How do you make the leap from your stressful city life to a rural retreat in France?

Another crowded tube train.......?

Another busy day at the office......? How similar to your life are these images. How do you find a time for yourself, to pursue dreams, relax and rejuvenate yourself? If you are used to these scenarios how on earth do you make the leap to experiencing a retreat in rural France? 

Someone the other day looked at this blog and at the Opening Space Retreat website and said " it looks great, very impressive, but I could never come there because I would feel so horrendous having been there, to go back to my stressful and mundane life in the city, I couldn't face it"

We at the retreat can understand this as we both gave up stressful lives, ones we thought we were trapped in, to come to this idyllic place........

but we also know that it is possible, in stages, to make the leap for just three or four days. This can be achieved by letting the retreat happen to you before you actually step on a plane, mount a train or get into your car to come here. For instance, if you are stressed or worried about a problem then we can offer  distance reiki healing or inspirational mentoring and life coaching via phone or skype. Both of these things have the effect of supporting you to stop for a moment in your fast-paced lives and to reflect on where you are in life and where you'd like to be in the future. 

All of this takes the stress out making the leap to a retreat, one which is solely designed for you, where you get to be the centre of the Universe for once: where you can get up when you want; always have good food available; have two people interested in you and willing to offer the support you need and also be able take advantage of a beautiful rural surrounding with its copious amounts of wildlife and wide open skies. 

So don't think that you have to endure the crowded tube train and million and one things to do at the office for ever. You can on occasion get off the treadmill and allow yourself to experience the bliss that is Opening Space Retreat. 

How could this space benefit you? How can you make it happen?