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- Organizer: Sunflower Retreats
- Type: Yoga Retreat
- Starting From: 12-September-2019
- Duration: 7 Days
- Area: Lazio, Italy
- Food: Vegetarian vegan
- Surrounding area: Mountain,Close To Nature
Overview
Sunflower Retreats have been entertaining visitors since 1998. Each of the yoga programs will lead you to an unforgettable journey and joyful experiences.
The team of well knowledgeable qualified teachers, from all around the world will teach you in a variety of yoga styles and will introduce you to a lot of Ayurvedic holistic treatments.
The teachers will give attention to each and every student while considering everyone equal. The energetic morning yoga, along with a delightful breakfast will make you feel refreshed the whole day.
Reviews
I have just returned from an amazingly, beautiful week in Sperlonga. Hannah was our yoga teacher and therapist and what a brilliant person she is on both counts.
I have been at Casperia which I loved but with the sea, Sperlonga was spectacular even though some days the weather was a bit off colour.
The location is awe inspiring, the steps are a killer around the town but there is always a price for beauty. Fabulous food in the town, we ate good food everywhere. The Centre Storico is lovely, no cars, no noise.
Try to eat at the restaurant by the marina, its really good, try also the overlooking the sea, the name escapes but it has blue awning outside.
Enjoy Sperlonga my fellow yogis. Om Shanti.
Source: Facebook
A truly relaxing week of new experiences with lovely people. Casperia is a beautiful place to reconnect with yourself.
Source: Facebook
Teachers
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Jessie Jeanne Stinnett
Core Subject: Yoga Instructor
Jessie is a trained professional dancer who has been practicing dancing and yoga for a very long time. Along with a dancer, she is also a Yoga Alliance Certified instructor and also pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Practice. In her classes, she teaches powerful Vinyasa Flow yoga, which focuses on strength building and flexibility. Her teaching methods involve the use of metaphors and imagery, which serves the purpose of leading its students to a subjective and deep understanding of how the philosophies and techniques work hand in hand. Her class will leave students feeling refreshed and energized.
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Lucy Bremner
Core Subject: Reiki and Chakra balancing
Lucy, an ambitious soul, who has been a holistic practitioner in the UK and globally since 1988, is trained in a wide range of practices, spiritual balancing remedies, Reiki, and Chakra balancing. She is intrigued by the practice of yoga philosophy and hatha yoga while studying holistic professional therapies in London in 1989. Lucy is a supportive, promising, and gentle teacher and thoroughly knows her treatments and teachings well. Being a parent of two, she also has an interest in pregnancy yoga and natural birth and also teaches this as a practice in her schedule.
Location
The beautiful Italian village of Casperia is located in the heart of Sabina Mountains. The village is totally car-free with less than 350 residents. The village has some astonishing picturesque landscapes of the Sabina hills.
The retreat in which you will stay is located at this tranquil location that is 2 minutes away from each other and yoga center and dining hall. The untouched atmosphere of the village will give you a unique feeling of being in an ancient place where time stands still.
It is a place filled with natural beauty surrounded by vineyards, olive groves, and lush green mountains.
The classes which have been offered are suitable for newbie’s as well as for practitioners, and the classes are held in English.
The teachers will teach you a mixture of yoga styles such as Kundalini, Iyenger, Satyananda, Vinaya Flow, Sivananda, Anusara, Yin Yoga, Astanga, and Divine Feminine Yoga.
The program includes 90-minute morning yoga sessions, which will take place before breakfast. There are also one-hour meditation and yoga session in the afternoon only on Monday, Friday, and Tuesday and a two-hour meditation and yoga workshop each Saturday in which you will be taught Yoga Nidra, Yin Yoga, Kundalini, and Balancing, and Chakra meditation.
- 8:00 a.m. 90-minute morning Yoga Session
- One-hour yoga and meditation on every Friday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Two-hour yoga and meditation workshop every Saturday
- A welcome dinner on the arrival with drinks
- A guided walk in the Sabina Hills on Sundays
- Daily Breakfast
The Sunflower Retreat offers you three types of accommodation in Casperia, Italy. All the accommodations are at the two minutes walking distance from one another and yoga center, treatments facilities, and from the dining hall.
All comforts have different types of room sets like single bed, double beds, bunks, triple rooms, or yurts. The Village Houses are the traditionally equipped, ancient village houses that have breathtaking views with a delightful location.
Each house consists of a small terrace where you can sit down to have a relaxing time. The next accommodation Casa Latini, which is a passionately renovated 13th-century building that is elegantly, decorated in boutique-style with Eastern and Latin influence gives you beautiful panoramic views from its terrace.
The accommodation includes a kitchen, lounge, and dining area which open onto a terrace with an exceptional view. The last accommodation Forani Palace, which is a 15th-century palazzo, only available when both the above accommodation is fully booked.
During your rejuvenating stay, you will be served with a healthy vegetarian breakfast using local organic vegetables and products, including fresh fruits and eggs.
Along with breakfast, you will be served with natural fruits and vegetable juices, which will be prepared freshly through the juicing machine.
There is also a kitchen available at the retreat so that you can cook your own meals like lunch or dinner. There are also numerous restaurants available few minutes from the retreat serving nutritious mouthwatering food.
On the day of your arrival, you will be served with the delicious dinner, including gluten-free and vegetarian options.
The program is ideal for you to form the regular practice of yoga and meditation below the direction of the well experienced, genuinely inspiring yoga teachers, who look ahead in distributing their tremendous wisdom of yoga.
Savor the everyday yoga sessions, relaxing trips, wholesome food by letting all your tension go away. The program will introduce you to an extensive range of yoga techniques and their goods.
Plus, the resort is located at an excellent place which is not only an untouched land but also loaded with pristine seashores and rustic charm.
- Thermal Baths and Wild Hot Springs
- Swim in the Wild streams and Countryside Pool
- Everyday use of bicycles
- Guided walk every Sunday
- Cooking Lessons
- Watercolor Painting
- Italian Classes
- Horse Riding
- Trips to Heritage and Holistic sites
- Wine Tasting
- Independent day trips to Rome
Sunflower Retreats
The Sunflower Retreats, which is a decade old retreat, was the first yoga holiday center in Sabina Hills and the first of its kind in Italy. Here people from all around the world come to recharge and rejuvenate themselves by sinking deep into the practices and treatments it offers. The serene location of the center helps people stay away from their busy lives by allowing them to relax and find tranquility, enjoying the real Italy, and living among the natives.