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All meals (vegetarian) included, from Friday dinner to Tuesday lunchtime.
Price includes return transfers to Poitiers Airport.
Stansted/Poitiers Return flights Friday and Tuesday. Option to extend visit.
Dates: Friday 13th October — Tuesday 17th of October
Your Workshop
Nuad Bo-Rarn is authentic northern style rejuvenating Thai massage, a dynamic, therapeutic and relaxing holistic massage combining stretching, acupressure and touch. The healing power of Thai massage is rooted in tradition and goes back 2500 years to the time of Budda. Every part of the body is given full attention. By working in a variety of positions, on acupressure points and ‘sen’ energy lines, those who suffer from knee and ancle pain, frozen shoulder and other ailments will benefit from the calming and relaxing Nuad Bo-Rarn massage workshop. Others will find the deeply therapeutic massage sessions rejuvenating, calming and a gentle release from the pressures of everyday life.
Daniel, your workshop host trained in Chang Mai under one of Thailand’s most recognised masters, Chongkhol Settakorn. Find out more on his website.
Your venue
Le Prieuré is a stunning 13th/14th century fortified house in the tiny rural hamlet of Pressigny, about 30 minutes from Poitiers airport. The stone house sits in walled gardens and has six bedrooms in the main house and two in La Tour, a newer 15th century addition!
You can see more about your venue here and on Instagram: @stayuniquelyfrench.
Itinerary
Friday night
Arrive at le Prieuré on Friday night. Enjoy a delicious, healthy dinner cooked by your hostess or our renowned chef with your fellow participants and then relax around the firepit with a drink in the candlelit walled garden, enjoying the remarkably clear skies and the sight of the white owls circling the church and garden.
Your bed awaits! Crisp cotton sheets in a lovely bedroom overlooking the garden in this stunning 14th century Priory. With a choice of four poster beds, half testers and silk draped beds, the cosy mattress toppers, wooden shutters and the gentle ambience in this quiet, rural village all help to create the perfect ambience for a perfect night’s sleep.
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
7:00 to 7:45 Optional guided meditation – Danial is a qualified meditation teacher
7:45 to 9:00 Breakfast – a delicious breakfast usually eaten in the garden.
9:30 to 10:10 Mindful movement/Qi Ging/Tai Chi
10:10 to 10:20 Tea – Lemon, ginger and honey
10:20 to 11:20 Lesson, Danial working with a model, the participants taking notes
11:30 to 12:30 Demonstration, Danial working with a model, the participants working in pairs, following the demonstration, Danial advising participants where necessary.
12:30 to 14:00 Lunch
14:00 to 16:00 Pairs working together, under the instruction of Daniel, who supervises and adjusts where necessary
17:00 to 18:30 Private massage, booked directly with Daniel,
19:00 Dinner
20:00 to 21:30 Private massage
After breakfast guests are free to swim, relax, read or walk in the lovely surroundings of Le Prieuré until departure time. Transfers to Poitiers airport are organised for those travelling by plane from Stansted.
The aim is to enable everyone to walk away and to be able to give a one hour, full-body massage working on the front and sides to friends and family, not working as a professional.
Daniel will be instructing participants in acupressure, stretching, energy lines, back bends, twists and hand, face and head massage.
Daniel will provide a booklet with pictures of the positions covered with space for participants to write their own notes.
Clients require Loose fitting comfortable clothes, - avoid tight leggings and yoga pants. Something comfortable which allows full range of motion – no jeans, skirts or dresses!
Cost for breakfast, lunch and dinner for four days, four nights in a sumptuous bedroom with a double, queen or king sized bed, three days of workshop as outlined above, one day of free time prior to departure to Poitiers airport or home, transfer to Poitiers airport.
€960 (approximately £820). Non-returnable deposit of €150. Full payment one week prior to the course. Transport, apart from the transfer to and from Poitiers airport not included.
Please contact Paula Dormer paula@uniquelyfrench.com to book
Telephone +33 (0)6 74 04 53 15
Please note, official certificates are not currently able to be issued as Daniel is currently a Thai Massage Practitioner.