Contact

Phone: +16178066055

Email: margo@margorenate.com

Website: margorenate.com

IG: @margorenate

Hi there! I’m Margo: intimacy guide, transformational photographer and sensual enlivenment facilitator.

I help people express, explore and embody their sexuality through healing arts modalities that develop connection to their body, nature and the unseen.

Background & Education & Experience

I’m half dutch, half American, born and raised in the tiny yet mighty town of Tamarindo, Costa Rica.

I have a BS in Nutrition from Boston University. Physical health and wellness, sociopolitical structures and relationship between mind and body are the foundations of my practice.

I have been based in Los Angeles (and loving it) since graduating from college in 2017. I started my career as a commercial yoga and swimwear photographer. I dreamed of shooting the cover of Sports Illustrated and spent my first few years on the west coast trying to climb my way up that creaky ladder.

Every day on set I would hear stories from the models about the abuse, harassment and darkness in the industry. For many I was either the first or one of the only female photographers they had ever been captured by. I witnessed countless women find safety and comfort in their expression while behind the lens. Without knowing yet, I had just begun my journey of becoming a space holder and healing guide.

In my early twenties I found my queer and polyamorous identity before it was common and well before TikTok had endless educational content. I walked my path largely alone and made a plethora of cringe-worthy mistakes I have enough self-love to laugh at now. Just before I turned 24 I got married. The marriage turned toxic and abusive and I clawed my way out, leaving with nothing but my dog and my passport at 26. I was brought to my knees with despair, grief and failure. I worked closely with a therapist, discovered shadow work, sat with plant medicine and turned my victimhood into accountability and power.

I claimed my life fully and journeyed into the worlds of tantra, kink, and sex work. I worked with a mentor and integrated as much as I could into my personal life. In 2020 I started an OnlyFans that gained massive traction for my naked nature escapades as well as an anonymous place for people to ask me advice on relationships and sexuality. As the world began to open up again, I explored in-person work and found myself facilitating a full spectrum of experiences for couples. From foursomes to cuckolding to tickle play… I dove in head first and resurfaced with a well of understanding on human behavior, eroticism, connection and pleasure.

By 2022 my I coined the term Transformational Photography to describe my healing arts service where the camera is the medium. I opened my Intimacy Coaching practice shortly after and launched my first virtual group spaces. I’ve hosted over 12 women’s retreats, worked with over 50 clients in short and long form 1:1 containers and developed three signature sensual embodiment workshops.

I’m currently completing an Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate by The Embody Lab and doing my deepest personal work in my current committed partnership.

Learn more about my Intimacy Coaching practice

Learn more about my retreat spaces

Read about my workshops below

Essence Capture

Transformational Photography is a healing arts modality where the camera is simply a tool that alchemizes the fear of being witnessed into the joy of being seen. This activation invites a large group to hold space for each participant to receive the gift of being photographed individually while the others watch. The authentic, fully expressed self is awakened and brought forth and embraced connection is forged as a result.

This workshop can be offered in group or 1:1 settings, woven into your retreat or festival and held as a standalone experience. Available in studio or in nature. Length and structure can be tailored to the container of your dreams.

Art of Striptease

The title says it all. Embodied movement that asks you to bare yourself — mentally, spiritually and physically. A masterclass for expressing feeling through the body rather than the voice that invites and celebrates your erotic aliveness. Because taking your clothes off is performance poetry… and a lot more fun when there’s a crowd watching in awe and deep reverence.

This workshop can be offered in group or 1:1 settings, woven into your retreat or festival and held as a standalone experience. Available in studio or in nature. Length and structure can be tailored to the container of your dreams.

She is Softening

My signature sensual empowerment activation that is a personal journey of learning to listen to the wisdom of the body, releasing mental blocks, and reconnecting with your erotic dynamism held in group space. This is a workshop informed by tantric somatics, meditative trance, grounding breath work, vocal activation, and archetypal embodiment, honoring the lineages of Om and Qi.

This activation can be offered in group or 1:1 settings, woven your retreat or festival and held as a standalone experience. Available in studio or in nature. Ideal time commitment is 2-3 hours.

Testimonials

  • Embarking on this journey of self-exploration has been nothing short of transformative. Actively engaging with my sexuality—especially with a woman—has opened doors I didn’t even realize were closed. More than that, I feel less alone in my struggles as a woman—body image, sexuality, the need to be seen, pleasure—all of it now feels interconnected and understood in a way that it never did before. I’ve discovered a deep craving to express myself fully, not just through words but through uninhibited sound—allowing emotions and sensations to move through me freely. One of the most profound realizations has been how little time I’ve spent truly getting to know my body outside of a sexual context. The mapping process has been eye-opening, offering a new relationship with myself that feels rooted in self-awareness and empowerment.

    Arden (2025)

  • The conscious communication workshop was SO helpful and supportive to me. Specifically to my question about what to do when you suddenly aren’t turned on anymore… your response was healing to me and everything you taught has made me feel so much more empowered and comfortable about how I will navigate sex and even just hook ups. I LOVE your energy, your work, your words, and YOU! Such a guiding light for me showing me what’s possible when you own your unique gifts and passions.

    Kristen (2025)

  • Margo, after our session I sat in front of my rosemary bush at home for a while, and I daddy’d the f*ck out of myself and had an amazing orgasm - a few actually, in different positions. This morning, I went into bed with **** and in his sleepy haze, he pulled out hot deep moves of sensual touch and in-love-ness. 69, orgasms, sex, and a back painted with… It’s so funny how on the ‘surface’, all we did was hum and sing and you pounded a drum… Thank you for your magic. I felt the lingerings of your energies (kinda felt like your guides’ energies too) just working through my body as I drove home. I’m so grateful…

    Riley (2025)

  • I just had the best self-pleasure session I've ever had. Thank you so much Margo! I touched myself with so much love. This is the first time I've been single and felt totally complete on my own. Something deep has shifted within me.

    Client (2024)

  • I truly cannot recommend Margo enough! She is a master at what she does! She’s is great at making you feel safe and seen. I came in worried I’d look like a stalker with a parasocial relationship and she quickly made me feel welcomed and like my presence was wanted. Every time I work with her I’m taken on a beautiful unique journey that is always different than the last, but also always exactly what I needed in that moment. What she does is really really special and I trust her completely, with my time, my energy, my money, all of it! I highly recommend working with her at least once and experiencing her magic for yourself!

    Client (2024)

  • Margo's Presence is fluid like a stream, and sturdy like the banks. Her natural, deep attunement with the present moment allowed my system to soften everytime i was held in her space. Like I could occupy my bottom half. and really be with where my feet were. I have often in the last year found myself disassociating and leaving my body, and in our work together I met that part, and others with a new kind of compassion. Like who I be, and all that I be, all parts equal, are worthy of a my love and art. Especially the dark, intense and under-world experiences. Like it's all normal. lol. There's a certain kind of shame-killing frequency that emits off of this woman, and I'm finding myself more in awe of my own nature and life by being in it. more acceptance. and a comfort in the oneness of it all.

    Client (2025)

MORE Testimonials

  • Margo as a facilitator just works. I think you hold a space in a way that allows everything to happen as it needs to. Some people need to preach a lot to get across their message, I’d listen to you preach also, but it isn’t even needed. Just the energy alone opens up the ability to feel. Your SIS workshop was truly something special, I loved that you are someone who seemed unapologetic about your strengths. I love when women show confidence in areas they know they’re good at, and I felt that from you. I was observing how so many girls shared so many different things throughout the week and your expressions and responses stayed very similar across the board, which must’ve been hard! It seemed like you were able to address and acknowledge each expression, without having a reaction that wasn’t thought through. And I think that alone is why you were able to successfully hold the role of facilitator. Not avoidant, but not reactive. You have a gift!

    Participant (She is Softening)

  • I re-sparked my inner seductress and created a deepening into my capacity to stay present to my pleasure and joy because I know now we are all so worthy of it!!! The sexiest thing you can be is yourself… and my man and I have never felt more connected.

    Client (2025)

  • Even though I did not know what to expect, this retreat changed who I am as a person forever. The perfect harmony of the group, Margo's space holding and conviction, and the workshops and practices worked together to create a magic that is hard to find the words for. It was five days long but I feel like I did two years worth of healing. Many of these values: slowing down, learning to rest, learning to breathe, asking for what you want, receiving unapologetically, *seem* like easy lessons to learn, BUT THEY ARE NOT, and this retreat actually integrated those lessons into my body. I wish that I could live in that world forever. I will be connected to these women for a long time because of the ancient and prolific healing we all did together and witnessed one another in. I felt love-- love existed in the meals we shared, the looks across the table, the hands held, the tears shed, the desires asked for and received, and the unconditional acceptance of one another despite the time. Margo was the architect of a realm that we all need, but we hardly ever have access to. She cultivated it into five days of pure ecstatic bliss.

    CS (She is Softening)

  • This retreat was transformative. I learned to nurture my relationship to all things I do and am in this life. I felt so safe in the spaces these facilitators held that I genuinely experienced a shift within myself. When I arrived in this space I was nervous how I would be received and if I would get along with other women present, that feeling slowly began to fade as I surrendered to this experience and fell into the warm, loving embrace of sisterhood. I released stories around how I relate to the World and created new ones rooted in my heart centered Truth. Leaving this experience I am confident in who I am as a woman and know I am worthy of being loved. My biggest takeaways is the reflections from powerful women that sent me feeling like the baddest bitch that ever lived

    Bella (Sourdough, Silks, Striptease)

  • I keep smelling my dirty clothes from the trip. The sweet smell of frankincense, sage, tears, and sweat linger on them as I try to breathe in any part of you all that remains. I haven't washed my hair since returning, hoping that the salt from the sea and the magic we made will soak into me through my scalp. I bleed, releasing the version of me that can no longer exist, the love you each showed me cut through her skin and she exploded into a million tiny particles of gold dust. I am releasing old habits, old beliefs, old fears, and old dreams. For I have become brand new. Thank you to each and everyone one of you for holding me in this transformation. Thank you for being exactly as you are, you have all inspired me to live more authentically. Thank you all for allowing me to witness you, you have carved a path for me. And finally thank you for witnessing me, so wild and so free. This was a fear released.

    Savannah (Vizua II)

  • It is hard to find the words to express the significant transformation I experienced throughout body ceremony. I never imagined I could feel so at home in my own body. Every component of the retreat is intentional and flows in a natural manner with each workshop and practice building on the last. I felt so supported by the facilitators and was so inspired by each and every person there. The way that this group loved and accepted all parts of me helped me to love and accept myself. I am so blessed to leave the experience with a newfound love for myself and my body, and a supportive sisterhood. This was my first retreat and very much outside my comfort zone, but this group of facilitators was able to put me at ease and give me the sense of safety needed in order to really let go and embrace the process. I grew so much from this experience and will forever be grateful for the gift of seeing myself with fresh eyes. Truly one of the best weeks of my life, and I have so much love and respect for Margo, Clarke, Adella, Angelica, and Rachel 💕 Thank you, thank you, thank you for being exactly who you are and for providing a safe space for doing this work. It is so needed by so many, and I was inspired by the gradual shifts in every single person throughout the retreat.

    Participant (Body Ceremony)

  • Vizua was one giant time-bendy, heart cracking, edge pushing sleepover. the group of women that showed up were all in, and that allowed us to drop in quicker than any circle i have ever been in before. the way i was witnessed and permissed during vizua set a new standard for me in all of my relationships. we giggled and cried and danced our way through transformation. never in my life has shedding old skins been so easeful and welcomed.

    Madeline (Vizua I)