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From late spring 2010, when our renovations are finished, we'll be able to offer very spacious and comfortable guest accommodation for up to two couples or individuals (more about this on our house website). Come simply for a holiday, for sure, or you might choose to incorporate one of the following:
 

Slow Retreats
For anyone who wants to take some time out and discover for themselves how to live more Slowly, we'll be offering Slow Retreats, periods of three or four days during which we'll explore our own relationships with time, and practice the art of slowing down. Good (Slow!) food and wine, simple meditation practices, Slow Walks and play will form the core of these retreats, along with plenty of time for reflection and space simply to be in Grillou's bucolic surroundings.This is a retreat to lift the spirit and (re)discover life's slow and simple pleasures, not one for existential angst or self-flagellation ... but beware, it might just change your life!

Space to breathe days and residentials
Unstructured, retreat-type days and weekends for space, personal stock-taking and healing, for those facing major change, struggling to find a way out of a difficult period or simply in need of time out for reflection. Therapeutic accompaniment is available if you want it, as are tools for creative writing, awareness practice, bodywork and meditation ... or you can just take time away from home in our lovely surroundings to find a clear space in yourself - a kind of twenty-first century vision quest, if you like. Together we'll work out what you need.


More details will be available early next year. Bookings will open only when everything's done and dusted, and we've slept in all the beds and showered in all the showers!

 

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From 2011, we hope to be able to organise the occasional workshop and other event, either here at Grillou or at other centres nearby. To give you a sense of what might be on offer, here are some of the workshops we've run before, in a previous life:
 

How to really listen ...
We all want to be heard - and to know that we're being heard. When we really listen to others, we validate
their need to be seen, understood, and acknowledged as a person; their need to be, and to know that they are. And in the process of listening to another the listener is affirmed too. A profound yet practical workshop for anyone who wants to be a better listener, and transform their own life in the process.

What the body knows
When you're unhappy, confused or stuck do you try to think or analyse your way out of it, but never quite
succeed in finding out what's really going on? Do you want to get to know your self better, from the inside out? In this workshop we'll explore ways of sensing our way into what our bodies already know - into the vague, still unformed feelings that are right at the far edge of our awareness - and of connecting the 'felt sense' that we find there with words, images or symbols.

The felt sense in the creative process
Do you yearn to create but don't know how to begin? What do you do as a writer, poet or artist when you're stuck and the creative process is just not flowing? We'll explore ways of getting beyond the conscious mind, beyond the anxiety of the blank page or canvas, beyond our fears about not being good enough ... and contacting the part of ourselves that already knows what needs to happen next: the felt sense.

This is it!
Thinking, planning, worrying, earning, dealing with families and the day-to-day nuts and bolts of living ... it's not always easy to be truly present - to be here, now.
But like it or not, here we are: in this body, in this place, in this moment ... and this is it! A gentle small group event in which we'll explore the perfection of NOW. Meditation, awareness, walks, good food, laughter and silence. 

You don't have to sit on the floor ...
An alternative look at meditation, especially for us restless Westerners who struggle with the idea of 'just sitting'. We'll explore methods both ancient and modern in our quest to quiet our restless monkey minds.

The still point
Chanting and dancing have been used for centuries as ways of touching the Divine. Through simple songs from various spiritual traditions and steps danced in a circle we'll experience the joy of body prayer and the deep stillness that can, paradoxically, arise in the midst of movement. You don't need a partner, or to be able to sing or dance!

Women's circle
A gathering of women, to share stories, ritual, song, dance and laughter ... whatever wants to happen. Oh yes, and good food, hopefully a full moon, and a fire!

 

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