Bargemon · Haut Var · Provence

An olive grove that
teaches you to breathe

Daily yoga and qigong on a deck above the valley, ink-art ateliers, harvest days in the grove next door — and Amanda & Pieter's table, mostly grown a few steps away.

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A house of crystallisation

A country home reborn as a sanctuary

A mas is an old Provençal farmhouse. Kailash means "crystal" in Sanskrit — the name of Tibet's sacred mountain. In 2005 a journey around Mount Kailash gave Amanda and Pieter new direction, and in 2009 this centuries-old olive grove above Bargemon was reborn as a small centre for well-being.

What they've made is deliberately small in scale and generous in spirit: a handful of guests at a time, days shaped around movement, art and rest, and an unhurried welcome that guests describe, again and again, as feeling like family.

"Mas Kailash feels as though it has always been there — and makes you feel absolutely at one with nature."
The stone mas among olive trees, a garden path leading up to it under a clear Provençal sky
Your days here

Movement, art and healing — at your own pace

Everything is offered, nothing is imposed. Choose a full programme or simply sit on the yoga deck and watch the valley wake up.

i

Yoga & qigong

Daily morning sessions on the wooden platform, panoramic across the valley. Hatha yoga and the slow, gathering focus of qigong — warmly guided for first-timers and seasoned yogis alike.

ii

Ink-art ateliers

Chinese calligraphy and brush painting in Amanda's Sotto Voce studio. Many guests go home with their first Chinese characters framed on the wall.

iii

Jin Shin Jyutsu

An ancient Japanese healing art. Pieter shares the simple hand-holds you can carry home and use for the rest of your life.

iv

Zen massage

Deep, quiet restoration — booked into your stay whenever your body asks for it.

v

A home-grown table

Amanda's fresh sourdough, figs, home-made jams, fresh eggs, olive oil from the grove, wild fennel tea — organic and mostly from a few steps away.

vi

Retreats à la carte

Design your own stay of three days or more. Pick your arrival, your rhythm, and how much or how little you'd like each day to hold.

Olive & Om · agri-wellness in the grove

Two generations, one sanctuary

Next door, Amanda and Pieter's daughter tends a self-sufficient olive plantation. Yoga above, olives below — the same hillside, cared for by one family.

A long table under a leafy pergola in the olive garden, set for lunch
The pergola table, deep in the south garden
Baskets of tomatoes, cherry tomatoes and fresh vegetables just picked
Picked the same morning
A yellow tea set on a tray with a single white flower, olive trees behind
Afternoon tea in the grove
Glass jars of home-made preserves and pickled vegetables on a kitchen shelf
Put by for the winter
Autumn

Harvest & mindfulness retreats

Late-summer and autumn stays built around the olive harvest: morning yoga and qigong, a few gentle hours of mindful picking, then down to the mill to taste the season's first pressing.

Every table

Tree-to-table & oil tastings

The grove's extra-virgin oil, cured olives and olive-leaf tea run through every meal, with sunset tastings that pair the oils with Provençal cheeses, herbs and honey.

Sotto Voce studio

Olive-leaf botanic art

Natural printing, sketching and dye-making with olive branches, leaves and soil pigments — Amanda's ink atelier meets the plantation.

Year-round

Adopt an olive tree

Returning guests can adopt a tree in the grove, receive a yearly bottle of its oil, and come back to a warm welcome — and a little off your next stay.

The table

Where the day begins and ends

Breakfast on the terrace as the valley lifts its mist; supper by lantern-light as it goes gold. Almost everything on the table grew a few steps from it.

A breakfast table and chairs on a terrace under a pergola, looking out over the valley
A breakfast table set beneath a tree beside the stone cottage
An evening table laid on the terrace with a Moroccan lantern, the sun setting over the hills
Where you'll sleep

Two ways to wake up in the grove

Both open onto the same view of olive trees and rolling hills — one behind French doors, one beneath a canopy of stars. Tap a photo to look closer.

The Durga room with its French doors open onto the valley and mountains
Open glass doors framing the valley view from the bed The Durga bed with its striped Provençal throw and framed art
The room

Durga Room

A newly restored garden room of beautiful simplicity. Open the French doors at the foot of the bed and the mountains are right there — fall asleep with the stars, wake to the light coming up over the valley. En-suite shower; a hammock a few steps away.

Inside the Ganesh glamping tent, a double bed with red cushions in warm light
A chair by the open tent flap looking out to the olive grove A quiet corner with a desk and framed brush-paintings
The glamping tent

Ganesh Tent

Luxury under canvas, set right in the garden among wildflowers and prayer flags. Guests write of returning each evening to candles lit outside the tent, and sleeping better than they had in years beneath a sky full of stars.

Yoga vacations à la carte · June–September

Clear stays, clear prices

Three nights or more. Every stay includes a room with private terrace and garden, a wholesome breakfast, a welcome dinner, a daily yoga session, an art or cooking session, and bicycles.

Three nights

€540 / single
€720 for two  ·  €360 each
  • Room with a view, private terrace & garden
  • Wholesome daily breakfast
  • Welcome dinner
  • Daily yoga session
  • An art or cooking session
  • Bicycles
Most restful

Five nights

€900 / single
€1200 for two  ·  €600 each
  • Everything in the three-night stay
  • Two more mornings to truly slow down
  • Time for the Verdon, the villages, the pool
  • The rhythm guests say they wish they'd booked
Early-bird & alumniBook more than three months ahead, or return as a past guest, for a warm welcome-back rate.
Harvest retreatsAutumn stays in the olive grove — ask about dates for the picking and first pressing.
Bring your own groupTeachers and facilitators can host their own retreat here. Tell us your group and your dates.

Longer stays are warmly welcomed — many guests wish they'd stayed longer.

Check dates & prices

See your stay, then send it in a click

Pick your arrival and how long you'd like to stay. We'll price it instantly — then send it straight to Amanda and Pieter to confirm the dates.

  • Instant price, no waiting for a quote by email
  • A small deposit holds your dates; the balance on arrival
  • Flexible on rooms — tell us Durga room or Ganesh tent
  • Not sure yet? Send it anyway and we'll shape it with you

Your stay

€240 × 5 nights€1200
Per person€600
Total for your stay€1200
Send enquiry

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In their own words
"
This is the best yoga retreat I have attended — and I have been to many.
Vicky · California
"
My stay was simply divine. Put yourself in the healing hands of Pieter and Amanda.
Clare · United Kingdom
"
I received everything I needed, and more than I had wished for.
Angela · Australia
"
Sometimes life throws you a gem.
Lucy & Danny · Great Britain

"Beautifully simple and restrained, showing the hosts' great eye for detail."

Duncan

"Quite simply good for the soul."

Sorcha · Ireland

"Waking up to a view of olive trees and rolling hills is something I could get used to."

Kristen

"Every night we returned to find candles lit outside our tent."

Steffi

"A place where you get in touch with yourself, nature and much more."

Barbara · Germany

"A mini-paradise nestled in the hills of Provence."

Tom & Kathleen
Bargemon and its valley seen from the mountain pass above The lantern-lit square of Bargemon in the evening
Finding your way here

High above Bargemon, in easy reach of everything

Mas Kailash sits above a natural amphitheatre of a valley in the Haut Var — quiet, green, and full of Provençal light, yet a short ride from village life and the coast.

  • Ten easy minutes by bike down to Bargemon for coffee and a pain au chocolat
  • A gentle round trip through Seillans and Claviers when you want to ride
  • The Verdon Gorge, hilltop villages, saffron farms and wine within a day's reach
  • The Côte d'Azur perfectly doable as a day out
Come and stay

There's a room, a deck, and a grove waiting

Tell Amanda and Pieter your dates and what you're hoping for — a gentle first taste of yoga, a harvest retreat, or simply somewhere beautiful to do very little. They'll shape the rest around you.

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Tashidelea Tibetan blessing · welcome, and be well