that God cursed me with vaginismus.
20:20I thought he like, I thought he did it to me to stop me from having sex.
20:24And I feel like it's hard to like undo that, that feeling.
20:30Maybe that first piece is about pleasure being good.
20:39I'm really tight.
20:40I'm really like anxious.
20:42I feel like I'm like, no, it's not.
20:43No, it's not.
20:44No, it's not.
20:45And that clench happens probably all the way into your vagina.
20:50So I want you to feel all of the tightness and the clenchedness.
20:54And then you can feel the contrast.
20:57Let's feel the clench.
20:58And then like a little shakiness happened in your, did you feel it?
21:12Yeah.
21:13You know what that is?
21:14What?
21:14It's like a little tiny release of trauma.
21:17Oh, wow.
21:18From all the holding.
21:21You deserve to have that circuit of pleasure.
21:30Shame gets in the way of sexual intimacy.
21:33And you cannot get to the other side of shame until you expose it.
21:37I feel a bit like in shock.
21:39It was, it was quite intense.
21:41I just hadn't even realized all the tension I'd been holding in my body.
21:44It just made me realize like how much I need this experience.
21:51For a gold star lesbian, my mind's constantly in the gutter.
21:55What's a gold star lesbian?
21:57Is someone who has never had sex with a man.
21:59Oh, okay.
22:00The thought of a penis going near me scares me.
22:03In a way that's like, ew, get away.
22:04Yeah.
22:05Nothing to do with you guys.
22:06No, no, it's cool.
22:06I get that.
22:07I'm like, anything below their tummy, I'm like, no.
22:10I mean, you probably all have amazing penises.
22:12I'm not saying that.
22:14Oh, my God.
22:14It doesn't matter because I come so quick, don't matter.
22:22As the group starts to bond.
22:24Oh, this is really like giving hippie vibes, isn't it?
22:28Celeste and Danielle aim to push them further in the next exercise.
22:31Hello.
22:32Hello.
22:33To help release their shame once and for all.
22:37All right.
22:38Well, as we said, this part of the course is all about shame.
22:42What we want you to do is write in your notebooks all the negative things people say about you
22:48and all the self-critical thoughts you keep repeating to yourself.
22:52We really need to get them out so that we can take the power away from them.
23:00Be careful.
23:01The group have been sent off in pairs to share their shame words.
23:06It's difficult.
23:07Yeah, I'm not exactly an open book.
23:10People see me as fat, ugly.
23:14And as they identify their insecurities...
23:16..I don't like how I'm not at all that good socially.
23:21It's why I've never been on a date before, really.
23:24Yeah.
23:25Their barriers come down.
23:27Ugly.
23:28Unattractive to girls.
23:30Have been able to get a date in years.
23:33My anxiety, particularly around intimacy and interacting with women.
23:38I worry that I'm just not good enough.
23:44But 23-year-old Katie...
23:46..bad things people are saying about me...
23:48..is writing more than most.
23:51I was once labelled the ugliest girl in school.
23:54Oh, my God.
23:55Erm...
23:56..a whale, fat slash obese, ugly, a liar, monster disappointment.
24:02And frigid, because I've never gone with anyone before.
24:06Yeah.
24:08OK.
24:10I know how it feels to have something horrible said to me.
24:13Sometimes I look in the mirror to make myself upset,
24:17because I need a good cry and it works.
24:20I don't think there's ever been a time
24:22where I truly have felt good in my looks.
24:27Ever.
24:28No.
24:29Are those things people have actually said about you?
24:31To my face or online, where I've seen?
24:34Online?
24:35Yeah.
24:35People that I know in person.
24:37Oh, my God. In my life.
24:38Yeah.
24:39I've commented publicly.
24:41Yeah.
24:42Oh, my God.
24:43I'm so sorry.
24:48Oh.
24:53Figuring out the words, though, is only half the exercise.
24:57How did you find that...?
24:59It was quite challenging.
25:00I was going to say the same.
25:02Yeah.
25:02It was quite hard.
25:03So, Joy, this one's for you.
25:06Now the experts want them to write their words down
25:08on a T-shirt to confront and let go of their self-doubt.
25:12I'm going to invite you to narrow down
25:15from all the things that you've written
25:17which ones hold the most emotion
25:19so that you can create a T-shirt that's a symbol of all of that.
25:24Mm-hm.
25:27I'm scared that I'm going to get upset.
25:29Thinking back about all the memories and stuff from school
25:32and all the bad things that I got told
25:35and I say to myself, it was quite difficult.
25:40But I really do want to be able to get as much out of this as I can.
25:46It's scary, though.
26:03Good morning.
26:04Good morning.
26:05Good morning.
26:05Good morning.
26:06Good morning.
26:06Good morning.
26:06Hey, you guys.
26:07How are we going?
26:07Good morning.
26:09Ooh.
26:09We've got raisins.
26:10Don't tell me you're eating a lemon.
26:12I like lemon.
26:13Oh!
26:14It's the morning on Virgin Island.
26:18I'm really nervous for today.
26:20And the sessions are set to become even more revealing.
26:23As we go through this phase, I do feel quite a big shame over myself.
26:29So I'm a little bit apprehensive.
26:32I was so nervous at first workshop.
26:33My heart was going.
26:34I didn't realise how nervous I was.
26:36Sex and intimacy are meant to be natural and experienced by lots of people and enjoyed.
26:40Whereas me, I sort of feel scared of them.
26:42Let's go.
26:44I have no idea how far I'm going to go with this.
26:47You know, it's only going to get more intense from here.
26:53Having faced many hard truths...
26:56Hello!
26:57..Celeste and Danielle's next exercise will challenge the group even further.
27:02Oh, dear.
27:03What is this?
27:03A bird?
27:04Oh, God.
27:05Oh, God.
27:06With some exposure therapy, Virgin Island style.
27:10Society gives these negative messages to us about what it means to be a sexual being.
27:15So it's really important to get comfortable with intimacy.
27:21Today, you're going to be exploring erotic life drawing.
27:26We're going to invite our lovely models.
27:30There they are.
27:31Here they are.
27:33The only time I've seen vagina or boobs is off, like, Sticky Vicky when I went to Benidorm.
27:39That is probably the only time I've ever really seen it in real life.
27:43I've seen some images online and I'm like,
27:46oh, actually, penises are a bit ugly.
27:50I know the different parts and the names of the female anatomy.
27:54But do you know, I genuinely don't think I've seen one in person.
27:59I'm the most white meat virgin you could possibly meet.
28:04Don't hide.
28:05Keep your eyes open and be curious.
28:23Oh, my God.
28:25So many naked parts right now.
28:28So I don't want you to worry about showing off your artistic talent.
28:31It's really about looking at a naked body and letting yourself feel the sensuality of that.
28:37Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh.
28:40I've got a straw.
28:43I thought I'd start this.
28:46Neither do I.
28:46Oh, we got this.
28:48We're expecting to see some discomfort, embarrassment, to be exposed to naked bodies.
28:56We can really see the comfort level.
29:00Stop making me laugh, Jason.
29:04Embarrassing.
29:08I can't tell you what's wrong.
29:11All I can see is vaginas and boobs.
29:17Whilst the sight of naked bodies has everyone giggling awkwardly.
29:21I really feel uncomfortable.
29:24Ellen is struggling the most.
29:30Growing up, my parents would never talk about sex.
29:34And at the time, there wasn't the internet as there is now.
29:38I'm in my 30s.
29:39I am gay.
29:40And I've not had a relationship.
29:42And I've not had experience around sexual intimacy.
29:46Sex.
29:46It's something that I feel anxious about.
29:53Don't want to do it.
29:55No one is seeing mine because it is absolutely terrible.
29:59You don't have to show me if you don't want to.
30:01One second, sneak peek.
30:02Done.
30:04Can I have two seconds?
30:05No.
30:06So we really want to thank our beautiful models here.
30:13Any thoughts that you want to share?
30:19I was instantly like, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, I shouldn't be watching this.
30:22I felt the discomfort of that.
30:24Yeah.
30:30It felt like you were literally watching like a group corner.
30:32I was like, oh, I want to look.
30:34But I was like, oh, it feels wrong to look.
30:36Nudity felt a bit too soon for me.
30:41Despite being the oldest of the group.
30:43When you kiss someone, do you do it with your eyes open or your eyes closed?
30:47No.
30:50Ellen's lack of experience is clear to everyone.
30:55She was having a hard time to look at you.
30:57Yeah.
30:58I'm excited to have a session with her to introduce her to the first steps of intimacy.
31:04With a storm approaching, Ellen's feeling a little blustered.
31:08Hello.
31:10It's windy.
31:15Ellen.
31:17You have a sexy smile.
31:20Okay.
31:23Lou had a tiny, tiny little exchange of erotic energy.
31:27Yeah.
31:28Yeah.
31:28Okay.
31:28Did you feel it?
31:32No, but I guess I don't know what that feeling is because I've not experienced it before.
31:36Yeah.
31:37Yeah.
31:44You know what I love?
31:46Awkward silences where you just look at each other.
31:49Okay, yeah.
31:56A lot of times that's what happens right before a kiss.
32:00Yeah.
32:02But I don't want that to happen.
32:06No, we're not doing that today.
32:07We're just talking in a flirtatious way.
32:12What do you think?
32:13I'm thinking I'm fine as long as you're on that chair and I'm on this chair.
32:17I'm staying over here.
32:18Don't worry.
32:24Bye.
32:28How was that, Ellen?
32:30In my head, I was like, okay, I'm going to jump in.
32:32And then when I got in there, I was like, all of a sudden, just like my body closed up.
32:38I don't like the idea of someone coming into my personal space.
32:43That's why I'm here.
32:44Like, I've never been very good at it.
32:46And I feel like a failure.
32:48Yeah.
32:58So, are you into females then?
33:00Oh, fine.
33:00I am a straight, heterosexual male.
33:04Nice.
33:04You are...
33:05You're bisexual, aren't you?
33:06Yeah.
33:06Yeah, yeah.
33:08Do you know what?
33:09It was so weird.
33:10I had a dream last night of you guys.
33:11Mainly Alex.
33:12Weird.
33:14I can't wait to tell her.
33:17Hello.
33:18Did you know Katie dreamt about you last night?
33:21No, that's not really.
33:23Is it what happened in the dream, Kate?
33:25She doesn't really know.
33:26I don't remember at all.
33:29Though Katie was dreaming of Alex, for him, yesterday's workshop was a nightmare.
33:35I demoed with him yesterday.
33:38I felt he was really frozen.
33:41He can be a little in his head.
33:43So, I'm curious if we're going through exercises, if he's just going to perform them rather than, like, actually experiencing
33:50sensation and emotions.
33:53Yeah.
33:53What did it feel like when you, like, touched her?
33:56Panicky.
33:57I don't know how calm it looked, or how I looked, but yeah, my heart was going, I was shaking
34:02a bit.
34:06So Danielle's decided to dig deeper.
34:08Hello.
34:09Come on in.
34:10Into what's holding him back.
34:12I feel your heart beating all the way to here.
34:16Sex for me has always been quite a nervous thing.
34:19I've always had anxiety.
34:20I've always had performance anxiety, sports, homework, whatever.
34:23And so the first time I tried to have sex, I couldn't get an erection because I was just too
34:27nervous.
34:28Not being able to get an erection, it's constantly playing on my mind.
34:32It feels embarrassing even to say it because it's like, oh, this is something that old people deal with.
34:37But I just feel, like, defeated by it.
34:41You spend a lot of time trying to control your body from your head.
34:45I want to invite you to start to let your body control as opposed to the opposite.
34:49Yeah.
34:49So what I want us to do now is for you to touch me.
34:53Mm-hmm.
34:53And really let yourself enjoy.
34:56And do what feels good, yeah.
34:57What feels good to you.
34:59This time, Danielle wants to see if Alex can fully immerse himself in his sensations.
35:04Are you okay for me to start?
35:06Yes, please.
35:08Okay, I'm going to start with your arm.
35:28Then move me down to your chest.
35:37Mm-hmm.
35:38Mm-hmm.
35:48Penny for your thoughts.
35:51The main overriding thing is still that worry of not getting an erection.
35:55But this is like the building blocks.
35:58So I really want us to have soft goals as opposed to hard goals.
36:02No pun intended.
36:03Yeah.
36:04Right.
36:05Because your full body is like a big erection.
36:08You know, like a full body is a pleasure tool.
36:12It's not only your cock that's a pleasure tool.
36:16Do you get it?
36:17Yeah, absolutely, yeah.
36:18Yeah.
36:25What did you do?
36:26Just your mutual touching, really.
36:29But I think I went into it thinking, oh, yeah, she'll cure me and I won't feel anxious ever again
36:33around women.
36:34But you're not going to get cured on the first session.
36:36Yeah.
36:40Oh, are you doing it like that?
36:44Really?
36:44I thought it was like that.
36:46Whilst the others start to embrace island life, Bertie is finding it harder to adjust.
36:52Oh.
36:53OK.
36:53I'm a mixture of all nerves.
36:55I don't like you sitting by yourself.
36:57I'm OK.
36:58I do feel like the weak link and the odd one out because I'm not very sociable.
37:03I'm still cautious. I'm still nervous.
37:06You're OK, Bertie.
37:07I'm good. You all right?
37:08I'm all right.
37:08Yeah, I was going to go brush my gums and do a dance.
37:11But what on earth am I going to be like in the days to come when it gets more challenging
37:17and more intense?
37:19This whole island is...
37:22It's not just Virgin Island. It's unpredictability island.
37:36You know what most women say is the length they want to have sex for?
37:42Four and a half minutes.
37:44Four and a half?
37:45Yeah.
37:45No.
37:46They want to have sex?
37:47No, surely not.
37:48Yeah, they want sex.
37:49The actual P and V to be four and a half minutes.
37:52Really?
37:53What's P and V?
37:54Penis and vagina.
37:56Oh.
37:57That's good to know.
38:02It's mid-afternoon on Virgin Island.
38:06Bertie.
38:06Are you all right?
38:07I don't know.
38:08When everyone's all together, it just gets a bit awkward for me.
38:11You know?
38:11I like my...
38:12Oh my God, I nearly fell off.
38:13I like my...
38:15My space a bit more.
38:16I'm just going to take it easy for a bit, yeah?
38:18OK.
38:18I'll see you soon.
38:19No worries.
38:20In terms of sex, I've got no clue, which is pretty embarrassing coming from someone who's 24 years old.
38:28But I don't want to be alone in my whole life.
38:31I just want to be able to live normally.
38:33And just find more confidence in myself.
38:40Hi.
38:41Celeste aims to start Bertie's route to intimacy by helping him with connection.
38:47Hello.
38:48Oh, hello.
38:53How do you feel about eye contact?
38:55Aha, I knew that was going to come out.
38:57I am terrible at it.
38:57Yeah.
38:58My eye contact goes all over the place, no matter who I'm talking to.
39:02Well, I do feel like you think a lot.
39:05I am an over-thinker.
39:06So I want to slow it down a little bit, like let your brain relax a moment.
39:10And then see what it's like to come back more deliberately and connect and look at me.
39:24This is a bit awkward, isn't it?
39:25Intimacy is super awkward.
39:27I know.
39:27That's not going to go away.
39:28Yeah.
39:29So let's just be awkward together.
39:42It's hard to take it seriously.
39:44It is.
39:44And you don't have to take it so seriously.
39:46You can think we're just having fun together.
39:49Yeah.
39:49Yeah.
39:56Yeah.
39:57You've got some good sexy eye contact.
40:00You might not know it.
40:03And now you're looking at me so much more.
40:05I feel connected to you.
40:09After Bertie perfects the sexy eyes.
40:12Great.
40:13So if you want to scooch over a little bit.
40:14Yeah.
40:15Celeste decides to increase the intimacy.
40:20What if I, like, came in right there for a second?
40:25I mean, that would be weird, but OK.
40:27Yeah.
40:32Oh, that's so nice.
40:33You just perfectly, like, invited me and cuddled me.
40:37Wow.
40:43I really like it when you kind of rest your cheek against my forehead.
40:49Yeah.
40:49You're very natural.
40:51It feels natural.
40:52Exactly.
40:53It feels good.
40:56It's not long before Celeste's technique boosts Bertie's confidence.
41:03I'll see them giving you a little kiss on the forehead.
41:06I felt that.
41:06I love that.
41:08What about, can I give you...
41:09Go on.
41:10Yeah.
41:14Have I got a lipstick?
41:15Now you're having a kiss.
41:17You're having a very kiss.
41:21Thank you very much.
41:22Love you, bye.
41:23OK, bye.
41:24Bye.
41:26So, Celeste, she was brilliant.
41:29And this has happened.
41:32And I feel a lot more relieved and a lot more at ease with everything.
41:37That was a bit of a confidence boost for me.
41:39Hi, Bertie.
41:40Hello.
41:41You OK?
41:42You want to know how it went?
41:43What do you think?
41:44Let's go.
41:48Bertie's not going to wash his cheek.
41:50I'm like, ever again.
41:58As the sun sets on the retreat, the first phase of the course draws to a close.
42:05The first phase of the course has been really intense.
42:09Getting rid of shame is foundational to being able to have a pleasurable sex life.
42:13But the way that they have taken it on, it's unprecedented.
42:18They all have challenges.
42:19They all have traumas.
42:20But every individual is beautiful and unique.
42:23And the sky's the limit in terms of what's possible here.
42:27To move forward, the group must let go of their negative emotions.
42:31Oh, my God! That's a fire!
42:34Hello!
42:37So the experts have arranged a ceremonial bonfire to burn away their lifetime of shame.
42:45We've asked you to face your shame directly.
42:48You have talked about it, put it on your t-shirts, and now it's time to let it go.
42:55The hope is this ritual marks a turning point and the start of the rest of their lives.
43:01So, for me, shame is feeling ugly.
43:07Sorry.
43:08Sorry.
43:10Yeah, I felt ugly, like, most of my life.
43:15And I feel ashamed of myself for, you know, putting on weight.
43:21So brave.
43:22Are you ready to let it go?
43:24Yeah, it's going in the fire.
43:26Yes!
43:27Let it go!
43:29Let it go!
43:30Let it go!
43:32Let it go!
43:34Physical appearance is a common theme.
43:36I look at everyone else around me and I think they're far more attractive, never getting matched than dating apps.
43:41And it makes me feel really crap about myself.
43:44Fat and ugly.
43:46Unlovable.
43:47And I take up too much room, quite literally.
43:50I actually got voted ugliest girl in the whole school.
43:53My God!
43:54And depending on the people, I can be too loud or too quiet with, so...
43:58Let it go!
44:00Let it go!
44:01Let it go!
44:03Woo!
44:06NGE is not good enough.
44:08I always feel like I'm falling short of a lot of things.
44:11Deep-rooted issues around self-worth are also shared across the group.
44:16I feel as though, like, I might be perceived as childish and that I'm a bit...
44:22unambitious.
44:23I've been told I'm too loud, basically just I'm too much for some people.
44:27And then that kind of leads on to the second point, which is that I'm unlikable and I'm unlovable.
44:33I've not had an adult relationship at all.
44:36I feel terribly unwanted. I seriously do.
44:40Are you ready to let it go?
44:42Yeah.
44:44Let it go!
44:46Let it go!
44:47Let it go!
44:49Let it go!
44:50Let it go!
44:52Let it go!
44:53Let it go!
44:54Let it go!
44:58Yeah, it's okay to try.
45:03I think I've been, like, carrying with me some feelings about myself since I was about, like, 12.
45:11And I think having these horrible thoughts that I'm a horrible person and that people don't like me and that
45:19I'm really dirty and sinful.
45:22Let it go!
45:23Let it go!
45:25Let it go!
45:27Let it go!
45:30Writing it down on the T-shirt was one thing, but to actually speak it out was liberating.
45:37Yeah.
45:38I found it really difficult to throw my top in the fire. I'm just hoping I can become more at
45:44one with myself.
45:47Shame is something that I specifically struggle with a lot. I feel a lot lighter. All of my worst things
45:52I think about myself are finally, like, out there and I burn them.
46:00Next time...
46:01Your dick is connected to my pussy.
46:03Of course.
46:04It's the turn-on phase where the group discover their animal instincts.
46:08There's another animal next to you.
46:11Oh, no!
46:14Emotions are laid bare.
46:15Quite sad that I'm still stuck with that feeling.
46:20And for some, things are on the up.
46:22It felt really nice when you were brushing past my genitals.
46:25Would you like me to do that?
46:26Yeah.
46:39Thanks for having me.
46:45Thanks for having me.
46:49Bye.
46:51Bye.
46:53Bye.
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