El Molino de Plata | Luxury villa in Granada, C. Alta, Albuñuelas, Spanje
Up to 12 in group
October 11 - 18, 2026
About this Retreat
Nathalie Dewalhens was born in Belgium in the swinging sixties. She has a university degree in Communication Sciences at the university of Brussels and used to work in the music and video industry for many years. The love for the arts never faded and after working in Belgium and France, Nathalie became a tourist guide in Berlin and the Madame of the Poetry Brothel of Berlin. She’s a performer poet, a writer and a facilitator.
As a facilitator, she is trauma informed and integrity, transparency and vulnerability are the words she loves to keep close to her soul. Her specialities are conscious kink and sexuality, awareness of touch and embodiment, and heart connection. She’s also neuro diverse, and strongly believes that although it is far from being a superpower, it is indeed a great teacher.
Nathalie possesses a restless spirit, always in search of knowledge and beauty. Wanderlust and vicissitudes of life make her biography a travelogue. She currently lives in Spain, between the mountains and the sea. What remains forever after all the travelling are her two now grown-up children, the persistent lust for life and the eternal wonder. She’s a big fan of vulnerability and kindness.
Nathalie has been travelling in the neo tantra world since 2014 and has seen all its shadows: the dark ones and the golden ones. She’s a Vermilion Morning Social Host, organised online and in real life Sensual Salons along with Writer Retreats (with Alison Pilling) and Neo Tantric Talks and last but not least: she’s a licensed Jamie Catto Bring It Insanely Gifted teacher. As a certified Intimacy and Relationship Coach she loves to use hypnosis in her sessions.
She truly believes the world would be a better place if there was more sensuality in the world.
Highly influenced by Trungpa Rinpoche, Henry Miller, Pema Chodron, Nietzsche, Esther Perel, Darwin, Frans de Waal a.o. which partly explains her no nonsense approach and the elements of crazy wisdom. She likes flamenco, tango and tequila, mango and Pablo Neruda. She hasn’t eaten animals since the age of 13 and wants to keep it that way.
Nathalie, also known under her nom de plume Machig de Valence or Muse, published three books and her poems are published in different (maga)zines around the world. Right now she's working on a memoir.
Details of this retreat
Crone:
According to scholar Clarissa Pinkola Estés, the Crone is "the one who sees far, who looks into the spaces between the worlds and can see what is coming, what has been, and what is now and what underlies and stands behind many things. [...] The Crone represents the ability to see, more than just with one’s eyes alone, but to see with the heart’s eyes, with the soul’s eyes, through the eyes of the creative force and the animating force of the psyche."
in Tibetan Tantra (Vajrayana) there are profound rituals that honor older women and feminine wisdom, especially within the lineages of Machig Labdrön, Chöd, and the female dakini traditions. In Tibetan thought, age is not decline — it is ripened power.
This is exactly what this retreat will do: celebrate the feminine wisdom.
For decades, you've nurtured others. Now it's your time to be nurtured. Imagine waking up knowing you don’t have to do anything. Maybe dip in the pool, have breakfast in the garden, go for a walk in the village. Before you start your day of celebration and self-discovery with other badass women like you.
So that’s it. You survived peri-menopause and menopause. Now what? You already did some work on yourself but you don’t really like the woo woo of most of the retreats and you feel too old to join them anyway. Do you feel depleted? Burned out? In need of inspiration? Or ready for change but don’t really know how? Are you tired of small talk? And is the bag with fucks given still too full?
Are you curious about the power of sisterhood and the life of other mature women? Do you want to skip the chit chat and have meaningful conversations and make friends for life?
Then this retreat is for you!
You will return home recharged, with new skills to help you in this new beautiful phase in your life. You will learn how to sooth your nervous system and how to be in your body and out of your mind.
"Nathalie is an excellent, energetic and experienced facilitator and leader who will safely hold space for your transformational work. Taking part in one of her workshops has brought me closer to myself and closer to more pleasure in my daily life, which is an amazing gift! Thank You, Nathalie! Recommend!" – Yelli (Hamburg)
THIS IS NOT FOR WOMEN WHO:
Want a rigid, overscheduled program
Are uncomfortable with body awareness
Are unable or unwilling to self reflect
Prefer to stay in their comfort zone
Are seeking medical or psychological advice
Want a passive spa holiday or another yoga retreat
suffer from deep trauma or other serious psychological issues; we kindly ask you to please consult a specialist. This retreat is not meant as therapy although the experience can be therapeutic.
Expect to be dressed in white, drinking cacao and dance around the fire singing Kumbaya.