WINTERING Retreat

23rd - 28th November 2026
Colombières-sur-orb, France

€550.00

Join us for WINTERING, the last of our five Seasons of the Soul encounters, held in the beautiful Haut-Languedoc Natural Park, southern France.

This five-night retreat is a time of befriending the darkness, of taking the time to honour our ancestors and to let go of old vanities and illusions. We gather round the hearth to tell stories and dreams, learning to accept and enjoy irony, ambiguity and paradox.

In an intimate group of up to eight, we will sit in circle, share nourishing home-cooked meals, and spend time in nature. Together, we’ll explore a cyclical, soulful way of living that offers rest, depth, and reconnection

  • This year, we invite you to journey through the five outer and inner seasons. Each retreat is an immersion into the wisdom of that time of year, offering embodied practices and soulful values to carry into daily life.

    WINTERING is the late Autumn encounter. We welcome winter, and gather by a warm hearth, embracing an Underworld perspective. As our experiences are reduced to their essences, they gain clarity and humour.Through creativity, ritual, stillness, and reflection, we will explore:

    Samhain: honouring and grieving the Dead – Bonfire of Vanities and Illusions – Returning to the Essences – Being Humble –Putting things to Rest – Forgiveness: Marvellous Error! – Dream Council – Gallows Humour: Riding the Black Horse – The Invisible Fifth – Meeting the Ceiliach – Storytelling –Tending the Heart(h) – A-Way Blessing

    • 5 nights’ accommodation in our home in Colombières-sur-Orb

    • 4 days of guided retreat sessions and group circles

    • All home-cooked meals during the retreat

    • Time in nature, creative practice, and space for rest

    • Optional add-ons (available to book separately): extra nights’ accommodation, individual wellbeing treatments (massage, reflexology, coaching, etc.)

    • Arrival: from 15:00 on 23rd November

    • Departure: by 15:00 on 28th November

    • Travel:

      • 50 mins from Béziers (train or airport, Ryanair)

      • 90 mins from Montpellier (airport, Easyjet)

      • Pick-ups available (€45 from Béziers, €65 from Montpellier)

      • TGV trains to Béziers or Montpellier, then local train or bus to Bédarieux

      • Driving from SE England takes one long day or two easy days with a stop

    • Not included: travel, insurance, meals taken outside the retreat, personal purchases

    • Extra nights: subject to availability (Studio €45–64 per night, Gîte €58–69 per night)

    • Treatments: €50–70 per hour. Options include Lomi-lomi massage, reflexology, Indian head massage, Reiki, cycle awareness coaching, Feldenkrais

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