Leading is not controlling. Following is not passivity.
Feminine & Masculine
Energy Retreat
Five days of bachata, polarity and connection in the mountains of Barcelona. 9 women and 9 men.
Our dancers
Dancers who came before you
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Our last retreat · September 2026
Real people. Real moments.
5 days in the mountains
A day at the retreat
Leading and following. Giving and receiving.
The dance between the feminine and the masculine. Two polarities, opposite roles of the same thing.
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Two retreats, back to back
One journey, in two parts
Part one, you work on yourself. Part two, you bring it to a partner. Come to one, or stay for both.
Part one · 5 to 9 March 2027
Women Retreat
Coming back to your body, your cycle and your own radiance
Bachata solo technique, so you feel strong and clear on your own
Lady styling and body movement, so the dance becomes yours
Sensuality and sisterhood
1088€
See the Women RetreatSee part one →Part two · 10 to 14 March 2027
Feminine & Masculine Retreat
What you found alone, you now bring into the couple dance
Letting a real partner lead you, and trusting it. This is where the real work is
Leading and following, giving and receiving
9 men join the 9 women of part one. You don’t need to bring a partner
1088€
You can also join part two only.
Two retreats, back to back · same house
Part one · 5–9 March
Women Retreat
Part two · 10–14 March
You are here
Feminine & Masculine
Who
18 women
Who
9 women · 9 men
The work
On yourself
The work
With a partner
Coming back to your body, your cycle and your radiance
What you found alone, you bring into the couple dance
Bachata solo technique
Letting a real partner lead you, and trusting it
Lady styling and body movement
Leading and following, giving and receiving
Sensuality and sisterhood
9 men join. No need to bring a partner
1088€
Part one
1088€
See part one →The full journey · 10 days
988€ per retreat, 1.976€ for both. The night of 9 March is included. Only 9 women can do the full journey, because part two needs 9 women and 9 men.
Less control. More connection.
These five days are not about more steps. They are about how you give, how you receive, and how you meet your partner.
The way you dance shows your patterns. When you see it on the floor, you can change it on the floor.
Feminine
Masculine
Both
energies.
This retreat is for you, if this is you…
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What changes when you find both energies in you.
In life
You receive
You let yourself receive, without needing to control everything.
You give direction
You give clear direction, and you set a boundary with kindness.
You trust
In yourself, and in the person in front of you.
In dance
Less control
You stop leading to control, or following to wait.
More connection
You listen, you adapt, and you meet your partner.
Your own expression
As a leader or a follower, your dance becomes yours.
In life
You receive
You let yourself receive, without needing to control everything.
You give direction
You give clear direction, and you set a boundary with kindness.
You trust
In yourself, and in the person in front of you.
In dance
Less control
You stop leading to control, or following to wait.
More connection
You listen, you adapt, and you meet your partner.
Your own expression
As a leader or a follower, your dance becomes yours.
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Meet your hosts
We are Michael and Mayra, international bachata artists known all over the world. We have taught in more than 65 countries, and we are the creators of the Conscious Bachata movement and the Dance Healing method. We met at a social dance in Lebanon in 2016, and we have been partners in the dance and in life ever since.
We don’t teach this from a book. We teach it from our life.
Mayra
The feminine · expression
Dancer since she was four. Ballet, flamenco, contemporary, aerial acrobatics, even ice skating. Her grandmother was a natural curandera who brought her close to art and healing. She studied medicine, then holistic women’s health. Her own health journey taught her what it means to really live in your body. Today she guides women through their body, their cycle and their feminine energy.
Michael
The masculine · structure
He started dancing on the living room table as a small child. Studied architecture, then Latin and ballroom. From that he created the Body Movement Graph, a clear map of how the body moves. Panic attacks and losing his father brought him to breath. Breath brought him back to his body, and now he teaches it.
Our story
“We met on a social dance floor.”
We met dancing
We met at a festival in Lebanon. We danced three songs in a row. Mayra told her dance partner at the time: this is the style I want to dance.
Mayra got sick
Three months after we met, Mayra was diagnosed with a uterine health crisis. She was 21. Operations, fear of cancer, fear of losing her uterus and the life she knew. Her body taught her the difference between looking feminine and feeling feminine. This is the root of her work with women today.
We almost died
We were in our car when the port exploded. We almost died. That day we understood that tomorrow is not guaranteed. We stopped postponing life.
We started over
We left Lebanon with our two dogs and almost nothing else. We started over in new countries. Dance Healing was born from that time.
The dance showed us ourselves
We were together almost 24 hours a day. Mayra was strong and direct. Michael was flexible, sometimes avoidant. When one of us controls, the other closes. Slowly, we became teachers for each other.
We teach what we lived
Everything we lived became our teaching. Then we studied to become mentors: mindset coaching, psychology, somatic work, breath and nervous system work, tantra, Taoist practices, feminine and masculine energy work, shadow work, sound and singing medicine, and psychedelic practitioner training. More than 65 countries later, we bring it all into one room. This is what we share with you.
Being alive is not the same as truly living.
Michael & Mayra
What’s included
Everything from the moment you arrive.
Not included: airport transfers, flights and travel insurance.
Your investment
all-inclusive from arrival at the retreat centre
Secure payment link or PayPal, by debit or credit card. Payment plan available, just ask us.
The full journey · 10 days, for women. Start with the Women Retreat, 5 to 9 March 2027, same house. Each retreat is then 988€ (1.976€ for both), the night of 9 March included. Payment plan available.
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A private house in the Catalan mountains
Shared rooms with single beds and a private bathroom. A private chef, three meals a day. Nature all around you.
Exact address once your place is booked.
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Getting there
The Bachata Van
Going up on 10 March there are two vans. The first leaves Barcelona at 9am, the last at 2pm. Going down on 14 March, the van leaves the house at 3pm. Book your flight home after 7pm.
About 25€ per person each way, paid directly to the driver.
It is optional. You can also come by car. The house is 2 to 2.5 hours from Barcelona and 1 hour from Girona Airport.
Our advice: arrive in Barcelona the day before and take the 9am van. We share the exact pickup times and places two weeks before.
The exact address is shared once your place is booked.
House tour
The house
An eleventh-century masía in the Catalan mountains.
11th century
Built as part of an old mountain village.
360° views
Mountain landscape all around, the Pyrenees on the horizon.
10 rooms
Shared rooms with single beds. Each room has its own bathroom and views over the valley.
The area · Girona mountains
A swimming pool with views over the valley. The Bachata Van brings you from Barcelona or Girona. Exact address once your place is booked.
Natural, seasonal cooking with local organic produce.
Our last retreat · September 2026
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Payment plan available. You can pay in two, three or more parts. Just ask us.
Men join the Feminine & Masculine Retreat. The full journey starts with the Women Retreat, so it is for women only.
The five pillars of Conscious Bachata
Technique
Clear frameworks, so you understand how the movement actually works.
Breath & embodiment
Breath, sensation and movement together, so knowing becomes feeling.
Mindset
Past comparison, perfectionism and the fear of being seen.
Connection & polarity
Listening, trust, giving and receiving, direction and surrender.
Expression
Turning technique into your own movement language.
Schedule · 10 to 14 March
Five days, two energies
Each day works on one part of the balance. Technique and inner work, on the same floor.
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Every night has a theme: a ceremony, healing work, singing medicine or a themed night. Some nights end with a conscious social. The exact program can still change.
Five days for you. 18 places.
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Booking your flights
Two things matter. The vans up, and the van down. Book your flights around them.
You arrive
Wednesday 10 March 2027
the last van leaves Barcelona at 2pm
The Bachata Van goes up twice that day. The first van leaves Barcelona at 9am, and the last van at 2pm. To catch the last van, land at Barcelona Airport by 1pm at the latest.
Our advice: arrive in Barcelona the day before and come up in the 9am van. A delayed flight cannot make you miss the start. You can also sleep at the house the night before, just ask us.
You arrive at the house between 4pm and 6pm, and the opening circle starts at 6:30pm. The 2pm van is the latest way up.
You leave
Sunday 14 March 2027
the van leaves the house at 3pm
The last morning is the closing ceremony and circle, then our last lunch together. The Bachata Van leaves the house at 3pm, and arrives at Barcelona Airport 2 to 2.5 hours later.
Book your flight home after 7pm. If you can only find an earlier flight, tell us before you book, and we help you share a taxi. Coming from part one? You are already in the house.
Which airport
The Bachata Van picks you up at Barcelona Airport, in Barcelona city or at Girona. Going up: the first van at 9am, the last van at 2pm. Going down: 3pm. It is optional, about 25€ per person each way, paid directly to the driver. We share the exact times two weeks before.
About two weeks before, we open a WhatsApp group. Everyone shares their flight times there and you travel in together.
Send us your flight times before you book. We will tell you if they work.
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