Join instructors Stephanie O'Hara and Katie Bailey for a yoga and cultural immersion in Tuscany. The goal is to create an experiential journey that combines 7 days of yoga, meditation, and personal development with the best of local history, culture, and cuisine.  In addition to our yoga practices, you will create memories while you trek with a guide along the Mediterranean at Cinque Terre, taste and tour at a winery in the Bolgheri region and visit the Village of Bolgheri, rejuvenate in the famous Tuscan mineral hot springs, visit Lucca and watch a Puccini opera, and experience an in-villa private gourmet cooking class.  You will also have the opportunity to read 1-2 inspirational books (optional) prior to our travels and discuss when we arrive as well as creatively journal.  To truly find transformation we need to take ourselves into a new physical space away from our normal lives. This temporary journey allows us a shift in perspective and the physical body to meet the mind and soul.  

Villa Daniela is a luxury eleven bedroom air conditioned Villa located seven Kilometers from the  walled city of Lucca. This historic and newly renovated 15th Century estate has absolutely everything-– including spectacular Italian gardens, spacious rooms, marvelous frescoes, a huge professional kitchen, an interior elevator, a brilliant heated pool and a tremendous location!  Rooms include a safe, luxury linens, free wi-fi, sattelite television hair dryers, mini bar and more. Like many Italian villas, Villa Daniela has a remarkable history. Built originally in the 15th century as a summer home by a noble Luchese family, it remained in the same family until the 19th century when it was given to an order of monks left homeless when Napoleon seized all church property in the region. The monks added a secondary school that was attached to the villa. The current owners bought the property and spent the past 14 years restoring it to its original beauty.  As of 2021, they are adding on a new wing to the villa with 5 additional bedrooms, a common area, industrial kitchen and more to be completed by March of 2022. 

All meals at Villa Daniella are included in the price with the exception of meals on excursions.  The meals are Italian gourmet quality prepared by an in-villa private chef in a beautiful professional kitchen. He will suit your dietary needs/restrictions. 3-4 meals not included when you are on excursions:  Cinque Terre, Wine tour/tasting, Grotto mineral springs, and Lucca opera evening. 

Please book your flight to arrive at Pisa International Airport (PSA). PSA is 28km from Villa Daniela, our retreat center. We will have one shuttle at a certain time to take the group to the Villa. If you arrive into another airpot, you can either find your way to Pisa to catch the shuttle or meet at Villa Daniela. TBA soon. 

• A reservation requires a non-refundable deposit of $500
• Any additional payments are fully refundable up to 120 days before trip
• The balance of the payment to be paid 120 days before arrival