OUR BODY: AN UNDISCOVERED UNIVERS.

SHITASU: An age-old human instinct is to press, stroke or touch parts of the body that need care: out of this Shiatsu was born. As a technique it was formalized in Japan, with its roots deep in the philosophical and medicinal practices of traditional Chinese medicine. It is a gentle, non-invasive technique appropriate for all ages, carried out principally by means of pressure of the palms and thumbs on the energy networks of the body.

A journey inside our own body bringing awareness to every area touched during a Shiatsu treatment is an experience that allows us to achieve a profound communication with our self, rediscovering the pleasure of inhabiting our one true home: our body – often forgotten in the course of everyday life apart from mundane aesthetic interventions or responses to pain.
This “art for health”, as Shiatsu may be defined, is a technique that favours a profound communication with one’s self; it helps the body to recover forces weakened by stress and heal muscle tensions deriving from anxiety and tiredness; it aids in alleviating everyday irritations such as back, neck or shoulder ache; and it reduces the onset of such pains or slows their growth in chronic situations, complemented by medical therapies. It relaxes the nervous system and the internal organs, re-balancing the body’s energies.

Your stay can also be an opportunity to receive a Shiatsu treatment: an experience that will undoubtedly enrich your holiday. Laura is happy to put at your disposition her professional expertise and her passion for this work every Monday from 15.00 to 21.00 and every Thursday from 09.00 to 14.00.
On request (at the time of booking) it is possible to arrange sessions of “ginnastica energetica” and of Qi Gong. Ginnastica energetica consists in the practice of breathing techniques together with stretching based on the body’s meridians. Qi Gong is one of the many dimensions of traditional Chinese medicine: if practised correctly it can have positive repercussions on an individual’s health, both as healing and as prevention.

Length of single Shiatsu treatment: approx. 50 min. Price €35.

LAURA SARTORI: Holder of a diploma from the Shiatsu School of Perugia, registered with the Federazione Italiana Shiatsu, she constantly refreshes her own knowledge and practice with courses and seminars at the European Institute of Milan and the Istituto DEO di Milano. She has completed the 2nd Level of Medical Qi Gong at the F.I.M.I. (Federazione Italiana Medicine Integrate) with Professor Li Ziao Ming, director of the University of Qi Gong in Beijing, China.

psyco-fisical relax yoga
E’ una pratica atta all’eliminazione delle tensioni muscolo-scheletrico al fine di creare una condizione di totale rilassamento sia nel corpo che nella mente. Consiste nel distendere e rilassare progressivamente le diverse parti del corpo, dai piedi alla testa, rimanendo nell’immobilità assoluta.
Il rilassamento fisico cosciente rende la mente tranquilla e rilassata in grado di vivere e fare esperienza della condizione di relax psico-fisico.
Durante il rilassamento il metabolismo rallenta, l’afflusso di sangue a muscoli e cuore diminuisce, aumenta il trasporto di ossigeno al cervello, le pupille si restringono, il sistema nervoso centrale si libera dallo stato di eccitazione.
La pratica dura circa un’ora.
Min. 4 persone.
Occorrente: tappetino, indumenti comodi, plaids.

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botanical walks: in the area around the agriturismo, with the guide of Marco, qualified herbalist, you can learn to recognise the most important medicinal plants as well as the best way to collect and use them.

collections of dried plants and flowers: on the botanical walks you can collect plants and flowers and learn how to dry and conserve them.

visiting bees: you will be able to visit the bees and start to know this delicate and wonderful world, and to take part in the collection of honey and in the production of propoli and bee-pollen.