July 8-12, 2024 and July 15- 19, 2024
Nourish the Mind, Body and Soul
Our well-being retreat provides a personalized holistic experience for anyone who wishes to improve their physical health, emotional wellbeing and lifestyle in a positive, sustainable way.
Nestled within the picturesque French countryside of Lot et Garonne, near the pretty medieval village of Villereal (2km) and set within beautiful private grounds our water mill, whose origins date back to the 17th century, is the perfect location for you to relax, reboot and recharge. With carefully thought-out spaces, comfortable bedrooms and delicious healthy food, you’ll find everything you need to unwind and enjoy your retreat experience.
We wished to create a special space that could be easily accessed by those of us who are on a quest to rediscover the essential qualities we all carry within us. Love and joy in our hearts. Power, energy, and stillness in our bodies. Clarity and peace in our minds.
We will offer daily sessions of meditation and yoga. Other activities will include: workshops on permaculture, gathering, collecting and preparing food; listening to the plants around us, absorbing their energy and aligning our chakras through movement; creative writing; and the ancient art of storytelling.
We warmly invite you to experience the magic of this unique experience. Fredje, Claudia, Michela and Jane, our team of teachers, is looking forward to hosting you during this important time in your life.
May you leave behind what you no longer need and may you receive what will help you return to your true self.
Meet the Team.
Jane, voluptuous goddess and joyfully female. Wife and mom. Jane has been in the field of education and counseling for almost 50 years.
She has qualifications in both education and psychology, and has completed 3 courses on Mindful Based Cognitive Therapy. Jane has also trained in Reality Therapy, Early Intervention Recognition Network and suicide and anxiety support groups.
Jane has volunteered on an Anxiety and Suicide Helpline, and in a home for abused children.She has conducted workshops internationally on both counseling and education. Jane is learning to crochet, trying to learn Hindi and loves to read, learn and dance. At present, Jane leads and teaches meditation and helps run a support group for women.
Claudia is a happily single working mom. Claudia has been teaching yoga for over 20 years.
She is also an experienced massage therapist with more than 20 years experience and has diplomas in: Shiatsu, with the Namakoshi method including Shiatsu for diabetics; reflexology; decontracting massage, therapeutic massage and emotional well-being massage.
Claudia is interested in homeopathy and curative nutrition. Claudia feels best when she is surrounded by nature.
Michela was born in rural Italy, into a family of gardeners, from whom she inherited a passion for plants and botany. She is learning permaculture principles and is a practitioner of wild foraging for culinary and herbal medicinal purposes. She studied drawing at the Accademia delle Belle Arti of Rome and at the Audio-Visual department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, in Amsterdam, and holds an M.A. In Solo Dance Authorship from Hzt (Berlin).
She is a dance artist based in Berlin, working in multidisciplinary projects and diverse social environments. Her artistic research focuses on the topic of ecology, especially the relationship between the body and wild plants. Participatory practices are at the core of her work, the social environment being the fertile ground of her interactive performances, workshops and shared practices. Her teaching encompasses eco-somatic dance, yoga and meditation, and principles of traditional dance.
Frederique (Fredje), lived in Italy where she became an expert gardener and ran her own garden center for twenty years. Seven years ago she moved to the Moulin Scalagrand where she started her own permaculture farm and table d’hotes.
Her dream is to become self-sufficient and lead a sustainable life respecting Nature, which she has just about realized.
In her journey of learning directly engaging with the land, and with the support of her family, friends and local community, Fredje has cultivated a vegetable garden, two food forests, a natural pool and much more.
At the Moulin Scalagrand she offers workshops on permaculture and intuitive cooking with wild plants ,workshops of bread and soap making.
She serves as an inspiration to people who are aligning with her philosophy of a back-to-basics life-style and gives back to her local community by means of exchange, solidarity and care for each other and the environment.
Details of the retreat:
Price 800 euro per Retreat (includes full board on a shared basis and all activities). A deposit of 250 euro to be paid by April 30th, 2024. Remaining 550 euro by June 24th (1st retreat) July 1st (2nd retreat).
Bank details : Michela Filzi
DE80 1203 0000 1083 7525 33
BIC: BYLADEM1001
How to reach the Moulin Scalagrand:
The nearest airports are Bergerac Dordogne Périgord Airport (about 40 minutes by car), Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (about 2 1/2 hours), Bordeaux Airport (about 2 hours 20).
The nearest train stations are Bergerac and Marmande. There are buses from Bergerac to Villereal (about an hour). We can arrange pick-up from Villéreal.
Taxi costs at this time are about 80 euro. If people are flying in at the same time, sharing may be a good option.
Alternatively, there are buses from Marmande which take 3 hours 40 minutes. A taxi, at this time, costs around 110 euro.
For further information or confirmation, please contact.
Jane (+39) 3391146475, janerumsby17@gmail.com
Fredje (+33) 695499937, moulinscalagrand@gmail.com
Moulin Scalagrand 