The Healing Heel
Step into Serenity
Join us in Puglia, where ancient olive groves meet the sparkling Mediterranean Sea
October 17 to 24 2026
Awaken in Puglia's heel: yoga serenity, garden-to-table feasts, fairytale hilltowns, Mediterranean sunsets.
Let's talk about yoga.
Roberta Roll and Sarah Wallace will guide you through your daily practices.
Roberta is a gifted, caring yoga and somatic movement teacher since 1982. Certified in Yoga and Body-Mind Centering®, she's a registered somatic movement therapist and educator. Bringing backgrounds in dance, sports training, yoga, singing, and bodywork including Polarity and craniosacral therapy, Roberta helps people find their creative spark, calm center, and freedom of movement in their lives.
Sarah is a mind-body professional, a vibrant yoga teacher with 30+ years of teaching yoga and fitness across three continents. Owner of Amenia Yoga, she specializes in hatha, powerful sequencing, Wisdom Yoga for mature bodies, and strength training based on the latest research. Certified in Yoga for Osteoporosis, Accessible Yoga, breath work, and meditation, Sarah leads yoga and cultural retreats in amazing places to soothe the body, balance the mind, and awaken the soul!
Roberta and Sarah, together with you, will create a magical retreat with memories to last a lifetime.
Most morning practices start at 7:30am and the afternoon ones at 5:00pm. We will also have evening, after dinner activities most nights. On excursion days, the schedule changes to accommodate transportation and length of excursion. Of course, on a beach day, we have beach yoga.
We're staying at Agricola Samadhi, an agriturismo, (farm tourism), it's a renovated charming resort and organic farmhouse. The only sounds you'll hear are the wind, the chirping of birds and the sound of crickets and cicadas. The intrinsic quality of the place and the decisions made in renovating the farmhouse have made this a perfect place for our relaxing yoga retreat. Our yoga Shala, Santosha, is where we'll have our daily practices. it's equipped with mats, blocks and chairs - everything we need for our practice.
You'll be happy to know that we will be living eco-friendly during our stay. The agriturismo has a ‘no impact’ lifestyle because they recycle and reuse objects and materials in creative and artistic ways. They favor buying natural environmentally friendly materials, for which the origin and creation can be traced, respecting the worker and the environment. They avoid and discourage single-use plastic items and bottles..
The single, double, and triple rooms are cozy and tastefully and simply furnished, providing everything necessary to make our guests feel at home, cared for by an efficient and discreet staff in a joyful and pleasant atmosphere. The rooms have air conditioning making it possible to be super comfortable: air conditioning in the summer and heating in the winter.
Let's talk about the Food
Of course, we're in Italy! Food is Harmony. The meals are prepared mainly with the ingredients of their gardens, and with products of local producers to offer maximum freshness and bioavailability. At our retreat, food embodies the essence of yoga - nourishing, gentle, and deeply respectful of all life. Every dish is crafted from garden-to-table ingredients that travel only a few steps from earth to kitchen, honoring the natural cycle of life and our shared planet. the meals they prepare for us do not harm or exploit any creature, aiming for health that leaves no residue of suffering—only joy, lightness, and positive energy. Each meal is prepared with care and love, in harmony with Mother Earth, so we can truly feel the positive vibrations of what we eat. It's important to know that our nourishment supports a more compassionate, sustainable future.
And for those who enjoy meat or fish, there will be opportunities to savor local specialties together when we eat out in nearby towns, so nothing feels restrictive—only intentional and aligned.
What about the Spa?
We will have a Spa day during the week. Their spa is small but you can enjoy the health benefits of hydromassage, Turkish Bath, Sauna Steam bath HAMMAM, Massage rooms, and showers with led color lighting. Pamper yourself with personalized treatments and wellness rituals, performed by highly specialized professionals.
Let's talk about excursions?
We will visit some amazing towns! Private transportation will bring us to the Valle d'Itria which will captivate with its iconic trulli houses dotting olive groves and limestone hills and iconic truly homes. Cisternino with winding alleys and bombette grills; Locorotondo a circular village with flowered balconies and Ostuni a white city glowing over the Adriatic Sea. All cute towns, all unique on the heel of Italy's boot. Two other excursions will take us from Zollino's train station to Lecce and Otranto. We're a ten- to fifteen-minute walk from our place to Zollino! The town is also perfect for a morning cappuccino with brioche or an evening aperitivo. From Zollino, we depart for Lecce, Puglia's baroque gem carved in golden stone. And to Otranto, where the morning light and turquoise sea will greet us when we arrive.
Let's talk about prices and getting there
From New York, there are no direct flights to Brindisi, but there are direct flights to Bari, depending on the season. There are airport transfers to our retreat, with a supplemental charge from Bari, because it's much farther away. We expect to arrive at the retreat in the afternoon of October 17, 2026
What is included?
Seven nights lodging and meals - except a few when we eat out.
All yoga classes
Spa day
Transfer from Brindisi airport to the retreat. transfer from Bari with a supplement.
Day excursion to the Valle d'Itria
Day trips to the various towns - minimal train fare not included.
Retreat price
Double room: $1990
Single Room: $2540
Transfer from Bari supplement: $160 pp, if there are at least two people. One person $320 for both directions. If you stop over in Italy before arriving, it's much better to arrive in Brindisi. For the Bari supplement, since we don't know now how many, you can pay the retreat director on arrival.
Online payment is $35 extra (we pay half of the credit card fees)
We have 4 payment options:
Check to Amenia Yoga
Venmo
Zelle
Credit Card - online payments see the options below
ETIAS Information
ETIAS is the European Travel Information and Authorization System, it's a quick online pre-screening that is electronically linked to your passport. It's for for people from visa exempt countries, including USA, for stays under 90 days. It should go into effect the last quarter of the year making our retreat included. Registration should open this summer, and it's all done online. We will keep you posted.
