5 days An exploration of ME, meditation and summer leasure in Burgundy

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25 Rue St Léger, 58700 Beaumont-la-Ferrière, France
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Up to 15 in group
Date
August 25 - 29, 2026

Retreat Highlights

  • group meditative dialogue
  • Krishnamurti readings or videos
  • Silent walks
  • The retreat will be mainly in English, however French speakers are also welcome. The facilitator and the organisers of La Maison are all bi-lingual, so they will be speaking in both French and English when and wherever necessary.
  • A bi-lingual inquiry retreat can be a wonderful opportunity to practice speaking another language.
  • However help with understanding and communication will be available at all times.

About this Retreat

Your Guides

Details of this retreat

“I have to study myself in actuality – as I am, not as I wish to be” J.Krishnamurti

This workshop invites a direct exploration of oneself as one truly is, questioning how our deeply ingrained sense of a separate “self” shapes our perception and relationships. Through shared dialogue, it opens the possibility of seeing—and perhaps freeing ourselves from—this conditioning

I live in everyday life with a strong sense of “me” and of individual existence. I take for granted that it is my life with my own separate personality, memories, achievements; family, friends, pleasures and problems. My sense of experiencing and of perception itself, is fundamentally felt as a belonging to me. How does this impact every second of my life and all of my relationships?

In this workshop we shall be examining, how we perceive almost everything, through our shared sense of individual self. We are examining this topic not theoretically but as immediately and directly as possible, as we sit together, as friends, in dialogue. Is it even possible to psychologically let go of such an old and embedded mind set?

Schedule

Dialogues in a group
One-to-one dialogues in pairs
Walking dialogues in nature
Video extracts of Krishnamurti
Quiet moments
Reading extracts
Journaling
Time for spontaneous and informal exchange between participants
Space for relaxing and enjoying the company of new and old friends.
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change

Getting Here

Location icon La Maison, 25 Rue St Léger, 58700 Beaumont-la-Ferrière, France

Directions

2H30 minutes from Paris by car or train, train from the airports
15 minutes from La Charite Train Station by car. Possibility to pick you up at the station fo 15 euros.

Accommodation

singe or shared rooms are available. Quiet with large windows. Set in a lovely old village of Burgundy, in the Nivernais area and close to the vast Bertranges forest, La Maison has a warm and friendly welcome in store for you. It has spacious lounges at your disposal where you can rest or discuss in small groups. The practice room (meditation, exchanges and dialogues, yoga, etc.) is located on the top floor, the former attic with its fine wooden framework and is dedicated to practice and introspective work. A number of comfortable bedrooms, single or shared (for 2 or 3) can accommodate Six comfortable bathrooms are available. Camping with individual tents is also possible. In the park, under the trees, an attractive wooden cabin surrounded by natureis available for one or two person.

Accommodation
twin beds. Shared bathroom outside of the bedroom.
Accommodation
Private single room
Accommodation
private room with double bed for 2 people

Venue & Amenities

Venue & Amenities
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Free Wifi icon Free Wifi
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Pool icon Pool
Towels icon Towels
Free Parking icon Free Parking
Kitchen icon Kitchen
Tour Assistance icon Tour Assistance
Hot Tub icon Hot Tub
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Cafe icon Cafe
Restaurant icon Restaurant
Fitness Center icon Fitness Center
Yoga Studio icon Yoga Studio
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Large and quiet dinner room, saloon, practice room

Meals

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Menu

Menu Types

delicious food coming from the garden of La Maison, depending of the season or from close producers. Balanced and varied cuisine, vegeterian and vegan food

What's Included

  • 3 meals per day
  • 4 nights
  • water, tea, coffee and snack when requested

What's Not Included

  • alcoholic drink
  • no transfert from aeroport, possible from La Charité Station (10€)

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