6 Day Mandali Experience – Mandali Retreat Center, Quarna Sopra

If you are looking for a six day wellness retreat in Italy that leaves room to slow down, the 6 Day Mandali Experience at Mandali Retreat Center in Quarna Sopra (VB) is the centre's own in-house programme. It is a restorative retreat for anyone who wants to reconnect with themselves through movement and meditative practices, at a pace that stays flexible rather than fixed.

What to Expect

The Mandali Experience is the foundation of what Mandali offers. Across six days, the focus is a connection to self, explored through movement and meditation. The pace is flexible, so you can take part in the way that suits you and your energy on a given day.

This is the standard edition of the programme, which at Mandali runs from three to seven days. It is not one of the seasonal Special editions, which add workshops on music, movement or the elements. Nor is it one of the Themed Retreats, which take a deep dive into a single teaching such as the Path of Love, Non-Duality or Buddhism, led by guest teachers. If you want a retreat without a particular theme or guest teacher, this is the one built around simply being there and practising.

Mandali describes its three kinds of retreat as spaces curated for deep insight, and for catalysing meaningful shifts in everyday life. The Mandali Experience is the quietest expression of that: a structure of practice, with room to rest inside it.

The Setting

The retreat takes place at Mandali Retreat Center in Quarna Sopra, in the VB province of northern Italy. The centre hosts retreats throughout the year, including three, four, five, six and seven day stays, and offers a number of retreats in Italian as well as in English. Guest rooms are available at the centre.

Before You Go

The Mandali Experience is presented as a gentle, restorative retreat, and its flexible pace makes it a reasonable place to begin if you have not been on a retreat before. This edition is held in English. Mandali also runs separate Silent Mandali Experience retreats, and this one is not described as silent.

For practical questions about travel, rooms and what to bring, Mandali keeps a travel advice section and a FAQ for guests, which are worth reading before you arrive.