08/20/2026
There is still time to join us! We have only a few spots left! Deadline for registration is Sept 1! I know there are many great retreat options for you to travel and practice yoga and be in beautiful locations and I have been on many of these they are wonderful. What called me to this location in Italy with this community is that it felt personal. And I like personal, real, and something that we can bring back with us that is simple. We are not going to a big retreat center, a place that is steeped in yogic tradition, or an amazing tropical location. Our host is a young man who emailed his story about falling in love with Italy and how he couldn't leave and built friendships with the people and the culture and wanted to share it with others. It felt like home to me; meeting friends, walking in fields, agriculture, gardens, and families that work and tend to life on a vineyard and olive oil farm. This place represents to me what Yoga is about. Living in relationship with yourself, others, and the land through daily simple, but consistent commitment that turns to devotion over time. And remembering to embrace and nourish the beauty of the senses, the body, and how we hold relationships in our heart. I say it over and over because I see it every where. Yoga and most spiritual practice are teaching us to hold opposition and complexity of life. Both effort, discipline, attention and ease, beauty, and joy. Yoga can not be one without the other! There are so many dualities. Our stay at Montemelino Vineyard in Italy I feel embraces this philosophy, and so we must go and experience for ourselves! Link to register in bio.