4-Day Ashtanga Yoga & Soul Reset in a Medieval Tuscan Village

The retreat runs four days in Lajatico, a small medieval village in the Province of Pisa. Each day centres on an Ashtanga yoga session in a private chapel dating back about two centuries, with original frescoes lining the walls. The instructor adapts the practice to the group, so complete beginners and seasoned practitioners both get something that fits. The chapel itself is the reason this retreat exists in the form it does — it's a genuinely unusual place to practise, and the quiet of it shapes the tone of the whole stay. You're based in a restored historic apartment right in the centre of the village, which means you can walk to the trattoria for lunch, walk to the chapel, and walk the lanes in the evening without needing a car. Lajatico is Andrea Bocelli's birthplace, and it's small enough that you'll recognise faces by day two. Lunches are at family-run trattorias and follow traditional Tuscan cooking with locally sourced ingredients — expect the kind of food that comes out of a kitchen that's been doing the same dishes for decades. Other meals aren't included, so you'll sort out breakfast and dinner yourself, either in the apartment or at one of the village's spots. Optional add-ons let you build the week out: Yin Yoga classes, Pranayama breathwork sessions, spa treatments, or visits to nearby thermal baths. You arrange these at your own pace and pay for them separately. What separates this from a larger yoga holiday is the scale and the setting. It's a small-group format in a village that hasn't been dressed up for visitors, and the days have enough empty space in them that you actually settle into the slower tempo rather than just hearing about it.

What's included

- Daily Ashtanga Yoga sessions in a private historic chapel - Accommodation in a restored historic apartment in Lajatico - Farm-to-table Tuscan lunches at local family-run trattorias

What's not included

- Breakfast and dinner - Optional Yin Yoga sessions - Optional Pranayama breathwork sessions - Optional spa treatments - Optional thermal baths visits - Travel to and from Lajatico - Travel insurance - Personal expenses