La Rosa dei 4 Venti is a 14 acre property located between the Adriatic and Ionic Sea and is surrounded by the splendid nature of Valle d’Itria. It is a charming, family-run yoga venue – the perfect location for a week of yoga, sun, natural beauty and relaxation. La Rosa situated on a small hillock in the heart of the Itria Valley in the heel of Italy’s boot. (The nearest international airport is Brindisi). The landscape is rural and dotted with beautiful olive trees and vineyards, divided by pretty dry-stone walls.

The main building is a 16th century masseria (farmhouse) that has been elegantly restored in typical, old apulian style with many of the authentic features still in place. All rooms are en suite with shower, toilet and basin. Each room is a different shape and unique is its own way as many of the rooms are traditional trullos, each unique and gorgeously decorated. The grounds contain lovely gardens, a swimming pool, a wild forest and fields, and a tiny church. There is plenty of space to walk and be free.

The Retreat has ten guest rooms in total: five trulli-rooms (traditional Apulian dwellings with cone shaped roofs), three spacious rooms in the main building and two comfortable rooms next to the Yoga Shala.

Each guest room is unique, full of character and furnished to reflect different styles consistent with the building to create a relaxed, calming and laid-back atmosphere.

Rooms are heated by an underfloor system and have en suite bathrooms with shower, toilet and basin.

Options include single, twin or triple bedrooms. If you have a preferred room, I will do my best to accommodate your wishes.

ABOUT LA ROSA - visit their website here: https://www.larosadei4venti.org/

ABOUT PUGLIA

Puglia is easily identified on the map as it runs down the east coast of Italy from The Gargano Peninsula all the way into the “heel of the boot”. Puglia borders the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Sea and in the south it kisses the Gulf of Toranto and the Strait of Otranto. It has a population of just over 4 million within an area of 19,345 square kilometres.

Pulgia is a place to get away from the crowds, and experience a slower pace of life. It’s also a place to sample some of the most earthy, home-cooked cuisine Italy has to offer and marvel at some of Italy’s most stunning baroque architecture.

With the longest coastline of any region in mainland Italy, Puglia is larger than many people realize. In the north, the spur of land sticking out into the Adriatic is occupied by the balmy microclimates of the Gargano peninsula, a kind of miniature Amalfi with fewer poseurs. The Italian boot’s ‘stiletto’ hosts the land of Salento, a dry scrubby region famous for its wines, and the bloodthirsty Greek and Turkish history played out on its shores. In between lies the Valle d’Itria, a karstic depression populated by vastly contrasting medieval towns that have little in common apart from their haunting beauty.

Average temperatures of 17°C make autumnal October the perfect respite away. Boasting 6 hours of sunshine and a relatively low average of 8 days of rain the entire month, October is the ideal late getaway month to break up the long duration between summer and Christmas.

The food at La Rosa is simply incredible. Our chef, the luminous Puglian-born Ilaria, believes that food cooked in a bad temper and without love will make people sick. Our organic, vegetarian, and wheat-free food will be lovingly prepared on-site by Ilaria. (Yes, there will even be wine with certain meals). Here is a little more from their website:

The diet for the community of people of La Rosa dei 4 Venti is extremely important, as much as the yoga practice. Our cuisine follows the ph alkaline diet philosophy whose goal is to bring back to balance our organism through a healthy vegetarian diet mainly raw, organic, with low gluten, no dairies and wheat free. We serve our fresh, organic and seasonal products from our garden; we produce our own goat cheese and milk and we make our bread, pastries and pastas with spelt flour or no gluten flour like buckwheat. Our dishes are from the italian tradition but revisited by us following this diet by introducing some raw dishes at lunch and superfoods in our recipes. You won’t miss the Italian cuisine, simply you will taste it in a healthier way!!!!!

This experience at it’s core is here for you to discover and experience what it means to feel like god’s greatest gift on Earth AND to explore foundations of sacred sexuality, healing intimacy practices and consent. Your genuine No + YES are the foundations to this experience, which we’ll affirm at the beginning of our time together. To feel your most luscious, radiant, and divine self. We do this through group embodiment practices with others, artistic and creative visionary art experiences and photoshoots (to capture your radiance). You don’t have to participate in anything you don’t want to do.