Personal Retreat is a wonderful opportunity to profoundly develop your meditation, to to deepen your confidence in your practice, and to rest into silence and solitude, as well as into intimacy with the beautiful nature at the Moulin. We offer support for personal retreat  from early May until the middle of August every year. This may last from anytime between 3 days to 3 months.

You may undertake personal retreat as a silent meditation intensive, or in combination with time to study, read or write.

 

Either staying in the main house or in meditation cabins set among the trees and bamboo, you can follow your own practice or participate in any group retreats that may be happening at the same time.

Personal retreatants are expected to have prior meditation experience, and be fairly self-reliant in their practice. There are weekly interviews with resident teacher Martin Aylward or other visiting teachers, as well as access to many recorded Dharma talks and a library of Dharma related books.

The daily cost is €45 for single room, €35 for shared room, €25 camping in your own tent. If you are staying for longer than 3 weeks, contact us for a reduced figure.

To register for a personal retreat, please fill in a booking form and send it together with a€50 deposit (all details under Booking Info).

The above price which goes to the non-profit Association of Moulin de Chaves covers only the cost of accommodation, everyday bills for running a centre and food, most of which is organic.
 
Otherwise everyone who works and lives at Le Moulin are volunteers. No one gets paid for their kindness, support and effort, which creates a space for you to come and be. Therefore in addition to the above price, there are two DANA boxes, one for the Teacher  and another for Le Moulin team. There is no fixed price to put into these Dana boxes - Dana is the spirit of generosity and kindness. We thank you in advance for this generosity and for continuing this same circle of support and kindness.

We look forward to welcoming you and supporting you in inquiring more deeply into life!