Journey to bliss con Matt Giordano

Journey to bliss

7 Day Rural Yoga Retreat in Salento, Aphulia, Italia

  • Matt Giordano
  • 12-19 APRIL 2025
Retreat description:
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Yoga instructor Matt Giordano gives credit to an influential figure from his teenage years – his high school art teacher – for sparking within him the curiosity and tenacity that eventually led him to yoga.

 It was Eileen Walk who told Giordano, “You are not allowed to say ‘I can’t.’ You must rephrase to a question: ‘How?’” That inquisitive and unrelenting spirit laid the foundation for Matt to begin a devoted yoga practice. When coupled with his passion to understand the physics and subtle alignment of the body, Matt’s dharma as a teacher came into focus. Originally from Sea Cliff, Long Island, Giordano spent 7 years developing his teaching style while living in Manhattan, where he taught at local studios (Pure NYC, Equinox).
Matt now travels internationally to teach his signature technique-based style of yoga, educating yoga students on how to use their bodies in a profound and life-changing way. Well known for his ability to guide students deeply into postures with his refined attention to detail and precise action cues, Giordano is an adept guide for students of all levels at festivals, workshops, and in his weekly studio classes. His study of biomechanics and integrative mind-body techniques informs his teaching, as he draws upon wisdom from traditions of yoga, martial arts (Aikido and Tae Kwon Do), acrobatics, AcroYoga, and Thai Yoga Massage. 
Matt is known to inspire humble confidence, allowing students to find ease while expanding the edge of their comfort zones. In 2016, Matt created and founded an international school of yoga that focuses on community, growth and authentic teaching, and he hosts trainings each year out of his home in northwest Connecticut. Noteworthy Achievements Magazines Matt has been featured in multiple magazines, including Yoga Journal, Martha Stewart’s Whole Living, Alignyo, Yoga Dork, and more. 
Television He has also been featured on local and national television, Austrian TV, Aspen Local, and LIVE! With Kelly and Michael Conferences He has taught at festivals and conferences around the world, including Wanderlust, Yoga Games, Yolo Festival Korea, The German Yoga Conference, Swiss Yoga Conference, Austrian Yoga Conference, Inside Yoga Conference, Yoga on The Mountain, Yoga Journal Conference, and many more. 

Online Matt has taught for multiple online platforms, including Gaiam, Gaia TV, My Yoga Online, and Tint Yoga, where he has his largest selection of online content today.
Our Yoga Retreat (Saturday to Saturday)

Our yoga retreat is designed to offer you a week of relaxation, practice, and connection in a serene environment.

What's Included:
  • Accommodation in the selected bed/room type.
  • Brunch included (from the day after arrival to the day before departure), dinners included (from the day of arrival to the day before departure), 1 breakfast on the day of departure.
  • Swimming pool, Pool towel
  • Full property facilities, including gardens and common areas
  • Mid-Week Room Service
  • Daily yoga classes with our experienced teachers.
  • Support from our staff to ensure a smooth and comfortable stay
Other details

To confirm, a deposit of €300 is required by bank transfer or credit card.
The balance for the retreat must be paid by the arrival date.

CANCELLATION POLICY
Up to 30 days before arrival—we will keep €50 for person for week.
Starting from 30 days before arrival—you will pay 100% of the stay
The guest does not show up—you will pay 100% of the stay

If you find a replacement who does not yet have a reservation with us, you will get your entire deposit back.

Check in: start 16
Check out: end 10

The rooms are air-conditioned, and you can select the desired temperature independently: air conditioning during the summer and heating during the winter to ensure maximum comfort to our guests at all times.
The single, double and triple rooms are comfortable and furnished with good taste and simplicity and they have everything you guests need to make feel you at home, cared by an efficient and discreet staff in a joyful and pleasant atmosphere.

  • Swimming pool (outdoor)
  • Bar
  • Dining Vegan area
  • Multilingual staff
  • Free Parking
  • Wellness area
  • Garden
  • 3 Yoga shala
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Laundry
  • Eco-friendly, Vegan-friendly
  • Pet-friendly

The YIS retreat centre is located in Zollino, in the heart of the Salento. Twenty minutes from both coasts and from cultural centres such as Lecce, Otranto and Gallipoli.

Our yoga retreats are also an opportunity to get together, share good moments, pamper yourself and enjoy the beauty of the Salento in a peaceful environment.
Give yourself an energetic recharge through vegan and vegetarian organic food, eco-sustainable tourism and relaxation in our spaces.

Our staff are at your disposal for the entire duration of the retreat to advise you about the must–see places in the Salento, organise excursions, guided tours, gastronomic tours, transfers, rentals and anything else to make your stay enjoyable.

Our Yoga retreats take place at Agricola Samadhi, a unique organic farmhouse because it proposes something more than just recreation.

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Meals are prepared mainly with the ingredients of our gardens and with products of local producers to offer maximum freshness and bioavailability.

During the preparation of our meals we aim to go beyond the concept of ‘good’ and ‘typical’: a diet that is tasty but also and above all healthy, making natural, light and balanced recipes.

Good and healthy for us must be synonymous: this is our starting point. Information

Agricola Samadhi is also offering additional holistic treatments at an extra cost:

  • Jacuzzi, Sauna
  • Turkish bath
  • Massages
  • Area relax
  • Ayurveda
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