EMPOWERED WOMANHOOD: THE JOURNEY WITHIN
Chateau de Bardouly in the Dordogne Region of France
October 9-14, 2022
Join us for this luxury yoga and therapeutic retreat in France at Chateau de Bardouly, a charming (and gorgeous! Seriously, the pictures do no do it justice) 17th century estate located outside the city of Bergerac, about 90 miles east of Bordeaux.
This idyllic setting is a perfect space for us to take a journey within and explore your relationship with yourself.
Often women in our culture are struggling to maintain the impossibly high standards of being everything to everyone - lovers, mothers, daughters, competitive professionals, errand runners, personal chefs, personal assistants, accountants, maids, chauffeurs, and many many more. Girl, you’re a super woman! We know it. But you’re overly focused on your relationships to others.
This retreat in France is dedicated to your own self-discovery, self-love, self-compassion, self-care, and self-generosity. It’s all about you!
Bree and Dez will guide you to examine your relationship to yourself, explore personal values, teach healthy boundaries, engage in thought provoking and dynamic exercises to deepen your connection to the self, as well as assist in building confidence and gaining real life skills to empower yourself.
Each day at this retreat in France will include yoga and meditation, therapeutic interventions and workshops, and process groups, including experiential exercises, such as writing assignments, role playing, and goal setting, as well as plenty free time to enjoy the beautiful grounds.
We cannot say enough about The Empowered Womanhood Retreat in France. It is truly magical and the retreat of a lifetime!
Love From Our Guests
What You Can Expect:
Move through body-centered, somatic approaches to wellness, including soothing yoga, emotionally centering breathe work, mindfulness, meditation, and guided imagery
Enjoy daily excursions, including shopping, strolling lush gardens, castle tours, hiking trails, a hot air balloon ride (weather permitting), and the scenic south of France
Explore issues of womanhood and femininity
Eat professionally cooked farm-to-table french cuisine (the food is truly to DIE for!)
Rest and restore in the quiet gardens and chateau library
Reconnect to intuition, beauty, and personal values
Deepen your connection to self, intuition, and inner wisdom
Rejuvenate self-compassion and self-love
Enjoy on site therapeutic spa facilities (massage services extra)
*Please note this is a sample schedule and may change as needed
Hi! We are Bree & Dez!
Two licensed therapists deeply committed to meaningful transformations. We have led many retreats together and are truly honored to offer healing spaces for women.
The Curriculum
In The Empowered Womanhood Retreat In France, our curriculum is focused on Undoing and Unlearning conditioning that does not serve you, prioritizing rest and adequate self-care that soothes the soul, and Reconnecting to your authentic self and making meaningful connections in your community.
UNDOING:
Releasing Ceremony
Examining the “Behavior Of Busy”
What is “Superwoman Syndrome” and how is it impacting your life?
Examining “The Disease To Please” and breaking free from the expectation to be everything to everyone
Calming and soothing mental chatter, worry, restlessness, overwhelm, and burnout
Identifying and releasing deeply rooted beliefs that are barriers to meaningful change
Explore the identifies you hold (i.e. woman, wife, mother, daughter, sister, worker, etc) and how these are working for you
RECONNECTING:
Reconnecting to lost parts of self, the changed self, and the future self
Reconnecting to the body and learning how to use sensations and emotions as a guide
Increasing Mind/Body Connection
Tuning into Intuition
Exploring your relationships to yourself, how you feel about yourself, and the beliefs you hold about yourself
Identifying your true Superpowers and how to use these to make empowered decisions
Clarify your values and learn how to engage in value driven behavior
REJUVENATING:
Engage in restorative practices that will fill your heart and soul
Learn the practice of Self Compassion and Self Love
Increase feelings of general wellbeing, confidence, and centering
Tuning into Feminine Energy
Exploring the felt sense of strength and beauty and how these changes over the lifespan
Reinvigorate creative energy, create space for your hopes and dreams, and strengthen your relationship to yourself
Registration:
Price Per Person:
Shared Room $2950 (SOLD OUT)
Private Room $3450 (SOLD OUT)
Tuition Includes:
Private group transportation in a luxury scenic view shuttle to and from the Bordeaux-Saint-Jean train station
Daily therapeutic workshops led by Bree and Dez
Daily all-levels yoga, meditation, and breath work classes with Dez (yoga mats and props provided)
Luxury Swag Bag with items to enjoy while on retreat
A private in-house wine-tasting with an expert sommelier (with the option to purchase wine at an extra cost)
Excursion Day 1: Trip to the the local market at Bergerac or Salart
Excursion Day 2: Depending on weather, this can include a combination of castle tours, hot air balloon ride, a tour of Josephine Baker historical manor tour, botanical gardens and/or museum with additional fees (i.e. entrance fees, tickets, etc). All excursions are optional and you are welcome to rest at the Chateau instead, if you choose to skip an excursion.
3 daily gourmet meals prepared by a professionally trained French chef, including European-style breakfast, 2 course plated lunch, and 3 plated dinner. Bio-dynamic farm-to-table. (Vegan, vegetarian, gluten and dairy free available).
Tea, coffee, and snacks throughout the day
Heated saltwater swimming pool (pool towels provided)
Hard surface tennis court
Lawn for croquet, boules court, badminton, and table tennis
100 acres of grounds for hiking, running, and biking
Access to several scenic lounge areas, including firepit
Free Wifi
Each room includes high thread-count Eygptian cotton linens, clock, wireless speaker, armoire, chest of drawers, writing desk and comfy chairs for reading. All bathrooms are fitted with blow dryers, high quality bath towels and luxury amenities, including shampoo, conditioner and soaps provided in each room.
*Please note, tuition does not include airfare, spa/massage services, or any other excursions or shopping you may enjoy on the trip.
Deposit:
A $500 deposit is required to reserve your spot. Payment plans for the remaining balance will be scheduled for you once your registration/deposit is complete. Full tuition is due by September 1, 2022.
Cancellation Policy:
You may cancel and receive a partial refund (without your non-refundable deposit) prior to September 1, 2022. You may also sell or give your spot to someone else in the event that you can't come. If there is a waitlist, we may be able to help you find someone else who may want your spot, however it is not guaranteed.
Flights:
You are responsible for your own flight. Please arrange to be at the Bordeaux-Saint-Jean train station by 12 pm on October 9, 2022 for our group pick-up. You’ll be dropped off at the Bordeaux-Saint-Jean train station around 12 pm on October 14, 2022. This group transportation to Bardouly is included in the cost of your tuition.
If you do NOT fly into Bordeaux-Merignac airport or the Bordeaux-Saint-Jean train station, you will be responsible for your own transportation to Chateau de Bardouly. If so, the host has suggested that people fly to London, and then take the Ryanair flight to Bergerac airport. Be aware that Ryanair flies out of smaller London airports (not Heathrow International Airport). Booked in advance it is generally very inexpensive and then you are only a 20 minute drive from the Bardouly house.
COVID-19 Considerations:
The following procedures are recommendations and guidelines from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and will be enforced during the Empowered Womanhood retreat in France:
Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
Sanitize commonly touched objects after each use.
Placing hand sanitizer stations in high traffic areas.
Use of masks in public spaces where masks are required.
Option use of masks on the retreat property.
In addition to these, both hosts (Dezryelle Arcieri, LMFT and Brittany Jenkins, LMFT) are vaccinated and boosted against COVID19 and strongly encourage all participants to do so prior to attending the Empowered Womanhood retreat.
For your safety, and for the safety of the entire retreat group, participants, and staff, special accommodations will be made to address the COVID19 virus and pandemic:
A negative COVID-19 test is required to attend the Empowered Womanhood retreat and you must provide proof of a negative COVID19 test 72 hours prior to arrival on TBD. If you test positive or fail to provide proof of testing prior to arrival on TBD, you will not be allowed to attend the retreat and there will be no refunds. Please ensure your travel insurance policy covers COVID-19 (we strongly recommend a ‘cancel for any reason’ policy).
If the threat to travel to France moves to a CDC Level 4 or the US Government or French Government restricts travel to or from France due to COVID19, we will reschedule the retreat for a later date. If you can’t make the new dates, a full credit will be offered that expires on TBD or you will need to submit a claim to your travel insurance company for reimbursement (reimbursement subject to the approval/terms of your specific policy).
Wearing masks on the retreat property will be optional. However, you must agree to wear a mask in public settings where we are required to do so according to French government.
If you start to show symptoms of COVID19 (i.e. fever, chills, cough, shortness of breath, difficult breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion, runny nose, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea) while on the Empowered Womanhood retreat, you agree to inform the hosts (Dezryelle Arcieri, LMFT and/or Bree Jenkins, LMFT) and began quarantine immediately.
FAQ
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Women are, by in large, the caretakers of our families and our communities, and play a key role in the health of our culture and society. You hold space for everyone and everything and you do it well. However, this takes a toll on your wellbeing. You are ultra-busy, overworked, stressed, and disconnected from your needs and desires.
The Empowered Womanhood retreat is an opportunity to step into your feminine energy and use this as your superpower to increase vitality, renew your unique strengths, and create meaningful change.
The goal of the Empowered Womanhood retreat is to empower you to cultivate or reinvigorate your relationship to yourself, so you can be more effective in your responsibilities and experience more joy and overall peace.
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Each full day at this retreat in France will include accessible yoga, meditation, and breath work that is designed to teach skills for soothing, 2 therapeutic workshops to process the relationship to the self and how this impacts relationships to others, 1 process group to assist with integration of the material and curriculum you will be learning on retreat, as well as free time to enjoy the grounds, connect with nature, engage in play, and seek adventure.
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This retreat is for women, trans women, and femmes who want to explore their femininity and womanhood.
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We are very proud to offer an inclusive and accessible retreat. You can expect that the women present at the retreat will include a wide variety of ages, racial backgrounds, occupations, life stages and transitions, and types of relationships. Our hope is that you will feel deeply connected among the group’s similarities and differences, as we are all attending and participating in the retreat for the same common purpose.
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Yes! No yoga experience is required. The yoga at this retreat will be accessible for all bodies and all skill levels.
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The yoga that is offered on this retreat is a mixture of Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Yoga Nidra, meditation, guided imagery, and breath work. Yoga offered in the morning will be an invigorating flow designed to help you wake up the mind and body and yoga offered in the evening will be a relaxing and restorative practice to help you prepare for deep sleep.
All of the yoga offered is therapeutic in nature and trauma-informed. Unlike some classes you may find in a typical yoga studio, this yoga is really meant to help you manage distress and calm the central nervous system so that you can be more fully present and receptive to the therapeutic process.
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Please bring a reusable water bottle, sunscreen, swimsuit, clothes you feel comfortable moving in, a journal, and pen.
Yoga mats will be provided. However, you may prefer to bring your own.