Natural and organic skin and spa brand ilā has announced the launch of Maison ilā, Le Trésor - a healing space in the heart of the Aude, Languedoc Roussillon, France. The former seven-bedroom chambre d’hôtes has been given a new lease of life as ilā’s first dedicated permanent wellness retreat location.
Set in verdant, blossoming gardens, Maison ilā (also known as Le Trésor) is home to a main house with five bedrooms, communal dining space, snug, treatment room and yoga & sound healing studio. It also has a separate cottage with a further two bedrooms, living space and kitchen.
Founder, Denise Leicester and her husband, John spent lockdown renovating the property, painting the walls with powdered gems and essential oils, creating a treatment room and yoga studio and planting a soul garden full of healing herbs and plants such as St John’s Wort, Roman Camomile, Geraniums, Sage, Verviene, Lavender, Jasmine and Honeysuckle that Denise will be using in both food and treatments.
ilā’s French home will be a sanctuary of healing based on ila’s core belief that healing starts from the inside and that by giving ourselves space and time, consciously relaxing the nervous system, the body and mind are able to rest, naturally rebalance and reconnect to our inner essence of radiant health and a peaceful mind. Maison ila offers a curated menu of face and body therapies and shamanic journeys, including Flexbeam red light therapy and treatments created especially for the brand’s new CBD collection which launched at the end of July.
Yoga, meditation and sound healing will be complemented by wild swimming in neighbouring natural pools, and wild movement specialist Alli Suddaby will guide guests through a playful outdoor practice that honours the fundamental movement of the body. Guests can expect seasonal, predominantly plant-based, cuisine that uses the abundant local seasonal produce and is nutritious, nurturing and full of flavour.
Denise says: “As I have French heritage, John and I had always imagined a home in the south of France. When we happened across ‘Le Trésor’ – the treasure - as it was called, we knew we had found our place; although a little unexpectedly, we felt it was too special to keep it to ourselves! There is a magic here that lends itself perfectly to the creation of a dedicated ilā space and we are so excited to welcome guests to escape here with us for heartfelt rejuvenation.”
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