Rewild your Creativity
Date: 6-12 September 2026
An Immersive Creative & Nature-Based Retreat
Core Intention: To decompress, reconnect with nature, and learn how art, colour, and conscious living function as therapeutic tools for modern life.
General
A transformative week blending science, nature and creativity based on evidence-based practices which will include colour therapy, breathwork, movement, forest walks and mindful practices.
Our team combines medical expertise with artistic learning to reset and inspire you. The course will include sylvotherapy, colour therapy, journaling and creative green living principles. You do not need to be an established artist to attend. Anyone who wants to reawaken their creative inner being or even discover it is welcome. We encourage our participants to join us every morning for optional movement exercises or a short walk through the forest or farmland. Our meals will be vegan and healthy (with meat available upon request). Wi-Fi will be available, though we encourage our guests to leave their cell phones and electronic devices in their rooms.
Who This Retreat Is For
This course is ideal for:
Creatives, educators, therapists, and facilitators.
Individuals experiencing stress, burnout, or creative fatigue.
Anyone curious about holistic, nature-based wellbeing.
Those seeking practical, realistic tools for a more balanced, sustainable lifestyle.
No prior artistic experience is required—only openness and curiosity.
Included:
Accommodation
All meals including regional wine.
Transportation to and from the Chateauroux train station.
Transportation to Le Rembucher, Boussac and the Monastery.
Day 1
Arrival and welcome.
Dinner:
Bistro style with an introduction to the week’s program by the hosts.
Day 2
Morning session: 10: -12:30
Theme: Health, risk factors and longevity
Scientific discussions focused on health and well-being.
The topics will include evidence-based practices that can improve your life expectancy and quality of life.
· “Why do we sleep and how do I change bad habits?”
· “Cardiovascular health and risk factors”
· “Longevity”
· “How much, how frequently, and what kind of exercise do I need?”
· “Healthy food and eating plans”.
· “The advantages of alternative practices on health, including meditation, etc.”
Afternoon:
You can either take a nap or swim in our natural pool.
Dinner:
French feast.
Day 3
Foundations: Colour, Perception & Inner Ecology
After a 35-minute drive, we will arrive at Le Rembucher for a day with Louis Jansen van Vuuren, artist, author, designer, philosopher and sage.
Morning Session: 10:00 – 12:30
Theme: Understanding Colour as Experience and Regulation
1. Welcome & Grounding (15 min)
• Arrival ritual.
• Breath, sensory orientation, and intention setting.
• Introduction to the week’s rhythm and materials.
2. Goethe & Rudolf Steiner: Colour as Living Phenomenon (45 min)
• Colour as experience, not theory.
• Light, darkness, perception, and movement.
• Warm/cool polarity and emotional gesture.
• Colour as a bridge between body, soul, and environment.
3. Neuroscience-Informed Colour Psychology (45 min)
• How colour affects the nervous system.
• Colour, stress response, and emotional regulation.
• Modern applications: workspaces, self-care, creativity.
• Where science meets lived experience.
4. Integration Discussion (15 min)
• How traditional and contemporary views converge.
• Setting personal intentions for colour work.
Afternoon Session: 14:00 – 17:00
Theme: Colour as Therapy & Self-Expression
1. Introduction to Sylvotherapy & Shinrin-Yoku (30 min)
• Forest bathing as nervous-system regulation.
• Sensory presence and slow attention.
• Ecological awareness and inner wellbeing.
2. Practical Colour Therapy Studio (90 min) Materials: aquarelle, ink, pastels.
• Wet-on-wet colour washes (decompression & flow).
• Gesture-based colour work (no form, no outcome).
• Exploring complementary colours for balance.
• Emphasis on process, rhythm, and sensory feedback.
3. Creative & Therapeutic Journaling (45 min)
• Reflective writing paired with colour observation.
• Journaling prompts:
◦ What does my nervous system need today?
◦ Which colours feel supportive or challenging?
• Combining words, marks, and intuitive symbols.
4. Quiet Closing & Reflection (15 min)
Dinner:
At the Château
Day 4
Immersion: Forest, Landscape & Place-Based Creativity
Morning Session: 10:00 – 12:30
Theme: Learning from Trees, Soil & Living Systems
1. Guided Exploration of Le Rembucher Estate (45 min)
• Trees as teachers: rooting, reaching, resilience.
• Potager and rewilded areas: cultivation vs letting go.
• Observing colour, texture, and seasonal rhythms.
2. In-Situ Creative Practice (75 min). Working directly in nature
• Aquarelle: capturing atmosphere, not detail.
• Ink: gesture, contrast, and rhythm.
• Pastels: tactile engagement with earth tones.
• Sitting, observing, and responding rather than “drawing”.
Forest Immersion | 40-Minute Guided Sylvotherapy Session in the 75-hectare private forest
• Slow walking and sensory invitations.
• Breath, listening, and peripheral vision.
• Colour perception in natural light.
• Nervous-system down-regulation through presence.
Closing Reflection (10 min)
Short journaling or silent integration.
Day 5
Integration: Market, Nourishment & Sustainable Living
Theme: From Experience to Everyday Practice
Morning Session
1. Market Day: Conscious Hunting & Gathering
• Visit to the village market.
• Choosing organic, seasonal, vegan produce.
• Conversations around:
◦ Local food systems.
◦ Ethical consumption.
◦ Colour, freshness, and vitality in food.
Midday–Afternoon Session
2. Hands-On Vegan Cooking Workshop
• Preparing a 3-course plant-based meal.
• Focus on:
◦ Colour on the plate.
◦ Nutritional balance.
◦ Simplicity and adaptability for modern life.
• Cooking as a mindful, creative, and communal act.
3. Shared Meal & Closing Circle
• Eating as integration.
• Group reflection:
◦ What practices will return home with you?
◦ How can art, nature, and food support daily well-being?
World Award Winning Cookbook Included
Dinner:
Picnic next to the river (weather permitting).
Day 6
Morning:
Tour of the Noirlac Monastery and gardens.
A group of monks from Clairvaux laid down the foundations of the Abbey in 1150. Noirlac, a witness to the appearance of the Gothic style in the region, had its heyday in the 13th century. This was followed by a long period of decline for its religious vocation, although it retained an important economic role. It offers its visitors the purity of architecture and the serenity of its white stone, revealed by light filtered through the contemporary stained-glass windows by Jean-Pierre Raynaud. The modern gardens, designed by landscape architect Gilles Clément, highlight the harmonious relationship between the buildings and their natural environment, inviting visitors to wander through them.
Lunch:
Local restaurant in Noirlac.
Afternoon:
You can relax, or you can book a private 30-minute consultation to discuss your health and risk factors with the medical experts.
Dinner:
Final dinner at a restaurant in Sainte-Sévère-Sur-Indre.
Day 7
Departure
What Participants Leave With
• Practical colour-therapy exercises for daily life.
• Journaling tools for emotional regulation.
• A deeper relationship with nature as healer.
• Confidence that art is not luxury, but a necessity.
• Sustainable, realistic practices for a green lifestyle.
• Better in-depth understanding of your health, longevity and risk factors.
Summary of what you will experience
Step away from the pace of modern life and enter an immersive experience designed to restore, inspire, and recalibrate your relationship with your own health and wellbeing through a renewed connection with nature and creativity.
Set within the expansive Le Rembucher Estate, this course weaves together forest immersion (sylvotherapy), colour therapy, creative journaling, and sustainable green living practices—offering practical tools for decompression, emotional regulation, and creative renewal in today’s world.
This is not about artistic skill or perfection. It is about experience, presence, and reconnection.
Participants are guided through:
• Evidence-based scientific facts about health, risk factors, longevity and quality of life.
• Colour as Therapy. Learn how colour affects mood, perception, and the nervous system through an accessible introduction to Goethean and Rudolf Steiner colour theories, alongside neuroscience-informed colour psychology. Explore colour as a living experience through hands-on artistic practice using aquarelle, ink, and pastels.
• Art as a Tool for Wellbeing. Discover how creative processes can support emotional balance, stress release, and self-awareness. Artistic sessions focus on process over product, allowing creativity to become a form of therapy rather than performance.
• Sylvotherapy & Forest Immersion. Experience the proven restorative effects of forest bathing (Shinrin-Yoku) within a magnificent 75-hectare private forest. Guided sessions invite sensory awareness, deep listening, and nervous-system regulation through direct contact with the natural world.
• Creative & Therapeutic Journaling. Integrate visual and written expression through reflective journaling practices that support insight, emotional processing, and sustainable self-care.
• Conscious Green Living. Connect wellbeing with lifestyle through a market-day experience, ethical sourcing of local organic produce, and a hands-on vegan cooking workshop culminating in a shared three-course meal. A World Award Winning Cookbook is included.
What You Will Take Home
• Simple, effective colour-therapy practices for daily life.
• Tools for emotional regulation and creative expression.
• A renewed relationship with nature as a source of healing.
• Practical inspiration for sustainable, plant-based living.
• A more profound understanding that art is not a luxury, but a necessity for wellbeing.
• A better understanding of health and risk factors.
A Gentle Return to What Matters
This retreat offers a rare opportunity to slow down, reconnect, and learn how creativity, colour, and nature can support a more grounded, meaningful, and resilient way of living—long after the few days have ended.