You're tired all the time, yet the moment your head hits the pillow your mind starts racing.
Your shoulders live up by your ears. Your jaw is clenched before you've even noticed.
Little things make you snap, and then you feel guilty for snapping.
You reach for your phone without thinking, just to not feel anything for a minute.
Weekends don't fix it. Holidays don't fix it. You come back just as depleted as you left.
You can't remember the last time you felt genuinely calm. Not numb, not distracted. Calm.
On the outside you look like you're coping. On the inside, you're holding it all together by a thread.
If you found yourself nodding, you're not broken and you're not weak. Your body has simply been in survival mode for too long.
Does any of this feel familiar?
Read slowly. Notice what your body does as you go.
When stress goes on for months or years, your body stops telling the difference between a deadline and a danger. It stays switched on: heart a little quicker, breath a little shallower, muscles braced, sleep never quite deep enough.
That's why you can't think your way out of it. Why another early night, another bath, another "I just need a holiday" barely touches it. The exhaustion isn't a mindset problem. It's stored in the body.
Somatic therapy works from the body up. Rather than only talking about how depleted you are, we work with the body that's carrying it, through breath, gentle movement and guided awareness, so your nervous system learns through experience that it's finally safe to let go.
This retreat gives you four nights of that, phone switched off. No inbox, no notifications, no one needing anything from you. Alongside the somatic sessions, face and body gua sha helps release the tension your body has been holding.
You'll stay in a traditional French farmhouse in the Languedoc countryside, surrounded by farmland and oak forest, with a private pool and a courtyard for long dinners outside. Every meal is cooked for you by a private Peruvian chef. Just fly into Carcassonne or Toulouse and we'll take care of the rest, including your airport transfers.
It's not all in your head. It's in your nervous system.
Imagine coming home and…
…your shoulders dropping when you breathe out, instead of staying stuck up by your ears.
…knowing how to calm yourself in the moment, at your desk, in the car, before a hard conversation.
…feeling your body as somewhere you can rest, not something you have to push through.
…remembering what calm actually feels like, so you can find your way back to it.
One retreat, three ways back to your body
20–24 June 2027 · South of France. Somatic at its heart, held by two practitioners.
Somatic therapy
Breath, gentle movement and guided awareness to help your nervous system come down and begin releasing what your body has been holding onto.
With Jaspreet Randhawa, Nervous System Specialist
Included in your retreat
Digital detox
Four nights away from your phone in the quiet of the French countryside, with your attention back in your body and the chance to hear yourself think again.
20–24 June 2027 · South of France
Included in your retreat
Face & body gua sha
Slow, hands-on gua sha for the face and body to ease held tension, soften the jaw and shoulders, and let your body rest and restore. You'll also enjoy a private 1:1 treatment with Donna.
With Donna Ryan, holistic facialist with 14+ years' experience and founder of Lumi Soma
Included in your retreat
A day with nothing to prove
A sample rhythm. The days are shaped around the group, and rest is always allowed.
Morning
Wake without an alarm. Gentle movement and breath to arrive in your body
Late morning
Guided somatic group session with Jaspreet
Afternoon
A nourishing lunch from our private chef. Gua sha with Donna, then rest, swim, walk, or simply do nothing
Evening
Restorative practice, dinner together in the courtyard and a quiet, early night
Not included
Flights to Carcassonne or Toulouse
Included
4-night somatic retreat programme
Four nights in a French farmhouse with private pool
All meals, cooked by a private Peruvian chef
Daily somatic sessions, face & body gua sha and a private 1:1 treatment with Donna
Airport transfers from Carcassonne or Toulouse
Reserve your place
Groups are kept small so everyone feels held. Your £250 deposit is non-refundable and comes off the total retreat price.
This is the first thing you've done for yourself in a while. That matters.
Questions you might have
If you're too busy to stop, that's usually the clearest sign you need to. Four nights is long enough for your nervous system to genuinely settle, and you'll leave with practices you can keep using once you're back.
You don't need to hit rock bottom to deserve rest. If you're tired, wired and running on empty, this is for you.
No. The practices are gentle and guided, including the gua sha, and work for complete beginners as well as current clients.
No. The £250 deposit is non-refundable and is taken off your total retreat price.
Four nights in a traditional French farmhouse with a private pool, all meals cooked by a private Peruvian chef, daily somatic sessions with Jaspreet, face and body gua sha with Donna plus a private 1:1 treatment, and airport transfers. You just need to book your flights to Carcassonne (about 45 minutes away) or Toulouse (about 1 hour 15 minutes away).
Groups are kept small, so everyone feels held.
Booking is simple
You don't need to have it all figured out. Just take the first step.
1
Enquire and pay your deposit
Fill in the short form below and pay a £250 non-refundable deposit to hold your place.
2
We get in touch
Within 48 hours we'll contact you personally with retreat details, dates and anything we need to know about you.
3
Pay the balance, then just arrive
The remaining balance is due 6 weeks before the retreat, and payment plans are available, tailored to you. After that, there's nothing left for you to organise.