Tourné

Name

Tourné

Legal name

Tourné

Website

https://tourne.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wellness Retreats

NAICS

All Other Traveler Accommodation (721199), Tour Operators (56152)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000), Hotels & Motels (7011)

akta.pro primary industry

Wellness Retreat Centers (Yoga, Meditation & Mindfulness) (THAGAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wellness Retreats & Immersions (Multi-day, Digital Detox, Mind-Body Programs) (THAJAHAB), Yoga & Meditation Experiences (Studio Classes, Guided Meditation, Mindfulness) (THAJAHAA)

Keywords

• Wellness retreat center
• Meditation retreats
• Qigong instruction
• Tao yoga programs
• Holiday cottage rental

Headquarters

HQ city

Castelnau-Durban

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Guided retreats: Year-round and seasonal meditation, qigong, tai chi, ba gua, and tao yoga retreats with full board (meals included). Pricing from €330-995 per person depending on retreat type, duration, and accommodation choice. Minimum 3-night stay standard. Seasonal retreats run 5-10 days with up to 8 hours of practice daily. Group sizes up to 8 for regular retreats, up to 20 for seasonal retreats.
2. Holiday cottage rental: Self-catering holiday accommodation at Tourné Cottage (sleeps 4), Le Pidro/Bridge House (3 bedrooms, river and woodland gardens), and Les Hiboux/Owl House (2 bedrooms). Booked via direct inquiry or Airbnb. Minimum 3-night stay. Nightly rates from €63-120 depending on property and season.
3. Massage and wellness services: Letti and Tom Long offer massage therapy sessions to retreat participants and cottage guests, providing an additional ancillary revenue stream.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Tourné operates a wellness retreat centre in Castelnau-Durban, French Pyrenees, offering full-board guided retreats in meditation, qigong, tai chi, ba gua, tao yoga and forest bathing, plus self-catering holiday cottage rentals. The retreats are led by Ram Chatlani and visiting lineage teachers, with pricing from €330-€995 per person depending on retreat type, duration and accommodation, and minimum 3-night stays.

Product overview

Tourné is a retreat center and wellness holiday provider located in the Ariège region of the French Pyrenees. The company offers a portfolio of guided meditation and movement retreats led by Ram Chatlani, including year-round short retreats (meditation, qigong, and tao yoga), seasonal intensive retreats (Ba Gua, winter meditation, stupa construction, Dzogchen with visiting teachers), and holiday accommodations (the Tourné Cottage, Les Hiboux/Owl House, and Le Pidro/Bridge House). The main house also offers occasional bed and breakfast. The offerings are unified by the Tao Meditation philosophy emphasizing simplicity, well-being, and mindfulness practices rooted in Buddhist, Taoist, and shamanic traditions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Year-Round Meditation, Tao Yoga & Qigong Retreats Four-day, three-night guided retreats of meditation, qigong and tao yoga available throughout the year at the main house, with full board and accommodation. Suitable for beginners and experienced practitioners, with private, shared and single-room pricing tiers.
• Seasonal Intensive Retreats More intensive 5- to 10-day seasonal group retreats each spring, summer, autumn and winter covering tao meditation, qigong forms and summer ba gua circle walking, with up to 8 hours of practice daily for groups of up to 20 participants.
• Winter Meditation Retreat (Dharmatta) Ten-day silent winter retreat held annually in January, combining Taoist and Buddhist meditation, circular longevity breathing and tao yoga practices, with full board at €825 per person shared / €995 private.
• Ba Gua Special Edition Retreats Intensive retreats covering all aspects of Ba Gua eight-trigrams circle walking including static postures, palm changes and dedicated nei gung/qigong, suitable for beginners through experienced practitioners.
• Forest Bathing Retreats Four-day, three-night retreats combining shinrin yoku forest bathing with tao yoga or qigong, including guided forest walks, meditation, qigong and full-board accommodation.
• Stupa Construction Retreats Five-day retreats focused on building the enlightenment stupa at Tourné, combining devotional practices, physical creative work and meditation with an emphasis on daily life application; pricing on a sliding-scale/donation basis.
• Dzogchen Retreats with Lama Lena Annual non-residential retreat led by visiting Dzogchen and Mahamudra lineage holder Lama Lena (Yeshe Kaytub), offering teachings on realising the nature of mind; donation-based per tradition.
• Private Tuition Retreats Self-catering retreats with private tuition available throughout the year, with tailored instruction in meditation, qigong and tao yoga for individuals, couples or groups of friends.
• Le Pidro (Bridge House) Holiday Rental Spacious detached three-bedroom stone house with modern kitchen, two bathrooms, wood-burning stoves and central heating, set in private gardens with direct access to private woodland and a tributary of the Artillac River, two minutes' walk from the main house; from €99 per night, minimum 3 nights.
• Les Hiboux (Owl House) Holiday Rental Two-bedroom hamlet house sleeping up to 4 people, with original artwork, wood-burning stove, riverside garden with terrace and direct access to the Artillac River, three minutes' walk from the main house; bookings via direct inquiry or Airbnb.
• Tourné Cottage Holiday Rental Two-bedroom self-catering cottage adjoining but independent from the main house, sleeping 4, with fully equipped kitchen, two lounges (one with mezzanine sleeping area, one with wood-burning stove), two bathrooms and private garden with access to all Tourné gardens and the Artillac River.
• Bed & Breakfast Occasional bed and breakfast availability in the main house with optional evening meals, minimum 3-night stay required.
• Massage Therapy Services Massage therapy sessions offered by Letti and Tom Long to retreat participants and cottage guests, provided as an ancillary wellness service to complement retreat programmes and cottage stays.

Quantifiable outcome

• Stress reduction and blood pressure lowering through forest bathing (shinrin yoku)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Khyongla RinpocheminorOthers · 1 January 2020Tibetan Lama who initiated Ram Chatlani into Vajrayana and Maha Ati practices in 1980. Historical relationship; not an active ongoing partnership.
• Chogyal Namakhai Norbu RinpocheminorOthers · 1 January 2020Ram Chatlani was invited to meet and discuss his practices with Chogyal Namakhai Norbu Rinpoche. Historical relationship; not an active ongoing partnership.
• Sepa Dorje RinpocheminorOthers · 1 January 2020Ram Chatlani undertook a short retreat with Sepa Dorje Rinpoche. Historical relationship; not an active ongoing partnership.
• Wangdor RinpocheminorOthers · 1 January 2020Ram Chatlani met and worked with Wangdor Rinpoche and his lineage holder Lama Lena. Lama Lena has been visiting Tourné since 2011 (see Lama Lena entry). Historical relationship.
• B.K. FrantzisminorOthers · 1 January 2020Taoist master who certified Ram Chatlani to teach Taoist pranayama, qigong, tai chi, and ba gua chang after over 20 years of intensive study (1991-2011+). Historical teacher relationship; foundational to the centre's teaching lineage.
• Brahma Kumari Dadi JankiminorOthers · 1 January 2020Ram Chatlani's first formal meditation teacher in the late 1970s. She passed away in March 2020 at age 104. Historical relationship; foundational to Ram's meditation approach.
• Lama Lena (Yeshe Kaytub)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Lama Lena, a Dzogchen and Mahamudra lineage holder, has been giving public and private teachings at Tourné annually since 2011. She returns each year (typically September) to lead intensive Dzogchen retreats for participants. The retreats are non-residential; participants arrange their own local accommodation. Teaching topics include realising the nature of mind. No formal cost to participants; donations requested per tradition.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• L'Ayurveda Retreat: A boutique Ayurvedic wellness retreat in France offering Panchakarma and yoga programmes with full board. Directly comparable to Tourné as a small, multi-day wellness retreat operation in France with full-board pricing and a focus on authentic traditional practice.
• Esalen Institute: A historic meditation, yoga, and holistic wellness retreat centre on the California coast founded in 1962. Comparable to Tourné in its residential retreat format, multi-discipline wellness offerings (meditation, bodywork, movement), and emphasis on transformative experiential programming.
• Findhorn Foundation: A long-established spiritual and holistic retreat community in northern Scotland offering residential meditation, wellness, and personal development programmes. Comparable to Tourné in its multi-decade operating history, residential retreat model, and eclectic spiritual/wellness programming.
• Suryalila Retreat Centre: A small yoga and wellness retreat centre in Andalusia, Spain, offering yoga, meditation, and detox retreats with accommodation in a rural Andalusian farmhouse. Comparable in scale, family-run ethos, multi-discipline wellness programming, and rural European setting to Tourné.
• Plum Village: The largest Buddhist meditation retreat centre in Europe, founded by Thich Nhat Hanh in southern France. Offers multi-day silent mindfulness retreats in rural monastic settings; comparable to Tourné in its French rural retreat model and emphasis on authentic lineage-based meditation teaching.
• Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health: A large yoga, meditation, and holistic health retreat centre in the Berkshires, Massachusetts. Comparable to Tourné in its multi-day residential retreat model and breadth of meditation, yoga, and qigong/movement offerings.

Broad incumbents

• SHA Wellness Clinic: A leading luxury integrative wellness clinic and retreat in Alicante, Spain, offering structured wellness programmes combining nutrition, meditation, and traditional therapies. Operates in the same wellness retreat category as Tourné but at significantly higher price points and broader medical-wellness scope.
• Kamalaya Wellness Sanctuary: A multi-award-winning luxury wellness retreat and holistic spa resort in Koh Samui, Thailand, offering meditation, yoga, and traditional medicine programmes. Comparable in wellness retreat category and multi-discipline offering but materially larger and more luxury-positioned than Tourné.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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