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le Manoir de Loguevel
22340 Locarn
Bretagne, France
Tel: 02 96 36 68 98
Portable/Mobile/Handy: 06 75 06 60 60
e-mail - loguevel@aol.com

We offer set Retreats with activities for Body, Mind and Soul. There are many different Retreats to choose from both being pampered, learning a holistic therapy or just getting away from it all. More info about retreats...


Château Bellenau
Bellenau, France
Château Manager
Spencer Henry
Tel : 00 33 (0) 233 713 048
e-mail - bellenau@wanadoo.fr

Our experienced staff have many years experience in accommodating healing groups af all kinds including, Rebirthing, Detox, Yoga, Reiki etc. Created between 1830 and 1890 by Pierre Lafosse, the parkland with its waterways and lake, paradise garden with caves and majestic rare trees is one of the wonders of Normandy. The comfortable 12 room (all en-suite) hotel and gites are a welcoming environment for your stay, families, individuals and groups are warmly received by Spencer, our manager and host.

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Highlighted Retreats


The Spirit of Women: Women's Spiritual Writing

Heart of Provence Chateau Pontfrac
Riez, FRANCE

US - 919 357 4824
email: judithreitman@earthlink.net
web link


Each Heart of Provence Workshop provides 20 hours of personalized professional instruction in a bucolic setting that has rustic Provence charm, a warm family atmosphere and delicious cuisine that caters to both vegetarians and meat-lovers alike. All workshop participants enjoy a private room (each with its own bath). Includes breakfast and dinner.

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le Manoir de Loguevel
22340 Locarn
Bretagne, France
Tel: 02 96 36 68 98
Portable/Mobile/Handy: 06 75 06 60 60
e-mail - loguevel@aol.com



Center: Manoir de Loguevel Wellness Centre
City: Locarn, France
State: Brittany
Telephone: xx33 296 36 68 98


The Dharma House

Route de St. Sauveur de Cruzières
Mallemontade
30500 St. Brès
France
0033 (0)8 77 98 28 99
www.thedharmahouse.com/
info@thedharmahouse.com


Currently the Dharmahouse operates as a retreat centre offering courses and retreats, although one of our main long-term projects is to raise awareness around our aim of establishing a cohousing community. This will be a community of up to 10 houses, based on the ideals of Dharma practice and living close to nature. A neighbourhood of like-minded people, supporting and connecting with each other.



CobaltSaffron's Retreat
Personal skills development

event spiritual orienation: self development, zen, boudhisme

CobaltSaffron retreats offer you the opportunity to leave behind the stress and complications of day-to-day life, to discover and rejuvenate mind, body and spirit. Our retreats provide and develop a wide spectrum of personal skills through expert training within an exceptionally inspiring environment. Develop well-being, particularly skills to overcome stress and conflict. Improve and refine all aspects of communication and presence. Deepen individual and group talent, intention and vision. Expand personal creativity and imagination. Participants consistently describe substantial results from attending our retreats: A clear, inspired mind Revitalized energy and perception Ability to think and communicate spontaneously and creatively Significant relief from stress and anxiety Specific tools for maintaining well-being Greater ease in exploiting talents Superior ability in decision-making Renewed confidence and trust Deepened personal balance and composure Rejuvenated inspiration and vision.

The retreats are designed and conducted by Darrell Calkins, who has more than 25 years of experience in leading retreats and seminars in Europe and the US. Mr. Calkins works with a select rotating team of international specialists, which includes coaches, trainers, doctors, yoga and exercise experts, public speakers, artists and teachers.

leader name: Darrell Calkins

leader bio: Darrell Calkins has taught, lectured and led seminars andretreats around the world for more than 25 years. As a teacher, his classes have covered a spectrum that ranges from communication skills for psychologists and priests to stress management and well-being for terminally ill children. He has served as a consultant and trainer for teachers, artists, athletes, negotiators and others in high-performance professions. Mr. Calkins’ background includes studies in philosophy, comparative religions and psychology at UC Berkeley and Yale, as well as a three and half-year residence in a Zen monastery in Japan. He has practiced martial arts, yoga and related disciplines for 35 years. The author of numerous essays and a recently published collection of letters, hecurrently writes and leads retreats in southwestern France, where he lives with his wife and two children.

leader phone: 00(0)581450056
leader web site: www.CobaltSaffron.com
leade remail: info@cobaltsaffron.com
retreat center name: Cobaltsaffron
center address: au village
center city: St Orens-Pouy-Petit
center country: France


Retreat Calendar

Dates: Ongoing
Retreat Title: Discoveries
Retreat Themes: mindfulness, discover 'new inner and outer landscapes
Spiritual Focus: non-sectarian
Environment: lush rural countryside with charming, comfy accomodations
Description: Open time for personal exploration and discoveries, 2 hours of workshop of directed writing guided imagry, readings and group discussion. Chef prepared evening meals.
Retreat Leaders:Linda Trum
Leader Credentials: LICSW PhD psychotherapist, coach, teacher and group facilitator.35yrs experience. expertise in mind-body, religion, faith and spirituality, crises of transition and loss, diversity and cross-culture,and writing as a tool for self-expression, discovery and creativity.
Leader Telephone: 781-871-6084
Leader Email: lindatrum@verizon.net


Retreat Center: The Blue Shutters
Address: 32 rue porte st vincent
City: Monts sur guesnes
State/Province: la vienne (dept 86)
Postal: 86420
Country: France
Telephone: from US 011-33-5-49-22-78-23
Contact Name: Linda Trum
Contact Email: lindatrum@verizon.net


Retreat Title: RITES OF PASSAGE RETREAT: AN ENCHANTED AUTUMN IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE
Retreat Themes: Spiritual, Self Awareness, Meditation, Exploration
Spiritual Focus: Spiritual/Metaphysical
Environment: French countryside, vineyards, woods, villages

Description: Spend a week or two in your own private villa near Carcassonne with swimming pool and beds for 8 people Visit sacred sites, explore caves and grottos and medieval castles. With our own minivan, we will visit ancient towns, see Mediterranean beaches and meet local villagers. There will be time to rest, relax and to read a book. Find yourself and come to the south of France.
Retreat Leaders: Barbara Lange
Leader Credentials: Barbara Lange is an artist/writer/teacher and spiritual consultant, living in the mountains of western North Carolina. She has been leading RITES OF PASSAGE RETREATS throughout the U.S. and throughout the world since 1991. "Rites of Passage Retreats was created to celebrate our milestones in life through meditation, ceremony, and creative arts, " she explains. "We swim with the dolphins , stay in villas in France, climb mountains in North Carolina and meditate in a Buddhist monastery in Nepal.

Barbara graduated from the College of William & Mary in Virginia with a BFA and studied at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Fontainebleau, France. She has worked in public relations, advertising and television in New York, San Francisco and Miami and has been involved in metaphysics and esoteric studies since 1968. Her travels have taken her to Peru, Mexico, Nepal, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Spain, France, Germany, Brazil, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, England, Scotland, Egypt, Greece, Morocco, the Bahamas and throughout the Caribbean. Her visionary artwork, Wings of Light, is on exhibit throughout the U.S. In addition to offering RITES OF PASSAGE retreats each year, she teaches self awareness and creative arts workshops and has worked with cancer survivors and the elderly. Currently, Barbara opens her home each month to Sunday Afternoon by the River, a creative & spiritual arts salon with a featured speaker. She also teachers art and writing and spiritual awareness classes leads meditations and works on painting commissions in her North Carolina mountain studio, Laughing Heart Lodge.

Leader Telephone: 828-682-4684
Leader Web Site: http://yancey.main.nc.us/~blange or www.ritesofpassageretreats.com
Leader Email: laughinghearts@yahoo.com


Retreat Center: Laughing Heart Lodge
Address: 985 Toe River Road
City: Green Mountain
State/Province: NC
Postal: 28740
Country: USA
Telephone: 828-682-4684
Web Site: http://yancey.main.nc.us/~blange
Email: laughinghearts@yahoo.com



Event date: 28th April - 3 May 2008
Event title: WE ARE ALL ONE WORKSHOP - FRANCE
Event theme: Spirituality - Unity consciousness - Oneness
Event spiritual orientation: Open to all faiths & backgrounds.

Event environment: Rural setting at small centre in Gascony, France.
Event overview: Drawing from the depths of profound self-realization, these highly experiential workshops utilize not only the traditional methods of meditation, contemplation and discussion, but explore the latest concepts to find a new level of healing for our bodies, minds & spirits, integrating that harmony back into the world around us. Open to all levels, but particularly orientated towards developing a deeper awareness for those already established on the spiritual path, this is a teaching that can be used to direct us back to embodying presence, the fullness of the true self.
We are all one workshops with the author and mystic guide J.M.Harrison are specifically designed to powerfully enhance the quality of your life, allowing a greater balance of understanding and harmony to become present in your day to day existence.

Retreat leader name: J.M.Harrison
Jonathan Harrison is the co-founder of "The Dubon Centre of Healing and Awareness" in Gascony, France ( www.dubon.org ).
A mystic guide, visionary thinker, intuitive healer and author of the recently released Amazon.com book "We Are All One: A call to spiritual uprising", ( www.we-are-all-one.net) he invites people of all beliefs and backgrounds to embrace their own essential spirituality by freeing their true nature, thus making a conscious contribution to humanity.
Jonathan is a regular guest on radio in the USA,Canada and has had numerous articles and poetry published.
Most recently interviewed by Kent Gustavson, host of "Sound Authors" from New York, you can hear a clip of his interview by visiting www.soundauthors.com

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etreat leader phone: FRANCE 05 62 03 73 35
Retreat leader web site: www.we-are-all-one.net
Retreat leader email: dubonjon@neuf.fr

Retreat center name: The Dubon Centre of Healing & Awareness, St. Roch, 32240 Maupas Gers, FRANCE
Retreat center telephone: 00 11 33 (0) 562 03 73 35
Retreat center web site: www.dubon.org
Retreat center email: dubon@neuf.fr
Contact name: Jonathan Harrison

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