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Unique mindfulness retreats with cows on a bio farm in the French Pyrenees mountains.

10/10/2025

Nisargadatta Maharaj

"When the false I is seen through...the real shines by Itself. You do not become free...you see that you were never bound."

03/10/2025

These Casta cattle, originating from the heart of the French Pyrenees, can be likened to a cow version of a tin opener. Their gift to the world is a deeply rooted intensity, a stubborn independence and mostly untamed sensitivity.

In their company on Retreat, in their magnetic presence, guests are naturally drawn into questioning who they are, beyond thoughts and beliefs and concepts. The Casta invite us to simply be, to let go of indentification with personality, with ego, with whoever they think they are. Beautiful, living, breathing tin openers!!!!

Places still available on Retreat from the 27th - 31st October.

450 € in cosy canvas glamping tents
350 € if providing your own tent or campervan

Delicious seasonal organic meals, quiet woodland walks and of course the cows!

24/09/2025

Really looking forward to our last Retreat of the year - 27th till 31st October.

The soft autumnal sunlight, the rain, the mist, the falling leaves and dank musty smell of the woodland floor all combine to ease us into a place of quietness and presence. No teachings...no teachers, just the cows, the deeply supportive landscape and a profound sense of family and belonging. What else is really needed? Check out our website at www.beingwithcows.com for further info including prices, accommodation and delicious eats etc.

05/09/2025

One of the cosy glamping tents that are available during our Being with Cows Retreats, here in the foothills of the French Pyrenees.

Next and final one of the year coming soon - 27th - 31st October.

26/08/2025

After the success of this year's Summer Retreats, we are happy to offer guests a further opportunity to come and be a while in this beautifully cosy and supportive landscape, nestled in the foothills of the French Pyrenees.

By success, what we really mean is the deeply natural quietness that underpins and permeates each of the Being with Cows gatherings. Simplicity, silence and stillness are the key words, the essential background to what can be, if you are willing, a life-affirming and changing experience.

This year, the quietness and very tangible sense of absolute peace seemed to be more present than ever before - testament perhaps to the commitment to surrender to the great What Is, in a naturally generous and heart-full landscape.

Early Autumn here in the eastern Pyrenees is characterised by soft sunshine, fresh, invigorating mornings and the increasing presence of a host of wildlife, active once more after the heat and dryness of summer.

The programme is designed to provide activities that support a very natural and gentle washing away of thought and mental activity, through meditative woodland walks, cowfulness sessions with our Galloway and Casta cattle and quiet moments in each others' company.

Accommodation is in luxury glamping tents located in particularly cosy wooded spots. It is also possible to provide your own camping solution in tents or camper vans.

All food is 100% organic, vegetarian or vegan and either homegrown or sourced as locally as possible.

450 € Glamping tents
350 € Own tent or camper van

27th - 31st October 2025

Please visit our website at www.beingwithcows.com

24/04/2025

Had the greatest time meeting recently. A truly inspirational figure in so many ways, yet principally for his commitment to the natural world and to bringing greater awareness to the absolute preciousness of everything single form of life that we share this planet with. Please check out his podcast Rewilding the World for inspirational insights into just what the rewilding movement can actually mean for all our futures.

17/03/2025

We are pleased to announce the dates for the forthcoming Summer Retreats here on the edge of the French Pyrenees.

Saturday 12th July - Thursday 17th July
Monday 4th August - Saturday 9th August

Accommodation this year will provide a more intimate experience with the landscape. We provide both one and two person sized Pyramid Tents, with plenty of room for both guests and baggage, enabling an immersion into what is a deeply supportive landscape.

Sleeping mattresses and groundsheets are provided but guests are asked to bring their own sleeping bag.

As always, all meals are vegan / veggie, 100% organic with as much produce as possible supplied from our own green garden. The emphasis is on simple, deliciously wholesome food.

The Retreat format is designed to honour the quality of deep simplicity. The day begins with a shared quietness session followed by breakfast. The morning meditational walk through the heart of the farm and surrounding landscape is an opportunity to be together in silence.

After lunch, there is ample time to relax, explore the land at your own pace, return to a favoured place in the forest or be simply enjoy each others' company.
The afternoon cowfulness sessions are a time for surrendering, for allowing all thought to simply melt away for a while, giving access to the calm, happy state that the cows take completely for normal.

The evenings are a time for supper and an opportunity to engage in a little wildlife spotting. The farm is a biodiversity hotspot and there are regular sightings of wild boar, red and roe deer, foxes, badgers and the elusive genet. The birdlife is incredibly rich, as is all things butterfly and insect. Whilst there are no formal teachings or techniques offered during the Retreat, we ourselves are deeply inspired by the work of Ramana Maharshi and it is inevitable that his central message of no-thought is present and penetrates all that occurs.

A place on Retreat costs €450 per person, with all accommodation, meals and sessions included. Guests wishing to provide their own tent and equipment or stay in their own camper van are asked to contribute €350.

08/03/2025

Being with Cows becomes Being with Chickens for an afternoon.

Pingu is the star of the show here, our pengiuin-shaped hen, who was born and grew up a little different to all the rest!

She loves her cuddles and hugs and is the go-to friend when the kids need a bit of quiet time.

Thank you Pingu.

18/02/2025

Beautiful Jacinthe, the most Casta-like of all the Casta, true to her breed's deeply engrained qualities of independence, self-reliance and an unshakeably natural kind of confidence.

Her unblinking eyes are testament to a live lived in quietness.

Several times I have witnessed guests visiting the farm unnerved by such depth of raw presence.

So very grateful to be touched by her gaze, which offers no hiding place nor sympathetic refuge.

You beauty!

17/02/2025

Another video glimpse into what it can be like on retreat here at Being with Cows.

Beautifully captured by , the scenes give a genuine view into daily life on Retreat - the being with cows, the walks and sunrise quietness sessions, the presence of the dogs and more than anything else, the constant background presence of this magnificent landscape.

News dates for 2025 coming very soon.

14/02/2025

You are so very welcome little Lila! After what seemed like several weeks of being ready to give birth, her mum Paula finally got down to business and delivered this absolute bundle of beauty into the world.

The innocence that Lila is cloaked in during these first moments of life is deeply touching and cuts straight through all thought, leaving the grateful onlooker in a place of both peace and gratitude.

It's always such a privilege to witness such goings on.

10/12/2024

To all our friends and followers, our gift to you this Christmas is the chance to win a signed paperback copy of Being with Cows the book, which captures the intensely transformational story behind the whole project.

All we ask the lucky winner is to recommend it to a friend when you've finished.
It's that simple!

Just leave a like and a comment to be in with a chance. All postal costs taken care of by us.

It's a very beautiful read, so many strands woven together into a heart-warming whole that celebrates the healing potential of nature and the simplicity that lies at the very centre of what it means to just be.

Good luck.

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