Itinerary Details
Theme: "We arrive as strangers, we leave as sisters." Experience Overview: The first day is intentionally gentle, allowing each woman to land physically and emotionally. The focus is on slowing down, releasing travel fatigue, and creating a safe, welcoming container for the week ahead. Key Moments:
- Warm Moroccan welcome with mint tea at the riad.
- Time to settle into rooms and shared spaces.
- Guided, no-pressure Medina orientation walk.
- Rooftop sunset pause to mark the beginning of the journey.
- Opening Circle & Name Story.
- Intention-setting: each woman chooses a word for the week.
Theme: "Adornment as self-expression." Experience Overview: This day invites creativity, play, and release. Through movement, color, texture, and ritual, women explore how self-expression evolves with age and life experience. Key Moments:
- Embodied strength & mobility movement practice.
- Visit local artisan workshops where we engage in our Signature Keepsake Moment. You will work alongside a local craftswoman to create a personal ceramic charm or leather token, infusing it with your intentions for the week.
- Traditional women-only hammam and massage.
- Evening reflection: "What I'm ready to shed" (written and kept for the closing ceremony).
Theme: "We gather around food." Experience Overview: Food becomes a medium for bonding, storytelling, and purpose. This day centers on shared creation, nourishment, and honoring women's work through a meaningful cultural experience. Key Moments:
- Slow flow movement & breathwork.
- Amal Women's Cooking Class with local women.
- Shared meal prepared together.
- Free afternoon for rest and integration.
- Story Salon Night - Guided sharing: "The moment I realized I was becoming her..."
Theme: "Perspective." Experience Overview: A shift into nature provides space to breathe, reflect, and gain perspective. The mountains offer simplicity, humility, and grounding through movement and Berber hospitality. Key Moments:
- Scenic drive to the High Atlas Mountains.
- Choice-based valley walk or gentle hike.
- Tea with a local Berber family.
- Home-cooked village lunch.
Theme: "We celebrate." Experience Overview: The emotional and symbolic peak of the retreat. The desert setting creates space for celebration, release, gratitude, and deep connection under the stars. Key Moments:
- Joy-based or restorative morning movement.
- Sunset arrival in the Agafay Desert.
- Elegant desert dinner with live music.
- Stargazing experience.
- Burning of the "shedding" letters.
- Sister-pair handwritten note exchange.
- Presentation of Moroccan keepsake.
- Alumni promise & future connection.
Theme: "We integrate." Experience Overview: A soft return to everyday life. This day supports emotional integration and honors the bonds formed before departure. Key Moments: (choosing one of them)
- Nervous-system downshift movement (yin & breath)
- Gentle cultural visit (palace or museum)
- Styling & portrait exchange
- Closing brunch and goodbyes
- Departure transfers
