A charter of simple principles for a peaceful stay

A shared living space, built on trust and respect for everyone

If you choose to stay at the ¡Viva la Vida! Center, it’s because you carry within you the desire to slow down, reconnect with Nature, and give your body the conditions for true regeneration. This charter isn’t meant to restrict you: it exists to protect what every resident comes here to find — a tranquil place, unspoiled Nature, and a setting conducive to health — and to keep the experience harmonious, for you and for everyone sharing the stay with you.

Living together in an isolated place, at a slow pace and in tune with the body, calls for a minimum of shared guidelines. These guidelines actually rest on a single rule — the one true requirement at home for raising our 11 children in a climate of peace and kindness: DO NO HARM. Do no harm to yourself, through the very excesses you may have come here to heal. Do no harm to fellow residents, respecting their rest and their privacy. Do no harm to the place, which so generously offers us this setting for regeneration. Everything else — tranquility, mutual support, communication — flows naturally from there.

What’s expected and encouraged

The tranquility of the place.

The Center is a place of calm and peace, at every moment of your stay. Conversation, laughter, birdsong, and the sound of the river all have their rightful place here. This tranquility is what allows everyone — you included — to fully benefit from the restorative rest you’ve come here to seek, especially during the periods of rest, napping, or quiet set aside for the body’s regeneration.

Easing into the shared rhythm.

Meals are prepared and eaten together, in a spirit of togetherness and sharing. As for activities, everyone remains free to join in according to how they feel in the moment, never forcing against their body — this rhythm is meant to support your regeneration and help you reconnect with yourself, and should never become a constraint or get in the way of the well-being everyone comes to the Center to find.

Contributing to shared tasks, each in their own way.

The Center runs without staff: gathering, preparing meals, washing dishes, and maintaining the grounds — but also artistic creation, listening, or simply being present for another resident — are naturally shared among everyone. Like the cells of a single body, or the musicians of an orchestra, each person brings what they can and what they love, according to their own abilities and sensitivity. What matters is that this diversity becomes the crucible of a harmonious whole. In this way, daily tasks can be experienced very positively — as a concrete way of making the place one’s own and rediscovering the simple pleasure of being of service to others, in keeping with the spirit of self-reliance that animates the Center.

Honest communication when something’s difficult.

If something weighs on you, bothers you, or raises a question during your stay, the best response is always to talk about it, simply and directly, rather than letting tension build. Everyone is invited to speak with honesty and respect, and to be heard in return. It’s this open dialogue, rooted in nonviolence, that keeps the stay flowing smoothly for everyone.

Respecting the privacy of fellow residents.

Everyone arrives at the Center with their own story, their own path to walk, personal choices rooted in their own convictions, and their own pace of regeneration. That path deserves to be respected without judgment or intrusive curiosity. Discretion and kindness toward each person’s experience are part of what makes this place harmonious.

What isn’t compatible with the Center

The ¡Viva la Vida! Center is a place dedicated to the natural regeneration of health. Certain things would run directly counter to that mission, and are therefore incompatible with a stay here.

Substances that are toxic to health.

Alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and any other substance that interferes with the body’s regeneration are strictly prohibited on site. This isn’t a matter of morality, but of consistency: the Center offers you conditions favorable to your balance, and these substances would work directly against what you came here to find.

Disruptive behavior.

Conflict without real cause, constant discontent, judging others, baseless gossip, malice, and disrespect have no place in a setting designed for calm and collective harmony.

Artificial noise that disturbs the quiet of the place. Music played at high volume, high-decibel engines, and noisy tools aren’t welcome once they start to intrude on other residents’ well-being. If you’d like to listen to music, it’s a good idea to bring headphones, to preserve the calm of the place and of the people around you.

Respect and kindness, in service of everyone’s tranquility

This charter exists to help this shared living space remain truly harmonious, and so to guarantee every resident a setting of peace and tranquility conducive to genuine, holistic health regeneration. In coming to the ¡Viva la Vida! Center, you choose to adhere to it in good faith, aware that this is exactly what your body and mind — and those of your fellow residents — need in order to reconnect with themselves.

It’s in this spirit — warm, respectful, and clear — that I welcome you to the ¡Viva la Vida! Center, with the conviction that these simple conditions are the foundation of what will allow your stay, and that of every resident, to be truly beneficial.

This article was written by Claire Loiseleur, founder and host of the ¡Viva la Vida! Center, whose mission is to help the residents who come to stay there regenerate their health through a lifestyle in harmony with Nature.

To understand what the Centre ¡Viva la Vida! is and how it works, I cordially invite you to:

To see this regeneration in action through videos and real testimonials, I invite you to:

Beyond that, to go further and understand the foundations of the natural health approach practiced at the Center — its principles, its thinkers, and its approach to cancer — I wholeheartedly invite you to:

Here are a few helpful articles to help you understand what the ¡Viva la Vida! Center is all about:

Go to the YouTube channel ¡VIVA LA VIDA! Center – english:

See the Facebook page: The Viva la Vida Center

The Facebook group REGENERATING HEALTH BY LIVING IN HARMONY WITH NATURE is a warm and friendly forum for exchange on the theme of Healing pediatric cancer using natural methods. It is open to all parents who have a child with cancer and who are curious to discover the extent to which the keys to natural health can help regenerate their child’s health. The aim is to help each other move forward, beyond the obstacles we face, in order to offer children with cancer natural healing with all the respect and love they deserve.