Your First Wonderland — A Free Taste of the Pleasure You've Been Missing Pilgrimage
Penny van der Sluys laughing with her arms open in dune grass at dusk
Free · Self-paced · No partner required

Come home to your body.

A free first Wonderland from The Pleasure You've Been Missing Pilgrimage — your gentle way in.

Short body-wisdom lessons and woven-in rituals you can begin today. Completely free.

An invitation

You've spent years noticing what everyone else needs. Somewhere in there, it became surprisingly easy to lose touch with you — what you want, what feels good, what makes you laugh, tingle and come alive.

  • Someone asks what you want, and you draw a blank.

  • You catch your reflection and go straight to the bits you'd change.

  • You finally sit down to rest, then think of everything you should be doing.

  • You remember being more playful and adventurous, and wonder where she went.

  • There's a quiet longing for more, even though life looks good from the outside.

If any of that landed — this is for you.

Wonderland One of Seven

The whole journey has seven Wonderlands. This is the first — and it's yours, free.

The full Pilgrimage is a 12-week journey through the Seven Wonderlands of You. This free taste opens the very first door: coming home to your body.

It's where pleasure begins — not in the bedroom, but in learning that your body is on your side. That it's a trusty friend giving you clues about what you need and desire, rather than a mean girl pointing out where you don't measure up.

Go at your own pace. Take what calls to you. There's nothing to get right — only something to come home to.

Your itinerary

What's waiting inside

A handful of short body-wisdom lessons, paired with gentle invitations you can weave into a day you already have — tea, a shower, the commute, bedtime.

Learn

Body-wisdom lessons

  • Remembering That Your Body Is On Your Side
  • Breath, Safety & the Body's Intelligence
  • Your Nervous System — The Body as a Barometer
  • Desire, Safety & the Space to Soften
  • Softening the Armour — Protection vs Presence
Explore

Invitations & rituals

  • A Grounding Object
  • Body Gratitude Practice
  • Let Go of Excess Baggage
  • Move Me, Body
  • Remembering Sensation
  • Softening the Armour
  • Trusting the Body's Wisdom
  • Homeland Mixed TapeA playlist for the journey
  • Preparing for Your Next Destination
Yes — send me the first Wonderland

Free to join · Yours to return to · No partner required

Designed for real life

Gentle enough to actually do

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Short & potent

Bite-sized lessons, a few minutes each. Watch them anywhere, in the pockets of your day.

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Woven in

Rituals attached to anchors you already have — tea, shower, commute, bedtime. No new to-do list.

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Choose your own adventure

A menu, never a checklist. Follow what calls to you and leave the rest.

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Joy is the way

Playful prompts threaded throughout to keep it light, curious and doable.

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Entirely your pace

Self-paced and quietly private. Come back to any of it whenever you like.

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No partner required

This is a homecoming to you. Everything here begins and ends with your own body.

Love notes from previous adventurers

In their own words

It became a treasure chest of discoveries — revealing parts of myself that had long been dormant. What surprised me most was how much pleasure I could draw from ordinary moments. A simple daily ritual can now feel rich and magical, rather than something to rush through.

Pilgrimage participant · 2025

I started stuck in my habits, with zero libido. Penny leads you through in fun small steps — stripping away the negative and the lies, building confidence in the safety of your own body. It led to a liberation and confidence I've never had before.

Pilgrimage participant · 2026

It took a while to surrender and relax, but I've been guided and offered tools to trust myself, love myself and fellow humans. It was truly amazing — it left me on a natural high, buzzing and smiling inside and out.

Pilgrimage participant · 2026
Penny van der Sluys, midlife guide

I'm Penny, your midlife guide

Midlife isn't too late. It's an invitation.

I believe life is precious. Too precious to keep waiting to feel fully alive.

We're told our best years are behind us, and that wanting more is somehow greedy or too late. So we make do with the crumbs and tell ourselves we should be grateful. Meanwhile, we're starving.

I create spaces where women feel safe enough to be honest, brave enough to explore and free enough to be fully themselves — to listen to their bodies, trust their own knowing, and rediscover the parts of themselves they've quietened or forgotten.

I'll give you the map, open the doors and guide the way. What you discover will be entirely your own.

— Penny x

When you're ready for the whole map

Six more Wonderlands are waiting

The free first Wonderland is your beginning. The full 12-week Pilgrimage carries you through all seven — with live Monday Night Sanctuary Sessions, a sisterhood of fellow travellers, and an intimate in-person retreat in Melbourne.

Explore the full Pilgrimage

Your beginning

Your homeland is waiting

Maybe you've read this page quietly nodding. Maybe something flipped in your stomach. Maybe you just keep thinking: I want that.

Pay attention to that.

Begin the first Wonderland — free

Free · Self-paced · No partner required

Penny van der Sluys [email protected]

Photography by Grant @ My Little Tribe Photography