Niguma Yoga Retreat
Lago D’Orta, Italy - June 15-21st, 2025
With Kalu Rinpoche & Michele Loew
Join us for an intimate week of embodied practice & Celebrate Solstice, as we dive deeper into how to safely and purposefully practice Niguma Yoga and the complimentary Hatha Yoga preparatory postures.
H.E. Kalu Rinpoche will teach, in the most accessible way to all levels, the Niguma Series of yoga poses, Meditation, Illusory Body Yoga, and Dream Yoga. This is a chance to learn from the lineage master and receive his personal insight, some dharma talks, and meditations.
Michele will guide the morning Hatha Yoga stretching and strengthening sessions to be able to access the Niguma series more readily. She will also share evening Yoga Nidra sleep meditations to support our healing and transformational journey together.
This is a week of understanding the body as an essential pathway to awakening and happiness. It is receiving the gift of a sustainable daily lineage based practice. And it is a week of making long-lasting friends, being nurtured with gourmet vegetarian Italian food, surrounding oneself with nature, hiking, relaxing, and recovery, in this Italian lake village countryside setting.
Are you ready to join us?
Retreat Details
What’s Included:
Daily Yoga Practices With
Michele & Rinpoche
6 Nights Accommodation In Shared, Single, Double, Premium Rooms or Hermitages
Full Board With Vegetarian Meals, Fruits, Teas, & Filtered Water
Yoga Mats, Blocks, Bricks, Belts, Bolsters, & Blankets Provided
Free Use Of Facilities Including Sauna, Steam Room, Jacuzzi, and Pool
High Speed Wireless Internet Reception All Throughout The Retreat
What’s Not Included:
Flights To/From
Malpensa International Airport
Transfers To/From
Mandali Retreat Centre
Massage And Therapies At
The Body Care Center
General Event Schedule
Arrival Day
Sunday, June 15
The retreat starts at 4pm on Sunday, June 15th, which will be your travel and day to check in beginning at 2pm at Mandali, enjoy dinner and then meet the teachers and group.
2025 Retreat
Daily Sample Schedule
6:45-8:15am Morning Yoga Michele
8:30 - 9:30am Breakfast
10:00 -12:30pm Niguma Yoga Kalu Rinpoche
1:00 - 2:00 pm Lunch
3:00-5pm Niguma Teachings, Illusory Body/Dream Yoga: Kalu Rinpoche
6-7pm Dinner
7:30-8:30pm Yoga Nidra/ Tibetan sleep yogas with Michele
Note: Some days Rinpoche will teach all 4 sessions, as he feels necessary. Schedule subject to change via his discretion.
Departure Day
Saturday, June 21st (Happy Solstice)
The retreat ends on Saturday morning June 21st after morning asana practice. June 21 will be your day to check out from Mandali, enjoy breakfast and then travel home.
Additional Details
What To Know Before Booking:
About Mandali
Mandali is a gorgeous retreat center located 75 minutes from Milan. Surrounded by stunning hiking trails and raw beauty, it is an idyllic setting to find calm and clarity in the mind and body.
The center has a state of the art spa and pool and was architecturally inspired by the medieval towns that surround it. The vegetarian meals are locally sourced and all greens are grown in Mandali’s garden.
Cancellation Policy
Our cancellation policy is strict and firm. We recommend that you purchase a cancellation/travel insurance policy to protect your investment.
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Cancellations on or before February 1st 2025 you will forfeit $600, and receive a partial refund of the remaining balance. 50% refund between February and May 15th. May 15th and after, no refunds.
About Your Teachers:
About Michele
Michele Loew is the founder of The Yoga Space in Portland, Oregon, and is an inspiring Yoga teacher internationally known for her compassionate and down to earth style, expert hands on assists, and alignment based Yoga Alliance Teacher training programs. She is the co-founder of “Vajra Yoga” with Robert A.F. Thurman for Tibet House.. Vajra Yoga is a School of comparative Buddhist and Classical Yoga Indian inner-science which aims to share the wisdom teachings of the Buddha and the Yogis to bring happiness to all.
About Rinpoche
His Eminence Kalu Rinpoche is the lineage holder of the Shangpa Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He was born in 1990 and recognized by H.H. the Dalai Lama and H. H. the 12th Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa as the tulku, or rebirth, of Kalu Rinpoche (1905-1989), a renowned Buddhist meditation master and scholar who was one of the first Tibetan lamas to teach in the West. The current Kalu Rinpoche completed his traditional three-year retreat between 2004 and 2008, supported energetically by the practices of the Niguma Trulkhor cycle. Rinpoche now teaches Niguma Yoga around the world to cultivate awareness of the psychological basis of effective spiritual practice and to promote physical and mental well-being.
Accommodations
Includes room, 3 meals daily, yoga & teachings with Kalu Rinpoche & Michele.
To see more photos of rooms, please go to Mandali’s website here
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Shared pricing is listed, and some payment plans available by request (email Michele).
