Virginie and Lydie-Anne accompany you on a workshop that's both exhilarating and frosty. We invite you to a remote wilderness to explore the art of clowning using the Wim Hof Method.
You'll learn the basics of clowning with powerful tools that amplify, refine and boost your inner clown for a unique experience.
Where : on the border between northern Ardèche and Haute-Loire, at the gîte Bien Etre aux Chênes, 2233 Route du Puy en Velay, 43430 Fay-sur-Lignon.
I'll be working alongside Anne Chimchirian on her Psychology & Spirituality course.
This unique course, designed for those on the path to a better understanding of themselves and others, is a genuine invitation to inner transformation. A caring space where psychology and spirituality meet to foster unity and awakening in consciousness.
Location: Le Dodécadôme
For some sessions, I'll have the pleasure of introducing powerful tools to prepare Anne's sessions:
Guided breathing
*By activating the body's systems, breathing actively prepares us for cold immersion and enables us to shift our nervous system into a state of deep relaxation.
This session opens doors to working on ourselves, in a calmer body and mind.
Cold immersion
*Cold is a direct, no-nonsense route to our deepest physiology. It instantly brings us back to basics, reconnecting us with our survival instinct. It's a powerful tool for transcending our deepest fears, learning to let go (essential for serenely getting through the ordeal) and emerging reenergized, grown-up and resilient. The cold teaches a body wisdom that leaves no room for artifice.
The alliance between Anne's teachings and these embodied practices will enable you to go even further in exploring your own transcendences.
If you feel the need to pacify your relationship with yourself, to enrich yourself with new resources and to move forward on an authentic and transformative path, I invite you to discover this course.
Further information is available from Anne Chimchirian.
Collaboration Clowns Collectif
A bi-annual workshop dedicated to the art of clowning, breathing and cold!
Finding one's place in a group, approaching the repressed facets of the ego, with serenity. Clown training is a work of welcoming the self in all its dimensions, with respect.
Immersion in ice and breathing techniques help to calm a restless mind, overcome limiting fears and welcome a rarely experienced inner strength.
Anne Chimchirian
This unique one-year course is designed for those on the path to a better understanding of themselves and others, and is a genuine invitation to inner transformation.
A caring space where psychology and spirituality meet to foster unity and awakening in consciousness.
Collaboration L'Art du Mouvement
These days are an ideal format for transmitting the basics, the essence of our combined practices.
Over the course of 6 hours, we'll be working together on various aspects of "Movement", "Breathing", "Theory" and "Cold".
Install bearings to "hear" the body's responses.
These training days are the ideal time for a solid immersion in information and practice. They introduce you to a future routine of cold, breathing and body movement.
I felt boosted, energized and with a sense of great inner strength. I'd already taken part in a wim hof initiation, but with a memory of my hands being paralyzed... Will I be able to do this bath again without this feeling? It was much more pleasant this time! I was able to overcome my apprehensions and welcome the cold (with the group, I find it easier than on my own). Everything was well organized, everything had its purpose in the course and especially the Breath with Andreas, his way of sharing and the benefits for me.
Discovered during the "Clowns Givrés" course, a human adventure above all. Thanks to Lydie's professionalism, confronting the cold is a real process of acceptance and re-appropriation of the self. Thank you and well done! Bonne route à vous 2!
Thank you all 3 for this enchanted interlude, this moment out of time, these discoveries that take us out of our daily lives and out of ourselves. I loved everything about it: the team, the place, the practices, the immersions, Roni's good food, Lydia's enlightening explanations, Andreas's vibes (I hope he's feeling better). I tell everyone about it, but I want to keep it preciously inside me. It's hard to come back down to earth, we were so well surrounded by our snowy peaks! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Julie
Lydie Anne is a marvellous, yet intimidating guide to this cold experience. She knows perfectly how to bridge the gap between body, science and mind in a very didactic and clear way. I love her gentle yet committed approach. It's not about strength and achievement, but rather about experience for the long term. You get the feeling that his experience enables him to coach calmly and with confidence. You feel you have the right to experiment and bring back what's good for you, individually. Many thanks also to the team around Lydie Anne. Ronie for taking us into the flow and teaching us to let go. Andrea for her in-depth training in breathing. Daphné
An incredible day where I was able to take a moment for myself, breathe and challenge myself in the cold. Thank you Lydie-Anne for your kindness, joy and desire to help others, and thank you Andreas for being there to help and support !
Superb day with Lydie, Andréas, Luisa and Sylvain. Beautiful day shared with my 16-year-old son. I highly recommend doing it as a family, it's very powerful. Lydie is a remarkable guide, surrounded by her great team. team. Come without moderation. A great experience. Thanks to the whole team.
Thank you Lydie-Anne and Andreas for such a wonderful day ! I really enjoyed the place, the food, connecting to such beautiful people, the loving-kindness of the teaching team ! This workshop gave me a real boost of vitality and helped me reset ! I feel fresh, alive and much more resilient at this time of the year where I usually tend to become more lethargic. That's some amazing work and knowlegde you are spreading. Thank you so much, Franck
Second weekend with Lydie-Anne and the Vitalice team. Thank you again for this new experience, always more beautiful and stronger each time. You are love, warmth and strength at the same time and you help us to pick up the cold as a real gift. The gift of the present moment. See you soon. With much love. Jennifer
The team was exceptional : caring, thoughtful, empowering, positive and very precise in the teaching sessions. Great job and great experience!
Lydie is a wonderful instructor of the Wim hof method Available, attentive .... I had an excellent 3 day course I highly recommend Patrice
I recommend this workshop with Lydie-Anne! For her presence, her care in the accompaniment, her clear transmission, both theoretical and practical and her great generosity! We were pampered, welcomed in a wonderful place! A fantastic weekend that I will not forget.
An incredible weekend. A learning adapted to the rhythm of each person, listening, teaching and human. Thank you Lydie-anne and Andréas for the transmission of your knowledge, done with love and kindness.
Lydie-Anne has found her way in the instruction and discovery of the WHM. She is passionate about her life experience!
What an enriching experience! Thank you for the atmosphere of benevolence and emulation that allowed me to which allowed me to go beyond my limits. The site of the course is in the middle of nature: decompression guaranteed!
This course was a very good experience. Step by step, we discovered the breathing techniques, then the exposure to the cold until the ice water bath. The bath under an "invigorating" waterfall will remain an outstanding memory. Lydie-Anne is an excellent instructor who knows how to adapt to the different students. The atmosphere was very pleasant and friendly, and beyond the discovery of the WHM, this course allowed me to discover beautiful people. I would like to do it again.
The weekend was a real Wim Hof EXPERIENCE. The nature elements (location, river, waterfall, tipi) were very well chosen and more impressive than the ice bath. It was a pity that we could not get to the Druise waterfall due to the heavy rainfall, but the alternative was as spectacular. Lydie-Anne is a very pleasant person, she clearly explained the various steps and made sure that everyone in the group was feeling comfortable and was able to follow. I would definitely recommend Lydie-Anne's workshop to everyone who is interested in practicing the WHM and we might come back for another EXPERIENCE!
Hi Lydie-Anne, thank you for a great course. I came as the mother of the family and knew very little about Wim Hof and the method. I left impressed and convinced. Despite the very bad weather Sunday morning you managed to change the program on the fly to give us a great experience. Also a great thanks to Andreas, his drumming as accompaniment to your music and voice made the breathing exercise very special. Should I give a little critic, then I would have liked to start a little earlier Sunday morning, my impression is that most people was ready by 9 am, but it may be a question to ask each group. Thank you for a great experience.
- Instructors were exceptionally observant to my needs and how to adjust the practice to my physiology, I felt totally safe the whole time - Andeas was fantastic in explaining the method in easy to grasp terms. - Sharing experiences with other participants felt really important, its good that we took time to learn about other's experinces!
Well done, especially with regards to it being their first in Sweden.
One thing that hit me was that I felt so safe. After the first bath we went in and danced to music and I jumped around like a lunatic. You only do that when you feel absolutely safe. There was a separate changing room for women, that was nice. I enjoyed the tea, the fruit and the nuts. I had very good comforting speach at the ice bath. It was a good packing list. The lights by the lake made it magical and much more easy to endure the cold!
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