Renewal Retreat in the Italian Alps – Reconnect, Reflect, and Reclaim Your Inner Peace

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6-DAY RETREAT "Renewal - The Way Out is In" 

 

When:  1-6 September, 2025 for 6 days / 5 nights (Monday afternoon - Saturday noon)  

Where: Italy, Piedmontese Alps, village of Ostana, at Monviso Institute (MVI) at 1.500ml asl
Group size: max. 15

Your Co-facilitators: Mirjam Luthe and Galia Tyano Ronen

Cost: 1.400 EUR 
Includes course fee and MSC Handout; all meals (breakfasts / snack/ lunches / dinners); rent of MVI campus with staff and Cultural Center space for our group; accommodation in a range of camping, glamping or shared apartments with bathroom and kitchen in walking distance. See detailed cost below.

If you prefer higher end lodging, you can book it individually; please contact us.

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​​You are invited to a transformative journey of self-care, renewed nature connection and enlivened motivational energy for engagement. Join us to deepen your agency for contributing to the world you want to live in.

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Step away from the noise and pressure of everyday life and immerse yourself in a 6-day transformational retreat, Renewal – The Way Out is In.

 

Embedded in a beautiful location in the serene, pristine landscapes of the Piedmontese Alps, this experience offers a deep reconnection with both nature and your true self. In a world overwhelmed by crisis, competition, and disconnection, this retreat invites you to pause, reflect, and rediscover what really matters.

 

Through grounding practices, nature immersion, mindful reflection, and meaningful dialogue, you'll awaken your inner clarity, purpose, and creativity. This isn’t just a break — it’s a reset, designed to nourish your body, mind, and spirit. Surrounded by a community of like-hearted individuals, you’ll explore powerful ways to move beyond burnout, isolation, and short-term survival thinking, toward spaciousness, resilience, long-term perspective and meaning.

 

You’ll gain practical tools for everyday life: to stay grounded in complexity and chaos, to shift perspective with empathy and compassion, and to live more intentionally. Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or simply ready for a change, this retreat offers a rare chance to truly reconnect with the home within yourself — supported by a community that mirrors your longing for connection and depth.

 

Return from the mountains with renewed energy, a deeper sense of purpose, and lasting insights that will support you far beyond these six days. Let nature hold you, inspire you, and guide you back to what’s essential.

 

Join us this summer in the Italian Alps — your way back in begins here!​

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You will experience a 6-day retreat to support pathways of holistic resilience in times of transition. You will explore a framework for inner growth (IDGs), supported by compassion-based practices (MSC) to sustainably cultivate the soil for change, supported and deepened through contemplative nature connection practices (AITW). Our retreat location is a 'Living Systems Lab' for research, education and entrepreneurship in sustainability transitions and regenerative design, the "Monviso Institute" in Piemonte, Ostana, an Alpine village in revival after having been almost deserted, yet now thriving with fresh initiatives, in respect for the local traditions.​

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We experience today how deeply changes are needed in this world that is going through a meta-crisis. We may often feel helpless meeting them, and then our personal views narrow down to selfishness, othering, and competition instead of self-care, inclusiveness, cooperation, and compassion. We may feel separate, yet we are all connected on so many levels.

 

• Would you like to reconnect to your true nature?

• Do you yearn to take a break from all tasks and demands from the world around and within yourself?

• Do you want to spend your lifetime more meaningfully, discovering new ways to thrive instead of competing for short-term gain?

• Do you want to find a true and trustworthy connection to yourself and others, and to be in touch with what really matters to you?

 

Then you can find it with us.

 

We are excited to invite you to this unique retreat in the wild landscapes of the  Piedmontese Alps.

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Why should I join?

Instead of feeling hyperconnected, yet lonely sometimes, you will truly reconnect with nature in all her beauty through exercises and practices aiming to deepen this nurturing connection and your feeling of being nature yourself.

 

Instead of feeling overstimulated, yet starving for meaning, you will explore simple ways to reconnect to the creative, spacious parts inside you that will support you through life’s and work challenges.

 

Instead of feeling isolated in your actions, you will interconnect beyond individualism to collective intelligence and long-term perspective-making, joining a community that creates the conditions for trust, optimism and mutual support. 

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What is in it for me?

Deep Reconnection — with Nature and Yourself
You’ll step out of the noisy, demanding routine of everyday life into a space where you're encouraged to slow down and tune in. The retreat offers grounding practices, nature immersion, and space for inner reflection, helping you reconnect with the natural world and your own inner compass.

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Personal Renewal & Self-Care
If you’re feeling drained, scattered, or just in need of a reset, this retreat is built around self-care in a deep, meaningful way — not just pampering, but truly restoring your energy and clarity.

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A Shift in Perspective
This experience is designed to help you move away from competition, burnout, and short-term thinking toward a more spacious, long-term, and connected way of seeing your life and your role in the world.

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Tools for Living with More Purpose and Resilience
You’ll gain practical tools and embodied experiences to carry home into daily life - ways to stay grounded, be creative, and resilient even amid chaos or pressure.

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Community and Collective Intelligence
Rather than walking alone, you’ll build bonds with others who are also seeking meaning and transformation — a taste of community that could stay with you long after the retreat ends.

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What will be different after the retreat?

You’ll likely feel more grounded, clearer, and more energized.
The overstimulation and disconnection that sneak into everyday life so easily will have been interrupted by a meaningful pause, feeling your presence, and rejoicing nature connection.

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You may carry home a new rhythm and inner spaciousness.
Through practices of self-compassion, you learn to shift how you approach your work, your relationships and yourself when something gets into the way with more ease, kindness and understanding.

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You’ll have a stronger sense of your role in the bigger picture.
Rather than feeling isolated or helpless about global challenges, you will return with a renewed sense of agency, connection, and clarity about how to engage meaningfully.

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You’ll likely feel less alone.
The experience of being in community with others on a similar journey can be deeply nourishing, and that feeling of mutual support and purpose might ripple forward into your life. We all share so much in our common humanity, yet we need safe enough spaces like this retreat to tap into the remembering of where we come from. 

This retreat is a chance to step away in order to return to yourself and to re-emerge with more clarity, creativity, and community. A kind of inner recalibration that the outer world rarely gives us time for. The majestic mountains and pristine waters will support us.​​​​

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