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Tuscany Yoga
Join Eat, Pray, Move on the border of Tuscany and Umbria in a beautiful villa with countryside views on all sides for a week of wellness, cuisine, and travel journal creation. You’ll enjoy the Dolce Vita with wine tastings, cultural sites, classes, and more!
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Highlights
- Daily yoga/meditation class and travel journal creativity art class
- Experience regional tastings of winery, olive oil, coffee, etc
- An Italian cooking class and a welcome Aperitivo and orientation reception
- Visit and dinner to an Umbrian town and a visit to Cortona
- Walking tour of an Etruscan hilltop town, Chiusi, and an afternoon in Montepulciano
- Enjoy a spa treatment
- Daily breakfast and selected lunches and dinners
- 5 nights accommodation
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
Accommodation
Your group will enjoy an exclusive stay and private book-out of the hotel during your week together. The hotel boasts spacious guest rooms, an on-site restaurant, and an outdoor pool as well as massage rooms. Beautiful gardens surround the buildings with various areas for you to meet, conduct your creative workshops, as well as stretch out in your daily yoga classes which will be offered to guests.
Here, you are surrounded by historic and ancient Etruscan towns, hilltop villages, and storybook scenery. It gives a perfect home base to explore the area on your day trips and see what this green heart of Italy has to offer.
Shared rooms can have two separate twin beds for roommates or one large bed on request for couples, they are spacious and well-appointed rooms with ensuite bathrooms. The single room is spacious and well-appointed with a large bed and ensuite bathroom.
Program
Join Eat, Pray, Move for a restorative and creative retreat in the Italian countryside. In a private boutique villa, you will be surrounded by breathtaking views, mesmerizing sunsets, and a wonderful sense of peace - the perfect setting to nurture yourself and your creative spirit. Set your body at ease to let your mind flow with ideas - as you enjoy la dolce vita together, with just the right dose of local cuisine, culture, creativity, and wellness.
There is no better way to capture Italy than to immerse in its rich history. This retreat is designed for those who have a love of the arts and mindful movement. Practicing yoga in this incredible landscape gives guests the peace of mind of the countryside and the energy to explore and create from it. You'll be exploring different forms of art through watercolors, acrylic paints, and collages.
Find inspiration during day trips and render your experience on canvas or in personal travel journals. Creative workshops are open to all levels from beginner to seasoned artists focusing on simple and approachable exercises to ignite your inner artist. Your finished piece makes for a memorable souvenir for your Italy retreat!
Wellness and creativity
Daily meditation and yoga classes will be offered in a way to relax, stimulate, and help guests grow in their own personal practice. Classes are open to all levels, beginner to practiced, and can range from gentle, Restorative, and more vigorous Vinyasa flow and Ashtanga styles.
Style and class levels will be determined and molded to fit participating students' needs, and with a small intimate retreat class size, students will be able to get personalized attention and comfortability to deeply explore their practice. Depending on each retreat location, classes will be held in a dedicated indoor yoga space and some also offer outdoor options as well for you to use if the weather is agreeable.
Sample of daily schedule
- 08:00 Morning yoga (so don't worry, you don't have to be up before the sun...unless you want to of course!)
- Afternoon / early evening Next yoga class
- 19:30 Dinner
Note
The exact hour-to-hour schedule will be provided on arrival.
Each full day you will have activities and day trips mixed in. See the full inclusion list for the the activities info.
Included excursions
Surrounding area/activities
Your day trips will allow you to experience the many unique landscapes and activities that this area has to offer. You will begin your week with a visit to the nearby Etruscan hilltop town of Chiusi, where you’ll enjoy a walking tour and a stop for lunch.
Later that day, head to another beautiful village and an award-winning design hotel for an olive oil tasting, learning from an olive oil sommelier about the nuances and profiles of this elixir. And you will perhaps (as this will fall near harvest season) get to taste some of the brand-new oil for the year.
The next day, venture a little further afield towards the Val d’Orcia and its iconic rolling Sienese hills to a cheese farm in the area of Pienza where the famed pecorino cheese is made. Explore the hill town of Montepulciano and enjoy an Italian coffee tasting in one of the historic cafes.
By the middle of the week, you will recharge with spa treatments on-site and downtime before heading out that evening to explore a beautiful Umbrian town and have a cozy dinner.
You will also fit in a visit to the town of Cortona, famed for "Under the Tuscan Sun", and find an artisan workshop in the area to learn from and see how some of the quality products and crafts in this area are produced. You'll also have time to enjoy some time in the town for shopping and lunch. %Round out the week with a wine-tasting visit and lunch, how can you be in this part of Italy without partaking in its sacred potion? Finally, you’ll partake in a cooking class to prepare your final dinner together.
Please note that activities may change based on weather or unforeseen circumstances such as weather, etc.
Instructors
Mindy Johnstone
Having begun her practice 20 years ago, Mindy's style of teaching is rooted in the Ashtanga tradition. A love for the fluidity is deepened with Vinyasa flow and the more restorative Yin and iRest Yoga Nidra. On retreat, prepare to be inspired and nurtured as her strength lies in the ability to cater to group and individual needs. The yoga community offers a family in all parts of the globe and Mindy is grateful for the guidance and shared wisdom she receives from students and teachers.
Retreat location
Located on the border of the regions of Tuscany and Umbria, Porsenna Hotel & Spa is a grand country house resort hotel amid the fields and rolling hills of the countryside and a short distance from Lake Chiusi and Lake Trasimeno.
Food
Healthful food is part of the retreat, drawing on the in-season harvests from the local area. Daily breakfast is prepared on-site and the itinerary includes most dinners and lunches as well, many incorporating a visit or experience in the nearby area. They've carefully chosen delicious and fresh meals from renowned restaurants and chefs that will give guests an expansive experience of the cuisine.
Throughout the week, you will get to sample several of the regional specialties like olive oil, coffee, wine, pecorino cheese, and maybe some truffle, or porcini if you are lucky! Relish in a range of local eateries, like cantinas, family osterias, and award-winning chefs, and you’ll have hands-on experiences with an Italian cooking class.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Alcoholic beverages
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
Spa treatments
A spa treatment is included.
What's included
- 5 nights of private villa accommodation (spacious bedrooms each with private bathrooms and linens)
- Daily breakfast
- Selected lunches and dinners
- Welcome Aperitivo and orientation reception
- Transportation to/from day trips
- Daily yoga/meditation class
- Daily travel journal creativity art class
- Use of yoga mats
- Use of hotel amenities (pool, gardens, etc.)
- Regional tastings: Winery, olive oil, coffee, etc
- Olive oil tasting/Aperitivo
- Wine tasting lunch
- Italian coffee demo at a historic cafe
- Walking tour of an Etruscan hilltop town, Chiusi
- Afternoon in Montepulciano
- Visit and dinner in an Umbrian town
- Visit to Cortona
- Italian cooking class
- Spa treatment
- Taxes
What's not included
- Airfare
- Airport transfers
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport
138 km
Transfer not provided
Florence Airport, Peretola (Amerigo Vespucci Airport)
106 km
Transfer not provided
Arrival by airplane
Please arrange your flight to arrive at Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO) or Florence Peretola Airport (FLR). From both airports, there are easy train connections to the station nearest the hotel. Full details on how to best arrive will be given to guests.
Arrival by train
From the station of Chiusi/Chianciano Terme, Eat, Pray, Move can provide recommendations for a private driver or public transportation. Taxis are available at any time from Chiusi station and private cars are available for door-to-door service from airports.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 14% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.
