Step Into the Sanctuary of Your Senses
A dreamy, nature-based retreat for women ready to embody softness, sisterhood, and sacred seduction.
🌿 Welcome to The Sensual Sanctuary
This is your invitation to a transformational weekend designed for the woman who desires to feel again.
From August 22–24, immerse yourself in sacred nature with a sisterhood of soul-led women. Through movement, stillness, ritual, and ceremony, you will return to the delicious safety of your body and reignite the luminous flame within. Led by a team of heart-centered facilitators, artists, and healers. You don't want to miss out on this!
ABOUT
What does this retreat have to offer?
This retreat will offer:
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🌸 Luscious embodiment & movement sessions
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🧘🏽♀️ Morning yoga & breathwork
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🍇 Raw vegan meals & fresh juices
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💗 Sister circles & journaling rituals
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🎨 Body art & creative self-expression
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🔥 Firelight ceremony & barefoot dance
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🛁 Sacred foot baths & optional yoni steaming
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💌 Brown bag affirmation love notes
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🎶 Chanting + ancestral lantern release under the stars
You don’t need to do more to be worthy of this. Your body is already your temple. Your sensuality is already your power. Let’s unlock it together — in circle, in softness, and in sacredness.
Spots are limited. Will you say yes to your most indulgent self?
Meet Your Host Sharde'
Sharde’ is a radiant embodiment of what it means to live sensually, soulfully, and unapologetically. A holistic wellness guide, cancer thriver, and lifelong circle facilitator, her passion for helping women come home to their bodies began in high school and blossomed in college — where her women’s circle still carries on her legacy of love and sisterhood to this day.
Now, with years of experience guiding women in their 30s, 40s, and 50s, Sharde’ gently leads others to rediscover pleasure, softness, and peace after trauma. She is a devoted self-love and self-esteem enthusiast, a peace-from-within advocator, and a sacred space creator for women reclaiming their sensual wholeness. Through movement, presence, and ritual, she reminds women that their bodies are not battlegrounds — they are home.
Let her be your guide on this luscious journey.
Circa Sensual Gathering '19
STAFF
Our Magical Facilitators Team
Throughout the weekend, you’ll be gently held, inspired, and guided by a hand-selected group of magical women — each a master of her own sacred craft. From soulful yoga teachers and sensual embodiment guides to womb wisdom keepers, plant-based chefs, and expressive artists, these facilitators bring more than just expertise — they bring heart, softness, and the safety of sisterhood. Their presence will enrich each moment, helping you tap into your luminous self and awaken every sacred inch of your being.
Desiré Lott~ Sugar and Sage
Sensual Liberation Siren & Lover of Sacred Expression
Desiré Lott is a Sensual Liberator, Pleasure Activist, Yoni Egg Practitioner, and Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance. She has transformed her undeniable passion for soul-filled sensuality, embodied movement, feminine pleasure, and sisterhood into what is now Sugar and Sage.
For over a decade, Desiré has guided women across the globe through sensual yoga, trauma-informed embodiment, and erotic self-discovery. With certifications in Tantric ritual, trauma-informed yoga, restorative and yin yoga, and yoni egg practices, she fuses depth and delight in every experience she creates.She has been featured on MGM’s steamy series and is a recognized voice in the sensual liberation movement.
At The Sensual Sanctuary, she’ll be offering a decadent exploration into body-led liberation through sacred movement, breath work, and feminine play. Her presence is magnetic — a loving mirror for women stepping into their pleasure, power, and softness.
"I believe in womxn creating a safe space for other womxn. A continuous sharing of all things, a transference of power." – Desiré
Raquel Walker- Roc Lymph Haven
Womb Whisperer & Ritual Storykeeper
Raquel Walker is a sacred facilitator, intuitive healer, licensed massage therapist, and founder of Roc Lymph Haven. With over a decade of experience, she integrates ancestral wisdom with lymphatic therapy, energy healing, and spiritual ritual to guide others into remembrance and release.
Her work centers Black women and families, offering sessions and ceremonies that cultivate tenderness, truth, and personal transformation. Raquel is a poet, storyteller, and mother whose healing spaces feel like sacred homecomings.
At The Sensual Sanctuary, she will lead “Womb & Word: A Ritual of Remembering,” an intimate journey into the sacral space using breath, sound, and affirmations. Her credentials include massage licensure, lymphatic therapy, and ritual-based facilitation rooted in embodied presence.
Erica~ Jae Sol
Embodied Ease Enchantress & Womb Dance Cultivar
Erica, known as Jae Sol, is a certified RYT-500 yoga instructor, movement facilitator, and former social worker with over a decade of experience. Her practice blends Hatha yoga, Queen Afua certified womb care, trauma-informed techniques, and sensual exploration.
A global traveler and creative spirit, Jae Sol channels her gifts through nature, affirmations, and gentle movement. She has led yoga and womb ceremonies for women of all walks of life and is passionate about guiding others back to joy and self-discovery.
At The Sensual Sanctuary, she will lead sacred womb dance sessions that liberate the hips, heart, and voice—calling women into wild freedom and soft surrender.
Janella B~ The Kitchen Vixen
Sensual Herbal Chef & Culinary Alchemist
Janella B, known as The Kitchen ViXen, is a medicinal traveling chef born and raised in Rochester, NY. As the founder of KTT Catering, she creates herbal-infused dishes and soulful meals that satisfy more than just the appetite—they nourish the spirit.
Specializing in intuitive tea crafting and mood-enhancing elixirs, she brings her holistic passion to every table she sets. With a mission to elevate the mind, body, and spirit through food, Janella not only cooks but also mentors aspiring chefs through workshops and collaborations. Her pop-up tastings are known citywide for their magic, intention, and soul-satisfying goodness.
At The Sensual Sanctuary, she will be preparing raw vegan meals, herbal teas, juices, and plant-based delights to seduce your taste buds and soothe your spirit.
Alicia ~ Earth Kissed Ears
Intuitive Artist & Womb Wellness Advocate
Alicia is a visual alchemist whose intuitive artworks are channeled expressions of spirit, ancestral memory, and deep emotional truths. With a background in womb wellness advocacy and lived experience navigating and healing herself through Graves’ disease, Alicia brings both creativity and knowledge to the healing space.
Her art is an act of spiritual meditation—often flowing without plan, led purely by ancestral energy. She will be guiding a powerful workshop on womb health, thyroid awareness, and healing through visual expression, and leading the exclusive VIP Womb Art Experience.
Through her own journey of honoring her divine feminine and intuitive medicine, Alicia invites women to see their bodies and creativity as sacred.
Melissa~Azecata Studio
Sacred Forager & Ancestral Altar Keeper
Melissa is a sacred altar builder, spiritual nail artist, intuitive card reader, and ritual designer. Her connection to the earth and ancestral guidance shines through her unique offering: a foraging walk and altar creation ceremony.
Through herbs, natural treasures, and spiritual storytelling, Melissa teaches women to build personal altars that ground and empower. With years of experience crafting moon rituals and intuitive ceremonies, she creates spaces where the seen and unseen harmonize.
At The Sensual Sanctuary, Melissa will lead you on a nature walk to gather elements for your personal altar, infusing the ritual with reverence, creativity, and ancestral wisdom.
Nia ~ Venusian Soul Apothecary
Goddesstry Muse & Botanical Beauty Curator
Nia is the founder of Venusian Soul Apothecary and a divine creatrix rooted in beauty, ritual, and herbal knowledge. Her Ancient & Natural Beauty Workshop is a sacred space to reclaim your glow using herbs, oils, and intuitive techniques—free from chemicals and full of divine intention.
Her offerings include handmade jewelry, goddess candles, herbal oils, and incense to elevate your daily rituals. As a devoted guide of Goddesstry, she channels Venusian energy into every creation, reminding women of their divine birthright to adorn, anoint, and alchemize.
Her enchanting apothecary will be open throughout the weekend, so you can take home sacred pieces to continue your goddess practices in your everyday life. From altar adornments to beauty potions, Nia’s creations are infused with the same softness and sacred energy that will surround you at the Sanctuary.
