Dreaming our Sacred Women Retreat — Vézelay, France
At the height of summer — around the Summer Solstice on the 21st of June — we will gather for our annual Sacred Women’s Retreat in Vézelay, a place steeped in mystery and devotion. A mystical place known as one of the ancient pathways of the Camino de Santiago and deeply connected to the lineage of Mary Magdalene.
In this powerful landscape of rolling hills, wild forests, and flowing rivers, we will rejoice together, in each other’s company, to explore the mysteries of the sacred feminine — her cycles of descent and return, her wisdom of embodiment, devotion, and awakening.
Together, we will remember the teachings that live in the body, in the Earth, and in the silence between words.
This next retreat will be a co-creative journey - one that begins now, in the dreaming time. This annal retreat has become a ressource for many women over the last 6 years, a place to regenarate, rest, undo, relax, unplug and fill up your cup with sisterhood, womb yoga & feminine embodiment practices, nature rituals, cacao ceremonies, mantra & sharing circles, self-care practices, art therapy, and most of all a remembrance of our deep interconnectedness with Mother Nature. We as women are a loving & supporting forest, nourishing & mothering each other, with unconditional love and authenticity and the absence of judgment. And once a year, we meet to strengthen our bonds and roots, laugh, cry, share, create and ‘be’ together on a sacred land.
This year our Sacred Women retreat will unfold at the Moulin de Vézelay, a beautifully restored watermill nestled in the lush, green heart of Burgundy. The land itself feels alive -spacious gardens, winding paths leading to hidden corners for quiet reflection at the river -the steady murmur of water reminding us of life’s continuous flow.
There is an outdoor swimming pool for moments of lightness and rest, and plenty of quiet spots in nature for practice, meditation, qi qong, cacao circles, yoga nidra, reading, journalling or simply breathing with the trees.
The venue of the Moulin is a place that welcomes both stillness and celebration, retreat and renewal - the perfect sanctuary to gather, remember, and reawaken the sacred feminine together.
The Moulin is located at only 5km form Vézelay, which will allow us to walk just like the pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago to climb the last 100metres up to the Basilica Marie Madeleine de Vézelay.
This UNESCO heritage Cathedral and it’s ancient cobble stone streets scent of long forgotten times and fleeting memories of 1000’s of pilgrims, and as you climb up to the Cathedral you feel yourself being carried towards the luminous Basilica. The most powerful part of the Basilica for me personally is the underground crypt where relics of Mary Magdalene are being preserved. The womb of the church where you can feel her heartbeat. A space that feels for me like a vortex of love energy and a deep remembrance of the Divine Feminine mysteries.
I would love this retreat to be a co-creation, a weaving of our collective dreams and intentions.
So let us begin this pilgrimage within — the journey from darkness into light, from Samhain’s fertile void to the Solstice’s radiant bloom — walking, as Mary Magdalene once did, the path of remembrance, devotion, and sacred return to the light.
Here below, I have a 3 possible dates, and I warmly invite you to let me know which is your preferred date to gather!
2-7th of June, 2026
9-14th of June 2026
The choice is (y)ours!
At the moment I am reserving all 2 dates, but I need to make a decision in the next 2 weeks. So if you have a preference (without any obligation to book this retreat) than please let me know as soon as possible!
Last year, some women missed out because the dates didn’t fit, so let’s decide together this year and BE ALL THERE!!!!
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Accommodation in the Moulin ranges from elegant, high-end rooms in the beautifully renovated mill to charming and more differentiated sleeping options in the moulin’s gîte, offering us therefore a wide range for ever woman’s needs & budget.
Every space holds it’s own warmth and magic- a sense of peace, beauty and deep nourishment. We will have an entire part of the Moulin for ourselves, including a living room, yoga space and fully equipped kitchen.
Here below you can find the different room options plus the according price for the entire retreat:
Accommodation in the Moulin’s gîte: For those who love shared spaces, while still finding lots of quiet places if you need solitude
Bunk bed option: Share a bunk bed with one sister, in favour of night time talks and cozziness together: 790€ pp
Double bed in a large room shared with 2 single beds: 860€pp
Single bed in a shared room: 835€pp
Double room: 905€pp
Single stay in double room: 955€pp
2. Accommodation in the elegant Boudoir room (Triple or double): based on 3 pers 935€pp, based on 2 pers 975€pp.
3. Accommodation in the Moulin itself, high end single or double rooms for a deluxe and more private experience: 1005€pp
During our stay we will be catered for with 3 times a day a delicious vegetarian (vegan/gluten-free is optional) meal, which is included in the price.
As Rosalinde will accompany me like the last 2 years, and my parents will be on side to take care of her, other small children and their care takers are welcome! The domain of the Moulin is large and can facilitate having children on site, while leaving us women doing our thing!
Also animals are welcome here, for 10€ a day.
Please connect with me directly to book or require about room options so you can have 1st hand choice!
“The mothers who remind us, no matter who we are, that our first country was a woman’s body, and our first element was water, and that our first reality was darkness.”
“If how we see, truly see, is not with eyesight, but with a vision, a form of spiritual perception that allows us to know what’s real, what’s lasting, what’s actually true, if this comes from within us; then no one has power over us.”
― Meggan Watterson, Mary Magdalene Revealed.
