WELCOME!
Our mission at La Source Holidays, is to plant seeds for a world 'our hearts know is possible'! Our holidays connect us with nature, each other and ourselves!
OUR 'Sourcey' CREW
A word from the Founder & Host...
La Source has always been about heart opening weeks in nature and community…inspiring a sense of wonder and possibility.
I set up La Source in 2007 when my young family and I moved to Samoëns, The French Alps. I had spent my 20's, working as an Outward Bound Instructor in the America's and Africa. In my 30's, back in the UK, working as a corporate film director and producer, my partner and I felt the pressure of the rat race. We decided to take a semi sabbatical for 6 months in the Alps.
We totally fell in love with Samoens, and we decided to stay! We bought an old run down farm house. 8 months into the eco-renovation our builder did a runner with a lot of our materials and cash! At around the same time, our income was hit by the 2008 recession.
In desperation, we decided to put an advert in Gumtree for builders wanting to come and live in Adventure Sports Paradise to renovate an Eco-Lodge, on minimal wages! We sieved through 40 CV's and selected 5 young craftsmen from around the world. They lived in the Mazot (hut) in the garden, and the garage and in their vans. We did yoga every morning, worked all day and played in the evening and we ate communally. We called ourselves 'The Commune'.
By the end of the renovation, no-one wanted to leave, so the La Source Eco Lodge was born! The builders stayed on as Driver, Chef, Front of House. The Eco-Lodge attracted a lot of press and was a huge success.
However, running a busy eco lodge alongside raising a young family did have its challenges! In 2011, we sold The Eco Lodge and moved back to the UK, but I continued to run my favourite trips, just at a more leisurely pace!
Most trips are still based in Samoëns. We have a regular crew of amazing chefs, assistants, yogis and guides that nurture the ‘Sourcey vibe’. You might meet Agneiszka, a local who epitomises 'a mountain women'. She is a Tree Whisperer and International Mountain Guide and Climbing Instructor. She guides most of our Trips. On our classic trip you might meet Thilo, from Berlin. He is a nutritionalist, gut biome specialist, coach and yoga teacher, or my niece Olympia, an amazing young chef who is a pied piper to children. Laura, is our favourite assistant chef from Grenoble. She is an ex Radio Mont Blanc DJ and fabulous yoga teacher. I still run The Family Adventure.
Our intention is always to ensure that everyone on our trips feels re-sourced! After a week in the mountains, we hope that our guests; from our youngest to our oldest, feel empowered to thrive and to face life challenges with more spaciousness and joie de vivre!
The children forget about tech and immerse themselves in play, connection and presence and the adults have time to ‘be’, inspired by the majesty of nature and enriching company.
We have found that children with neuro-diversity and who struggle at school, really thrive on these trips and they are very welcome.
We look forward to welcoming you to the Sourcey family,
Saskia