Yoga Retreats & Workshops — An Exclusive-Use Estate in South-West France

Yoga retreats & workshops

You teach yoga, you hold space, you organise retreats — and you are looking for a place that is genuinely yours for the week. Le Domaine de La Planésié is a 30-hectare private estate in the Tarn, one hour from Toulouse and fifteen minutes from Castres: a practice room, beds for your group, a professional kitchen and complete silence. You have the estate to yourselves, from the first day to the last.

The practice room at Le Domaine de La Planésié set up for a yoga retreat — wooden floor, exposed beams, stone walls and natural light
The practice room, under the beams, opening onto the grounds.

The practice room

60 m² of clear floor under a timber roof, with a wooden floor, exposed stone walls and natural light from above. No pillar in the middle, no heavy furniture to move, and the room sits away from the circulation areas — nobody walks through during savasana.

  • Floor area: 60 m² (645 sq ft)
  • Practice capacity: up to 24 mats — comfortable for a group of 18 staying on site, with room to spare for day participants
  • Floor: wood · Light: natural, from above and from the side · Heating: yes
  • Additional spaces: a 140 m² flexible room, a sitting room with an open fire, a large dining room — over 300 m² of indoor space in total, enough to keep practice, meals and downtime in separate places

It suits asana as well as meditation, breathwork and sitting in circle.

Practising outdoors

The grounds, the orchard and the terrace allow outdoor sessions in the warmer months. Beyond them, the estate includes 22 hectares of private woodland with its own paths — ideal for walking meditation — and a private lake. A 10 × 5 m swimming pool completes the quieter hours. No overlooking neighbours, no passing traffic.

Walking in the 22 hectares of private woodland at Le Domaine de La Planésié
The private woodland — 22 hectares of paths
The private lake at Le Domaine de La Planésié, trees reflected in still water
The private lake
The swimming pool in the grounds of Le Domaine de La Planésié
The pool, in the grounds

Accommodating your group

8 bedrooms, 18 beds, each room with its own shower room. For larger groups, our second house — Le Verger de l’Espargne, 3 km away — adds 15 beds, bringing the total to 33 people across the two properties.

A bedroom at Le Domaine de La Planésié, soft light and exposed beams
One of the eight bedrooms, all with their own shower room.

Food

The estate is let on a self-catering basis, and the kitchen is fully professional — induction hob, oven, dishwasher, two fridges and two freezers. That means a cook or a caterer can work on site for the whole retreat, or your group can organise itself. Many retreats here bring in a vegetarian cook for the duration. We are happy to put you in touch with local producers and caterers.

No board is imposed on you, and we take no commission on your supplier. On a retreat with particular dietary needs, that usually works out better and cheaper than a venue’s fixed catering.

The equipped kitchen at Le Domaine de La Planésié, worktop and fresh produce
The kitchen, opening onto the grounds
The long table laid in the dining room at Le Domaine de La Planésié
The long table — up to 18 at a sitting

Practical details

  • Exclusive use of the estate for your group — no other guests on site at any point
  • Durations: a weekend, 3 or 4 nights, or a full week
  • Getting here: Castres 15 min · Toulouse 1 h · Toulouse-Blagnac airport and Toulouse-Matabiau station around 1 h
  • Bed and bath linen provided · Wi-Fi · free parking
  • Rates, whole estate, self-catering, up to 18 people: from €1,650 per weekend, €2,700 for 4 nights, €3,200 per week — depending on the season, practice room included. End-of-stay cleaning is optional at €150.
  • Longer stays: security deposit raised to €1,500 beyond 14 nights; two consecutive weeks, 5 % off; three weeks or more, or a cycle of six weekends or more booked for the year, 10 % off, with dates held up to 12 months ahead

What we can arrange around it

These are options: tell us at the time of booking which ones you would like and we will price them in your quote.

  • The cook or caterer of your choice. The professional kitchen is sized for a chef to work on site for the whole stay — vegetarian, ayurvedic, gluten-free, fasting: you decide. No board is imposed, and we take no commission.
  • An introduction to local producers and caterers, if you would rather not go looking yourself.
  • The room set up before you arrive, to a plan you send us — circle, rows, clear perimeter. You walk in and start.
  • Practice equipment: mats, blocks, straps and blankets for the whole group, so your participants arrive empty-handed.
  • End-of-stay cleaning, €150, so your group leaves without having to clean.
  • Firewood for winter stays.
  • Inflatable paddleboard and canoe on the private lake.
  • An arrival basket: the shopping for the first dinner and breakfast done before you get here. A group arriving at seven in the evening does not want to drive back out to a supermarket.
  • Transfers from Castres station or Toulouse-Blagnac airport, for participants travelling by train or plane.
  • Beyond 18 participants: our second house, Le Verger de l’Espargne, 3 km away, brings capacity to 33.
  • A visit before booking, which we offer as a matter of course.

Need something else — a practitioner for treatments, a guest teacher, particular equipment? Ask us: if we don’t have it, we usually know someone who does.

Depending on your format

Every kind of retreat has its own demands. We have set out what the estate offers each of them:

To check your dates and receive a proposal: bonjour@la-plana.fr or +33 6 73 69 10 88 — we reply within 24 hours. We speak English.

We strongly recommend visiting before you book, and we offer it as a matter of course: you don’t choose a retreat venue from photographs.