Costs & Practicalities

Retreat fee:
For year-long course participants, we offer a reduced fee of 950 EUR in 2025.
For all others, the full fee is 1.200 EUR.

Includes:

Your retreat facilitators, plus MVI staff support for logistics and guidance, MVI Campus rent for the mornings, Centro Culturale Lou Portoun rent for the afternoons, all breakfasts at Viso A Viso café and all dinners in different local locations plus one welcome pizza oven dinner on MVI campus on Monday.

Additional costs occur for:

accommodation: Lodging ranges between 15-80 EUR daily, according to your personal needs from camping, glamping, hostel, Airbnb to Agriturismo and hotel;
lunches in local restaurants from Tuesday to Saturday;
local transport from nearest train station up to Ostana (shared taxi).

Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds. If your current situation requires a conversation, please let us know.

We will invite you to a get-to-know, practice and Q&A session beginning of June (Zoom) - date tbc.

Maximum number of course participants: 15

Retreat period

Start - Open air dinner at MVI Campus: 1st evening

End - Silent half-day retreat on our last full day, mindful hike and fare-well at the fire place.

Before and after the retreat, you can enjoy hiking or other visits. Detailed information and guidance can be provided.

Good to bring

Basic fitness to be at ease at an altitude of 1,500 meters and to manage medium-seized walking distances. Any gear you may need in the mountains and outdoors to protect you from sun, rain, cold, and bathing cloths for the natural water pools and creeks and hiking gear. A detailed list will be provided upon reservation.

Getting here

You will get to MVI Campus from Torino or Milano with train to either Savigliano (preferred) or Pinerolo, followed by a shared taxi ride. We will help organize car sharing. If you come by car, there is parking space in the village.

Language

Retreat is in English, but German, Italian, Spanish, French and Portuguese are spoken (and also Swedish and Hebrew).