Inner Queen Retreat

Mellany with a drum at an altar in a circle of stones
Move Your Senses
A Women's Retreat · The Netherlands

The Inner Queen Retreat

You have held everything, beautifully, for so long. This is where you get to be held.

For the mother who is done coping, ready to release control and expand into more pleasure, abundance, money, and self.

You have built so much. The family. The work. The vision. A life that, from the outside, looks beautiful.

And still, something in you knows: there is a version of you who is no longer available to be led by survival.

This is a space to shed who you had to be, and embody the Queen you are here to become.

Apply for The Inner Queen Retreat

After you apply, we'll schedule a gentle intake call to meet, feel into alignment, and make sure this is the right space for you.

The Shift

This is not about becoming someone else. It is about shedding who you had to be.

Hands marked with mud and earth

The one who learned to stay in control. The one who became hyper responsible. The one who kept going, even when she was exhausted.

She got you here. And we honor her.

But she is not the one who takes you to your next level. That asks for a different frequency. More receiving. More softness. More pleasure. More trust. More Queen.

And here is the part most women are never told. Receiving is not only soft, it can be sovereign.

The woman who held everything learned to earn her place. She gave, she carried, she made herself useful, and somewhere along the way she decided that was the price of belonging. The Queen does not pay that price. She knows what she is worth, and she lets life meet her there.

More pleasure, more space, more money, more abundance. Because she finally stopped pushing it away.

This Retreat Is For You If

You recognize yourself in the small moments.

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When everyone needs something from you, and before you notice it, you have moved yourself to the bottom of the list again.

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When you say yes, while your whole body feels a no.

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When you are right there with your children, but inside you are already ten steps ahead. Planning. Solving. Carrying.

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When you feel the desire for more, more beauty, more space, more pleasure, and right behind it the voice that asks: who am I to want that?

You are not here to disappear inside motherhood, partnership, the endless list.

You already know there is a more sovereign, more magnetic version of you waiting. And you feel how easily daily life pulls you back into the old patterns.

This retreat is where you stop being pulled back.

If this is landing in your body, you are invited to apply.

Apply here

Why I Created The Inner Queen Retreat

I created this retreat because I lived the pattern myself.

Mellany seated on a rock holding a feather

The giving until there was nothing left. The control that felt like safety. The going, and going, and going.

And I remember the moment something in me rose.

My grandmother had died. And in the quiet after, the family began to speak. I was sitting right there when the secrets came out. Carried through the motherline for generations, finally said out loud. I could not believe what I was hearing. A long line of women who were never allowed to speak. Who swallowed it. Who used everything but their voice.

Something in me went still. And then it caught fire.

Not like this. Not anymore.

I will not pass this on.
Not to my children.
Not through my body.
Not through my way of mothering.
Not through the way I love.
Not through the way I lead my life.

That was the moment I stopped being the victim of the pattern. I took the reins back.

Not by becoming harder. Not by controlling more. Not by forcing myself into another version of "better."

But by remembering the Queen within me.

This retreat was born from that fire. If that fire is rising in you too, this is your invitation.

What Other Women Say

"It is very special how you sense me, and can often name what is happening before I can. So much came to the surface. Insights, and things that were ready to be let go. I drove home with a proud smile."

Cindy

"My biggest lesson was to combine head and heart when making decisions. To take a step back instead of pushing forward. Mellany really listens, and gets to the heart of the matter."

Michelle

"I love structure, and I learned it can go together with flow. A plan can live alongside softness for myself. When I listen back, I hear the change. Softer, kinder to myself. And the people around me notice it too."

Carla

This is the kind of space you are entering.

How I Hold This Work

A space that is soft and strong at the same time.

Mellany in a white dress, softly touching her face

Soft enough that your body finally lets go. Strong enough to hold you when it does.

You have been the one holding everything. The one who stays calm, who keeps the overview, who makes sure everyone else is okay. Here, you are not that woman. Here, someone holds the room, so you do not have to.

I work with deep listening, with intuition, with a steadiness that does not flinch when the real thing rises. The grief under the control. The anger under the patience. The desire under the good girl.

You do not have to perform your healing here. You do not have to do it well. You only have to let go, and trust that you will be caught.

This is where the woman underneath, the one you buried under control and pressure and always being strong, can finally come forward.

Not as someone new: as the Queen who was there all along.

If you feel ready to be held in this way, you are welcome to apply.

What You Will Leave With

A body you can listen to again, one that gives you clear signals, not just stress, tension, or exhaustion.

A deeper understanding of the roles you are ready to release: the pleaser, the over-giver, the controller, the good girl, the fixer, the one who carries it all.

More access to your voice, so you can say what you want, what you need, and what is true without abandoning yourself to keep everyone else comfortable.

A renewed connection to your sensuality, pleasure, and desire, feeling more alive, open, creative, and present in your own skin, where there used to be numbness.

A softer relationship with control, so you can stop holding life in a fist and begin trusting yourself, life, and support again.

Practices you can bring into everyday moments: before a conversation, after a trigger, in the middle of motherhood, work, intimacy, or decision-making.

And underneath all of it, a felt remembrance that your softness and your power were never separate. The embodied knowing that you do not have to choose between being a mother, a woman, a leader, and yourself.

Mellany welcoming women into the circle

The Invitation

If you are done coping. Done being led by the inner critic. Done holding everything together at your own expense.

This is your invitation. To take the reins back, and remember the Queen within you.

The Inner Queen Retreat
When
May 17 to 20, 2027
Where
Retreat Center Athanor
Circle
12 spaces
Early bird: €1.555 excl. VAT (until November 11, 2026)
Investment: €1.999 excl. VAT
Apply for The Inner Queen Retreat

After you apply, we'll schedule a gentle intake call to meet, feel into alignment, and make sure the retreat is the right space for you.

Not every part of you needs to feel ready. The part of you that knows is enough.

Frequently Asked

Is this for me?

You do not need to be an entrepreneur to belong here. You need to be a mother who is ready to look, honestly, at where she gives her power away, and who wants to come back to herself.

This is not for you if you are looking for a wellness escape, a place to consume one more experience and return to abandoning yourself the same way. It is not for you if you want someone to fix or save you. This space is soft, and it is active. It is loving, and it will call you forward.

And if you are reading this and something in you has already gone quiet and said yes, then you are exactly the woman this was made for.

Do I need experience with this kind of work?

No. You do not need to arrive experienced, open, or with the right words. You only need to arrive open and curious. Willing to feel, to listen, to choose differently.

What is included?

The full guided program, four days at Retreat Center Athanor, in an intimate group of 12 women. Embodiment, reflection, rest, release, and integration. Details on accommodation, food, and planning are shared before booking, or during the intake call.

What happens after I apply?

We schedule a gentle intake call. A moment to meet, feel into alignment, and make sure this is your space. Nothing to prove. Just a conversation.

Can I come alone?

Yes. Most women will. You do not need to know anyone. The retreat is built to help you arrive, land, and feel welcomed.

Can I pay in installments?

Yes. You can ask about this after you apply, or during the intake call.

Move Your Senses
The Inner Queen Retreat · The Netherlands