Italy · 3 days
The silent retreats run on a simple rhythm. Yoga and meditation sessions with Marije anchor the mornings and evenings, with long stretches of unstructured quiet in between. Silence is held for the duration, so meals are eaten without conversation and the time between sessions is yours — to walk, read, sleep or sit. Mar…
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Italy · 3 days
The silent retreats run on a simple rhythm. Yoga and meditation sessions with Marije anchor the mornings and evenings, with long stretches of unstructured quiet in between. Silence is held for the duration, so meals are eaten without conversation and the time between sessions is yours — to walk, read, sleep or sit. Marije's teaching draws on Insight Yoga, Buddhist practice and Chinese medicine, and she works with the energy of the room rather than running one fixed sequence for everyone.
The 3-day version (8–10 January 2027) is a short entry point — two nights, enough to drop into silence without committing a full week. The 6-day version (10–15 January 2027) runs five nights and gives the silence time to settle. The two sit back to back in January, so they could in principle be combined, though the page does not say so.
The 6-day Mandali Experience Special (9–14 May 2027) is a different thing: a six-day retreat at the same centre with Marije, but not a silent one.
What separates these from a generic yoga week is Marije herself. Her training spans more than twenty years across yoga, meditation, Chinese medicine and Buddhist teachings, plus psychology-based personal development tools and Internal Family Systems. Students describe her as responsive to the room and precise about energy — one long-time student with a martial arts background called her teaching "No Deficiency, No Excess".
Quarna Sopra is a hill village in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, looking down over Lake Orta. It is quiet, green and away from anything resembling a resort strip — which is much of the point of holding a silent retreat there.
- Yoga and meditation sessions with Marije Paternotte - A place on the retreat at Mandali, Quarna Sopra
Inclusions beyond this are not stated on the page — confirm accommodation and board with the operator.
- Travel to and from Quarna Sopra - Travel insurance - Personal expenses
A full exclusions list is not published on the page — confirm with the operator.