We are The Hill That Breathes - a retreat centre in the heart of Italy. But a retreat centre with a difference (thus the amount of press coverage)

There's the impressive venue and setting: a 100 acre wooded hill in the heart of Italy, with renovated farmhouse, salt-water pool and huge geodesic dome.

And there's the inspiring teaching that goes on here: the best yoga teachers; international 'Masters' including The Barefoot Doctor and Chris Crudelli... and the now-famous 'F**k It' weeks run by the owners, John and Gaia.

And then there's the food... delicious, Italian, healthy, vegetarian food... in fact, just the food brings people back to The Hill again and again.

But most of all, there's our approach - unlike many retreats, we don't take anything too seriously... so there's no getting up at the crack of dawn to chant, no strict regimes... there's as much emphasis on pizza as there is on peace, as much giggling as there is contemplating.

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Oh, and one last thing...

.....sorry, we know this is bit like keeping you waiting at the door when all you want to do is come in, have a wander around and enjoy a cup of tea, but a word or two about our programme:

We've structured our programme so that you can either go straight to the type of holiday you want (e.g. yoga holidays), or go to the rough date you want to take a holiday (yoga holiday or otherwise) and see what's happening then.

Some people ask us if we do 'holistic holidays' as well as yoga holidays.

Well, strictly speaking, they're all holistic holidays: the yoga holidays are, the Masters weeks are and the F**k It weeks are. A holistic holiday like one of ours is simply a way of having a great holiday, relaxing even more than you normally would, and taking something home that will last longer than your suntan.

So whether you've chanced on our website because you fancied a yoga holiday, or a holistic holiday, or you'd heard about one of our famous teachers, or you just fell into it whilst looking for a pizza takeaway.,.,. go ahead now and have a look around, see what takes your fancy.