What we can already answer about the retreats and the waiting list. For everything else, write to us: we answer personally.
A few days in a quiet place in nature where you leave screens aside. You walk, you eat well, you sleep, you talk to people face to face, you get bored a little. That last part matters more than it sounds.
We're shaping the details right now, and we'd rather not promise a program before it's real. What we can say: small groups, places in nature, phones off.
In Italy, in quiet places in nature away from the busy tourist routes: mountains, hills, lagoon islands, countryside. We know Northeast Italy best, since we've spent ten years exploring it, so the first retreats will most likely start here.
We don't have dates yet, honestly. The formats we're working on go from a weekend to several days. People on the waiting list will be the first to hear when bookings open.
We haven't set prices, and we won't publish numbers before they're real. Joining the waiting list costs nothing and doesn't commit you to anything.
The idea is to be offline as much as possible, and we'll make that easy rather than police it. If you need to be reachable for family or work emergencies, we'll find a way. The details will be clear before you book anything.
Not at all. We both practice, and it will probably find its way into the retreats, but nothing will require experience. Walking and eating are the only skills you need.
You leave your email, and if you want a few words about what you're looking for. When there are dates and experiences you can book, we write to you before we announce anything anywhere else. That's it.
No. The waiting list is not a newsletter. You'll hear from us when there's real news about the retreats, which for now means rarely. You can ask to be removed at any time by writing to info@offtheboot.com.
We do have a separate newsletter on the blog. That one you'd have to sign up for on purpose.
Yes, please. Tell us in the form what a few days offline would look like for you, or write to info@offtheboot.com. We're deciding places and formats right now, and real answers help more than anything.
Alice and Cesare, two Italians based in Padova. We both come from jobs spent in front of screens, we've practiced yoga and mindfulness for years, and we've felt on our own skin how much good a real disconnection does. Alice also works as a coach.
We've also spent long stretches traveling slowly through Asia and Italy, which is where the idea of doing this in the places we love comes from.
Yes, that's how we started, and it taught us the places and the people we'll build the retreats with. Right now all our energy goes into the retreats, so we're not taking new itinerary requests. The blog and everything we wrote about slow travel in Italy stays online.
English and Italian. The retreats will welcome both international and Italian guests, and we'll be clear about the language of each one when dates are announced.