6 Days Yoga, Beach and Wellness Retreat in amazing Tuscany, Italy

You will spend a wonderful holiday with somebody whose main goal is to make you feel better, advance you in the yoga practice, rejuvenate your body through yoga and healthy food, and feed your soul with the amazing landscapes of one of the most renowned world destinations: Tuscany, Italy.

Teaching style implies a lot of attention to each person needs and capabilities. Each yoga lesson will comprise flows but also study and practice of single more difficult poses. The aim is to transmit tips and details that will help anybody proceed in their yogic path. This is what happens: people get stronger and more flexible by the day and also advance in their yoga practice through tailored advice. Especially people that till today have felt inadequate or not good enough in other yoga schools or styles, here get more and more confident, more and more capable of reaching and keeping a pose.

Bibbona and its surroundings are one of the most beautiful places on earth. Try this and you will come back every year, most people do. Certain landscapes are difficult to forget, and practicing with these surroundings will make you will feel the energy, the unity that we all look for.

Sample daily schedule (which can be revised according to guests' requests)

• 08:30 Wake up and have some time to yourself
• 09:00 Yoga practice and meditation
• 10:00 Breakfast with homemade bread, pies, and other healthy foods
• 11:00 Healthy Italian cooking and nutrition tips
• 11:45 Car transfer to the beach
• 12:30 Beach and other activities (sunbathing, walking, stand up paddle, swimming)
• 14:30 Picnic on the beach
• 15:30 Time to yourself at the beach
• 18:00 Yoga practice at the beach
• 19:00 Car transfer home
• 19:30 Showers and Italian cooking with nutrition tips
• 20:00 Light and healthy Italian dinner
• 21:00 No activity is compulsory, you could even just rest most of the time, chill out or go sightseeing during the day. Stargazing and sitting outside together

The schedule above does not apply on arrival and departure days, or on a sightseeing day which may have a different schedule. Sightseeing, if required, will be paid directly to the driver.

This retreat will take place in Bibbona, Tuscany, Italy. Bibbona is a wonderful little village on the Tuscan coast overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea and the French island of Corsica. It is an incredible paradise, both in terms of landscapes and wildlife.

Distances

• Pisa and Volterra - 1 hour
• Florence - 2 hours

The Mediterranean diet is the richest in nutraceuticals, which are key to living longer.

Sample menus

Breakfast

• Cereals
• Homemade almond or hazelnut pie
• Homemade bread with honey, tahini or marmalades
• Homemade chocolate mousse or pie
• Seasonal local fruits (from the garden or neighboring farmers)
• Teas and coffee
• Yogurts

Lunch

• Focaccia
• Homemade pie with onion, zucchini, and other vegetables
• Salads
• Tomatoes and mozzarella

Dinner

• Hummus
• Rice salad
• Rosemary flavored chickpea or bean soup
• Wholegrain pasta with raw vegetables or pesto

Activities

Aside from swimming and walking, you can also go hiking, horse riding (on request), or cycling (free bicycles available), and SUP is also available.

Sightseeing

Tuscan Wellness Retreats can organize excursions on request or before or after the retreat only to Pisa, Siena, and Volterra with a little extra cost for the trip. All these are worth visiting, given that you will be in one of the most famous Italian regions in terms of historical heritage and natural beauty.

You may also choose to fly into Pisa or Rome, so you can visit these two or Florence, which is only one hour away by train from the retreat location. You could also visit Portofino, which is just an hour and a half away by private transfer.

Moreover, Lo Yoga can also help to organize sightseing to Pisa, Florence, Rome, Portofino, and Le Cinque Terre.

Massages are available on request and for an additional fee. There is 1 complimentary homemade body scrub is included.

You can buy Wellness and Beauty Packs with huge discounts before arriving. Kindly send an inquiry to Lo Yoga for more details.

• 2 daily yoga classes and meditation
• 5 nights accommodation
• Cooking and nutrition tips
• Daily meals
• Complimentary homemade scrub
• Transfer from Cecina in the province of Livorno (where trains arrive from Pisa, Florence, or Rome)

• Airfare
• Massages
• Optional trips and activities
• Personal expenses
• Train fares
• Wellness and Beauty Packs

• A reservation requires a deposit of 40% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.