Sunday 8th March | 10.30.am-5.30pm
In partnership with
A one-day women’s retreat to reconnect with your body, your voice, and the woman you are no longer willing to postpone.
Somewhere along the way, many women learned to dim - to soften their edges, to be agreeable, productive, contained. We learned to live under a thousand gazes until our own became the one we trusted least.
This day is an invitation to return.
Not to who you once were - but to the deeper self that has always been there.
Expect a carefully held experience blending somatic practices, movement, voice work, nature and honest female conversation - designed to help you feel grounded, expressive and fully connected to yourself again.
You’ll leave clear, rooted and more available for the life that is asking for you.
Retreat Flow
10:30 | Arrival
Arrive into the space, enjoy a nourishing welcome drink and begin to land in your body.
11:00 | Opening: Returning to the Body
With Sama Trinder
We begin by slowing down. Through guided presence and connection, you’ll shift from the outside world into a deeper relationship with yourself - arriving fully, just as you are.
11:15 | Women Ready to Rise
With Wizz Selvey
An energising conversation exploring what becomes possible when women stop self-editing and start trusting their inner authority. Expect honesty, expansion, and a powerful reframing of leadership.
11:30 | Erotic Power as Life Force
With Andrea Balboni
A deeply grounded exploration of erotic energy - not as performance, but as vitality. Discover how this embodied life force fuels confidence, creativity, magnetism and feminine leadership.
13:00 | Communal Grazing Lunch
By award-winning chef Vanessa Marx
A delicious, abundant table designed for connection. No rushing - just meaningful conversation, nourishment and space to breathe.
14:00 | Somatic Movement Journey: Pleasure & Power
With Andrea Balboni & Sama Trinder
Through guided movement and intuitive dance, you’ll reconnect with the intelligence of the body. Expect release, aliveness and the quiet confidence that emerges when you allow yourself to be fully felt.
16:30 | Integration & Closing Ceremony
Gather to reflect, share insights and anchor what has shifted. This is where the experience moves from momentary to lasting.
17:30 | Departure
Sama Trinder - Founder of bhuti, known for creating spaces of emotional depth and psychological safety through movement, sound and somatic work.
Andrea Balboni - Facilitator of women’s circles focused on, awakening eros, presence, embodiment and feminine leadership.
Wizz Selvey - Founder of Valerie, bringing a deeply personal perspective on women’s health and the wisdom available within life’s transitions.
About Valerie
Valerie is a women’s health brand supporting energy, emotional balance and cognitive clarity through intelligently designed formulations - helping women navigate change feeling steady, informed and resourced.
Your investment into Rising Strong
Non members £125 | Valerie community and Riverhouse x bhuti members £108 Includes goodie bag worth over £100
Includes a Riverhouse vegan lunch focused on hormonal health.
Subscribe to Valerie here + email Valerie to get your discount code
About Valerie
At Valerie, we’re here to drag the perimenopause kicking and screaming out into the open. We want to put the power back into women’s hands, enabling every woman to reclaim their health, take control of their bodies and make midlife maxlife.
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Andrea Balboni
Andrea Balboni is a certified Relationships and Intimacy Coach and founder of Lush Coaching, London, and Awakening Eros
Before founding Lush Coaching, Andrea led award- winning creative digital teams in Fortune 500 companies for over 20 years, giving her a unique understanding of the challenges faced by successful professionals balancing demanding careers with personal fulfilment.
Sama Trinder
Multi-disciplinary Wellbeing Practitioner
Sama is both a successful entrepreneur and a holistic practitioner and facilitator. A senior, qualified yoga teacher, meditation therapist and guide, and Reiki healer. Sama facilitates experiences including somatic movement and dance, sound journeys and cacao ceremonies around the world at festivals and events
She is the founder of bhuti, a spiritual wellbeing brand, and co-founder and CEO of Bingham Riverhouse, a wellness-focused hotel and members' club.
Wizz Selvey
Wizz Selvey is the co-founder of Valerie and a successful entrepreneur. Frustrated by many years of exhaustion and being told by the doctor everything was fine, she sought natural ways to rediscover her vitality.
Wizz has 20 years of experience in retail, consumer trends and brand-building. She is recognised as a thought leader and voted as one of the top global retail influencers. She launched Valerie in 2024 to help women live fully and freely.
