The Hill That Breathes, Qi Gong Retreat in Urbino - Italy
The Hill That Breathes, Qi Gong Retreat in Urbino - Italy
Every 7 seconds someone somewhere considers going to The Hill That Breathes. Then they think about sex, or so the statistics say anyway. So what the appeal?
We offer a programme of fabulous weeks, including: Hatha and Astanga Yoga, Tai Chi, ‘Finding Your Centre’, ‘Feeling Good No Matter What’ and our famous ‘F**k It’ weeks. We have a stunning, eco-friendly Italian farmhouse to house our guests and serve some truly fantastic food (vegetarian of course), sample our lemon and fennel risotto, grilled aubergine and garlic pizza or wild mushroom lasagne. Our panoramic salt-water pool is to die for splashing around and sunbathing.
Whatever’s on in your week, life is easy at The Hill. A light breakfast is followed by the morning session which leads us into an early lunch. The afternoon is free so there’s plenty of time to sunbathe, sleep, go for a walk or have a massage. Then we have another session before our evening meal. There is also one day off to visit the surroundings, such as the renaissance hill-town of Urbino, a world heritage site guaranteed to inject some culture into this memorable break.
The Hill That Breathes really is a breath of fresh air, unique, inspiring and holistically healthy.
Website: http://www.thehillthatbreathes.com
Timetable, Prices & Special Offers
The Masters
April 22 - 29 Barefoot Doctor The Grand Opening of the Spiritual Heart
June 24 - July 1 Dan Brulé Breathe Your Way to Joy
July 1-8 Karl Grunick Rejuvenation Week
September 2-9 Jason Chan Infinite Tai Chi
Yoga Holidays
April 29 - May 6 Helena Bingham (Hatha & Detox)
May 13-20 Nigel Gilderson (Astanga)
May 27 - June 3 Kathryn McCusker (Kundalini)
June 10-17 Dina Cohen (Dynamic Flow)
June 17-24 Katrina Brundsen (Hatha)
July 8-15 Helena Bingham (Hatha)
August 5-12 Barthi Roopanand & Duccio Alessandri (Iyengar)
August 26 - September 2 Emma Henry (Jivamukti)
September 9-16 Helen Crowedey (Hatha)
September 23-30 Christine Felstead (Yoga & Running)
September 30 - October 7 Barthi Roopanand & Duccio Alessandri (Iyengar)
F**k It Weeks
May 6-13
May 20-27
June 3-10
July 22-29
July 29 - August 5
September 16-23
October 14-21
All our prices are detailed on our website but basic prices are between 845 and 895 Euros per person, per week depending on the week and the course.
All prices include accommodation, full board and classes. There is a day out for people to visit the surrounding treasures. On this day only breakfast and dinner is provided.
The above prices are based on three people sharing a room. A twin or double room is subject to a 75 Euros per person supplement. A semi- single room (where one person sleeps upstairs on the separate mezzanine and one person downstairs) is an extra 75 Euros per person. Single rooms are limited and are an extra 195 Euros per person.
Quote World Retreats when booking and receive a 5% discount.
Travel
By Air
Most of our guests fly to Ancona airport, from London Stansted, with Ryanair. We organise a shuttle (in the form of a mini-bus, rather than a space-ship) to meet the Thursday flight every week (details on this page).
Some guests find that the Ryanair Rimini flights (also from Stansted) can work very well too (again, details on this page).
So that you know the full choice of airports, here's how far away (by road) we are from major airports:
- Ancona (90 mins)
- Rimini (80 mins)
- Bologna Forli (90 mins)
- Bologna (120 mins)
- Milan airports (4-5 hours)
- Rome Ciampino (4-5 hours)
- Rome Fiumicino (4-5 hours)
Full details on how to get to us from these airports without hiring a car, are in our FAQs under 'travel, transfers, arrival & departure'.
By Car
You can of course hire a car at any of the airports (we’ll give you thorough directions to The Hill). However most of our guests choose to arrive in the ways outlined above and simply jump in a taxi together when they fancy leaving The Hill for an excursion.
Additional Information
You can contact us:
By e-mail at behappy@thehillthatbreathes.com
By phone on our English number: 0870 609 269
By snail mail: La Collina Che Respira
Località Girfalco
Via Cà Loreto, 3
61029 Urbino (PU)
Italia