DATES
Check-in on Monday, February 16th, 2026, 16:00-18:00.
Check-out on Saturday, February 21th, 2026, by 11:00
LOCATION
Yonshala, 545 Rte de Yon40110 Morcenx-la-Nouvelle, France
Move from your center.
Live from your essence.
This retreat is an invitation to pause, to shed the layers of performance, and to remember what it feels like to move and act from presence. Through somatic practices, nature connection, dialogue, and sisterhood, we’ll explore what authenticity means, not as an ideal, but as the embodied truth of being more fully you.
Whether you’re feeling stuck, burnt out, or simply ready to return to yourself, Inner Rising offers space to reset, root, and rise.
Our Journey:
Root · Yield · Attune · Rise
🌱 Day 1 — Root
Grounding practices to find your sense of home and inner foundation.
💧 Day 2 — Yield
Exploring depth, softness, and trust through movement, touch, and water.
🌿 Day 3 — Attune
Clarifying your vision and aligning with your center through creativity and reflection.
🔥 Day 4 — Rise
Celebrating expansion, expression, and sisterhood with fire, movement, and dance.
Program Highlights
🍃 Nature-inspired practices to connect with the landscape around you—and the nature within.
🍃 Somatic explorations to awaken your body’s innate wisdom.
🍃 Intuitive movement to let your authenticity shine through.
🍃 Journaling, reflection & guided dialogue woven with sharing circles.
🍃 Support, sisterhood & celebration in a safe, nurturing space.
Nature-Inspired Yoga & Elements Exploration
Elemental Yoga weaves together the wisdom of the five elements: earth, water, wood, fire, and air, as a mirror for our inner landscape. Each practice is inspired by the qualities of the elements: grounding like earth, yielding like water, clarifying like wood, expanding like fire.
Through movement, breath, and reflection, we explore how these forces live within us and how they guide the way we root, attune, and rise in life. At the retreat, the elements aren’t just symbols, they become anchors for presence, tools for decision-making, and companions on the journey back to your authentic center.
Somatic Explorations
We journey inward through somatic practices: gentle, mindful movements and embodied awareness techniques that reconnect you to your body’s innate wisdom. We move away from a performance-driven mindset and instead explore how to sense deeply, rediscovering the body as our ultimate guide.
This work is about embracing and nurturing presence, finding strength within the softness of yielding. We bend so we do not break, cultivating resilience without hardening, learning to meet life with fluidity, awareness, and grace.
Together, we will explore what it means to move, feel, and rise from a place of deep inner listening. We empower the women’s way of strength, rooted in presence and guided by the wisdom of the body.
Soulful Food for Women’s Health & Hormonal Balance
At this retreat, meals are more than nourishment. Food is a practice of care, connection, and balance. Our menu is designed to support women’s health and hormonal harmony through whole, seasonal, and nutrient-rich foods that ground and replenish.
Expect colorful, vibrant dishes crafted to:
• Stabilize energy and mood
• Support hormonal rhythms through key nutrients
• Nourish digestion and gut health
• Offer warmth, comfort, and vitality
Meet Your Hosts
Willemieke Verweij
Yogi-Chef & Movement Teacher
Fanny Alavoine
Yoga Teacher & Space Holder
Practical Informations
ADDRESS
Yonshala, 545 Rte de Yon40110 Morcenx-la-Nouvelle, France
The retreat takes place in the beautiful surroundings of Bordeaux, France. From Bordeaux it is about 1.5 hours by car or train to the retreat location.
PRICES
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Semi-Private Pod – €795,00
A cozy personal nook within a shared four-person space, designed for privacy and comfort. Includes access to a shared bathroom with multiple showers.
Double Room – €995,00
A spacious two-person room with an en-suite bathroom, offering a balance of comfort and connection.
A deposit of €400 secures your place. The remaining balance is due one month before the retreat begins.
INCLUDED IN THE PRICE
• Accomodation: 5 nights / 4 full days in a peaceful retreat space
• Daily elemental-inspired yoga practices
• Guided somatic explorations, from deep body scans to intuitive movement (including fire-side practices)
• Journaling & sharing circles woven throughout for reflection and connection
• Access to hot tub & sauna for deep rest and restoration
• All meals included, nourishing, soulful food prepared with care
• Bikes provided for a mindful day trip to the lake
Not included:
• Travel to Bordeaux
• Personal expenses
DATES & TIME
Check-in on Monday, February 16th, 2026, 16:00-18:00.
Check-out on Saturday, February 21th, 2026, by 11:00
DAILY RHYTHM
Morning
8:30 | Centering Movement Practice
10:30 | Morning Workshop
(with breakfast & tea break included)
Afternoon
An afternoon workshop (around 1h30) will be offered—sometimes at the start of the afternoon, sometimes later—depending on the flow of the day and the weather. The remaining time is spacious: for rest, journaling, or simply enjoying nature.
(lunch & dinner included)
The full and final program will be shared with you at the start of the retreat. Expect a balance of structure and spaciousness, with room for rest, reflection, and spontaneity.
Tip:
Consider booking an extra day or night in Bordeaux! It’s a vibrant and beautiful city that is definitely worth exploring.
Inner Rising is for you if…
- You’re craving time to reconnect with yourself beyond daily roles.
- You want to explore authenticity, presence and movement without performance.
- You’re seeking both solitude and sisterhood.
- You’re ready to root, yield, attune, and rise into your next chapter.
Come as you are. Leave more fully yourself.