FROM SCRATCH— THE ART OF LIVING WELL

September 3rd-10th, 2026

L’isle Sur la Sorgue, France

the art of living well

Food isn't fuel. It's memory. It's medicine. It's the first language your body ever spoke.

From Stratch is a seven-night creative experience in the South of France. Here, nourishing yourself means much more than what's on your plate.

Every morning, you'll join hands-on cooking workshops guided by ancient knowledge, fresh ingredients, and recipes.

Throughout the week, you'll learn how plants are medicine. How to recognize them, how to prepare them, and how to use them in your daily life, and in the moments when your body is asking for support.

This week's curriculum goes further: non-toxic makeup, skincare, and home products made by hand. Because what you put on your body every day matters just as much as what you eat.

This is nourishment as a complete practice.

You leave with skills most women were never given. How to feed yourself beautifully. How to heal yourself naturally. How to curate the energy of everything that surrounds you.

The recipes stay with you. So does everything else you reclaim that week.

A new relationship with nourishment. In every sense of the word.

An intimate experience by design.

UPGRADE YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Our home for the week is an old Provençal mansion, recently restored with full respect for its French soul. The charm is intact. So is the depth of the details. Eight rooms, two kitchens, gardens layered into one another. We'll cook, gather, and work in all of them, enjoying the spaces slowly, intentionally, and beautifully.

Live Musical Experience

Mariu Gobbato

There are people you meet and immediately understand why they exist in the world. Mariu is one of them.

Mariu is a medicine woman, midwife, and keeper of ancestral Mayan wisdom. She brings decades of plant medicine and traditional healing to everything she does. This includes her cooking, her creams, and the remedies and tinctures she makes in her kitchen. It also covers the sacred Mayan abdominal massage she has practiced and taught for years.

She is a midwife who understands the female body in depth. A cook who transforms ingredients into medicine. A woman who became the medicine herself — and has dedicated her life to passing it on.

She doesn't outsource anything. Everything comes from high-quality, living ingredients, and every preparation is made with love.

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THE ROOMS

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L’Isle Sur La Sorgue, France

Tucked into the French countryside, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue is one of France's most beloved towns, with canals running through its center, and home to one of the most famous markets in the country, where we will spend our Sunday morning.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

  • The laundry detergent, the counter spray, the soap, the things you use every single day without thinking. We make them clean, effective, and yours.

  • We promise meals that are nourishing, delicious and thoughtfully prepared. Our chef sources organic ingredients. Breakfasts are designed to keep you feeling well-nourished throughout the day. Dinners are thoughtful experience. Please inform us of any dietary restrictions or allergies upon booking so we can ensure your needs are fully cared for.

  • Bone broth, healthy nourishing meals, desserts, superfoods, detox drinks.

    We learn what food can actually do for the body, and we prepare it together.

    Learning is expansive

  • Get ready to welcome new people, new souls, and new energy into your life.

    The friendships formed here have a way of staying, some will remain very close, some you will find yourself crossing the world to see again. Friends are perhaps the sweetest surprise this experience has to offer.

  • Lip balm, blush, face cream, floral water, body butter, heating massage balm.

    Made by you, with ingredients you can eat. This is beauty without the chemical load, and it starts with understanding what goes on your skin.

  • Teas, yoni steams, plant blends, with real doses and real preparation. We go through the plants that heal the most common things, and you leave knowing how to use them at home.

FAQs

  • 6 nights accommodation at a 5-star hotel, all group meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) unless stated otherwise (see what is not Included), all activities, workshops, and excursions listed in the program, guided hikes and bike rides, access to the hotel grounds and both chemical-free pools, full spa access, and the welcome cocktails on arrival evening.

  • Flights and transportation to and from the airport, travel insurance, personal spa 1:1 treatments, and the following meals, which are covered individually:

    Day 02 — Lunch at a mountain restaurant.

    Day 03 — Lunch, a free afternoon to explore at your own pace

    Day 04 — Lunch at a restaurant.

  • Nourishing and thoughtfully prepared. The chef sources locally where possible, and breakfasts are made to keep us well nourished. Dinners are a five-course affair, and whether you eat carnivore or vegetarian, you will have options to choose from every day. Please inform us of any additional dietary restrictions or allergies upon booking and we will ensure you are taken care of.

  • There are several options. You can fly into Zurich, Munich, Bolzano, Verona, Milan, or Venice, all of which offer direct trains or transportation to the retreat location. Full travel details will be provided upon booking based on your chosen arrival city. We can also arrange booking transportation on your behalf for an additional cost. Kindly mention this to us to get you sorted.

  • Comfortable layers for mornings and evenings in the mountains, hiking shoes, activewear, swimsuits, something you feel beautiful in for dinners and the music experience, an open mind, a good attitude, and whatever you need to feel at home.

  • Decoding Vitality brings together world-class experts across longevity, happiness, well-being (as cliché as it sounds), sacred practices, and human performance. Two more world-leading voices are joining the container, announcements coming soon.

  • this is okay . you can enjoy time in the surroundings or enjoy complementary hikes and bike tours from the hotel.

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  • Not at all. Mar de Conciencia curates experiences; these are not spa weekends or yoga holidays. They are immersive encounters with life's wonders. Through nature, music, movement, expert facilitation, and curated human connection. Some states of being need to be traveled to.

  • Yes. Several spaces of the schedule include unstructured time, to rest, explore, receive a treatment, or simply be. This is built into the design on purpose.

  • You may cancel free of charge up to one month before the retreat begins. For cancellations made after that date, please reach out to us directly for full terms. In the event of major world circumstances beyond anyone's control, you can expect a full refund. Complete cancellation details will be provided upon booking.

  • The activities included in this retreat are designed to be accessible. The hikes are gentle and scenic, the bike ride is leisurely, and the yoga is open to all levels. You do not need to be an athlete or active daily, although we bet you already are.

nour·ish·ment —

(NOUN)

the food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition.