The Black Madonna Retreats & Circles For Truth, Remembrance, and Sacred Transformation
As this work continues to deepen and unfold, we are allowing space for integration before gathering again for our next journey.
Our next Black Madonna retreat is anticipated for June 2027.
Until then, this page remains as a window into the work ~ the energy, the depth, and the sacred container that continues to unfold.
If you feel called, you’re welcome to stay connected. When the next retreat opens, you will be the first to know.
Join Us in the Meantime
We are currently gathering in
Black Madonna Sanctuary Circles
on Zoom.
These circles carry the same essence of reflection, healing, and sacred connection held within the retreats offered in an intimate and ongoing rhythm for both those newly arriving and those continuing the journey.
Join us for our next circle in July
The Black Madonna Retreats
This work has unfolded over 3 annual gatherings, each one deepening the field of devotion, truth, and remembrance.
From our earlier circles to our most recent retreat in Mallorca each experience has been its own portal, while also part of a larger unfolding.
Past Gatherings
Black Madonna Retreat in Mallorca 2025
Black Madonna Retreat in Mallorca 2024
Black Madonna Retreat in Mallorca 2023
If you would like to feel more of what these experiences hold, you’re welcome to explore below:
Awakening Divine Feminine Energies with
The Black Madonna of Mallorca
Port De Soller, Mallorca… our home during our time together
Gathering in Mallorca
Our retreats unfold in the breathtaking seaside village of Port de Sóller on the island of Mallorca, Spain ~ a place that has captured our hearts again and again.
Nestled between the Mediterranean Sea and the Tramuntana Mountains, Port de Sóller carries a beauty and stillness that feels both grounding and deeply alive.
Mornings begin with the sound of the sea and light pouring across the bay. The mountains rise around the village, holding a quiet sense of protection and timelessness.
There is space here to slow down.
To swim in the clear Mediterranean waters.
To walk along the waterfront beneath palm trees.
To gather for seaside meals along the promenade, meaningful conversations, and moments of reflection.
To simply breathe again.
The village itself feels like stepping into another rhythm of life ~ seaside cafés, local shops, winding streets, fresh meals shared outdoors, and evenings spent wandering the harbor as the sun slowly disappears directly into the bay.
Each sunset feels almost unreal ~ the water, mountains, and harbor glowing with extraordinary color and light as the day comes to a close.
There is time for both connection and solitude. Time to ride the historic tram into the old town of Sóller or journey through the mountains into Palma. Time to step outside the constant pace of everyday life and reconnect with yourself in a deeper way.
Again and again, women speak of how deeply nourishing it feels simply to be here ~ surrounded by beauty, held by the rhythm of the sea, and immersed in an experience that allows something within them to soften, open, and begin to return home.
A Call Toward Something Deeper
You may find yourself here because deep down, something no longer feels fully right… even if you cannot completely explain why.
You may sense that somewhere along the way, you lost connection with your deeper truth, your intuition, or the part of yourself that once felt fully alive and clear.
You may feel a growing awareness that something in your life is no longer aligned — while also feeling afraid of what fully acknowledging that truth could change.
Afraid of hurting others.
Afraid of disappointing people.
Afraid of what stepping more fully into yourself may shift within your relationships, work, or life.
Maybe you’ve spent so long taking care of everyone else, holding everything together, and doing all the things… that you no longer fully know what you truly want underneath it all.
You may find yourself questioning:
Is my life truly aligned with what my soul is seeking?
Why do certain patterns or struggles continue repeating?
Why do I still feel unseen or alone, even surrounded by people who love me?
And underneath all of it, there may simply be a quiet readiness.
A feeling that something deeper within you is trying to emerge.
The Black Madonna
For centuries, people have journeyed to the Black Madonna during times of grief, transition, uncertainty, healing, devotion, and profound inner change.
There is something about her presence that meets us in the places where life feels complicated, unclear, or deeply human.
Not asking us to be perfect.
Not asking us to have it all figured out.
But inviting us to come as we are.
The Black Madonna carries an energy of fierce love, truth, compassion, strength, protection, and deep remembrance.
She supports us in looking honestly at ourselves and our lives with greater clarity and love.
She reminds us that healing is not about becoming someone else, but about returning to what has always been true beneath the fear, conditioning, exhaustion, and layers we have carried for so long.
Many people experience her as a profound maternal presence — one that can hold both grief and transformation, endings and beginnings, truth and tenderness all at once.
In her presence, something often begins to soften.
Something begins to awaken.
Something begins to return home within ourselves.
The Pilgramage of The Black Madonna of Lluc, Mallorca, Spain
One of the deepest moments of our journey together is our pilgrimage into the Tramuntana Mountains to visit the sanctuary of the Black Madonna of Lluc, La Moreneta.
Nestled high within the mountains of Mallorca, her sanctuary has been a place of devotion, prayer, pilgrimage, and profound spiritual connection for centuries.
There is something deeply moving about arriving there together.
The winding mountain roads, the ancient stone monastery, the stillness held within the mountains, the candles, the prayers, the music, the presence of generations who have come before carrying their own hopes, grief, devotion, and longing.
Within the sanctuary of Lluc, each person is invited into their own experience with the Black Madonna.
There is space for prayer, reflection, silence, devotion, deep listening, and simply being present with whatever unfolds.
Again and again, women speak of feeling profoundly moved by their time there ~ often in ways that are difficult to fully explain or predict beforehand.
I have come to trust that the Black Madonna meets each person exactly where they are, guiding their experience in the way that is most needed for them.
This is not simply a sightseeing experience.
It is a sacred encounter.
What begins to shift
There is something that happens when you step outside the constant pace and demands of everyday life and allow yourself to be held by beauty, reflection, prayer, community, and the presence of the Black Madonna.
Space begins to open.
You begin hearing your own truth more clearly.
You allow yourself to feel what may have been pushed aside for far too long.
You begin recognizing the patterns, fears, desires, and inner knowing that may have been buried beneath years of responsibility, exhaustion, fear, or taking care of everyone else first.
You reconnect with yourself in a deeper way.
You may find clarity where there was confusion.
Healing where there was heaviness.
Peace where there was constant inner pressure or uncertainty.
Often, what shifts is not that someone gives you the answers ~ but that you finally have the space to hear yourself again.
This work is not about becoming someone different.
It is about remembering who you are beneath the layers you may have carried for far too long.
If you feel called toward this journey, you are invited to reach out or join the early interest list for our next pilgrimage.
Mallorca Magic
Our time together
Throughout our journey together, there is space for both deep connection and personal reflection.
◆Stay in a beautiful hotel and eat delicious meals right in front of the beach
◆Swim in the Mediterranean Sea
◆Relax by the pool facing the views of the Tramuntana mountains
◆Experience a private sunset cruise, setting sail from our bay
◆Enjoy yoga in a beautiful garden with stunning views
◆Be supported in our healing circles, as you look within
◆Gain deeper insights with Akashic Record guidance
◆Discover the divine feminine archetypes you may identify with
◆Explore the stunning landscapes on a hike guided by our local yoga teacher
◆Treat yourself to spa services at our hotel
◆Hop on the historic tram ride to Old Town Soller or the vibrant city of Palma
◆Deepen your connection with the Black Madonna through practices and ritual.
◆Journey to Lluc for a transformative visit to the Black Madonna of Mallorca
Come immerse yourself in this sacred experience!
To Begin Your Journey
Your Healers & Guides
I created these retreats from a place of deep personal transformation and devotion to the Black Madonna.
My own journey with her began in Mallorca in 2019, during an experience that profoundly changed my life and continues to shape the way I move through the world today.
What I love most is creating spaces where people can slow down, reconnect with themselves, feel deeply supported, and experience meaningful transformation in both sacred community and within their own inner journey.
Over the years, I have held healing sessions, circles, retreats, and community gatherings through the eleventh house in Fairfax, California ~ a space I founded in 2017 with the intention of creating connection, healing, beauty, and belonging.
I have now led multiple Black Madonna retreats and sacred gatherings, including retreats in both Mallorca and Sonoma County, and each experience continues to deepen my trust in this work and in the mysterious, transformative presence of the Black Madonna herself.
My work is informed by formal training as a graduate of the Academy of Intuition Medicine®, Reiki and yoga training, and years of lived experience navigating the kinds of transitions, questions, healing, and inner transformation that so many of us face throughout life.
Creating these spaces and witnessing what unfolds within them continues to be one of the greatest honors of my life.
Mystic Mentor, Soul Guide & Akashic Healer
Jen’s work invites people beyond overthinking, self-doubt, and old limitations into deeper truth, clarity, healing, and authentic self-expression.
Through the Akashic Records and the presence of the Great Mother, she facilitates profound transformational experiences that often reveal the deeper soul patterns and inner knowing ready to emerge.
Christina was born and raised in the beautiful valley of Sóller, Mallorca, where her connection to nature, the land, and the slower rhythms of island life began at an early age.
A longtime yoga teacher and holistic practitioner, her work is rooted in embodiment, self-inquiry, healing, and creating space for deeper connection within ourselves.
Through years of study in yoga, meditation, movement, sound healing, anatomy, and women’s work, Christina brings a grounded, compassionate, and deeply nurturing presence to the retreat experience.
Her own personal journey through healing, motherhood, femininity, and transformation continues to shape the way she holds space for others.
Throughout the retreat, Christina guides yoga classes, meditation, movement, and restorative practices designed to support grounding, reflection, nervous system healing, presence, and deeper connection to both self and the natural beauty of Mallorca.
Our Circles and Workshops
Circles with Lili
Our circles are a space to gather together in reflection, ritual, connection, and deep listening throughout our journey.
Together, we slow down, reconnect with ourselves more deeply, and create space for healing, clarity, emotional honesty, and transformation to unfold naturally.
These gatherings are designed to support you in feeling more grounded, more present within yourself, and more connected to your own intuition and inner truth.
While the Black Madonna is rooted within sacred history and devotion, this work welcomes people from all spiritual backgrounds and beliefs, and is centered around personal experience, reflection, healing, and connection rather than religious doctrine.
La Moreñeta: Open Your Arms to Me with Lili & Jen
This circle serves as an introduction to the Black Madonna of Mallorca, La Moreneta, and the deeper work and spirit that lives within these gatherings and pilgrimages.
Together, we gather in reflection, prayer, conversation, and sacred practice — creating space to open more deeply to the presence, wisdom, and transformative energy of the Black Madonna.
Throughout the circle, Lili shares the story and experience of pilgrimage to Lluc, along with reflections on the emotional, spiritual, and healing journey this work often invites us into.
Each gathering may also include guided practice, ritual, meditation, or healing work, along with a deeply supportive Akashic Records transmission from Jen Duchene.
Whether this is your first introduction to the Black Madonna or a continuation of an ongoing relationship with Her, these circles offer a space for connection, reflection, remembrance, and community.
Working with Feminine Archetypes with Christina
Throughout this gathering, Christina offers exploration into feminine archetypes and the many emotional patterns, roles, strengths, fears, and inner experiences that shape us as women.
This work invites deeper self-understanding, compassion, awareness, and reflection — helping you recognize the parts of yourself that may be asking for healing, expression, balance, or transformation.
As we explore these archetypal energies together, many women begin to see themselves, their relationships, and their life experiences with greater clarity and understanding.
Activate your inner Wild Soul : Free yourself! with Jen
Through the Akashic Records and the presence of the Great Mother, Jen offers profound transformational healing experiences that invite deep truth, clarity, remembrance, and inner awakening.
This work has the ability to illuminate what has remained hidden, reveal deeper soul truths, and support powerful emotional, energetic, and spiritual shifts throughout the retreat journey.
Held within the fierce love and wisdom of the Great Mother, these experiences often become some of the most transformative moments of the pilgrimage.
Yoga and Meditation with Christina Throughout our time together, Christina will guide grounding and restorative yoga classes designed to support presence, embodiment, nervous system healing, and deeper connection throughout the retreat journey.
Our morning practices take place in a stunning garden surrounded by the mountains of Sóller ~ an experience that feels both deeply peaceful and profoundly alive.
Christina also leads a guided meditation walk through the breathtaking landscape of Mallorca, offering space for reflection, stillness, connection, and deep presence within the natural beauty of the island.
“The facilitators provided a great experience around the topics of intuition and the Black Madonna of Lluc. They are all experts in meditation, yoga and Akashic practices. The hotel was top notch and the food excellent. During the sunset cruise I had a spontaneous communion with my spirit animal who rejoiced with me in this wonderful experience. The Eleventh House is the next level in human consciousness development.” -M.S.
“This was a lovely and restoring weekend, and I'm so grateful for the team of profesionals that held space for us. Lili and Jen are deep and wise medicine women, and I'm very grateful they created this offer and called in such a great group of women to circle together.” -M.N.
“The workshops we participated in were some of the most transformative that I have ever experienced. The time was well spent and really making the overall experience something I can't quite put into words, I will cherish the memories!” -Kali H.