The Ladygroove retreat Experience is a SOULFUL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN RETREAT LEADERS & EROTIC PHOTOGRAPHER,
Allie Monday
THE LADYGROOVE RETREAT EXPERIENCE includes:
Group Body Blessing // Become the self nurturer while being nurtured
We begin with ceremony, where attendees are collectively led into an internal sense of deep safety & love. This process opens their bodies & hearts in preparation to be seen by me, the camera, and most importantly, themselves.
Individual Photo Experience // Become the Muse
Each attendee participates in a private, clothing-optional Ladygroove Experience to capture their transformation. They embody becoming “The Muse” & I am a Voguer of Virtue. As each person explores soft, messy, or playful pleasure, they move from fear to love. Each attendee receives 3 fine art images 3 weeks after the retreat*.
Optional Group Photo Experience // Become connected through play
Tailored to the needs of each retreat leader and their participants, these healing sessions incorporate somatic exercises of sensual touch with nature as well as the bodies of the other participants. This add-on allows participants to move from “me” to “we” to create a connection unlike any other.
*Up to 10 individuals can be photographed in one day with the option to add an additional day.
Each participant receives:
Body Journey Questionnaire prior to the retreat
Group Body Blessing Ceremony
20-min individual Ladygroove Experience
3 fine art images delivered 3 weeks after retreat
Optional Group Photo Experience
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Cailin // Retreat Leader
The Art of Receiving // 2022
“What Allie brings is much more than a photoshoot. She creates a fully embodied experience for the women to come in deeper relationship with themselves, their bodies, and each other.
The reverence she brings to the process is exquisite. And it’s all done in a way where the women can opt in at whatever comfort level they are at."
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Rachel // Retreat Leader
Let Your Body Speak // 2023
"Working w/ Allie has significantly improved my future retreat sales. This is an ROI that is worth every single penny! I had already booked her for my Italy retreat before she even came on the North Carolina one. Collaborating with her is pure magic.”
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Michelle // participant
The Ladygroove Experience
“How often do we get to face what scares us, in a safe environment, a space to encourage us to explore our boundaries knowing that not only will we survive but we will have grown. & created beautiful Art & captured that very moment of magic.”
I’M ALLIE—EROTIC artist, PHOTOGRAPHER AND PLAY PRACTITIONER
Since a trip to Mexico at 13, I’ve craved travel–it’s richness of culture, nature, and new perspectives. After a year in Romania, I returned to the U.S. to build a successful wedding and boudoir photography business that carried me to Ireland, England, and beyond.
I had three liberations in my 20s and 30s: Mental, Spiritual, & Sexual.
I started Ladygroove in the midst of my religious deconstruction after confronting a proverbial snake of shame around my neck.
Around this time, I realized that I was bored to tears shooting traditional boudoir, disconnected from my Eros & healing from complex PTSD. I had a 20-year resume of hating my body and myself. When I asked women what they loved about their bodies, most of them pointed to the parts they didn’t like. I wept. My body and soul rejected the dishonesty of photoshopping women’s bodies. Drawn to our full-spectrum Erotic nature, I experimented by adding food & plants to my shoots. Women ate in front of the camera. We slathered their bodies in lemons, candles, and tenderness. We sprawled, squeezed, laughed, and screamed.
As we made friends with the darkness, we felt the shackles of societal standards fall to our feet. We let the grief and self-hatred of generations move through our bones, making way for love. Today, I’m delighted to travel the planet, partner with retreat leaders, and co-create moments of self-reconciliation through Art. I believe life is to be lived, right now. Let’s do this, together.
XO, Allie
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