Sense & Folly Retreat
An intimate retreat for women who haven't lost their appetite for life.
Your wisdom gave you roots.
Now give your wonder wings.
Stop postponing yourself.
After years of fitting around everyone else's lives, you have gained something invaluable: perspective. You finally know what matters, what deserves your energy, and what to let go. It is time to put yourself back into your own story.
Your wisdom hasn't diminished your appetite for life. You are still curious and ready to be surprised. You still want to laugh, travel, make new friends, and follow what fascinates you.
Sense & Folly is for both: the wisdom you have earned, and the wonder that keeps you exploring.
"Growing wiser never meant growing out of wonder." — FarahThis Is My Time →
"What do I want to experience now, with the woman that I am today?"
This weekend begins with respect for the woman you have already become. You are not here to be fixed, upgraded or reinvented. Instead, you're invited to give equal room to the wisdom you've gathered and the wonder you haven't lost.
For one delicious weekend, everyday expectations loosen their grip. There is nothing to master and nothing to perform. Reflection sits naturally alongside laughter, pleasure and play.
"Your wisdom. Your wonder. Neither has an expiry date." — Farah
A place with its own sense of folly.
For two nights, a wonderfully unconventional 17th-century haven on the Kent coast becomes entirely ours. Reimagined with boutique interiors and a playful eccentricity, exploring this characterful house is part of the experience.
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"There is still so much life to live, so much wonder left to discover, and so much joy quietly waiting for you to finally make room for it again."
The Experience
Follow your curiosity. Feed your senses. Leave room for folly.
Rhythma & Embodied Movement
Farah's signature practice weaves movement, music and nature's rhythms into an embodied flow — an invitation to inhabit your body, follow the music and experience movement from the inside out.
Sauna, Hot Tub & Unhurried Time
Sink into the Himalayan salt sauna, slip into the hot tub, or simply enjoy the rare luxury of having nowhere else to be. Time here is yours to linger.
Sisterhood & Personal Insight
Intimate gatherings, heartfelt conversation, gentle EFT and a glimpse into your Human Design blueprint.
Ceremonial Cacao & Trance Dance
A ceremonial cacao gathering followed by blindfolded trance dance, primal drumming and breathwork — an invitation to follow curiosity beyond the familiar and see where the experience takes you.
Folly After Dark
Our private house festival: fabulous music, dancing, laughter, mocktail mixology and a generous dose of joie de vivre.
Mediterranean Feasts & Beautiful Sips
A private chef will create generous, flavour-filled feasts inspired by the Mediterranean and North Africa — colourful, abundant and made to be savoured.
Is Sense & Folly Retreat for you?
- Ready to include yourself. Ready to give more time, attention and possibility to what you want too.
- Wisdom without losing wonder. No intention of becoming less curious, playful or interested in what else life might hold.
- Depth without heaviness. Meaningful and thought-provoking, with plenty of room for pleasure and laughter.
- Happy to arrive solo. You won't be alone for long — welcomed into an intimate circle where connection happens naturally.
The Itinerary
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" — Mary Oliver
Land & Belong
Depth & Delight
Embody & Integrate
Join us for an optional beach walk, weather permitting, with the option to stay locally for brunch.
This is our intended rhythm for the weekend. Timings and activities may shift slightly to allow for the weather, the group and a little spontaneity.
The Art of the Weekend
Everything you need for a beautifully immersive weekend is thoughtfully woven into your stay — from comfortable accommodation and private-chef Mediterranean feasts to meaningful experiences and so much more. Come as you are, follow your own rhythm, and let the weekend unfold naturally.
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Two Nights by the Sea
Two nights in our wonderfully unconventional private coastal house, with beautiful bedrooms, generous shared spaces and the coast just outside the door.
Private-Chef Mediterranean Feasts
A private chef will create generous, flavour-filled feasts inspired by the Mediterranean and North Africa, colourful, abundant and made to be savoured.
The Full Sense & Folly Experience
Movement, ritual, curiosity, connection, play and celebration — all woven into the weekend.
Sauna, Hot Tub & Room to Unwind
Time to enjoy the Himalayan salt sauna, hot tub and those delicious pockets of the weekend when there is simply nowhere else you need to be.
A Few Things to Note
Your Travel to Dymchurch
Travel to and from the retreat is not included. Dymchurch is on the Kent coast, approximately 70 miles from central London.
By car: around 1½–2 hours from London, with complimentary on-site parking.
By train: high-speed trains from London St Pancras reach Ashford International in under 40 minutes, with onward travel to Dymchurch. Full directions, travel tips and arrival information will be sent well before the retreat.
Sunday Brunch
If you choose to linger after check-out and join us for the optional beach walk, brunch afterwards is at your own cost.
A Little Extra Pampering
Massage or other available treatments can be arranged in advance at an additional cost, subject to therapist availability.
The Drinks Cabinet
This particular Sense & Folly weekend is intentionally alcohol-free. Saturday's Sip & Savour will bring its own theatre, flavour and sparkle with a beautifully styled zero-proof signature aperitif.
Make yourself at home.
Choose the room that suits you best. Every room includes your two-night stay, all meals and refreshments, and the full Sense & Folly Retreat experience.
Reserve your place with a £300 deposit. Flexible payment plans are available and can be tailored to suit you, with the final balance due two weeks before the retreat.
For those who'd like a little more space to call their own.
From a beautiful private room to an entire floor.
Ocean Zen
An entire floor to yourself with the sea for company.
Pay in full: £990
- Private occupancy
- En-suite double bedroom
- Private sitting area overlooking the sea
- Spacious and serene
- Entire floor to yourself
Versailles Palace
A little French decadence.
Pay in full: £850
- Private occupancy
- Double bed
- Shared Jacuzzi bathroom just outside the bedroom
- Separate toilet
- Rich, romantic and characterful interior
Beautiful, characterful rooms for women happy to share.
The sleeping arrangement is clearly shown for every room. Twin-share rooms: separate beds within a shared room — suitable for guests who are happy to share their room while keeping their own bed.
Five Distinctive Rooms
Twin-share and king-share rooms — beds shown for each.
A colourful little escape with a swing in the bedroom. Because why not?
- Two single beds
- Private en-suite
- Indian-colonial-inspired character
- Colourful bedroom with a swing
Disappear somewhere unexpected.
- Two single beds
- Private en-suite
- Wonderfully eccentric
- Full of character
You may say I'm a dreamer…
- King-share room: one king-size bed shared by two guests — best suited to good friends, sisters or family members booking together
- Piano and electric guitar
- One of the house's most characterful rooms
- Shared Jacuzzi bathroom
- Separate toilet
A little drama behind the door.
- King-share room: one king-size bed shared by two guests — best suited to good friends, sisters or family members booking together
- Private en-suite
- Jacuzzi bath
- Heated flooring
- Walk-in shower
- Black and copper decadence
Sumptuous, golden and rather gorgeous.
- King-share room: one king-size bed shared by two guests — best suited to good friends, sisters or family members booking together
- Private en-suite
- Walk-in shower
- Classic golden decadence
Pay in full: £780
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Surfers Den
The room with its Folly showing.
Pay in full: £710
- Private twin-share occupancy
- Two adult-sized bunk beds
- Private en-suite
- Jacuzzi
- Playful atmosphere
- Relaxed character
Flexible payment tailored to you. All balances must be paid in full 2 weeks before the retreat.
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Hi, I'm Farah.
Founder of Rhythma · Embodiment & Movement Teacher · Sacred Space-Holder
For years, I've been gathering women together in circles, dance, movement medicine, and sacred rituals. I've watched brilliant, capable women master the art of showing up for everyone else — and I've witnessed that unmistakable spark when a woman realises: perhaps I belong in the centre of the picture too.
I could list credentials — Human Design, EFT, Breathwork, dance modalities, cosmic wisdom. They matter, of course, but they aren't the real reason I created Sense & Folly Retreat. Life is. Because I am in this chapter with you.
"I'm not standing on the other side of the door with all the answers. I'm simply a few steps ahead, holding the handle open."
Come on in. Let's see what's inside.
If you'd like to talk things through, ask questions, or get a feel for whether Sense & Folly is right for you, I'd love to meet you.
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Farah thinks of everything, not just the beautiful details, but the ones that make you feel truly seen. I felt safe in her hands from the beginning, never pushed or forced, just gently invited into an experience that felt deeply personal.— Jane
Something happened very naturally between us. The barriers seemed to fall away, trust came quickly, and before long we were sharing, laughing and opening up as if we'd known each other far longer. The insights and friendships stayed with me long after the weekend ended.— Heather
FAQ
Not at all. Many women will arrive solo, and the weekend is designed for connection to unfold naturally. Come alone — you won't be alone for long.
Created especially for women in the second half of life. There's no magic number — it's much more about where you are in life and your appetite for what comes next.
Absolutely not. There's nothing to perfect and nobody to impress. Everything can be adapted to your body, energy and comfort.
No. Everything is an invitation. Your yes matters here — and so does your no.
Absolutely. There will be ritual, ceremonial cacao, nature, the elements and sacred moments, but no beliefs to adopt. Curiosity is more than enough.
A guided sensory journey through music, gentle movement, imagination and shamanic drumming. The blindfold helps quieten the visual world and heighten your other senses, and it is always optional.
Imagine, Bling and Goldie each have one king-size bed for two women, ideal for friends or sisters happy to share. Prefer your own bed? Choose one of our twin or bunk-share rooms, or have the whole penthouse to yourself.
We'll ask about dietary requirements before your stay and will do our best to accommodate common needs.
This particular weekend is alcohol-free.
Optional treatments can be booked separately for an additional fee during Saturday's free time.
Yes. Complimentary on-site parking is available (limited to 5 cars).
Arrive from 3:30pm on Friday 16 April 2027. We say our goodbyes and leave the house by 10am on Sunday 18 April, with the option to stay for a beach walk and brunch at the local pub.
Have a question before you decide?
Ask me anything — the rooms, the programme, coming solo, or whether this feels right for you.
Open The Enquiry Form →Prefer to talk it through? Let's have a chat →
Come for the depth. Come for the delight.
Come because something here has stirred your curiosity. If something here whispers yes, follow it.
16–18 April 2027 · Dymchurch, Kent
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