RETURN TO YOU

A Retreat for Mothers in Rural France

Rest. Release. Reconnect.

22nd -26th May 2027

 

 

 

Return To You is an intimate retreat for just eight mothers in the peaceful French countryside.


A place where everything has been thoughtfully taken care of for you, so you can spend a few precious days taking care of yourself.

 What if you put everything down and came back to you?

 

Motherhood asks us to hold so much:
the planning
the organising
the remembering
the anticipating
the caring
the constant mental load.


We become so good at meeting everyone else's needs that we can lose touch with our own.

 Yes, you want a break. But you also want YOU back.


A chance to hear your own thoughts again. To feel at home in your body. To reconnect with your desires, your pleasure, your intuition, your creativity, your aliveness.


To remember what makes you YOU, beyond being a mother, partner, daughter, organiser and caregiver.


Return To You is exactly what it says on the label: a chance to come home to yourself.

Welcome to
'Return To You'

Nestled in the peaceful countryside of South West France, Return To You is a deeply nourishing sanctuary for Mothers.

This is not about escaping motherhood.

It's about returning to yourself -

A place where everything has been thoughtfully taken care of, so you don't have to organise, plan or carry anyone else's needs for a few precious days.

Three full days to simply arrive...
exhale...
and remember yourself.

This retreat offers a gentle balance of structure and spaciousness.

Each day includes optional experiences designed to nourish your body, calm your nervous system and reconnect you with yourself.

 

Alongside these, you'll have plenty of time to rest beside the pool, wander through nature, journal, read, nap or simply enjoy the peace and quiet.

There is no pressure to do everything.

Every activity is an invitation.

This is your retreat.

During our time together you'll experience

  • Daily yoga

  • Deeply restorative Yoga Nidra

  • Sharing circles

  • Guided journaling

  • A heart-opening cacao ceremony

  • Dance release

  • Guided creative art workshop

  • Learn to make nourishing green smoothies & healthy snacks

  • Peaceful country walks

  • Outdoor swimming pool

  • Fire pit gathering beneath the stars

  • Time to rest, reflect and simply be

Your retreat includes

✔ Four nights' accommodation

✔ All workshops, classes and activities

✔ All nourishing plant-based meals

✔ Dinner on arrival evening through to breakfast on departure morning

✔ A healthy snack bag for your journey home

✔ Airport transfers from Lourdes Airport

✔ A beautiful retreat gift

A taste of your time in France:

 

This is a sample rhythm of your days. Nothing is fixed in stone. There will plenty of space to just be. This is not a retreat where you have to achieve anything. It's a retreat where you get to receive.

Arrival Afternoon/Evening:

 

Arrive, settle into your beautiful surroundings, meet your fellow mothers and join us for a nourishing welcome circle and dinner. Then… nothing.

No bedtime routine.
No lunches to make.
No one needing you.
Just space to land.

And maybe a little stretch and a Yoga Nidra before bed to help you drift off into a blissful nights sleep. 

Day One — Arrive in yourself:

 

• A slow morning practice

• nourishing breakfast

• time by the pool

• sharing circle

• lunch

• free time

• movement medicine

• country walk

 

• dinner

• yoga nidra

Day Two - Release & reconnect:

 

• a slow morning practice

• nourishing breakfast

• free time

• nutrition workshop

• lunch

• cacao ceremony/dance release

• space to rest and explore

• dinner

 

• fire pit

 

 

 

Day Three - Remember who you are:
 

• A slow morning practice

• nourishing breakfast


• journaling/reflection

• time alone/pool time

• lunch

• guided art workshop

• celebration/closing circle

• dinner

• space to dream about what comes next

Departure morning:


A final breakfast together, time to reflect and integrate.

 

And - depending on flight times - space to enjoy your last few hours round the pool before you head home.

Nothing is compulsory.

 

This isn't a retreat where you have to squeeze every last drop out of your time away.

You can dance.
You can sleep.
You can swim.
You can cry.
You can walk.
You can journal.
You can talk until midnight.
You can sit quietly in the sunshine and do absolutely nothing.

 

You get to listen to what you need.

Food

All meals have been lovingly curated to nourish you. Using wholefood, plant based, gluten free, refined sugar free, and local (when possible) ingredients.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner along with afternoon snacks are all prepared for you. 

In addition to the meals provided you will also experience and enjoy a green smoothie making demo and a hands on healthy snack making workshop. 


Although all prepared food is plant based and gluten free, this is not designed to be a detox retreat. For that reason fresh french bread and dairy butter and milk, will be available for those who prefer them.

There is no alcohol served at this Retreat.
NB: This is a family home. Although there are rigorous and robust hygiene and cleaning systems in place, food cross contamination cannot be totally eliminated. Guests with allergies should consider this before booking.

The Accommodation

 

You will be staying at  Les Contes - a peaceful and relaxing home in Plaisance du Gers, South West France, with access to all communal areas, both inside and out, including outdoor swimming pool, fire circle, yoga platform, chill out areas, guest kitchen, and art studio.

With only eight guests, every bedroom has been carefully chosen to create a calm, homely atmosphere.

A range of private and shared rooms with shared shower rooms and toilets.

The Attic –
Premium Private Room

  • Large Private room
  • Double bed
  • Located in the main house
  • Shared shower room and toilet (across the landing)   


    Full retreat price with this accommodation:
    ÂŁ945 pp

    Deposit: ÂŁ150

    (instalment options available at checkout)

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Studio Double –
Private Room

  • Private room
  • Double bed
  • Located in the main house
  • Shared shower room with direct access
     


    Full retreat price with this accommodation:

    ÂŁ895 pp


    Deposit: ÂŁ150

    (instalment options available at checkout)
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Studio Single –
Private Room

  • Private room
  • Single bed
  • Located in the main house
  • Shared shower room with direct access


    Full retreat price with this accommodation:
    ÂŁ895 pp

    Deposit: ÂŁ150

    (instalment options available at checkout)

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The Chalet –
Private Room

  • Private detached chalet
  • Double bed
  • Located in the grounds
  • Shared shower and toilet facilities


    Full retreat price with this accommodation:
    ÂŁ895 pp

    Deposit: ÂŁ150

    (instalment options available at checkout)
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Hummingbird –
Shared Indoor Room

  • One place in a shared room (2 guests)
  • Double bed
  • Located in the main house
  • Shared shower room and toilet (across the hall)


    Full retreat price with this accommodation:
    ÂŁ795 pp

    Deposit: ÂŁ150

    (instalment options available at checkout)
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Shared Yurt


  • Shared yurt (2 guests)
  • Double bed 
  • Located in the grounds
  • Shared shower and toilet facilities 


    Full retreat price with this accommodation:
    £695 pp      

    Deposit: ÂŁ150

    (instalment options available at checkout)


    SOLD OUT

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Shared Yurt

  • Shared yurt (2 guests)
  • Single bed 
  • Located in the grounds
  • Shared shower and toilet facilities 


    Full retreat price with this accommodation:
    ÂŁ695 pp

    Deposit: ÂŁ150

    (instalment options available at checkout)
LEARN MORE/BOOK NOW

Payment Options

Prices are per person, per room.

ÂŁ150 deposit required to secure your place.

Final balance due by 31st March 2027.

Payment plan available.

Transfers included

Flights not included

 

Please note these are 
Founding Member Rates.
Future retreats at this venue are expected to increase in price due to rising venue costs.

All bedrooms have shared shower rooms and toilets - two in the main house and two in the grounds.

All meals and snacks are provided but there is also a private kitchenette area for all guests to use - ideal if you like an early morning tea or hot water lemon. Or if you have any foods/snacks you can’t live without - you can use the communal fridge and kitchen/dining area.

Investment

Your investment includes: 

✔ Four nights' accommodation

✔ 8 nourishing plant-based meals, plus a healthy snack bag for your journey home

✔ Daily Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Dance Release, Sharing Circles, prompted journaling

✔ A heart-opening cacao ceremony

✔ Green smoothie demo and healthy snack making workshop

✔ Guided creative art workshop lead by resident artist

✔ Unlimited use of outdoor swimming pool

✔ Peaceful country walk

✔ Fire pit gathering beneath the stars

✔ Plenty of time to rest and simply be

✔ Airport transfers from Lourdes Airport

✔ A beautiful retreat gift

All Yoga equipment provided

Flights

Recommended flights are from London Stansted to Lourdes airport, flying with ryanair (approx 1hr55) Flights are released 6 in advance. Average cost: £60-120 return (with 10kg carry-on luggage.)

You are required to book your own flight and provide your own travel insurance.

There is only one direct flight a day. It is expected that most retreat guests will be on this flight, so transfers to the retreat venue have been organised to bring the whole group together. Once all places have been booked you will be notified if there are other people travelling to Stansted from the same area as you, so you can organise your own shared transport if preferred and start enjoying the retreat energy together before you even get to the airport.
 

Flights can be booked here https://bit.ly/4h4rqCU
If you require any helps regarding flights please email emma@emmadeery.com

Is this retreat for you?

This retreat is for mothers who...

  • feel emotionally or mentally exhausted

  • have spent years putting themselves last

  • long for genuine connection with other women

  • crave peace and quiet

  • want to feel like themselves again

  • are ready to prioritise their own wellbeing without guilt

You don't need to be experienced in yoga.

You don't need to be creative.

You don't need to arrive feeling "fixed."

You simply need to come exactly as you are.

Why France?

When I first visited this beautiful home, something unexpected happened.

For the first time in a long time, I could hear my own thoughts.

There was no rushing.

No endless list.

No one needing anything from me.

Everything slowed down.

It reminded me how rarely mothers are given the opportunity to simply exist without carrying the weight of everyone else.

That feeling stayed with me.

And I knew I wanted to create a space where other mothers could experience it too.

Imagine...

Waking naturally to birdsong.

Drinking your tea while it's still warm.

Moving your body because it feels good.

Eating nourishing meals prepared for you.

Swimming beneath the French sunshine.

Laughing around the fire with women who understand.

Resting without guilt.

Having nothing to organise.

Nothing to remember.

Nothing to manage.

Just a few precious days where everything has been thoughtfully taken care of...

...so you can finally take care of yourself.

Return To You

Because beneath the mental load...

Beneath the responsibilities...

Beneath everything motherhood asks of you...

You are still there.

Waiting to be remembered.

 



Only 8 places available.

If your heart is quietly whispering I need this, I'd love to welcome you to France this September.

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Meet your Host...

Emma Deery is a Movement Medicine and Empowerment Coach for Mothers, with a deep-rooted passion for embodiment, nervous system healing, and Motherhood as a sacred portal of transformation. She creates spaces where mothers can rest, release, heal, and remember who they are beneath the roles and responsibilities of motherhood.