Inner Sparkle Sanctuary Jardin de Luz

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  1. About Sanctuary Jardin de Luz
  2. About the 7 Day 1:1 Reclaim Your Inner Freedom Somatic Dance Retreat
  3. Accommodation options
  4. Photo Gallery Accommodations
  5. How to get to Sanctuary Jardin de Luz
  6. What to bring
  7. Price list private retreats

Our inner sparkle sanctuary Jardin de Luz lies amidst peaceful olive and citrus groves. It is embedded in the earthy, powerful energy of the Alpujarra mountains on the south side of the Sierra Nevada National Park, in Granada province in Spain.

We are within walking distance of the lively, friendly mountain village of Lanjarón and close to the bohemian village of Orgiva.

The nearest beaches are a 40-minute drive away. The city of Granada is 60 minutes by bus and 45 minutes by car.

The Alpujarra way of life is simple, honest, pure, and closely intertwined with the calm rhythms of nature. The Alpujarra is known for its pure air, beautiful nature, pristine spring water, an abundance of colorful healing herbs, rich wildlife, and enchanting walks in the mountains, where we breathe in the ancient culture of the Moors, walking along centuries-old irrigation channels and medieval donkey trails.

Jardin de Luz offers a friendly, caring atmosphere where you can be truly you.

It is the perfect setup for coming back to self and to rest, digest, and recharge. Our large outdoor dance space with a wooden floor, facing the ancient pine forest and high mountain peaks of The Sierra Nevada, offers an intimate setting for gentle healing, and playful self-discovery, allowing your inner world to be felt and expressed.

In our wild orchard, there are many lovely spots to retreat alone. The pool behind the guesthouse offers another quiet spot, among the trees and surrounded by nature. Our shaded outdoor dining area offers an inviting space for connection, meaningful conversations and fun.

7 Day 1:1 Reclaim Your Inner Freedom Somatic Dance Retreat

How do you feel? Really?

Pause a moment, listen. What is actually alive inside, right now?

Have you learned to brace, or to hold yourself?

Do you feel that strong pull underneath to live from who you are, rather than who you learned to be?

This private 7-day / 6-night Somatic Dance and Quantum Human Design retreat offers a journey back home for women who have learned to brace, hold, and stay guarded — and who long to feel at ease with themselves again.

I offer a playful journey guided by ease and pleasure, as a way to stay within your nervous system’s capacity and bandwidth while you go inward and get to know yourself more.

In the zone of ease, change feels safer and natural.

I support you in orienting towards what feels easy and pleasurable rather than efforting.

With a refined sensitivity, I feel into your undertow and attune to your body’s language, guiding you into direct contact with what is alive in you and ready to move, express, and shift.

I guide you to:

  • Reconnect with your Sensual Wild Wise Feminine Self
  • Shift those perception patterns that keep you stuck in states that don’t feel alive, present, and spirited
  • Re-align with the truth of your Wild Wise Heart and Playful Self Wise
  • Transform beliefs and emotional patterns that keep you from being fully you
  • Rewrite the stuck stories you tell yourself about yourself — and the world around you
  • Re-embody and rekindle that Inner Sparkle

Through guided free dance, playful movement, embodied creativity, and Quantum Human Design, come back to inner belonging and ease in being you.

This private retreat is fully tailored to your needs.

Each day, I meet you where you are and offer practices that support more ease, openness, and presence.

  • Daily one-on-one in-depth somatic dance, movement, embodied creativity and organic intelligence post-trauma growth sessions
  • An in-depth exploration of your Quantum Human Design, woven throughout your retreat
  • 100% private attention and care
  • Three nourishing, organic meals daily, tailored to support your gut and nervous system

This retreat offers a playful journey into the heart of your being, creating space to welcome yourself home as you are.

With your Sensuous Body Wise as your inner compass, you reconnect with the joy of being you—so your story can move into a grounded, embodied “yes” to yourself.

You leave with an inner map for creating a beautiful life from who you are, guided by your Wild Wise Heart and Self Wise, rooted in self-acceptance, vitality, pleasure, and a strong sense of inner safety and felt connection.

Before booking, let’s connect: a short conversation to see if this retreat is right for you.

What makes this retreat special

What keeps you from fully being yourself?

I created the retreat Reclaim Your Inner Freedom to support women who live with a constant undercurrent of holding and bracing, and a quiet, lingering restraint around expressing themselves freely with others.

Women who long to feel more fully themselves with ease and joy.

Maybe you recognize this in yourself:

  • Muting your voice, or dimming your light
  • Holding back, worried about being enough
  • Self-consciousness that seems to be always present
  • A quiet holding back with others, even when it feels safe.
  • A body that feels tense, tired, or easily overwhelmed

It can feel like living with one foot on the brake.

In this retreat, the energetic wisdom of your Quantum Human Design meets the sensuous, body-led intelligence that reveals itself through Somatic Dance, Movement, and Embodied Creativity.

This is a deeply personal experience: body-centered, soul-led, and fully tailored to you: Attuned to your body, your nervous system, and your unique life journey.

Together, we unwind the patterns of intensity, efforting, and inner holding physically, emotionally, and neurologically, by meeting what is ready to shift in this moment and allowing your system to reorganize from within.

As these layers loosen, what begins to resurface is:

  • Your Sensuous Body Wise
  • Your Wild Wise Heart
  • Your Playful Self Wise
  • Your intuitive, soul-led knowing.
  • Your natural capacity to feel, sense, and move through life with sensuality, receptivity, and your unique touch.

We create the conditions, like rich, living soil, for your inner world to expand and bloom. So you can create a beautiful life from who you are, rather than who you learned to be.

This is a fully private 1:1 retreat, held in a warm and grounded environment.

Every session and practice is attuned to where you are. So, you can meet yourself fully, gently, and on your terms.

Your journey is yours alone, guided by me with care, presence, and deep listening to your system.

My approach

This retreat weaves together:

  • Organic Intelligence® Post-Trauma Growth Coaching
  • NIA Move to Heal
  • Embodied Creativity
  • Chakradance

At its heart is MAMA — Map, Anchor, Move, Align — A soul-led somatic pathway I created, rooted in the innate intelligence of your biology

Through MAMA, you will:

Map yourself in the here-and-now

Anchor safely in your Sensuous Wise Body

Move from your body’s wisdom, shifting tension into fluidity

Align your inner compass to ease, joy, meaning, and Inner Sparkle

Everything is adapted to you — your body, your needs, your pace.

What does this open for you?

  • Releasing patterns of holding, bracing, and guarding
  • Expanding your capacity to feel — without overwhelm
  • Reconnecting with your senses and sensations in a pleasurable and gentle way
  • Moving through life with more ease, joy, and self-acceptance
  • Awakening your natural creativity, intuition, and aliveness
  • Deepening connection with the longings of your Wildly Wise Heart

And a freeing of who you have always been, beneath the holding.

Alive. Open. Sensuous. Playful, Free.

A few practical notes

No prior movement experience is required — only a willingness to dance, 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 intent.

The modalities woven into this retreat

MAMA: Map, Anchor, Move, Align

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

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, meaning, movement; and your senses: we tune into them to increase resilience, self-compassion, and growth.

Sessions help your nervous system reorganize and restore inner rhythms and equilibrium, providing a reliable inner compass to engage life with ease, vitality, joy, and authentic connection.

Embodied Creativity – a guided journey of self-exploration through expressive dance, playful movement, Intuitive Systemic Constellations, active imagery, and artful practices that awaken your Curious Inner Explorer and spark your creative aliveness. And reconnect you deeply with the longings and self-healing of your Wild Wise Heart and Self Wise.

Chakradance a body-mind healing practice of spontaneous dance meditations and creativity, blending free-flowing movement, Jungian archetypal imagery, and vibrational sound. It releases stagnant energy, awakens your body’s wisdom, and opens you to a deeper connection with life and with yourself.

Quantum Human Design – a roadmap of your energetic blueprint and a body compass. It reconnects you with the wisdom of your unique system, revealing the genius ways it communicates your gifts and guiding you to live with clarity, flow, and alignment. This extraordinary synthesis, weaving Eastern and Western Astrology, the I Ching, Kabbalah, the Chakra system, and modern science (quantum physics, epigenetics), invites you to listen to your Sensuous Body Wise in every choice and decision.

All woven to guide your nervous system, body, and inner wisdom into flow, clarity, and alignment.

Awaken your wild, sensuous, wise self.

This private 7-day / 6-night women-only retreat invites you to reconnect with your Sensual Wild Wise Feminine Self and rediscover your vitality, pleasure, and inner sparkle.

Set amidst peaceful olive and citrus groves at Jardín de Luz Inner Sparkle Sanctuary, you’ll move, play, and explore in a space fully attuned to your body, your nervous system, and your unique rhythm. Every session, practice, and moment is personalized, meeting you where you are while inviting you forward with ease and flow.

Here, you will:

Welcome yourself home.
Reclaim your body as a safe, pleasurable, and vibrant place to be.

Release patterns of holding, bracing, and tension.
Feel more fully present and alive in your body.

Deepen self-compassion in your inner world.
Make choices that honor your vitality, well-being, and true self.

Connect with yourself and others from joy, ease, and flow.

And feel your Inner Sparkle rekindle!

How you’ll move through this journey
  • Support your body and nervous system’s natural capacity for reorganization
  • Engage in playful present moment awareness, creative dance, and somatic movement that invite you to release what no longer supports you
  • Rebalance and nurture your nervous system and body systems, transforming movement habits that limit energy, mobility, ease, vitality, and a sense of security

This retreat is your invitation to step fully into yourself, trust your body’s wisdom, and reconnect with the freedom, joy, and vitality that wait at the heart of your being.

Imagine a day on your retreat

Wake to the first sunbeams and a reviving breakfast. Move with joy in a gentle, playful NIA Move to heal or Chakradance™ that awakens body, mind, and spirit.

Spend quiet aliveness in nature. Nourish your nervous system and yourself with Organic Intelligence® conversations and a fresh, garden-inspired lunch.

Afternoons invite walks, hammock moments, refreshing dips, or sun-dappled rest.

Late afternoons flow into somatic movement meditations or playful embodied creativity, closing with a delicious, nurturing dinner.

As night falls, enjoy the sky filled with sparkling stars.

Accommodations in Sanctuary Jardin de Luz

Next to the main house is a guest house. It has a large spacious bedroom equipped with a comfortable double bed, wardrobe, seating area, French doors with fly screens and a fan.It has its own spacious bathroom with rain shower, bidet, and wash basin.

The room has a beautiful view over the olive groves and hills.

The guest house further offers a well-equipped kitchen with a homely dining area for all guests to use. Behind the house is the swimming pool which is also available to all guests of Jardin de Luz. There are nice seating areas overlooking the olive groves and farmlands.

 

Next to the main house is a guest house. It has two cosy small bedrooms. Both are equipped with a comfortable bed, a window with a flyscreen, and a small wardrobe. We provide a fan in summer and electric heating in the rooms in winter. They share a bathroom, and toilet in the hallway.

Note: When you book a private retreat, you will have the bathroom all to yourself.

Both rooms have a nice view over the olive groves and hills.

The guest house offers a well-equipped kitchen with a homely dining area for all guests to use. Behind the house is the swimming pool which is also available to all guests of Jardin de Luz. There are nice seating areas overlooking the olive groves and farmlands.

Located in a quiet area on our Finca, this cosy private 1-room cabana offers guests a peaceful, luxurious camping experience. It has a comfortable single bed with mosquito net, seating area, and window screens. A fan is available during the hot days in July and August.

The cabana has its own private eco-toilet nearby, and a small sitting area outside overlooking the valley where eagles nest. The bathroom with rain shower and toilet is next to the main house. It is shared with a maximum of one other person.

Note: When you book a private retreat, you´ll have this bathroom all to yourself.

The kitchen in the guest house and the swimming pool are also open to guests staying in the cabana.

This spacious bell tent, located in a quiet area on our Finca, offers guests a tranquil, camping experience. The tent is equipped with a real bed mattress and a mosquito net. It has a little lounge area outside

The tent has a private eco-toilet close by and overlooks the beautiful valley where eagles nest from spring to autumn. The bathroom with rain shower, wash basin, and toilet is next to the main house. It is shared with a maximum of one other person.
When you book a private retreat, you have this bathroom all to yourself.

Guests staying in the tent can use the kitchen in the guesthouse and the swimming pool behind the guesthouse

Our retreats offer you a digital detox to lower your stress levels, feel more connected to your deeper needs, calm your nervous system, and enjoy your retreat to the fullest. Therefore free wifi is only available on the terraces of the main house.

The swimming pool is open from 31 May to 31 September.

Photo gallery accommodations Sanctuary Jardin de Luz

How to get to Inner Sparkle Sanctuary Jardin de Luz?

Book your flight to Malaga Airport (AGP) or F.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaen Airport (GRX)

Malaga Airport is a 90-minute drive from our sanctuary Jardin de Luz. Many budget airlines fly into this airport. Most of our guests arrive here

Granada Airport is closer, a 60-minute drive away. It handles mostly domestic flights and European flights.

From the Airports of Malaga and Granada there are 3 options to reach our venue:

Pick up and Drop off service from the Airport of Malaga

The most convenient way to travel from Malaga or Granada Airport to Lanjaron is to have a driver of the Alpujarra Airport Transfer pick you up and possibly also drop you off. Those costs are not included in the retreat price. We are happy to help you arrange a pick-up and/or drop-off at the airport.

Malaga Airport (AGP) is 90 minutes distance from our sanctuary Jardin de Luz.

Alpujarra Airport Transfer charges 90 euros for pick-up or drop-off. Or 180 euros for both pick-up and drop-off.

Costs may be lower if Alpujarra Airport Transfer can arrange a shared ride to or from either Airport. They will try to combine rides as much as possible. You pay the cost directly in cash to the driver.

What we need to book one of the Alpujarra Airport transfer services for you:

  • your flight number,
  • arrival time,
  • phone/Whatsapp number

Public transport per ALSA bus

The public transport company in Andalucia is called ALSA.

From Malaga Airport, there is a direct bus to Granada´main busstation. It takes around 2 hrs.

There also goes a bus from Granada Airport to the main bus station of Granada.

From the main bus station of Granada, you can travel by bus to Lanjarón. This bus only runs a few times a day and will take about  1 to 1,5 hrs.

In the summer months, it is best to book the bus trip in advance through the ALSA web. Ticket booking and exact timetables can be found on the website of ALSA: https://www.alsa.com/en/

In Lanjarón we will pick you up at the bus stop at the main roundabout. All retreat participants will receive our Whatsapp numbers in advance to contact us upon arrival or as needed.

We can assist you at any time.

Renting a car at Malaga Airport.

Car rentals, not located directly at the airport venue, offer better prices. And mostly they have a little shuttle bus to take you from the Airport to their car park a few kilometers away from the Airport and vice versa. The information for Granada Airport will mostly be the same.

 Our place is located in a mountain area, away from urban settlements. Not all roads to our Finca are paved. Although most of the roads are tarmac, you encounter a rocky, dirt road for the last 100 meters to our Finca.

 You can get there in a normal car (like we have). It is not necessary at all to rent a 4x4 or SUV. We do recommend to rent a car that is a bit higher on the wheels. We also recommend taking out all-in insurance for the hire car.

Remember to check whether you need an international driving license to drive in Spain. For EU citizens, this is not required.

 Some  affordable car rental companies that people have used:

 

To avoid misunderstandings; all travel expenses, such as airport transfer, bus etc, are not included in the retreat price.

What to bring

Clothes

You will be moving, and dancing, so clothes in which you feel comfortable and happy and in which you can move freely are recommended. I recommend you bring clothes that may get dusty, and dirty as we also do some creative practices. All art materials I use can be washed out easily.

I also recommend that you bring clothes that you can wear in layers. So you can adjust according to temperature. We will possibly make a trip to the higher mountain villages or beaches.

Footwear

All dance and movement workshops will take place on the wooden outdoor floor. They are meant to be done barefoot or with footwear with a thin, flexible sole. Personally, I use toe pads or anti-slip socks on the colder days whereas I dance barefoot when the weather permits me.

I recommend bringing a pair of walking shoes/sneakers. We request that no shoes be worn indoors. We offer simple slippers for indoor use if you can't bring any so no worries.

Towels, bed linen, and toiletries

Bedlinen and two towels are provided by us. We also provide you with a beach towel to use at the swimming pool during summer retreats. In winter we provide warm socks and slippers to wear in the guest house and main house.

We also offer a small organic artisanal soap bar.

We ask you to bring all other toiletries like tooth brush, toothpaste, shampoo etc. yourself.

Pricelist private retreats

Solo retreats (7 Days)

7-Day 1:1 Reclaim Your Inner Freedom somatic dance and coaching Retreat
Spacious room with private bathroom € 1579,00
Cozy room with shared bathroom € 1529,00
Private cabana in nature € 1529,00
Private Bell tent in nature € 1479,00
7-Day 1:1 From Bracing into Inner Sparkle somatic coaching & dance movement retreat
Spacious room with private bathroom € 1579,00
Cozy room with shared bathroom € 1529,00
Private cabana in nature € 1529,00
Private Bell tent in nature € 1479,00

Included in the price are:

  • All sessions mentioned in the program of the specific retreat
  • 3 daily delicious, nutritious organic meals
  • Water, tea, coffee, herb infusions, almonds, and fruits from our land
  • 6 Nights accommodation
  • Trip to the mountains or beach
  • Pre- and post retreat support from our team

NOT included in the price are:

  • Any Travel costs like Airport transfer etc
  • Flight- and/or public transport costs
  • Travel- and  Cancellation Insurances
  • Visa costs
  • Additional bodywork sessions
  • Additional activities not mentioned in the program