Yoga Retreat in Italy
Join us for the Wild Rose Ayurveda & Yoga Retreat in Tuscany, Italy
June 7-13, 2026
What’s Included?
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6 nights accommodation in an authentic, rustic Italian countryside apartment.
Each apartment has its own kitchen equipped with appliances, a bathroom, two bedroom, and amazing views.
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Farm to table daily breakfasts and dinners homemade by in house chef. The menu is mostly vegetarian, always fresh, and accompanied by the outstanding wine made on site.
Vegan, gluten and lactose free menu are possible on request.
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Daily yoga lessons with Gretchen in a restored ancient olive oil mill room.
We provide straps, blocks, Manduka mats, blankets and bolsters so you don’t have to lug anything along on your travels.
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3 beautiful town tours between Tuscany & Umbria, including transportation. Small authentic Italian towns are selected by Lucia. You will be linked with one of our very own professional town guides and then, off on your own to explore, have lunch and and shop if you’d like!
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A wine visit and tasting of a small family owned winery farm, a cooking class of fresh pasta with the chef, Elisa, and a light picnic lunch in a stunning romantic cheese Tuscan location. Also, an olive oil mill visit and tasting or a truffle hunting in the ancient forest.
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Private transportation to and from Rome airport. You will find the driver at the exit after the luggage claim area holding a sign with the retreat name. All details will be given with the inquiry.
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$2800 for full retreat
*Pay in Full or 3 Installments
(30% deposit due at time of sign up.)
*Airfare not included
Where You Will Stay
La Dogana
La Dogana is a family-run historical estate overlooking Lake Trasimeno, set among 4,000 olive trees that produce delicious organic olive oil each year. The property is made up of the Lake House, which contains 11 apartments, and the Coach House, an independent home located about 300 meters away.
Nine of the apartments include two bedrooms (one with a double bed and one with two single beds), a bathroom, living room, and kitchenette. The remaining two apartments each feature one bedroom with a double bed, a living room, kitchenette, and bathroom.
Every apartment is equipped with an Italian moka coffee maker, 100% natural and organic hand and body soap, shampoo, dish soap, as well as bathroom and swimming pool towels and bed linens.
Near the Lake House, there is a facility house with free access to a washing machine (with natural soap), microwave, tea kettle, refrigerator with ice, assorted teas, instant coffee, sugar, olive oil, extra toilet paper, and additional swimming pool towels. Please note there is no dryer, but each apartment provides a drying rack for sun-drying clothes.
At the top of the hill, about 500 meters from the Lake House, guests will find a swimming pool with stunning views over the lake and its islands.
The on-site restaurant is central to the estate, where meals are prepared daily with farm-to-table ingredients. The property also has a beautiful yoga studio located above the restaurant, comfortably fitting 20 guests and offering sweeping lake views. The studio is stocked with Manduka mats (4mm and 5mm), blankets, blocks, straps, and pillows.
Today, La Dogana is managed by Lucia, along with her dedicated team of women and Matteo, the gardener. Lucia represents the fourth generation of her family to care for the estate, continuing the tradition of hospitality and preservation of the land.
Your Guide - Gretchen Mills
For two decades, Gretchen has supported individuals and groups through yoga classes, workshops, retreats, and one-on-one Ayurvedic consultations. Her teaching is rooted in compassion and empowerment—meeting each person where they are and helping them reconnect with their natural rhythms of health.
Gretchen has founded and owned successful yoga studios including the Key West Yoga Sanctuary in Key West, Florida, High Peaks Yoga & Ayurveda in Lake Placid, New York, and most recently Wild Rose Ayurveda, nestled in the Adirondack Mountains of New York.
Her studies span decades of training with some of the most respected teachers of yoga and philosophy in the United States, including David Swenson, Richard Freeman, A.G. Mohan and his family, Edwin Bryant, Nancy Gilgoff, and Tiffany Cruikshank.
For the past 15 years, Gretchen has led retreats around the world. She carefully chooses destinations that allow her students to immerse themselves in the local culture—learning the lifestyle, savoring the food, and connecting with the land. Many of these retreats also highlight regions dedicated to biological conservation, aligning with her deep respect for the natural world.
As your guide on this retreat, Gretchen brings warmth, deep knowledge, and a gift for creating transformative experiences. Whether on the mat, in meditation, or through Ayurvedic practices, she offers the opportunity to slow down, nourish your body and mind, and return home with lasting tools for self-care.
Why This Retreat?
Pause. Breathe. Reconnect.
This isn’t just time away—it’s an invitation to return to yourself in a place that radiates grace. In mid-June, when Tuscany is suffused in golden light and lavender-scented air, Agriturismo La Dogana becomes a sacred pause.
Imagine greeting the day in an ancient olive-mill-turned-yoga sanctuary, warmed by the sun, surrounded by the estate’s own olive trees and overlooking Lake Trasimeno. Here, you’ll move, meditate, and melt into the embrace of gentle days.
Every meal—crafted from the estate’s own produce and local, seasonal ingredients—nourishes your body and deepens your connection to place. Cultural experiences—pasta-making with the chef, wine tastings in family vineyards, truffle hunts in the woods, and town tours of local gems—aren’t just excursions. They are invitations to taste, walk, and belong to this land.
You arrive fully held: private transfer awaits; your comfortable, rustic apartment welcomes you with coffee, sunlight, and simple elegance; all essentials—from yoga props to heartfelt hospitality—are there for you.
This retreat is for those ready to reset: to sink into community; to slow; to open—to beauty, to belonging, to the best version of themselves. You’ll leave with tools for self-care rooted in ancient wisdom, unforgettable Italian serenity, and a heart full of inspiration
Limited Spaces Available!
Sign up deadline is May 7, 2026
