Italy, October 2018: Total relaxation is on offer at ADLER Lodge ALPE (www.adler-lodge.com) next month, thanks to a week-long yoga programme in this dark skies location in the middle of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Dolomites. It's hard to imagine a more fitting place for a retreat. Simply being in this glorious unspoilt landscape instils a sense of calm, which is only intensified by the various yoga sessions.

ADLER Lodge ALPE's Yoga Retreat runs from 18 to 25 November and is open to beginners as well as those who regularly practise yoga, with the possibility of participating for three, four or seven nights. The retreat is being led by Omar Mura, a Hatha and Ashtanga yoga practitioner who has studied at the K.P.J. Ashtanga Yoga Institute in Mysore, and is a qualified Thai yoga masseur.

There will be daily 90-minute Ashtanga yoga classes in the morning, held in the hotel's airy glass-roofed studio room with beautiful panoramic views over the Dolomites including the craggy peaks of the Sassolungo and the Sassopiatto. Afternoon sessions will include Pranayama breathing exercises, in addition to which there will be purifying infusions in the Finnish sauna and the chance to put a spa voucher towards a relaxing treatment.

Prices start from Euros 762 per person sharing a Junior Suite for a three-night stay, inclusive of all food, yoga classes and the hotel's outdoor activities (such as guided hikes and bike tours), as well as a €30 voucher to put towards a spa treatment; prices start from €1,616 per person sharing a Junior Suite for a week-long stay, inclusive of all food, yoga classes and the hotel's outdoor activities (such as guided hikes and bike tours), as well as a €50 voucher to put towards a spa treatment. Additional spa treatments are offered at a 15% discount and vegetarian food is available on request. Bookings can be made by clicking here.

Yoga is an integral part of ADLER Spa Resorts & Lodges' offering – complimentary classes are offered week in, week out by the in-house team at all the hotels, with dedicated yoga holidays taking place at specific times.

YOGA RETREAT: THE FULL PROGRAMME

Sunday, 18th November 2018

6.30 PM Welcome cocktail and small introduction to the workshop

7.30 PM Dinner with the group or individually, as preferred

Monday, 19th November 2018

8.00 - 9.30 AM Introduction to Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, primary series

3.30 - 5.00 PM Pranayama breathing exercises

Alignment “Surya Namaskar”', Ashtanga sun salutations

Tuesday, 20th November 2018

8.00 - 9.30 AM Led class, first session of Ashatanga Yoga

3.30 - 5.00 PM Technical insight into Vinyasa and the standing series

Wednesday, 21th November 2018

8.00 - 9.30 AM Led class

3.30 - 5.00 PM Pranayama – strength and flexibility

6.00 PM Purifying infusion in the Finnish sauna

Thursday, 22th November 2018

8.00 - 9.30 AM Led class

Friday, 23th November 2018

8.00 - 9.30 AM Led class

3.30 - 5.00 PM Pranayama and restorative yoga

Saturday, 24th November 2018

8.00 - 9.30 AM Morning class

3.30 - 5.00 PM Pranayama and restorative yoga

6.00 PM Purifying infusion in the Finnish sauna

Sunday, 25th November 2018

8.00 - 9.30 AM Led class and Mysore Style self-practice

For full details of all the yoga packages offered by Adler Spa Resorts, please visit https://www.adler-resorts.com/en/yoga-retreats-italy/.

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Notes for Editors
Adler Spa Resorts (http://www.adler-resorts.com/en/) is a bijou collection of four Italian properties owned and managed by the Sanoner family.  On 9 January 1810, Josef Anton Sanoner acquired the first property – a small tavern called Daverda, which he renamed Gasthof zum Adler (Eagle's Inn). That property, now known as the Adler Dolomiti, has been passed down through the family, and is currently managed by the sixth generation of the Sanoner family. There are currently three other hotels in the collection: Adler Balance and Adler Mountain Lodge, also in the Dolomites, and Adler Thermae in Tuscany.

Timeline
1810 – Josef Anton Sanoner acquires first hotel, now known as Adler Dolomiti
2004 – Adler Thermae, the second Adler property, opens in Tuscany, in the Val d'Orcia, now a UNESCO     World Heritage Site
2009 – Adler Balance, a medical competence centre opens as an annexe to the Adler Dolomiti
2014 – Adler Mountain Lodge opens in the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Dolomites

Adler Mountain Lodge - Dolomites
Getting there
Flight to either Innsbruck or Verona, then to the Lodge by private transfer or hire car

For more information, please contact:
Sue Heady
Heady Communications
T: 01608 651 692
E: sue@headycommunications.com