The Soul Sanctuary retreat
One week to re-tune
to what vibrates within you
The Soul Sanctuary retreat invites you to the heart of Ardèche
to slow down, listen to what lives within you, and rediscover a space of expression
through handpan, other artistic tools, and sharing,
guided by personal & spiritual development practices
- 7 days in Ardèche
- French & English
- 11 participants maximum
- From €555
Seven days
to return to yourself
Everything you need to know before sensing whether this
retreat is for you.
From Friday, April 16 to Thursday, April 22, 2027
From Sunday, October 10 to Saturday, October 16, 2027
7 days and 6 nights in one location
Retreat facilitated in French and English.
Domaine du Taillé in the heart of the Ardèche forest.
11 participants maximum to preserve intimacy.
€555, €600, or €650 depending on booking phase
Not included: accommodation and meals
Book early
and enjoy the best price
The retreat is limited to 11 people.
Three prices follow one another according to booking order.
Reserved
for the first 2 people to register.
For the next 3
registrations.
For the last 6
places.
€300 deposit upon booking.
Balance calculated according to your price and paid no later than the 1st day of the retreat.
Up to 3 installments without fees upon request.
Accommodation and meals to be paid directly to Domaine du Taillé.
Your accommodation
at Domaine du Taillé
You sleep on site, with full board: overnight stay, three meals, and two breaks per day.
Small room for 2: €465
Couple’s room for 2: €474
Small room or individual chalet: €552
Couple’s room for single occupancy: €588
Couple’s room for 2: €564
Spacious room for 2: €630
Suite for 2: €714
Large suite for 2: €810
Price per person for 6 nights, full board, from dinner on the first evening to lunch on the last day.
Accommodation to be booked and paid directly to Domaine du Taillé, on their booking site. Tourist tax extra: €0.78 per night.
Prefer to sleep off-site? The Domaine offers a meal package of €35 per day (lunch and breaks) or €58 per day (three meals and breaks).
How much does
your week cost, all-inclusive?
Three examples to help you plan: the retreat fee, plus your accommodation.
Early bird 1 (€555) and small room for 2 (€465).
Early bird 2 (€600) and small individual room (€552).
Regular price (€650) and couple’s room with private bathroom (€564).
Depending on your rate and accommodation, the total budget for the week ranges from approximately €1,020 to €1,460, excluding tourist tax.
2027 rates for Domaine du Taillé, provided for information only.
Upcoming retreats
The Soul Sanctuary – Retreat (Le Sanctuaire de l’Âme)
Handpan ‣ Reconnection ‣ Inner Peace
Soul Sanctuary is an immersive 7-day retreat, designed as a pause outside of time to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and rediscover what matters.
Through practices of presence, movement, introspection, music, and sharing, everyone is invited to explore their depths in a caring and safe space.
A transformative, human, and deeply alive experience, in the heart of nature, to leave more aligned, more free, and closer to yourself.
🇫🇷🇬🇧 ▸ Retreat open to French and English speakers
With handpan loan included.
The Soul Sanctuary – Retreat (Le Sanctuaire de l’Âme)
Handpan ‣ Reconnection ‣ Inner Peace
Soul Sanctuary is an immersive 7-day retreat, designed as a pause outside of time to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and rediscover what matters.
Through practices of presence, movement, introspection, music, and sharing, everyone is invited to explore their depths in a caring and safe space.
A transformative, human, and deeply alive experience, in the heart of nature, to leave more aligned, more free, and closer to yourself.
🇫🇷🇬🇧 ▸ Retreat open to French and English speakers
With handpan loan included.
More than a retreat,
a space to find yourself
Soul Sanctuary is a week to step out of the automatic rhythm, return to the body, and listen to what is really happening inside you. Handpan, movement, meditation, introspection, and personal and spiritual development practices complement each other to create a coherent path of exploration.
You have nothing to achieve or become.
You are invited to slow down, feel, experiment,
and let a truer way
of inhabiting your life emerge.
Here, your sensitivity is not an obstacle:
it becomes a doorway to listening,
creation, and presence.
A superpower.
This retreat is for you if…
Soul Sanctuary is for those who feel the call for a deep pause,
a space of creation, and a more conscious encounter with themselves.
Those who wish to calm their nervous system, understand their (hyper)sensitivity.
- You need to slow down and step away from an overly busy daily life.
- You need to transform your sensitivity into a resource rather than an overload.
- You want to calm your nervous system, to learn tools to use in your daily life.
- You wish to rediscover more presence in your body and in your choices.
- Sound, handpan, meditation, or spiritual, energetic, symbolic, and shamanic practices attract you.
- You wish to express what words are not always enough to say.
- You are looking for a human experience without competition or judgment.
- You feel the call of nature, sound, and silence.
The retreat does not bring you a ready-made answer:
it helps you create the space in which yours can appear.
What this week
can open
Each person experiences their retreat in their own way.
Here are the directions that the framework and practices seek to support.
Step out of automatic rhythm
and rediscover more space.
Return to sensations, breath,
and a more stable presence.
Give sound, bodily,
or symbolic form to what lives within you.
Observe your needs, your impulses,
and the choices that ask
to be readjusted.
Leave with reference points
and simple tools to preserve
what has been discovered.
Soul Sanctuary does not seek to add something,
but to reconnect what already exists within you.
The five pillars
of Soul Sanctuary
Each practice opens a different door.
Together, they compose an experience that connects
body, sound, consciousness, symbolism, and the collective.
& EXPRESSION
Explore sound as intuitive language
and transform your feelings and emotions
into music.
& MOVEMENT
Return to sensations through
gentle and conscious
physical practices.
& PRESENCE
Cultivate silence, attention,
and a more stable relationship with the present moment.
& ARCHETYPES
Observe inner narratives
and meet different facets of yourself, to learn to know yourself better.
& SHAMANIC CEREMONIES
Experience guided journeys with drum, handpan, around cacao and other sacred plants, in an explicit and respectful framework.
A week designed
as an initiatory journey
The retreat follows a gentle progression:
arrive, ground, explore, express, then integrate.
Gradually leave the outer rhythm
and meet the place, the group,
and the intention.
Return to body, breath, and
sensations to establish
a stable presence.
Enter into musical, meditative,
symbolic, and sound practices.
Give more space to
creativity, sharing, and what wishes
to transform.
Connect insights
to daily life and prepare the return.
The program adapts to the group’s rhythm,
and includes time alone and for rest.
Handpan, a language
for what cannot be said
Handpan naturally invites you to slow down, listen, and respond.
During the retreat, it becomes a space of expression where gesture,
rhythm, and emotion can meet
without seeking performance.
Perceive resonances, silences,
and the quality of presence.
Discover a more conscious relationship
between gesture and sound.
Let simple phrases appear
from your feeling.
Enter into musical dialogue
with the group.
The goal is not to play
“perfectly,” but to play from
a truer place.
A week in the heart
of the Ardèche forest
Domaine du Taillé offers a calm and enveloping environment,
conducive to retreat, walking, silence, and presence.
A soothing forest and estate to slow down and rediscover a
simple connection with the living.
A villa with singular architecture, whose shape evokes a handpan and reinforces the sonic universe of the retreat. Some even see it as a symbolic spaceship, taking us to another dimension for a week outside time and space.
Vegetarian cuisine prepared on-site, with consideration for announced gluten and lactose intolerances. An exceptional team of cooks who prepare extraordinary dishes, one after another, and are an integral part of the overall experience of this retreat week.
Accommodation and meals are offered on-site,
but billed separately directly with Domaine du Taillé.
11 people maximum
to preserve the quality of the circle
and our exchanges
The intentionally limited group allows us to be truly
available, adjust proposals, and respect each person’s rhythm.
Welcome words, silences, and
differences without seeking to correct.
Recognize the boundaries, needs,
and personal rhythm
of each participant.
Preserve what is shared
within the group.
Remain free to ask a question,
request an adaptation, or not
participate in a proposal.
The retreat is primarily guided
in French, but we welcome
English speakers, as Isabelle
and I are 100% bilingual.
Isabelle and Warren
in service of the same space
Soul Sanctuary is co-facilitated by two artists and facilitators whose approaches
meet around handpan, sensitivity, presence, and
inner exploration.
Handpan player and certified coach specializing in hypersensitivity, Isabelle guides people to better understand their perception of the world and transform this sensitivity into a resource. Her approach connects music, meditation, mindfulness, body awareness, and stress management.
Handpan offered her a space to order her thoughts, calm her system, and return to her center. She now shares this experience through music, coaching, and meditation.
to sensitivity and stress mechanisms.
Artist, handpan teacher, facilitator of immersive experiences, shamanic practitioner, Warren creates spaces where sound, movement, introspection, and symbolic practices support a return to self. For several years, he has facilitated retreats, circles, and sound journeys with a presence both sensitive and structuring.
His journey is traversed by music, travel, trials, and a deep search for meaning. Handpan has become the heart of a transmission that connects expression, presence, and inner transformation.
and the dynamic of inner transformation.
They watch over the rhythm of the week, the shared space,
and each person’s freedom to move forward in their own way.
Frequently
asked questions
Do I already need to play the handpan?
Handpan sessions are guided and centered on listening and expression, not performance. We start from the basics: it is therefore not necessary to know how to play handpan to participate, nor to have experience with music.
Should I bring my own instrument?
No, we provide a handpan for each participant. But if you already own your handpan, you can bring it with you.
What does the €555, €600, or €650 price include?
The price covers facilitation and retreat activities, as well as all tools and consumables used during the week, such as sacred cacao.
Accommodation and meals at Domaine du Taillé are billed separately.
How do I book?
Your spot is confirmed once the €300 deposit has been paid. The remaining balance, which depends on your booking phase, must be paid when you arrive at the retreat venue.
Can I pay in installments?
Yes, payment in up to three installments without fees is possible upon request. We will define the exact schedule together before validating the order.
Is the retreat bilingual?
Yes. Our retreat is guided in French and English, depending on the participants present.
Are dietary requirements taken into account?
Meals are vegetarian. Needs related to gluten and lactose, as well as other allergies or intolerances, can be accommodated if reported in advance.
What are the cancellation conditions?
- Up to 90 days before: full refund.
- Between 89 and 60 days: deposit retained.
- Less than 60 days: no refund, except justified force majeure.
- The place can be transferred to another person after agreement.
Testimonials
What if this week became
your space to return to yourself?
Seven days to slow down, listen, create, and share
in an intimate setting in the heart of Ardèche.
Take time to feel the call,
then reserve your place among the 11 participants.
Current price: from €555 to €650 depending on booking phase (early bird)
11 people maximum
€300 deposit
