BOOK - Leave & Meditate

Going close, a little further or very far ... to disconnect and reclaim time. The places of retreat are enjoying growing success, as we feel the urgency to escape the hectic modernity. In France, in Europe as on other continents, Hugues Demeude and Stéphane Gautier, great travelers in search of authenticity, have chosen 80 places conducive to meditate, robinsonner, feel, explore or even act in favor of Others and of environment : - emblematic heritage sites steeped in centuries of history - spiritual buildings, abbeys, monasteries or hermitages - simple landscapes in which to gaze Believer or non-believer, everyone will find the environment conducive to healing, withdrawing from the world. Some stages of this journey to be followed without haste and all senses on the alert: In France: Abbey of Cîteaux Abbey of Sénanque Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel Hermitage abbey of Saint-Martin-du-Canigou Forest of Brocéliande The meanders of the Loire Outside France: Kopan Monastery (India) Montserrat Monastery (Spain, Catalonia) Findhorn. Osmosis with nature (Scotland) Col du Grand Saint-Bernard, the mineral beauty of these alpine peaks (Switzerland). Ashiyana, the yoga retreat village in Goa (India) Goumer, in the Moroccan desert Zen trip to the Japanese temple Rengejo-In: to the cradle of Shingon Buddhism. Shamanic retreat in Iquitos in Peru Angkor Wat (Cambodia)