Moga Yoga & Leila Dylla present:
The Way of the Rose:
Awakening the Goddess on the Path of Sacred Enjoyment
JULY 7-16th, 2023
PARIS, FRANCE
Goddess Archetype Deep Dives • Daily Yoga • Pranayama & Transformational Breath Work • Marma Acupressure • Time for R & R • Singing & Chanting • Day-Trip to Paris • Ceremony Honoring the Divine Feminine
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Join Leila Dylla and Alexandra Moga for a gloriously expansive all-inclusive 9-day retreat in the French countryside July 7-16th 2023.
Together we have thoughtfully created a once-in-a-lifetime luxurious retreat experience for YOU to deepen your devotion to your feminine essence and awaken your sacred heart.
“When you understand where the words dirty and holy intersect,
You will have found the secret to everything”
The Way of the Rose retreat is an initiation into walking the divine feminine path. As we learn to honor God within the details of our lives, our bodies, each other, and Mother Nature, our hearts orient to the pulse of Truth that ties us all together, and back to love.
As we ground ourselves in sisterhood, and onto the Holy land where saint Mary Magdalene lived the final years of her life in devotion to God’s endless Love, we aim to awaken our hearts to the wisdom of the Rose.
The Rose represents the ever-expanding feminine heart and is our guide into the deeper layers of our embodied truth as women. SHE teaches us to have unwavering faith in the cycles of life as she blossoms fully in her beauty, just to give herself back to the Earth: unabashed and rich in sincere expression. When we begin to honor the altar of our hearts, we are lifted into our holiness. Anchored within our bodies, attuned to the divine, and in devotion to the Love that heals us.
We have been called to come together in a sacred circle of women, and to offer our collective and creation-inducing prayers for a more harmonious world.
Our days will be filled with sensual movement, Kundalini yoga, meditation, Prema breathwork, gong baths, in-depth Goddess workshops, kirtan, swimming, sunbathing, napping, gardening, creative writing, prayer, ceremony, enjoying decadent chef-prepared meals in the garden, relaxing, laughing, and exploring the abundant nuances of enjoyment, beauty, and pleasure.
Our time together will:
Anchor you into your body
Awaken your heart's deepest desires
Attune your energy back to Joy
Align you with the Divine & Divine Feminine
The Way of the Rose retreat is for:
Any woman who longs to walk in alignment with the divine feminine, and who is devoted to living a life of service.
Any woman who longs to awaken deep joy and pleasure within her body.
Any woman who enjoys the delicacies of the material, and spiritual words and longs to indulge her senses without guilt.
Any woman whose soul is revitalized by sisterhood.
Any woman who longs to reconnect to Mother Nature’s magic.
Any woman who is curious about the mysteries of the Goddess, and longs to reawaken her personal devotion.
Any woman who longs to recalibrate her energy, rest deeply, honor and express her unique beauty unabashedly.
Any woman who feels called to Mary Magdalene’s teachings. SHE calls us all uniquely. If you're listening, YOU will know if it's your time.
We are honored to lead you in this decadent experience of Divine remembrance.
And are so excited to lavish you with holy love.
With reverence,
Alexandra & Leila
THE CHATEAU
Situated an hour south-west of Paris, the retreat house is the former orangerie of the Chateau d’Esclimont (built in 1543). During the 17th century, fruits like orange, pomegranate, and bananas arrived in huge quantities to European ports. Since these plants were not adapted to the harsh European winters, orangeries were invented to protect and sustain them. The high cost of glass made orangeries a status symbol showing wealth and luxury. Gradually, due to technological advancements, orangeries became more of a classic architectural structure that enhanced the beauty of an estate garden, rather than a room used for wintering plants. Our space maintains its exquisite facade and original 18th century design elements with all modern amenities and upgrades, including a chef’s kitchen, bedroom suites, heated pool, and extensive garden, making the property a luxurious country home.
DAILY SCHEDULE
Striking an easeful balance between structure and flow, our days will consist of hands-on workshops and time in stillness, rest, and recreation:
6am - Sunrise meditation, prayers, journaling
8am - Movement & Pranayama (Kundalini, Vinyasa, Yin, Country Walks)
9:30am - Breakfast
11am - Goddess Exploration
1pm - Lunch
3pm - Workshop / Afternoon Delights
7pm - Dinner
8pm - Evening Enjoyments (singing, storytelling, sharing)
“Mary, mother of God— Rise and hold us all. Give every woman reckoning her power a surge of your nurturance and a pulse of your holy pleasure. May we burn the shame we have been wearing as our own– in the name of every wild and wise woman burned for her magic before us.”
During this retreat we will be honoring the Earth,
Our bodies,
Our unique beauty,
Our Hearts desires,
And God,
Through sacred ritual & ceremony.
Through yoga, Breathwork, in-depth workshops, and celebration of the senses and the abundance available to them.
We will relax,
Rejuvenate,
And reawaken to the vibrant truth of who we are through a thoughtfully curated process designed to revitalize and celebrate your Feminine essence.
OFFERINGS
GODDESS STUDIES
The Goddess was revered and worshipped for thousands of years as the central figure of fertility, abundance, nurturance, love, prosperity, pleasure, and beauty. Although HER wisdom and mystery have been misunderstood and villainized, her presence is beginning to rise again within our lives.
Each day we will be awakening the many facets of divine feminine wisdom through Her many incarnation across history. Each Goddess offers a lens through which we can understand our pleasure, sensuality, enjoyment, strengths, gifts and and our hearts’ truest expressions. The Goddess teaches us how to embody divine love, here and now. She teaches how to awaken to the universal wisdom that ties us all together, and to tap into the cosmic heart that allows grace to flow through us and into our world. Together, we will honor her lineages, worship her beauty, and devote ourselves to discovering her continuously deepening love.
Kundalini Yoga
Often called the ‘yoga of awareness’ Kundalini Yoga is a powerful blend of white tantra practices, designed to refine the mind/body/soul connection in order to empower the practitioner to courageously walk their unique path of dharma; and the beautiful and fearless Sikh devotional lineage. This incredible combination serves as an unparalleled tool for awakening your inner spiritual warrior -- indeed female initiates are bestowed the title of ‘Lioness’! While the intention of our retreat is to uncover and nourish the divine feminine, through the teachings of Kundalini Yoga, we will not only touch the heart of devotion through targeted practices designed specifically for women, but ignite the inner protector, invoking your personal authority, the healthy boundaried masculine that provides the strength and self-security for surrender.
Targeted Teachings:
The 11 Moon Centers
The Venus Teachings
Illuminating Your Halo
Transmuting Ancestral Karma
Grace of God Meditation
Marma Acupressure Healing Touch
Can a touch heal? Can *your* touch heal? There’s only one way to find out, and the medicine mystics of ancient India’s Ayurveda system certainly understood the impact of targeted and conscious touch. The practice of Marma is the practice of embodied presence shared between three: giver, receiver, and healer, or the Divine. We can learn techniques and pressure points, strokes and bone structures but it’s our loving presence that communes healing. Together we explore the possibilities of being healers for one another, and ourselves, through prayerful contact. A journey of intention and connection that will serve you and your loved ones deliciously.
“When we tune into the Rose frequency, we are empowered to walk this Earth in a sacred way. HER frequency draws us into deeper trust as we witness our heart’s desires becoming refined, our hand’s choices resulting in greater harmony in creation.”
Prema Breathwork
Prema breathwork is an active somatic meditation practice that offers us a chance to move beyond the fluctuations of the mind, and into a deeper state of consciousness... into a place where that BIG unsayable love flows unabashedly, and where we are able to feel, process, and release the limitations that have previously held us back in our lives. Through this sacred practice of somatic awakening, we are given the space to open our hearts, heal the nervous system, and rewire the mind back to a place of pure potential, clarity, and nourishing connection.
This experience is all about reconnection. Reconnecting with our hearts, our truth, our Souls, and with God. The word "prema" translates to Divine Love in Sanskrit, and through this practice, we are able to touch the state of Loving union from within our own bodies, bringing a sense of completion to our Souls. Prema breathwork offers us a direct and intimate experience of the Divine from within- an experience that can wildly change your life.
A Day in Paris
What would a trip to France be without tasting the beauty of the City of Lights? Paris’ rich history is available at every turn, and guided by former resident Alexandra, from early morning to late night, we will make ourselves available to explore landmark chapels and churches, winding pedestrian streets, beautiful boutiques, boulangeries brimming with delectable treats, parks designed to inspire wonder and bliss, and the uproar of le 14 Juilliet: Paris’ version of the 4th of July which turns each street into a celebration of her finest attributes. Our day will culminate with an incredible classical music concert at the royal Gothic Sainte-Chapelle, housing precious Christian relics and breathtaking stained glass windows.
Sensual Embodiment
Feminine embodiment is an erotically healing journey back into our body's rhythms and embodied wildness. This practice is one of self-attunement, authentic movement, and sincere expression. Blending sensual dance, meditation, somatic experiencing techniques, breath, and emotional ranging, this deep dive allows the nervous system space to expand and heal. We learn to open the body back to a state of receptivity and full self-expression, while in reverence and celebration for the feminine form and radiance that longs to shine through. This embodiment practice will give you access to deeper pleasure, emotional attunement, intuition, nervous system regulation, and relaxed sensual confidence.
YOUR RETREAT GUIDES
Leila is a modern-day mystic that lives life passionately devoted to healing, wholeness, and honoring the sacred thread that ties us all together.
Her entrepreneurial journey began in 2011 after her first Yoga teacher training and has continued to be filled with personal development training, world travel, and deep esoteric studies. Leila has a degree in physiology and kinesiology, she is an 800 hr Experienced registered yoga teacher, breathwork facilitator and trainer, reiki practitioner, trauma-informed life coach, writer, spiritual teacher, and self-taught gourmet chef. She lives an unconventional lifestyle of freedom, beauty, and BOLD self-expression. She strives to inspire brilliance and divine reconnection in all that she meets and is devoted to weaving her Soul's purpose into each moment.
Leila serves as a mentor for women, couples, and communities. She is the founder of The Heart Space Mission. The Heart Space is a sacred community of Heart Led women who live their lives devoted to spiritual evolution. She is a retreat leader, teacher trainer, and spiritual guide for many who are walking the path back to true power, freedom, the divine, and life of sacred service.
Alexandra Moga is an artist at heart, dedicated to the path of devotion through writing (poetry, song), taking care, and yoga, all of which she can remember moving her from her earliest memories. During summer breaks in Romania she would meditate alongside her aunt who taught her practices in forgiveness, focused breathing, and energetic visualization. In her teens, she attended culinary arts high school and took her first yoga asana class. Both provided stability and vital expression, finding yoga to perfectly suit her passion for movement and dedication to spirituality. After four years of studying art history in Paris, she returned to New York where she immersed herself in the yogic path with over 1,000 hours of training and teaching various communities since 2010.
Travels throughout Africa, southeast Asia, Europe and India has made Alexandra a student of the thread that ties together spiritual paths and cultural expressions through the arts; namely food, song, poetry and dance. She is a student of her senses, intuition, listening, and the lessons that come from difficulties. Ever open to the gurus, stars, spirits, and Source to deliver wisdom to and through her, she has learned that the dark nights and wrong turns are often incredible gifts to catapult her into fuller self-realization and massive creative expansion. She is deeply grateful for her many, many teachers: friends, family, foes, nature and the dream realm.
OUR CHEF & HOST
Edoardo Grassi, founder of Gaspardatable, was born in Florence into a family of interior designers. His universe was influenced by the Italian way of life: the large summer tables covered and set under the olive trees in the garden, the bouquets of wild narcissus, peonies and roses scattered around the house, the meals served on English plates picked by his grandmother in flea markets during trips abroad.
Many are also the memories in the English garden of his grandmother at the top of the hills of Florence where Edoardo lingered to plant roses and irises in the stony ground of this region, always in the company of his dogs. The art of the garden has always been present in his daily life, so much so that it became his career, and the chateau grounds are a beautiful extension of his passion and dedication to cultivating beauty in partnership with Mother Earth.
FINANCIAL EXCHANGE
SHARED TWIN SUITE
$4,300 per person
Private Queen ROOM
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Private QUEEN SUITE
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What's included:
9-night stay at the country Chateau in Esclimont
Airport pickup from Paris’ ORY (Orly Airport)
8 full days of luxurious workshops, play, and enjoyment crafted just for YOU
3 chef-prepared meals a day
A full day of exploring the City of Paris
Classical music concert at Paris’s Historic Medieval Royal chapel CHECK IT OUT
Two Zoom sessions with Alexandra and Leila, one as an awakening the Goddess preparation call, and one as an integration call after the retreat.
What’s NOT included:
Flight to Paris
One Dinner out together on our Paris day trip
Private massage/marma/reiki sessions
The Way of the Rose is open to an intimate group of women (we are accepting 7-12 women ONLY)
Payment options are:
Pay in full
Pay a deposit to hold your spot and then pay your remaining balance in full 30 days prior to the event.
Pay a deposit to hold your spot and then separate your remaining balance into a payment plan over the next few months. (We pray that the payment plan options create more ease for those who may need it and are feeling called to attend.)
TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS
Arrive on the 7th of July
Depart on the 16th, after breakfast
Fly into Paris’ ORY (Orly Airport)
PAYMENTS & DEPOSIT
Pay in full, or use a payment plan
$1,500 non refundable deposit
Refund policy:
Up to 60 days out: all but the deposit back
Up to 30 days out: 50% refund of payment excluding deposit
Up to 2 weeks out: payments are non-refundable but transferable to a future event with either Alexandra or Leila.