The Radical Rest Retreat
Slow Days. Soft Edges. Lavish Restoration in the South of France.
7 - 13 September 2025
When was the last time you fully rested?
Not closing your eyes for a moment between appointments.
Not scrolling your phone or answering emails.
But a real pause.
A full-body, full-spirit, full-life exhale.
If you’ve been giving your all to others…
If your cup is empty and you keep pouring…
If what you need is someone to care for you
I’m inviting you to a restoration event…
Welcome to Radical Rest in the South of France
You’re invited to give these to yourself:
Quiet, slow mornings
Gentle afternoons exploring sun-drenched villages
Evenings of candlelit restorative yoga
Laughter and connection over nourishing meals
Blissful sleep, unhurried and uninterrupted
This is not a vacation.
It’s a return to yourself.
Surrounded by beauty, by softness, by like-hearted women, you’ll relax into:
Slowness.
Kindness.
Space.
You don’t have to earn it.
You don’t have to justify it.
You just have to say yes.
Why This Retreat Is Different
The Radical Rest Retreat isn’t another Instagrammable beach trip.
It’s a sacred pause from the wild pace of modern life.
It’s space to be with yourself, not producing for others.
It’s curated care.
It’s rest that doesn’t require explanation.
It’s France—but not the rush-around, take-a-selfie France. It’s the soft, sensory, soul-healing France most people never get to experience.
This retreat is a radical act of self-love.
It’s a declaration that your well-being matters.
It’s an energetic claiming of your birthright to rest.
Who It’s For
This is for the woman who:
Has spent her life putting others first
Craves softness on her skin, spaciousness in her mind, and sun-soaked beauty everywhere she looks
Feels called to experience the mystery and magic of France
Longs for meaningful connection and conversations
Is ready to come home to herself—full, radiant, whole.
You’ll Leave With…
A renewed relationship to rest
A heart that feels held, fully satisfied, and in a body that feels safe
Tools and practices to integrate peace into your everyday life
A sisterhood of women who get it
A beautiful permission slip to priorotize pause, exhale, and rest.
The Details
What Makes This Retreat Different?
This is a retreat that embodies and enriches your life with its intentionality, its soft edges, and its quiet focus on you trusting and honoring you.
Immersing and basking in the slower pace of life in the South of France illustrates and embodies the possibilities for your own life.
Each experience—before, during and after the retreat—has been designed and curated to evoke and encourage within you an ever-deepening appreciation for your Beauty as sacred.
This retreat will remain forever in your heart as a moment in time when you shed the guilt of wanting time to yourself, released yourself from the reluctance to care for yourself, and embraced your whole self with love.
Why You Should Be Here:
Day in, day out, you care for others and your cup drains, then empties.
This retreat refills your cup to overflowing AND sends you home with sacred tools, strategies and simple, yet meaningful ways to integrate all the gifts of the retreat into your everyday life.
You’ll be among women who get every fiber of this way of being and whose presence will be a powerful ally in France and beyond. You’ll feel seen and heard and celebrated just as you are, in ALL that you are.
Over the course of these six days, you’ll feel shifts happening and you’ll be better and better able to embrace and flow with life, bringing home with you these finest-ever, keep-for-a-lifetime souvenirs—a deep appreciation for rest without having to earn it, renewed energy and love of life, an abiding sense of support, and recognition that you are among a powerful and growing element of women that promotes making space for you to care for yourself at the same time as you care for others.
Here’s What Awaits You… Beauty Around You, In You, For You, Of You
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Food: Vegetarian meals crafted with love by local chefs, featuring seasonal produce, fresh bread, and regional cheeses.
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Excursions: Visit Nice, Biot, St. Barnabe, and a local vineyard. Every stop is an opportunity to delight in Beauty and presence.
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Breathwork & Movement: Gentle, intentional practices to help your nervous system unwind and receive rest.
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Restorative Yoga: Supported sessions that feel like being held in a cocoon of peace. You’ll exhale deeper than you have in years.
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Connection: A small circle of women who understand your heart and your pace. You don’t need to explain anything.
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Beyond the Retreat: Take-home rituals, tools, and the unwavering reminder that you are worthy of care.
A Word from Paula
Living life as someone who cares deeply is not easy. The tenacity it takes to love, support, and show up every day… it’s beautiful. But it exhausting.
That’s why I created this retreat—for women like you and me, who give from the heart and sometimes forget to refill our own cups.
Radical Rest is a return. To joy. To softness. To self.
I’ll be with you, holding sacred space every step of the way, guiding you gently back to the parts of yourself that are calling out for unrestricted rest, rooted safety, and glowing radiance.
— Paula Gardner, Retreat Leader & Fairy Godmother of Rest
Is This Retreat Right For You?
If you’re feeling…
Drained, overextended, or bone-tired
Called to France in a way you can’t quite explain
Ready to fill your own cup without apology
Drawn to soft mornings, soul talks, and slow magic
Eager for rest, joy, and the sacred space to just be…
Then yes—this retreat is for you.
The Program
Adjustments in the schedule may be made due to outside circumstances.
Arrival in Nice
Group transfer from airport/train station to the frogs’ house
2pm-5pm
Check in at the frogs’ house
5pm-6pm
Opening Circle and Restorative Yoga Session
6pm-9pm
Welcome buffet dinner and tour (wine included)
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Price, payment terms
● Full retreat with accommodation in a shared ensuite twin/double room with sea view & balcony reduced from 3900 € / person - sharing with another guest
● Full retreat with accommodation in an ensuite double room with hill view 4200 € for one person
Deposit to reserve your space: 500 € - not refundable
Balance to be paid by 15 June 2025 - not refundable
What’s Included:
● Group transfers to/from the airport or train station in Nice
● 6 nights accommodation at The Frogs’ House
● All breakfasts, most lunches, all dinners (with wine)
● Farewell gourmet dinner at La Table des Baous
● Nourishing picnic lunches, wine tasting, and culinary experiences
● Gentle guided walks, visits to sacred sites, and charming local towns
● Daily restorative yoga and morning movement
● Breathwork that rejuvenates body, mind, and soul
● Empowerment portrait session with our professional photographer
● Paula’s signature care package
● Pre- and post-retreat support
Optional Extras:
● Private sound healing session – 75 €
● 1:1 coaching session with Paula – 150 € (two sessions available)
What’s Not Included:
● Airfare or personal travel insurance
● Transport outside scheduled activities
● A few meals during free-exploration times (listed above)
● Laundry, dry cleaning, or unscheduled excursions
The frogs' house has 6 bedrooms, 3 with balconies and sea views and 3 with views of the foothills of the Alps, locally called "Baou".
What to bring ?
Comfortable shoes that have a good grip and support your ankles for the walks - if you have running shoes that fit that description, those suffice.
Sunscreen and sunglasses, a hat, swimsuit for a dip in Antibes, a windproof jacket and/or a rain mac just in case.
The nearest ATM is a 15 minute walk downhill to the lower part of our village. It’s fine to go there, but coming back up might take a little longer! There is however a bus. It would be advisable to bring cash if you mean to spend some in the village, though most if not all village shops accept credit cards. There are of course ATMs
available in the towns and cities you’d be visiting during your excursions.
What you don’t need to bring ?
The water in saint-Jeannet comes from under the hills we can see from our rooms. It is crystal clear and of high quality. It is treated right next to the source and pumped in our pipes. You don’t need to buy bottled water. We can provide you with metal water bottles that you can keep for the duration of your stay here.
There is no need to bring a yoga mat, unless you really want to use your own. We also provide blocks and small stools to sit on if you need them, and blankets for comfort in yoga sessions. As the focus of our yoga sessions is not “achieving postures” we do not provide props such as belts, wall fixings, backless chairs etc.
Towels, including beach towels and basic but high quality organic toiletries are provided.
The frogs’ house will provide backpacks and walking sticks when you need them.
