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UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN

October 5-12, 2024

Villa Tramonte | Lucca, Italy

The Details

Join us for a week of pure Bliss in Lucca, Italy. Take an Italian cooking class, go on a wine tour, visit the Cinque Terre, attend a Puccini opera… and more!

You’ll feel inspired while practicing daily yoga with world-renowned yoga teacher Sarah Oleson, take breaks relaxing on the farm, rejuvenating your mind body and soul with nervous system expert Dana Shalit, and enjoying delicious farm to table organic food…

Allow yourself to breathe, flow, and create space for yourself.

This retreat includes 2x meals per day, all yoga and workshops, and beautiful accommodations.

Yoga

Breathe

Flow

Adventure

Yoga • Breathe • Flow • Adventure •

The Accommodations

Villa Tramonte Retreat Center offers the warmth and intimacy of an elegant Tuscan Villa in a Seculded setting. The fully restored 18th century estate is surrounded by natural woodlands and overloks a panorama of olive groves and fruit trees.

The villa boasts beautiful, landscaped gardens, a swimming pool, a dedicated yoga studio and an outdoor grassed area for practicing yoga.  The estate produces its own fine quality cold pressed oil and seasonal fruit and vegetables.

Ideally located 15 minutes from Lucca, 45 minutes from Pisa, 1.5 hrs from Florence and 1.5 hrs from the breathtaking Cinque Terre region, Villa Tramonte offers an opportunity to truly relax and unwind in a unique location whilst offering the perfect base to explore Tuscany and Liguria.

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The Facilitators

  • Sarah Oleson

    Leading yoga retreats all over the world, Sarah is constantly constantly inspired by nature, new cultures, spirituality and how people live and love. Growing up in a household where meditation was strongly encouraged, Sarah developed a love for finding peace in presence at a very young age.

    An entrepreneur, She owns her own Travel business business Sarah Oleson Yoga, and hosts an online platform for yoga. She holds a masters degree in elementary education and has been teaching yoga since 2014. With now over 1500 hours of Yoga teacher training, Sarah is certified in many different facets including vinyasa, Bhakti, yin, breath work, yoga therapy, and more. Sarah strives to connect people to each other, to nature, and back to the home of the SELF.

  • Dana Shalit

    Dana Shalit is a certified clinical hypnotherapist, spiritual facilitator, and philanthropist with an expert ability to connect others to authentic peace, purpose and power. After running an event production company and charity for over a decade, she became a top sales leader with a global brand, where she excelled as a coach and speaker. Despite reaching that coveted 1%, speaking on stages, and traveling the world, she was grieving, suffering, and feeling utterly disconnected. She set out on a quest for peace and became fascinated by the subconscious mind and the inner workings of our nervous system. With certifications in Clinical Hypnotherapy, Rapid Transformation Therapy, Past Life Regression Therapy, and trauma-informed Somatics, Dana uses conscious coaching and subconscious therapy to curate sessions, workshops, programs and retreats that help others find peace, purpose and prosperity in every area of their lives.

Sample Retreat Day Outline

Morning
Coffee, Meditation and Yoga 8am-9:15am
Breakfast 9:15am

10am
relaxing/optional group excursion

5pm relaxing Yoga

Night
Dinner 6:30pm

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CANCELLATION POLICY

All deposits and payments are non-refundable (unless you find a replacement, in which case the payment will be refunded less the first $500) Unexpected events do occur, so please consider purchasing travel insurance. It is your responsibility to read and understand our cancellation policies. Exceptions cannot be made for any reason, including weather, injury/illness, or personal emergencies. No refunds or credits for failure to attend or failure to complete the retreat, or for arriving late or leaving early. We reserve the right to cancel retreats with inadequate participant interest, in which case all money paid will be refunded. Notification of cancellation will occur at least 2 months prior to retreat start date. Sarah cannot be held responsible for any personal expenses, such as airline tickets due to changes in itineraries or retreat cancellations.Please also consider: all itineraries are subject to change due to weather, excursions and delays.

INSURANCE & LIABILITY

Please make sure that you have all necessary insurances in place before the trip (including but not limited to travellers insurance, health insurance etc). All yoga, mindfulness sessions and travelling are done at your own risk and we are free from all liability.. Please purchase travel insurance to protect your health and well being as well as your investment, from unforeseen circumstances before or during your retreat. We highly recommend purchasing comprehensive travel insurance at the time you book your retreat. Suggested companies include: World Nomads, AAA, or ask your travel agent.