Mindfullness in Tuscany Walking Meditation, Yoga & Pilgrimage

Loving Tuscany Tours offer walking meditation and

yoga courses along the scenic Via Francigena,

the ancient pilgrim route through the ‘cultural

triangle’ in Tuscany.

Each day we walk a section of the beautiful Via

stopping off along the way at ancient monasteries

passing the towers of San Gimignano to Siena.

The Loving Tuscany Tour in August includes the

famous Pallio horse race in Siena and a pilgrimage

with meditation south to the Tuscan border.

Each evening we return you to our lovely old

farmhouse, Casa Quintino deep in the country-

side: no sound of traffic, nor sight of

power lines, surrounded by a pristine

countryside where wild boar and deer

roam, a nature lover’s delight and an

escape from the stresses of modernity.

Contact Juliet Waterkeyn +27 (0) 780083588

Email: bookings@lovingtuscany.com

Website: www.lovingtuscany.com

Facebook: Loving Tuscany

Casa Quintino

Tours in 2020

Walking the Via: 12th - 22nd May

Six days walking an average of 8 kms per day

from San Miniato to Siena, with day excursions

to Volterra and Florence.

Yoga & Walking: 24th - 31st July

One week based at Casa Quintino with two

hours of Yoga each day. woven around walks

along the Via Francigena. Evening excursions to

hill top towns.

Palio & Pilgrimage: 1st—8th August

One week starting with the extraordinary Pallio

in Siena, followed by 5 days walk of average 8

kms per day south to the border of Tuscany.

Walking Meditation: 1st-10th September

Daily Meditation with visits to local Monasteries

in and around San Gimignano, meditation in a

hermit’s forest cave and an Etruscan Tomb, the

and evocative ruins of San Galgano Abbey.

Promotional Offer: 10% discount on accommodation with a group of six:

Euro 95—115 per person per day

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The Via Francigena is the ancient pathway, like

the better known Camino in Spain, but totally

uncrowded. It was used by pilgrims and cru-

saders walking from England to Rome and

onto the Holy Land - first recorded by British

Archbishop Sigerac (989-994). We provide a

comfortable base limited to 6 people, from

which to explore what is considered by experts

as the most beautiful portion of the Via, ena-

bling you to walk without a back pack, at your

own pace, avoiding all traffic and tar roads.

Pick up at Pisa Airport and drop off are includ-

ed as well daily transport and half board.

Look for Casa Quintino on Google Maps

Meditation and Pilgrimage - Walking the Via Francigena - Iyengar Yoga in Arcadia A practisng Buddhist for 25 years, Ani

Tsondru, renounced her career as a

environmentalist/lawyer to enter a 7

year closed retreat in Spain, as a full

time nun and practitioner of Tibetan

Buddhism. A well-known meditation

teacher based in Cape Town, she leads groups in

walking meditation in the South African wilderness.

From her many pilgrimages along the Camino in

Spain, Tsondru brings her contemplative skills to

Tuscany to focus on the 4,000 years of spirituality

found in a range of centres of spirituality from the

medieval Christian monasteries to a more recent

Tibetan Buddhist Centre in the Tuscan hills.

Debbie Rivers-Moore has been practising yoga for 20 years having studied with senior teachers from the Iyengar world both in the UK and in India, while running her own publishing company. In 2019 she led a group

to Nepal in the Himalayas incorporating yoga into the daily trek

Yoga is the union of the body, mind, breath and spirit. The Iyengar lineage focuses on precision of the physical body in asanas (yoga postures), to enable the breath to become even, the mind calm and the spirit rejuvenated. The course offers a combination of yoga based at the peaceful Refugio of Casa Quintino and evening walking to little known monasteries nearby.

Anthony and Juliet Waterkeyn are your hosts, Juliet (who

speaks basic Italian) designs and organises the Tours, to

provide an insider’s experience of Italy with scenic picnics of

regional specialities and good local wine, as well as back up

on all hikes. Anthony provides the transport and as a

seasoned trekker, having walked the Camino and the

Himalayas. is available to guide you along the Via if

required. They have spent the last 30 years carefully renovat-

ing Casa Quintino from a ruin to a charming Refugio. They

rent out to self-catering groups when there are no courses

being held. www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/3202622/

Visit the Buddhist Instituto in Pomiaio Approaching the towers of San Gimignano from the Via Francigena Visit Siena and see the Pallio in early August