Benvenuto!
Join Scott Moore for an unforgettable yoga retreat in Tuscany, Italy.
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mmerse your body, mind, and spirit in the heart of Italian culture.
The retreat will be held at Locanda Cugnanello, a beautifully-restored and tranquil villa in the heart of Tuscany.
For 6 days, you'll enjoy daily all-levels yoga and meditation classes, delicious homemade meals prepared by our expert chef, lounging by the pool, excursions, wine tasting, cooking classes, and more.
Intention
Our intention for this retreat is to help make your body, mind, and spirit joyful and present with a full banquet of delicious yoga practices, picturesque touring, and a warm cultural immersion.
This will be a yoga retreat of a lifetime. Our hope is that you will deepen your practice, discover the world, and treat yourself, returning back home to offer the best, most restored version of yourself to you family, job, and community!
Details
May 26–June 1, 2024, when the weather is PERFECT!
We’ve got all the details covered. On the day of the retreat, we’ll pick you up from the train station or the airport and for the next 6 days, you’ll relax in a Tuscan paradise. We will also drop you off back to the train station or airport after the retreat.
Tuition Includes
Daily all-levels yoga and meditation
Pick up and drop off to Florence airport or train station
Exquisite meals prepared by our private chef
Wine included with dinner
Luxury accommodations (shared or private) each room with a private bath
One excursion to Siena, San Gimignano, or similar location
Private wine tasting by a local Enologo (Italian version of sommelier!)
Lounging by the pool
Make your own pizza to be baked in the 200-year-old outdoor pizza oven
Evening with music around the fire pit
Scheduled downtime for relaxation, journaling, walking and optional massage
Strolling through the on-site lavender fields
Use of workout facilities complete with: weights, kettlebells, treadmills, elliptical machines, stationary and recumbent bikes, Pilates mats, punching bag and gloves, bands, and straps.
Other activities may include:
Horseback riding
Massage
Cooking class
Optional second excursion and/or wine tasting
You are responsible for airfare and travel insurance.
Itinerary:
Sunday, May 26
1 pm Meet at Maria Santa Maria Novella Train station for driver pick up
2:30 pm arrive at villa for welcome lunch and settle in
4:30 pm grounding practice
7:30 dinner
Relax and bed
Monday, May 27
8:15 am breakfast
10:00–11:30 Morning practice Active
12 pm free time
1 pm Lunch
Free time
4:30 evening practice, restore and Yoga Nidra
6 pm Sommelier and wine tasting
7:30 dinner
Relax and bed
Tuesday, May 28
7 am optional sunrise practice: pranayama, sun salutations, meditation
8:15 am breakfast
9 am Leave for excursion to Siena
4 pm return from excursion
relax
5 pm evening practice, restore and Yoga Nidra
7:30 pm dinner
Relax and bed
Wednesday, May 29th
7 am optional sunrise practice: pranayama, sun salutations, meditation
8:15 am breakfast
10:00–11:30 Morning practice Active
12 pm free time
1 pm Lunch
Free time/cooking class
4:30 evening practice, restore and Yoga Nidra
Free time
7:30 dinner
Relax and bed
Thursday May 30th
7 am optional sunrise practice: pranayama, sun salutations, meditation
8:15 am breakfast
9 am Leave for excursion to San Gimignano (optional)
4 pm return from excursion
relax
5 pm evening practice, restore and Yoga Nidra
7:30 pm dinner
Relax and bed
Friday June 1st
Early Breakfast available
7 am early group leaves for Florence
Breakfast for others
10 am later group leaves for Florence
Your Instructor: Scott Moore
Scott Moore (E-RYT 500, RYS, YACEP) is the founder of Waking Up with the Yoga of Sleep and Facilitating Transformation with the Yoga of Sleep, a revolutionary system of Yoga Nidra. He has been teaching yoga since 2003 and is an expert in Yoga Nidra, Hatha, Therapeutic Vinyasa, Restore, Meditation, Pranayama and Ayruveda.
. He is the author of three books: Practical Yoga Nidra, 20 Yoga Nidra Scripts Vol. 1, and 5-Minute Manifesting Journal.
He’s also written for or been featured in many publications including Yoga Journal, Mantra Magazine, Elephant Journal, Yogi Times, Medium, Sivana East, as well as and his own blog at scottmooreyoga.com. His online Yoga Nidra teacher training is rated among the top 2 online Yoga Nidra teacher trainings in the world. Scott was a professor at Westminster College for 9 years teaching Yoga for Wellness. Scott teaches teacher trainings, workshops, classes, and retreats in the US, Europe, and Asia.
QUALIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS
RYT 200 hour Power Yoga training with D’ana Baptiste
RYT 200 hour Hatha and Restore Yoga with Peter Francyk and Erin Geesaman Rabke
RYT 300 hour training with Sambhava School of Yoga
Level 1 iRest Certification with Dr. Richard Miller
70-hour Wanderlust Training with Schuyler Grant and Matt Phippen
Power Yoga training with Bryan Kest
50-hour Restore Yoga “Intensive” with Dr. Judith Lasater
30-hour Restore Yoga “Intensive” with Dona Farhi
50-Hour Flow intensive with Shiva Rae
100-Hours intensive with Simon Park
100-Hours Ayruvedic training with Jaisri Lambert
50,000+ listens of Yoga Nidra recordings on Insight Timer
Owned Prana Yoga Trolley Square and Prana Yoga Station Park 2010–2014
Over 50,000 listens on Insight Timer
Accommodations
This beautiful villa offers clean, stylish and very comfortable accommodations. There are eleven rooms, distributed between the first and second floors of the villa. The décor of the villa reflects the surrounding colors of the flora and land and has been meticulously designed to create the most stunning retreat atmosphere.
Each room has a private bathroom.
There are limited single rooms. If you choose a shared occupancy room, we'll assign you a roommate unless you come with a friend.
Yoga
Yoga will be geared to all-levels and will be a mix of active, therapeutic, restore, and meditation. We will greet the sun in a gentle morning movement and meditation class, become invigorated with a flowing yoga class in the morning, and wind down with a gentle yoga class in the evening.
Optional Pretreat
Since the villa hosting our retreat is so close to Florence, we figured it would be a real treat to show you around one of the world’s truly most beautiful, historic, and flavorful cities in the world and let you feel the beating heart of the Renaissance still very much alive today.
So, we have decided to offer a 3-day optional, personally guided “pre-treat” in Florence where we can see the actual The Birth of Venus by Botticelli, The David statue by Michelangelo (a perfect sculpture), Inventions by Leonardo Da Vinci and Galeleo, not to mention the famous Duomo, the breathtaking and inimitable dome of the Cathedral of Florence where you can climb to the top and get up close and personal to the art painted on the ceiling suspended 375 feet from the ground.
We’ve both been to Florence several times, and have acquired a few favorites: best gelato, best paper and book store, best leather store, best pizza, best restaurant, best Italian hot chocolate (or cocktails—home of the Negroni), best espresso. You’ll see the Uffizi (Italy’s Louvre), ogle Michelangelos and Botticellis and stroll along cobblestone streets of this must-see city.
The price for this optional pre-treat is HK$2,400. This covers our personally guided tours to show you the history and the hidden secrets of this beautiful city. Plus, and more importantly, it saves you the headaches of arranging the confusion of getting tickets to the museums and churches (strangely difficult).
You will be responsible to pay for your own food, museum passes, and lodging. We have connections in Florence where we can all stay in a series of apartments (availability pending) and share rooms to economize on lodging. You’re also welcome to book your own lodging. we’ll organize our tickets to museums and such so we can avoid that headache.
Price:
Shared Occupancy 17,800 HKD
Single Occupancy 21,000 HKD
Optional Pretreat 2,400 HKD
Tuition does not include airfare or travel insurance.
No refund will be offered on this event
Reserve Your Spot Now!
Minimum 15 students are needed. The deadline for The Yoga Room to confirm from our side if we meet the minimum will be March 31st. Deposit is required to confirm your space.
Limited Availabilities. Secure Your Place: Please drop us an email at info@yogaroomhk.com / call 2544-8398 / WhatsApp +852 6685 9097 (Click to start chat) for details.
Bookings can also be made directly through our office, please contact us.
Travel Insurance is required for each individual