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YOGA AND MEDITATION RETREAT IN ITALY IN SEPTEMBER 2023

 

The Retreat experience is something special and profound.
It gives the opportunity to retreat - as the word 'Retreat' itself says - from the sometimes not-so-stressful daily commitments and stimuli, to enter into a dimension dictated by the essential.

In other words, it gives the chance to immerse ourselves in what we need at that precise moment, allowing us to exclude for a while the superfluous, what we can also do without or what we burden ourselves with.

 

ARRIVAL

Sunday, 03.09.2023 welcome, accommodation in rooms and dinner together

DEPARTURE

Saturday, 09.09.2023 breakfast and departure


LIMITED PLACES IN RESIDENCE

Minimum 4 Maximum 7 

It is also possible to take part as an external.


WHERE

Casa Valle Sturara in Sant' Urbano Padova, where the Via Rosse Theatre Production Centre has its headquarters.

Sant' Urbano is a municipality located in the heart of the Po Valley. 

It is there that actress and director Sabine Uitz decided to renovate an old country house to turn it into a centre where she can create her own theatre productions, hold her residential seminars and host people who, like her, wish to communicate through art.

Not least because of its quietness and location away from the city, the place is also suitable for yoga and meditation seminars.

https://viarosse.jimdofree.com

DAY STRUCTURE

Morning block

07:00 - 8:30 Individual breakfast preparation 

09:00 - 10:00 Shamata, Vipassana, Maitri/Metta meditation + brief discussion

10:00 - 11:30 Dynamic Vinyasa

12:00 - 13:30 Preparation and lunch together 


Afternoon block

Time to oneself: siesta, walk, reading, shopping, chatting, etc.

17:00 - 18:30 Restorative / Yin Yoga

19:00 - 20:30 Preparation and dinner together

Times may vary slightly, according to the needs of the group.


To bring:

Your own yoga mat. 
Any other props of your choice are welcome (pillows, blocks, blankets etc.).

In any case, blankets, blocks and belts will be provided.

HOW TO REACH CASA VALLE STURARA

BY AIR

Berlin - Bologna (Ryanair) 
From Bologna airport to Bologna central train station.
From Bologna train direction Venice and get off in Rovigo or other nearby city that will be communicated, from where you will be picked up by car and taken to Casa Valle Sturara.

Berlin - Venice (easy jet) 
From Venice airport to Venice central station.
From Venice by train in the direction of Bologna and get off at Rovigo or another nearby city that will be communicated, from where you will be picked up by car and driven to Casa Valle Sturara.

BY CAR

from Padua, 40 minutes: A13 exit Boara Pisani
from Este, 15 minutes: direction via Deserto, Villa Estense
from Vicenza, 1 hour: A31 exit Via Badia

Via Valle Sturara, 16
35040 Sant' Urbano, Padua

 

FURTHER​ INFORMATION ABOUT LOCATION

Casa Valle Sturara is located in Sant'Urbano (PD) in the Veneto countryside (northern Italy) about an hour's drive from Venice and half an hour from Padua and Ferrara.  

The beautiful town of Este is about 10 minutes away.

The name Valle Sturara derives from the old fishing valleys that were also found in this part of Veneto centuries ago. It is an area of rivers and canals.

During its renovation, an attempt was made to recover the spirit of the house.  Thus a rural place with no future was transformed into a creative space, a happy island in the countryside.

Casa Valle Sturara is a working space but also a meeting point. It is a container that welcomes individual artists, groups and course participants. 

The house offers on the ground floor a space for eating and being together, on the first floor there are several bedrooms. 

In addition to the house, with its intimate and cosy structure, there is also a simple room with a wooden floor (4 x 10 m), a former shed converted into a place for artistic-creative work, but also for other activities such as yoga. 

The spaces around the house are suitable for outdoor activities. 

Towels and bed linen are provided.

There is WiFi.

COSTS

RESIDENTIAL OPTION at CASA VALLE STURARA


Accommodation

for 6 nights including bed linen and towels

150,-€ up to 4 persons

120,-€ from 5 persons
+
60€ final cleaning to be shared

Food costs are extra

 

Seminar (10 classes /20 hours)

 230,- € with registration until 31.03.2023   

 250,-€ for registration after 31.03.2023  


OPTIONS FOR EXTERNALS


Seminar (10 classes /20 hours)

230,- € for registration by 31.03.2023   

250,-€ for registration after 31.03.2023  


One day

50,- including classes, lunch and dinner
 

ATTENTION

Casa Valle Sturara has been reserved until 30.04.2023.
If by that date the minimum number of 4 participants in residence has been reached, the Retreat will take place regularly.

Otherwise it will be cancelled and postponed to another date.


CONTACTS and REGISTRATIONS

cristiana.bat@gmail.com
mobil: 0049.(0)152 21931157