Accommodation

Facilities

Sauna
Spa
Swimming pool (outdoor)
Garden
Yoga studio

Cascina Bellaria was created with the desire and intention of getting together, sharing a lifestyle aligned to the rhythms of nature and to the yoga and Ayurveda philosophy. Cascina Bellaria is a classical homestead build in the traditional Piedmont style, part of it originated as far back as the middle of the nineteenth century. The vast open garden provides a highly enjoyable view of nature and the swimming pool allows for cooling down after a long walk or a class. You will stay in a private or a shared room. The farmhouse offers a shared dorm (sleeps up to 10 people, could be mixed gender or female dorm) with a shared bathroom, a double, a triple, and a quadruple room with their own private bathroom, and a tree house bungalow or lotus belle luxury tents with two single beds with a style camp bed and a shared bathroom.

Program

Day 1

08.00 | Meditation / Pranayama
09.00 | Breakfast
11.30 | Practice in the morning SWT
13.00 | Lunch
16.00 | Afternoon practice SWT
19.30 | Dinner

In the first 2 days we begin to lighten the diet with detox teas, smoothies, rice soups with flax seeds and steamed vegetables.

Day 2

08.00 | Guided meditation on the chakras with the aid of the vibration of the Tibetan bells
09.00 | Breakfast
11.30 | Practice in the morning SWT
13.00 | Lunch
16.00 | Afternoon practice SWT
17.30 | Sauna, steam bath and cold tub.
19.30 | Dinner

Sauna and steam bath : relax the muscles, help eliminate toxins and heavy metals from the body. Deep cleansing of the skin, cleaning of the sinuses, lead to a state of general relaxation.

Cold tub : reduces muscle inflammation, improves circulation, strengthens the immune system.

After this journey where the body and mind reach a level of total relaxation we immerse ourselves in the vibrations with a bath of sounds .

Day 3

08.00 | Meditation / Pranayama
09.00 | Breakfast
11.30 | Animal Flow morning practice
13.00 | Lunch
16.00 | Afternoon practice Rural Tribe
19.30 | Dinner

Start the liquid diet with centrifuged and detox herbal teas to prepare for the fasting day of tomorrow.

Day 4

Abstention from Food and Word. And for some hours of the day also from the View. Total day silence without any kind of communication except with oneself and with the sounds of nature.

08.00 | Meditation / Pranayama
We will use bandages to cover the eyes and start exploring the world using hearing and touch (obviously supported).
11.30 | Session of sound and singing with shamanic drum.
16.00 | Movement and Meditation and sight regaining.

Day 5

After leaving fasting we continue with herbal detox, centrifuged and white rice with linseed.

08.00 | Meditation / Pranayama
09.00 | Breakfast
11.30 | Yin Yoga morning practice
13.00 | Lunch
16.00 | Practice in the afternoon Race
17.30 | The day ends with the path in the SPA and an energy cleaning treatment with the shamanic drum.
19.30 | Dinner

Day 6

08.00 | Pranayama and meditation accompanied by sound.
09.00 | Breakfast. It ends with a goodbye smoothie.

Day 7

Program ends after lunch

The course is held in Italian and English. The retreat starts at 9.00 pm on the first day and ends with lunch on the last day.

Silent Warrior Training

Silent Warrior Training is to be considered the “mission: of the school. It is an ever-changing field and research space. The aim is to combine and integrate different disciplines to develop the qualities and potential of the individual.

Silent Warrior is not a training aimed at competitiveness, but rather a training of personal benefit and improvement. You will not use techniques to become good fighters but you will use combat to complete yourselves as human beings.

Personal development that has as its goal the improvement of one’s life and the ability to pursue one’s own goals goes through a training that does not provide any boundary between the mind and the body. Hari-Om is an open research lab to rediscover the perfect balance between the Yin aspects and the Yang aspects.

SWT aims to nurture the Yang part, the determination, constancy, speed, and explosiveness. This type of training creates the psychophysical and chemical bases to live with enthusiasm and exuberance. The Silent Warrior Training does not want to leave anything behind or neglect anything.

They respect all traditions, they try to study them but they want to break down the boundaries between them. SWT, therefore, use different techniques of yoga, combat sports, functional training, cross fit, fitness workout, cryotherapy, and much more.

The part relating to combat sports is mainly based on the use of techniques from kickboxing and Muay Thai without the competitive aspect. From functional training, instead, they draw some sequences and methodologies of cross fit and fitness workout but not only that.

All this without neglecting the ethical, motivational, artistic and ecological background (personal and environment) which then become the natural way of being. Through these tools, the research of the balance between the Yin and the Yang is renewed at every moment in order to flow lightly in the present moment.

This practice is developed in different retreats, seminars, and workshops, each of which has the characteristics of the absence of borders and dogmatism and a uniqueness due to the experience of the instructor who offers it.

Rural Tribe

Rural tribe is a conscious letting go of the shape to find a connection within ourselves, the others and the Earth in which we live, through movement and ecstasy. In our CAMPS we include elements from Capoeira,Animal Flow, Paleotraining, Ecstatic Dance, Percussion and Shamanic Rituals. Melting into movement and sound to find ourselves

Instructors

Marco Mandrino

Marco is the founder and director of Hari-Om Yoga School. Marco is an enthusiastic practitioner of Muay Thai and combat sports in general. He has been teaching yoga for around twenty years, dealing almost exclusively with teacher training and retreats. Marco's idea, which the school reflects, is to integrate diverse techniques from various disciplines and arts in order to live simply, in harmony with the present moment and to the best of one’s potential.

Emanuela Boriotti

Emanuela Boriotti is the creator of Floating Touch Massage, she is an Animal Flow and yoga instructor, an Ayurvedic therapist, and is specialized in sound massage as well as being an expert in nutrition. She practices many different sports that range from functional training to Muay Thai practice, to surfing. Emanuela's been practicing yoga since many years and she is tireless when it comes to mountain trekking. She brings and incredible passion in everything she does.

Location

Farmhouse Bellaria is a classical farmhouse in Piemont style, part of it to be drawn back to the half of the nineteenth century. It is located in a quite hilly area of the countryside between Alessandria and Acqui Terme.

Far from the inhabitant center and from the main roads, it is surrounded by a quiet and relaxed atmosphere that follows the rhythm of nature. Foxes, deer, squirrels, wild boars and many kinds of birds live in that countryside and very often they get close to the houses and to the small lake, which is located inside the property of the farmhouse.

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Food

Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be mainly based on vegetables or centrifuged, all without gluten and vegan.

The following meals are included:

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:

Vegan
Gluten Free

If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation

What's included

All classes
Sauna, steam bath, and cold bath
Daily meals
6 nights accommodation

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