for women.
She is in there.
The one who is too wild, too emotional, too deep, too delusional, too sexual, too alive. The one who learned early, and well that being too much was a problem. So she made herself smaller. Softer at the edges. More digestible. She got very good at it and the world rewarded her for it, and something in her started withering.
The Pleasure Temple is for her, the one who is ready to come alive, to take up space, to feel and be more than she ever has. Six days in the body, surrounded by sisters. This is a journey into the parts of yourself you have been been longing to meet.
We go there through the oldest technologies there are - breath, movement, pleasure, sound, ritual, desire, shadow, magic. Through the body, because the body is where everything that has ever happened to you lives, and the body is where it gets to move.
We are guided by six ancient gods and goddesses of love — the Erotes. Each one an archetype, a frequency. Each one a part of you that has been waiting to be reclaimed.
Himeros - your lust & hunger.
Eros - your burning life force & magic.
Anteros - your mirror of love & shadow.
Hedone - your embodied pleasure & sensual presence.
Pothos - your soul's longing & dreaming heart.
Hymenaios - your sacred vow to yourself.
Over six days you will do things you did not know your body could do. You will sound things you have never let yourself sound. You will be witnessed in the places you have only ever hidden. You will feel magic within your own body. You will meet your shadow and find out it was never the enemy.
You will remember that your desire is sacred, your pleasure is intelligent, and your life force is the most potent thing you possess.
Playful. Raw. Naked. Magical.
Everything inside this container is consent-based, body-led and held with deep care. You always meet yourself at your own pace. You will never be pushed - only invited. The space goes exactly as deep as you choose to go.
Stella holds this container from her own embodied experience of this work and her main priority - and greatest skill - is to make you feel safe enough to let go.
For thousands of years, women gathered.
In temples, in forests, in circles around fire. They gathered to initiate each other into the mysteries of the body - the rites of pleasure, desire, death and rebirth. They passed down the knowledge of life force, of erotic power as a sacred technology, of the womb as a seat of creation. They held each other through the thresholds no one could cross alone.
These were not soft gatherings. They were initiations. The Eleusinian Mysteries in ancient Greece. The temples of Isis in Egypt. The red tents. The medicine circles. Spaces where women went to remember what they already knew - that the body is holy, that desire is intelligent, that pleasure is a portal, not a sin.
Somewhere along the way, these spaces were closed. The knowledge was hidden, shamed, burned. Women were separated from each other, from their bodies, from the ancient wisdom that had always lived in their bones.
The Pleasure Temple is a living continuation of that lineage.
A women's space, held by a woman, for women. No performance. No hierarchy. Just the circle, the body, the sisterhood and the ancient knowing that when women gather in truth, something extraordinary becomes possible.
We have always done this. We are doing it again.
What will be offered during the retreat?
heka life force activation
psychedelic & tantric breathwork
shamanic voice, womb & yoni activation
your very own yoni casting
sex magic & manifestation
hypnotic shibari performance
shadow work
boundaries & consent
sacred kink
twerk
sacred sauna ritual
ecstatic dance
sensual, somatic & tantric embodiment practices & rituals
and more.
Erotes & The Pleasure Temple - two chapters, one lineage
You don't need to have done the first Erotes retreat to join The Pleasure Temple, but if you have, this is the perfect path if you want to go deeper.
The Erotes retreat is the initiation. 5 days, 4 nights. The first time you slow down enough to actually feel yourself. Heart opening, soft, sensual, present - a homecoming to your own body. Many women arrive never having given themselves this kind of permission before. Erotes is exactly that permission.
Erotes: The Pleasure Temple is the deepening. 6 days, 5 nights. For the woman who is ready for more. More magic, more truth, more of the erotic current running through her. Here we go into sex magic, the wild, the shadow and sacred parts of desire that the first retreat only hinted at.
You are completely held the whole way. The only thing I ask is that you come willing to meet yourself on a deeper level and that you take accountability for your own experience.
Our sanctuary: Björnbacka.
35 minutes outside of stockholm.
practical magic.
Check-in: 5/9 - 4pm
Check-out: 10/9 - 1pm
Duration: 6 days, 5 nights
Language: English
Investment
Shared rooms: €1899
Private A-house: €2099
A little gift if you have journeyed with Erotes before: 10% discount.
What’s included: Accomadation, all meals, snacks & all activities.
Not included: Travel to and from the retreat.
guest spaceholders
guest spaceholders
Rosanna Holmström
Rosanna Holmström is a breathwork facilitator, athletic breath coach, yoga teacher and speaker.
For the past six years, she has guided thousands of people through transformative breathwork experiences, from intimate groups to stages such as Yale University and the Nobel Prize Dialogue. Her work has also been featured in Sweden's leading health magazine, Hälsa.
Rosanna is passionate about helping people reconnect with themselves through the breath. Her sessions combine science, intuition, and presence to create experiences that are both grounding and deeply transformative.
At Erotes, Rosanna will guide immersive breathwork journeys and sauna rituals, inviting participants into deeper presence, nervous system regulation, and a greater sense of connection - to themselves, to others, and to the present moment.
Nicole Nyström is a certified twerk instructor and women's health advocate.
With years of experience in fitness and a burning passion for women's full-bodied self-expression, Nicole leads classes and workshops that go far beyond movement.
At Erotes, she brings twerk as what it truly is. Not a dance style, but a reclamation. A way of moving that wakes up the hips, the sacral, the parts of you that have spent years being told to stay small, stay still, stay quiet.
In her session you will shake, vibrate, and take up every inch of space you were born to take. No hiding. No apologising. Just your body - fully expressed, feminine power moving freely in all directions.
Nicole Nyström
Beatriz Soto
Beatriz Soto Digerolamo a Mamma, Modern Medicine Woman, Vocal Artist, Shamanic Ceremonialist and Spiritual life & Business mentor for soul-led women.
I create sacred, transformational spaces for creatives, facilitators, artists, and entrepreneurs to reclaim their voice, embody their truth, and liberate the medicine they are here to share.
Blending voice and sound, somatic and energy work, ritual, and intuitive mentorship, my work guides women beyond performance and strategy into embodied leadership, creative liberation, and soul-led success, building a legacy through the power of their voice.
guest artist
guest artist
Yoni casting with
Ylva Maria Thompson
Ylva Maria Thompson is an artist working at the intersection of sexuality and society. Through sculpture, printmaking, painting, photography and words, she explores the body as subject, object and portal.
She has served as editor-in-chief of the erotic magazine Cupido, hosted the television programme Tusen och en natt, and exhibited her work at Kulturhuset in Stockholm, Länsmuseet in Jönköping and Naturhistoriska museet in Göteborg.
Her most important ongoing work lives at yonicasting.com — a project dedicated to the art of yoni casting, making visible what has long been kept hidden.
At Erotes: The Pleasure Temple, Ylva will create a yoni casting for each woman in the retreat - a deeply personal artwork made from your own body.
Your yoni. Cast in plaster. Yours to keep.
(The yoni casting will be posted to you after the retreat)
high vibrational food by
Madelene Lennartsson
Every meal during the retreat is prepared by amazing Madelene, a cookbook author, trained nutritional advisor, and the founder of WholeBliss Co. Her kitchen is not a side note to the retreat - it is fundamental part of the container.
Madelene's own journey began with a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis at eighteen. After thirteen years on medication, she transformed her relationship with food and healed herself from the inside out. She has been medication-free since 2018.
Her food is clean, colourful, and deeply nourishing. Free from gluten, dairy, and refined sugar. Made with so much love, passion and intention. Every plate is designed to support what the body is moving through during the week: grounding when you need grounding, lightness when you need lightness.
Madelene has been with me at all my retreats and I’m so happy to have her with me once again. She’s the best!
your spaceholder
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your spaceholder 〰️
I’m Stella Fadel, your spaceholder.
book your spot
Spaces are limited and filled by application.
To apply, send an email to stelliverse@gmail.com and include your answers to the following:
What calls you to Erotes: The Pleasure Temple?
Share a few sentences about your personal journey so far. Please share if you have been in any similar spaces before.
Do you have any food allergies or preferences?
Not sure yet? You are welcome to book a discovery call first - just reach out and we will find a time. It is a chance to ask questions, feel into the retreat, and make sure it is the right space for you.
Registration fee
A registration fee of €500 is due upon booking to confirm your place. This fee is non-refundable. The remaining balance is due by 22 August 2026. Payment is made via stripe link or Swish (if you’re a Swedish resident). Would you prefer to split the payment into two parts? That works perfectly - just mention it in your application email.
Please read the cancellation policy below before booking.
Ready?
Your wings are waiting. The temple is being built just for you.
(erotes retreat April -26)
(erotes retreat sept -25)
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Come exactly as you are. You are responsible for your own experience, your integrity and your boundaries. We hold a safe space where you follow your own rhythm. A reminder: you are always free to choose, say yes, say no and rest.
This retreat is an activating and expansive space - a temple where you get to meet your sensuality, power and pleasure through the body, the voice, the energy and sensual, erotic, somatic practices.
This is not a retreat to fix you. It is a space where you get to remember who you are and allow yourself to explore everything you are still becoming.
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To create safety for both you as a participant and me as the holder of the retreat, the following conditions apply. The registration fee is binding and non-refundable. It secures your place and covers fixed costs in the planning.
Upon cancellation:
— More than 30 days before the retreat starts: you receive a full refund of the amount paid, minus the registration fee.
— 15–30 days before the retreat starts: you receive 50% of the total amount back (minus the registration fee).
— Less than 15 days before the retreat starts: no refund is given, regardless of reason.
Your spot can be transferred to another participant. If something comes up, you are welcome to transfer your place to another woman (with my approval). Please let me know by email as soon as possible.
If I cancel the retreat: you will of course receive a full refund, including the registration fee.
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Photography and filming will take place during certain moments of the retreat, but never during intimate or undressed sessions. You are always welcome to opt out of being photographed or filmed - I will always check in with you before any content is captured.
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Nudity will occur during the retreat, but you always decide how dressed or undressed you want to be.
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If you wish to invoice through a company, 25% VAT will be added.
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Before the retreat we will all have an introduction call - a chance for us to meet, for you to ask anything you are wondering, and to prepare your body and nervous system for what is coming.
After the retreat you will receive an integration call - so that what moved through you in those six days has somewhere to land, and so you don't have to navigate the return home alone.
You are held before, during and after.
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