Nature Walking Yoga
Nature Walking Yoga experience
Nature walking yoga is a slow traveling experience of immersive and experiential tourism.
Wonderful Liguria – proposals for Tour Operators
This website section is dedicated to my touristic offer for TOUR OPERATORS, groups, associations, Italian or foreign entities, who want to discover the wonders of Eastern Liguria: parks, picturesque villages, nature trails, with something more and different than the classic excursions… it’s not just trekking, it’s not just yoga, it’s not trekking-yoga… it’s something to experience with NATURE WALKING YOGA – Experience rated of excellence by the Liguria Region Tourism Office.
The proposal of 5 days and 4 nights is bound to groups of minimum 6 and maximum 12/15 people, with the possibility of board and lodging at different facilities according to the needs of the participants or it is possible to have the same experience but in itinerant mode that is backpacking.
Travel program.
Day 1. Arrival and settling in hotel (from 2 p.m.) and short excursion. Dinner at the hotel. Personal time and rest.
Day 2. Yoga-inspired mindful movement, breakfast followed by scenic hike with picnic lunch. Return to hotel in the afternoon, personal time, dinner and deep relaxation practice before bed.
Day 3. Idem
Day 4. Idem
Day 5. Breakfast and meeting with the Pietre Parlanti Association, which enhances and takes care of the ancient paths connecting hamlets and the unique terraces with dry stone walls.
Return to the hotel. Departure
Each day offers a different excursion between the Portofino Regional Natural Park and the 5 Terre, unique places with breathtaking views, including olive groves, fishing villages and cliffs overlooking the sea.
This is a customizable proposal with some necessary conditions:
- mid/low season – autumn and spring. Liguria offers unique scenery, affordable prices and a climate that can be unexpectedly mild during these periods. It also avoids crowds and queues at visiting places,
- the group can be a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 12/15 people to create relationships that facilitate welcoming and sharing: the founding values of the NATURE WALKING YOGA experience,
- if planned, the tour will enhance sustainable mobility with the use, primarily, of trains and public transportation for internal travels,
- my commitment as coordinator and facilitator of the experience is quantified with a cost per day per group of 250 € (VAT exempt) + refund of out-of-pocket expenses for room and board and travels,
- management of all costs ( food, lodging, travel, packed lunch,…) is the responsibility of the tour operator, travel agency/agent, etc…or directly of the group of participants if self-managed,
- he experience is offered in Italian with possible translation into English and Spanish,
- no expertise in yoga or similar disciplines is necessary, only a desire for an authentic immersive and experiential tourism experience in which to explore the inner landscape beyond the one we admire and pass through with awareness and care,
- a spirit of adaptation and a good ability to walk on trails of all kinds is required.
Wonderful Liguria – proposals for Tour Operators to backpackers
DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE, WALKING, BACKPACKING FOR A FEW DAYS?
Here is the proposal for you!
Day 1: Arrival in Chiavari and ascent to the Sanctuary of Montallegro visiting the Sanctuary “delle Grazie” and crossing incredible viewpoints over the Gulf of Tigullio, ranging from Portofino to Sestri Levante! Overnight stay in Montallegro.
Day 2: From the Sanctuary of Montallegro we leave for the Abbey of San Fruttuoso immersed in the Regional Natural Park of Portofino. Overnight in the Regional Natural Park of Portofino.
Day 3: Will walk some beautiful trails in the Park until you reach the beautiful seaside village of Camogli, which is absolutely worth visiting and where we will stay overnight.
Day 4: From Camogli we take the train to the 5 Terre getting off at Riomaggiore and walk the long Via dei Santuari halfway between the sea and the hills. A spectacular route in the 5 Terre National Park -unique in the world!- among terraces, olive groves, rural testimonies, breathtaking views and sheer visions of the sea. Overnight stay at the Sanctuary of Soviore in the hills of Monterosso.
Day 5: Descend to the quaint village of Monterosso and after a short visit, depart by train for Sestri Levante. In the morning, short trip to Punta Manara and visit to the charming village of Sestri Levante.
Departure for own destinations.
This walking tour, discovering ‘some goodies’ of eastern Liguria is done in a slow and breathy way with rejuvenating and defatiguing stops through small breath practices as well as stretching/elongation inspired by the wisdom of yoga.
While we walk we are always accompanied by loving care for our inner landscape as for the environmental beauty we encounter, allowing our steps to transform us.