Personalised Retreats
for Body, Mind and Soul
held in a sanctuary of
peace and stillness
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Welcome to Maison ila
A house of healing in the serenity, light and warmth of the Pyrénées Audoises, nestled between the beautiful cities of Carcassonne and Toulouse.
This small yet spacious haven of peace has been lovingly reinvented into a joyous, bespoke wellbeing retreat for physical, emotional, and spiritual renewal.
Rooted in ancient wisdom and held in the arms of nature, Maison ila is not a hotel, but a sanctuary - a place where you can let go, slow down, and return to yourself. With four beautifully individual spaces - a cottage, apartment and two studios - guests are invited to retreat in their own rhythm, with the whole house offered for private stays or deeply personalised healing journeys.
RETREAT PATHWAYS AT MAISON ILA
Two bespoke journeys home to your essence, rooted in deep care, intuitive healing and nourishing full-board stays, shaped entirely by your needs.
At Maison Ila, retreats are soulful journeys designed to restore balance, energy and connection. Whether you’re seeking gentle wellbeing or deeper transformation, each retreat includes daily practices, personalised therapies, and organic, healing food prepared with love.
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Matri Healing Retreats
ENERGY MEDICINE - LIGHT & SOUND - SACRED RITUALS
Immersive and deeply personalised, Matri Retreats draw on the Matri Method - combining energy medicine, bio-electric therapies, plant protocols, sacred rituals, light frequencies and elemental wisdom to support full-system renewal and deep self-healing.
Sun-drenched by day and candlelit by night, Maison ilā offers four private sanctuaries for your retreat
Three one-bedroom apartments and a spacious two-bedroom cottage - opening onto a secluded garden oasis with a warm hot tub. Inside, you’ll find crisp Egyptian cotton linens, hand-blended tisanes, plus bathrooms stocked with organic ilā hand-washes, Himalayan salts and sacred oils.
With its old-fashioned charm and thoughtful details, this laid-back hideaway invites you to rediscover balance, joy and vitality beneath the Pyrenean skies.
“Maison ila is a place of visions, dreams, forgiveness, expansion. The air is energising, the earth undisturbed, the people kind. To be here is to rediscover open skies, the sun, the soft spirit of an ancient land. Nature is unreservedly herself and happy. When we tap into this energy we start to feel better. That’s healing”.
FOUNDER OF MAISON ILA – HOUSE OF HEALING
Built in 1791, Maison Ila is a vintage, green-shuttered Maison de Maître, nestled in a peaceful church square on the edge of Sonnac-sur-l’Hers - a sleepy village of just 130 residents.
The house was lovingly reimagined in 2020 by Denise and John Leicester as a tranquil, intimate retreat devoted to personalised wellbeing.
With its innocent, old-fashioned charm, this laidback hideaway holds a quiet kind of magic. A horse whisperer lives in the village. The sky is Pyrénées pure. The air is scented with jasmine and wild herbs. There’s buried treasure in the garden, and sacred thermal waters beneath the well.