© Yoga Spirit Circle 2025
Seeds of Change
Intermediate ✺ 5-11 October 2025 ✺ Olea, Rieti, Italy
Plant and nurture seeds of change as we come together to share practice just after the seasons change.
Embracing this idea we will use the tools and techniques from our yoga practice to find presence and awareness, thinking about how this not only relates to moments on the mat, but the wider world and our lifestyles. This retreat is designed as a sanctuary for resetting and fostering deep connection – through movement, self-exploration, and community. Unplug to recharge, build lasting bonds with like-minded individuals, and gather renewed energy for the season ahead.
We will find balance in our physical bodies through a thoughtful mix of Vinyasa, Yin and self care practices and offer fresh perspectives.
There will be opportunities to go deeper in workshops, building confidence and offering many new ideas to take home with you.
In the morning we flow and as a practitioner, you are free to find opportunity and potential in the practice. Evening practice embraces a change of pace, prompting us to slow down and care for our bodies in a different way integrating restorative, yin and Myofascial release.
Paul McConnell
Paul teaches Awakening Yoga which is a progressive yoga system with an emphasis on ritual and self inquiry.
He discovered yoga initially whilst working as a nurse, being quite physically active but not proactively looking after his body. From there he discovered everything else that the practice has to offer. As a teacher he has continued to develop his understanding through Advanced teacher training, breath work with The Oxygen Advantage, mobility approaches with FRC and training with his own coaches and teachers.
Everyone is welcome to classes designed to offer a complete practice encouraging personal exploration, potentiality, and freedom of movement.
Mind and body are connected and Paul believes that a consistent, physical practice can positively impact other areas of your life and wellbeing.
Léa Hatahet
Léa is from France – she lived in Japan and Dubai during her studies and then moved to Brussels, where she has been teaching yoga for the last 4 years. A lifelong lover of movement, she discovered yoga in 2015 after years of practicing track and field and several injuries.
In recognising that we are all unique, Léa seeks to support her students by meeting them where they are. She encourages exploring movements and options to suit individual bodies and experiences. Over the last 2 years, Léa has completed her 300-hour Awakening Yoga training with Patrick Beach and Carling Harps. Teaching both vinyasa and yin with an insight into intelligent sequencing and mobility, she will help you to make your way to more advanced poses, find a free and open practice or equally slow down through a safe, supportive, and step-by-step approach.
When not teaching, Léa loves hiking, taking pictures, visiting neighbourhood coffee shops and exploring movement in various forms.
Tune into your inner wisdom and align to your truest nature.
retreat offerings
○ 6 nights in a countryside house in Torri In Sabina
○ 9 yoga sessions
○ dynamic awakening vinyasa yoga in the morning
○ asana workshops or restorative, yin yoga& myofascial release in the afternoons
○ inspiring vegan food 3 times/day
○ hike with local guide
○ water, tea & coffee
not included
○ flight or train to Rome
○ airport transfer to/from Olea
○ ceramics workshop & massages
○ dinner on friday at the local pizzeria
○ travel insurance (recommended)
investment
from 1.480€
Additional information
a typical day
07.30 tea, coffee, fruit
08.30 yoga & meditation
10.30 breakfast
reading 
ceramics pool massage
15.00 lunch or snack
17.30 yoga
19.30 dinner
arrival day:
no yoga class,
9.00 breakfast,
check out until 10.00
departure day:
no yoga class,
9.30 breakfast, check out until 10.00
all yoga equipment is available at the retreat location, as well as towels & bed linen. bring old sneakers or water shoes for the hike in the river & a pool towel. we’ll let you know again what’s good to bring, a few days before your retreat.
check- in on Sunday from 16:00, fruit snack waiting for you and dinner at 19.30 // check- out on Saturday until 10:00 after breakfast
arrival & departure: group pick ups & drop offs will be organized (only) from Rome Fiumicino airport & drop offs to Fiumicino & Ciampino airport and Termini train station. costs: 35-55€/person/way
about the place
It doesn’t seem possible that Olea is less than an hour’s drive from the crowded streets of Rome. With lush, abundant grounds of its own, along with a natural spring and a magnificent wooden yoga platform which overlooks the valley below, this is a truly magical place that’s ideal for spiritual practice, slowing down, and plunging oneself into nature. More
