Agriturismo Mezzano in Chianti, Via di Mezzano, Strada In Chianti, Metropolitan City of Florence, Italy
Up to 14 in group
May 19 - 24, 2024
About this Retreat
As founder of Intuition Painting® and master facilitator and trainer of this unique process, I offer classes, retreats, coaching and training certification to individuals and groups across the US and abroad.
When I adopted intuitive art-making as a creative, self-exploration tool in 1999, I found its benefits to be an amazing gift, both to myself and others.
"Yoga crossed my path some 11 years ago when I moved to Italy. I was looking for a teacher or yoga class in here but those days in Tuscany you wouldn't find it so easily. But they say, when student is ready, teacher will appear. That is exactly how it happened with me.
"From that moment on, yoga became twice a week practice for me and I also began to feel positive changes in my moods, motivation and in total balance and wellbeing.
"Yoga made me feel fulfilled and I realized that I wanted to help to change other people's life in positive ways, too.
"I completed teacher training with Esther Lim here in Italy. I'm a certified 200 Ashtanga yoga flow teacher and have been teaching since 2011."
Favorite Quote:
"What you think, you become." - Buddha
As an educator and yoga teacher specializing in bodywork breath-work and nervous system studies, I recognize that life’s changes bring about a great deal of challenge as well as opportunity.
As we get caught up in our life’s routines, work, relationships, or ideas of who we should be, our deeper wisdom may call to us, reminding us that we're all here to make the world a brighter place.
Using yoga, I can help you ensure your sense of home lies within.
Favorite Quote: "Yoga begins with listening. When we listen, we are giving space to what is.” — Richard Freeman
Details of this retreat
EAT.PAINT.LOVE! in Italy
Intuitive Art, Wellness, & Yoga
6-Day All-Inclusive Retreat
Private Renovated Medieval Borgo
Outside Florence, in the Chianti Region
If you want to get colorful in your quest for inspiring travel, greater self-awareness, and a deeper sense of connection, join us for our much-loved Tuscan retreat.
This all-inclusive creative wellness event offers nurturing, healing, and self-care through Intuition Painting®, yoga, plein air watercolors, healthy, sensational gourmet meals, meditation, authentic movement, & more.
People join us on this retreat in order to slow down, relax, release that which is not serving them, and reconnect to intuitive flow, joyfulness, and self-compassion.
One of our regular guests calls this retreat her “annual soul exfoliation.”
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You Are Welcome Here
This ultra-relaxing, dynamic wellbeing retreat is for adults with any level of art or yoga skill - including those with none.
Participants report feeling a powerful release, rich sense of rebirth, and deep realignment to what is important and sustaining in life.
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You’re Giving Back:
For every person who joins a Life is an Art retreat, we offer a scholarship for a free online Intuition Painting® course from our pool of applicants.
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The Food
Enjoy mouth-watering meals prepared by experienced, health-conscious cooks using local and organic ingredients.
They welcome us with a traditional aperitivo and prepare our every delicious meal Tuscan style, with seasonal, fresh ingredients and an eye towards nutrition and health. Our dinners include local wine, various courses to satisfy every diet, and out-of-this-world desserts.
Snacks, fruits, tea, and coffee are available all day. Dietary restrictions are honored where possible.
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The Movement
Let the daily yoga and movement sessions help support your journey by easing your body and mind back into a relaxed flow. Let yourself explore movement and spontaneous writing with the Authentic Movement sessions.
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Intuition Painting®
Intuition Painting® delivers profound personal and artistic breakthroughs by tapping into your unconscious self and allowing your inner world to be expressed.
Using a methodology that combines guided meditation, creativity coaching, mantras, personal inquiry, and reflective movement, you stay focused solely on the process, without any preconceived ideas or concerns for the resulting product.
The approach side steps your inner judge and connects you with your intuitive creative flow, so that unplanned forms and figures from the unconscious can appear.
The resulting paintings become visual diaries, offering insights about your inner world and giving guidance to help you know, grow, and heal yourself.