18th – 25th JULY 2027
This retreat brings together Yoga, Pranayama, Breathwork, and Meditation—a journey through movement and stillness, inviting you to explore your breath and what inner freedom means to you.
Our Yoga practice is playful and challenging, grounding us in the body. Through movement, we build the awareness and trust that support deeper inner exploration and help us integrate what emerges.
Pranayama invites a subtle, attentive relationship with the breath. The Transformative Breath Journeys offer a more intensive experience, creating space to meet sensations, emotions, and patterns with curiosity and care. There is time afterwards to rest and let each experience settle.
Meditation draws us into stillness, opening space beyond familiar thoughts and the identities we carry. Together, these practices invite us to listen more deeply and discover new ways of being present
Nestled in nature, away from the village of Salies-de-Béarn, Metta Villa offers a peaceful setting for our retreat. Its simple, stylish interiors and quiet surroundings invite you to settle in and give your inner experience the attention it needs.
Lovingly prepared vegetarian meals, including vegetables from the villa’s own permaculture garden, nourish us throughout our stay. Between practices, there is time to enjoy the pool, unwind in the sauna, or find a quiet place to rest and let what you discover settle.
With a small group of up to twelve participants, we have space for both connection and solitude. Single and double rooms are available, some with shared bathrooms.
In this retreat, Yoga, Meditation, and Breathwork support one another. Yoga brings us into the body and prepares us for the more intensive breathwork. We develop a finer awareness of ourselves and build trust to open to deeper experiences.
Through Conscious Connected Breath, we explore sensations, emotions, and inner patterns. Sometimes, images or new insights emerge. We guide this intensive practice with open presence and respect for what unfolds.
Morning and evening Meditation invite us into stillness and inward listening. Together with the physical practice, it gives us space to let our experiences settle and integrate what we discover.
Through movement, breath, and stillness, we come closer to ourselves.
What makes this retreat special is the space to turn inward while enjoying the life around us. Metta Villa is dedicated to silence and contemplation, with a light-filled practice room, botanical grounds, a pool, and a sauna. The setting invites us to deepen our practice and take time to simply be.
The weekly market in nearby Salies-de-Béarn offers another way to awaken the senses. Exploring its stalls, discovering regional produce, and meeting local people brings us into the rhythm of the place.
Together, the quiet of the villa and the liveliness of the market make room for both depth and delight.
Time to listen inward—and enjoy what surrounds you.
• Meditation
• Asana – movement practice
• Pranayama – gentle breath practice
• 4-5 Transformative breath journeys
• Mantra Chanting
• Soundbath
• Teacher Team: Manuela Peverelli and Isa
• Stay at Metta Villa
• 18.-25. July 2027
• Breakfast / lunch and dinner
• All practices
• Visit of a local market
• Twin sharing room: 1250 CHF
• Single room: 1650 CHf
• Massage possible but not included
Manuela teaches Yoga and Meditation with enthusiasm and a deep trust in the practices she shares. At the heart of her work is a curiosity about how body, mind, and spirit connect and influence one another.
For many years, she has guided individuals and groups towards greater connection, balance, and inner freedom, inviting them to explore their own experience with awareness and openness.
During this retreat, Manuela will lead the Yoga Asana sessions and offer support throughout the Breath Journeys.
Manu and I share a longstanding friendship that bridges countries, rooted in kindness and a shared curiosity about who we are beyond the identities we carry. We are united by our love for these practices and our background in Essential Psychotherapy.
During this retreat, I will support Manu as she guides the Yoga Asana sessions, and she will support me as I guide the Breath Journeys. Together, we offer attentive guidance and space for you to explore your own experience.
Metta Villa is nestled in nature near Salies-de-Béarn in southwestern France.
BY TRAIN
You can travel to either Puyoô or Orthez station. From there, we will arrange a taxi transfer to Metta Villa for you.
BY PLANE
You can fly into Bordeaux or Paris and continue by train to Puyoô or Orthez.
If you need help planning your journey, please get in touch – I’m happy to support you.
The journey is part of the retreat.
With love
