What's a bespoke retreat?
Choose an Italian villa or any location in the world
You decide where you want to be and I’ll come to you. I’ll craft a retreat based on your personal needs. I have a number of Italian villas to choose from, or you can choose any location in the world.
I’ll help you to look and feel refreshed, and completely relaxed.
I’ll show you how to eat for your constitution and make sure your diet is serving you and not depleting you.
I’ll teach you special breathing techniques and yoga practices all designed to bring you back into balance and help you sleep well.
I’ll guide you on how to get a youthful glow and look ten years younger.
You’ll be empowered to take control of your personal wellbeing.
The retreat is just the beginning
After your retreat with me, there are many different options for your continued journey with me.
We can continue to work together in your home or online whichever works for you.
I’ll craft a personalised programme that will give you step by step, day by day instructions on lifestyle, food, yoga, breath work and meditation.
Your programme will include rejuvenation practices that will will transform the way you look and feel.
The quality of your skin will improve as your vitality grows.
You’ll finally be able to enjoy better quality sleep, wellbeing.
Choose your villa
from my featured villas
La Cerque, Marche, Italy
La Cerque is an ideal villa for a retreat. Plenty of open spaces inside and outside for workshops, yoga sessions and private one-to-one consultations.
A stunning restored villa in the Italian countryside in Le Marche. La Cerqua has breathtaking panoramic views over medieval hilltop towns and rolling fields towards the sea. It sits resplendently on a hillock surrounded by rural countryside, with the woodland backdrop of Monte Acuto. La Cerque has 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms and sleeps 8 people.
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Alison Francis (Anandi)
Your host
I’ve been passionate about natural healing ever since my twenties when I was a fitness instructor and esthetician. As the years rolled on, I realised that I didn’t need to pound the streets, or lift weights in the gym to be healthy and look good, what I needed was balance. I found that balance through yoga, breathing and Ayurveda. In fact, it changed my life.
I went from a seasoned insomniac to someone who sleeps normally and feels amazing most of the time using the tools I’m teaching now.
Many people asked me about how I used the breath to take away the prison of insomnia, so I decided to write a book which I’ve recently published, ‘Breathe Better, Sleep Better’. I wanted to share one of the most important lessons I learned about life through the breath. The more you try to control the breath, the more you restrict the breath. You get less not more. That applies to life too. In order to be healthy and sleep well, you need more space, less control and to be more present.
One of the fundamental reasons I started running retreats was because I realised that people needed the space and time to let go of the stress they accumulate through sleep deprivation and over work. It’s very difficult to do it alone and it becomes too tempting to turn to drugs for respite from sleeplessness.
I believe that health and good sleep is possible when you are in balance. You don’t need drugs. The only way to achieve balance is to learn how to make the right lifestyle choices and rituals that keep you healthy.
My professional credentials are:
Ayurveda Wellbeing Coach
NLP instructor and hypnotherapist
Chopra-certified Primordial Sound Meditation Instructor
Registered Senior Yoga Teacher (Approved by The Yoga Alliance)
Mentee of the late Georg Feuerstein for one year
Graduate of 800hrs diploma in yoga history and philosophy with Georg Feuerstein
Akhanda Yoga Teacher Trainer
Breathwork facilitator trained by Himalayan Master Yogrishi Vishvketu
Author Breathe Better, Sleep Better
Esthetician since 1987
