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It’s almost as beautiful as in June. Down below in the forests, the colours change from green to golden yellow. The alps are aflame in russet red, the peaks white and the contrast between a blue sky, snowy mountains and the colours of Autumn is like the contrast between the humidity in the valleys and the cold dryness above. The days are drawing in, and there are not many people about in La Danchère.

Until the first heavy snowfalls many of the Summer activities are feasible, and even later on there is plenty of low level walking to be done. Its ideal for an Autumn half term break, for business related team building or other sessions and it’s a good time for meditation.


Team building and business & coaching workshops


The Gîte is an ideal place for new teams to get to know each other in a non-work environment. We can put you in touch with Guides or “accompagnateurs” who can help organise group activities and with professionals in leadership training, team diagnostics and co-active coaching.

Also if you have specific projects on which you want small groups to work without being distracted by their day-to-day responsibilities, La Danchère provides an environment in which people can intersperse intense work sessions with outdoor activities to clear the mind.
If your aims are significantly more work than recreation orientated, then we would recommend the low seasons when we are quieter.

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Meditation

Have you noticed how we get tangled up in our thoughts? We are always following them down narrow channels, worrying at the past or projecting into the future. It’s hard enough not being distracted from the thoughts we want to pursue. Even more rarely do we give ourselves time to simply “be” – spacious and aware.
This discipline (because we always find excuses not to) and this gift to ourselves (because when we do we discover warmth and light and ease) is meditation. Try it by Lac Le Lauvitel – it’s amazing how a stretch of level water can calm the mind.

Whether you are meditating on compassion and wisdom (OM MANI PADME HUNG) or on the Passion of Christ (the theme of the pictures in the local chapel), or whether you are just trying to Spring clean your mind, La Danchère is a really good place to do it.
Come on your own or with a meditation group with whom you already practice, or call us and we will try to arrange something for you.

   
Chuck Evans & Caroline Purkhardt,
SARL Le Lauvitel,
La Danchere, Venosc, France +33 (0)4 76 80 06 77 French and English spoken
Fax +33 (0)4 86 17 20 74

“Muddy water, if you don’t stir it, becomes clear. That is the nature of the water. In the same manner, your mind, if you leave it unaltered, will find its own natural peace.” Tibetan saying


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