Who are we ?
Our two life paths crossed more than 20 years ago.
Pascale, recently retired, has spent her entire professional career in hospitals, especially in an anti-cancer center, as a nurse anesthetist in the Pays de la Loire region.
Her ability to listen and empathize naturally led her to train in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Hypnosis, which she has used in her professional environment.
Benoit, a certified public accountant and auditor, with a background in law and business school, spent many years in an international auditing firm before setting up his own firm and continuing his professional life as an advisor to societal and associative organizations, and Director of a regional institute of the C.N.A.M. Pays de la Loire.
Serious health concerns led him to make a 180 degree turn, and to train in alternative medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, Auriculotherapy, Naturopathy, Aromatherapy and Western and Chinese Phytotherapy
A traveler accustomed to the paths of Asia, he trained in the techniques of care in the Philippines, and has organized numerous trips to meet them.
Passionate about oriental thought, the Taoist current whose modus operandi is TCM, he became a trainer and creator of ETRE Ecole, and conducts workshops.
With his life experience, and his practices acquired through his numerous encounters, he will be able to meet your expectations with his wife to guarantee you a stay at La Métairie, a source of peace and quiet, far from the noise of the cities...
Benoit and Pascale will have in heart to make you share this softness of living in the Country Mellois, for your Good and your better "Being".
Come and discover the local gastronomy renowned outside our borders, the farci poitevin, our local delicatessen, the Broyé du Poitou, goat cheeses, the Chabichou, the Fine Fleur de Celles, the Chevrot, its cheesy cakes, the Angelica, declined in all its forms, which made the reputation of the city of Niort, and of its fairs
Keep a unique memory of your escapades and your stay in our Lodge, where everything will be done to guarantee you a quiet stay, in the middle of nature, in a wooded park, in a preserved bucolic setting.
The conviviality and the happiness of living, quite simply, will be at the rendezvous, of your desires of pure air, of resourcefulness, and of escape from the everyday life and its worries, whether you are a city dweller or not, the change of scene is guaranteed.
It will be a pleasure for my wife Pascale, and myself, to make your stay as pleasant as possible, and you can count on us to guide you and pass on to you the good addresses of the places to visit, to discover with your family, of addresses where you will be able to restore you around good tables of our area, or to buy good products of our local soil, near the whole of our partners, local actors, with whom we are in bond, to ensure you of the authenticity of our taste of soil.
Come and discover, within our department of Deux Sèvres, the name of two rivers, which bathe it, the Sèvre Niortaise and the Sèvre Nantaise, united under the same name which links these waters, the Deux Sèvres, an integral part of the region of New Aquitaine, since 2016, its pedestrian paths, the Vélo rando, the V93, which extends over several kilometers accessible to all levels. Its masterpieces of Romanesque art, the Church of Saint Hilaire, St Savinien ... located in the Pays Mellois, Melle precisely.
The latter has a very rich historical past, having gone through the Wars of Religion, which followed the revocation of the Edict of Nantes and the fall of La Rochelle, a Protestant stronghold, which saw the surrender of the Duke of Guise to Louis XIV.
This cradle of Protestantism has left very current traces of mutual aid, solidarity, transmission of social and human values, which weave the very dense network of all the associations which have in heart to make share with the visitors of our beautiful region, its attractions and the respect of these values.
A little History
Come and discover the roads to Compostela, where the main itinerary coming from Paris passed through Tours, where the pilgrims stopped in front of the relics of St Martin, before going down to Châtellerault and Poitiers, to visit and meditate in the Churches of ND de la Grande, Sainte Radegonde, and Saint Hilaire.
The pilgrims continued their journey, passing through Vivonne, and Brioux, before reaching Saintonge, and then Gascony.
Other routes left from Nantes and Brittany, passing through Bressuire and Parthenay, still rich in architectural and religious heritage, with balconies and streets in the historic districts.
In particular, the emblematic presence of the shell, symbolic of the life of Saint James the Greater, sanctified goal of the Pilgrimage of Compostela.
These ancient paths restored by associations concerned with preserving their natural and historical heritage, can be taken, on foot, by bike, by carriage or on horseback. , allowing you to take rest breaks or gourmet breaks throughout your peregrinations.
Your return to the Lodge will allow you to rest and recharge your batteries to meditate on the richness of your encounters, in a bucolic setting, where activities, such as the use of the indoor swimming pool, or a relaxation around a game of pétanque on the boulodrome intended for this purpose, will be able to be practiced.
The atmosphere that we have been able to create, with my wife, will seduce you, strong of our experience as therapists and caregivers, allowing you and your loved ones or friends, to benefit from a framework conducive to your bodily and mental well-being, by posing and finding yourself with yourself.
Come and take a break in this place conducive to rest and zenitude, in this place where everything has been thought for your comfort and make you spend a pleasant stay in total relaxation in Nature.
