- RETREAT
Sicily: A Yoga + Culinary Escape
- Register early and save! Sign up to attend by July 31, 2026 and receive a 10% early bird discount
- Ottobre 22 - 27, 2026 | Retreat for the mind, body, and spirit
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This is not your typical yoga retreat.
This is Sicily—slow mornings, salt in your hair, shared tables, deep laughs, and the kind of memories that stick.
Join us for a one-of-a-kind restorative yoga and culinary experience in a charming small town in Sicily—an intimate retreat designed for those craving connection, adventure, and a reset that feels alive, not rigid.
Hosted by me, Lindsey, a restorative yoga instructor from Philadelphia, USA, with a focus on energy, joy, and embodiment, alongside our local host and professional chef Patrizia. This retreat blends movement, culture, nourishment, and community. Expect soulful practices, vibrant food, coastal excursions, and the kind of group chemistry that turns strangers into friends.
Space is intentionally limited to 12 guests to preserve intimacy, flexibility, and personal attention.
What Makes This Retreat Different
- A small-town Sicilian experience—nestled away in Reitano, near to Santo Stefano and Messina
- Restorative, energizing yoga focused on presence, fun, and connection
- A chef-led, holistic Mediterranean menu, thoughtfully curated on site
- A balance of structured experiences + spacious free time
- Local adventures by train, boat, and foot
- Separate accommodations so you have your own space to recharge
- A carefully curated group—application + video call required
This retreat is for you if you want to feel nourished without being over-scheduled, supported without being boxed in, and inspired without being told who to be.
Lodging
Lodging is included in local homes within walking distance of the retreat gathering space in Reitano. Each guest has access to a kitchen and living area, creating a cozy village-style feel.
- Private and shared accommodations available
- Shared accommodations include a private bedroom for each guest with shared common spaces (bathroom, kitchen, living area). Max capacity 6 people.
- Private accomodations with bedroom, kitchen and living area, booked only for one person or a couple.
- Designed for comfort, privacy, and community
What’s Included
- 5 nights / 6 days of curated retreat programming
- Daily yoga, meditation, and breathwork
- Two meals per day (daily breakfast + curated meals / cooking experiences)
- Two hands-on cooking lessons with our host chef
- Local excursions (Cefalù, ceramics, vineyard/olive oil farm)
- Wine tasting at the villa
- Pre-retreat community building via optional video calls
- On-site coordination and guidance throughout the retreat
Optional excursions (boat day) are paid separately.
Sample Itinerary
✈️ Day 1 — Arrival + Welcome
Arrive in Palermo and make your way to our Sicilian home base. After settling in, we gather for a sunset yoga and meditation to land in the body and meet the group. The evening ends with our first cooking experience—dinner prepared together with chef Patrizia.
🏖️ Day 2 — Santo Stefano + Sunset Yoga
We begin with a slow, grounding morning and a gentle intention-setting workshop to help you land fully in your body and the rhythm of Sicily. From there, we’ll wander through Santo Stefano, meeting local artisans and witnessing the craft behind the region’s famous ceramics. We’ll pause for granita in the town square, soak in the small-town charm, and keep the day intentionally spacious. As the sun dips low, we’ll gather for sunset yoga at the Belleview, followed by a relaxed dinner together at a local restaurant in town.
⛵️ Day 3 — Cefalù Day Trip + Optional Boat Adventure
We head to the postcard-perfect coastal town of Cefalù. Spend the day wandering cobblestone streets, visiting the historic Duomo, shopping local boutiques, and enjoying beach time along the turquoise shore. For those craving a little extra adventure, an optional boat excursion offers a stunning perspective of the coastline. We’ll close the day with a group dinner at a local restaurant in Cefalù before returning under the stars.
🍴 Day 4 — Castelbuono + Wine Tasting Experience
We venture into the Madonie Mountains to explore Castelbuono, a charming hill town with a castle known for its artisanal traditions and famous panettone. Expect winding streets, local specialties, and old-world Sicilian charm. From there, we’ll visit a winery nestled in the mountains, enjoying tastings and sweeping countryside views. Back at the villa, we’ll unwind with a nourishing dinner prepared by Chef Patrizia, grounding back into community after a day of exploration.
🏺 Day 5 — La Dolce Vita Day + Closing Celebration
Our final full day invites you to savor Sicily at a slower pace. We’ll enjoy time in Santo Stefano for last-minute shopping, seaside moments, pizza, gelato, and beach time—a perfect blend of simple pleasures. Back at the villa, we’ll gather for a curated olive oil tasting, followed by our closing ceremony and a final hands-on cooking lesson with Chef Patrizia—a beautiful, sensory-rich way to celebrate the week and mark the journey home.
🙏🏼 Day 6 — Departure
A gentle close with breakfast to go, hugs goodbye, and optional transfers to the airport or train station. Guests may extend their stay upon inquiry.
Important Details
- Dates: May 14–19, 2026
- Group Size: Max 12 guests
- Meals: Two meals per day included
- Application Required: A short application + video call is required to ensure alignment and group cohesion
- Extensions: Pre- or post-retreat extensions available upon request
About the instructor:
Lindsey (@lessonswithlinds) is a RYT-200 yoga instructor, experience curator, and community builder with nearly a decade of teaching and event-hosting experience across Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Miami. Her work blends restorative yoga, intentional movement, and breathwork with a deep understanding of energy, joy, and human connection. Over the years, Lindsey has hosted a wide range of thoughtfully designed yoga experiences—from women’s networking events and corporate wellness programs to community puppy yoga supporting local animal rescues, as well as full moon beach yoga and sound bath ceremonies. What ties them all together is her gift for creating spaces where people feel instantly welcome, deeply grounded, and free to be themselves.
Lindsey approaches yoga as both medicine and adventure. Her classes are not about perfection or performance—they’re about presence, laughter, nervous system reset, and leaving feeling more like you than when you arrived.
Having traveled to Italy regularly since 2013, Lindsey brings a personal love for Italian culture, food, and slow living into everything she creates. This Sicily retreat is the culmination of years of teaching, traveling, and intentionally gathering people together. Her vision is simple but powerful: to create an unforgettable experience where strangers become friends, days are filled with movement and exploration, and guests return home feeling expanded, nourished, and deeply alive.
This retreat is designed to be the adventure of a lifetime—and Lindsey will be there every step of the way to guide, support, and celebrate the journey with you.
About Nucidda, our retreat base:
Nucidda is not just a country house—it is a dream that took root and learned how to breathe.
Our sea view on the Aeolian Isles
Its name comes from a Sicilian word meaning “little hazelnut”, a tender nickname given to Patrizia by her father, inspired by her family name and her gentle, grounded nature. For Patrizia—owner, host, and soulful cook—Nucidda has always carried the warmth of love and belonging. Her greatest wish was to have a home in the countryside, and when she made that dream real, she chose to transform it into something more: a place devoted to beautiful emotions, mindful presence, and encounters of the soul and the heart.
Here, time softens. Nucidda was created for meditation, yoga, shared meals, deep conversations, silence, laughter, and all those moments that nourish from the inside out. It is a space that welcomes you as you are and gently invites you back to yourself.
The house is nestled in the enchanting village of Reitano, a quiet hilltop borgo perched at the edge of the Nebrodi Mountains. Reitano is a place of rare tranquility, where stone houses tell ancient stories and life still follows the rhythm of nature. From here, the sea is only ten minutes away, yet it feels worlds apart. The views are nothing short of breathtaking: rolling green hills falling into the deep blue of the Mediterranean, with the Aolian Islands floating on the horizon like a dream you can almost touch.
All around Nucidda, and scattered throughout the borgo just a ten-minute walk away, gravitate a small constellation of charming old houses. These are authentic Sicilian homes from another time—simple, welcoming, full of character. They offer guests a private and intimate refuge, a personal nest where they can rest, reflect, and integrate the experiences of the day after yoga sessions, nature walks, shared meals, and soulful practices.
Just a short distance away, guests can also explore historic places and small towns renowned for their art, culture, and centuries-old traditions. From ancient villages and archaeological sites to baroque towns, local museums, and cultural festivals, the surrounding area offers a rich and inspiring tapestry of Sicilian history—perfect for day trips that nourish curiosity as much as the spirit.
Our Nebrodi mountains and view on Reitano Village
Together, Nucidda and the village form an ideal setting for an authentic retreat—one rooted in care, presence, and genuine connection. It is not a polished, standardized escape, but a living, breathing experience of Sicily: warm, imperfect, deeply human. A place for those seeking something different—a vacation beyond the usual patterns, where well-being, beauty, and inner quiet come naturally, and where every stay be comes a meaningful journey.
About Chef Patrizia:
THE HEART OF NUCIDDA
At the heart of Nucidda lives Patrizia, a passionate cook whose relationship with food is deeply rooted in love, memory, and the rhythms of the Sicilian land. Cooking for her is not simply a craft—it is a form of care, a ritual, and a way of creating connection.
Her cuisine is inspired by the simplicity of traditional Sicilian cooking, where few ingredients are allowed to speak clearly and honestly. Patrizia works with seasonal, local, and km-0 ingredients, often sourced from nearby farmers, small producers, and the surrounding countryside. Every dish reflects respect for nature, balance, and nourishment—perfectly aligned with a wellness-oriented lifestyle.
Within Nucidda, Patrizia offers hands-on cooking classes, intimate food and wine tastings, and shared culinary experiences that invite guests to slow down and rediscover the pleasure of mindful eating. These moments are designed not only to teach recipes, but to awaken the senses and deepen awareness—turning meals into a form of meditation.
Together with her daughter Giuliana, Patrizia welcomes guests with warmth and authenticity. Mother and daughter cook for and with retreat participants, creating a family atmosphere where everyone feels included. Preparing food becomes a shared experience—filled with stories, laughter, and the quiet joy of being present.
At Nucidda, the kitchen is a sacred space. It is where nourishment meets intention, where flavors carry the wisdom of tradition, and where food becomes an extension of the retreat itself—supporting inner balance, vitality, and connection.
To sit at their table is to experience Sicily in its most genuine form: simple, generous, and profoundly human. Patrizia and her daughter Giuliana, a chef too, they work together and have wrote a Sicilian Cookbook with their close friend Tony Scala: ‘’Seriously Sicilian’’.
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Via Vittorio Emanuele, 492,
90134 Palermo - 0039 3274541741
- siciliandays@gmail.com
- COSTS
- Shared Accommodation € 2.700 p.p.
- Private Accomodation € 2.950 p.p.
- OPTIONAL COSTS
- Private transfer from/to Palermo or Catania airport € 400 r/t, € 250 o/w
- Private Boat Tour on Day 3 in Cefalu’, Lunch and drinks included, € 120
- PAYMENTS
- 10% Early Bird discount if booking before July 31st
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- Informations: siciliandays@gmail.com
- Register early and save! Sign up to attend by July 31, 2026 and receive a 10% early bird discount