14 – 19 September 2026

Awakening the Masterpiece: A Journey to Wholeness

About the retreat

This is not a retreat

It is a threshold.

A crossing. A deliberate step out of the life you have learned to manage… nd into the life that has been quietly waiting beneath it.

There comes a point where growth is no longer enough.

Where insight does not shift what repeats.
Where strategies begin to feel like exhaustion.
Where holding it all together starts to feel like losing yourself.

And somewhere beneath the roles, the adaptations, the constant effort to be who you needed to be…something deeper begins to call. Not loudly. But unmistakably. This retreat is for that moment.

The Journey

This is an initiatory process into the deeper layers of the self.

Across several days, you will be guided through a carefully held descent beneath identity, beneath pattern, beneath performance… into the structures that have quietly shaped your life.

Not to fix them. Not to reject them. But to see them clearly.

Because what you call “yourself” is often a precise and intelligent response to what you once had to survive.

And when that is seen… something begins to loosen. Rather than self-improvement, this journey invites sacred recognition.

A remembering. A return.

The Journey Unfolds Through Experiental Thresholds

Each threshold brings you into direct contact with the deeper architecture of your experience:
The identities you formed in order to belong
The patterns of perception that shape how you see yourself and the world
The emotional armour that protects and constrains the heart
The instinctual forces that were once suppressed and are now ready to return
This is not conceptual work.
You will not just understand it.
You will feel it.
You will meet it.
You will recognise yourself within it.

This work brings together modern psychological insight and ancient initiatory wisdom through a deeply embodied approach.

Participants will move through:

  • Embodied meditation
  • Deep and intense Breath sessions
  • Deep inquiry
  • Breath and body integration
  • Movement and somatic expression
  • Ritual process
  • Contemplative silence
  • Relational group work

Each element is not simply a method.

It is a doorway into direct experience.

This work includes powerful ritual processes, somatic release, and deep inner inquiry that can be both confronting and profoundly liberating.

What Begins to Happen

As the structures of protection begin to soften, something else becomes available.

Not a performance of empowerment.
Not a new identity to maintain.

But a quieter, more stable shift:

You begin to feel without collapsing
You begin to speak without abandoning yourself
You begin to relate without losing your centre

And perhaps most importantly…

You begin to recognise that what you were searching for was never missing.

Only covered.

The Container: Mandali Retreat Center

Mandali offers a rare kind of environment.

Surrounded by mountains, silence, and open space, it naturally supports this depth of work.

Here, the pace slows.
The noise softens.
The system begins to settle.

And in that settling… what is usually out of reach becomes accessible.

This is not separate from the work.

It is part of what allows it.

Is this retreat for you?

This journey is for those who feel the call to go deeper.

Those who sense that beneath how they are currently living, there is something more true waiting to be met.

It asks for honesty.
It asks for willingness.
It asks for presence.

This is not a passive experience.

It is something you step into.

What Participants Often Leave With

  • A deeper sense of clarity that is felt, not just understood
  • Emotional freedom that is embodied, not performed
  • A grounded sense of inner sovereignty
  • A renewed capacity to meet life, relationship, and self with openness and responsibility

Not as an idea.

As a lived experience.

A Final Note

This work is not here to be understood.

It is here to be entered.

Less about analysing what is happening.
More about allowing yourself to step into it.

Less about learning something new.
More about recognising what has always been there.

There is a moment where something in you knows.

And when it does…the question is no longer if.

Only whether you are willing to step across.

At a glance

INCLUDED

  • 5 nights accommodation in Single, Twin and Premium, Shared rooms or Hermitage
  • Full board – vegetarian meals
  • Fruits, Teas and filtered water
  • Free use of Body Care Center facilities: sauna, steam room, jacuzzi, indoor heated swimming pool
  • All workshops and sessions as written in the program

NOT INCLUDED

  • Flight to/from Milano (ideally Malpensa International airport MXP)
  • Transfers to/from Mandali Retreat Center
  • Massage and therapies at the Body Care Center

AGENDA

Arrival Day


15:00 – Arrival and room settling
16:30 – Opening gathering
17:00 – Session one
19:00 – Dinner
20:15 – Sound integration session
21:00 – Silence and rest

Daily Schedule

07:30 – Morning meditation / movement practice
08:30 – Breakfast
10:00 – Morning session – Teaching, inquiry, and experiential practices
13:00 – Lunch
14:30 – Afternoon integration session – Embodied practices, dyads, and group work
17:00 – Tea / snack break
17:30 – Ritual or experiential session – Movement, breathwork, or somatic process
19:00 – Dinner
20:30 – Evening session – Integration practice, meditation, or ritual space
21:30 – Quiet integration time

Departure Day

07:30 – Morning meditation
08:30 – Breakfast
10:00 – Closing integration session
12:30 – Lunch
13:30 – Departure


centre Features

PEACEFUL
PRACTICE ROOMS

Experienced & Established Teachers

3 Delicious Vegetarian Meals a Day

Tea & Fruits throughout the day

Welcoming & cosy Rooms

Yoga & Meditation
PROPS

Scenic
Hiking Trails

contemplative outdoor nooks

Body Care Centre

Massages 
(at an extra cost)

magical permaculture gardens

Have questions?

Head to our FAQ page to get your questions answered

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Mandali was an incredible experience in a beautiful placE

I wish I’d spent more than 3 days there and truly hope to go back in the future. The rooms were very comfortable, the teachers were lovely, the food was delicious - I have absolutely no complaints and can’t say enough good things. Mandali was well worth the trip!

Kate Lessard

 also happened to have discovered Self Love

“I came to Mandali to learn to be in the present moment. In the end, not only did I find what I was looking for, but I also happened to have discovered Self Love, and found my Inner Trust.”

Vera

give oneself the sweetest gift of self-care

“I recommend this experience to anyone looking to slow down, reconnect in beautiful surroundings filled with attention to detail, and to give oneself the sweetest gift of self-care.”

Luisa

Being at Mandali allowed me to calm down

“Being at Mandali allowed me to calm down and quiet my thinking mind. The calmness allowed me to realise how grateful I am about everything in my life.”

IRIS

Mandali felt like coming home

“Mandali felt like coming home and it made me open up so much and learn more about myself and others around me. Thank you so much for opening this part of me.”

GAIKY

I learned that silence is very treasurable

“I came to Mandali to reconnect and maybe even find myself again. During my stay, I learned that silence is very treasurable, and with it, I could finally hear what my inner voice was saying.”

WV

You can let go of layers, and find such a peaceful side of yourself

“Your generosity, your kindness and your warm smiles are the cherries on the cake. Being here means living life to the fullest in every single moment. You can let go of layers, and find such a peaceful side of yourself. Go silent, sit still, let it move you and take that ride.”

Sarah