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SHE RECOVERS® Retreats are our mission in action: connecting, supporting & empowering women to heal in community. Since 2012 we have hosted more than 75 retreats, and we are delighted to be launching a new retreat series in Tuscany beginning in fall 2027.
Imagine an 800-year-old villa, its stone walls warmed by the Tuscan sun, set among olive groves, lavender fields, and hills that roll on forever. Expect long tables, slow meals, and the kind of traditional Italian cooking that turns dinner into the best part of the day.
The setting is stunning and the food divine, but we know from our years of hosting retreats that the most important ingredient of the week will be the women who join us. There is nothing better than like-hearted company, honest conversation, and the ease that comes from spending time with women who aren’t drinking or using drugs to enjoy themselves.
The week is completely yours to shape. You are encouraged to be as occupied or as still as you like. There will be plenty of time for reading, resting and napping! Our approach is to offer a wide range of experiences and activities and let you design your own experience.
Important:
SHE RECOVERS® Retreats are designed for women in or seeking recovery - however you define it. You don’t need to explain why you’re coming. Out of deep respect for those healing from substance use our retreats are alcohol and drug free both on site and on group excursions.
Locanda Cugnanello sits in the countryside near the medieval village of Radicondoli in Siena, about 90 minutes from Florence. This is the quiet, unspoiled Tuscany that most visitors never find.
We want getting there to be simple, so we have arranged for a whole-group transfer that departs Florence on the afternoon the retreat begins and returns you to Florence when it ends.
Locanda offers:
A deeply supportive natural environment perfect for strolling or hiking
Lush gardens and many indoor and outdoor living spaces for reading, resting, and gathering
A large panoramic swimming pool
An outdoor wooden sauna
A yoga yurt and indoor yoga shala with exposed beams
Two well-equipped gyms
Shower/shampoo gel dispenser and hand soap
Daily room cleaning
All retreat deposits and payments are non-refundable. We commit to venues, staffing, food and beverage, transportation, and vendor contracts many months in advance, and these costs are incurred whether or not a registrant is able to attend.
However, under some circumstances, and at SHE RECOVERS® discretion, if you cancel your retreat spot prior to the final payment being processed, a portion of your deposit / payments to date may be used as a credit for another SHE RECOVERS® retreat within the next 12 months.
If you cancel after the final payment has been processed, you will forfeit your entire retreat payment.
The Cancellation Policy is part of the Retreat Participant Agreement' you are required to sign to complete your registration.
For more information and questions, please email Payton Kennedy at payton.kennedy@sherecovers.org
SHE RECOVERS Co-Founders Dawn Nickel & Taryn Strong will be facilitating the Tuscany Retreat!
For more about Taryn visit: www.tarynstrong.com and for more about Dawn visit www.dawnnickel.com
Beautifully restored rooms, private or shared, most with ensuite bathrooms
Organized transfer from Florence to Locanda on the day the retreat begins, and back to Florence on the day the retreat ends
Prepared by our chef and served on a covered outdoor dining terrace with sweeping views of the Sienese hills
Morning and / or afternoon yoga depending on schedule, excursions
We will wander the Piazza del Campo, and walk in the footsteps of Catherine of Siena
On site, we’ll learn how to make traditional Tuscan dishes and then…eat them!
More details to come
Opportunity to have a 30 minute coaching or connection session with Dawn or Taryn
On select evenings
On our last evening!
Fly into Florence
Strongly recommended
$100 euro per person, please bring cash
Price TBC, please bring cash (euros)
Optional, additional fees apply (euros)
Day excursion to San Gimignano, a UNESCO World Heritage town of stone towers and winding medieval streets (additional fees apply)
The mission of the SHE RECOVERS® Foundation is to redefine women's recovery, connect those leading the way, and make room for every woman to heal and thrive.
SHE RECOVERS® Retreats are our mission in action — connecting, supporting & empowering women to heal in community.