What makes this retreat special

Are you longing to feel more alive, at ease, and free in your body and life?

In this intimate, private women-only somatic dance, movement, and creativity retreat, your experience is fully tailored to your body, your nervous system, and your unique journey.

I help you shift from a body organised around “something in me is not okay” to a body that feels safe to be, express, and exist as it is. Together, we gently unwind intense, efforting patterns— physical, emotional, and neurological— so your system can soften, reorganize, and open.

As these layers release, your sensuous, intuitive wisdom re-appears — your natural capacity to feel, sense, and move through life with fluidity, ease, and trust. We create the conditions—like nutrient-rich soil—for your inner world to grow and bloom, so you can create a beautiful life from who you are.

Deeply personal experience—body-centered, soul-led, and fully tailored to you.

This is a fully personalized 1:1 retreat, held in a warm, supportive, and relaxed environment. Every session, practice, and moment is adapted to meet your system where it is—so you can move at your own pace, explore safely, and reconnect with your body, your energy, and your inner compass.

I hold the space for you to meet yourself fully, gently, and on your terms. Your journey is yours alone, guided with care, presence, and deep listening to your system.

The Approach

This retreat weaves together a unique blend of:

• Organic Intelligence® Post-Trauma Growth Coaching
• Feldenkrais Functional Integration & Awareness Through Movement
• NIA Move to Heal
• Embodied Creativity

At the heart of it is MAMA—Map, Anchor, Move, Align, a four-pillar, soul-led somatic pathway rooted in the natural intelligence of your neurobiology, created by me.

Through MAMA, you will:

• Map your nervous system  in the here-and-now
• Anchor safely in your body
• Move from your body’s wisdom, shifting tension into fluidity
• Align your inner compass with vitality, joy, and self-trust

Everything is adapted to your unique needs, ensuring a retreat that truly serves your body, nervous system, and inner growth.

What this supports:

• Releasing patterns of holding, bracing, and hyper-alertness
• Reconnecting with your body, senses, and inner signals
• Expanding your capacity to feel without overwhelm
• Moving with more ease, pleasure, and confidence
• Accessing creativity, intuition, and aliveness

A few practical notes

No prior movement experience is needed—just a willingness to move, explore, and play.

I ask that you come with a heart-forward, open mind.

Before booking, I recommend a short call with me to ensure the retreat is fully aligned with your needs and goals.

The modalities woven into this retreat

NIA Move to Heal -– A holistic, sensory-based movement practice that blends yoga, somatic arts, dance, martial arts, and free movement. In 60 minutes, it regenerates, revives, and invigorates your body, mind, soul, senses, and spirit—bringing vitality and playful flow.

MAMA: Map, Anchor, Move, Align – A four-pillar, soul-led somatic pathway rooted in the natural intelligence of your neurobiology, created by me. Through MAMA, you will:

• Map your body and senses in the here-and-now
• Anchor safely in your body
• Move from your body’s wisdom, shifting tension into fluidity
• Align your inner compass with vitality, joy, and self-trust

Feldenkrais Method – A neuro-somatic, experiential approach that helps you move beyond limiting patterns—physical, emotional, and mental. It reshapes habitual ways of attending and responding, opening the way to new, unforced, and resilient ways of being. Guided by curiosity, awareness, and playful exploration, it reconnects body, mind, and sensations, and guides you toward effortless, enjoyable movement that springs from your body’s own way of moving

Organic Intelligence® Post-Trauma Growth Coaching -– A gentle, trauma-safe coaching method that empowers your natural biological ability to heal and self-organize. Your system constantly sends subtle, resourceful messages through sensations, emotions, images, and movement; we tune into them to increase resilience, self-compassion, and clarity. Sessions help your nervous system map the present, harmonize rhythms, and restore balance—providing a reliable inner compass to engage life with ease, vitality, and joy.

Embodied Creativity – A guided journey of self-exploration through expressive dance, play, somatic-intuitive constellations, voice dialogue, active imagery, energy work, and somatic creative processes.

Do you feel like there is a constant undercurrent of tension and self-protection in you? Are you often overthinking, pleasing, or staying alert? Does something inside feel tense or not fully at ease?

If this feels familiar, you're not alone. This is often what happens when your system has been carrying too much intensity for too long.

When your nervous system begins to reorganize, something subtle but profound starts to shift. The inner intensity settles. The body no longer needs to stay in constant bracing. Little by little, you may notice more space inside, more breath, more ease. As this happens, perception changes. The way you relate to yourself softens. Emotions that once felt overwhelming—often connected to not feeling good enough or fully at ease in yourself—begin to lose their grip. The world feels different. And you start to meet yourself, and life, from a more grounded and present place—more fully as who you are.

This retreat supports your system in shifting from protection into easeful connection with the world around you, and invites you to explore what it feels like to be fully you from a place of embodied ease and Inner Sparkle.

Nestled amidst peaceful olive and citrus groves, Jardín de Luz Inner Sparkle Sanctuary offers a serene space to breathe, explore, and awaken your senses—inviting curious connection with your body, your energy, and the vibrant life within you.

This 7-day/6-night private women-only retreat, led by neuro-somatic wellbeing specialist Pingel Braat, offers deeply personalized guidance to help you shift protective patterns to flow, expansion, and embodied presence, meeting you with warmth, care, and deep listening so your nervous system can soften, reorganize, and open naturally.

Let your wild, wise, sensuous heart and body guide you to:

• Discover your body as a safe, pleasurable and vibrant home
• Move from being hard on yourself to having a heart for yourself
• Let go of patterns of holding and bracing that keep your body tight
• Regain trust in your inner sensory compass
• Feel fully present in the here-and-now
• Connect with yourself and others from a place of ease, authenticity, and flow

Imagine a day in your retreat...

Starting the day with a reviving breakfast as the first sunbeams touch your skin, followed by a gentle, playful, and energizing NIA Move to Heal session that awakens your body, mind, and spirit. Explore, laugh, and discover the gateways your system offers to heal itself.

Come to your senses in the quiet aliveness of nature, and nourish yourself with Organic Intelligence® sessions over home-baked delights and a fresh, garden-inspired lunch. Early afternoons invite walks in the surrounding nature, dreamy moments in hammocks, refreshing dips in the pool, or simply soaking in the sun-dappled groves.

Late afternoons ease into a slower pace with somatic movement meditations or playful creativity. We end the day with a delicious, nurturing dinner. As dusk settles and bed calls, crickets softly sing under the starry skies, before nature drifts into sleep.

This is a retreat fully tailored to you—your body, your needs, your pace. No prior movement experience is required, only a willingness to dance, move, explore, and play.