For course instructors

Your next retreat or yoga weekend with us in Ticino

Your guests can expect a versatile and inspiring place for yoga, meditation, mindfulness, Qi Gong, bodywork or creative retreats. As a course leader, you benefit from a coherent offer, personal advice and reliable support before and during your stay. This allows you to concentrate fully on your program and your participants.

The light-flooded "Merlot" room with its chestnut wood floor is located in the main building and embodies the simple elegance of the Casa. The 50 square meter room can comfortably accommodate up to 16 participants.

We are happy to provide a projector, flipcharts and jukeboxes on request.

• Daily rental: CHF 80.00 

Including complete equipment with yoga mats, meditation cushions, blankets, straps, yoga blocks and bolsters.

Food and drink

Our kitchen stands for healthy, high-quality, vegetarian food, also vegan or gluten-free on request.

For groups, we serve our Yogi Brunch in the morning - rich, fresh and balanced, with hot and cold dishes, fruit, homemade dishes and specialties from the region. The meals are prepared with fresh, organic and regional ingredients wherever possible and are an essential part of the retreat experience at Casa Santo Stefano. Our kitchen team puts a lot of love and experience into providing varied, balanced and wholesome food that strengthens body and soul.

We treat groups of ten or more to carefully prepared menus from our own kitchen every other evening. On the other evenings, we organize reservations in the surrounding grotti and osterias.

If a course has a special concept or its own procedures, one of our kitchens can be used in the evening on request.

• Light lunch: CHF 25.00
• Rich three-course dinner: CHF 42.00
• Packed lunch: CHF 17.00
• Kitchen use/group/meal: CHF 35.00

Room

Our three historic Ticino houses offer you and your guests 18 comfortable and lovingly furnished rooms in different categories and price ranges. In our eat-in kitchens you can meet up for a convivial chat, after the morning lesson for a home-made breakfast, in the afternoon for a snack and in the evening for a vegetarian dinner. When the weather is dry, life at Casa Santo Stefano moves outside and under the southern Ticino sun. A covered pergola in the main house and other cozy corners invite you to enjoy and slow down. 

Supplementary activities

And if you would like to integrate other activities into your retreat in addition to yoga, the offer in the wild and romantic nature of Malcantone is attractive all year round: from hiking, biking, swimming and SUP, to excursions to the garden city of Lugano with its diverse cultural offerings. In addition, hand analysis workshops, in-depth sound healing sessions or flowa dance training can be offered to further enrich the retreat experience.

Booking and procedure

We recommend planning and requesting your retreat well in advance, ideally twelve to eighteen months in advance. After your inquiry, you will receive a non-binding offer from us with all the details about accommodation, meals, room rental and organization. We will be happy to create a customized retreat package for you that includes all the essential services.

Our retreat periods usually last three nights or more. We work with fixed time slots from Thursday to Sunday or from Sunday to Thursday. This format has proven to be particularly harmonious for us and the groups.

Longer retreats are expressly welcome and offer the opportunity to delve even deeper and accompany sustainable processes.

In exceptional cases, we will also consider shorter formats, provided they fit into our seasonal planning.

Our cancellation conditions and payment modalities are clearly and transparently listed in the offer.