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Domaine Lescure Retreats

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THE WORK OF GRIEF For my mother, 1940 – 2026

30 September 20262 minute readby La Belgaise

Reflections

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A Soul- Lifting Year

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Domaine Lescure Retreats

We are Thomas van Praag and Véronique Van Hoye, a Dutch entrepreneur and a Belgian-born lover of all things beautiful. We’re a creative couple whose adventure to restore an abandoned estate in France has turned into a journey of spiritual and personal growth.
We guide people home to Self by integrating the healing power of IFS, nature and beauty.

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We help people find their way home to Self through Internal Family Systems, nature & beauty, on an estate we are lovingly restoring, wabi sabi style.

A crack in the wall. A worn floor. Nothing here is A crack in the wall. A worn floor. Nothing here is quite perfect. And we like it that way.Wabi-sabi reminds us that beauty can live in what is weathered, unfinished and changing.Perhaps people are not so different.In our retreats, we make room for all of it, the polished parts, the tired parts, the parts still finding their way home.Sunday greetings from Lescure.#IFSRetreats #AllPartsWelcome #WabiSabi #InnerWork #ComingHomeToSelf
Our friend and garden designer Frank has given the Our friend and garden designer Frank has given the hedges behind the house a proper trim.A simple solution, but what a difference: more space, clearer lines, and a garden that can breathe again.Sometimes you just need to take a little away to see the whole again.#WabiSabi #LessIsMore #InternalFamilySystems #SelfLeadership #ComingHomeToSelf
Behind every great photo is a messy reality, a wei Behind every great photo is a messy reality, a weird angle, or a funny setup. Thank you @nousscstore for capturing this side of my life at Lescure.We're turning this year's grape abundance into liquid gold (hopefully with bubbles). Here we're testing the base juice. Serious potential!#IFSRetreats #giftsfromnature #personalisedretreats #behindthescenes #chateaulife
Between retreats, we work on the restoration of Le Between retreats, we work on the restoration of Lescure. One wall at a time. Today, from the scaffolding, the library continues to take shape.#chateaurestoration #IFS #ifsretreats #wabisabilife #slowrenovation
Sunday mission: blackberry picking! Friend Anousch Sunday mission: blackberry picking! Friend Anouschka @nousscstore in the back of the Land Rover, on our way to fill our baskets and...our jam jars.Sometimes our playful parts want to come out and play. No morose thoughts, no agenda, just laughter and a little adventure.#ifsretreats #partswork #retreatyourself #simplejoys #IFS
There's something about mourning that makes me wan There's something about mourning that makes me want build.Friend Anouschka feels the same. As we each grieve a parent, we find ourselves pouring love into this old house. While we are letting go of someone we love, we are tending to what remains.#wabisabi #chateaurestoration #ifsretreat #retreatyourself #mourning
Sometimes the simplest things are exactly what we Sometimes the simplest things are exactly what we need. Blackberries!I'm back at Lescure, after saying my final goodbye to my mother. Time to slow down, rest and reflect. There is something about being here again, close to the earth, that feels just right.#wabisabilife #ifsretreats #retreatyourself #sundayserenity #embracingwhatis
The suitcases are gone, the house is quiet again. The suitcases are gone, the house is quiet again.Another beautiful IFS Intensive retreat has come to an end. Time to let everything settle and have the different parts of us enjoy a little pause before the next guest arrives.Grateful for all that was shared.Now… some quiet time. And then, we open the doors again.#IFS #ifsretreat #partshealing #integrationtime #wabisabihouse
Last night, we took a little break from preparing Last night, we took a little break from preparing for our IFS Intensive Retreat.The light of the eclipse was magical, the birds fell silent, and for a moment there was nothing to do but simply enjoy the evening.#ifsretreat #naturepause #retreatyourself #quietmoments #partshealing
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