5-day wellbeing retreat in the French countryside

Part holiday, part retreat - including yoga, meditation, art, sharing circles, nature walks, swimming pool, delicious veggie meals and more

Welcome to our 5 day wellbeing retreat in the French countryside! Join us at The Farm in the Loire Valley for a rejuvenating and fun experience surrounded by nature. This retreat is designed to help you relax, recharge, and reconnect with yourself, as well as feeling like a fun holiday with friends! We like to balance out the wellness retreat aspect with a sunbathe or chat by the pool and delicious cheese, bread and wine. Take part in daily yoga sessions, mindfulness practices, nature walks, sauna time and healthy meals prepared with locally sourced ingredients. Immerse yourself in the peaceful atmosphere of a 700-year-old converted farmhouse and let go of stress and worries. This retreat is the perfect opportunity to prioritise your wellbeing and invest in self-care and joy. Come join us for a transformative experience! £200 deposit to save your spot.

Price includes:

5 nights accommodation
Airport transfer
Meditation
Yoga
1:1 coaching or tarot (1 hour session each)
Fireside circles
Journaling practice
Mindfulness
Art practices (still-life, lino cutting)
Local walks and forest-bathing
Sunset views
Stargazing
3x daily fresh, seasonal, locally sourced vegetarian and vegan meals
Local wines with dinner
Homemade pizza night in the outdoor cob pizza oven
Daily downtime for swimming in the private pool
Wood-burning sauna
Excursions including chateaux visit and local market
Games available such as pool volleyball, French cricket, table tennis and snooker
Wifi

Full agenda coming soon!

Total costs are as follows:

Two sharing: £830 per person/ early bird £780

Double room x 4
Twin room x 1

Single: £920 per person for a private bedroom/ early bird £870 - limited spaces available!

Single room x 3

There is also a helping hands space available at £400, mainly assisting with meals and the other odd job. Please email me for more information.

Earlybird price until 3rd June 2024. Only £200 deposit to save your spot now!

Prices exclude additional 1:1 coaching, tarot and astrology (£40-60 per 40-60 mins), travel insurance and travel to the venue (flights estimated £150, ferry and driving also an option). Everything else is included unless you want to purchase extra drinks or snacks!

Please email me before booking to check availability for each room - hello@moonandmind.co.uk

Your hosts:

This retreat is run by Kira from Moon and Mind, a professional wellbeing coach, positive psychology practitioner, tarot reader and wellness event facilitator with 15+ years experience of coordinating and hosting events and groups, and most recently a masters in applied positive psychology and coaching psychology. Kira is passionate about authenticity, equality, community, and nature, with a balanced approach of easy-going optimism, passion, experience, knowledge, and quite often, silliness. She is an avid cook also, with a recent instagram page called @thebrightonvegetarian, to share recipes and Brighton veggie restaurants. She will be your main point of call for the retreat.

She is assisted by the wonderful Lily. Her teachings and holistic business, Earth Angel Alchemy, are a reminder to see the beauty within the mundane, connecting with nature and the wheel of the year at its core. Earth Angel Alchemy is a place to join in community with yourself and others, through embodied and healing practices. Using yoga in a way that is intuitive to the individual and stems from a place of personal sovereignty, the practice of meditation and adjacent practices in a safe space that you can explore and expand your own knowledge, as well as astrology to further embed the cyclical teachings and as a way to help you dive deeper into your own life’s journey through the support of the stars.

Charity donation:

The Farm also operates with a social mission, aiming to extend

its impact beyond retreat participants. While attendees benefit

individually, a portion of proceeds from each retreat supports

African Vision Malawi, a non-profit founded by my mother. This

charity supports orphans and vulnerable people in rural Malawi,

one of the world's most impoverished nations. Since 2005, African

Vision Malawi has been fostering health, education, and

self-sufficiency in the region. For further details, please visit the

website: www.africanvision.org.uk

Travel:

Nestled in the scenic Loire Valley, The Farm finds itself between two charming medieval towns, Chinon and Richelieu. For those arriving by air, the closest airports are Tours and Poitiers, both about an hour's drive away. Your flight will most likely be (estimated £150):

Stansted-Poitiers - 4/9/24 - 6.50pm-9.20pm (arrival at The Farm at 10.30pm)

Poitiers-Stansted - 9/9/24 - 4.55pm-5.20pm (leaving The Farm at 2.45pm)

Trains also connect to Tours, offering a convenient transfer to Chinon, situated nearby. If traveling by car, you can find us at

La Guimarderie, 6 Route du Rivau, Lémeré le Coudray, 37120 Richelieu, France.

We're approximately a 4-hour drive south from Le Havre and Dieppe, and 6 hours from Calais.

The farm's retreat venue started with my wonderful brother Sam, who has worked tirelessly over the last few years to create something magical. Our parents bought the farm in the late 80's which has been a constant development, and a place of awe, wonder and freedom for us every year throughout our childhood and into our adulthood. It has been our family home every summer since then, and we now want to share the magic with you! Please check out Sam's website - www.retreattothefarm.co.uk for more information and also his fantastic retreats!

Please email me before booking to check availability for each room - hello@moonandmind.co.uk