Ida and Nele invite you for coffee, fresh croissants, and a passage into the inner landscape to…
South of France!
26.June - 2.July, Fargues-sur-Ourbise
“The first movement of love is to be still and listen.”
- Veronique de la Couchetiere
“The Alchemy of Creation” (L’alchemie de la Genese /
Loomise Alkeemia)
…is a safe space to come home to the body and explore your relationship with stillness, sexuality, and creative power.
Breating. Moving. In Connection.
And all of this in the rhythm of the sun-drenched French countryside, with fresh food, poolside pauses, and the grounded passion of the local village.
Lineage and inspiration…
We’ll enter the fields of Occitania, the cultural landscape of southern France in the 9th to 13th centuries, where spirituality was intimate, embodied, and unrestrained…
Mary Magdalene
The First Century. The Roots of Occitania.
Many early traditions describe Mary Magdalene as a woman who shared both a spiritual and human union with Jesus, holding love as creative, embodied consciousness. After Jesus’ death and the persecutions that followed, she journeyed to southern France, carrying a quiet lineage that required neither power nor hierarchy. Her trace leads back to lived truth, to relationship, to presence. Magdalene embodied a wisdom in which knowing arose through the openness of the heart.
The Cathars
11th -13th Century, The Heart of Occitania
The Cathars were a spiritual movement of the Languedoc region that emphasised purity, clarity of experience, and personal responsibility. They held that truth requires no intermediaries, no institutions. Their teachings and way of life challenged both ecclesiastical and political power. The landscapes of Languedoc still hold their quiet clarity and courage in the wind, in the stone, in the wide southern sky. On this retreat, we meet that field not as history, but as something living in our own bodies.
The Beguines
12th -14th Century, Keepers or Occitan Spirituality
The Beguines emerged in the 12th century in response to the rigidity of the institutional Church. They were women who lived devoted lives without monastic vows, marriage, or male governance. Their spirituality was embodied, woven into daily life, and grounded in inner listening. Parts of France and the Low Countries were places where this feminine freedom found especially clear expression.We follow their trace in places where silence and inner perception were considered a sufficient path.
Deep practice, poolside pauses and the fire of inner alchemy await you…
“Some leave the forge of their childhood with blades honed and sharp, others with dulled edges. Some keep their swords hidden beneath their cloaks, others cannot restrain themselves at all. Steel remains in the form it was first given when it leaves the forge. One of the few ways to reshape an alloy is to heat it again to the temperature of its original casting.”
— The Magdalena Manuscript, Tom Kenyon & Judi Sion
We weave together the simplicity of rural France, deep inner journeys, and the movement of life force within. We meet silence, presence, nature, and the art of slowing down.
Each day unfolds with time to listen inward, to soften into lightness, to enter the practice, and to be supported as your inner processes gently find their own rhythm.
June 26 - Landing and settling. The journey into being fully here.
June 27- Connecting & group practices at our retreat home, La Treille, and in nature; Tandava — The Sacred Dance of Creation.
We step together into the fire of inner alchemy through the SOURCE Process and Breathwork, allowing ourselves to weep and to laugh, to touch and to take space, to connect, to sink into silence, and to explore our inner patterns.
SOURCE is a gentle rebirthing breathwork branch that supports the safe exploration of fears and tensions connected to intimacy.
June 28 - Group practices & SOURCE Process & Breathwork
We make time for individual practices in nature and water, and for private 1:1 deep dives through biodynamic bodywork, breathwork, subtle energy attunement, and the line of sacred touch. There is space to visit the open morning market in the picturesque village of Casteljaloux, to claim time for your own creative flow, and to wander on small adventures of your own choosing.
June 29 - Individual practices, time in nature, swimming, walks to the nearby village, Creation Time
June 30 - French market, individual practices, time in nature, Creation Time
Returning to the group, we meet connection anew through movement, contact improvisation, and tender, safe and attuned touch. We listen with the whole body.
Integrated Closing.
July 1 - Contact Improvisation Workshop, SOURCE Breathwork with attuned presence and touch
July 2 - Closing circle, then travel to Bordeaux as your own journey carries you forward, wherever it calls you next
Nele and I are going to France. And we would love for you to come with us.
We are inviting you behind the scenes, close to the heart of it all, while you can rest knowing the pulse of the space is steadily held. The rhythm of our days is intentional, yet spacious. There is structure, and there is freedom. Room for shifts, for surprises, for personal choices, for additional explorations, and yes, for the occasional spontaneous dessert.
Our days begin around 10am, with breakfast beforehand. Lunch breaks stretch generously, at least two hours. We close the shared program at 6pm, with individual sessions sometimes flowing later. And some evenings may simply ask to be spent under the stars.
Kõik praktiline ja (eba)maine…
Atmosfäär ja majutus
Meie retriidi seekordne kese ja ruum on salapuudutuse ema, stiili-ikooni ja tantrameister Veronique de la Cochetiere kodu/retriidikeskus La Treille (“Lehtla”), mis asub Lõuna-Prantsusmaa küla Fargues-sur-Ourbise lähistel, umbes 1h kaugusel Bordeaux linnast.
Ööbimine mugavalt kahestes ja kolmestes tubades. Atmosfääriks prantsuse vaimne elegants - sekka boheemlust koos metsiku looduse ja basseiniga!
Toitlustus
Prantsuse köögi vastu ei saa nii ehk naa siin maailmas küll miski muu. Kuid! Kas tead mis? Veronique on lubanud meile ise süüa teha! Oodata on seega tohutu armastusega valminud roogasid - ja kõikide erisoovidega saame arvestada!
Kui kohalikust kokakunstist väheks jääb, siis on võimalik alati jalutada külakesse ning haarata mõnest poekesest endale meelepärast juustu või oliivi!
Transport
Meie retriit on oma loomult paikne, et saaksime minna süvitsi siseprotsessidega ning tõeliselt aeglustuda - märgata seda, mis on juba kohal.
Teisipäeva hommikul teeme ühe väljasõidu (vabatahtlik) 10km kaugusele Prantsuse stiilis turule, et kogeda seda Prantsuse elustiili lahutamatut osa ja sirutada end suhtlusesse välismaailmaga. Kui soovid rohkem piirkonnas ringi sõita, on võimalik rentida Bordeaux’st isiklik auto.
Lennupiletid + bussi/rongipiletid tuleb Sul endal broneerida ja eraldi soetada (saame aidata ja anname täpsed juhendid). Nele on vajadusel ka 26ndal lennujaamas vastas Sind toetamas. Buss/rong edasi-tagasi on kokku maksimaalselt 100 eur, kuid võimalik liikuda ette-broneerides veelgi soodsamalt.
Sinu teejuhid…
Iida-Leena Materasu (iidala)…
…on ALGALLIKA Protsessi ja Hingamistöö terapeut ja rahvusvaheline koolitaja (GPBA cert), biodünaamilise kehatöö praktik ning nõustaja ja kirjanik.
Tema kireks on avada uks maailmasse, kus kogeme kõige elusaga otseühendust ning suudame kõrgeid ja avaraid kogemusi tuua ka oma igapäevaellu ning väljakutsetesse, elades ühenduses oma kehatajuga ning muutes argipäeva maagiaks.
Iidala ruumid on hoitud, turvalised ja kvaliteetsed. Ta on juba üle 10 aasta toimetanud professionaalselt hingamistöö ja kohalolu väljaõpete, kursuste, retriitide, teekondade ja 1:1’le transformatiivsete kogemuste loomisega nii Eestis, Iirimaal, Suurbritannias, kui online’s.
Nele Kotli…
…on tantsukunstnik, nõustaja ja manuaalterapeut. Ta on elanud ja töötanud professionaalse kaasaegse tantsijana kümme aastat Prantsusmaal. Eestis on Nele nõustajana toetanud inimesi oma algolemuse ja loovusega kehas parema kontakti saavutamise juures.
Tema töö põhineb kehatunnetusel ning kaasab häält, liikumist, puudutust ja energeetilist peenhäälestus. Samuti jätkab ta tantsukunsti uurimusliku suunaga – kuidas ühendada performatiivsust tervendava ruumiga.
Tema pagasisse kuuluvad: Tandava, kaasaegne tants, improvisatsiooniline liikumine, argentiina tango, pneumafoonia (Serge Wilfart'i hääletehnika), klassikaline laul, sidekoepulsoloogia, kehapsühhoteraapia, üleminekuteraapia (tanthotherapy), kollektiivse trauma tervendus, vaagnasisene manuaalteraapia ning intuitiivne energiatöö.
Kui soovid meiega ühineda, siis kirjuta julgelt!
Broneerimine on avatud kuni kohti jätkub või kuni 30.aprill. Retriit tuleb väike ja hubane - saame seekord pakkuda ruumi kuni 12’le rändajale.
Maksumus: 1333 eur (hinnas majutus, toit, 1:1’le seansid ja programm; lennupiletid tuleb lisaks soetada), millest 333 eur on ettemaks ja koha broneering. Alates maikuust on ettemaks tagastamatu.