Founders · Périgord Noir · Since 2021
The story of two passionate minds who turned a decade of retreats on the open sea into a sanctuary of performance and serenity, rooted in the French countryside.
« We understood in Greece that the deepest transformations happen when you cut people off from their everyday life and reconnect them to what truly matters. Wellness Wave is that conviction taken to its highest level. »
— Adrien Amasse & Michel Campan, co-founders
The founding encounter
During an executive coaching programme, Adrien Amasse and Michel Campan meet for the first time. One, an expert in applied neuroscience and mental performance; the other, a seasoned entrepreneur with a deep passion for transformative natural settings. They click immediately: both share the conviction that lasting well-being is not found in gyms or standardised spas, but in total, immersive, scientifically grounded experiences.
Retreats on the Aegean Sea
Together, they design their first wellness and high-performance retreats aboard catamarans sailing between the Greek islands. The experience is radical: total disconnection, neuroscience protocols adapted to the sea, outdoor sport, fresh Mediterranean nutrition, mindfulness at sunrise. Guests — business leaders, elite athletes, exhausted creatives — are unanimous: it is the most transformative thing they have ever experienced. Every edition sells out. The proof of concept is there.
The founding decision
The pandemic slows everything, but it also gives time to reflect. The question imposes itself: why limit these experiences to a few weeks a year, on a boat, at the mercy of the weather? Why not create a permanent place, rooted in the most preserved nature in France, where this magic could happen 365 days a year? The answer is the Château de l'Étang Estate, in Limeyrat, at the heart of Périgord Noir. Forty hectares of oak forests, lakes and meadows — a setting that naturally offers what the Aegean Sea once provided: isolation, raw beauty, and a radically different relationship with time.
Wellness Wave comes to life
After three years of renovation, sports-area development, protocol design and rigorous selection of practitioners, Wellness Wave welcomes its first guests. The promise is the same as in Greece, amplified by the permanence of the place: a bespoke programme combining neuroscience, physical performance, living nutrition and full presence — within a setting you don't leave for a whole week, to allow true transformation.
Co-founder · Neuroscience & performance expert
Trained in cognitive psychology and applied neuroscience, Adrien Amasse has spent more than a decade supporting business leaders, professional athletes and creatives in their pursuit of sustainable performance. Certified high-performance coach (ICF PCC), he specialises in stress-regulation protocols, cognitive optimisation and reconditioning of mental patterns.
His clients include leaders of CAC 40 companies, Olympic athletes and executive teams going through transformation. What sets his approach apart? Absolute scientific rigour — every protocol draws on published research in neuroplasticity, stress physiology and positive psychology — combined with a deep conviction: nature is the most powerful accelerator of human change.
At Wellness Wave, Adrien designs all programmes, oversees interventions and ensures personalised follow-up for each guest. He believes that real transformation does not last a few days — it begins the moment you return home.
Co-founder · Estate director & guest experience
An entrepreneur at heart, Michel Campan founded and developed several companies in high-end hospitality and exceptional events before dedicating himself entirely to Wellness Wave. His expertise: crafting experiences that leave a lasting mark — environments where every detail, from architecture to the dinner menu, is designed to serve the transformation of the people who pass through.
He is the one who discovered the Château de l'Étang Estate while hiking in Périgord Noir. It was an immediate match: the land, the silence, that particular Dordogne light — everything already carried the promise of what Wellness Wave would become. He now oversees the entire guest experience, the partnerships with local producers and the development of the estate.
Michel is convinced that true luxury is not in opulence, but in the depth of the experience — and that the Périgord, one of the most preserved regions of France, offers that depth naturally.
Every protocol — from the breathing programme to the lunch menu — is grounded in research in neuroscience, physiology and positive psychology. No unfounded promises, only practices whose effectiveness has been demonstrated.
We reject the standardised-spa model and the generic yoga retreat. Every stay is designed for you, with your story, your goals and your pace. The estate is yours — entirely.
An immersive week rarely changes a life on its own. What changes a life is what one understands about oneself during that week, and the concrete tools one takes home to continue. We design every programme so the effect lasts for months.
Join the guests who have already lived the Wellness Wave experience. Every stay is unique, every programme is yours.
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