Welcome to a holiday community that is all about growing stronger from the inside out while doing the things we love. We believe that caring deeper for both our own and each other’s growth is the only way to save our species and the planet.
JOIN US FOR A WEEK
IN THE FRENCH ALPS IN MARCH
Feeling free to ski changes everything
Enjoy a week skiing or snowshoeing while taking care of yourself from the inside and out, enjoying the fresh air of the mountains and the presence of a group of other likeminded people in a fabulous setting in the southern French alps.
Empower your skiing by really feeling your body and by exchanging confidently with the professional instructor.
The secret to beautiful skiing is individualized guiding through understanding what has to happen for the skies to do their job, and then seeing, feeling and understanding the things to focus on and to apply or improve in your skiing pattern.
Everyone can earn great skiing skills and get rid of fear, frustration, lack of confidence etc in a very short time once they feel safe, seen and understood.
A real dialogue between the person learning and the instructor/coach is key to confidence and development.
We value a high degree of trust and psychological safety. Thus we invite you to a personal 1:1 dialogue with us before you decide to join us for a holiday.
Our wish is to make small homogenious groups, so that everyone gets a maximum of tuition while at the same time individualised tuition.
If no-one skis at your level, you’ll get 5 hours of individual tuition of Charlotte. You can ski with others from the group when not getting tuition, and you can buy extra tuition if you wish so.
This is one of the reasons we wish to speak to every one of you before we meet. To make sure that we know what you wish to get out of your week, ski-wise and otherwise. And to know any « issue » you might be dealing with.
Be as open as possible. This holiday is set up for EVERYONE. Who likes snow, light and nature.
Together we’ll look at videos of your skiing and your progression throughout the week. Helping you to understand what to do, in order to become an efficient, confident, playful and adventurous, safe skier. (Noget om potential).
During the week, we’ll be testing different types of terrain and how to adapt to these. Always staying within the participants comfort-zone, widening little by little as opposed to going out of it. There’s a huge difference between these two ways of working towards the achievement of new knowledge and body-felt sensations.
Enjoyable, delightful, creative skiing is the goal.
SNOWSHOEING OR CROSS COUNTRY SKIING FOR THOSE WHO DON’T SKI
If you prefer snowshoeing or cross country skiing instead of alpine skiing, it is perfectly possible to have the alpine skiing part converted to snowshoeing and/or cross-country skiing, also with tuition.
In our 1:1 dialogue we will agree on the practical setting and conditions in this situation.
SNOWSHOEING
The opportunity to be at one with nature and accessible for everyone. The snowshoe walks allow us to make the most of the quiet of the mountains, follow paths between ancient trees and look out for woodland animals...
Welcome to an active week where the focus is on soothing both your body, mind and soul
Every morning at 6 AM, we start the day by warming up our body in a soothing and soft way through breathing exercises that recalibrates and strengthens our nervous system.
Afterwards breakfast is served as a buffet in the hotels cosy restaurant.
During the day we ski or go snowshoeing. The planning of the individual tuition will be given after the first days skiing.
Coming back to the hotel after skiing or snowshoeing, we do good stuff to our body, we call these late afternoon / early evening practices « Tasty Bites ».°
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One afternoon during the week we’ll all go snowshoeing in a beautiful natural area away from the ski resort.
Whenever there’s no scheduled activity, you have time to ski by yourself, relax, enjoy the cosy village of Chantemerle, its small shops, bars and cafés. You can enjoy the hot baths in Monetier°° or go and visit the town of Briançon°°°, there’s a lot to see and discover in the beautiful Serre Chevalier valley°°°°.
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One afternoon/evening you’ll receive a Shiatsu massage or a traditional sports or relaxing massage.
Your skipass gives you free access to other ski resorts (Montgenevre, The Milky Way (Sauze d’Oulx-Sestrières), Alpe D’Huez, 2 Alpes, Puy Saint Vincent. Depending on snow- and weather conditions, we can organise skiing in one or more of these areas for those of you who would like to discover.
THE TASTY BITES
Stretch and soothe the whole of you each day with a slightly different approach.
This will be f.ex. Qi Gong, Do In, Stretching, RopeFlow, Dance and Yoga Nidra. The idea is for everyone to feel what’s simple, what really does us good and works for us in an effortless and effectfull manner.
That’s what we want to put as much as possible into our lives of.
WHAT TO EXPECT
We hope you’ll have a fantastic week and go back home with a luggage full of fresh air and bodyfelt inspiration on how to gain joy, lightfullness and lightheartedness in your daily life
OR BETTER
On top of hopefully helping you have one of your life’s real memorable holidays, we truly do believe and have felt on our own bodies that we can help each other grow, and that a week of being together and sharing can make a difference. It can help us see and feel more clearly, to change what we would like to « move » in our lives. We do believe that people will go home filled up of Serre Chevalier, fresh air in the lungs, with lots of different tools and with a deeper sense of awareness, relaxation and presence.
Most of all with the envie to make the simple small changes in everyday life which can lead to so much more valuable time and much less stress.
Creating safe spaces for sharing experiences …
Enjoyable, delightful, creative skiing
Calm quiet and true heart
Family run hotel in the middle of charming village
The Plein Sud is a family run hotel located in the French Southern Alps in the ski and mountain resort of Serre Chevalier.
The hotel is located in Chantemerle, right in the middle of the ski area allowing you to ski up towards Le Monetier les Bains one day and then towards Briançon another day, or just stay and have fun in the bowls of Chantemerle and Villeneuve !is a picturesque ski resort located in the southern French Alps renowned for its stunning natural beauty, the diverse terrain and tree-lined runs in the forest of larch trees.
The hotel has an excellent location within the village of Chantemerle. The hotel is a short walk to the Serre Chevalier slopes and mountain activities.
Our south-facing rooms have private balconies so as not only to catch the last of the afternoon rays (Serre Chevalier gets an average of 300 days of sunshine a year), but also to watch, in comfort, the last descents on the Luc Alphand piste.
More than a reception, our bar is a living space designed to provide our guests with a warm atmosphere, around its bright bar.
During the winter season our indoor swimming pool is accessible directly from the hotel with water maintained between 25 and 27 °.
A hammam is available to hotel guests for muscle relaxation after a day in the mountains.
The ski resort
Serre Chevalier is one of the biggest ski resorts in France and Europe with 81 runs and 62 ski lifts for beginners to expert skiers. The resort offers high mountain skiing (upto an altitude of 2800 metres), larch forest skiing, protected ski areas for beginners and families and terrain parks for a bit of fun !
Serre Chevalier offers 250 kilometers of ski slopes suitable for all skill levels, from beginners to advanced skiiers.
What makes Serre Chevalier particularly special is its favorable climate, which ensures plenty of sunshine throughout the ski season, as well as its impressive snow reliability.
Its proximity to Italy adds to its charm, with the Montenevre ski area and the Via Lattea ski system jus a short drive away.
Ski rental
There are any professionnal ski-rentals close to the hotel in Chantemerle, we’ll send you a list upon request.
SKI TUITION
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Example of detailed day to day program
Saturday afternoon
From 15.00 Arrival and check-in at Hotel le Plein Sud.
Possibility to leave the luggage in a locked room if arriving earlier.
Rental of skis and boots for those who need it
17.00 Welcome meeting, presentation of each other and presentation of the weeks program with questions and answers of all kinds :)
18.30 Short body-work session to start the week on a good note
19.30 Dinner at the hotels restaurant.
Sunday
Wake up and Body session
Breakfast-buffet in the restaurant
8.45 Take off for all of us, whether alpine skiers, cross-country skiers or snow-shoers.
Today skiing in Serre Chevalier
9.30-12.00 Finding our feet and ski-legs again. Skiing in small homogenious groups. All groups ski with a ski instructor.
Lunch at a mountain restaurant or picnic on the mountain according to peoples wants.
Afternoon: Collective skiing with Charlotte for those who want to.
17.30 Taste bite number one. Stretching after the first day out on the pistes.
19-21 Dinner at the hotels restaurant
Massage/Shiatsu for one part of you
Monday
Wake up and Body session
Breakfast-buffet in the restaurant
Skiing, Cross Country skiing or Snowshoeing in Serre Chevalier
9am-12pm: Ski-tuition and coaching for part of the group
Afternoon: Optional skiing together. Charlotte and group.
17.30 Taste bite number two. Qi Gong session to re-balance and reset….
19-21 Dinner at the hotels restaurant
Massage/Shiatsu for one part of you
Tuesday
Wake up and Body session
7.00am-8.30am Breakfast-buffet in the restaurant
Skiing, Cross Country skiing or Snowshoeing in Montgenevre/Clavière
9.15-12.15: Skiing together as a group or in smaller groups with shorter parts of tuition.
Leaving Montgenevre at 17.00
18.00 Taste bite number three: Dance and good vibes
Massage/Shiatsu for one part of you
Wednesday
Wake up and Body session
7.00am-8.30am Breakfast-buffet in the restaurant
Free Skiing, Cross Country skiing or Snowshoeing in Sestrière/Sauze d’Oulx
Free to ski, visit the old town of Briançon, the hot baths in Monetier (20 percent reduction with your ski-pass), go snowshoeing, endless possibilities… -talk to us about what you’d like to get out of your day.
18.00 Taste bite number four: Ropeflow
Thursday
Wake up and Body session
7.00am-8.30am Breakfast-buffet in the restaurant
Skiing, Cross Country skiing or Snowshoeing in Sestrière/Sauze d’Oulx/Sansicario -Italien food, coffee, charm… -and new terrain.
Departure in taxi or bus at 8.15am.
Skiing together as a group or as smaller groups with shorter parts of tuition.
Leaving Sestrière at 17.00
18.30 The days Taste Bite will be a guided Yoga Nidra, (explain) to restore our body, our energy while in a state of deep relaxation.
Friday
Wake up and Body session
7.00-8.30 Breakfast-buffet in the restaurant
Skiing, Cross Country skiing or Snowshoeing in Serre Chevalier
9.15-12.00 Skiing together in smaller groups. Bribes of coaching, working with felt sense, really making sure that every participant/everyone feels that their aim for the week is reached.
We’ll ski through the whole area of Serre Chevalier and stop for lunch (optional) in one of the areas cosiest restaurants.
Afternoon: Continuation of enjoying our skiing and exchanging on sensations, taking hand of any potential remaining questions not yet dealt with or not yet felt or understood.
17.30 Closing body-session, taste bite number 6: …
18.30 Aperitif. Retrospective on our rich week shared together/in each others company. Re-cap of the week.
Individual listing of take-aways from the weeks sessions. Body sessions as well as skiing wise.
What makes us feel alive, able to stay present/live the present moment (as opposed to thinking ad worrying about the loads of stuff we have to take care of) and help us sleep like babies at night?
What particularly stood out and marked each of us/worked for each of us.
20.00 Dinner and celebration of creativity in the group
Saturday
Wake up and Body session
7.00-8.30 Breakfast-buffet in the restaurant
End of our week together. Good byes and see you again :)
° Cross-country skiing or Snowshoeing if meldt til as such.
Every day you’re welcome to use the hotels hammam and swimming pool when back from the slopes.
THE PROGRAM MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE…
This program is an example of a weekly program. The schedule is subject to change depending on the number of participants, participants wishes, technical and physical level.
The actual programme will be set up/will find its actual form taking in consideration the weather and snow-conditions of the week.
We will of course try to make the most of all possibilities and aim at fulfilling all participants wishes for the week. Security being the overall priority/always having the last word.
WHAT TO BRING
Technical equipment:
Skiboots, skis, poles if alpine skier (possibility to rent in Chantemerle)
Cross Country skiboots, skis and poles if cross country skier (possibility to rent in Chantemerle)
Snowshoes, mountain boots and walking poles if snowshoeing as well as a back pack, 30-40litres (Snowshoes and poles can be rented in chantemerle)
A 30l back pack
Wind- and waterproof breathable jacket and trousers à la Gore-Tex
Warm ski underwear
Several layers of t-shirts or sweatshirts, preferably breathable
Skisocks
DON’T FORGET:
Ski helmet
Ski goggles and sunglasses
Ski gloves
Sun screen and lip protection
Personal pharmacie/First aid kit
Soft, pleasant, warm clothes for the morning and afternoon activities
Eventually a drinking bottle
What is included in the price and what is not
THE PRICE INCLUDES
Accommodation and Half Board at Hotel le Plein Sud in twin- or double room
Access to the hotels hammam and swimming pool
6 days skipass to the Serre Chevalier Valley. Including 2 days skiing in the italian Via Lattea system, the worlds 4th largest ski resort.
Daily body focus morning practices and afternoon practises of breathwork, Qi Gong, Ropeflow, Do In, Yoga Nidra, …HANNEEEEE :)…
Individualised ski-tuition, adapted 100 percent to you and your skiing skills, to make you progress a maximum with a minimum effort, in a free and natural setting.
Snowshoeing one afternoon in beautiful wild terrain
A Shiatsu massage or a Sports or Relaxing massage of 60 minutes
Transport locally from our Hotel to Montgenevre et to Sestrières in Italy, and to and from where we’ll be snowshoeing
THE PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE
Lunch
Beverages
(Personal needs)
Rental of skiing gear if needed: Skis, boots, poles
Transport to and from Chantemerle (the « little » package)
Anything not mentioned under « The price includes »