Questions

Across the industry, retreats in India range widely, from around 150 to 400 USD for a simple week at a modest ashram, to 1,000 USD and beyond. What you pay for at La Vie en Rose is not a per person package but a fully designed container: the property, VIP support from your arrival at the airport, the Puja welcoming you into our sacred space, on site support day and night, and a Retreat Flow Coordinator, arranged through the retreat leader hosting your program.

If you are joining a specific retreat, the price is set by that leader. If you are a leader planning to host, reach out, and a proposal will be shaped around your group.

An ashram tends to follow a fixed daily schedule you are required to keep: prayer times, practice times, structure set by the institution. Comfort is not the focus, and you will have a Seva schedule, time set aside each day to be of service to the ashram.

A retreat centre like La Vie en Rose is built around your capacity to feel deeply safe, a home where your facilitator’s own program can truly transform you. The rhythm of the days is entirely theirs to design, with the help and support of our curator, held by a space that supports whatever they are guiding, whether that is yoga, breathwork, sound healing, or deep inner work.

Auroville and the surrounding Pondicherry area are considered among the calmer, more established parts of South India for retreat travel. At La Vie en Rose, guests are met by a trusted driver at the airport gate and driven directly home, welcomed by a team who has cared for the house for years, and stay in a private, gated home rather than navigating accommodation on their own.

Many past guests describe arriving for the first time and immediately feeling held, as if inside a magic bubble. Still, sensible travel precautions for India apply as they would anywhere.

That depends entirely on what you are seeking. What guests describe after their time at La Vie en Rose is not a checklist of amenities but a felt shift, deeper sleep, a softened nervous system, sometimes even an easing of physical symptoms.

If you are weighing cost against a beach holiday, the comparison will not hold. If you are weighing it against the value of a genuine reset, read what past guests have written before deciding. The effect often ripples through your life long after you leave, sometimes across the whole year that follows.

Check the time of year, as clothing needs vary a lot by season. The coldest it gets is around 10 degrees Celsius on a winter night, while summer often calls for air conditioning, so bring something to cover up for that too. Cover your shoulders and knees; it is more comfortable and the respectful choice. Auroville and Pondicherry are in the South, which is much gentler than the North of India.

A simple tourist visa. At immigration, we advise simply stating that you are visiting Auroville and Pondicherry; this gets you through fastest.

Mosquitoes are the main concern, more in some seasons than others. Odomos repellent is effective, though not organic, so choose another option if you are sensitive. Long pants, socks and long sleeves protect you too. Always drink filtered water, and use it to brush your teeth.

Entry and vaccination requirements can change, so confirm the current rules with your embassy or doctor before you travel.

Spiritual retreats in Provence span a wide range, from modest monastery stays to fully designed, luxury retreat experiences. Le Mas Méjean sits toward the designed and immersive end, a private historic property with dedicated support staff, rather than a shared dormitory experience.

As with La Vie en Rose, participant pricing is set by the retreat leader hosting the program. If you are a leader planning to host here, reach out for a tailored proposal.

Expect rhythm more than itinerary. Le Mas Méjean is built around contemplation and immersion with the land and the sovereignty of an 18th century farmhouse, its garden and its 350 year old plane tree. Your facilitator sets the pace, whether that includes breathwork, ceremony, teaching, walking or visits. That shape comes entirely from whoever is guiding your particular retreat.

The property carries centuries of documented history tied to a Celtic water temple and the sacred springs beneath the land, and past retreats hosted here have included karmic clearing and ancestral lineage work with a local dowser.

Whether a specific retreat includes shamanic or ceremonial elements depends on the facilitator. This is not an ayahuasca or plant medicine venue.

Yes. Many guests arrive alone and leave with a circle.

Open retreats are announced first in the newsletter, then on Instagram and Facebook. Subscribe and stay connected, and you will hear as soon as a new gathering opens its doors.

The essentials: room count and bed configuration for your group size, whether a private space for teaching or workshops is included, the cancellation and payment terms, and whether the venue carries liability insurance.

At both Le Mas Méjean and La Vie en Rose, these are covered in the tailored proposal you receive after the free connection call, alongside details on the Conscious Table and on site support.

Le Mas Méjean sleeps up to 14 guests for a retreat: six bedrooms for twelve, and a seventh room that opens for two more. La Vie en Rose offers four double rooms, a private room for the retreat leader, and an independent shala for group teaching and workshops.

Yes. La Vie en Rose has an independent shala, five meter ceilings, seventy square meters, cross ventilated. Le Mas Méjean offers an eighty square meter living room, once the property’s barn, opening directly onto the garden.

A free connection call to hear your vision, a tailored proposal and choice of package, full collaboration on retreat design from space to logistics, and an on site retreat concierge and support team once your retreat begins, including the Conscious Table menu and a Retreat Flow Coordinator. Packages and pricing are shaped around your group; reach out for specifics.

Yes. Outside retreat weeks, the whole house is yours, the garden, the plane tree, the pool and the quiet of the Alpilles. Availability and booking are on the Le Mas Méjean rentals page.

The house welcomes 12 guests across six bedrooms. A seventh smaller room, with two single beds, sits beside the main bedroom and is perfect for children.

Absolutely. A family can keep the little ones close in the room beside the main bedroom, and a folding child’s bed is also available.

We have chosen to keep the house free of pets, so it stays fresh and restful for every guest who follows.

The pool is not heated. It is open from April to the end of October, warmed by the Provence sun.

There is no air conditioning. The 50 cm stone walls of an 18th century farmhouse keep the rooms naturally cool, and each bedroom has one or two fans.

Yes. Downstairs, the connection is reliable for video calls. Upstairs, on the far side of the house, the thick walls can soften the signal. We have chosen not to add extra routers, so there is less electromagnetic noise in the house and rest can go deeper.

Yes, all bed linen, bath towels and pool towels are included. They are not changed during your stay.

A small team and a concierge are there if anything is needed. For stays of two weeks, one full clean is included. Babysitting, a private chef, a driver, guided visits and more can be arranged; we shape all of this together in a call before you arrive.

Every season has its own gift. Spring brings blossom and long soft light, summer the cicadas, the markets and long evenings outside, autumn the grape harvest and golden days by the pool.

Christmas is a quiet secret: the town is beautifully lit, the Christmas fair fills the streets, the traditional Christmas Eve mass is deeply moving, and the winter days are often clear and bright.

Saint Rémy is a ten minute walk from the house, so the town is yours on foot. A car is still the best way to roam the Alpilles, the villages and the markets, as the whole region is worth exploring. The nearest airports are Marseille and Nîmes, and the TGV stops at Avignon.

The minimum stay is three nights, and you can arrive on any day.

Yes. The house is available as a private stay through Airbnb.

Upstairs, three bedrooms can each be set with one double bed or two singles, with a mezzanine above the bathroom holding a single mattress. The fourth upstairs room is very large, with one double bed and a single. Downstairs, one more room has two beds that can be joined into one.

The shala studio is a space for practice and teaching. It is not included in a standard rental, and can be added if you wish to hold a yoga course or workshop.

Yes, in every bedroom.

We can send our own driver to meet you at the airport. When you arrive from abroad, it is by far the easiest way to land.

No, you do not.

Yes. Two housekeepers care for the house each morning, and Suja, our site manager, is always on site. A chef can be arranged, and laundry is available at an extra cost.

December to March is the gentlest season, cooler nights and soft light. April to June is hot, and the northeast monsoon arrives from October to early December.

Most people move by bicycle, scooter, or with a local driver. Auroville is spread through forest, so walking alone covers little ground.

Yes, you will find them on the Airbnb listing.

Three doors to the same room. Breath works through active breathwork meditation to bring rhythm back to the nervous system. Attune works through sensory intelligence and energetic restoration, using the Sensory Matrix assessment and Reiki, to help you understand how you perceive and respond to the world. Sanctum works through space itself, recalibrating homes, workspaces, and wellness environments so they support you instead of depleting you.

A questionnaire and report that maps your seven sensory thresholds, the thresholds that shape what your nervous system registers as safe, stressful, or calming before you are even aware of it. It is the foundation for tailoring both personal sessions and physical spaces to your particular neurobiology.

An interior designer starts with aesthetics. Sanctum starts with your nervous system. Using biophilic design, sensory intelligence, and the Neurowise Blueprint drawn from Polyvagal Theory, spaces are designed to actively regulate the people living or working inside them. Beauty is the outcome, not the brief.

There is no need to know in advance. Reach out and describe where you are, and the right door will become clear.

Le Mas Méjean is in Saint Rémy de Provence, France, at the foot of the Alpilles. La Vie en Rose is in Auroville, South India, near Pondicherry.

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You will receive an invoice from our company in US dollars, and you can pay in USD, EUR or AUD.

Through the Let’s Connect page, or directly at hello@agathelazaro.com.