Just Back From…She She Retreats

There are times in our lives when retreating into nature or ourselves—or both—feels like the balm we need. Last autumn, after an emotionally turbulent summer, this was just the healing I craved. But I wanted something else, too: the restorative power of connecting with others. A friend had told me about She She, all-women wellbeing retreats that flit between mountain and sea. By chance, I had met the founder, Albertine, the September before on Pantelleria. It seemed like synchronicity—and, without overthinking it, I signed up.

I jumped on a plane from London to Memmingen to join She She’s “Ode to Joy” retreat in the Bavarian Alps. As soon as we arrived, the tone was set for the following four days: ten perfect strangers gathered around a roaring fire in a beautiful farmhouse, Da Rosso, swapping stories as if they had known each other for years.