TUSCANY RETREAt

Wild Sublime & Serenity

Join us for week of deep rest, soul nourishment and breathtaking beauty as we enter into ritual and practice, together, in these ancient and wild healing lands.

10-15th July, 2025

Imagine waking up to golden light spilling over rolling vineyards and olive groves, the scent of lavender and wild herbs wafting in the warm breeze. Sunflower and poppy fields that stretch on for eternity and cypress-lined roads that lead to our magnificent retreat oasis.

Our practice playground is a beautifully restored 13th-century farmhouse in the heart of Tuscany, Italy. For five nights and six days we will journey together through an intentionally curated pilgrimage of somatic meditation, embodied movement, ceremonial music, heart-detonating art, orgasmic food and endless inspiration - as we slow down, open up and reconnect to the sacredness of our life.

The central intention of this holding environment is to create a truly nourishing sanctuary for you to find rest and rejuvenation, to be held in the arms of love as we remember our original ways of being, sensing, feeling and existing in naturalness, pleasure, creativity and soulful connection.

LOCATION

Our home away from home is the most incredible rustic-chic Tuscan villa, a short walk from the beautiful town of Monteriggioni in the heart of Italy - 10km out of Siena and 45km out of Florence. The estate is also a fully functional organic farm dedicated to the production of olive trees, vineyards, fruit, vegetables and herbs, all which are used to prepare our farm-to-table meals each day.

The property features a spacious and fully equipped yoga shala, a stunning outdoor patio for our alfresco meals, and nine artfully decorated rooms, each with views of Tuscany’s stunning scenery.

Practices

With a central focus on deep presence and reconnection to essence, the practices will be anchored in the body-based approach to meditation, and learning to find rest in our full-spectrum nature. We will be demystifying meditation and realising the core invitation is to ‘come as we are’ in all of our beautiful and chaotic glory. Letting go of ‘perfection’ and allowing ourselves to be divinely messy in our meditation - realising curiosity as the purest form of self-love there is.

Through compassionately-guided seated meditation practice and deliciously long somatic yin yoga sessions we will train the art of interoception and tracking bodily sensations, playing with the notion of bodyfullness (our approach to mindfulness) and meeting ourselves where we’re at, and in doing so getting to know ourselves on levels previously never perhaps thought possible.

Body Poetry Yoga, free movement and somatic dance will also be significant layers to the journey, chaperoned by the live sonic love of Holloway, as he serenades our soul, inviting us to ‘be moved’ by the depths of who we are.

As well as embodiment, a significant thread of the immersion will be on liberating our life force through therapeutic art and creativity. We will be playing with colour, tone and expression throughout, exploring authentic lines, curves and frequencies in nature, on canvas and inside our bodies.

extra adventures

As part of our journey together we have planned some very special experiences - including picnics next to wild natural watering holes, pasta-making classes, farm foraging, lavender field frolocking and more…

Day trip to Florence

We will also be spending a day on pilgrimage to visit one of the most spectacular cities in the world ~ Florence ~ a world capital of art, culture, history and celebration of beauty. We will be entering the extraordinary Uffizi gallery to bear witness to some of the most breath-taking and awe-inspiring works of art in the world ~ including The Birth of Venus by Botticelli, and some of Michaelangelo’s most astounding masterpieces.

Accomodation

The beautifully restored farmhouse is a sanctuary of peace and tranquility, with classic Tuscan style and spacious rooms, there are 9 rooms, with single, double or triple occupancy options. There are 5 shared bathrooms.

SAMPLE DAILY FLOW

7-8am Optional pranayama and meditation

8am Breakfast

9:00am-11:30am morning practices (e.g meditation, yoga, somatic dance, live music)

12:00 lunch and free time (e.g cooking classes, picnics, adventure to local towns and nature, swim in watering holes)

4-6:30pm afternoon practices (e.g yin yoga, bodywork, art therapy processes, somatic breathwork journeys, sound ceremonies)

7pm dinner and free time (sunset meditations, star gazing, kirtan)

We will commence at 4pm on the 10th and complete by 11am on the 15th to allow time for transfers and travel.
The closest international airports are Rome, Milan, Bologna, or Perugia, and then can take a high-speed train to Tuscany.

YOUR GUIDES

Rates

€2,220 Triple share
€2,660 TWIN share
€3,440 Solo room

With early bird discount of €100 off for bookings prior to March 28!

Rates are per person, all inclusive. Please note we have very limited capacity - retreat capped at 16 participants

THE RETREAT EXPERIENCE INCLUDES:

• Accommodation for 5 nights / 6 days

• 3 exquisitely curated organic vegetarian meals per day - produce prepared farm to fork

• Cooking class

• Day trip to Florence (including entrance fees to galleries)

• All practices, processes and materials on site

EXCLUSIONS:

Airfares, Travel and Medical Insurance, Transport to/from venue - although we can help you arrange

*Non-refundable deposit of €500 required to confirm your place, remainder due 60 days before

Click HERE for booking terms & conditions

Feel free to get in touch via the form below with any queries

"I had the privilege to attend retreats and trainings with Lara and Benny in 2018 & 2019 which were life changing.

I had been diagnosed with PTSD after prolonged trauma, and my previous experiences with Lara and Benny have helped me on my healing journey as I learnt to reconnect to my body and emotions. They always created such a safe holding space to be seen and heard that I had never experienced before. Their teachings placed me on a path back to my Self… however in 2020 when Covid hit and the world went into lockdown, as a coping mechanism I began to emotionally lockdown too.

Over the two years that followed this became my norm. On top of going through menopause, it was a challenging time for me. Earlier this year I sat down one day not feeling great and said out loud 'Universe send me a teacher, I'm ready!' Within a few days I received a message from Lara saying her and Benny would be returning to the UK to host a retreat! So in June I was privileged to attend their 4 day Heartist Journey Retreat at Avalon Wellbeing in Yorkshire.

I was nervous arriving on the first day, but the sound of Lara's voice, her poetic teachings and gentle guidance along with Benny's music broke down all the internal walls I had built up in moments. The way the 4 days were structured was masterful, a gentle hand leading us day by day back to our truest Self, through gentle movement, curious embodiment, breath, meditation, sound healing, vocal expression, dance, art, play and deep connection with others. 

The group of humans that had traveled from different parts of the UK and the world to attend were such beautiful like-minded souls, who gave their whole selves to the 4 days. We shared, listened, and held space for each other. They were open, vulnerable and each day the connections grew. We ate meals together like family, we laughed, shared stories, tears were shed and growth and healing witnessed. 

Lara and Benny took me once again on another profound journey, and all I had to do was turn up exactly as I was, with all my fears and insecurities, and give myself over to the process, to allow the layers to fall away, to let Lara's guidance open up my heart again and for Benny's rich, layered shamanic sounds vibrate through every cell of my body. 

I moved, sang, danced, trembled, cried, laughed, loved and opened up once again at ast. My heart and Self became unlocked once more. I will always be forever grateful to Lara and Benny for their capacity to help collapse all the barriers I put up inside myself."

~ Kat Weatherill, Yoga Teacher & photographer