A 5-Day Walking & Wellbeing Retreat for Renewal, Strength, and Hope
Step into a new way of healing.
Walk The Blues Away is a 5-day guided journey designed to help you gently move through emotional heaviness and reconnect with your natural sense of balance and peace. This program is more than a retreat — it’s a reset. Over five transformative days, you’ll trade the weight of overthinking for the steady rhythm of walking in beautiful natural surroundings. Guided by your compassionate facilitator, you’ll explore proven techniques to support mental wellbeing, from journaling and grounding exercises to mindful silence and shared reflection. Whether you’re emerging from a difficult chapter, suffer from SAD, depression or anxiety, or simply seeking to nurture your emotional resilience, Walk The Blues Away offers a safe, inspiring path forward — where every step becomes an act of healing, courage, and renewal. Combining mindful walking, nature therapy, and evidence-based wellbeing practices, this retreat offers a safe space to rest, reset, and rediscover yourself — one step at a time.
🌿 What You’ll Experience:
- Daily mindful walks in nature — reconnect with your body and find calm through steady, purposeful movement.
- Guided wellbeing sessions — learn gentle mindfulness and grounding techniques proven to support mood and reduce stress.
- Personal reflection & journaling — explore your thoughts and emotions in a supportive environment.
- Personalised support — experience the comfort of connection while honouring your personal space and pace.
- Evening wind-down practices — relax with soothing breathwork and reflection, and time for stillness under the stars.
💚 Why Walking Works:
Walking in nature is one of the simplest yet most powerful tools for emotional healing.
Recent studies show that mindful walking can:
- Reduce symptoms of depression, SAD and anxiety
- Improve sleep, mood, and self-esteem
- Restore balance to the nervous system
- Encourage hope and motivation through physical movement
🌸 This Program Is For You If You Want To:
- Lighten emotional heaviness and reconnect with hope
- Feel grounded, calm, and more in control of your wellbeing
- Build resilience through gentle physical movement
- Rediscover meaning and joy through mindful time in nature
- Take a compassionate step toward your own recovery
🏞️ What’s Included:
- 5 days of guided nature walks in tranquil landscapes
- Daily wellbeing sessions
- Personal reflection materials and journal prompts
- Mindful breathing and relaxation practices
- Supportive connection in a small, nurturing setting
- Nutritious refreshments
✨ Step Forward with Courage:
You don’t need to have all the answers — just the willingness to take the first step.
Walk The Blues Away invites you to reconnect with your inner strength and experience the quiet transformation that comes from walking with purpose and presence.
This is a 5-day retreat - longer stays are available at a discounted rate.
WHAT ELSE YOU CAN EXPECT:
• Stunningly calm, varied and peaceful countryside.
• Opportunities to: visit markets & medieval towns, swim in lakes & rivers, visit castles & caves, savour great wine-tasting moments & gastro restaurants.
• Welcome aperitif.
INCLUDED IN THE PRICE:
• All nature therapy activities.
• Free airport/train station transfers from: Carcassonne, Bram, Foix or Castelnaudary.
• Accommodation @ the Razès Gîtes (fully equipped apartments).
• Female certified guide on all nature therapy activities.
OPTIONAL EXTRAS:
• Continental breakfast (€10) and/or picnic lunch (€10) and/or 3-course evening meal with wine (€25).
• Inclusion of Day or Half-Day Trips into your schedule (as listed under the Day Trip page).
• Airport pick-up/drop-off from Toulouse, or Béziers at an additional supplement of €100.
DISCOUNT:
• A 25% discount is applied to a second person sharing your gîte.
