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The Retreat · Luberon, Provence · By invitation
Your own work. Not on your own.
Four days in a private house in western Provence. A rewire and a reset, in a room of people doing it with you.
Hosted by Scott Stover at his home, a private bastide and award winning garden above Apt
Published in Town & Country and My French Country Home
Published in Town & Country and My French Country Home
WhereAbove Apt · Luberon
WhenEarly June 2027 · dates to the invited list first
Length4 days
SleepingNeighboring château · room details with your invitation
GroupSmall · By invitation, a few places by application
What you payYour room. Food and every session are covered.
YogaYvette Rose and Melanie (Miel) Mullen
HostScott Stover
What it is
A container, and the ask to stay in it.
4 days. One house. The same people the whole time.
Yoga
A power flow that does not hand out child’s pose.
If you have taken my class, you already know. You stay in the shape, you keep breathing, and the edge you were certain was your limit turns out to have been the warm up.
Local food and elixirs
Provençal and seasonal, from close by.
Long lunches under the trees, and an adaptogenic drink built for whatever that day asked of you.
The long table
Dinner together every night, all 4 nights.
Nobody eats alone and nobody slips off early. This is where the retreat actually happens.
Why it works
You are coming to reset, and a reset takes work. I will ask you to do things you do not usually do, four days running, without leaving.
Your patterns live in three places. Your nervous system, your plate, and the story you tell about yourself. We work all three at once, which is why four days is enough.
Mornings you practice. Hard. Melanie and I teach power flow and we do not soften it. Holding something difficult and coming back down is how your body learns it can. The food is built around what you did that morning. I cast your chart before you arrive. Every night, the same table, the same faces.
What I expect. Stay in it. Every practice, every dinner, no dipping out. The container only works if everyone is in it.
The house
A bastide, a hillside, and a garden 25 years in the making.
Seven hectares on a slope in the Luberon hills above Apt, looking down the valley toward the Luberon Natural Regional Park.
Early JuneEarly June 2027. The irises are up, the garden is in its early summer color, and the heat has not arrived yet.
We are in a private bastide from the 15th to 17th century. Ivy covered walls at the entrance and four old oaks, which are almost the only original features left.
The garden was designed by Scott's partner, the landscape designer Philippe Cottet, inspired by Nicole de Vésian, and planted from 2000 on. Two gardeners tend it every day. In 2014 it won first prize in the VMF contemporary heritage garden awards, and it has been published in Town & Country and My French Country Home.
The whole hillside is terraced in dry stone restanques. Seven streams run underground. Boxwood parterre at the house, cloud pruned pines, tapered cypress, santolina and rosemary, Judas trees in shocking pink. It grows wilder the further you walk from the house until it meets the wild Luberon.
There are a dozen places to sit and eat scattered through it, each one chosen for a particular hour of the day. That is where we practice, eat and sit for 4 days. Scott has opened his home to us for these 4 days, and we are grateful to him.
What is included
It starts before you leave.
You run my 10 Day Reset in the 10 days before you fly, so you arrive ready to work instead of ready to sleep.
- A room at a neighboring château, which you book and pay for. Days are at the house.
- All food and elixirs, cooked in the house.
- Daily yoga, taught by me and Melanie (Miel) Mullen. Mats, blocks and anything else you need are here for you.
- Your chart, cast by me before you arrive.
- Reiki energy healing.
- Massage.
- Somatic movement.
- The 10 Day Reset, starting before you fly.
What you wear
Each day carries a color.
You will be told what to bring, and everyone wears it.
Day 01BlackArrival
Day 02EarthRelationships
Day 03ColorHealth
Day 04WhiteIntegration
Who is leading it
Yvette Rose
Yoga teacher, 25 years · Nutritionist · Astrologer
Reiki energy healing · Life coach · Meditation practitioner
Reiki energy healing · Life coach · Meditation practitioner
Melanie and I teach every class. I build the menu with the cook. And I am at the table every night, all 4 days, the same as everyone else.
25 years teaching. Hatha and Ashtanga roots, 500 hours of training, and a power flow I do not soften because the room would like it softened.
What I have learned in that time is that people do not change from being comforted. They change from being met at the edge by someone who stays there with them and will not let them leave early. That is what a class of mine is. It is also what these four days are built on.
Nutrition, Reiki and the chart come in around the practice, never instead of it. You send your birth details before you travel and I cast your chart myself, so the reading is ready when you land.
Teaching with me
Melanie (Miel) Mullen
E-RYT 500 · Teaching full time since 2013
Breath work · Yoga nidra · Trauma informed
Breath work · Yoga nidra · Trauma informed
Before yoga became her life's work, Miel was an environmental engineer with the United Nations, speaking at the climate conferences from Bali to Copenhagen. There she met her teacher, Shri Shri Soham Baba, a Himalayan master and neurosurgeon, who showed her how closely science and yoga fit together. Now she braids breath work, meditation and fascia work into every class, whether she is teaching actors on a film set, musicians on tour, or you.
A day at the house
What the 4 days feel like.
A sample day. Times move with the weather and the group.
8 AMPractice in the garden. Power flow, then breath.
10 AMBreakfast, and the elixir for the day.
Late morningTime of your own. Reiki, massage and chart readings are booked through the day.
1 PMA long lunch under the trees.
AfternoonSomatic movement, rest, or a walk to the wild end of the garden.
8 PMDinner together at the long table.
Who it is for
By invitation, for my Little Beach House yoga community.
This retreat grew out of my Little Beach House yoga class, and places go by invitation to that community. A few are open to people from outside it, by application. I read every one myself.
All levels are welcome, beginners included. The practice is strong, and Melanie and I give you options, so you work at your own edge, wherever it is today. Tell me about any food needs or allergies when you apply, and we build around them.
Getting there
Above Apt, in the Luberon.
Marseille Provence airport and Avignon TGV station are each about an hour's drive from the house. The easiest way is to rent a car, and several guests usually drive over together. Once your place is confirmed, I send you the other ways to get here.
Booking
How a place is held.
You pay for your own room at the château. Everything else is covered: all the food and elixirs, the yoga, Reiki, massage, somatic movement and your chart. Once your place is confirmed, I send you the room details to book. The cost will be announced to the invited list first. We recommend travel insurance.
Questions
Before you apply.
Who leads the retreat?+
Melanie (Miel) Mullen and I teach the yoga together. I also cast your chart, build the menu with the cook, and lead the Reiki and the reset. Our host is Scott Stover, who has opened his home to us.
Is it only for the Little Beach House community?+
It is by invitation, for my Little Beach House yoga community. A few places are open to others by application.
Can beginners come?+
Yes. All levels are welcome. The practice is strong, and Melanie and I give you options, so you work at your own edge.
Where do we stay?+
You sleep at a neighboring château. The days, the practice and the meals are all at the house. Room details come with your invitation.
How do I get there?+
Fly into Marseille Provence or take the train to Avignon TGV. Both are about an hour's drive. Renting a car is easiest, and I send the other options with your invitation.
What does it cost?+
You pay for your room at the château. Food and every session are covered. The cost will be announced to the invited list first.
Do I need to bring a yoga mat?+
No. Mats, blocks and anything else you need for the practice are there for you. Bring your own if you prefer it.
Ask AI Yvette
Ask me about the retreat.
AI Yvette is the AI version of me. It knows the retreat, and if it does not know something yet, it will tell you to ask me directly.
A container only holds if everyone stays inside it.
4 days · the same people · held from the first morning to the last
Places are limited. They go by invitation, with a few by application, so the group stays small enough to be held properly. I read every application myself.
Apply · Limited places
Tell me where you are.
I read every application myself. If it is a fit, I will email you with dates, the house, and what it costs.
Not ready to apply? Email me at me@yvetterose.com and ask me the one thing you actually want to know.
Dates go to everyone on the list first. Apply now and you get them before they are public.