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Why every woman should go on a retreat at least once a year

Written by Maartje Buitelaar

Why every woman should go on a retreat at least once a year

In a world that moves faster every day, taking a step back isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity. As women, we often carry so much: nurturing others, growing businesses, navigating relationships, managing households, or simply trying to stay connected with ourselves. That’s why going on a retreat at least once a year isn’t just a gift, it’s an essential reset.

1. You get to reconnect with yourself

Between meetings, phone notifications, and to-do lists, it’s easy to forget what we truly need. A retreat offers space to listen inwardly again. To breathe. To journal. To move your body with intention. To remember what brings you joy, peace, softness. That reconnection is powerful and necessary.

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2. You’re held in a safe and supportive space

The beauty of a well-curated retreat is the environment: a space where everything is taken care of. No cooking. No planning. No pressure. Just rest, connection, inspiration and healing, held by other like-minded women and experienced facilitators who guide you, without judgment, into deeper presence.

3. You step outside your daily patterns

Changing your environment shifts your mindset. Whether it’s a finca in the mountains of Spain or a retreat resort in Bali, being away from your regular surroundings allows new clarity and creativity to emerge. Time slows down. Your nervous system softens. New insights come through.

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4. You reconnect with your feminine energy

So much of modern life is built around doing, pushing, achieving. On retreat, you return to the feminine: softness, intuition, flow. Whether it’s through dance, rituals, nourishing food, nature, sisterhood, or stillness, you return to your essence. Not by effort, but by simply being.

5. You create long-lasting shifts

Unlike a weekend getaway, a retreat is intentionally designed to take you inward. It’s a sacred container that helps you process, heal, and expand. The effects ripple long after you return home: in how you start your day, how you make decisions, how you relate to your body, your work, your life.

6. You come home recharged, inspired, and connected

After a week filled with stillness, sisterhood, softness, and soul work, you return home different. With fresh energy, clarity, inspiration. You’re not just rested, you’re renewed. With new insights, new rituals and a deeper connection to yourself.
And maybe, just maybe, you’re coming home with a group of women who feel like soul sisters, connections that started as strangers and turned into real friendships.

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✨ You don’t have to do it all alone.

If you feel the pull to press pause, retreating once a year might just become the most powerful ritual you create for yourself.

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