Meditation with Horses Retreats
Originally published in the Savoir Vivre Vignettes newsletter on LinkedIn - with insight-giving Stories from my Transformational Retreats here in the South of France Bowled over by the benefits I experienced when I started to keep a gratitude journal many years ago, I still do so today: every morning and every evening I spend 10-15 …
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This pandemic has changed the way I see the world. It has changed the way I spend the 24 hours I have at my disposal each day. Although my values have not changed, my perspective and my priorities have. I realise now, more than ever before, how important each moment is, how precious each second. …
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Getting up in the not-so-sunny south of France during the winter might not be as challenging as it is in Antarctica, but it has its inconveniences. Especially, if you have a hungry horde, or more specifically, a hungry herd, traipsing through the mud, making as much noise as possible, from sunrise every morning. I had …
Five years ago, early one morning, I received an e-mail from a potential retreat guest. She was interested in coming to my new Christmas/New Year's retreat here in the south of France. “Do you support Slow Tourism?” she wanted to know. Slow tourism? What that supposed to be? According to Wikipedia Slow Travel and Tourism …
Most of us will eat a substantial amount of food at Thanksgiving/Christmas, much more than we usually do. Many of us will also put on a regrettable amount of weight.
Dr Margaretha Montagu 