Embodied Presence: Tuscany Retreat
October 22nd - October 26th, 2025 • Tuscany, Italy
You’re invited to listen, feel, and return to the body’s wisdom—grounding in the here and now
The mind moves between past and future, but the body is always here—holding patterns, emotions, and memories that shape our experience.
Through guided one-on-one work, we explore how sensations reveal our deeper truths. Discomfort often signals where beliefs are held. By staying with these sensations instead of resisting them, we create space for awareness and integration. We’ll investigate these questions:
What qualities do you want to embody in your life?
What is important for you at this moment in life ?
How do you connect to your body in your everyday life ?
How do your emotional patterns show up physically ?
Retreat Structure & Flow
Our retreat is designed to create a deep, embodied experience, blending individual sessions, meditation, and integration time. Each day follows a rhythm that supports presence, self-inquiry, and restoration.
Daily Flow
Morning Movement – Setting the tone for the day
Tantric Meditations – Progressive practice building over four days
1:1 Sessions – Personalized work (alternating daily with Chinese Medicine & Transformative Bodywork)
Integration Time – Rest, reflection, and space to simply be
Evening Meditation – A grounding ritual for continuity
Daily Sharing Circle – A short gathering before dinner
Optional Evening Walk – Silent or reflective before dinner
Retreat location
Casale Pundarika • Località Cordazingoli 18, 56046 Riparbella, Pisa, Italy
Originally known as Podere Cordazzingoli, this rural house in Riparbella represented a typical community dedicated to farming and livestock.
Abandoned for years, it was later discovered by a Tibetan Buddhist family looking for a peaceful retreat.
Renamed Casale Pundarika, it became a center for meditation and relaxation in the early 2000s.
By Train
The closest train station is Cecina which is well connected with direct trains to and from Florence, Rome and Milan.
We can arrange a pick up service at the train station on request.
There are also buses going to the village of Riparbella from Cecina train station but they run infrequently.
Cecina, the biggest city is just 12 km away. You’ll have all the services there, including supermarkets and the train station.
Ripabella the small village is just 2 km away from Casale Pundarika, where you can find restaurant and all basic services
Getting there
By Plane
It is less than 1h (65km) away from the closest international airport: Pisa Galileo Galilei (PSA). Pisa Airport, served by Ryanair and EasyJet among others, is the closest airport to us.
From there you can reach Pisa train station and take a train to CECINA, the closest train station to our place.
You can also rent a car at the airport.
We will be happy to provide directions if you arrive to a different Airport like Florence, Milan or Rome
Pricing
Retreat Price: 444€ or 808€* per duo
Save 80€ (-40€ each) if you bring a friend
Accommodation Costs: €328 | 4 Nights triple room / € 368| 4 Nights double room / € 468 | 4 Nights single room
The accommodation prices include:
Room of choice – each is fully equipped and have a kitchenette, and bathroom with shower.
Each apartment has a private garden or terrace area
Organic Vegetarian Meals (Brunch & Dinner)
Tea and fruits
City tax
What’s included
This retreat is accessible to all
Daily sessions of Somatic Movement, Meditation, Fluentbody, Meditation in movement, and talks on Chinese Medicine.
Organic Vegetarian Full board (Brunch & Dinner)
Tea and fruits
Time to relax and sip tea while reading or journaling, or perhaps walk around
Time to integrate
Time to enjoy and explore Casale Pundarika’s surroundings
What’s not included
Cost for flight to/from Italy
Pick up from Cecina train station. We can provide a pick up service at the train station on request
Additional meals
Internal flight or a bus/train – We can assist with booking either option.
Meet the facilitators
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Corinne, born in Italy and now based in Berlin, integrates Chinese and Japanese healing traditions—such as Toyohari and Keiraku Chiryo—with the spiritual lineages of Yoga, Sri Vidya, Shakta Tantra, and Advaita Vedanta. Her journey deepened through the study of Ayurveda in India, shaping a rich and holistic approach to well-being. Since 2005, she has been immersed in the ancient wisdom of India and Nepal, with a focus on supporting women’s vitality, balance, and inner alignment.
With a sensitivity to both body and spirit, Corinne explores healing as a path of reconnection—to the rhythms of nature, to ancient lineages, and to the essence of who we are. Her work is grounded in the clinical practices of Traditional Chinese Medicine and enriched by the meditative and philosophical streams of yogic and tantric lineages.Currently, Corinne offers individual sessions, group classes, and retreats in Berlin and internationally, and serves as a teaching and clinical assistant at the Shou Zhong TCM School.
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Masha, born in Ukraine, spent 20+ years in New York CIty, and currently based in Berlin – is a somatic practitioner, multidisciplinary educator, meditation, and Fluentbody™ facilitator. Following a holistic approach, with a passion for embodied movement, she explores how to bridge understanding of oneself, people, and our environment more deeply through the body, nurturing our relationship to our innate nature. Her joy is to guide people into pathways of awareness of emotions and patterns, to create more freedom and connection with the natural rhythm of life. We move to remember our innermost joy. We return to the body to rediscover ways of improvisation – where life can easily flow through us once again.
Her work is rooted in Fluentbody, Transformative Bodywork (Somatic Therapy), Vocal Training, Osho Active Meditations & BodyMind Meditative Therapy, and Trauma-resourcing methods. Currently Masha teaches groups, one-to-one, workshops/retreats in Berlin as well as abroad.
