Healthy Heart Reset: A Path To Wellness

A 5-day nature retreat focused on cardiovascular wellness and support for hypertension.

This restorative, evidence-informed experience is designed to help you ease stress, support heart health, and return to a calmer, more balanced rhythm of life.

Held in peaceful natural surroundings, the programme combines mindful movement, breathwork, guided relaxation, and heart-conscious lifestyle practices. It offers a safe, nurturing setting for anyone living with Cardiovascular Disease or Hypertension.

💚 Why This Retreat Was Created:

Your heart is always working — physically, emotionally, and energetically.
In today’s fast-paced world, chronic stress and overwhelm can place added strain on cardiovascular health. This retreat offers space to slow down, breathe deeply, and gently reset the nervous system.

The approach is guided by three core pillars:

1. Nature for Heart Health
   Spending time outdoors can support lower blood pressure, reduced cortisol, improved circulation, and greater emotional ease.
2. Gentle Movement & Breath
   Light walking, mindful stretching, and regulated breathing help calm the autonomic nervous system, which plays an important role in hypertension.
3. Emotional Renewal
   Heart health is shaped by more than physical function. Emotional strain, grief, burnout, and constant tension can all have an impact. Here, you’ll have room to release, soften, and reconnect with wellbeing.

All practices are suitable for beginners and are designed to complement your existing medical care.

🌲 What’s Included Over the 5 Days:

• Daily Guided Nature Walks
  Gentle, accessible routes chosen to support safe cardiovascular activity. Each walk includes breathing intervals, grounding techniques, and mindful pacing.
• Stress-Reducing Breathwork Sessions
  Simple, scientifically supported techniques to help settle the nervous system, ease tension, and support healthy blood pressure.
• Mindfulness & Restorative Practices
  Guided meditation
  Forest bathing
  Deep relaxation sessions
  Calm-focused journaling prompts
  (All tailored to support heart and nervous-system balance.)
• Ongoing Support Throughout
  Retreat guides trained to support people with cardiovascular concerns help ensure the pace, environment, and activities remain safe and comfortable.

💛 Who This Retreat Is For:

This retreat is ideal for people who:

• Live with hypertension or early-stage cardiovascular concerns
• Experience stress-related heart symptoms
• Have been advised to reduce stress or improve lifestyle habits
• Feel overwhelmed, tense, or emotionally drained
• Want a safe, structured space to reconnect with themselves
• Long for a gentler, calmer way of living

Whether you are just beginning your wellness journey or seeking to maintain balance, this retreat meets you where you are.

🌅 What You May Leave With:

After 5 days of intentional rest and restoration, most participants leave with:

• A calmer, more regulated nervous system
• Practical tools for managing stress and supporting heart health
• A lighter emotional state
• Better sleep patterns
• Greater confidence and clarity
• A personalised self-care plan to continue at home
• A deeper sense of connection and belonging

💌 Give Your Heart Space to Heal:

Your heart has carried you through so much.
Perhaps now is the time to give something back.

Reserve your place or request more information below.

Step into nature. Step into calm. Step into a healthier, more supported version of you.

💚 Group Size:

Limited to 5 participants to keep the group intimate, connected, and safe.

This is a 5-day retreat, with longer stays available at a discounted rate.

WHAT ELSE YOU CAN EXPECT:

• Accommodation, guided walks, nature therapy sessions, and creative materials.
• Beautifully calm, varied, and peaceful countryside.
• Opportunities to visit markets and medieval towns, swim in lakes and rivers, explore castles and caves, and enjoy wine-tasting moments and gastro restaurants.
• Supportive connection in a small, nurturing setting.
• Nutritious refreshments and a welcome aperitif.

INCLUDED IN THE PRICE:

• All nature therapy activities.
• Free airport/train station transfers from Carcassonne, Bram, Foix, or Castelnaudary.
• Accommodation at the Razès Gîtes (fully equipped apartments).
• Female certified guide for all nature therapy activities.

OPTIONAL EXTRAS:

• Continental breakfast (€10), picnic lunch (€10), and/or a 3-course evening meal with wine (€25).
• Day or Half-Day Trips added to your schedule, as listed on the Day Trip page.
• Airport pick-up/drop-off from Toulouse or Béziers for an additional supplement of €100.

DISCOUNT:

• A 25% discount applies to a second person sharing your gîte.