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Description
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We are a Yoga and meditation retreat center in the country side of France.
This place has been renovated by our family for many years to become a peaceful shelter.
It now aims to receive people and share the Yoga lifestyle and meditation practice with others.
We organise retreats, offer accomodation and meals to our guests, as a non-profitable organisation, we aim to give the opportunity to people to experience the benefits of a painless body and a peaceful mind.
We are located in a quiet village in the south of France. The property has a beautiful garden and is spacious enough to give everyone the space to rest, breathe and explore oneself.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Teaching
Gardening
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Volonteers have the opportunity to practice and learn yoga and meditation practices, to learn French and English, to serve other with care and kindness, and live for a while in the peaceful coutryside of France.
Help
We are looking for volonteers to come and live with us, sharing our lifestyle and daily tasks.
This can be a demanding experience for young travellers. There is no Wifi access at the yoga center, if you need internet make sure you come with enough datas. There is not much distraction and entertainment around. The village is very silent, there are no cafés nor shops. This is a place to disconnect, enjoy peace and silence.
As it might sound very lovely, it is highly challenging to remain stable in such a simple environment for people used to enjoy the busy city life.
During the retreats we follow the daily schedule :
5:30 Wake up
6:00 Meditation
7:00 Morning snack
8:00 Yoga
10:00 Brunch
11:00 Karma Yoga
13:00 Snack
13:30 Lectures
16:00 Yoga
18:00 Dinner
20:00 Meditation
Yoga, lectures and meditation are optional for volonteers depending on their daily duties and their desire to join.
Help is needed around the center :
- Yoga : We give the opportunity to certified yoga teachers to teach afternoon classes.
- Cleaning, Gardening and DIY : When the center is not running with guests our tasks are to maintain the place tidy and clean, doing DIY and gardening.
- General organisation : Any insight and idea is welcome to give a nice and positive energy to the place.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Accommodation
Volonteers are hosted in one of our rooms in the house, they will share a room with other volonteers.
There are 3 single beds in the room with use of shared bathrooms.
Food is provided and prepared in the kitchen by any of the crew members.
We serve vegetarian and organic food.
This is not a hostel, where everyone is free to cook anytime. We make food and eat together at a certain time.
What else ...
During their time off, volonteers can enjoy walking around and enjoy the river close by the property.
There is a nice garden with 3 hammocks to lie, rest or read a book. An outdoor cold shower from the well to refresh.
It is basically a place to disconnect, and experience life according to the traditional yoga lifestyle.
There is no Wifi, no entertainements such as tourism and site seeing to do around.
Please make sure you are looking for such a place before writing us.
Between two retreats it is possible to go for a day or two to the nearby cities by train (Toulouse and Montauban). We organise the drop off and pick up to the nearest train station.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (2)
Quentin was very well organised and it is clearly assigned daily who does what and when. Plenty of time to rest and relax and of course to join the meditation, yoga and yoga philosophy lectures.
It is handy if you… read more
Thank you so much… read more
She imediately feels confortable with the new place and the culture she is visiting. She shows interest and carry with her a luminous and loving energy. She doesn't only help around, she takes initiatives and inspire others to do their best with all the different tasks. She brought a lot to our place and to our… read more
Quentin and Mederiek (Quentin's father) were amazing hosts, and I had a beautiful two weeks in the temple.
About my experience:
My time in the temple was a special experience for me. I decided to do this Workaway because I wanted to learn to be more present and to take a… read more
She is an open minded person and bring a light hearted energy to the group.
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Quentin was very well organised and it is clearly assigned daily who does what and when. Plenty of time to rest and relax and of course to join the meditation, yoga and yoga philosophy lectures.
It is handy if you… read more
Thank you so much… read more
She imediately feels confortable with the new place and the culture she is visiting. She shows interest and carry with her a luminous and loving energy. She doesn't only help around, she takes initiatives and inspire others to do their best with all the different tasks. She brought a lot to our place and to our… read more
Quentin and Mederiek (Quentin's father) were amazing hosts, and I had a beautiful two weeks in the temple.
About my experience:
My time in the temple was a special experience for me. I decided to do this Workaway because I wanted to learn to be more present and to take a… read more
She is an open minded person and bring a light hearted energy to the group.
She is an open minded person and bring a light hearted energy to the group.
