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About us

  • Over 15 years of experience
  • Attractive prices
  • Beautiful place in the middle of nature
  • Sustainable stay
  • Good facilities (swimming pond, sauna, water from a natural spring)
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Our Story and Vision

Sadhaka is a retreat centerfor personal growth with creative, tantra courses and dance events in France. The initiators are Chandra Benjamins (art teacher, Tantra therapist and Lomi Lomi masseur) and Wim Molinello (Yoga and Tantra teacher).

In 2004 we moved from the Netherlands to France. The first year we lived in a community in France. From there Sadhaka grew to what it is today:
Since 2004, we have been providing Tantra Yoga courses, Art Weeks and Yoga and Creative Combination Weeks in the months of July and August in central France since 2004. Over the years, teachers have been added who also offer retreats, such as Johan Raaimakers with Tantra Massage training, as well as the Tantra Festival and a Conscious Dance event.
Wim and Chandra no longer live together as a couple, and their relationship has turned into a valuable friendship, in which their life’s work Sadhaka is a major connecting factor in bringing people together in this inspiring place.

What a wonderful week! Absolutely everything was right: the people, the good conversations, inspiration, the beautiful place, the cats and chicken, the delicious food… I could be completely myself from the first minute!
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Mascha

Active in the Netherlands and France

In the Netherlands we organise Tantra weekends 2 to 4  times a year. After years of renting a group accommodation for our summer courses, autumn 2012  a dream came true. With a team of volunteers, we have transformed a former water mill in central France into Sadhaka’s new Centre for Personal Growth and Awareness. A new and permanent home, for us, and our Sadhaka guests. In this place it is possible to realize our ideas about sustainable and natural living in full freedom. Meanwhile, the water from the tap comes from a natural source that is heated by solar panels, there is a sauna, a vegetable garden, we bake our own bread, we make flour and muesli from organic grain, we have (some) eggs from our own chickens, there is a fruit orchard and berry garden and a swimming lake for a summer dip. Come and join us soon!

What’s in a name

The name Sadhaka comes from Sanskrit, the old Indian language. A Sadhaka is a spiritual seeker, someone who arranges his life to achieve his ultimate ideal goal: union with the Supreme/Divine.

Testimonial

It is overwhelming to consider that since the start of Sadhaka in 2004, simply from our wish and intention, an energy was put into motion, which has now become a living organism, kindled up, palpable and growing by itself.

A participants review:

“So much warmth, so much love and connection. It is like a warm bath where you want to stay in forever. From day one I regularly had the following verse in my head:
“I wish you a piece of heaven, hands full of sunlight and warmth and love of the people around you.”
This is one of the most beautiful songs I know and it is exactly that Sadhaka feeling which is always so difficult to put into words, but what this verse to me comes very close to.

Dear Wim and Chandra, you have with love and conviction, confidence and perseverance put down a brilliant concept. You may feel very proud of what you together accomplished. Fascinating to see how you guys every day are completely there again, full of new energy. I think it’s great that everyone was so kind to themselves this week, and opened themselves completely. Together we have created a very beautiful atmosphere. The battery is charged again and we can look back on a great retreat. I love you guys!

With love, Leonie.

Another trainee writes about her experience at Sadhaka:

“From the moment you are born, you’re dying. The clock is ticking backwards until you leave this earth again, says Wim on day 1. That sets well down what it is all about: enjoying life and not making it harder than it is. Here I experienced how easy and wonderful life can be. Supple (through yoga), inspired (by the people and nature) and released (by the flow of my creative energy) I go back home from here. Many thanks for your efforts to create a place where people like me can find themselves (again). An environment here. To become a bit closer to the core. Until next year!

Love Astrid.”

Program

Tantra festival, Tantra,  Yoga and mindfulness trainings, Meditation retreats, Tantric massage courses, Shibari… and unique: the Combiweeks with Tango and Tantra massage workshops. Practice yoga, gain tantra experience, meditate, and more… The course prices are all in, so including course fees, weekly accommodation, three meals a day, tea, coffee and fruit!

Travel Forum

The travel forum allows you to travel with other students. Twice as cosy and saves the environment and your travel expenses. Sadhaka also offers various activities in the Netherlands and Germany, such as the Sadhaka Tantra introductory weekends.

A sustainable stay

Solar panels provide hot water at Le Moulin and the vegetable, fruit and berry garden for most of the vegetarian food served. The water from the tap comes from a natural source, we bake our own bread, make flour and muesli from organic grains, provide fresh kefirs, homemade peanut butter, nut milk and have eggs from our own chickens. The hammocks and art sculptures are on the domain are there for you to enjoy. For a swim, simply hop into the lake with clean bathing water or in the small river that surrounds the 5 hectares of terrain.

Wellness

You can enjoy several wonderful massages and healings on reservation this summer. And new at Sadhaka: we have a sauna!!

Center for Personal Growth and Awareness

Sadhaka has a wonderful Centre for Personal Growth and Awareness in the heart of France. You can volunteer to participate in this inspiring growth project and help behind the scenes during our Sadhaka course weeks. For your well-deserved holiday you are welcome as a guest in one of the Sadhaka courses at this breathtaking place.

New! Join our Sadhaka community in spring as a resident or guest, a connecting and unforgettable experience.

More than 10 years Sadhaka!

Sadhaka has been around for over 10 years and we celebrate this with nice discounts. Sadhaka inspires you to develop creatively and spiritually. A unique experience that you can think of with a smile for a long time to come.

We would like to welcome you!

Chandra and Wim

Photos of Chandra and Wim

Wim Molinello at tree
Chandra Patricia Benjamins painting
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International Flow Yoga and Yin Yoga restorative retreat spell