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13 – 17 August, 2026

EROS MEDICINE JOURNEY with Shāradā Devī

A Sacred Feminine Retreat of erotic remembrance, sensual awakening, and attunement to the living field rooted in embodied somatic presence.

Nights
4
Saunas
4
GUIDED SESSIONS
10

A RETREAT FOR YOU

The Call of Eros

A pilgrimage where sensuality becomes prayer and presence is home. This retreat is for women and vulva owners.

Before the world divided love into categories, humanity lived in the wisdom of Eros: the life-force of love itself.

Eros was never about performance or act; it was about feeling.

It was love made tangible through the senses, through presence, through the body as temple.

To answer the Call of Eros is to remember this ancient intelligence, the knowing that love, sensuality, and spirit are not separate.

It is to return to your natural state of feeling, sensing, and being fully alive, fully awake, fully here.

 

Amidst the stillness of the Swedish forest, embraced by lakes, trees, and silence, we gather for a sacred remembrance.

This retreat is an invitation for women and vulva-bodied beings to return home to their essence to reclaim the erotic as the intelligence of life itself.

 Here, we explore Eros not as an act, but as an essence
the pulse of life that moves through our senses, breath, and heart.
 
Through embodied practice, sacred movement, ritual, and energy work,
we return to the simplicity of feeling:
to sense, to listen, to let spirit breathe through form.
 
This is a journey of erotic remembrance, where sensuality becomes the bridge between spirit and matter
and where the feminine learns again to feel her own energy as sacred power.
 
It is not about performance, nor about liberation as society defines it.

It is about true liberation: the freedom that arises when we learn to be with our energy, to move with awareness,
and to reclaim the original wholeness that lives beneath shame and conditioning: that is not within us, but is us.

We are that wholeness itself: limitless existence, the unbroken essence of being.

Eros is the remembrance of that.
Here, sensuality becomes prayer.

Eros becomes the language of the soul.

And liberation becomes the remembrance of your natural, embodied aliveness.

Early Bird

Please note that the early bird discount is valid for all participants, except those in the Muse Program.

If you are in the Muse Program, you’re already receiving a full deduction on the course tuition and only pay for room & board.

Use the coupon Code EROSEARLYBIRD, and enjoy a discount of 725 SEK.

Valid until March 31.

The Essence

Just as plant medicine guides us through purification before renewal, Eros reveals itself as a profound medicine.

One that moves through pain, numbness, and suppression to bring us home to joy, aliveness, and connection.

Through ritual, embodiment, and remembrance, we return to our natural wholeness, where Eros becomes a path of devotion, creativity, and freedom.

Who this retreat if for

This retreat is for women and vulva-bodied beings who feel the subtle call to return to essence  who sense that healing does not mean fixing, but remembering. It is for those longing to live Eros as presence, to feel safe in their sensuality, to know themselves beyond story and identity, and to awaken the quiet power that flows through all life. This journey welcomes:

If you are new to Eros & Sacred Sexuality, you’ll be invited to a pre-retreat call to ensure this journey is aligned for you.  

Important information for those who are not part of the muse or who have not participated in a previous devi school sacred sexuality retreat

Before you proceed with your booking, please complete the questionnaire first. After reviewing your responses, and if you are new to Sharada’s work, we will contact you shortly to arrange a brief discovery call to ensure this retreat is aligned with your needs and that we can hold the space with care.

The purpose of the conversation is to explore whether this retreat is a supportive and aligned fit for you and your current journey. Due to the intimate nature of the retreat, creating a safe, grounded, and nourishing environment for all participants is essential to us, and this step helps ensure that we can truly hold that space with care and integrity.

Why this gathering matters now

To live as a woman today often means living under constant pressure.
Pressure to perform, to compare, to look a certain way, to keep up.
Pressure to be available, productive, radiant, and regulated, even when we are tired, overwhelmed, or quietly empty.

Many women live primarily in the mind, planning, organizing, holding others, caring for families, communities, and visions.
In this rhythm, we slowly lose contact with the body.
We stop hearing its signals.
We forget how to rest deeply, how to slow down, how to feel what is actually moving within us.

There is a profound longing beneath the fatigue.
A longing for stillness, for listening, for a space where nothing is required and everything is welcome.

Eros Medicine Journey offers such a sanctuary.
A time out of time.
A space where you are invited to soften, to land, and to return to yourself.

Here, we slow down enough to feel again.
To nourish ourselves through the elements of nature, earth, water, fire, and air.
To reconnect through presence, self care, gentle self touch, breath, sound, and rest.

And perhaps most importantly, we gather in sisterhood.

Through story sharing and witnessing, we remember what women have always known.
That healing happens when we speak our truth and are met without fixing.
That we grow through stories, shared in circles, held in tenderness, grief, laughter, and celebration.

In this space, you are seen.
You are heard.
You are held.

So that you may return to the world more nourished, more resourced, and more alive.
Not giving from depletion, but from fullness.

 

The living mystery of this jouney

This journey unfolds in response to those who gather.

Each group carries its own constellation, its own rhythm, its own needs.
The practices, rituals, and elemental offerings are shaped by what is present in the field.

    • If fire is needed, we bring fire.
    • If softness and gentleness are called for, we slow down.
    • If grief arises, it is held.
    • If joy wants to move, it is welcomed.

Rather than following a fixed structure, the retreat meets participants where they are. Listening deeply to what is alive, spoken and unspoken.

In this way, each Eros Medicine Journey becomes a living mystery.
Unique, responsive, and guided by presence, intuition, and compassion. 

RETREAT HIGHLIGHTS

What We Explore

Through a tapestry of ancient wisdom and modern somatic science, we journey into:

Embodiment & Self-Pleasure Rituals

Practices that awaken safety and aliveness in the body through embodied presence and self-pleasure rituals.

Somatic Tools for Nervous System Regulation

Trauma-informed somatic practices that support nervous system regulation, emotional processing, and gentle release in a safe space.

Vedic Philosophy & Chanting

Exploring Vedic wisdom and chanting to reveal the oneness (moksha) that is our true nature.

Sacred Sensual Intelligence

Tantric, Daoist, Egyptian, and Shamanic practices that awaken sacred sensual intelligence.

Psychodrama, Dance & Sacred Theatre

Transforming drama and pain into dharma through psychodrama, dance, and sacred theatre.

Elemental Rituals

Working with fire, water, earth, and air as portals of remembrance.

Community & Tribe Circles

Circles that restore trust, admiration, and connection among women and vulva owners.

Spa & Purification Rituals

Rituals that nurture the body as a sacred vessel through spa and purification practices.

Each session is a ceremony, a living temple space devoted to authenticity rather than ideals. We meet what is present and allow life’s intelligence to guide us home to love.

"When we embrace Eros as medicine, we heal not only ourselves but the collective wound of humanity remembering that we have always been whole, that we have never been separate from love."

YOUR DAYS

A Gentle Rhythm

Each day offers a unique program while maintaining this supportive rhythm, creating space for deep practice, connection, and joyful celebration.

Check-in is at 15:00 on the arrival day, and check-out is at 15:00 on the departure day.

Morning

Temple Practice

Meditation, movement, and self-pleasure rituals to regulate and awaken the body and its natural healing abilities.

Afternoon

Integration & Community

Creative playshops, sharing circles, and sacred play to heal the sister wound and nurture true authentic connection.

Evening

Ceremony & Magic

Temple dance, devotional rituals, and mystery rites where the seen and unseen merge. Ample time is woven for rest, journaling, wild swimming, reflection, and forest walks.

ALL-INCLUSIVE

What's Included

Not Included

per person · all-inclusive · shared twin room (other room tiers available)
14500 kr

“All you need is to know that you are whole and complete, and that no experience ever defines you.”

— My teacher of Vedānta

Born to Be Free Podcast
Be Woman Project Channel

YOUR GUIDE

Shāradā Devī

Vedanta and Sacred Sexuality Teacher, Ceremonialist, Founder of Devi School and Born to be Free Podcast

At eighteen, I was told that I would never have a normal life and that I would need medication forever. What was called psychosis became, in truth, a spiritual awakening, a doorway into the mystery of who I truly am. Those words that were meant to confine me instead lit a fire for freedom.

Born to a Swiss and Philippine heritage, I carry the bridge between cultures within me. The analytical and the devotional, the mountain and the sea. This dual root has become a living metaphor for my work: to unite East and West, ancient and modern, heaven and earth, body and soul.

From Switzerland to Venezuela, India, and Bali, I walked the path of yoga, service, and temple dance until I met my teacher of Vedānta, who came from a un interrupted teaching tradition that revealed that the Self is like gold, unchanging and ever-pure, while life’s experiences are merely the ornaments shaped from it.

The forms may differ, yet the essence is one. For more than seventeen years, I have been a devoted student of Vedic wisdom, chanting, ritual, and meditation listening to Mother Veda and resting in the vision of oneness.

The path of embodiment invited me to meet all that I had hidden: childhood wounds, sexual trauma, the sister wound, and the ache of separation from my own body.

Through Ayurveda, Tantra, somatic healing, and women’s mentorship, I learned to feel safe within myself, to honour the body I once rejected, and to transform shame into celebration.

Today, I share what has healed me, guiding people and especially women to remember their inherent wholeness, reclaim their sacred erotic power, and live as love itself.

My work is a bridge between the timeless wisdom of Vedānta and the living body where Eros, devotion, and truth become one.

“You are the gold shining through all ornaments untouched by form, yet giving life to all. You have always been whole.”

www.devischool.info 

Somatic Healing

Yoga therapy

Yoga shastra

Advaita Vedanta

Sensual Inteligence

Embodiment

GUEST EXPERIENCES

Words from Past Students


“Shāradā Devī is a real Teacher, such a rarity these days. She is deeply knowledgeable, kind and honest. She teaches from her heart and she humbly guides you to tap into your own divine self, at whatever stage of your personal journey you may be.

She is living her truth and that shines bright through her work, “like a thousand suns”. If you are on the fence of joining one of her retreats or one of her online courses… DO IT! Take the leap! I guarantee you it will be one of the best and most precious gifts you will ever give yourself.”

F
Fiorenza
Retreat at Shambala


“So, about two weeks ago, I came home from Sharada’s Sacred Sexuality Retreat, and I feel so blessed that I was there.

It was Sharada who really knows how to hold a safe and whole container, and all she wants is for every woman to shine.

It was so beautiful to witness all the courage, the vulnerability, the pleasure, the love, the sisterhood, and to be part of that, to experience it for myself too.

As I was driving home, I felt new. In many ways, it was like a rebirth. I felt my purpose, why I’m here, what I’m here to do, share, and give to the world. It all deepened so much. I’m forever grateful for that.”


“I just finished two retreats with Sharada, her sacred sexuality retreat. I love the variety of women who came here. It’s really been a journey to witness myself in these different groups of women—how you think you are going through one thing, and then you reveal all these different colors of yourself. That wouldn’t be possible if Sharada wasn’t so safe and shared that safe space with all of us.

It’s been a very giving experience. I celebrate my pleasure. I celebrate being courageous to show vulnerability in big groups of women, and also to recognize judgment and burn them all into the fire.

So thank you, Sharada, and thank you to all the women who gathered. It’s been such a joy and pleasure, and I admire all of you.”


“I just joined Sharada’s retreat here in Sweden, these gatherings, and it was an experience that I can hardly put into words.

Many moments came where I was just flowing in certain realms, almost. It was life-changing, actually. We did many practices from Dao Tantra, Dao tradition, that really, really deeply empower women in their essence—in their wombs, their hearts, their breasts. Everything gets stimulated, and you can really let go of what does not belong to you, what you want to transform, and dive deeper into your being.

That was absolutely wonderful to experience. The first day I was really in my more emotional waters—crying, releasing a lot, shedding layers of what does not belong to me. Then it went more and more into this ecstatic, blissful feeling, where I found my power, where I found my sexual energy, where my Shakti was so active. All the women came together, and we shared those powers in the circle, with words but also silence, and that was magic. “

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Frequently Asked Questions

The journey from Arlanda to Shambala (Skinnskatteberg Station) takes around 3 hours and is quite straightforward. You can search for and purchase tickets at www.sj.se.

Please note that the full train schedule is usually available only 2–3 weeks before your intended travel date, so there’s no need to book earlier than that. There are several route options.

As there are no direct trains, you’ll need to take a combination of trains and/or buses. Once you arrive at Skinnskatteberg Station, we’ll pick you up — it’s just a 7-minute drive to Shambala.

Comfortable yoga clothing, a warm layer for the evenings, earplugs and an eye mask for the bright summer mornings, sturdy shoes for forest walks, and a journal if you enjoy writing. Yoga mats and props are provided. Swimwear for the sauna is optional. We’ll send a full packing list after booking.

Our kitchen is designed to avoid the most common allergens. That said, please let us know in advance if you have any food allergies or specific dietary needs, and we’ll take them into account when planning the menu.

For guests with multiple allergies, we offer a simple daily meal option of steamed vegetables and boiled rice.

While we aim to keep our kitchen as gluten-free as possible, trace amounts of gluten may still be present. Our meals are generally suitable for those with gluten intolerance, but we cannot guarantee the absence of cross-contamination for guests with celiac disease.

At Shambala, beyond being a retreat space, we cultivate a way of living deeply rooted in the yogic values of simplicity, presence, non-attachment, contentment, and communion with nature. Rather than luxury, what we offer is intimacy and a sense of belonging. Therefore, our accommodations are simple and mostly shared, with a variety of twin rooms, triple rooms, and glamping tents.

The guiding ethos is one of community and sustainability, creating a vibe that is understated, modest, welcoming, and easy. If you do feel a strong need for a single room, you can write to us. A single room may be available for an additional fee.

All accommodation options have access to shared showers and bathrooms.

We love children and would truly love to be able to host parents with young kids.

However, we’ve found that having young children on site can make it challenging to maintain the peaceful retreat atmosphere that many of our guests seek and deeply value.

For this reason, unless otherwise agreed, our retreats are intended for adults and youth aged 12 and above.

We love animals, but as some guests have allergies, we’re unable to allow animals inside the buildings. For this reason, we kindly discourage guests from bringing their pets.

Retreat Pricing & Terms

Bed linen and towels are included with your booking. You may opt out of both for a 200 SEK discount. To do so, please apply the coupon code ‘NOLINEN’ at checkout.

We understand that life can be unpredictable, and if something unexpected comes up, we truly want to support you as best we can. At the same time, as a small business, we need to honor the sustainability of our work and are therefore unable to offer refunds close to the retreat start date. Thank you so much for your understanding.

  • Cancel up to 3 months before arrival and receive a full refund.

  • Cancel up to 14 days before arrival and receive a 70% refund.

  • Cancel up to 6 days before arrival and receive a 50% refund.

  • If you cancel 5 days or fewer before arrival, the retreat fee is non-refundable.

We warmly recommend arranging travel insurance to cover any unforeseen circumstances.

The retreat cost does not include travel insurance. Travel insurance is recommended for all participants.

The Forest Awaits

14,500 kr · twin room · Early Bird until March 31st

Join us 13 – 17 August, for a Sacred Feminine Retreat of erotic remembrance, sensual awakening, and attunement to the living field rooted in embodied somatic presence.

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