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This retreat is for one individual or an individual with a friend or partner.
Accommodation can be in one or two rooms, in a self-contained traditional village house with two bathrooms, kitchen and sitting room for your exclusive use.
The retreat is self-catering, but with assistance in pre-buying food which you can request and providing transport to a local market and supermarket during your stay.
Outside is private grassed open space and a meditation platform under a tall open-sided farm building with fire basket and rocky surround for evenings.
There is also an indoor meditation room.
There is one planned day during your stay, but it can come whenever you want, so if you simply want your own peace for a few days, then we will leave you until you are ready.
Simon has been providing psychological therapies for almost 40 years and no longer charges for his services, so there is nothing built into the cost of this retreat for conversations you may have with him during your stay, and you will not be asked for any additional payment.
Conversations may be informal, consultations, or teaching around the centre, or may even be on walks in the surrounding mountain foothills.
The planned day will be Simon's introduction to Musicking Mindfulness, which he has called a Western Tao. The music in 'musicking' is less about music as you usually think of it as about a Flow through all the channels of your experience - physical, cognitive, emotional, relational - and forms your individual way, personal and complete.
On any day, you will be welcome to join Simon in his meditation.
Best-selling author Simon Cole ('Stillness in Mind', 'Along the Way', 'Pathways', 'just BE here'): longtime senior-accredited counsellor; for almost 40 years a provider of therapy and training in different settings in UK, France and online. Accepting of all faiths and all approaches, his philosophy and teaching spans mindfulness, meditation, being in relation and counselling in the humanistic tradition. He draws on the work of leading western thinkers and the insights of Martin Buber into presence in relationships.
The retreat centre is 'Le Sentier Tranquille', which means 'The Quiet Path' and is located on the edge of a hamlet in the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains in south-west France. It is surrounded by hills and forests and you will be able to walk from the gate along paths which wind through the natural surroundings. Whatever your fitness or skills, there is something for you, all amid the peace and tranquillity and beauty of this unique corner of France.
The accommodation has full cooking facilities and we will pre-buy food which is requested by you (at your cost), as well as offer transport to a local market and supermarket during your stay.
Toulouse–Blagnac Airport
78 km
Transfer available for additional US$37 per person
Carcassonne Airport
48 km
Transfer available for additional US$37 per person
If you are driving, you can enter 'Darde' in your satnav as your destination and you will be brought to the door. If your satnav does not find 'Darde', then enter 'Le Taychel' to arrive at the bottom of the lane.
They also collect from Pamiers station, reached with a local rail service from Toulouse-Matabiau station. The journey time is just under one hour.
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