Genevieve Zizzo – The Art of Healing 30 June – 09 July
Genevieve Zizzo Workshop 2024
Your time with Genevieve:
Over 10 days we will be coming home to ourselves in all the ways that make the French so fabulous. From meditations in lavender fields, connecting with the local food and culture, exploring ancient and sacred sites, moving your body in new ways and admiring and creating beauty all around you, you’ll leave this retreat glowing from the inside out. You’ll feel right at home at the Perigord Retreat Villas like you’ve taken a holiday to visit long lost family, and had no idea you had so much in common with. The poolside oasis and garden grounds will be the perfect backdrop for your greatest epiphanies and inspired action.
Genevieve, an alumni of Perigord retreats herself, has expertly curated a healing adventure with the wonderful humans running Perigord Retreats. She will guide you through wellness based workshops, creating an art journal (even if you have zero artistic ability) and exploring your mind, body and soul in beautiful new ways. Like a summer camp for people who love mimosas with brunch and fresh cut flowers just because.
Who is this retreat for:
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If you’re grieving a loss of a relationship, person, career or life that’s no longer to be
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Feeling dull and disconnected a from your own inner sense of joy and passion
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You’re in a moment of transition – unsure of your next step
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Feeling like someone hit “fast forward” on your life while all you want is a moment to catch your breath
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The sparkle of life you used to feel has faded – and you’d like it back
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You aren’t an “artist” but want to explore creativity, beauty and connection in a supportive container
Join us to find YOUR sparkle again. The retreat will bring you back home to yourself in ways you didn’t even know you were missing. By the end of this retreat you will feel re-energized, recharged and re-inspired by all the beauty, history and wisdom that’s embedded into the French way of living. From wine tasting in chateaux to meditating in lavender fields to long French country dinners late into the summer evenings, laughing with friends – every part of you will be re-inspired!
A Retreat With Genevieve
As an Osteopathic Practitioner and Wellness Clinic owner by trade I have come to understand the importance of holistic wellness far beyond just the physical body. Health is so much more than a body that does what you need it to – health is long summer evenings laughing with friends over the best rosé you’ve ever had. Health is wandering through caves that your ancestors visited 30000 years ago and realising how connected you still are to all those who came before you. Health is playing with colours and textures and creating something you are so proud of and can’t stop looking at it! Health is finding enough silence within you to hear what your soul is truly asking of you.
It will be my honour to share this version of health with you. One of complete love and acceptance of where you are in this moment while still preparing the soil and planting the seeds for all that you are becoming. You will be immersed in beauty, slow living and deep connection with both others, and with yourself. You’ll also learn how your emotions and body are intrinsically connected – and how you can connect them with more ease and grace.
As a facilitator I provide gentle guidance while creating space for you to choose your own adventure. I love to laugh and I believe the magic exists all around us – you just need to look for the sparkle! This will not be an “art” retreat in the traditional sense, the “art” of this retreat will be found in our adventures, our connections, in the movement of our bodies and the healing of all that ails us. We will have many creative endeavours to ignite the artist in you on this journey, including the creation of an art journal, but there will be limited structure around this so that you have the freedom to explore what is calling you most deeply.
A rough itinerary:
Da1- Intro day – get to know others – flowers market/ making a flower bouquet workshop
Day 2 – Rocamadour, caves, ancestors
Day 3 – Jardins d’Eau. – zen day (good rest day)
Day 4 – Chateau de Milandes
Day 5 – Wine chateaux and cheese day + mushroom hunting
D6 – Markets/shop day
D7 – Adventure day – kayaking La Roque Gageac
D8 – Culinary/cooking class day
You can see more details on these places we visit here
NOTE:
Partners are welcome and are free to explore the various painting locations at their leisure. Local tips can be provided. Note that whilst at our accommodation property, activities include walks, communing with nature or the garden, swimming, relaxing or reading. The nearest town is 5 minutes by car.
*A non-refundable deposit of 1000€ Is required (unless cancelled by Perigord Retreats). Travel insurance is therefore recommended.
In order to avoid Paris, you can fly directly to Barcelona (same distance from us as Paris) or Toulouse and get the train from there.
**IMPORTANT: Please wait until Genevieve Zizzo’s workshop is confirmed before booking any flights.
Take a look at some of the excursion locations by clicking here.
