Yoga retreat in Tuscany with Laura Plumb

laura plumb yoga teacher Sumptuous Living: A Yoga Retreat in Tuscany, with Deep Yoga

June 20th - 27th 2010

Join us for the Art of Living in the heart of Tuscany, where human culture found its highest expression in the Renaissance arts and where everyday life romances the soul. This Retreat will include daily walks through the farms and forests of the Tuscan hills, a visit to Siena and the local village, Monteriggioni, a day at the “spiaggia,” on the Mediterranean coast, a tour and tasting at a Chianti vineyard, delicious meals, morning and evening Yoga, Kirtan, and plenty of time for rest, quiet, and contemplation in a serene, beautiful setting. We invite you to join us for this Sumptuous Life Retreat!

For info and reservations please email yoga@culturalitaly.com or contact us by phone



Photos by Elliot Shev

ABOUT THE TEACHER

As a practitioner of the Vedic sciences, Laura Plumb teaches Yoga, Meditation, Ayurveda, Pranic, Emotional and karmic Healing. With her husband Bhava, she has co-created Deep Yoga, a yogic system incorporating the ancient sciences of Hatha, Tantra and Ayurveda. Together they founded the Deep Yoga School of Healing Arts in San Diego, DYSHA, which offers extensive experience-based learning in Yoga Teacher Training, Mastery of Life Training and Vedic Healer Training to prepare individuals for careers in the Vedic sciences.

Laura’s classes are a celebration of the eternal animating spirit of life. Whether it is an awakening, energizing morning class or a gentle journey into stillness in the evening, her classes bring you home to the heart.

With creative sequencing and an exquisite balance of static and dynamic poses, Laura’s classes are a dance of life, meditation in motion, a Thank You, an Amen, a pranic bath, a gift of awareness. Her classes inspire, deepen and strengthen your power, courage, healing, wisdom, love and presence.Laura has studied the world’s great wisdom traditions, with a host of heart-centered masters. Her primary teacher is Dr. David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri), founder of the American Institute of Vedic Studies, from which she completed 1,000 hour studies in Ayurvedic Healing and Advanced Yoga & Ayurveda. She also studies Paramahansa Yogananda’s teachings through the Self-Realization fellowship and is registered with the Yoga Alliance as an E-RYT 500.

Laura brings this depth of wisdom to her students in Deep Yoga classes, Mastery of Life Trainings and one-on-one consultations, guiding individuals in health, wellness, transformation, and growth. Helping each person express their own unique greatness is what inspires her most.

Laura and her husband Bhava lead retreats, workshops and trainings in America and India. She is also the creator of Yoga DVDs and a unique line of Ayurvedic products, called Prakasha Botanicals. Laura spent her third year of University at a college in Florence, Italy. With a minor in Art History, Laura crisscrossed Tuscany absorbing the immense beauty in churches, museums, galleries, nature, culture, streets, meals, language. Italy truly taught Laura that beauty is everywhere we choose to see it. It is Truth, it is inspiration, it is comfort. Beauty is the Divine call, and our highest creative endeavor is our response to that call.

Laura will be accompanied by her family. Bhava will lead Kirtan in the evenings and 11-year old Morgan will lead the creative play for children attending.

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ABOUT THE LOCATION

Ebbio is a magical place surrounded by an evergreen forest, nestled in the heart of an old volcano that was sacred to the Etruscans. Located in the breathtaking countryside of Tuscany, it is only 42 kms from Florence, 11 kms from Siena, 9 km from Castellina in Chianti and 1km from Monteriggioni, a little medieval jewel. Ebbio is an 800 year old classic Tuscan farmhouse converted into a stylish yoga retreat. Looking out one of the many windows of the different accommodations in Ebbio, you will be captivated by the undulating hills swept with thriving vineyards, olive trees and enchanting evergreen forests. The amazing part of Ebbio is that it is still a working Tuscan Farm with its own Chianti wine production.
Activities include horseback riding, mountain biking, hicking, and of course visiting art cities like San Gimignano, Volterra, Montepulciano, etc. In the town of Petriolo, about 45 minutes drive from Ebbio, there is a hot sulphur spring water with a crystal clear river. There is also another hot spring location with iron based waters which are more gentle and odorless. The National Park of Alberese, about 1 hours and 1/2 drive, is a fantastic location for long walks along the shore and swimming in the Mediterranean.
Ebbio's restaurant serves vegetarian meals only.

Cost of seminar: $1650 per person, which includes 7 nights accommodation in double or triple room, all meals (except 1 lunch; fresh fruit and water available all day,) all yoga classes, transfers from and to Florence airport, a full day guided excursion to Volterra and San Gimignano, a full day excursion to the ocean and Petriolo Hot Springs, a half day wine tour.
Additional costs: airplane ticket, 1 lunch, around Euro 10 entrance ticket to Rapolano Hot Springs, tips.
Not included: flight, car rental if you want to be independent

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For reservations please email specialevents@culturalitaly.com or contact us by phone





Photos by Elliot Shev