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The tents of Mas Kailash have the wind in the sails, in Bargemon ! Note that we now ( as of 2022) have only one tent available. Var-matin, 9 April 2014
Cap D'Antibes is about one hour's drive away, for hiking beautiful trails meandering in between the rocky cliffs along the Mediteranean sea and a visit to the fine town of Antibes.
It is full flowering season for the olivetrees. These are the budding flowers ready to open.
Autumn and Winter season
When autumn comes around and grey skies tend to make you blue, it's time for 'a taste of paradise' at Mas Kailash in the French Provence. Mas Kailash Yoga, Health and Art Centre is nestled in the middle of the gorgeous olive groves of Bargemon. With a maximum of 6 guests, the Centre is a small-scale haven of comfort and beauty with the focus on quality service and individual attention and care. We offer 'Yoga a la carte' which means you choose your date of arrival and the length of your stay.
Here, at Mas Kailash, you come to practice Yoga and Qigong outdoors all-year round. The departement du Var is blessed with a micro climate where the sun shines generously all through the autumn and winter months.
To practice Yoga outdoors, in the midst of a spectacular nature, is a unique and magical experience of enhancing the senses and tune in to nature.
Yoga sessions start with deep, conscious breathing, relaxing the body and silencing the mind, enchanted by the sound of whispering leaves and singing birds. Gentle Qigong exercises help to warm up muscles and joints, stirring the energy throughout the body. This is followed by a complete series of yoga postures. Hatha Yoga uses asanas and conscious breathing with mental focus to develop awareness, strength and flexibility of body and mind.
The yoga sessions end with deep and conscious breathing and total relaxation-meditation.
Gentle and slow, Hatha Yoga is the most widely practiced Yoga in the world. It stimulates the blood circulation, frees and moves the vital energy, strengthens bones, joints, tendons and muscles. Yoga develops awareness of our vital energy, encourages physical and mental balance, and stimulates harmony within and without.
At Mas Kailash we pay great attention to food and nutrition. We offer delicious homemade meals, from fresh, local, natural ingredients. A wholesome breakfast is included in the package prices. In the evening we offer table d'hote by the fireplace on request. Bargemon and surrounding villages also offer a choice of excellent restaurants.
Mas Kailash also offers optional Art classes in intuitive painting and drawing. This method explores, develops and liberates your creativity in a surprising way. You learn to uncover and trust the creative flow which you have in you. This method is joyful and encourages to extend your limitations, to open your heart to a new level of consciousness of yourself and the others. To feel the joy and vitality which accompanies intuitive expression is ... a taste of the miraculous.
The lake St Croix is about one hour by car from Mas Kailash. Situated at the entrance of the Grand canyon du Verdon the turquoise lake offers spectacular vistas. The Castle of Aiguines in the forground watches out over this blue pearl. www.saintecroixduverdon.com
Lavendel fields.....'forever' aganst the background of the Grand canyon du Verdon. The lavender is in bloom from June to August after which it is harvested for use in parfumes and soaps.
Salad from our garden. Arugula, mesclun, nasturtiums and violets with a sprinkling of lentil sprouts! Does it get any better?
A few weeks ago we started our vegetable garden. With lots af sun and a fair amount of rain it is doing great. Even though we're novices at gardening, we had a good initiation for our start-up in April when our daughter was here. Love and gratitude. Hers was a "busgirl's holiday" you might say. She is usually at play in the fields of www.greenstringfarm.com in California.
She also introduced us to the new hex-hive for bees. But more about that one in a hext - I mean next - blogspot. A plus!
