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Day One

  • Swimming

  • Breakfast overlooking valley

  • daily choice of cereals, Greek yoghurts, Fruits, Eggs and toast.

  • Morning trip to local Saint Antonin Market

  • Home-made lunch on the terrace: Various salads, breads and cheeses.

  • CPD Workshop On: Connecting Through Story

We start with this simple workshop using all the stories that surround us. We look at how narratives are made and evolve, and our place within them.

  • Space for reflection or walk at dusk

  • Evening meal - fish or vegetarian pie

Day Two

  • Yoga on the lawn

  • Breakfast overlooking valley

  • CPD Workshop Two

  • Sandtray - Losing and finding ourselves through play. The power of the symbol using sand tray and art.

  • Vegetarian lunch on the terrace - gazpacho soups, breads, cheeses

  • Trip Two afternoon in historic Cordes sur Ciel

  • Evening meal choice of pastas

  • Stories under the stars

Day three

  • Swimming

  • Breakfast overlooking valley

  • CPD Workshop - music and movement session. Using instruments and our bodies to explore and express ourselves. 

  • Vegetarian lunch pizza and salads on the terrace

  • Trip three - afternoon in Albi Town including visit to art gallery Toulouse Lautrec 

  • Evening meal Chinese noodles with vegetable stir fry/ and or prawns

  • sound gong bath

Day four

  • Breakfast overlooking valley

  • Choice of beauty treatments/spa or taking canoes on river trip

  • Lunch on the river or in the Chateau

  • CPD Workshop 4 - Games and using them therapeutically

  • Evening meal Curry vegetarian or fish

  • Mediation or quiet time


Day five

  • Pilates by the pool

  • Breakfast overlooking valley

  • Trip to local Penne village and castle followed by nearby spectacular Bruniquel 

  • Picnic Lunch

  • CPD Workshop 5 - story and ritual as a vessel to support endings. Experience first hand how powerful goodbyes can be contained and held through story and group rituals.

  • Evening meal - Final feast

  • An evening of fun and memories to take away


Travel Day 

  • Walking and Swimming in nature

  • Big Brunch and goodbyes

  • Leave for Toulouse airport around Midday

Practicalities:

 

We can cater for most diets but please let us know if you have any specific requirements when you book.

 

Your own private bedroom is included.

 

Our locations are quiet and secluded in the Surrey, Sussex or Kent countryside.

 

We're never more than 1 hour from London by train.

French Retreats are an hour from Montpellier. Please enquire by phone or email for further information.

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