BNFx™ Retreats
A spa for the brain, for hotels and resorts.
Retreats and brain fitness experiences for hotels, resorts and retreat centres, led by a team we train.
For hotels, resorts and retreat centres
BNFx Longevity Retreats
A spa for the brain.
We do two things for hotels, resorts and retreat centres: we train your coaches, and we give your guests something they cannot find anywhere else, a BNFx retreat or a BNFx brain fitness experience. A retreat can stand alone or add a BNFx section to an existing programme of yoga, nutrition, nature or wellbeing.
Hotels & resorts
A signature activity for guests, families and groups.
Retreat centres
A brain-body module that adds variety and connection to multi-day programmes.
Companies
Team offsites and leadership retreats built around movement, focus and laughter.
How it works for your venue
Your coaches lead it. We train, supply and support.
We certify your coaches
Live online sessions, an in-person training weekend and a filmed certification class.
We supply the content
New games, music and choreography every quarter, and the Class Studio to build each week’s class.
We facilitate your retreats
Remote: your Specialised BNFx Coach on site, our Master Trainer designs and supervises from a distance.
On site: our Master Trainer with you on set dates, for a wellness week or a signature retreat.
What your guests experience
One-to-one or small group, designed around each guest
Each BNFx Longevity Retreat is designed for one guest or a small group by a Specialised BNFx Coach, and reviewed by our Master Trainer.
Where it all began: Provence and the French Riviera
From 2027: New York State, in an exclusive retreat centre
Before arrival
1
The guest chooses the length
Around 5 nights is ideal; the length adapts to each request.
2
The guest meets their coach
A first conversation to understand goals, rhythm and needs.
3
The programme is designed
Your coach builds a plan for the exact number of days; our Master Trainer reviews it before the guest arrives.
At the heart of the retreat
Mindsight
Developed by Dr Daniel Siegel, Mindsight is the ability to see your own mind clearly. Guests learn to steady their attention and choose how they respond, instead of reacting. Practised every day, one-to-one or in a group.
“Where attention goes, neural firing flows and neural connection grows.” Dr Daniel Siegel
Every day
Two BNFx classes
A morning class and a late-afternoon class: movement, brain challenges and laughter.
Food for the brain
A daily menu built around foods that support focus and energy, the Mediterranean way: olive oil, oily fish, berries, leafy greens, nuts, eggs, pulses, a square of dark chocolate and herbal teas.
Brain-based coaching
A daily one-to-one session. Inspired by David Rock and the NeuroLeadership Institute, brain-based coaching uses what we know about the brain (stress, attention, habits, insight) to help you find your own answers and turn them into lasting change.
Mindsight practice
Practices inspired by Dr Daniel Siegel’s Mindsight, one-to-one or in a group: learning to see and calm your own mind.
Coaching is not therapy, and BNFx is not a medical treatment.
What guests say
An incredible week of yoga, meditation and coaching paired with unforgettable and warm hospitality, wonderful French cuisine and beautiful scenery of Provence.
My husband and I participated in a coaching retreat with Sylvain. The program was very well curated with a lot of attention to details, filled with surprise activities that were not only fun, but well thought out to serve the purpose of the coaching and the program.
Sylvain is extremely in tune with clients, understanding their needs and customizing the trainings to serve them exactly where they need a lift in their life.
The meditations and brain training exercises are extremely effective. We left with a clear and practical action plan that not only helps us professionally but also on a personal level with longevity.
I highly recommend both his coaching program and also the retreats in his beautiful property in Provence.
Retreat practices
Nature, your quiet ally
The forests, hills and gardens around each venue, from Provence to New York State, are part of the programme. A walk among trees quiets the mind’s endless loops and sharpens attention. Around it, our signature practices:
The Stone Walk
A walk with a stone that leaves you lighter than you started.
Your Sankalpa
A heartfelt intention, truly yours, that stays with you all week.
Voice Reveal
Not a singing lesson: a joyful way to let your voice out, calm the body and lift the mind.
Art in nature
A small creative work made with what the land offers, inspired by art therapy.
Read more: what the studies say
- Two hours a week in nature is linked to better health and wellbeing (19,806 people). (White et al., Scientific Reports, 2019)
- A 90-minute walk in nature reduced rumination and activity in a brain area linked to it; a city walk did not. (Bratman et al., PNAS, 2015)
- Memory and attention improved by about 20% after a walk in an arboretum, and not after a city walk. (Berman, Jonides & Kaplan, Psychological Science, 2008)
- Walking boosted creative output by about 60% compared with sitting. (Oppezzo & Schwartz, Stanford, 2014)
- Forest environments are linked to lower cortisol, pulse rate and blood pressure than city environments. (Park et al., 2010)
- Reciting a mantra slowed breathing to about 6 breaths a minute and increased heart-rate variability. (Bernardi et al., BMJ, 2001)
- “Coaching is facilitating self-directed neuroplasticity.” (David Rock, Coaching with the Brain in Mind)
Studies shared for inspiration. BNFx is not a medical treatment and makes no promise of specific results.
For hotels and resorts
We train your coaches
BNFx Longevity Retreats, the retreat format, is different from the BNFx Longevity class. Retreats are led by Specialised BNFx Coaches: professionals who already have a speciality, such as yoga, therapy or wellbeing.
The path
First BNFx Coach, then BNFx Premium, then the Longevity Retreats specialisation. Specialised coaches lead the fun level, and bring in the performance level with neuroscience-based games when guests need it.
One week on site
The specialisation is a week of training at your venue, on the signature practices of BNFx retreats.
Every programme reviewed
Your coach designs each guest’s programme; our head-office Master Trainer reviews every one before the guest arrives, and works with your team on group programmes.
Special weeks
On request, a Master Trainer joins you in person for special weeks scheduled in your season.
For companies
Team retreats and offsites
Companies invite their staff and BNFx runs the activities for the whole group: BNFx classes, Mindsight practices and moments of calm, indoors or outdoors.
Specialised BNFx Coaches
Professionals who already have clients
Therapists, wellbeing professionals and retreat organisers can become Specialised BNFx Coaches. They add a BNFx Longevity section to their own retreats, or organise a retreat with a hotel or retreat centre.
The BNFx name and method may be used after authorisation from our head office, so every programme meets our standards and the offer stays balanced.
Interested in a retreat?
Tell us about your venue or your programme and we will get back to you.
Join the founding cohort
Switzerland and Pune · March 2027 · places are limited.